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GRAND LODGE
A. F. & A. M. OF CANADA
In the Province of Ontario
PROCEEDINGS
EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
HELD IN THE CITY
of
TORONTO
July 19th and 20th, A.D. 1939, A.L. 5939
The Property of and ordered to be read in all
the Lodges and preserved.
GRAND LODGE, A. F. & A. M. OF CANADA,
in the Province of Ontario
PROCEEDINGS
At the Eighty-fourth Annual Communication of
the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Canada, in the
Province of Ontario, held in the City of Toronto,
commencing- Wednesdav, July 19th, A.D. 1939, A.L.
5939.
Present were:
S
THE GRAND MASTER
M.W. Bro. W. J. Dunlop on the Throne
THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER
R.W. Bro. J. A. Dobbie
R.W. Bro. W. T. Overend Grand Senior Warden
R.W. Bro. J. A. M. Hay Grand Junior Warden
R.W. Bro. S. L. W. Harton Grand Chaplain
M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland Grand Treasuier
R.W. Bro. E. G. Dixon Grand Secretary
R.W. Bro. J. A. Foucar Grand Registrar
PAST GRAND MASTERS
M.W. Bros. W. H. Wardrope, J. A. Rowland, W. S.
Herrington and A. J. Anderson.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
Algoma R. B. Pow
Brant D. P. McDonald
Bruce _ George Robb
Chatham B. H. Hankinson
Eastern - A. MacKinnon
Frontenac J. B. Elliott
Georgian _ M. E. Peacock
Grey _ H. A. McCauley
Hamilton "A" Frank McNiven
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
Hamilton "B" W. S. Milmine
London Nelson C. Hart
Muskoka T. A. Mitchell
Niagara "A" S. A. Moffatt
Niagara "B" J. E. Laur
Nipissing East G. R. Crann
Nipissing West S. D. Spence
North Huron R. W. N. Wade
Ontario H. J. Toms
Ottawa F. W. Smith
Peterborough Lome Darling
Prince Edward C. H. Ketcheson
Sarnia P. S. Kingston
St. Lawrence F. J. McLeod
South Huron A. L. Campbell
St. Thomas R. B. Bowey
Temiskaming H. G. Ginn
Toronto "A" G. W. G. Gauld
Toronto "B" S. W. Alexander
Toronto "C" H. L. Martyn
Toronto "D" Ivan B. Musselman
Victoria F. M. Graham
Wellington Ernest Tailby
Western W. T. Cameron
Wilson F. M. Smith
Windsor H. W. McGill
GRAND REPRESENTATIVE GRAND LODGE OF
J. A. Rowland England
W. S. Herrington Ireland
W. H. Wardrope Scotland
J. A. V. Preston New Brunswick
E. G. Dixon Saskatchewan
W. T. Robb New South Wales
John Boyd New Zealand
Alex. Cowan.' Queensland
A. M. Heron South Australia
E. W. E. Saunders Tasmania
A. B. Rice Victoria
John Stevenson Western Australia
B. B. Hodge Alabama
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 5
GRAND REPRESENTATIVE GRAND LODGE OF
C. E. Kelly Arizona
R. C. Blagrave Delaware
H. J. Alexander Florida
R. F. Richardson Idaho
T. C. Wardley Kansas
J. R. Crocker Maine
J. S. McCullough Minnesota
J. B. Smith Montana
W. R. Ledger Nevada
G. C. Bonnycastle New Hampshire
W. J. Moore New Jersey
A. J. Anderson New York
J. A. McRae North Carolina
J. A. Dobbie North Dakota
Geo. Stewart Ohio
R. R. Davis Oklahoma
C. E. Clements Oregon
J. C. Bartram South Carolina
B. S. Sheldon South Dakota
J. M. Malcolm Vermont
A. P. Freed Bahia
B. F. Nott _ Colombia Barranquilla
J. H. Burke Colombia Bogota
J. N. Allan Equador
C. M. Forbes France, Nationale
W. J. Attig Guatemala
Wm. Bailey New Mexico
F. C. Bonnycastle Peru
John O'Connor Switzerland
The M.W., the Grand Master, W. J. Dunlop,
and the other officers of Grand Lodge took their
places in the Auditorium of the Central Technical
School at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
GRAND LODGE OPENED
As soon as the brethren had taken their places
the Grand Master opened Grand Lodge in Ample
Form and the Grand Chaplain invoked a blessing
upon this session of Grand Lodge.
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The brethren then joined in singing one verse
of the National Anthem followed by one verse of
"My Country; 'tis of thee." Before being seated
they united in singing the old familiar hvmn, "Unto
the hills", led by W. Bro. D. S. Linden!
The Grand Master then invited all Master
Masons to take a seat in the balcony.
GUESTS
The Grand Master asked M.W. Bro. A. J.-
Anderson to retire with the Director of Ceremonies
and introduce our distinguished guests. They were
presented to the Grand Master and introduced to
Grand Lodge:
M. Ex. Comp. Wm. Y. Mills, Past Grand First
Principal of Royal Arch Masons of Canada.
M.W. Bro. Duncan McLellan, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Quebec.
M.W. Bro. Wm. H. Parker, Past Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Michigan.
R.W. Bro. D. H. Hesse, Senior Grand Warden of
the Grand Lodge of Michigan.
Wor. and 111. Bro. Geo. E. Bushnell, Deputy for
Michigan, A. & A. S. Rite, and a member of the
Jurisprudence Committee of the Grand Lodge of
Michigan.
M.W. Bro. Donald J. Sargent, Past Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
R.W. Bro. Alpheus A. Stephens, Grand Marshal of
the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
M.W. Bro. T. H. Desmond, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Connecticut.
R.W. Bro. A. F. Keeler, Grand Junior Warden of
the Grand Lodge of Connecticut.
R.W. Bro. S. L. Beckwith-Ewell, Grand Lodge of
Connecticut.
M.W. Bro. Dana B. Hellings, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of New York.
R.W. Bro. James W. Persons, Grand Marshal of the
Grand Lodge of New York.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 7
R.W. Bro. Frank Smith, P.D.D.G.M. of the Grand
Lodge of New York and Secretary of the Masonic
Relief Association of United States and Canada.
R.W. Bro. Willis E. Cushing, P.D.D.G.M. of the
Grand Lodge of New York.
V.W. Bro. J. S. Wright, Past Grand Steward of the
Eastern Division of the Cape of Good Hope.
Very hearty applause was accorded each guest
as he was introduced and when all had been re-
ceived, Grand Honours were given.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
The Grand Director of Ceremonies introduced
Bro. Ralph Day, Mayor of the City of Toronto, who,
after being received and presented to the brethren,
addressed Grand Lodge as follows:
i
Most Worshipful Sirs, Right Worshipful Sirs, Very
Worshipful Sirs, Worshipful Sirs and Brethren
All:—
Again it is my happy privilege to attend a ses-
sion of Grand Lodge, and to extend greetings to the
delegates at this 84th Annual Communication.
Last year, you observed the 200th Anniversary
of the inception of Masonry in Canada. This year
we meet closely following the history-making visit
of a distinguished Mason, His Majesty King George
VI, who, with his Royal Consort has visited, for the
first time as Sovereign, his loyal Dominion of
Canada. Masons everywhere throughout this great
Jurisdiction will rejoice at the outcome of this Royal
Visit, when we were permitted to pay tribute to
a former Grand Master of Masonry.
In my dual capacity as Mayor and as a member
of the Craft, I extend in the name of the City of
Toronto, and on behalf of its citizens, a cordial
welcome as you again honour us with your presence
at this time. You have, on previous occasions, been
8 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
assured of the respect in which the Masonic Order
is held by the citizens of this great City, many of
whom are bound by its ties of brotherhood.
While the Masonic Order, as such, has never
become identified with politics, nor sought to par-
ticipate in or influence Governments, yet its mem-
bers, because of the high ideals of citizenship
inculcated in them by the teachings of the Craft,
have contributed in great measure to the progress
of Canada and of this banner Province of Ontario.
Similarly, Toronto has been well and truly
served by Masons, and its development as a cultural
centre and the leading commercial and industrial
city of the Dominion may be attributed to those
who have received their inspiration from such
sources as those provided by the doctrines and
precepts of Freemasonry.
It is in this way that Masonry increases its
prestige and fulfils its lofty purpose in building
character, and in making better men who, as in-
dividuals, give leadership to the many admirable
movements for the betterment of mankind. Mason-
ry, by refusing to become embroiled in the con-
troversial issues of the day, has maintained its
name unsullied throughout the ages and has avoided
the many pitfalls that might otherwise have spelt
its doom.
While we may mourn the passing of Masonic
Lodges in certain dictatorial countries, and sympa-
thize with our brethren who are prevented from
enjoying the brotherly intercourse available to us,
we know that this is but a passing phase, as
Masonry, founded as it is in antiquity and with its
age-old traditions, will remain strongly entrenched
in the hearts of those who have taken its vows of
fidelity. Thus will it weather, as it has in the past,
all trials, and continue through the ages as an im-
mutable force for good.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 9
We have cause to be thankful, in our demo-
cratic countries, that the real spirit of Masonry is
recognized for what it is — a great moral force
firmly implanted in the souls of men, and, under
divine guidance, working for the ultimate welfare
of mankind.
In fully recognizing the debt which we already
owe to Masonry, is it too much to hope that Masonry
will yet provide the medium through which unity
will be established, not only in the national sense,
but in the international realm? Some such unify-
ing force is needed to-day as never before.
Masonry is flourishing in this Grand Jurisdic-
tion, and I should like to avail myself of this
opportunity of adding a word of congratulation to
our Most Worshipful Grand Master on the progress
being made under the wise administration of his
exalted office.
To all of you I extend the right hand of fellow-
ship, and best wishes for the success of this Grand
Communication. May the Great Architect of the
Universe extend His benign influence over this
assembly of Masons, and may your deliberations
redound to the benefit of the Craft and to each in-
dividual Lodge represented here to-day. My sincere
wish is that your sojourn in the Queen City of
Canada will be a happy one, and that you will
return to your homes refreshed in mind and spirit.
To those representatives from other jurisdic-
tions, I extend a special word of welcome, and the
hope that you will carry away with you many
pleasant recollections of your attendance on this
Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and brethren, Toronto is
honoured by your presence, and I am happy to
extend the freedom of the City to you.
10 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
REPLY OF THE GRAND MASTER
The Grand Master thanked the Mayor for his
kind words of welcome both as a member of the
Craft and the Chief Magistrate of the City.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
R.W. Bro. S. W. Alexander presented the Wor-
shipful Masters of the lodges in the four Toronto
districts. W. Bro. A. C. Dickson on their behalf
then presented an address of welcome to the Grand
Master and Grand Lodge.
DELEGATES REGISTERED
The following delegates from the various
constituent lodges were present and were duly
registered :
No. 2, Niagara, Niagara. — J. H. Brown, G. W. Irvine,
J. D. Cooper, I. B. Collard, R. G. Dawson, N. L. Caughill.
No. 3, Ancient St. John's Kingston.— W. E. Kidd, W.
Y. Mills, J. F. Twiss, C. H. Hall, W. J. Gibson, L. N. Arm-
strong.
No. 5, Sussex, Brockville. — A. H. Gilham, F. J. Latham.
No. 6, Barton, Hamilton.— J. W. Hamilton, R. C. Bla-
grave, H. I. Sparks, W. H. McNairn, T. H. Riches.
No. 7, Union, Grimsby.— H. H. Ponton, C. H. Walker,
C. W. Lewis.
No. 9, Union, Napanee. — W. S. Herrington, W. H. Tivy.
No. 10, Norfolk, Simcoe.— B. M. Pearce, P. R. Kendall,
C. F. Misner, H. A. Johnson.
No. 11, Moira, Belleville. — M. R. Anderson, J. W. Cook,
H. H. Stewart.
No. 15, St. George's St. Catharines.— W. A. Darker, H.
E. Court, R. Wilson, W. T. Dean, A. Dean, C. F. Monk,
C. W. Glass, W. P. Holmes, J. Johnston, E. L. Missen, J. M.
Shultis.
No. 16, St. Andrew's,Toronto. — Wm. Lawrence, F. Dane,
John Ness, John Pearson, W. R. Scott, B. E. Ekblad, J. R.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 11
Bulmer, C. J. Skeene, G. A. Kingston, A. G. Leith, G. W
McGill, C. Howitt, W. G Coulter, N. S. Robertson.
No. 17, St. John's Cobourg.— G. W. Rothwell, E. J.
Wormington, W. E. Hare, Thos. Hardcastle, E. F. McFadyen,
L. E. Taylor, F. V. Hinman, J. A. B. Wilson.
No. 18, Prince Edward, Picton.— E. Collier, J. E.
Wright, G.A. Welsh, W. C. Blakely, M. Storms, Jno. Shaw,
J. A. McCauley, W. E. Vick, Gerald Allison.
No. 20, St. John's London. — Harold Richmond, J. A.
Lindsay.
No. 22, King Solomon's, Toronto.— S. W. Graham, G.
Hambly, W. H. Hoare, C. T. Hoare, E. Manifold, F. M.
Byam, A. C. Norwich, E. A. Stuart, C. B. Kay, R. A. Wood-
ley, G. Corruthers, W. Anderson, W. Cooke, G. D. Crowther,
R. Home, P. Adams R. Ware, H. I. Moody
No. 23, Richmond, Richmond Hill.— G. B. Newberry,
Carl Swanson, D. M. Channery, J. R. Herrington, Harold
Reid, J. A. Smith, T. H. Trench, W. L. Glass.
No. 24, St. Francis, Smith's Falls.— Robt. Hawkin, Fred
Graves, Wm. Dryden.
No. 25, Ionic, Toronto. — G. N. Hargraft, J. E. Cameron,
J. R. Roaf, H. E. Ridout, W. B. Milliken, G. F. Kingston,
M. S. Gooderham, J. Q. Maunsell.
No. 26, Ontario, Port Hope.— H. G. Ballard, S. J. Batt,
F. H. Batty, J. R. Giffen, S. N. Haskill, H. W. Mitchell, E.
J. Workington, Chas. Quick, E. J. Pratt, W. R. Morton,
R. W. Smart, Harry Mitchell, C. Stephenson, L. C. Boney,
C. M. Thompson.
No. 27, Strict Observance, Hamilton.— F. E. H. Mow-
bray, H. I. Sparks, J. A. Yorick, J. H. Gibson, H. W. Linton,
J. A. Henderson, D. G. Mcllwraith.
No. 28, Mount Zion, Kemptville. — J. L. Barnes, H. D.
Hyndman.
No. 29, United, Brighton. — G. F. Little, I. B. Solomon,
H. B. McConnell, P. G. Bird, C. K. Mikel, R. K. Taylor, 0.
L. Morrow, G. S. Langdon, G. T. Solomon, H. A. Bullock,
H. Clark, F. M. Dure, O. A. Sharpe, H. L. McColl, F. H.
Dunnett.
No. 30, Composite, Whitby.— W. J. H. Richardson, W.
F. Harden, G. M. Goodfellow, R. A. Hutchinson.
No. 31, Jerusalem, Bowmanville. — G. C. Bonnycastle, A.
W. G. Northcott, E. Staples, E. H. Brown, J. R. Stutt, L.
12 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
T. McLaughlin, F. O. Mcllveen, F. J. Mitchell, A. L. Nicholls,
G. A. Edmonstone, Gus Bounsall, A. H. Bounsall, W. L.
Elliott, John Baker, F. F. Morris, M. W. Comstock, E. S.
Ferguson, R. E. Logan, L. A. Parker, C. H. Dudley.
No. 32, Amity, Dunnville. — J. B. Carter Dan. Glenny,
0. M. Krick, A. W. Dayman, J. N. Allen, T. Camelford,
W. T. Robb.
No. 33, Maitland, Goderich — R. Bissett, Wm. Bissett,
H. B. M. Tichborne, A. L. Cole, H. C. Dunlop, C. M.
Robertson.
No. 34, Thistle, Amherstburg. — George Somerton.
No. 35, St. John's, Cayuga.— J. L. Mitchener, H. E.
Reece, J. M. Conway, W. U. Anthony.
No. 37, King Hiram, Ingersoll.— W. F. Winlaw, Wm.
Moggach, B. F. Holmes.
No. 38, Trent, Trenton.— F. W. Sherbert, L. M. Coutts.
No. 39, Mount Zion, Brooklin. — A. J. Cook.
No. 40, St. John's Hamilton. — E. B. Thompson, P. A.
Nicol, C. E. Heal, W. L. Sommerville, C. F. Marshal, H. E.
Elliott, Jno. McQueen.
No. 42, St. George's London.— E. W. G. Herbert, L. A.
Steels, S. A. Cawston, E. W. G. Quantz.
No. 43, King Solomon's, Woodstock. — W. H. Reynolds,
T. A. Love, Frank Brabyn, J. 0. McGachie, B. Thomson, W.
Graybiel, Erie Kitchen, Chas. Blueman, John Morris, Carl
Kitcing, Harry Campbell, R. H. Reid, R. L. Revell, Wallace
McWhinnie, R. P. Montgomery, R. G Clowes.
No. 44, St. Thomas, St. Thomas.— T. L. Cochrane, H.
W. Scarff, W. L. Hartsell, F. R. Palmer, I. H. Kayser, F. W.
Judd, L. T. Holmes.
No. 45, Brant, Brantford.— D. P. McDonald, S. W.
Wilson, J. Lewis, S. S. Johnson, C. L. Gamble, R. W. E.
McFadden, G. H. Ryerson, L. Gilmour, H. C. Richards.
No. 46, Wellington, Chatham.— W. J. McCall, E. A.
Youngs.
No. 47, Great Western, Windsor. — H. H. Amsden, H. G.
Croucham, E. B. Winter, Thos. Burton, F. E. Mason, C. H.
Martin, Robt. McDermand, D. A. Mclnnis.
No. 48, Madoc, Madoc— Lloyd Blue, A. W. Gaebel.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 13
No. 50, Consecon, Consecon. — Victor Brown, W. Nind,
Ray Carley, F. R. Taylor, Ross Burris, T. C. Carley, E. P.
Cox.
No. 52, Dalhousie, Ottawa.— F. A. McDiarmid, C. M.
Pitts, H. D. Flack.
No. 54, Vaughan, Maple. — I. B. Musselman, J. G. Rout-
ley, N. J. McDonald, M. J. Kinnie, C. H. Bowman, G. E.
Brownlee, A. Cameron, N. Kerr, J. B. McLean, Milton
Palmer.
No. 55, Merrickville, Merrickville. — J. H. Kidd.
No. 56, Victoria, Sarnia.— W. T. Gibson, A. E. Sole.
No. 57, Harmony, Binbrook.— T. H. Gowland, R. S.
Gowland, A. Hillgartner, J. L. Bell, W. H. Harris, H. C.
Johnson.
No. 58, Doric, Ottawa. — J. F. Argue, J. C. Bartram,
J. G. C. Fraser.
No. 61, Acacia, Hamilton.— T. H. Simpson, C. E. Kelly,
W. H. Wardrope, Arthur Lavis, John Forth, W. M. Shaw, V.
B. Smith, A. B. Peene, R. W. Treleaven, R. E. Clemens, B. C.
Beasley, C. K. Buckingham, W. D. Connor, C. H. Nix, H.
W. Temple, T. H. Ross, J. G. Truscott, J. F. Walker,
F. W. Davidson, Stuart Davidson, J. A. Robinson, J. F.
McDonald, F. J. Seldon, J. A. Simpson, G. F. Clark, R. F.
Hill, G. T. Evans, A. Donnell.
No. 62, St. Andrew's, Caledonia. — T. J. Hicks, Jno.
Renwick, Russell Thompson, Fred Brown.
No. 63, St. John's, Carletcn Place.— J. R. Hamilton, W.
H. Hooper.
No. 64, Kilwinning, London. — A. D. Hodgins, J. T. Mav,
J. H. Fitzallan.
No. 65, Rehoboam, Toronto — W. H. Smith, F. England,
A. H. Franks, Andrew Park, G. W. Black, G. H. Mitchell,
S. J. Lane, W. W. Ash. W. J. S. Graham, J. W. Payne, F.
W. Spry, J. O'Connor, J. A. Troyer, E. J. Call, P. G. Blake,
L. B. Allan, S. A. Evis, F. R. Workman, J. B. Stewart,
R. W. Clewlo, R. H. Stanton.
No. 66, Durham, Newcastle.— H. J. Toms, D. B. H. Gib-
son, L. Gains, T. W. Jackson, W. F. Rickard.
No. 68, St. John's, Ingersoll.— F. M. Smith, J. M. Mal-
colm, G. V. Wilson, G. H. Allen.
No. 69, Stirling, Stirling.— H. A. Morrow, R. B. Duffield.
14 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
No. 72, Alma, Gait.— 0. Rosebrugh, P. Hill, T. L. Dick,
Fred Smith, T. W. Rutherford, W. V. McDougall, H. R.
Baer, A. L. Bennett, C. R. Kaitting, A. R. McFadyen, R. S.
Hamilton, J. Ritchie, J. S. Webster.
No. 73, St. James, St. Marys. — John Gardiner, N. V.
Johnston, G. C. Tomlinson, P. T. Coupland.
No. 74, St. James, S. Augusta. — J. M. Steacy.
No. 75, St. John's Toronto. — J. G. Atcheson, A. L. Hayes,
E. S. Calder, C. F. Boddy, J. W. Braden, Jno. Rogerson, D.
F. Jackson, E. P. Smith, R. T. Hogg, P. H. Burt, R. R.
Davis, G. H. Heath, B. A. Cornell, W. Newman.
No. 76, Oxford, Woodstock.— E. E. McDougall, C. Mur-
ray, E. C. Thornton, D. J. Sinclair, W. J. Ratz.
No. 77, Faithful Brethren, Lindsay. — Fred. Robertson,
H. S. Johnston, C. H. Heels, A. R. Warner, C. R. Laidley,
D. McQuarrie.
No. 78, King Hiram, Tillsonburg.— R. C. Crandall, D. F.
Gibson, W. H. Gibson, A. S. Rennie, C. S. Hogarth, R. A.
McQueen, N. I. Langrell, H. J. Alexander, A. E. Raines, S.
Bucknell, W. W. McGuire, A. F. Hillborg, A. W. H. Lindsey,
H. F. Johnston, G. H. Hollier, T. R. Winter, S. E. Carle.
No. 79, Simcoe, Bradford.— C. C. Willson, A. W. Spence,
J. F. Cullingham, A. O. Davey, J. F. Hambley, F. A. Smelser,
R. E. Bell, Wm. Jolly, S. R. Lee.
No. 81, St. John's, Mt. Bridges— F. H. McCracken, E. J.
Harding, W. J. H. Reason, G. E. Longfield.
No. 82, St. John's, Paris.— M. E. Hawley, C. A. Viegel,
H. R. Wheeler, T. Connor, R. Story, H. Frosch, C. R. Hick-
son, J. W. Laine, F. W. Inksater.
No. 83, Beaver, Strathroy. — R. F. Richardson, N. Leitch,
D. L. Crawford.
No. 84, Clinton, Clinton.— A. C. Clarkson, J. W. Shaw,
F. B. Pennebaker, G. H. Jefferson, A. M. Knight, F. Fing-
land, E. A. Fines.
No. 85, Rising Sun, Athens. — D. M. Fraser.
No. 86, Wilson, Toronto.— W. A. Drummond, R. A.
Farquharson, H. Minchinton, G. McLeish, C. B. Weir, J. L.
Rook, C. M. Cook. Dean Maxwell, W. D. Proctor, P. G.
Pickett, W. V. McClure, E. A. Lewis, Fraser Raney, A .L.
Tinker, W. A. Carveth, J. A. Carveth, L. B. Campbell.
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No. 87, Markham Union, Markham. — J. W. Warriner,
Geo. Murphy, Ken Prentice, F. R. Robb, H. M. Warriner,
Ralph Perkins, Jas. Smith, 0. B. Heisey, M. 0. Russell,
Geo. Cowie.
No. 88, St. George's, Owen Sound.— J. C. Weaver, C. E.
Chisholm.
No. 90, Manito, Collingwood. — A. W. Lawrence, Jos.
Bull.
No. 91, Colborne, Colborne.— A. Wolfraim, W. H. Knight,
D. W. Ives.
No. 92, Cataraqui, Kingston. — Wm. Chapman, T. N.
Clarke, G. M. Robinson, 0. Dodson.
No. 93, Northern Light, Kincardine. — J. D. MacKay, J.
R. MacKay.
No. 94, St. Mark's, Port Stanley.— J. H. Burke, A. S.
Taylor.
No. 96, Corinthian, Barrie. — H. J. Lougheed, H. L.
Jones, A. Cowan, D'Arcy Gauley.
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No. 525, Temple, Toronto.— J. G. Meldrum, W. McK.
Hamshaw, P. M. Grant, J. Marr, A. H. Sharp, J. Clelland,
E. G. Archbold, W. Agnew, A. S. Boulton, Conrad Miller,
J. R. Jackson, D. J. Gunn, J. G. Howell.
No. 526, Ionic, Westboro.— E. Lachance, T. W. O'Neil.
No. 527, Espanola, Espanola. — S. D. Spence, Jno.
Gutcher, Wm. Black.
No. 528, Golden Beaver, Timmins. — G. C. Murphy, W.
W. Tanner, C. P. Ramsay, R. C. Mortson.
No. 529, Myra, Komoka.— C. B. Smith, C. McKinley, C.
Foster.
No. 530, Cochrane, Cochrane.— E. C. Ward, R. C. Mort-
son, W. W. Mitchell.
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No. 531, High Park, Toronto.— S. A. Marshall, W. J.
Moore, C. H. Lord, J. D. Williamson, A. A. Gow, J. C. Davey,
G. E. B. Wheeler, W. J. Hutchinson, J. H. King, A. J. Mc-
Walters, J. Howlett, J. C. West, R. B. Magill, V. R. Dale,
E. A. Blackhall, W. Murchison, N. Powell, C. H. Robb.
No. 532, Canada, Toronto.— J. A. Hearn, H. A. Miller,
A. Murdock, J. J. McLennan, T. A. Johnston, T. R. Hunter,
J. Rogerson, E. Midgley, C. C. Gard, W. Ramsay, R. Carnev,
Alex. Wilson, A. T. Yule, S. Busteed, R. R. Davis, D.
Mullen.
No. 533, Shamrock, Toronto.— E. W. Leith, A. A. Arch-
ambault, W. Garrett, D. C. Parker, A. Lockard, J. M.
Burden, H. Smith.
No. 534, Englehart, Englehart. — Jas. Howie.
No. 535, Phoenix, Fonthill.— B. A. Pattison, J. A. Bar-
ron, J. A. Christie, J V. Barnhart, M. L. Lumburner, T. A.
Barron, Wm. Barron, F. H. Clark.
No. 536, Algonquin, Copper Cliff. — G. M. Ferguson.
No. 537, Ulster, Toronto.— Wm. Bush, F. Dane, T. E.
Foster, R. S. Kerr, H. R. Boal, R. Aiken, T. A. Murphy, B.
H. Brown, C. A. Rogers, G. F. Sanderson, W. J. Blair, W.
J. Stewart.
No. 539, Waterloo, Waterloo.— V. Snider, G. E. Harper,
H. A. Rogers, Geo. Venton, Jno. Hemphill, S. W. Otto, H.
Hass, C. 0. Hemphill, H. G. Mistele.
No. 540, Abitibi, Iroquois Falls. — F. E. Wood, J. C.
Kincade.
No. 541, Tuscan, Toronto. — Jas. Herriot, A. A. Gray,
S. G. Nicholls, W. R. Scott, F. D. Robertson, G. A. Fry,
W. S. Bowerman, G. H. Parliament, H. K. Russell. John
Boyd, R. S. Hutchings, J. C. Hetherington, J. E. Carter,
W. T. Elliott, J. W. Spence, S. 0. Rogers, W. H. Priddle,
R. E. Meikle, J. A. Burnett.
No. 542, Metropolitan, Toronto. — G. A. Martin, C. Mc-
Kay, J. D. Evans, J. M. McCutcheon, J. A. Troyer, A. L.
Tinker, F. M. Calvert.
No. 543, Imperial, Toronto. — A. J. Brancier, E. E. Reid,
F. A. Gibbons, R. H. Dee, A. Pollock, A. E. Moss, E. Hewett,
H. A. Miller, W. R. Ledger, D. S. L. MacDougall, G. F.
Brookes.
No. 544, Lincoln, Abingdon. — Chas. Snyder, S. Young,
Galem Miller.
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No. 545, John Ross Robertson, Toronto. — E. Miles, T.
E. Clegg, Geo. Hambly, J. W. Cottrell, W. J. S. Graham,
C. H. Cope, J. A. Robertson, H. V. Locke, W. A. Howell,
W. T. Mills, F. D. Smith, E. McMorran, H. B. Swift, F. W.
Slade, A. M. Heron, J. Pezzack.
No. 546, Talbot, St. Thomas. — R. B. Bowey, C. H.
Robertson, W. A. D. Paterson.
No. 547, Victory, Toronto. — N. F. D. Kelly, A. H.
Macoomb, W. T. Kincade, Frank Wells, J. N. Pike, J. F.
Molloy, F. E. Smith, H. J. Unwin, J. W. Woodland, A. E.
Kirkpatrick, C. A. Carpenter.
No. 548, General Mercer, Toronto. — F. H. Walden, F.
W. Fisher, W. J. Armstrong, G. Rees, A. G. Nelson, R. B.
Clark, W. J. Armstrong, H. W. Dunton, D. C. Robertson,
A. F. Tannahill, R. Paterson, G. Gault.
No. 549, Ionic, Hamilton. — J. Forth, J. M. Connor, J.
J. Bawden, S. S. Herring, S. Mitchell, W. A. Laidlaw, Jas.
Rosie, A. J. Lainchbury.
No. 550, Buchanan, Hamilton. — J. Forth, H. Savory,
J. E. Richardson, D. T. Kilpatrick, J. N. Chandler, H. W.
Young, R. Johnstone, F. H. Egan, P. G. Moore, G. M. Moore,
G. M. Thompson, N. F. MacKenzie.
No. 551, Tuscan, Hamilton. — C. L. Crompton, A. L.
Hardy, A. Tilbury, Jas. Baird, Wm. Turner, H. M. Mclntvre,
W. W. Knight, Thos. Hunter, Wm. Brown, J. M. Wallace, J.
McCallum, M. C. Thomson, Wm. Atkinson, W. McCrone,
R. A. Carter.
No. 552, Queen City, Toronto. — Thos. Swain, J. C.
Hillman, G. A. Garnett, F. Cooper, H. C. Morris, T. A. Gib-
bons, Sydney Case, H. L. Rehill, Geo. Spracklin, E. Adair,
H. B. McKn'ight.
No. 553, Oakwood, Toronto. — W. J. Sceviour, W. A.
Savage, B. S. Sheldon, Geo. Muir, S.H. McElwain, R. D.
Creighton, A. P. Carveth, F. A. Sceviour, E. M. Dillon, Jas.
Wilson, J. A. Cattanach.
No. 554, Border Cities, Windsor. — E. T. Howe, A. H.
MacQuarrie.
No. 555, Wardrope, Hamilton. — W. J. Attig, J. B. Inch,
Alex Love, J. P. Mills, B. W. Hopkins, J. C. Cochrane, G. C.
Gage, Martin Smith, Geo. Lang.
No. 556, Nation, Spencerville. — Jas. Bennett.
No. 557, Finch. Finch.— J. G. MacLeod.
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No. 558, Sidney Albert Luke, Ottawa, — Geo. Ferguson,
R. M. Stanton, C. W. Mcintosh.
No. 559, Palestine, Toronto. — I. M. Ginsberg, Win.
Moull, H. Ginsberg, Ben Yaffe, H. H. Bockneck, H. Paper-
nick, A. A. Goldenberg, B. Silverberg, L. Blumbergh, C. H.
Reeve.
No, 560, St. Andrew's, Ottawa.— R. D. Coleman, H. L.
Lamble.
No. 561, Acacia, Westboro. — W. A. Dier, A. P. McLen-
nan, G. T. Wild, J. M. Spicer, H. A. Hvde-Clarke, G. K.
Stewart, E. P. Roy, F. L. Thomson.
No. 562, Hamilton. Hamilton.— E. G. Dixon, A. A. Pat-
terson, W. G. Smitten, E. J. Cleeve.
No. 563, Victory, Chatham.— J. A. M. Hav, L. H. Veale,
C. E. Clements, C. A. Sample.
No. 564, Ashlar.— J. S. Craig, J. F. Gillespie, D. A.
Esdale.
No. 565, Kilwinning, Toronto. — Smith Shaw, G. J.
Beach, M. R. Thomas, Geo. Mitchell, Alex. Murray, Jas.
Reidford, G. F. Bray, B. C. McClelland, W. A. Ross, M.
Strachan, E. L. Rosborough, R. M. Penrose, J. S. Clouston,
F. J. Cross.
No. 566, King Hiram, Toronto. — Ed. Bailev, Arch.
Wright, W. Wishart, B. M. Clancy, S. F. Albertson, Wm.
Gow, Jos. Walters, T. A. Howson, J. McArthur, W. G. Jones.
No. 567, St. Aidans, Toronto. — Paul Lange, T. A.
Murphy, A. C. W. Home, H. S. Pike, D. M. Heise.
No. 568, Hullett, Londesboro. — 0. Anderson, J. M.
Leiper, Wm. Mountain, J. Neilan, W. Wells, T. Millar, T. S.
Beatty, Wm. Leiper.
No. 569, Doric, Lakeside. — A. J. Baker, John Baker, A.
E. Thompson, Wilbur Dunlop, Robt. Duncan, H. G. Harris,
W. R. Martin.
No. 570, Dufferin, Toronto. — J. A. Hodgins, T. A.
Carson, A. M. Rollo. R. W. Shephard. T. C. Poole, S. W.
Hall, J. A. MacDonald, H. L. Arnott, H. R. Poison.
No. 571, Antiquity, Toronto. — W. Sellor, A. M. Mac-
donald, C. Rolland. H. Cameron, E. J. Trist, W T . J. Arm-
strong, F. M. Little.
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No. 572, Mizpah, Toronto.— A. E. Tucker, O. Hobbs, A.
E. Williams, E. O. Lockart, R. W. Fron, J. E. Phillips, H.
F. Allan, G. G. Boyd, B. Brown.
No. 573, Adoniram, Niagara Falls.— G. E. Pedlar, G.
E. French.
No. 574, Craig, Ailsa Craig. — F. J. McLeod, D. Drum-
mond, W. G. Smith, Archie Gillies, C. H. Smith.
No. 575, Fidelity, Toronto. — Wm. Moull, C. Cramond,
W. J. M. Dolson, C. J. Steene, D. Smith, A. E. Lowery,
W. H. McNairn, W. H. Tuck.
No. 576, Mimosa, Toronto. — R. L. Webster, A. M.
Heron, D. Gunn, E. G. Lowry, W. E. Webster.
No. 577, St. Clair, Toronto. — H. L. Martyn, A. G.
Saunders, F. N. Fletcher, W. M. Gunning, Phillip Bach, W.
R. McConnell, C. H. Summerfeldt, L. Quackenbush, J. H.
Dawe, J. W. Woodland, A. K. Gray, H. Haynes.
No. 578, Queen's Kingston. — J. A. McRae, E. Davis,
C. E. Walker.
No. 579, Harmony, Windsor. — C. Secrest, F. J. Hughes.
No. 580, Acacia, London. — L. H. Lunn, A. G. N. Brad-
shaw, J. W. Bradshaw.
No. 581, Harcourt, Toronto. — G. T. Clark, C. E. Ed-
munds, J. J. Stewart, John O'Connor, W. E. Robertson, W.
B. Hanna, L. A. Henderson, G. H. Ross, C. E. Macdonald.
No. 582, Sunnyside, Toronto.— H. Bennett, G. E. Ritchie,
S. D. McKechnie, R. H. Dee, R. T. Hogg, S. Mcllroy, A. E.
Twible, R. E. Roome.
No. 583, Transportation, Toronto. — F. E. Jones, H. G.
N. Brems, G. T. Trowhill, C. A. Ward, John Boyd, A. Maynes,
U. E. Gillen.
No. 584, Kaministiquia, Fort William. — R. B. Pow, Chas.
West.
No. 585, Royal Edward, Kingston. — A. W. Brundage, A.
E. McGlashon.
No. 586, War Veterans, Toronto. — C. H. Reeve, F. J.
Johnson, J. C. Judges, W. S. Duck, L. B. Curran, W. A.
Anderson, T. J. Shea, H. K. Lamb, W. H. Smith, Sage
Snider, H. Radermacher, R. W. Smart.
No. 587, Patricia, Toronto. — Robt. Somerville, Alex.
Hadden, Sam Donnan, Alex. Braidwood, S. W. Wilson, G.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 39
A. Johnson, Wm. McMillan, E. J. Reddick, M. F. Smeall,
H. R. Wilson, John Lewis.
No. 588, National, Capreol. — Dawson Emerson, N.
Nisbet.
No. 589, Grey, Toronto.— F. E. Sillifant, J. P. C. Mac-
Latchy, W. B. Petch, W. G. Trelford, R. A. Gregory, E. G.
Armstrong, F. L. Hubbard, F. H. Beard.
No. 590, Defenders, Ottawa.— W. C. N. Marriott, E. E.
Williams.
No. 591, North Gate, Toronto. — Robt. Cowling, John
Cook, F. C. Irwin, J. M. B. Patterson, R. M. Sedgwick, C.
K. F. West, A. G. Roberts, F. L. Nash, J. Cherry.
No. 592, Fairbank, Toronto.— S. Tonkin, F. W. Farr, E.
A. Mason, Wm. Sharpe, F. Reynolds, F. Suthers, G. G.
Taylor, Frank Elliott.
No. 593, St. Andrew's, Hamilton. — Jas. Baird, Jno.
Forth, Donald Monroe, L. P. Robertson, W. H. Wallace, F.
W. Davidson, S. Davidson, Jas. Fram.
No. 594, Hillcrest, Hamilton. — 0. J. Newell, W. R.
Madill, G. C. Morris, J. A. Yorick, T. Horgan, Robt. Geddes,
J. Caskie, G. A. Sweatman, J. E. Cornfoot, Jno. Geddes, R
L. Douglas, G. A. Grassie, E. P. Manuell.
No. 595, Rideau, Ottawa.— S. C. Bateman, A. B. Coulter,
A. E. Masterman, R. A. Pilgrim.
No. 596, Martintown, Martintown. — D. S. Mcintosh.
No. 597, Temple, London — W. J. Macaulay, W. G.
Stewart, W. H. Rath, P. B. Fetterley.
No. 598, Dominion, Windsor.— J. A. Wickens, C. Dun-
field, M. Dell, D. M. Hanna, T. J. Viveash, C. Milburn.
No. 599, Mount Dennis, Weston.— G. J. Hinton, A. Mc-
Lean, H. M. Legard, T. S. Fordham, T. L. Haist, A. F.
Nisbett, H. F. Sproule, F. C. Smith.
No. 600, Maple Leaf, Toronto.— Wm. Moull, R. A. Duff,
Jas. Herriot, W. J. Armstrong, T. J. Duff, J. Walker, J.
Craigie.
No. 601, St. Paul, Sarnia.— J. A. Smith, A. E. Boyd.
No. 602, Hugh Murray, Hamilton. — A. Lavis, W. D.
Connors, A. S. Neil, D. C. Thomson, A. N. Arnold, W. J.
Woods, D. H. G. Fairclough.
40 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
No. 603, Campbell, Campbellville.— Frank McNiven, E.
D. Mahon, E. M. Readhead, T. H. Snyder.
No. 604, Palace, Windsor. — Albert Peel, A. E. Joselin,
A. B. Gillan, J. G. Moncrieff, F. E. Dayus, R. A. Gladstone,
C. A. Jackson, J. L. McMullan, G. D. Howden, G. R. Jack-
son, L. E. Chambers.
No. 605, Melita, Toronto.— S. M. Black, N. S. Moorby,
S. B. Watson, A. H. Gilham, W. J. Brown, D S. Linden.
No. 606, Unity, Toronto.— W. J. Soanes, T. H. McKelvie,
K. W. Ellsworth, H. Browning, J. T. Minaker, T. J. Hackett,
E. Flath.
No. 607, Golden Fleece, Toronto.— E. H. Hewgill, H. J.
S. Rigby, R. F. Heath, R. D. Thomas, A. R. W. Dalley, W.
G. Varty, Arthur Green, C. F. Bearden, R. H. Rice, W.
Goodwin, H. J. Kirby, M. C. Cain, Thos. Marshall, R. Fer-
guson.
No. 608, Gothic, Lindsay.— B. A. Wilson, B. C. Maidens,
H. H. McFadden, W. E. Rogers, E. D. Fulton.
No. 609, Tavistock, Tavistock.— W. A. Murray, A. C.
Parker, G. S. Murray, S. A. Goring, K. C. Hopkinson, S. T.
Lovey, S. McDermott, W. J. Ratz, Fred Weston, G. L. Ratz,
G. F. Holley.
No. 610, Ashlar, Byron. — R. L. Irwin, D. R. Sanderson,
W. H. Bartlett, Wm. Tanton, F. Gilbert, F. G. Fuller.
No. 611, Huron-Bruce, Toronto.— R. C. McDermid, A. C.
Dickson, R. I. Ferguson, F. M. Scott, B. A. Campbell.
No. 612, Birch Cliff, Birch Cliff.— D. G. McBain, E. M.
Baird, J. P. Henderson.
No. 613, Fort Erie, Fort Erie.— J. A. Spencer, Chas.
Burton, A. J. Francis, H. A. Yeo.
No. 614, Adanac, Merritton. — S. A. Moffatt, Robt. Barr,
F. W. Kennedy, Jas. Rennie, D. A. Cameron.
No. 615, Dominion, Ridgeway. — J. E. Laur, D. D. Kins-
man, M. W. Disher, A. W. Collard, K. S. Ellsworth, M.
Stuart.
No. 616, Perfection, St. Catharines.— G. B. McCalla, W.
A. Anderson, W. A. Brown, B. D. Hull, A. Gill, Allan Luce,
T. B. Griffin.
No. 617, North Bay, North Bay.— J. A. Gibbs.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 41
No. 618, Thunder Bay, Port Arthur.— D. R. Harrison.
No. 619, Runnymede, Toronto.— F. F. Jollow, S. Baker,
Wm. McDougall, A. J. Haynes, A. H. Gilham, H. S. Parkin-
son, E. C. Roelofson, W. McK. Hamshaw, C. E. Sisson, R. A.
Stewart, E. A. Stuart, R. E. Johnston, C. R. Davis.
No 620, Bay of Quinte, Toronto.— T. M. Pine, C. R.
Parliament, A. M. Thorne, A. G. Langman, J. A. M. Taylor,
F. W. Moody, W. E. Leonard, C. G. Mikel, A. T. Bird, John
Mack, C. W. Rous.
No. 622, Lome, Chapleau. — L. A. Goodwin, S. W.
McDonald.
No. 623, Doric, Kirkland Lake.— H. G. Ginn, G. A.
Cowie, H. S. Rood.
No. 624, Dereham, Mount Elgin.— Wm. Stoaklev, W. L.
Anscombe, G. T. Baskett, W. O. Harris, A. L. Ellis, J. D.
Flanders.
No. 625, Hatherly, Sault Ste. Marie.— F. W. Colloton,
N. M. Menzies, W. B. Way.
No. 627, Pelee, Scudder.— C. L. Mills, G. F. Hudson.
No. 628, Glenrose, Elmira.— I. C. Ernst, F. C. Ruppel,
Alex Brandt.
No, 629, Grenville, Toronto.— W. T. Eyre, A. L. Scace,
H. E. Brown, R. E. Storv, J. R. Moore, G. W. Keevil, O. L.
Boyd, B. S. Sheldon.
No. 630, Prince of Wales, Toronto.— W. Bailey, J. R.
Bulmer, Jas. Gillespie, W. J. R. Kingston, W. A. McMaster,
A. G. Stewart, J. C. Thompson.
No. 631, Manitou, Emo. — W. T. Cameron.
No. 632, Long Branch, Mimico.— J. B. Smith, R. W.
Knaggs.
No. 634, Delta, Toronto. — A. Lawrence, John Holmes,
A. W. Murdock, H. B. Swift, H. A. Swales, Andrew
Summers.
No. 635, Wellington, Toronto.— W. S. Smeliie, T. G.
Haslam, W. M. Smeliie, J. H. Mitchell, E. Flath, W. B.
Young, E. E. Guthrie, Thos. Rafter, A. E. Bryson.
No. 636, Hornepayne, Hornepayne. — B. Bushel!, Thos.
Butters, C. M. Mclntyre.
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No. 637, Caledonia, Toronto. — John Ness, Geo. Duguid,
L. L. Querie, J. F. Gillanders, W. G. Smith, Robt. Compton,
Geo. McBain, T. G. Mould, R. R. Davis, W. R. Kent, D. S.
Macdougal, A. G. Marr.
No. 638, Bedford, Toronto.— A. J. Pirie, C. C. Tait, R.
M. Porter, J. A. Code, Jas. Gibson, Jas. Gillies, E. A. Dickin-
son, F. J. Graham, J. H. Cumming, D. F. Bissonnette, T. A.
Lamon, W. J. Miller, Harry Smith, J. H. Large.
No. 639, Beach, Hamilton Beach.— Wm. Turner, E. K.
Buckingham, M. Pilling, B. E. Hulford, H. L. Chown, Geo.
Powell, Wm. Hutchinson, R. D. Berry, C. R. Midgley, E.
M. Waterbury, H. S. Marshall, A. J. Lainchbury.
No. 640, Anthony Sayer, Mimico.— W. H. Hunter, R. H.
Tew, J. B. Thompson.
No. 641, Garden, Windsor.— C. C. Sales, R. J. B. Brown,
Wm. Spooner, C. A. Baynton.
No. 642, St. Andrew's, Windsor. — G. E. Searle, Carl
Watson, Geo. Saundercock, Gordon Johnstone.
No. 643, Cathedral, Toronto. — Andrew Park, A. Irvine,
H. M. Moncrief, H. D. Dempsey, J. K. McGuire, J. G.
Routley, A. E. MacLean, G. W. Henry, J. G. Jack, H. LeGard,
G. S. Henry.
No. 644, Simcoe, Toronto.— J. C. Irwin, M. J. Leather-
dale, Geo. Montgomery, J. F. Ardill, D'Arcy Gauley, T. R.
Black, P. J. Spring, G. M. Jebb, G. W. Richardson, W. H.
Stoddart, W. G. Mackay, W. R. Griffith, R. G. Agnew, L. J.
Simpson, W. F. Ronald.
No. 645, Lake Shore, Mimico.— G. W. G. Gauld, E. C.
Horwood, E. J. Everett, R. W. Swanton, W. E. Neilly, E. H.
Broad.
No. 646, Rowland, Mount Albert. — L. M. Mainprize, E.
R. Lepard, Geo. Price, C. R. Moorhead, Ed. Haigh, Stanley
Oldham.
No. 647, Todmorden, Todmorden. — Hugh Miles, F. H.
Robinson, Thos. Meakins, Herbt. Bramwell, Sam Pover, A.
E. Powell, R. C. Eggaford, Wm. Mulholland.
No. 648, Spruce Falls, Kapuskasing. — Jack Barrett, J.
P. S. Ballantyne, J. H. Atkinson, G. R. Connor.
No. 649, Temple, Oshawa.— E. A. Cooper, M. N. Jack-
son, F. C. Davidson, L. F. McLaughlin, C. F. Cannon, C. R.
Mcintosh.
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No. 650, Fidelity, Toledo.— Jas. Reynolds.
No. 651, Dentonia, Toronto. — F. S. Robinson, E. S.
Calder, Ernest Bray, F. L. Wallace, Wm. Locke, John Dawes,
A. W. Lawrence, W. H. Whitchurch, Harvey Stewart, Alex.
Miller, R. J. Mawhinney, H. F. Taylor.
No. 652, Memorial, Toronto.— John Jeffrey, W. B. John-
ston, W. T. Boxall, John Harvey, S. Alexander, L. Gateley, *
S. J. Boyde.
No. 653, Scarboro, Agincourt. — R. R. Davis, L. H.
Reesor, G. R. Mason.
No. 654, Ancient Landmarks, Hamilton. — Wm. Turner,
W. D. Connor, J. R. Crocker, Geo. Walker, G. T. Inch, H. F.
Hazell, J. H. Percy, A. Neil, J. C. Cochrane, H. W. Temple,
T. H. Ross.
No. 655, Kingsway, Lambton Mills. — A. Murdock, S. G.
Nicholls, R. J. Pearce, G. J. Bartholomew, A. P. Reid, C. M.
Sinclair.
MINUTES
The Grand Secretary proceeded to read the
Minutes of the last meeting - held in Toronto in July,
1938, when it was moved by the Deputy Grand
Master, seconded by M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland and
resolved: That inasmuch as the Minutes of the last
Annual Communication held in Toronto have been
printed and distributed to all the constituent lodges,
the same be now taken as read and confirmed.
RULES OF ORDER
The Rules of Order governing the conduct of
the meeting were read by the Grand Secretary.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
It was moved by the Deputy Grand Master,
seconded by M.W. Bro. W. H. Wardrope and unani-
mously carried, that the Order of Business of this
Communication be changed at the discretion of the
Grand Master.
THE GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
M.W. Bro. W. J. Dunlop, Grand Master, then
read his Annual Address, as follows:
44 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
THE GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
Once more Grand Lodge assembles with a deep
sense of sincere gratitude to Almighty God for a
year of peace, progress, and comparative prosperity.
During the twelve-month period since we last
gathered here, alarms have been many; the world
has been troubled by fears of impending disaster;
men's hearts have been failing them, both literally
and metaphorically. But, through the loving kind-
ness of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, we are
able to review a good and a pleasant year and we
are able to look with confidence for fresh inspiration
and a new impetus for the future.
Fresh in the minds of us all is the triumphal
tour through Canada of His Majesty, King George
VI, honoured Patron of Freemasonry, and Queen
Elizabeth, his gracious and charming consort. Their
visit to our Dominion has strengthened and
cemented the ties, those invisible and intangible
bonds, which make of the component parts of the
British Empire one indivisible whole. By including
in their itinerary the United States of America
Their Majesties have effectively deepened the
strong feeling of friendship which exists between
the two great English-speaking countries. A reso-
lution expressive of our loyalty will be presented,
during this Annual Communication, for your
approval. When passed, it will be forwarded to His
Majesty.
Some of our brethren have asked, during recent
months, whether our Grand Lodge should take some
part, as an organization, in welcoming Their
Majesties to Canadian soil. The officers of one
Canadian Grand Lodge forwarded to the Deputy
Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Eng-
land, who was with us at our Annual Communication
last year, an enquiry on this point and a request for
advice. He replied that he had consulted the high-
est authorities in England and had been given
definite information to the effect that official action
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by any Grand Lodge or by any section of Canadian
Masonry would not be in order on the occasion of
the Royal visit. Masons are such loyal subjects
that they readily comply when a suggestion of this
kind is made.
Whatever concerns the Mother Grand Lodge of
the World is of the most intimate interest to the
Masons of Canada and we have all heard, therefore,
with the greatest regret of the resignation as
Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Eng-
land of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught,
who has held that high office for thirty-eight years.
Advancing years have made his retirement neces-
sary and, as we meet to-day, his successor, the
youthful Duke of Kent, is being installed as Grand
Master with appropriate ceremony. Our Grand
Lodge was asked to send two representatives to
England for the occasion and I appointed Most
Worshipful Brother R. B. Dargavel and Most Wor-
shipful Brother F. A. Copus as the goodwill
ambassadors of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the
Province of Ontario. They are not with us to-day
but we know that they are performing an important
duty in the heart of the Empire and are upholding
the reputation of this, one of the great Grand
Lodges of the world, at a Masonic ceremony which
means much to the welfare of the Craft wheresoever
dispersed over the face of the globe. During the
day there will be despatched, if you approve, a
cablegram bearing our congratulations and felicita-
tions to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent, and
to the United Grand Lodge of England.
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Throughout the second year of my term of
office, I have visited perhaps even more extensively
and intensively than in my first year. It was a
great privilege and a wonderful pleasure to go about
through the Jurisdiction, meeting and greeting the
brethren who make up the membership of our
lodges. Everywhere I found abundant evidence of
that spirit of buoyant optimism to which I made
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reference at this time last year. Sincere affection
and unswerving loyalty are the predominant charac-
teristics of Masons wherever I have met them.
Accompanied by the Grand Secretary, than
whom there could be no more agreeable and delight-
ful travelling companion, I spent a week in the
Nipissing East District and the Temiskaming Dis-
trict. Meetings were held on consecutive evenings
in North Bay, New Liskeard, Timmins, Kapuskas-
ing, and Kirkland Lake. At another time we visited
Sault Ste. Marie, Little Current, and Sudbury, where
we dedicated a new and commodious lodge-room.
At all these meetings the attendance taxed the
capacity of the available accommodation and the
enthusiasm displayed was really thrilling. The last
visit of the year was made to Ionic Lodge, Rainy
River, on June 9th and a most enjoyable visit it
was.
At all times I have endeavoured to make clear
the fact that the Grand Lodge and the Grand
Master are especially interested in the welfare of
the smaller lodges and the lodges in the more
sparsely settled portions of the Province. I think
I can venture to say that, during the past two years,
I have never declined an invitation received from a
small lodge or from one that felt that it had at any
time been overlooked. Three times, at least, I have
been in Nipissing East District and twice in the
Western District. While large city lodges should
not be in the least neglected, one who has in his
charge the happiness of nearly one hundred thou-
sand Masons finds his greatest satisfaction in going
where officers of Grand Lodge are, on account of
the handicaps imposed by geography, rarely seen
and seldom heard. And to meet the brethren of
these lodges, brethren who are not, and are not
likely to be, officers of constituent lodges but who
are, none the less, faithful and true Masons, is to
experience a joy and an inspiration otherwise quite
unobtainable. Such brethren are the foundation-
stones of our Order. We are all on the level when
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we try each to do his duty in the sphere in which he
finds himself. It has been said that the Grand
Master brings inspiration and stimulus to the lodge
or the district which he visits. My experience has
been that the Grand Master receives new inspira-
tion, renewed energy, and heightened hope in meet-
ing the brethren upon whose friendship, respect,
and loyalty his strength depends.
In an attempt to emulate the example of our
ancient brethren who tried to do a little more than
was expected or required of them, I undertook to
visit, in June of this year, the Annual Communica-
tions of the Grand Lodges of Manitoba, Saskatch-
ewan, and Alberta. From each had come a rather
urgent invitation and I was anxious to renew my
acquaintanceship and friendship with Grand Mas-
ters, past, present, and future, of these Grand
Lodges. The tour occupied three weeks but it
seemed to be very much worthwhile. It greatly
strengthened one's conviction regarding the essen-
tial unity and cohesion for which our Order has
always been famous. To be obliged, on one occasion,
to introduce the Grand Master from one Province
to the Grand Master from an adjoining Province
gave me the feeling that I have been able to build
up, in recent years, a fairly wide Masonic acquain-
tanceship throughout the Dominion. Last year the
long trip was to the East; this year to the West.
In East and in West the Masonic spirit is the same
and the twain are always willing to meet. Certainly,
there is no lack of unity among the Grand Lodges
of Canada. Mutual respect, admiration, and confi-
dence characterize the attitude of each to all and
of all to each. Perhaps it is at this point that I
should announce to you that, on June 15th, I was
elected an Honorary Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Alberta, and, a week later, was
elected to the same position in the Grand Lodge of
Saskatchewan, honours and distinctions which I
highly prize.
With the Grand Secretary I visited the Grand
Lodge of Quebec, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,
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and the Grand Lodge of Michigan. Indeed, we were
twice in Michigan for, on April 26th, we joined with
the Grand Master of that State and with the
brethren of Zion Lodge No. 1, Detroit, in celebrating
the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of
the founding of that lodge which began as a British
army lodge in what was then British territory.
True it is that I have travelled much and it is
equally true that I have learned much by observa-
tion and in conversation with officers of other Grand
Lodges. If it be a fact, and it is, that a man's great-
est asset consists in the friends he has made, I have,
through the kindness of my brethren, become
wealthy; for I am proud to think that I have
acquired many good friends. If we encourage our
lodges to interchange visits and if we commend, as
we do, intervisiting between lodges on opposite sides
of the international border, it follows that we
should foster fraternal visiting between Grand
Lodges.
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The benevolence of our Grand Lodge is wide-
spread, effective, and large in the amount of money
disbursed. Benevolence has become one of the most
important of our activities. Yet it is to be hoped
that there will not appear a tendency to regard the
Craft as a philanthropic institution in the monetary
sense. If some men join our Order with the purpose
of making their future and that of their families
secure; if uney sign petitions for membership as
they would sign applications for life insurance; if
they are, though they do not admit it, really in-
fluenced by mercenary motives, then the Craft will
begin to lose its power, will be hampered in attain-
ing its objective. For benevolence is by no means
our chief function. Masonry "owes no man any-
thing but to love one another". Our fundamental
principles are brotherly love, relief, and truth. Nor
is relief always, nor necessarily, a matter of money.
One Mason may give relief to another by sympathy,
by friendship, by advice, by standing loyally at his
side in time of trouble without the expenditure of a
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single dollar, by giving that type of relief which is
priceless, whose value is above rubies.
Why did "accepted" Masons originally seek
admission to our Craft? Surely because they real-
ized, consciously or possibly unconsciously, that the
principles which our operative brethren used in
building stately edifices were equally applicable in
the building of character, of personality; were use-
ful and necessary in the development of a happy
life — the final objective of all human beings. In the
minds of those brethren there existed no mercenary
motive.
Why should a man seek admission to Masonry
to-day? Certainly not with any thought of mon-
etary gain. If he has heard of our distribution of
benevolence, he should not come with the hope that
some day he may participate therein. Rather should
he desire to assist in providing, perhaps in a small
way, means to augment that benevolence. But are
we not told that a man should be impelled to seek
admission because he realizes that the membership
of the lodge is made up of men who are trying to
do their best, who are trying to be honourable and
honest men? Explicitly we are reminded that an
applicant comes because he has formed a favourable
opinion of Masons and of Masonry. He should realize,
dimly it may be, that membership in a lodge will
enable him, if he takes advantage of his opportun-
ities, to begin to live the life of the spirit rather
than the life of the flesh — the material life. The
life of the spirit begins in unselfishness; the life of
the flesh, in selfishness.
Now there is the real reason that our Grand
Lodge does not publish to the world, nor even to the
members of the Craft, the details of our benevolent
work. Indeed, we are somewhat reticent, as a rule,
in stating the total amount of the funds used for
the relief of our aged, infirm, indigent, and depen-
dent brethren or their families. This assistance
must never be regarded (and sometimes it is, un-
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fortunately, so regarded) as the right of a prospec-
tive recipient nor as an obligation on the part of the
Order. If such were the case, what would differen-
tiate Masonry from a commercial concern distribu-
ting benefits for value received? During the year
I have received so many letters from people who
demanded assistance as a right, who thought that
relief in money should be forthcoming without ques-
tion because dues had been paid over a period of
years, that I am convinced of the necessity for clear
thinking on this matter. Materialism, unchecked,
will undermine the foundations of Masonry. Form-
erly it was my opinion, as it is the opinion now of
many, that publicity should be given, within the
ranks of the Craft, to the great work we are doing
in benevolence in order that the brethren might
have one more reason to be proud of the Order to
which they belong. But now it seems as clear as
daylight that we must continue to prevent our right
hand from knowing what our left hand is doing and
that we must resist any tendency to exalt benevo-
lence beyond its proper place in the varied and
comprehensive service which Masonry renders to
those who understand its mission.
So numerous have been the ignorant and vindic-
tive attacks made during recent years against our
Order and so widespread for that reason is misun-
dc :tanding of our objectives and of our achieve-
ments that the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland,
and Ireland, our Mother Grand Lodges, thought it
necessary and desirable to prepare, in collaboration,
a concise statement of the aims of the Craft and
this was issued to the world last September by the
United Grand Lodge of England. This statement
appeared to me to be at once so concise, accurate,
and comprehensive that I distributed it, through the
Grand Secretary's office, to every lodge in our
Grand Jurisdiction. Many lodges had it reprinted
for distribution to every member. Though nearly
every Mason is now familiar with this statement, I
reproduce it here in order that it may be recorded
in permanent form.
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AIMS AND RELATIONSHIPS
OF THE CRAFT
"From time to time the United Grand
Lodge of England has deemed it desirable to
set forth in precise form the aims of Free-
masonry as consistently practised under its
Jurisdiction since it came into being as an or-
ganized body in 1717, and also to define the
principles governing its relations with those
other Grand Lodges with which it is in fraternal
accord.
"In view of representations which have
been received, and of statements recently issued
which have distorted or obscured the true
objects of Freemasonry, it is once again con-
sidered necessary to emphasize certain funda-
mental principles of the Order.
"The first condition of admission into, and
membership of, the Order is a belief in the
Supreme Being. This is essential and admits
of no compromise.
"The Bible, referred to by Freemasons as
the Volume of the Sacred Law, is always open
in the Lodges. Every candidate is required to
take his obligation on that book or on the
Volume which is held by his particular creed to
impart sanctity to an oath or promise taken
upon it.
"Everyone who enters Freemasonry is, at
the outset, strictly forbidden to countenance
any act which may have a tendency to subvert
the peace and good order of society; he must
pay due obedience to the law of any state in
which he resides or which may afford him pro-
tection, and he must never be remiss in the
allegiance due to the Sovereign of his native
land.
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"While English Freemasonry thus incul-
cates in each of its members the duties of
loyalty and citizenship, it reserves to the indi-
vidual the right to hold his own opinion with
regard to public affairs. But neither in any
Lodge, nor at any time in his capacity as a
Freemason, is he permitted to discuss or to ad-
vance his views on theological or political
questions.
"The Grand Lodge has always consistently
refused to express any opinion on questions of
foreign or domestic state policy either at home
or abroad, and it will not allow its name to be as-
sociated with any action, however humanitarian
it may appear to be, which infringes its unalter-
able policy of standing aloof from every ques-
tion affecting the relations between one
government and another, or between political
parties, or questions as to rival theories of
government.
"The Grand Lodge is aware that there do
exist Bodies, styling themselves Freemasons,
which do not adhere to these principles, and
while that attitude exists the Grand Lodge of
England refuses absolutely to have any rela-
tions with such Bodies, or to regard them as
Freemasons.
"The Grand Lodge of England is a Sov-
ereign and independent Body practising Free-
masonry only within the three Degrees and
only within the limits defined in its Constitu-
tion as 'pure Antient Masonry.' It does not
recognize or admit the existence of any superior
Masonic authority, however styled.
"On more than one occasion the Grand
Lodge has refused, and will continue to refuse,
to participate in Conferences with so called
International Associations claiming to represent
Freemasonry, which admit to membership
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Bodies failing- to conform strictly to the prin-
ciples upon which the Grand Lodge of England
is founded. The Grand Lodge does not admit
any such claim, nor can its views be represented
by any such Association.
"There is no secret with regard to any of
the basic principles of Freemasonry, some of
which have been stated above. The Grand
Lodge will always consider the recognition of
those Grand Lodges which profess, and prac-
tise, and can show that they have consistently
professed and practised those established and
unaltered principles, but in no circumstances
will it enter into discussion with a view to any
new or varied interpretation of them. They
must be accepted and practised wholeheartedly
and in their entirety by those who desire to be
recognized as Freemasons by the United Grand
Lodge of England."
When I have been asked, as several times has
happened, what attitude Masonry takes toward
some political or semi-political cause or what
Masonry is doing to assist some humanitarian move-
ment which has political or governmental aspects,
my answer has been to hand the questioner a copy
of the above statement. The Craft survives, and
has through the centuries survived, only because it
avoids the discussion of political and sectarian prob-
lems. Of this we need periodical reminders in
stirring times like these.
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Our District Deputy Grand Masters have
served Grand Lodge well throughout the year.
Occasionally the suggestion has been made that I
set down in writing what, in my opinion, the qualifi-
cations of a District Deputy Grand Master should
be. In the first place, he is responsible for the
accuracy and the uniformity of the ritual used in
conferring degrees. Nothing can be substituted for
the ability to confer a degree in a "letter-perfect"
and an impressive manner. The District Deputy
Grand Master does not himself confer degrees but
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he must know how this should be done and must be
quick to detect and to correct errors that occur. His
procedure in making corrections should at all times
be kindly and tactful; if he hurts the feelings of an
officer of a lodge, he has failed to carry out his
duties properly.
In our system the District Deputy Grand Mas-
ter is at one and the same time the choice of the
brethren of his District and the personal represen-
tative of the Grand Master in that District. In the
latter capacity he is entrusted with a part of the
authority of the Grand Master. Therefore, he
should be exceedingly careful in giving instructions
or in announcing decisions. It goes without saying
that he should know thoroughly the Constitution,
the rulings of Grand Masters, and the landmarks of
the Craft. A District Deputy Grand Master, who
does or says a foolish thing occasionally or who acts
as a dictator might act, causes a great deal of
trouble. Masons can be led, can be influenced and
guided by one who exercises good judgment and
intelligent diplomacy but they can never be driven
or coerced. A District Deputy Grand Master must
never be above asking advice. The brethren give
honour, respect, esteem, and affection to a ruler in
the Craft who shows himself to be their friend but
they expect him to exercise his authority with
humility, to carry out his duties with intelligence,
and to assume his responsibility with a due sense
of the importance of his position.
The office of District Deputy Grand Master is
one of honour and of responsibility. If he gives
due attention to the responsibility and forgets, from
his own personal standpoint, the honour, that very
honour will be his in almost overwhelming measure.
It is not absolutely essential that he be a fluent
speaker, though the ability to express himself before
an audience of his brethren and to convey his ideas
to them clearly, forcefully, and in a pleasing manner,
is, as a rule, desirable. He should not have sought
election nor have asked for the votes of his brethren
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nor, on the other hand, should he have neglected
opportunities to enable his brethren to make his
acquaintance. When asked by the Past Masters,
first, of his own lodge and then of other lodges, to
stand for election, he should do so, provided that his
chief desire is to serve the Craft rather than to
achieve his own advancement. When elected, and
confirmed by the Grand Master, he should realize
that he is charged with the promotion of the wel-
fare of the Craft in his District. The District
Deputy Grand Master is the friend of every Master
of every lodge in his District but he never overlooks
the junior officers nor the brethren who are not
officers. For we are all on the level. As personal
representative of the Grand Master, the ruler of the
Craft in each District will be careful to see that the
entertainment during the refreshment hour is whole-
some and clean. Occasionally, a Master becomes un-
wisely over-enthusiastic, thinks he has an original
idea, and arranges for a type of pseudo-entertain-
ment which is not in keeping with the dignity of
Masonry. Again, there is rarely any excuse for pro-
longing any meeting to a late hour. A Master, who
opens his lodge punctually and who does not waste
time nor allow others to do so, can be strong enough
to carry all arrangements through to a happy con-
clusion and to please his brethren by dismissing
them at an early hour. Nor is it necessary to
eliminate any part of any degree in order to do
this. The District Deputy Grand Master will
counsel the Masters in all matters of this kind;
will look into the financial affairs of each lodge
in his District; will encourage intervisiting among
lodges;, will be a patron and an inspirer of Masonic
education and reading; will see to it, so far as he
can, that the brethren practise brotherly love and
relief and that, like all good Masons, they seek
truth.
Toronto District D. in particular and this Grand
Jurisdiction in general suffered a severe loss in the
sudden passing, on May 31st, of the District Deputy
Grand Master of that District, R. W T . Bro. Douglas
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Guy McGregor. He was still a young man, only
forty-seven years of age; he was born in Brantford
and spent most of his boyhood and youth in Fergus;
He was a Past Master of Wellington Lodge, No. 635,
Toronto. As District Deputy Grand Master he had
earned, and had been abundantly accorded, the
esteem and the affection of his brethren. He was
active in the social, athletic, and philanthropic life
of the city in which he lived and was particularly
interested in the welfare of young men and boys.
He was generous in assisting those in need. He
served Masonry well and will be greatly missed. In
the Report of the Committee on the Fraternal
Dead due tribute to him will be paid. I speak for
this Grand Lodge when I say that to his wife and
to his three children our sincere fraternal sympathy
is extended. It is my sad duty to recommend that
the rank of a Past District Deputy Grand Master
be posthumously conferred.
Equally sudden and equally sad was the death
of W. Bro. John Gourlay, the Worshipful Master
of Cathedral Lodge, No. 643, Toronto. It is also
my duty to recommend the conferring of the rank
of a Past Master in this case.
The new Funeral Service and the Memorial Ser-
vice, which were prepared last year by the Right
Reverend and Right Worshipful Brother W. C.
White, our Grand Chaplain of that year, and which
were adopted by Grand Lodge at the Annual Com-
munication of 1938, have been widely used and have
been found to be most impressive and exceedingly
well adapted to their purpose. Grand Lodge owes
a deep debt of gratitude to R. W. Brother Bishop
White for the time, thought, and labour he expended
in improving the former Service and in creating the
latter.
* * * *
Questions of procedure in the conduct of
masonic funerals come up frequently. For example,
I was asked on three different occasions whether
the pallbearers must all be Masons. Again, a Dis-
trict Deputy Grand Master asked whether there
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 57
would be any objection to having a band lead the
funeral procession. Remembering that M. W.
Brother Copus had given a good deal of attention,
during his term of office, to procedure in such cases,
I asked for his advice. It was as follows: ''It strikes
me that it is definitely straining matters to object
to the presence of a band, whether masonic or other-
wise, at the head of a masonic funeral procession.
After all, the band is usually paid for its services
and is, therefore, in exactly the same position as the
drivers of the cars or other persons who are receiv-
ing remuneration for their services in connection
with the funeral." M. W. Bro. Copus also suggested
that, if there was, some years ago, a ruling that
pallbearers on such occasions must all be Masons,
that ruling should now be reversed. "There is
nothing particularly sacrosanct about the public
portion of a masonic funeral service," he wrote. "All
that needs to be guarded against is that it should
be held strictly as a Craft function without the in-
trusion of other societies, whether masonic or not."
Fortified with this advice, I ruled that there is
no objection to using a band to lead a masonic
funeral procession and that the pallbearers need not
be Masons. I trust that this ruling will be approved
and that it will be brought to the attention of all
lodges. It has always seemed heartless to me that
relatives of the deceased should be prohibited from
serving as pallbearers merely on the ground that
thev are not Masons.
Acting on behalf of Grand Lodge and with the
assistance and co-operation of many of the officers
of Grand Lodge, I laid the corner-stone of College
Avenue Public School, Trenton, on September 16th,
1938, in accordance with the ritual prescribed by
Grand Lodge for such ceremonies. It is some years
since Grand Lodge has taken charge of such a cere-
mony but it seems to me most fitting that Masonry
should demonstrate in this way, when asked to do
so, its interest in education.
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Our Grand Junior Warden, R. W. Bro. J. A. M.
Hay, was not able to be present for installation and
investiture at our Annual Communication last year.
To M. W. Bro. Copus I entrusted the responsibility
of conducting this ceremony at an emergent meeting
of Victory Lodge, No. 563, Chatham, on October
20th, 1938.
Three of our Grand Stewards passed to the
Grand Lodge Above during the year, to the sorrow
of the members of the lodges of which they were
members. These were V. W. Bro. P. J. F. Houston
of Toronto ; V. W. Bro. John Miller of Cobourg ; and
V. W. Bro. G. M. Petrie of Clarkson. Suitable trib-
ute to their worth and work will be found in the
Report of the Committee on the Fraternal Dead. I
replaced them with three worshipful brethren who
had rendered faithful service to their lodges and to
the Craft over a long period of years. These are V.
W. Bro. Geo. W. Polden of St. John's Lodge, No. 104,
Norwich ; V. W. Bro. W. D. Fair of Clinton Lodge,
No. 84, Clinton; and V. W. Bro. W.H. Morden of
Oakville Lodge, No. 400, Oakville.
During the year there passed away the repre-
sentatives near this Grand Lodge of five of the
Grand Lodges with which we enjoy fraternal rela-
tions. Their biographies and their services to the
Craft are duly recorded in the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Fraternal Dead. In their places I
recommended the following and my nominations
have been cordially accepted by the Grand Lodges
mentioned. These are as follows: Minnesota — R. W.
Bro. James McCullough, New Liskeard; Oregon —
R. W. Bro. Chas. E. Clements, Chatham; New South
Wales— V. W. Bro. W. T. Robb, Orangeville; Ecua-.
dor — R. W. Bro. James N. Allan, Dunnville; Mexico
(York)— R. W. Bro. H. F. Goodfellow, Sault Ste.
Marie; Maine — R. W. Bro. J. R. Crocker, Hamilton.
I recommend that W. Bro. Harry Maddock of
Middlesex Lodge, No. 379, Bryanstown, be accorded
the rank of a Past Master although, on account of
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an unfortunate incident which in no way concerned
him, he served only eleven months as Worshipful
Master of his lodge. That lodge suddenly found
itself without a Master, elected Bro. Maddock on
January 12th, 1938, and he was installed on Febru-
ary 9th, 1938. He served as Master with credit to
himself and profit to his lodge.
Some years ago Grand Lodge arranged for the
appointment, from time to time, to honorary mem-
bership on the Board of General Purposes, of mem-
bers of that Board who had served long and faith-
fully. There are now three honorary members and the
Constitution makes five the maximum number. In
point of years the two senior members of our Board
are Right Worshipful Brother G. C. Bonnycastle and
Right Worshipful Brother J. Birnie Smith. The
former has been for some years Chairman of the
Committee on Warrants; the latter has served for
many years as Chairman of the Committee on Print-
ing and Supplies. I recommend that, in tribute to
their meritorious service, they be appointed honor-
ary members of the Board of General Purposes.
A Grand Master of this Grand Lodge has many
and varied duties; he receives a great many letters
and is expected to answer a great many questions.
At our Annual Communications in years past, sug-
gestions have occasionally been made with a view
to lightening the burden which rests on his shoul-
ders. I suggest that a Custodian of the Work be
appointed. This official would serve, of course,
without any remuneration whatever. His duty it
would be to answer questions regarding the ritual
of our ceremonies and to instruct the District Dep-
uty Grand Masters during each Annual Communica-
tion. This instruction, it will be agreed, should be
given by the same official over a period of years in
order that uniformity may be preserved. The Cus-
todian of the Work would also read the printers
proof of the ritual of our ceremonies whenever it is
necessary that these be re-printed and would see
that no errors creep in as has sometimes happened
60 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
in earlier years. The appointment of the Custodian
of the Work might well be entrusted to the Past
Grand Masters as they are responsible, collectively,
for the ritual of our various ceremonies.
Once during the year I was told of what seemed
to me to be almost an incredible situation. The
story was that the Master of a certain lodge was in
arrears for his dues — rather badly in arrears! How
anyone can possess such a dulled and petrified sense
of what is right and honest and proper is beyond
the comprehension of most of us ! One can imagine
an officer of a lodge being unemployed and really
unable to pay his dues but one would think that, if
such were the case, he would be manly enough and
straightforward enough to arrange to have his dues
remitted in the meantime on the understanding that
the amount would be paid when his circumstances
improved. It is sincerely to be hoped that there is
no other such officer anywhere in this Grand Juris-
diction. As a rule, men can find money to pay for
what they really want and it seems rather close to
dishonesty to be remiss in payment of dues.
I wish I were able to impress upon every Mason
in this Grand Jurisdiction the fact that he is missing
something really worthwhile if he has not read "The
History of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Pro-
vince of Ontario." It is a book which everyone
should possess for himself in order that it may be
used as a book of reference. The cost is one dollar
and the Grand Secretary still has some on hand. It
is a most interesting book ; in it are to be found
the answers to many questions which earnest
Masons ask. M. W. Bro. Herrington has kindly
written the history of the decade which has elapsed
since his book was published and it is hoped that it
may be possible to print a supplement in the not
very distant future. If this is done, a copy of the
supplement will be supplied to everyone who has
purchased the book.
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The Committee on the Library again reports
an increase in the circulation of books. This is
gratifying. If Masons will read books and periodi-
cals dealing with the history, the symbolism, the
philosophy, and the current affairs of our Craft,
they will be more anxious to attend their lodges,
more ready to practise earnestly the tenets and prin-
ciples of the fraternity, more proud of the fact that
they are Masons. Some brethren in distant parts
of Ontario have told me that two weeks is not a
sufficiently long period for loan of a book, on account
of the time taken in transportation. I commend
this suggestion to the consideration of the Com-
mittee on the Library.
The Committee on Masonic Education reports a
reasonably successful year, a year of progress, and
a year of sustained effort. In any educational en-
deavour there are cycles of enthusiasm and of com-
parative apathy. Almost everywhere I have gone
throughout the Jurisdiction someone has asked me
when the third Manual will be published. In the
near future it should be possible, I hope, to have
that Manual prepared, printed, and distributed. Then
the first two Manuals might be revised and all three
might some time be combined in one volume. In
spite of the contrary opinion of some progressive,
professional educators, instructors, especially volun-
tary instructors, still require text-books for their
guidance. Lodges there are, in city and in country,
in which Masonic Education has become an integral
part of the year's programme. The Grand Lodges
I was privileged to visit last June are all giving time
and energy to the promotion of Masonic Education.
To Beaver Lodge, Thornbury, we all tender our
sincere sympathy in the loss suffered when, a few
months ago, its hall and equipment were destroyed
by fire. With true masonic optimism the members
of this lodge at once proceeded to obtain new quar-
ters and they expect soon to be in a new and more
commodious home.
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Through the District Deputy Grand Master of
the Algoma District, Right Worshipful Brother R.
B. Pow, I received a petition for the formation cf
a new lodge in Geraldton, a populous mining centre
about 170 miles from Fort William. When the Grand
Secretary reported that all the prescribed and
requisite formalities had been complied with, I
issued the dispensation. In frontier outposts Mas-
onry is highly prized by its members and there it :s
that the Craft does some of its best work.
Our Grand Chaplain, R. W. Bro. S. L. W.
Harton, is entitled to the gratitude and the com-
mendation of Grand Lodge for the fine piece of
work he has done. Having this year no church, on
account of an illness suffered some time ago, he had
time to render a service peculiarly pertinent to his
office. He visited twenty-two or more of our Dis-
tricts, preached at masonic church services, spoke
at meetings of lodges, and did whatever he had
opportunity to do for the good of the Craft. His
enthusiasm for Masonry induced him to devote his
talents to the enlightenment and the enjoyment of
his brethren. We all hope that his none too rugged
health has not been impaired thereby.
N* ♦ ♦ #
May I remind the brethren, once again, that
most of my predecessors have stressed the impor-
tance of church attendance? And I have done my
best to follow their example. Earl Baldwin of
Bewdley, renowned statesman and gifted thinker,
speaking some weeks ago in the University of
Toronto, impressed upon those who listened to his
address the salient fact that, if the world is to
return to sanity and to stability, a first essential is
the rebuilding, the spiritual rebuilding, of the
church and a return to the homely virtues prized
and practised by our fathers, our grandfathers, and
those before them. Our generation worships accel-
eration. We who are Masons must give time and
thought to a better way. The type of religion
which is overwhelming, all-absorbing, and almost
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fanatical, practised, taught, and talked about by
some extremists, may have driven many good men
away from participation in the means provided for
the practice of real religion. But religion is a normal
function of a healthy-minded human being. Sectar-
ianism and the discussion thereof have no place in
Masonry but true religion is vital to every Mason.
Our Order is the handmaid of the Church. For our
own sake, for the safety of the next generation,
for the welfare of the world, each Mason should do
his share towards making effective the work of our
churches.
* * * *
"In our day some avoid the Church because of
the 'black sheep' ; others find fault with the 'pious'.
Some say that the Church is sombre and other-
worldly ; others complain that the Church is too calm
and joyful amidst the world's misery. True, the
Church is both solemn and joyful. So is Nature —
sunshine and shadow. Even so is family life — a
mixture of great sorrows and even greater joys.
People may not with delicate choice pick their way
into the Kingdom. It is a place for the whole-
hearted. How much fairer the attitude of the
Scotch woman who had disagreed with her minister.
On seeing her in church the following Sunday, he
expressed surprise, to which she retorted, 'Young
man, my quarrel was with you, not with the Lord'."
The cordial co-operation I have enjoyed on the
part of all my brethren, throughout my term of
office, will always be to me the most pleasant of
memories. To the Past Grand Masters let me try
to express my deepest gratitude for their loyal sup-
port, their fidelity, and their generous assistance and
advice at all times generously given. The Grand
Treasurer has guarded our investments and our
general financial structure with expert care. Grand
Lodge is more fortunate than most of us realize
in having a Mason of his experience and his wisdom
in charge of our funds. Moreover, he is always
willing to assist with his good counsel those who
seek his assistance regarding problems that have to
64 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
do with the welfare of the Craft. The Supervisor
of Benevolence has carried on his marvelously effec-
tive work in such a manner as to win the esteem
and the applause of his brethren.
V. W. Bro. George A. Kingston rendered a fine
patriotic service when he composed a beautiful and
appropriate ode entitled, "To Their Majesties." This
ode I sent out, with his kind and generous permis-
sion, to all the lodges with my semi-annual letter
in which I suggested that it be sung after the loyal
toast at meetings held within the duration of the
Royal visit. It was printed on the summonses of
many lodges and was lustily sung at many meetings.
To the Past Masters' Association of Toronto, to
the one hundred and twelve lodges of the four
Toronto Districts, and to the special committees and
sub-committees which have made all arrangements
for this Annual Communication our cordial thanks
are due and are hereby tendered. R. W. Bro. W. J.
Moore has spared neither time nor labour to make
a success of the banquet to be held this evening.
The Toronto brethren have perfected a smooth-
working piece of machinery for the accommodation
of Grand Lodge whenever we choose to meet in this
City.
* * * *
In February of each year the Grand Masters
and the Grand Secretaries of all the Grand Lodges
in the United States meet in Washington for a con-
ference. Last year and this year an invitation came
to us to be present at this important gathering but,
unfortunately, I was unable to accept on either
occasion. However, the Grand Secretary very kindly
went and he has reported that the time was most
profitably and pleasurably spent. All Canadian
Grand Lodges have been invited to become members
of this conference and I should like to be allowed
to recommend that our Grand Lodge accept the invi-
tation and pay the membership fee. Not only is
there much to be learned but participation in such
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 65
a gathering helps to bind in closer unity the Masons
of the English-speaking world.
^ ^ ^ sfc
In one or two of our cities there are groups of
Masons, members in good standing in different
lodges, who journey about from time to time con-
ferring degrees in our own Grand Jurisdiction and
sometimes exemplifying our degrees in other Grand
Jurisdictions. Their activities in our own Jurisdic-
tion concern the lodges which invite and entertain
them. But there is a ruling to the effect that, when
one of our lodges visits a lodge in another Grand
Jurisdiction, the permission of our Grand Master
and also the permission of the Grand Master of the
Jurisdiction visited, must first be obtained. Surely
the same regulation should apply to these groups of
Masons. I rule, therefore, that when a group of
Masons arranges to visit outside our Grand Jurisdic-
tion for the purpose of exemplifying a degree, the
leader or the secretary of the group must write to
our Grand Secretary outlining in full the procedure
contemplated and requesting him to obtain, for the
proposed visit, the permission of our Grand Master
as well as that of the Grand Master in whose Juris-
diction the group wishes to visit.
sfc % ♦ *K
Masons delight to honour the veterans of the
Craft. No information so gladdens the heart of our
Grand Secretary as does a letter which indicates
that a member of one of our lodges has completed
fifty years in Masonry and is entitled to a Veteran's
Medal. To the Grand Master no privilege excels
that of being allowed to present, on behalf of Grand
Lodge, a medal to a brother who has been a Mason
for half a century.
The Constitution has nothing to say regarding
these Veteran's Medals but our present regulations
are rigid. As a result, these regulations seem to
prevent justice being done in certain special cases.
I ask for no shortening of the time; not even a
month less than the half century should, in my
opinion, be overlooked. But there are cases in which
66 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
there has been an unavoidable or a justifiable hiatus
in a veteran's masonic life or, again, there are those
who have been made Masons in some recognized
Grand Jurisdiction, who have served a few years
there and the greater part of the half century here.
I recommend that the Grand Master be allowed to
exercise his own good judgment in special cases and
to award the Veteran's Medal even if the require-
ments have not been exactly and technically com-
plied with, provided always that at least fifty years
have elapsed since the brother was initiated. I
further recommend that each special case be consid-
ered on its own merits and that no such special case
be used or considered as a precedent in the consider-
ation of other cases.
At all times and in all places, in emergencies
and in matters of routine, the Grand Secretary has
been to me a tower of strength, a loyal supporter, a
friend and a brother. His legal training is an inval-
uable asset to Grand Lodge. The work of his office,
his correspondence, everything that pertains to his
duties — and more — he has promptly, efficiently, and
cheerfully performed. He has addressed most
acceptably a great many meetings and has greatly
pleased the brethren whenever he has visited lodges
and Districts.
* * * *
The Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of
Ontario is in membership, and perhaps one may ven-
ture to say in achievement also, one of the great
Grand Lodges of the world. Only six or, at most,
seven exceed it in the number of members. This
year it is eighty-four years old. On June 25th many
of us journeyed to St. John's cemetery at Wood-
house, near Simcoe, to pay our tribute of respect
to the memory of our First Grand Master. He and
those associated with him laid the foundations of
this Grand Lodge. We are doing our part to carry
on the building of the superstructure. Let me say
again, as I said last year, that Masonry is definitely
on the upgrade in this Grand Jurisdiction. Masonry
is going on to new and greater triumphs. Long may
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 67
the Craft flourish ! Good luck to you all ! God bless
you all!
To-morrow I hand over the gavel to my succes-
sor with my most cordial good wishes. May he enjoy
a prosperous and a happy term ! I retire from office
without any feeling of regret, because I have given
my best. Such as it was, however it may ul-
timately be appraised, it - was my best. And I
step back without any feeling of relief, because
the task has not been unduly burdensome; there
was much joy in it; the two years have passed
with amazing swiftness. The associations and
the friendships formed during the past two
years I shall always cherish. From this time on I
serve the Craft and I serve Grand Lodge in a
humbler capacity but I hope still to serve. I look
forward to attending my own lodge — perhaps I
should say my own lodges — regularly, as an ordinary
member. I am inclined to think that one can really
best serve the Craft by regular attendance upon the
meetings of his own lodge. And this ancient Craft
is well worth serving for it is doing a work which
none of us can accurately evaluate. Masonry is not
simply an organization ; it is a fraternity which has
attracted men and will continue to attract because
it is founded upon principles which are vital to
mankind, principles which are as old and as new as
humanity itself.
W. J. DUNLOP,
Grand Master.
RULINGS
It is permissible to have a band at a masonic
funeral and it is not necessary that the members
of the band be Masons.
68 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
2. The pallbearers who participate in a masonic
funeral need not be Masons.
3. If a group of Masons wishes to visit a lodge or
lodges in another Grand Jurisdiction for the pur-
pose of exemplifying a degree, the group must,
through the Grand Secretary, obtain the permis-
sion of the Grand Masters of both Grand
Jurisdictions.
At the conclusion of the Grand Master's Ad-
dress M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington moved, seconded
by the Deputy Grand Master that the Grand
Master appoint a committee to consider and report
on his address. The motion was carried.
The Grand Master appointed M.W. Bro. W. S.
Herrington Chairman of the committee composed of
all Past Grand Masters in attendance at Grand
Lodge.
APPENDIX
Dedications
The following lodge rooms have been dedicated:
Westport Lodge, No. 441, Westport, on Friday,
Sept. 16th, 1938, by R.W. Bro. J. A. Dobbie,
Deputy Grand Master.
Nickel Lodge, No. 427, Sudbury, on Wednesday,
Oct. 19th, 1938, by the Grand Master.
Teeswater Lodge, No. 276, Teeswater, on Wednes-
day, Nov. 2nd, by the Grand Master.
Scarboro Lodge, No. 653, Agincourt, on Wednesday,
Nov. 16th, 1938, by the Grand Master.
Stamford Lodge, No. 626, Stamford Centre, on
Wednesday, Dec. 7th, 1938, by the Grand
Master.
Richardson Lodge, No. 136, Stouffville, on Friday,
April 21st, 1939, by the Grand Master.
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Corner Stone
The Corner Stone of the New Public School at
Trenton was laid with Masonic Ceremony by the
Grand Master, M.W. Bro. W. J. Dunlop, on Friday,
Sept. 16th, 1938.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
On the recommendation of the Grand Masters
concerned, commissions were issued to the follow-
ing brethren to act as Grand Representatives of
this Grand Lodge near their respective Grand
Lodges :
Indiana Orvis A. Dellinger
Ohio George H. Hess
Colombia Barranquilla Alex Stewart Hamilton
Netherlands Dr. A. M. R. Beguin
Paraiba-Brazil Augusto de Almeida Simoes
Under the nomination of the Grand Master of
Canada, in the Province of Ontario, the following
brethren accepted commissions to act in this Grand
Lodge as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge
specified :
New South Wales W. T. Robb
Minnesota James S. McCullough
Oregon Charles E. Clements
Maine Joseph R. Crocker
Ecuador James N. Allan
Mexico (York) H. F. Goodfellow
RESOLUTION
M.W. Bro. W. H. Wardrope presented the fol-
lowing resolution to Grand Lodge:
RESOLVED THAT the officers and members
of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of
Ontario at its Annual Communication being held in
the Citv of Toronto on the 19th and 20th days of
70 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
July, 1939, desire to express their loyalty and de-
votion to His Most Gracious Majesty King George
VI and to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen
Elizabeth and to give them very sincere thanks and
undying gratitude for their visit to the Dominion
of Canada where Their Majesties received the
whole-hearted homage of a people whose admira-
tion, love, and affection must have impressed Their
Majesties as being a real declaration of a virtue
that is inherent in them but greatly quickened by
having for the first time had an opportunity of
seeing them in person and realizing their untiring
exertions to know more intimately their subjects
in this part of the great commonwealth over which
Their Gracious Majesties rule so impartially, so
wisely, and so kindly.
On motion of M.W. W. H. Wardrope, seconded
by M.W. Bro. A. J. Anderson the resolution was
carried unanimously and the Grand Secretary was
instructed to forward a copy of the resolution
through the proper channels to Their Majesties.
RECEPTION OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
The Grand Secretary called the roll of Grand
Representatives of Foreign Jurisdictions, and those
present attended at the Altar to receive from the
Grand Master a most cordial welcome. He asked
them to convey to the Grand Lodges which they
represented a warm fraternal greeting. Under the
direction of the Grand Director of Ceremonies,
Grand Honours were then given.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS
After stating that it was one of his most
pleasant duties to do so the Grand Master called to
the dais R.W. Bro. F. A. Latshaw, V.W. Bro. W. H.
Morden, W. Bro. W. J. Bellamy and W. Bro. W. H.
Richardson and presented medals as follows:
To R.W. Bro. F. A. Latshaw— Fifty Years a Past
Master.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 71
To V.W. Bro. W. H. Morden— Fiftv Years a Mason.
To W. Bro. W. J. Bellamy— Fifty Years a Mason
and Fifty Years a Past Master.
To W.Bro. W. H. Richardson— Fifty Years a Past
Master.
He, at the same time, presented to Grand
Lodge our oldest Past Master, V.W. Bro. George W.
Poldon, who was appointed a Grand Steward during
the year.
These Veterans of the Craft were received
with great applause and the reception accorded
them was evidence of the esteem with which such
veterans are held bv the members.
GRAND TREASURER'S REPORT
The Grand Treasurer, M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland
presented his report as follows:
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of
Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
M.W. Sir and Brethren:
I herewith submit a Statement of the Receipts
and Disbursements of the General Fund for the
year ended 31st May, 1939:
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RECEIPTS
To Balance of Account in Canadian Bank of
Commerce on 31st May, 1938 $ 13,020.06
Benevolent Cheques prior to 1st June, 1938 —
since cancelled 60.00
$ 13,080.06
Received from —
Grand Secretary from Lodges. . .$103,304.85
Refunds 120.99
Interest Account 16,682.54
$120,108.38
$133,188.44
Investments Matured —
$1,000.00 City of Stratford, 4V 2 %
Bonds $ 1,000.00
1,500.00 City of Toronto, 5V 2 %
Bonds 1,500.00
$ 2,500.00
$135,688.44
DISBURSEMENTS
General Charges— Schedule herewith. $ 38,203.22
Benevolent Orders 84,123.00
$122,326.22
Balance in Canadian Bank of Com-
merce on 31st May, 1939 15,051.14
Less: Outstanding Cheques 1,688.92
13,362.22
$135,688.44
Petty Cash on hand 31st May, 1939 $200.00
All of which is fraternally submitted,
JOHN A. ROWLAND,
Grand Treasurer.
Audited and found correct,
H. FRANK VIGEON,
Chartered Accountant, Auditor.
Toronto, 14th June, 1939.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 73
SCHEDULE OF GENERAL CHARGES
1938
June 30 Grand Secretary — Salary $ 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Grand Treasurer's Clerk 100.00
Auditor 150.00
Hamilton Masonic Hall— Rent 250.00
Supervisor Benevolence — Travelling . . . 300.00
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 117.20
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Stationery . . 141.05
Dictaphone Sales — Office Expenses .... 5.65
Geo. H. Lees— P. M. Jewel 4.99
Dye & Durham — Printing and Stationery 5.80
W. H. Herrington — Expenses re Com-
mission 26.50
July 21 R. C. Mortson — G. L. Meeting Expenses,
1938 3,376.55
Royal York Hotel— G. L. Meeting Ex-
penses, 1938 581.36
25 Chairman Fraternal Correspondence . . 400.00
30 Grand Secretary— Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Supervisor Benevolence — Stenographer. 150.00
G. M. Allowance 750.00
G. M. Stenographer 150.00
D. G. M. Allowance 250.00
D. G. M. Postage 15.00
Chairman Benevolence Committee —
Postage 15.00
Miss J. Place gratuity July 1937 — May
31, 1938 416.67
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance June
and July, 1938 83.33
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance June and
July, 1938 166.66
Frank A. Copus — Bi-centenary Celebra-
tion Nova Scotia 106.05
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 48.61
Herbert McPhie — Insurance Premium . . 18.60
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Stationery —
G. L. Expenses, 1938 14.80
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H. J. Alexander — Printing — G. L. Ex-
penses, 1938 9.88
W. J. Attig— G. L. Expenses, 1938 50.20
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 73.45
Times Job Print— G. L. Expenses, 1938 128.20
Geo. H. Lees — G. L. Souvenirs 71.28
Ambrose Kent & Sons Ltd. — Badges —
G. L. Expenses, 1938 222.00
Aug. 10 Griffin & Richmond Co. — Stationery . . 4.32
The Macoomb Press — G. L. Expenses,
1938 $2.43
Masonic Library 8.48
10.91
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 2.00
Dye & Durham — Printing and Stationery 1.35
J. A. McRae— G. L. Expenses, 1938 . . 18.08
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library sup-
plies 61.92
Ambrose Kent & Sons Ltd. — G. L.
Badges 6.00
The Macoomb Press — Printing — G. L.
Expenses, 1938 257.99
Aug. 31 Grand Secretary — Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Supervisor Benevolence — Travelling Ex-
penses 300.00
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance,
August 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, August 83.33
Baldwin International — Loud Speaker
G. L. Meeting, 1938 20.00
B. S. Sheldon — Parking cars — G. L.
Meeting, 1938 16.55
Royal York Hotel— G. L. Meeting, 1938 260.10
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 151.75
Sept. 30 Grand Secretary — Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, Sep-
tember 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, Sep-
tember 83.33
Hamilton Masonc Hall— Rent 250.00
Grand Treasurer's Clerk 100.00
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Auditor 150.00
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 5.15
Geo. H. Lees — P. M. Jewel 5.15
The Cunningham Studio — Portraits of
P. G. M.s 50.00
International Railway Publishing Co. —
Stationery 6.48
Times Job Print Co. — Printing G. L.
Proceedings, 1938 2,074.85
Hamilton Paper Box Co. — Mailing Boxes
for 1938 Proceedings 48.60
The Freemason — Masonic Announce-
ments 20.00
The Masonic Sun — Masonic Announce-
ments 50.00
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing 53.46
Postage on G. L. Proceedings, 1938 . . 163.00
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 56.88
Oct. 11 Grand Secretary — Travelling Expenses
N. Ont 75.15
12 Grand Treasurer — Postage 10.00
F. & J. McMulkin— Premium on Bonds 37.50
31 Grand Secretary— Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, Oc-
tober 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, October 83.33
The Freemason — Masonic Announce-
ment 20.00
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery $ 53.30
Printing F'n'l & Mem'r'l Service $167.40
220.70
Times Job Print Co. — Printing and
Stationery 3.78
The T. Eaton Co. Ltd.—
G. M. Regalia $371.16
Repairs . .. 8.30
379.46
Grand Secretary — Travelling Expenses
S. S. Marie 36.90
Masonic Temple Corporation Ltd. — Ma-
sonic Library Expenses 6.00
The Macoomb Press — Masonic Library
Expenses 17.01
B. W. Hopkins — Commission re Trial . . 7.70
Supervisor Benevolence — Travelling
Expenses 300.00
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Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 60.52
Dorothy F. Quick — Flowers 6.00
Nov. 30 Grand Secretary — Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk^Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, No-
vember 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, Novem-
ber 83.33
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 20.63
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 4.86
Times Job Print Co. — Printing Consti-
tutions 761.40
Remington Rand Ltd. — Typewriter Sup-
plies 3.00
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library
Expenses 52.55
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 84.46
Dec. 5 Dorothy F. Quick — Flowers 7.50
Payne & Hardy Ltd. — Fire Insurance
Premium 26.80
Hugh Murray — Fire Insurance Pre-
miums 60.30
21 Grand Secretary — Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Supervisor Benevolence — Stenographer. 150.00
G. M. Allowance 750.00
G. M. Stenographer 150.00
D. G. M. Allowance 250.00
D. G. M. Postage 15.Q0
Chairman Benevolence Committee —
Postage 15.00
Grand Treasurer's Clerk 100.00
Auditor ' 150.00
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, De-
cember 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, Decem-
ber 83.33
N. W. J. Haydon — Librarian Honora-
rium 75.00
Hamilton Masonic Hall — Rent 250.00
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 21.60
1939
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939 77
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 108.10
Geo. H. Lees— P. M. Jewel 5.15
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library
Postage 4.76
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 134.76
Ewart G. Dixon — Travelling Expenses
G. L. Massachusetts 43.75
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 6.26
The Masonic Sun — Masonic Announce-
ment 50.00
The Freemason — Masonic Announce-
ment 20.00
Jan. 7 Dorothy F. Quick— Flowers 10.50
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library
Supplies 12.48
Geo. H. Lees— P. M. Jewels 10.14
Stewart Davidson — Printing and Sta-
tionery 5.00
31 Grand Secretary— Salarv 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer— .Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance Jan-
uary 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, January 83.33
Dye & Durham — Printing and Stationery 6.30
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 19.44
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 63.12
The Reid Press Ltd.— Special Printing.. 1,549.80
G. S. Pearcy Agency — Masonic Library
Insurance Premium 12.25
Board of Education, Toronto — Prepaid
Rent for G. L. Meeting, 1939 50.00
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 115.99
Feb. 2 N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library Ex-
penses, Toronto 5.65
28 Grand Secretary— Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary . .' 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100 00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, Feb-
ruary 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, February 83.33
78 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Ewart G. Dixon — Travelling Expenses
G. L. Quebec 33.20
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 135.94
Ewart G. Dixon — Travelling Expenses
Conference — Washington 78.29
Mar. 7 Geo. H. Lees— P. M. Jewels 10.30
Remington Rand Ltd. — Office Supplies.. 9.00
Dorothy F. Quick— Flowers 6.00
The Freemason — Masonic Announce-
ments 20.00
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 5.68
Robt. Duncan & Co. — Printing and Sta-
tionery 5.00
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library
Postage 4.16
Masonic Relief Association — Canada &
U. S. A 251.83
31 Grand Secretary— Salary 416.66
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co. 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance,
March 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, March.. 83.33
Grand Treasurer's Clerk 100.00
Auditor 150.00
Hamilton Masonic Hall— Rent 250.00
Dictaphone Corporation Ltd. — Equipment
for Supervisor Benevolence 340.00
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 21.87
Robt. Duncan & Co.— Office Supplies . . 2.75
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 81.68
Apr. 5 Hugh Murray — Fire Insurance Premium 13. 5*0
The Masonic Sun — Masonic Announce-
ments 25.00
The Freemason — Masonic Announce-
ments 45.00
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library
Expenses 7.03
29 Grand Secretary — Salary 416.6S
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salarv 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.33
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, April 41.66
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, April . 83.33
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 79
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 71.35
Griffin & Richmond Co. — Printing and
Stationery 67.77
Geo. H. Lees— P. M. Jewel 5.11
Ewart G. Dixon — Travelling Expenses —
Grand Chap 25.57
May 11 F. & J. McMulkin — Premium on Bond.. 25.00
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library Ex-
penses — Toronto 4.84
31 Grand Secretary — Salary 416.74
Chief Clerk— Salary 300.00
Clerk— Salary 150.00
Stenographer — Salary 100.00
Bell Telephone Co 8.75
Supervisor Benevolence — Salary 333.37
Miss J. Place — Retiring Allowance, May 41.73
Mrs. W. M. Logan — Allowance, May . . . 83.37
N. W. J. Haydon — Librarian Honorarium 125.00
Canada Permanent Trust Company —
Disbursements $ 6.46
Administration Fee 319.15
325.61
Petty Cash — Postage, Express, Long
Distance Calls and Office Sundries. 79.99
Supervisor Benevolence — Travelling Ex-
penses 24.09
Griffin & Richmond Co. — G. L. 1939
Meeting — Printing 151.57
Ewart G. Dixon — Travelling Expenses,
G. L. Michigan 30.34
Remington Rand Ltd. — Office Supplies.. 3.00
N. W. J. Haydon — Masonic Library —
Postage 3.80
John Ness — Postage 3.30
$ 38,203.22
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Schedule of Investments, 31st May, 1939
Landed Banking & Loan Co 3%% 1941 $ 5,000.00
Township of Barton 5% % 1952 5,000.00
City of Brandon 5% 1939 2,000.00
Canadian National Railways 5% 1954 8,000.00
Township of Etobicoke 5%% 1940 2,000.00
Township of Etobicoke 5V 2 % 1941 3,000.00
Township of Etobicoke 5V 2 % 1942 2,000.00
Township of Etobicoke 5%% 1943 3,000.00
Town of Gananoque 5% 1941 5,000.00
City of Hamilton 6% 1953 3,000.00
City of Hamilton 6% 1949 3,000.00
City of Hamilton 6% 1948 4,000.00
Province of Manitoba 6% 1947 11,000.00
Province of Manitoba 5V 2 % 1955 10,000.00
City of New Westminster 5% 1943 5,000.00
City of Oshawa 5% 1941 10,000.00
City of Owen Sound 5% 1945 10,000.00
Province of New Brunswick 5% 1954 5,000.00
City of Peterborough 4V 2 % 1939 5,121.37
Province of Prince Edward Island 6% 1947 25,000.00
Township of Sandwich East 5V 2 % 1934 4,000 00
City of Saskatoon 5% 1945 10,000.00
City of Toronto 6% 1950 12,000.00
City of Toronto 6% 1949 3,000.00
City of Woodstock 5V 2 % 1950 3,000.00
City of Woodstock 5*4 % 1949 2,000.00
Township of East York 5% 1937 2,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3V 2 % 1943 11,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3V 2 % 1942 10,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1943 15,000.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3V 2 % 1941 10,000.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3V 2 % 1942 10,000.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp.,4% 1940 10,000.00
National Trust Company Limited,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 4% 1939 10,000.00
Dominion of Canada 4 x / 2 % 1959 65,500.00
Dominion of Canada 5% 1941 15,000.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp. 3V 2 % 1942 1,500.00
Burrard Dry Dock Co., Limited . . 3% 1950 5,000.00
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 81
Province of Nova Scotia 3*4% 1956 12,000.00
Hvdro-Electric Power Commission
of Ontario 3% % 1947 10,000.00
City of Windsor 3&% 1975 21,000.00
Total Face Value $368,121.37
The attached Schedule shows the Investments of the
General Fund on 31st May, 1939, with the Interest rates and
years in which they mature.
All the above Securities are deposited with the Canada
Permanent Trust Company, Toronto, under an agreement
whereby the said Company assumes the custody thereof,
makes all collections, and deposits same in the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, Hamilton, to the credit of the Grand
Lodge, pursuant to a letter of instructions dated 1st Feb-
ruary, 1935.
JOHN A. ROWLAND,
Grand Treasurer.
The Securities set out in the Schedule herein above referred
to were produced to me and found in order.
H. FRANK VIGEON,
Chartered Accountant, Auditor.
Toronto, 14th June, 1939.
82 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
MEMORIAL FUND
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers and
Members of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Canada,
in the Province of Ontario.
M. W. Sir and Brethren:
I herewith submit a Statement of Receipts and Dis-
bursements of the Memorial Fund for the year ended 31st
May, 1939:
RECEIPTS
To Balance in Canadian Bank of Commerce on
31st May 1938 $ 7,320.18
Benevolent Cheques prior to 1st June 1938 —
since cancelled 75.00
$ 7,395.18
Received from:
Grand Secretary from Lodges . .$ 45.69
Interest and Exchange 20,178.95
$ 20,224.64
$ 27,619.82
Investments Matured:
$ 955.30 Town of Oakville, 5%
Bond $ 955.30
1,000.00 City of Hamilton, 5%%
Bond 1,000.00
9,000.00 City of Toronto, 5V 2 %
Bonds 9,000.00
2,000.00 Village of Forest Hill,
5% Bonds 2,000.00
$ 12,955.30
$ 40,575.12
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939 83
DISBURSEMENTS
Benevolent Orders $ 22,635.00
Canada Permanent Trust Co.: — Includ-
ing Semi-Centennial Fund:
Disbursements $ 7.14
Administration Fee 378.44
$ 385.58
Investments:
$5,000.00 Province of Nova
Scotia Bonds, 3% due
November, 1956 $4,775.00
8,500.00 Canadian Nation-
al Railway ( Guaran-
teed Bonds), 3% due
Jan. 1959 8,340.62
13,115.62
Accrued Interest . . 100.27
13,215.89
$ 36,236.47
Balance in Canadian Bank of Com-
merce 31st May, 1939:
Capital Funds $ 174.72
Revenue Funds 4,163.93
4,338.65
$ 40,575.12
All of which is fraternally submitted,
JOHN A. ROWLAND,
Grand Treasurer.
Audited and found correct,
H. FRANK VIGEON,
Chartered Accountant, Auditor.
Toronto, 14th June, 1939.
84 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
COMBINED MEMORIAL AND SEMI-CENTENNIAL
FUNDS
Schedule of Investments, 31st May, 1939
PART ONE— MEMORIAL FUND
Township of Etobicoke 5 x / 2 % 1940 $ 1,953.81
Township of Etobicoke 6%% 1941 2,226.27
Township of Etobicoke 5V 2 % 1942 3,000.00
Township of Etobicoke 5%% 1943 2,816.97
Township of Etobicoke 5% 1945 2,993.91
Township of Etobicoke 5% 1946 143.61
Village of Forest Hill 5% 1940 13,000.00
City of Hamilton 4% % 1940 7,000.00
City of Hamilton 4% % 1940 8,000.00
City of London 4V 2 % 1944 15,000.00
Province of Manitoba 6% 1947 10,000.00
Province of Ontario 5%% 1942 25,000.00
Province of New Brunswick 5% 1954 10,000.00
City of Peterborough 5% 1940 13,000.00
City of Saskatoon 5% 1961 5,000.00
Province of Saskatchewan 6% 1952 1,000.00
City of Toronto 5V 2 % 1952 5,000.00
Dominion of Canada 4%% 1959 30,000.00
Canadian National Railway 5% 1954 25,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt AV 2 % 1939 20,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1943 10,000.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 4%% 1939 10,000.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1940 15,000.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 4%% 1939 10,000.00
National Trust Company Limited,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3% 1941 15,000.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp.,
Debenture 3% % 1940 1,000.00
Province of Ontario 6% 1943 21,000.00
Province of New Brunswick 5V 2 % 1950 1,000.00
Town of Orillia 4% % 1954 4,000.00
Province of Nova Scotia 3%% 1956 20,000.00
St. John Dry Dock & Ship Build-
ing Co 3% % 1952 3,500.00
Dominion of Canada 3% Perpetual 12,000.00
Burrard Dry Dock Co. Limited ...3% 1950 5,000.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp. 3V 2 % 1942 1,800.00
City of Windsor 3%% 1975 25,051.24
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp. 3V 2 % 1943 3,000.00
Province of Nova Scotia 3% 1956 5,000.00
Canadian National Railway 3% 1959 8,500.00
Total Face Value $370,985.81
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 85
COMBINED MEMORIAL AND SEMI-CENTENNIAL
FUNDS
Schedule of Investments, 31st May, 1939
PART TWO— SEMI-CENTENNIAL FUND
Township of Barton 5%% 1952 $ 2,000.00
City of Hamilton 5% 1949 1,000.00
City of Hamilton 5% 1963 3,000.00
District of North Vancouver 4%% 1939 3,000.00
Town of Oakville 5% 1939 1,003.07
Town of Oakville 5% 1940 1,053.22
Province of Ontario 6% 1941 1,500.00
Province of Ontario 5% 1942 2,000.00
Province of New Brunswick 5% 1954 5,000.00
City of Peterborough 4%% 1939 1,319.25
City of Saskatoon 5% 1945 7,000.00
City of Toronto 5% % 1939 1,000.00
Certificate of Deposit, Township
of York 6% 1935 1,440.72
Township of East York 5% 1937 9,315.50
Province of Saskatchewan 6% 1952 6,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1943 5,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1943 1,000.00
Toronto General Trusts Corp.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1941 6,235.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1940 4,000.00
The Canada Permanent Trust Co.,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 3%% 1942 2,500.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp.,
Debenture 3% % 1940 2,500.00
National Trust Company Limited,
Guaranteed Investment Receipt 4% 1939 1,400.00
Dominion of Canada 4V 2 % 1959 6,000.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp..
Debenture 3V 2 % 1942 2,000.00
City of Windsor 3%% 1975 11,736.78
Total Face Value $ 88,003.54
Balance on Deposit in Canadian Bank of Com-
merce on 31st May, 1939 $100.00
The Investments of the combined Memorial and Semi-
centennial Funds on 31st May, 1939, with the Interest rates
and years in which they mature are set out in two Schedules
herewith attached, viz: — Part One — Memorial Fund and
Part Two — Semi-Centennial Fund.
86 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
All the above Securities are deposited with the Canada
Permanent Trust Company, Toronto, under an agreement
whereby the said Company assumes the custody thereof,
makes all collections, and deposits same in the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, Hamilton, to the credit of the Grand
Lodge, pursuant to a letter of instructions dated 1st Feb-
ruary, 1935.
JOHN A. ROWLAND,
Grand Treasurer.
The Securities set out in the Schedules herein above referred
to were produced to me and found in order.
H. FRANK VIGEON,
Chartered Accountant, Auditor.
Toronto, 14th June, 1939.
On motion of the Deputy Grand Master,
seconded by M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland, the report
was received and referred to the Committee on
Audit and Finance.
GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT
The Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. E. G. Dixon,
presented his report as follows:
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 193 87
Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M.
of Canada
IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT
To the M.W. the Grand Master, Officers and Mem-
bers of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of
Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
M.W. Sir and Brethren:
I beg leave to present my annual report, con-
taining an account of all moneys received by me,
and paid to the Grand Treasurer, during the year
ending the 31st May, 1939.
The following statements are herewith submit-
ted viz. :
A Summary of receipts from various sources
on General Account;. Details of Receipts on General
Account and Ledger Balances as at the 31st May.
1939; a Summary of Receipts for the year; Details
of Payments to the Grand Treasurer; a Summary
of Expenditure; Details of the Returns of Lodges
as at the 31st May, 1939; a Summary of the Re-
ceipts and of Payments to the Grand Treasurer on
account of the Semi-Centennial and Memorial
Funds; and a Statement of the Receipts and Dis-
bursements on the Semi-Centennial and Memorial
Funds Revenue Account.
88 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Details of Receipts of Grand Lodge on General
Account and Ledger Balances, Year
ending May 31st, 1939
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
2 Niagara. ..Niagara 186.00 4.00
3 Ancient St. John's...Kingston 405.25 11.00
5 Sussex Brockville 386.25 1.00
6 Barton Hamilton 313.00 7.50
7 Union . Grimsby 187.50 1.50
9 Union. .....Napanee 227.00
10 Norfolk Simcoe 218.00 15.00
11 Moira Belleville 385.00 1.00
14 True Britons ...Perth 156.50
15 St. George's .St. Catharines... 338.50 6.50
16 St. Andrew's ..Toronto 473.00
17 St. John's Cobourg 268.50 1.05
18 Prince Edward Picton 269.00
20 St. John's .London 410.50
21a St. John's .Vankleek Hill ... 81.50 2.50
22 King Solomon's .Toronto 260.20 11.00
23 Richmond .Richmond Hill... 143.75 7.50
24 St. Francis Smith's Falls ... 263.50 9.50
25 Ionic Toronto 233.00 5.00
26 Ontario Port Hope 168.50 2.00
27 Strict Observance.Hamilton 411.50 4.00
28 Mount Zion Kemptville 112.00 3.00
29 United ...Brighton 151.50 3.00
30 Composite .Whitby 132.50 7.25
31 Jerusalem ...Bowmanville 264.50 3.00
32 Amity Dunnville 194.60 .50
33 Maitland Goderich 207.50 .50
34 Thistle. ...Amherstburg ... 124.50
35 St. John's Cayuga 129.50 2.50
37 King Hiram Ingersoll 155.00
38 Trent Trenton 240.50
39 Mount Zion .....J3rooklin 119.50
40 St. John's Hamilton 485.00 3.00
41 St. George's Kingsville 348.00 115.50
42 St. George's .London 264.00
43 King Solomon's Woodstock 385.00 2.50
44 St. Thomas St. Thomas 300.20
45 Brant Brantford 387.00 4.50
46 Wellington Chatham 259.00 .25
47 Great Western Windsor 778.00 2.00
48 Madoc ....Madoc 126.00 3.00
50 Consecon Consecon 115.00 5.30
52 Dalhousie ....Ottawa 254.50 .50
54 Vaughan Maple 72.50 1.60
55 Merrickville ....Merrickville 85.50 .50
56 Victoria Sarnia 266.00
57 Harmony Binbrook 135.50 2.00
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 89
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
58 Doric .Ottawa . 478.00 2.50
61 Acacia .Hamilton 753.00 11.50
62 St. Andrew's ..Caledonia 139.20
63 St. John's .Carleton Place... 158.00
64 Kilwinning Xondon 400.00 7.10
65 Rehoboam _ .Toronto 425.00 1.00
66 Durham Newcastle 95.00
68 St. John's Ingersoll 192.00 .10
69 Stirling Stirling 146.50 1.00
72 Alma .Gait 226.10 5.00
73 St. James St. Marys 180.50 2.00
74 St. James South Augusta... 103.00
75 St. John's .Toronto 141.00 2.75
76 Oxford .Woodstock 303.00
77 Faithful Brethren.Lindsay 277.00 6.00
78 King Hiram Tillsonburg 265.50 8.50
79 Simcoe Bradford 128.50 3.50
81 St. John's Mount Brydges 96.80
82 St. John's .Paris 222.50
83 Beaver Strathroy 161.00
84 Clinton Clinton 162.30
85 Rising Sun .Athens 86.50 1.00
86 Wilson Toronto 219.00 5.50
87 Markham Union .Markham 167.50 1.60
88 St. George's Owen Sound 170.00
90 Manito Collingwood 331.50 6.00
91 Colborne Colborne 144.00 20.00
92 Cataraqui ...Kingston 389.50 4.00
93 Northern Light ..Kincardine 185.50 6.00
94 St. Mark's ..Port Stanley 74.60 1.50
96 Corinthian Barrie 436.00 .50
97 Sharon '... Queensville 104.50
98 True Blue JSolton 80.00 1.00
99 Tuscan Newmarket 162.00
100 Valley Dundas 248.00 1.00
101 Corinthian Peterborough ... 294.00 17.00
103 Maple Leaf St. Catharines... 384.50
104 St. John's Norwich 156.50 1.00
105 St. Mark's Niagara Falls ... 270.00 1.00
106 Burford Burford 92.00 4.25
107 St. Paul's Lambeth 159.00 3.80
108 Blenheim Princeton 85.50
109 Albion Harrowsmith ... 166.50 3.00
110 Central Prescott 171.50 2.50
113 Wilson Waterford 175.00 4.75
114 Hope Port Hope 258.50 1.00
115 Ivy Beamsville 199.00 1.00
116 Cassia Thedford 86.00
118 Union Schomberg 95 00 1.00
119 Maple Leaf..... .Bath 111.00 1.00
120 Warren..... _Fingal 59.00
121 Doric Brantford 427.00 5.00
90 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
122 Renfrew Renfrew 131.50
123 Belleville Belleville 336.60 .50
125 Cornwall Cornwall 223.20 1.20
126 Golden Rule Campbellford ... 251.50
127 Franck Frankford 64.00 87.00
128 Pembroke Pembroke 205.50
129 Rising Sun .Aurora 131.00
131 St. Lawrence ..Southampton ... 97.50
133 Lebanon Forest Exeter 140.50 2.00
135 St. Clair Milton 149.00
136 Richardson _ Stouffville 119.00 2.00
137 Pythagoras ...JVIeaford 118.00 1.50
139 Lebanon...... Oshawa 260.00
140 Malahide .....Aylmer 152.00
141 Tudor Mitchell 107.00 3.00
142 Excelsior..... JMorrisburg 124.00 3.00
143 Friendly Brothers...Iroquois 87.50 1.00
144 Tecumseh. ...Stratford 379.50 1.00
145 J. B. Hall .....Millbrook 105.00
146 Prince of Wales Newburgh 48.50 2.00
147 Mississippi Almonte 143.00 4.00
148 Civil Service Ottawa 291.00
149 Erie Port Dover 196.00
151 Grand River ...Kitchener 390.50
153 Burns Wyoming 77.50 1.00
154 Irving Lucan 119.70
155 Peterborough Peterborough ... 336.50 7.50
156 York .Toronto 335.00 5.60
157 Simpson Newboro 76.50 1.20
158 Alexandra ..Oil Springs 65.50
159 Goodwood Richmond 85.50 1.20
161 Percy Warkworth 126/50 1.50
162 Forest ...Wroxeter 73.00
164 Star in the East Wellington 105.70 1.50
165 Burlington .Burlington 243.00 2.00
166 Wentworth Stonev Creek ... 226.00 3.75
168 Merritt Welland 232.50 1.00
169 Macnab Port Colborne... 209.50 7.00
170 Britannia Seaforth 126.00 1.00
171 Prince of Wales Iona Sta 70.50
172 Ayr Ayr 76.50
174 Walsinsrham ...Port Rowan 129.00
177 The Builders ...Ottawa 492.00
178 Plattsville Plattsville 62.50
180 Speed Guelph 364.50 5.00
181 Oriental Port Burwell ... 69.10 1.00
184 Old Light Lucknow 185.00 1.00
185 Enniskillen v ^rk 61. B0 1.50
186 Plantagenet .Riceville 62.50
190 Belmont Belmont 109.50 3 00
192 Orillia ....Orillia 388.00 1.00
193 Scotland Scotland 112.50 4.05
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 91
Balance
No. Nawie of Lodge Location Amount ' Dr. Cr.
194 Petrolia , Petrolia 198.50
195 Tuscan ..London 335.50 6.00
196 Madawaska... Arnprior 133.00 2.00
197 Saugeen .Walkerton 146.00 1.00
200 St. Alban's .....Mount Forest ... 103.55
201 Leeds ..Gananoque 247.00
203 Irvine Elora 92.50 6.10
205 New Dominion .....New Hamburg... 73.50 1.00
207 Lancaster Lancaster 113.50 .50
209a St. John's London 515.50 4.00
209 Evergreen _ Lanark 76.00 2.50
215 Lake Ameliasburg 92.00 1.00
216 Harris Orangeville 209.60 3.00
217 Frederick Delhi 138.50 1.00
218 Stevenson _ Toronto 288.00 1.75
219 Credit .Georgetown 149.70
220 Zeredatha Uxbridge 159.50
221 Mountain Thorold 225.50 5.50
222 Marmora .....Marmora 99.50
223 Norwood Norwood 66.50
224 Huron ....Hensall 91.50 1.00
225 Bernard Listowel 195.00 6.50
228 Prince Arthur Odessa 92.50 152.50
229 Ionic Brampton 211.50 2.50
230 Kerr Barrie 330.50 4.00
231 Fidelity Ottawa 295.50 7.00
232 Cameron Dutton 30.00 164.50
233 Doric Parkhill 143.50
234 Beaver Clarksburg 91.50 10.00
235 Aldworth. .....Paisley 109.50 11.00
236 Manitoba _ Cookstown 132.50
237 Vienna Vienna 135.50
238 Havelock .Watford 113.00 1.00
239 Tweed ...Tweed 118.00
242 Macoy Mallorytown 92.00 8.25
243 St. George St. George 89.00 1.00
245 Tecumseh Thamesville 126.50
247 Ashlar .Toronto 267.00 3.00
249 Caledonian Midland 192.00 2.00
250 Thistle Embro 126.00
253 Minden -Kingston 305.00 7.00
254 Clifton Niagara Falls ... 337.00 1.00
255 Sydenham Dresden 137.50
256 Farran's Point Aultsville 65.00 386.00
257 Gait ...Gait 226.50 1.00
258 Guelph Guelph 307.00 4.00
259 Springfield Springfield 120.10 1.00
260 Washington Petrolia 190.50
261 Oak Branch. Innerkip 64.05
262 Harriston Harriston 98.00 3.00
263 Forest Forest 112.50
264 Chaudiere Ottawa 290.25 1.00
92 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
265 Patterson .Thornhill 274.50 7.00
266 Northern Light ...Stayner 117.00 1.00
267 Parthenon .......Chatham 297.00 4.10
268 Verulam Bobcaygeon 90.50
269 Brougham Union Claremount 101.00
270 Cedar Oshawa 263.00 1.55
271 Wellington Erin 103.50 4.75
272 Seymour .Ancaster 203.50
274 Kent Blenheim 193.50 3.00
276 Teeswater JTeeswater 98.50 1.00
277 Seymour _ Port Dalhousie 117.00
279 New Hope...... Hespeler 122.00
282 Lome Glencoe 104.00
283 Eureka Belleville 517.25 5.75
284 St. John's, Brussels 91.00
285 Seven Star __Alliston 162.00 2.50
286 Wingham ...Wingham 160.00 4.00
287 Shuniah ...Port Arthur 436.50 5.10
289 Doric .....Xobo 127.50
290 Leamington -Leamington 286.50 3.50
291 Dufferin .West Flamboro 106.00 1.50
292 Robertson ...King 35.00 189.60
294 Moore ....Courtright 109.50 5.00
295 Conestogo ...Drayton 91.00 1.00
296 Temple .St. Catharines... 362.50 1.00
297 Preston Preston 277.00 3.50
299 Victoria Centreville 47.00 .75
300 Mount Olivet .Thorndale 91.00
302 St. David's St. Thomas 370.10 2.50
303 Blyth Blyth 77.00
304 Minerva Stroud 126.50 3.00
305 Humber Weston 193.75 2.50
306 Durham Durham 113.50 1.00
307 Arkona - Arkona 61.00 .50
309 Morning Star Carlow 91.00
311 Blackwood Woodbridge 100.00 3.00
312 Pnyx -Wallaceburg 211.50
313 Clementi .Lakefield 139.00 2.50
314 Blair -Palmerston 203.10 2.10
315 Clifford .Clifford 85.50 .90
316 Doric Toronto 320.00 6.10
318 Wilmot -Baden 29.50
319 Hiram -Hagersville 129.00 2.00
320 Chesterville —Chesterville 151.50
321 Walker .Acton 158.00 .50
322 North Star .Owen Sound 166.50 1.00
323 Alvinston -Alvinston 77.50
324 Temple -Hamilton 473.50 1.50
325 Orono .....Orono 85.00 3.50
326 Zetland Toronto 365.50 2.30
327 Hammond Wardsville 58.00
328 Ionic -Napier 57.20
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 93
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
329 King Solomon .Jarvis 107.00
330 Corinthian .London 302.00 3.00
331 Fordwich .....Fordwich 54.00 .50
332 Stratford .....Stratford 339.00 1.00
333 Prince Arthur Flesherton 142.00 4.20
334 Prince Arthur .Arthur 88.50 2.00
336 Highgate Highgate 127.00 4.30
337 Myrtle Port Robinson... 90.50 5.00
338 Dufferin Wellandport 127.00
339 Orient Toronto 309.00 2.50
341 Bruce .Tiverton 62.50
343 Georgina .Toronto 344.50 5.50
344 Merrill ......Dorchester Sta. 72.50 2.00
345 Nilestown ...Nilestown 133.70
346 Occident Toronto ._ 305.50 3.50
347 Mercer Fergus 156.60
348 Georgian Penetanguishene 112.50 1.00
352 Granite ...Parry Sound 306.50 5.00
354 Brock .Cannington 82.00 1.05
356 River Park Streetsville 111.00
357 Waterdown .Millgrove 224.00 5.80
358 Delaware Valley Delaware 79.00
359 Vittoria Vittoria 96.00
360 Muskoka Bracebridge 165.00 1.00
361 Waverley. Guelph 331.00 3.50
362 Maple Leaf Tara 98.00
364 Dufferin Melbourne 71.50
367 St. George Toronto 396.50 6.20
368 Salem Brockville 361.00 1.00
369 Mimico ..Lambton Mills... 269 50 3.00
370 Harmony Delta 133.00
371 Prince of Wales Ottawa 322.00 6.00
372 Palmer Fort Erie North 146.00 6.00
373 Copestone Welland 225.50
374 Keene JCeene 61.00
375 Lome Omemee 118.00 .50
376 Unity Huntsville 183.10 1.25
377 Lorne Shelburne 113.50 .50
378 King- Solomon's London 749.50
379 Middlesex Bryanston 58.60
380 Union London 401.50
382 Doric Hamilton 403.25 1.50
383 Henderson Winchester 91.00 1.00
384 Alpha Toronto 471.50 4.00
385 Sprv ..Beeton 115.10
386 McColl West Lorne 105.05
387 Lansdowne Lansdowne 102.00 1.00
388 Henderson Ilderton 100.00 .05
389 Crystal Fountain North Augusta 72.50 1.50
390 Florence Florence 71.00 1.50
391 Howard Ridgetown 147.00
392 Huron Camlachie 91.50
94 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. O.
393 Forest _Chesley 101.50
394 King Solomon _.Thamesford 102.25
395 Parvaim Xomber 60.00
396 Cedar. _Wiarton 161.00 1.00
397 Leopold Brigden 99.00 1.50
398 Victoria Kirkfield 111.00 3.00
399 Moffatt. .Harrietsville 83.30 .50
400 Oakville. ..Oakville 180.75 597.50
401 Craig Deseronto 124.00 1.00
402 Central .Essex 169.00
403 Windsor .Windsor 458.50
404 Lome _ Tamworth 73.20 4.30
405 Mattawa Mattawa 67.50 2.50
406 Spry Fenelon Falls ... 118.00 5.75
408 Murray .Beaverton 116.50
409 Golden Rule ...Graverihurst 127.00
410 Zeta ..Toronto 377.00 1.25
411 Rodney .Rodney 102.25 .50
412 Keystone Sault Ste. Marie 342.00
413 Naphtali ...Tilbury 144.50
414 Pequonga ....Kenora 268.00
415 Fort William .Fort William 535.50
416 Lyn _Lyn 34.50 .60
417 Keewatin ...Keewatin 98.00
418 Maxville .Maxville 83.50 1.25
419 Liberty Sarnia 186.50
420 Nipissing .._North Bay 278.50
421 Scott __Grand Valley 82.50 1.00
422 Star of the East _Bothwell 79.00 1.00
423 Strong ..Sundridge 112.50
424 Doric ......Pickering 96.50 2.00
425 St. Clair Sombra 79.00
426 Stanley .Toronto 352.00 4.00
427 Nickel .Sudbury 360.00 6.00
428 Fidelity ..Port Perry 116.50
429 Port Eigin Port Elgin 77.50
430 Acacia Toronto 261.50 4.80
431 Moravian Cargill 58.50
432 Hanover -Hanover 99.50 4.90
433 Bonnechere _._Eganville 88.50
434 Algonquin _.Emsdale 115.50 2.00
435 Havelock .„_Havelock 138.50 3.50
436 Burns —Hepworth 74.50
437 Tuscan -Sarnia 362.60 1.00
438 Harmony .....Toronto 240.00 3.00
439 Alexandria Alexandria 85 00 285.50
440 Arcadia Minden 253.50
441 Westport ....Westport 99.00
442 Dyment _ .Thessalon 125.00 98.50
443 Powassan Powassan 142 00 2.00
444 Netitis Creemore 80.50 1.00
445 Lake of the Woods..Kenora 134.50 3.50
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 95
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
446 Granite Fort Frances 282.50
447 Sturgeon Falls Sturgeon Falls 226.50 3.00
448 Xenophon .Wheatley 123.50
449 Dundalk Dundalk 90.00 1.50
450 Hawkesbury...... ..Hawkesbury 86.60
451 Somerville _Kinmount 63.00
452 Avonmore Avonmore 75.50
453 Royal Fort William ... 234.75
454 Corona Burk's Falls 101.00 7.00
455 Doric Little Current... 77.50 3.50
456 Elma Monkton 60.70 .50
457 Century Merlin 123.50 4.20
458 Wales Wales 125.50
459 Cobden Cobden 124.55 2.00
460 Rideau Seeley's Bay 79.00
461 Ionic _ Rainy River 129.05
462 Temiskaming New Liskeard ... 166.00
463 North Entrance Haliburton 91.50 1.00
464 King Edward .Sunderland 86.50
465 Carleton Carp 75.50
466 Coronation Elmvale 123.00
467 Tottenham ..Tottenham 81.50 1.80
468 Peel Caledon East ... 101.00
469 Algoma Sault Ste. Marie 274.50 8.00
470 Victoria .Victoria Harbor 123.50 2.00
471 King Edward VII Chippawa 99.50 1.00
472 Gore Bay Gore Bay 109.00
473 The Beaches Toronto 242.00 1.75
474 Victoria Toronto 294.50 4.00
475 Dundurn Hamilton 466.00 1.00
476 Corinthian North Gower ... 100.50 1.00
477 Harding Woodville 149.00
478 Milverton Milverton 100.50 4.00
479 Russell Russell 111.00
480 Williamsburg Williamsburg ... 80.50 1.00
481 Corinthian _ Toronto 266.50 8.00
482 Bancroft Bancroft 184.00
483 Granton Granton 62.00
484 Golden Star J)ryden _ 99.50
485 Haileybury Hailevbury 129.00
486 Silver Cobalt 217.00 8.00
487 Penewobikong Blind River 1.00 254.00
488 King Edward Harrow 131.00 3 00
489 Osiris Smith's Falls ... 173.50 5.50
490 Hiram Markdale 70 00
491 Cardinal Cardinal 93.50 3.00
492 Karnak Coldwater 99.50 2.25
494 Riverdale Toronto 300.00 6.00
495 Electric Hamilton 364.75 2.00
496 University Toronto ' 286.60 4.00
497 St. Andrew's Arden 59 55 3.55
498 King George V Coboconk 74.00
96 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
499 Port Arthur Port Arthur 333.30 7.00
500 Rose Windsor 181.00 10.00
501 Connaught JMimico 208.50 4.00
502 Coronation .Smithville 122.00 .30
503 Inwood Jnwood 103.00 17.00
504 Otter Lombardy 60.00 .50
505 Lynden JLynden 89.00
506 Porcupine ^South Porcupine 152.00 .50
507 Elk Lake ..._Elk Lake 117.50 6.00
508 Ozias -Brantford 249.00 1.00
509 Twin City Kitchener 332.25 4.00
510 Parkdale Toronto 202.00 3.00
511 Connaught W. Fort William 137.50 10.00
512 Malone .Sutton 128.00
513 Corinthian ^Hamilton 388.10 1.00
514 St. Alban's _ .Toronto 277.00
515 Reba _Brantford 304.50 5.20
516 Enterprise Beachburg 83.50
517 Hazeldean Hazeldean 55.00 1.00
518 Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout... 138.00
519 Onondaga. Onondaga 91.50
520 Coronati ...Toronto 286.50 .50
521 Ontario ...Windsor 350.25 4.00
522 Mount Sinai —Toronto 218.00 198.00
523 Royal Arthur .-Peterborough ... 199.00 1.00
524 Mississauga .Port Credit 204.00 1.00
525 Temple Toronto 227.00 4.25
526 Ionic - _Westboro 355.00
527 Espanola _Espar.ola 103.50
528 Golden Beaver Timmins 242.50 21.00
529 Myra .Komoka 55.00
530 Cochrane .....Cochrane 149.50 1.00
531 High Park ..Toronto 434.75 .50
532 Canada Toronto 284.20 4.20
533 Shamrock Toronto 208.00
534 Englehart Englehart 114.00 2.00
535 Phoenix Fonthill 129.00 4.00
536 Algonquin Copper Cliff 153.50 5.50
537 Ulster Toronto 488.50 4.50
538 Earl Kitchener Port McNicoll... 54.00
539 Waterloo Waterloo 248.50 4.00
540 Abitibi Iroquois Falls ... 166.00 1.00
541 Tuscan ..Toronto 350.50 3.70
542 Metropolitan Toronto 153.50 1.00
543 Imperial Toronto 224.00 2.00
544 Lincoln .Abingdon 87.00
545 John Ross Rob'son.Toronto 291.00 1.00
546 Talbot St. Thomas 246.10
547 Victory * Toronto 38.50 2.50
548 General Mercer Toronto 331.00 15.25
549 Ionic Hamilton 264.00 6.50
550 Buchanan Hamilton 216.00 3.00
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 97
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
551 Tuscan Hamilton 436.00 2.00
552 Queen City ......Toronto 328.50 4.10
553 Oakwood ...Toronto 153.50
554 Border Cities . Windsor 125.50 12.50
555 Wardrope ...Hamilton 294.50 4.50
556 Nation Spencerville 78.00
557 Finch .....Finch 108.60
558 Sidney Alb't Luke...Ottawa 179.50
559 Palestine Toronto 242.00 9.00
560 St. Andrew's Ottawa 237.00 1.00
561 Acacia ...Westboro 185.50 5.00
562 Hamilton .....Hamilton 301.00 1.00
563 Victory .Chatham 291.50 1.00
564 Ashlar ...Ottawa 198.50
565 Kilwinning Toronto 409.10 2.00
566 King Hiram Toronto 138.00 2.10
567 St. Aidan's Toronto 81.80 1.00
568 Hullett .Londesboro 43.50
569 Doric -Lakeside 62.50 2.20
570 Dufferin Toronto 242.00 9.00
571 Antiquity Toronto 170.50
572 Mizpah .Toronto 298.50 4.20
573 Adoniram Niagara Falls ... 131.00
574 Craig Ailsa Craig 81.00 5.00
575 Fidelity Toronto 165.00 2.50
576 Mimosa Toronto 198.00 4.50
577 St. Clair Toronto 224.50
578 Queen's Kingston 234.50 3.00
579 Harmony Windsor 208.75 .50
580 Acacia .London 231.50
581 Harcourt Toronto 103.00
582 Sunnyside Toronto 219.00 3.00
583 Transportation Toronto 309.30 1.00
584 Kaministiquia Fort William ... 157.50 4.50
585 Royal Edward Kingston 159.50
586 War Veterans Toronto 346.00 3.50
587 Patricia Toronto 182.00 5.80
588 National Capreol 111.00 1.00
589 Grey Toronto 158.50 5.00
590 Defenders Ottawa 145.00
591 North Gate Toronto 183.00 3.00
592 Fairbank Toronto 127.50 6.80
593 St. Andrew's Hamilton 427.50 8.20
594 Hillcrest Hamilton 177.00 2.50
595 Rideau Ottawa 135.00 4.00
596 Martintown. Martintown 47.00
597 Temple _ -London 188.00 3.50
598 Dominion .Windsor 89.50 2.00
599 Mount Dennis ...Weston 209.00 6.00
600 MaoleLeaf Toronto 145.00 3.00
601 St. Paul Sarnia 136.50 3.50
602 Hugh Murray Hamilton 251.50 1.00
98 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. Cr.
603 Campbell. Campbellville ... 90.00 2.00
604 Palace _ Windsor 101.50 4.50
605 Melita Toronto 157.00 5.40
606 Unity Toronto 115.50 3.00
607 Golden Fleece Toronto 144.50
608 Gothic Lindsay 106.00 5.00
609 Tavistock -Tavistock 63.10
610 Ashlar _Bvron 81.00 1.00
611 Huron-Bruce JTcionto 116.00 4.50
612 Birch Cliff Birch Cliff 144.50 5.25
613 Fort Erie. Fort Erie 92.00
614 Adanac Merritton 140.50 1.00
615 Dominion Ridgeway 94.00 2.25
616 Perfection. St. Catharines... 96.00
617 North Bay North Bay 125.00
618 Thunder Bay Port Arthur 199.50 5.55
619 Runnymede Toronto 192.00 4.00
620 BayofQuinte Toronto 164.25 1.00
621 Frontenac Sharbot Lake 80.00 37.00
622 Lome Chapleau 133.00 4.00
623 Doric .Kirkland Lake... 324.00 2.50
624 Dereham Mt. Elgin 61.00
625 Hatherly Sault Ste. Marie 51.00 1.00
626 Stamford Stamf'd Centre 181.50 2.25
627 Pelee .Scudder 58.50
628 Glenrose Elmira 47.00 3.00
629 Grenville Toronto 208.50 2.50
630 Prince of Wales Toronto 142.00 1.00
631 Manitou ..Emo 80.50
632 Long Branch Mimico 99.00 1.50
633 Hastings Hastings 44.00
634 Delta Toronto 210.50 4.05
635 Wellington Toronto 182.00 9.00
636 Hornepayne Hornepayne 100.00 2.50
637 Caledonia Toronto 248.50
638 Bedford Toronto 161.00 6.00
639 Beach .Turlington B'ch 149.50 4.00
640 Anthony Sayer JMimico 57.00 3.00
641 Garden Windsor 94.00 1.00
642 St. Andrew's Windsor 94.50
643 Cathedral Toronto 96.00 5.50
644 Simcoe Toronto 154.00 3.00
645 Lake Shore Mimico 142.00
646 Rowland Mt. Albert 64.50 8.00
647 Todmorden Todmorden 162.00 4.00
648 Spruce Falls Zapuskasing 106.00
649 Temple - Oshawa 160.00 6.15
650 Fidelity Toledo 46.50 .50
651 Dentonia Toronto 244.00 2.00
652 Memorial Toronto 168.50
653 Scarboro Agincourt 89.50 .70
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939 99
Balance
No. Name of Lodge Location Amount Dr. O.
654 Ancient Landm'ks. Hamilton 136.50 4.00
655 Kingsway Lambton Mills ... 106.00 1.00
$102,291.85
Interest 16,682.54
Debentures Matured 2,500.00
Sundries 1,133.99
3122,608.38
100 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
GENERAL ACCOUNT
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS
Year ended May 31st, 1939
Fees, Registration of Initiations
Fees, Registration of Affiliations
Dues
Certificates
Constitutions
Ceremonies
Dispensations
Commutations of Dues
Musical Rituals
Warrants
Sale of History
Refunds:
St. Thomas Lodge No. 44, Re
Brown $ 77.05
Enterprise Lodge No. 516, Re
Kirby 14.00
St. Andrews Lodge No. 593, Re
Hazel 29.94
Miscellaneous
Interest on Debentures and Bank Interest:
Dominion of Canada, War Loans $ 3,697.50
Landed Banking & Loan Co. . . 187.50
Toronto General Trusts Corp. . . 1,273.75
Township of Barton 275.00
Canada Permanent Trust Co. . . 700.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage
Corporation 452.50
Canadian National Railways . . . 400.00
Township of Etobicoke 550.00
Town of Gananoque 250.00
City of Hamilton 600.00
Province of Manitoba 1,210.00
City of New Westminster 250.00
National Trust Company 400.00
City of Oshawa 500.00
City of Owen Sound 500.00
City of Peterborough 230.46
Prince Edward Island 1,500.00
City of Stratford 45.00
City of Saskatoon 500.00
City of Toronto 982.50
City of Woodstock 275.00
Township of East York 60.00
Hydro Electric Power Commis-
sion of Ontario 350.00
6,129.00
262.50
87,196.50
70.00
1,280.50
179.35
621.00
6,480.00
30.00
20.00
30.00
120.99
1,006.00
$103,425.84
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 101
Province of New Brunswick . . . 250.00
Burrard Dry Dock 150.00
Province of Nova Scotia 390.00
City of Windsor 682.50
Trust Company Interest 20.83
Debentures matured:
City of Stratford S 1,000.00
City of Toronto 1,500.00
16,682.54
2,500.00
$122,608.38
GENERAL ACCOUNT
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
Year ended 31st May, 1939
John A. Rowland, Grand Treasurer's Clerk,
salary to March 31st, 1939 $ 400.00
H. F. Vigeon, Auditor, salary to March 31st,
1939 600.00
E. G. Dixon, Grand Secretary, salary to May
31st, 1939 5,000.00
W. J. Attig, Assistant to Grand Secretary, salary
to May 31st, 1939 3,600.00
F. J. Brown, Clerk, salary to May 31st, 1939 . . 1,800.00
H. M. Gardner, Stenographer, salary to May
31st, 1939 1,200.00
Retiring allowance Miss Place to May 31st, 1939 916.67
Incidental Expenses, Grand Secretary's Office.. 1,163.97
Printing, Stationery, Etc 722.03
Proceedings 1938 and mailing boxes for same.. 2,123.45
Constitutions 761.40
Special Printing 1,549.80
Masonic Library, Toronto 404.23
Telephone services 105.00
Insurance and Bond Premiums 181.70
Office Rent 1,000.00
Postage on Proceedings 163.00
Postage, Chairmen of Committees 70.00
Chairman on Fraternal Correspondence 400.00
Allowance to Grand Master, 1938-1939 1,500.00
Stenographer for Grand Master 300.00
Allowance to Deputy Grand Master 500.00
Expenses Grand Lodge Toronto 1938, Pay Roll,
Rent and Printing 5,176.47
Expenses Grand Lodge Toronto 1939, Rent and
Printing 201.57
Honorary Presentation Jewels 40.84
U. S. and Canada Masonic Relief Association . . 251.83
Grand Master's Regalia 379.-J6
102 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Canada Permanent Trust Co., re Securities .... 325.61
Allowance to Mrs. Logan 1,000.00
Masonic Announcements 250.00
Expenses Grand Secretary accompanying Grand
Master to Northern Ontario and Sault Ste.
Marie 112.05
Expenses attending Grand Secretary's and Grand
Master's conference in Washington 78.29
Expenses of Representatives to other Grand
Lodges 132.86
Expenses F. A. Copus attending Grand Lodge
of Nova Scotia, 1938 106.05
Masonic Trials 34.20
Repairs to dictaphone 8.65
Portraits of Past Grand Masters 50.00
Memorial Tributes 30.00
$ 32,639.13
Supervisor of Benevolence, R. B.
Dargavel $ 4,000.00
Supervisor of Benevolence, Stenog-
rapher 300.00
Supervisor of Benevolence, Travel-
ling Expense 924.09
Supervisor of Benevolence, Purchase
of Dictaphone 340.00
5,564.09
$ 38 203 22
Benevolent Grants 84A23!oO
$122,326.22
MEMORIAL FUND
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Summary of Receipts for the year ended May 31st, 1939
Received from Lodges $ 45.69
Debentures matured:
Village of Forest Hill $ 2,000.00
City of Hamilton 1,000.00
Town of Oakville 955.30
City of Toronto 9,000.00
$ 12,955.30
$ 13,000 90
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 103
SEMI-CENTENNIAL AND MEMORIAL FUND
REVENUE ACCOUNT, YEAR ENDING 31st MAY. 1939
Interest on Investment and on Bank Balance as
per Schedule below $ 20,178.95
Dominion of Canada, War Loans ... $ 1,980.00
Toronto General Trusts Corporation 1,684.47
Canada Permanent Trust Company. 1,700.00
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corp.. 310.59
National Trust Company 506.00
Township of Barton 110.00
Canadian National Railways 1,250.00
Township of Etobicoke 706.73
Village of Forest Hill 750.00
City of Hamilton 930.00
City of London 675.00
Province of Manitoba 600.00
Province of Ontario 2,825.00
Town of Oakville 150.57
City of Peterborough 709.36
City of Saskatoon 600.00
City of Toronto 825.00
Township of East York 279.46
Township of York 43.22
Province of New Brunswick 805. 00
Town of Orillia 180.00
Burrard Dry Dock 150.00
Province of Nova Scotia 650.00
St. John Dry Dock 122.50
Province of Saskatchewan 420.00
City of Windsor 1,195.60
Trust Company Interest 20.07
U. S. Exchange on Coupons .38
$ 20,178.95
Grand Secretary
On motion of the Deputy Grand Master,
seconded by R.W. Bro. E. G. Dixon, the report was
received and referred to the Committee on Audit and
Finance.
104 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of
Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
I beg to report that I have completed the audit
of the accounts of the Grand Treasurer and the
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario, for the year
ended 31st May 1939, and submit for your approval
the following Statements: —
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DIS-
BURSEMENTS, GENERAL ACCOUNT.
DETAILED LIST OF GENERAL CHARGES.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, GENERAL
ACCOUNT, as of 31st May, 1939.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DIS-
BURSEMENTS—MEMORIAL FUND.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS OF THE
COMBINED MEMORIAL AND SEMI-CEN-
TENNIAL FUNDS as of 31st May, 1939.
Part One — Memorial Fund.
Part Two — Semi-Centennial Fund.
I have verified all Cash Receipts and Disburse-
ments during the year with the Bank Vouchers and
Statements, and did personally inspect and examine
all Securities covering the Investments of General
Fund and the combined Memorial and Semi-
Centennial Funds, as at the close of 31st May, 1939.
All of which is fraternally submitted.
H. FRANK VIGEON,
Chartered Accountant,
Auditor.
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939
LETTERS OF REGRET
Communications were read from many Grand
Masters and Grand Lodges expressing sincere
regret that they were unable to be present or
represented and extending most cordial best- wishes.
REPORTS OF THE DISTRICT DEPUTY
GRAND MASTERS
The reports of the thirty-five District Deputy
Grand Masters were presented by the Grand Secre-
tary and on motion of the Deputy Grand Master,
seconded by the Grand Secretary, they were re-
ceived and referred to the Board of General
Purposes.
ALGOMA DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
As District Deputy Grand Master for Algoma
District in the Masonic year 1938-1939 it is at this
time my duty to submit my report. Our Grand
Master, Most Worshipful Brother Dunlop, told us a
year ago that the District Deputies were "his eyes,
his ears and his hands" dispersed throughout his
jurisdiction. With this in mind I have held it as
my high privilege to carry the responsibilities of
office to the best of my ability. I acknowledge with
deepest gratitude the honour conferred upon me by
my own lodge, Kaministiquia No. 584, in advancing
my name for the office. To all the other lodges in
the District I would express my appreciation of the
106 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
unanimous support they accorded the nomination.
In thanking the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master
for confirming my appointment I am sensible also
of the kindly advice and help he has given to me
throughout the term.
At the outset of the year I invited Worshipful
Brother N. B. Darrell, Secretary of Kaministiquia
Lodge, to act as District Secretary and Brother
Reverend Agnew H. Johnston, M.A., Minister of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Junior Deacon
of Fort William Lodge No. 415, to be District Chap-
lain. Both brethren accepted and they have given
me loyal assistance in carrying on the work. They
must have great satisfaction in the knowledge that
their work was well done.
During the year each lodge was visited once
officially and, with the exception of Hornepayne
Lodge No. 636, all were visited frequently. Distance
and pressure of business precluded further purely
fraternal visits to Hornepayne. On my trip to the
latter point I stopped off and visited the brethren
at Geraldton, where they have a very active Club
(the Tuscan Club) whose members all belong to the
Order. These brethren are seeking to form a new
lodge at Geraldton and I hope their efforts meet
with success. With officers and members of Shuniah
Lodge No. 287, I attended Divine Service with the
brethren in Schreiber.
On all visits to the lodges I found the attend-
ance to be very encouraging but noted that the
turn-out was invariably better when some special
educational topic was a feature than when degree
work only was the order of business. This would
indicate that the idea of the Grand Master in stress-
ing Masonic Education should be expanded to the
utmost that the officers in charge of the lodges can
accomplish in co-operation with the Committee on
Masonic Education. In this District a splendid
start has been made. All lodges have devoted
some time to education at each regular meeting and
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some of these periods were outstandingly interest-
ing.
The Work in the lodges is being carried on with
marked uniformity of practice and a degree of pre-
cision that is commendable. With the zeal of the
officers must be combined the faithful efforts of
the very fine and active Past Masters' Association
as the reason for the general excellence of exempli-
fication. Financial conditions range from fair to
good but all the lodges have the problem of unpaid
dues. Improvement is noted in respect to arrears
due to a change in attitude of the lodges towards
certain classes of delinquents. Physical properties
of the lodges are well maintained and insured. The
problem of ventilation affects all lodge rooms in the
District and it is my firm belief that if we could
get more fresh air into our rooms there would be a
gratifying increase in attendance. Joint committees
of the lodges using the same rooms should be
formed to investigate and report on means of
remedying this defect.
In respect to Masonic Benevolence, too much
attention cannot be given to this phase of relation-
ship between the brethren. There is manifest
generally a great and eager desire to have a part
in relieving the distresses of those genuinely in need
of assistance. To guide this urge in its expression
and keep it from being made the victim of exploita-
tion is a delicate task and requires rare quality of
judgment. Whether this is attempted through a
Committee or an individual there are border line
cases where correct decision is difficult and yet I
have had experience of the fact that the brethren
would far rather be imposed upon than risk with-
holding help where it might be truly needed. Ben-
volence is one of the brightest threads in the loom
on which our fraternity is weaving the fabric of
its history and the brethren will, to the extent of
their power to do so, contribute to the warp and
woof so that the resulting pattern will be clear and
indelible.
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In conclusion may I again express my heartfelt
gratitude to those brethren of all ranks who have
so faithfully aided and upheld me and bespeak from
them for my successor the same loyal and friendly
co-operation.
Fraternally and respectfully submitted.
R. B. Pow,
D.D.G.M., Algoma District.
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BRANT DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have fhe honour to submit my report on the
condition of Masonrv in Brant District for the year
ending July, 1939.
Before entering upon the report of the opera-
tions of the lodges in Brant District, I desire to
express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the
Most Worshipful the Grand Master, for confirming
my election as D.D.G.M. of Brant District.
A detailed report of each lodge in the District
would be too lengthy and somewhat uninteresting
to submit for your perusal. I shall, therefore, en-
deavour to state as concisely and yet as completely
as possible the general condition of Masonry in this
District.
At each visit of inspection to all lodges in the
District I have witnessed the conferring of degrees.
In some lodges candidates were initiated while in
others the candidates were passed or raised. The
uniformity of the ritualistic work which prevails
throughout the District merits great praise to the
Master, Officers and Past Masters of each lodge.
The candidates who have been received in Masonry
throughout the District have been of an exception-
ally high calibre and fine type of man and will add
much to Masonry in general in the future.
The financial condition of the lodges in the
District has shown an improvement in the past year
due to the energetic manner in which the Masters
and Secretaries of the various lodges have brought
to the attention of the brethren their individual
responsibility to the work of the lodge and the de-
pendence of Grand Lodge upon this foundation for
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the broader work of Masonry. Arrearages have
been greatly reduced and the members are attend-
ing more regularly, which makes for a healthy con-
dition and brighter prospects for the coming year.
It has been my endeavour to promote in all
lodges in the District a Committee on Masonic
Education. In all lodges which have formed such
a Committee, the attendance has increased and the
brethren are developing a broader understanding of
Masonry.
The Masters', Past Masters' and Wardens' As-
sociation of the District have a Committee com-
posed of R.W. Bro. J. A. Wedlake, H. S. Tapscott
and Wor. Bro. R. W. E. McFadden, who have assist-
ed greatly in the promotion of Masonic Education
in the various lodges.
The outstanding event of the year was the
reception tendered to the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master, in the City of Brantford on Novem-
ber 30th, 1938, by the Masters', Past Masters' and
Wardens' Association of Brant District. On this
occasion about three hundred and fifty Masons rep-
resenting every lodge in the District and visitors
from other districts were inspired by the sincerity
and eloquence of the Grand Master, his message
being "Personality, Energy and Poise". On this
occasion the Grand Master was presented with a
beautiful piece of silver as a token of the admiration
and esteem of the brethren of the District. The
presentation was made by R.W. Bro. H. S. Tapscott.
During the past year Brant District has lost
some of its valued members bv death among whom
were, R.W. Bro. J. E. Anderson, V.W. Bro. C.
Mitchell, V.W. Bro. W. E. Lockhead and V.W. Bro.
J. A. Scace, whose passing will be greatly missed
by all citizens of this community.
Much enthusiasm and good-fellowship was en-
gendered throughout the District by the visitations
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of lodges within the District. This innovation was
promoted by R.W. Bro. Geo. Knox to whom much
credit is due for inaugurating this procedure. A
continuation of this visitation will prove to be of
great benefit.
V.W. Bro. J. H. Spence completed 50 years of
service to Doric Lodge No. 121, and was presented
with his Fifty Year Jewel on June 17th, 1939. May
he be spared for many years to continue his good
works.
I am grateful to the Dist. Secretary, W. Bro.
J. Allen, not only for his attendance at all meetings,
but for his very helpful advice which he so cheer-
fully and willingly gave at all times.
I cannot close my report without again ex-
pressing my thanks for the many happy and enjoy-
able experiences among the brethren during the
past year. The many courtesies extended to me by
the brethren will be cherished memories of my
masonic career. I have endeavoured during my
term of office to spread the feeling of fraternal
affection and brotherhood. And to the lodges in this
District, I wish their continued prosperity. And to
my successor in office, I wish him a successful year
and the same co-operation that I have received from
the brethren of the District.
Respectfully and fraternally submitted,
D. P. McDonald,
D.D.G.M., Brant District.
112 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
BRUCE DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
In submitting the report on the condition of
Masonry in the District of Bruce, I wish to em-
phasize the hearty reception with which the efforts
of my guests and myself were received while pre-
senting the various objectives and ideals of Grand
Lodge as expressed by its Grand Master.
Throughout the District there is a living in-
terest in, and a desire for a better understanding of
the various problems with which we as Masons are
individually and collectively confronted.
Our membership is increasing, though the loss
of some brethren by suspension has not been fully
overcome.
The work, finance, and careful administration
of the various lodges is of a high order, and be-
speaks the type of men elected to fill the several
responsible positions.
The thanks of the District is expressed to
Saugeen Lodge of Walkerton, for its enterprise in
arranging the visit and entertainment of the offi-
cers of Lincoln Lodge No. 504, F & A.M. of Detroit,
Michigan, on the evening of May 13th, when they
presented an exemplification of the dramatic por-
tion of the Third Degree according to the method
employed by the Grand Jurisdiction of Michigan,
thus affording many of us a long desired oppor-
tunity to see and hear their presentation of the
lessons so familiar to us. The visitors were most
happy in expressing the pleasure and enjoyment of
this entertainment, and left a memory which will
long be cherished by those who were favored in
meeting them individually.
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The outstanding event of the year was the tour
of the District by our Grand Chaplain, Rt. Wor.
Bro. Rev. S. L. W. Harton, when he addressed
lodges on seven different evenings and also offici-
ated at our District Divine Service. His kindly
personality and dignity won for him to a remarkable
degree the respect, friendship, and well wishes of
many to whom it was my privilege to introduce
him, while his sincere and masterful presentation
of the subjects of his various discourses will not
only be a memory but continue to live in the per-
sonalities of those who heard and listened to him.
A further enjoyment was had at Moravian
Lodge, Cargill, where Rt. Wor. Bro. the Rev. W. M.
Lee visited with me, his mother Lodge, as guest
speaker and gave an outstanding address on charac-
ter building.
My close association from time to time with Rt.
Wor. Bro. Wade of North Huron District, and also
Rt. Wor. Bro. Macaulay of Grey District has been,
and I trust will continue to be, a real pleasure.
When occasion presented the sick of the dif-
ferent lodges were visited and in each instance the
quiet dignity of living above their afflictions was
quite manifest.
In conclusion, my thanks is expressed to the
brethren of Bruce District for making it possible
for me to spend a year in their service as the rep-
resentative of the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master.
Sincerely and fraternally,
George E. Robb,
D.D.G.M., Bruce District.
114 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
CHATHAM DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
In submitting my report on the condition of
Masonry in Chatham District may I first extend to
all the brethren of the District my sincere appreci-
ation of the honour conferred upon me in electing
me to the office of District Deputy Grand Master.
My year has been one of the most inspiring of
all in my masonic career and it has been mainly
due to the excellent co-operation of the individual
brethren and the lodges as a whole. For on my
visits to each lodge I have been stimulated by the
excellent attendance, the exemplary conduct and
the uniformity of work in the degrees which has
been enhanced by a feeling of cordiality and friend-
ship shown by all.
My appreciation is also extended to Wor. Bro.
R. P. Donald, whom I appointed District Secretary.
To him, I owe a debt of gratitude for his assistance
and his reports of the condition of each lodge were
complete and a source of interest as well.
Apparently some of the lodges are throwing off
the yoke of depression for we have found a great
improvement in the quality and number of appli-
cants and that the secretaries have the question of
unpaid dues well in hand.
Masonic Education was left in the capable
hands of R.W. Bro. Hay, the Grand Junior Warden,
who, in conjunction with Wor. Bro. Irwin, the
President of the Past Master's Association, made
possible several informative degrees and instruc-
tive addresses at various lodges throughout the
District which were enlightening and educational.
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One of the outstanding events of the year was
our District Divine Service held at Bothwell on
Sunday, April 23rd, when we had the privilege of
hearing our Grand Chaplain, Rev. S. L. W. Harton
address us. A large number of the brethren as-
sembled for this service.
A number of visits were made to other juris-
dictions and may I just add a word of commenda-
tion for the wonderful receptions and the fine fel-
lowship prevailing wherever we were received. It
is this expression of goodwill that keeps Masonry
at its height and makes all our efforts worth while.
And now, brethren, my endeavours for the year
are nearly at an end and in a short while I will re-
linquish the reins of my office to my successor and
do so with some regret. But I wish for him the
same kindness, the same forbearance, the same
hearty co-operation that has been mine, and that
success may crown his labours for the Craft.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally
submitted.
B. H. Hankinson.
D.D.G.M., Chatham District.
116 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
EASTERN DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
Presenting my report on the condition of Ma-
sonry in Eastern District for the past year is a real
pleasure indeed.
I must first thank the brethren for the honour
which they conferred upon me and my Mother
Lodge, Avonmore Lodge, No. 452, in electing me
to the honourable and important position of D.D.
G.M. for this District. I also wish to tender my
sincere thanks and deep appreciation to the P.D.D.
G.M.s of the District for their assistance and words
of encouragement, also the officers and brethren
for the very friendly and courteous manner in
which I was received and entertained on my visits
of inspection.
I find that Masonry is progressing throughout
this District and the officers are well qualified to
perform their duties and have done so in an able
and efficient manner.
On my return home after being installed in
office, Wor. Bro. John F. McRae, a P.M. of Avon-
more Lodge very kindly offered his services as Dis-
trict Secretary and I cannot speak too highly of his
services rendered and the capable manner in which
he has performed the duties of that office.
I have made one visit of inspection to every
lodge in the District, these visits always falling on
a regular meeting night. In the majority of lodges
visited, I had the pleasure of witnessing the work
which is being done in a very satisfactory and com-
mendable manner. In lodges where there was no
work, the officers opened and closed in the various
degrees, none of which left any reason for criticism.
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On inspecting the Tyler's register of the dif-
ferent lodges, and from information received from
other sources, I find the meetings are very well
attended. At certain seasons, owing to weather
conditions and bad roads, some of the meetings,
where many of the members live a considerable dis-
tance in the country, were not so well attended, but
when conditions are favourable, in general the at-
tendance is gratifying, and it is a tribute to the
spirit of loyalty which exists in the order, that so
many brethren who do not hold office, attend the
meetings. Attendance at many of the lodge meet-
ings has been greatly stimulated by interesting
addresses given along educational lines.
On all my visits I urged the necessity of every
lodge in the District appointing a committee on
Masonic Education, which I believe has been done,
and is serving a real purpose. We also have a
Distri6t Committee appointed, Wor. Bro. Dr. J. H.
Munro of Maxville Chairman, and Wor. Bro. J.
Hunter, Cornwall, Secretary, and I am pleased to
report Masonic Education has made steady progress
in this District during the past year.
Masonic benevolence has been well practiced,
and the attitude the brethren have displayed is a
true spirit of benevolence and charity. Many lodges
are struggling with the problem of unpaid dues. In
these, and many others, I urged the necessity of
appointing an energetic finance committee to collect
these arrears, and thereby avoid the unnecessary
embarrassment of suspension.
In all my inspections, I found every lodge fully
protected by insurance, and all lodge rooms kept in
a very sanitary and well-ventilated condition. Most
lodges have dealt with the Proceedings, but I regret
to report not all yet. I endeavoured to impress
upon these the necessity of so doing. Generally
speaking, I found conditions in the lodges in good
shape throughout the District, and the true spirit
of Masonry prevailing.
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I am pleased to report an upward trend in work
of the various lodges, that very few are inactive at
present, and I am firmly convinced that due pre-
cautions are being observed in the calibre and re-
ception of applicants.
One of the special events of the year was a
visit of the Grand Chaplain, Rt. Wor. and Rev. Bro.
S. L. Wallis Harton. Bro. Harton visited our Dis-
trict on May 12th, at a regular meeting of Hender-
son Lodge No. 383, Winchester. I had the pleasure
of accompanying him on this visit, and he gave a
very instructive and inspirational address both in
the lodge room and banquet hall. We then journeyed
to Avonmore and the following Sunday, May 14th,
he attended an emergent meeting of the Avonmore
Lodge No. 452, and conducted our District Divine
Service in St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, one of
the largest ever held in this District. Bro. Harton
preached a very eloquent sermon, and one that im-
pressed every brother who enjoyed the privilege of
hearing him.
On Sunday, September 18th, it was my pleasure
to attend Divine Service with Hawkesbury Lodge
No. 450, Hawkesbury. This service was conducted
by V. W. Bro. Rev. Canon W. P. Garrett, Assistant
Grand Chaplain. And on June 26th, I attended,
with Wales Lodge No. 458, in Moulinette United
Church, Wor. Bro. Rev. C. H. Dawes conducting.
Both of these brethren delivered very instructive
and inspiring addresses.
On June 24th, Finch Lodge No. 557, kindly
invited me to install the W.M. and invest the offi-
cers. This was a real pleasure to me, and a very
enjoyable evening was spent. A large number of
visiting brethren was present. This lodge is for-
tunate in having a very capable staff of officers for
this year.
And now that my term of office is near its
close, I wish again to express my thanks and appre-
ciation for the great honour conferred upon me and
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for the co-operation and numerous courtesies shown
me throughout the District. The pleasant time
spent with the brethren, the many contacts and
friendships formed, will remain with me a cherished
memory in the future years.
In conclusion, may I add that the year has been
one of complete harmony. And to my successor,
may I state that he will find the spirit of the Craft
strong in the hearts of the brethren of Eastern
District, and I wish him the same happy and pro-
fitable year that I have enjoyed.
Fraternally submitted,
Allan McKinnon,
D.D.G.M., Eastern District.
120 (;rand lodge of Canada annual communication
FRONTENAC DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
As my stewardship draws to a close, it is with
mingled feelings of regret and pleasure that I
tender my report of the condition of Masonry in
the Frontenac District.
I wish firstly to express my gratitude to the
brethren of the District for their confidence in me,
in electing me as representative of the Most Wor-
shipful, the Grand Master. I approached my term
of office with considerable pride as well as trepida-
tion, for while I realized the honour that was mine,
I was fully conscious of the responsibility it entailed.
A detailed report of each of my visits, official
or otherwise, is impracticable in view of the space
it would occupy, so I propose to deal only with the
most striking features.
My first official duty was to assist in the dedi-
catory service of Westport Lodge No. 441 which
replaced the former temple. R.W. Bro. J. A. Dobbie,
D.G.M. conducted the ceremony assisted by R.W.
Bro. E. G. Dixon, Grand Secretary and staff.
I visited each lodge at least once in an official
capacity and saw little to merit adverse criticism.
During nine of the visits degrees were conferred,
and during the remainder of them, lodge was
opened, passed, and raised, and reduced again to
the First Degree. On such occasions we had many
frank discussions and practical demonstrations of
floorwork. There is accuracy enough in the detail
of the work to lend to it that rhythm which renders
the language impressive. Besides the uniformity
of the work, I believe that all lodges in the District
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are adhering to the landmarks and ancient customs
of the Craft. There is a noticeable dearth of can-
didates and as a result some financial stringency
has been experienced by some lodges. Every lodge
too, is confronted by the problem of arrears of dues.
The urban lodges appear to be in a healthier condi-
tion in this respect. The passage of time is likely
to bring about a few mergers.
My statistical reports have not all been sub-
mitted by the various secretaries, but from those
received it is evident that a further decrease in
membership will be recorded. In spite of this,
however, I believe there is general prosperity in the
Craft. We have the enthusiasm of youth and the
enthusiasm and experience of older members, and
while regretting the decrease in membership, we
must be mindful of the fact that quality and not
quantity is our goal.
In many instances I have laid particular erri-
phasis on the sacred duty of Masons in attending
the funerals of the fraternal dead; likewise the
matter of church attendance, stressing the fact that
Masonry was definitely not a religion, but a most
important appurtenance to religion. I devoted con-
siderable time to explanations of the functions of
Grand Lodge and benevolence. In this connection
I believe that while the fraternal side of Masonry
should receive its share of attention, it is never-
theless a sad state of affairs to note that many
lodges still spend more in entertainment than in
charitable work.
I was gratified to see that some lodges had a
committee on the visitation of the sick, the mem-
bers of which took their job seriously. On one
visit of inspection two brethren volunteered to sit
up during the night with a brother who was ill,
with other brethren offering to perform the duty
on succeeding nights. Such service is a practical
demonstration of Masonry that is worthy of the
highest praise.
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Several of the urban lodges are fortunate
enough to have Masonic Choirs. Fortunate too is
the candidate who is admitted to Masonry to the
accompaniment of music because the entire move-
ment is made more impressive and the dignity and
majesty of the ceremony will not be easily forgotten.
Frontenac District can point with justifiable
pride to its Masonic Education meetings for the
past year. During his term of office R.W. Bro.
Webster laid the foundation for this very important
adjunct of Masonry by zoning the District and ap-
pointing a supervisor for each of the five zones. He
used excellent judgment in his choice of supervisors
as the results have shown, and at my request they
generously consented to direct our programme for
another year. Their efforts have borne fruit as six
successful meetings were held with a large attend-
ance at each.
The work of the lecturers to provide these pro-
fitable evenings for the brethren, cannot be too
highly commended as considerable time and effort
must have been expended by them in preparation of
the work. This programme will be continued in the
autumn and under proper direction its success is
assured.
Masonic Education cannot, however, enjoy the
degree of prosperity it should until the outlying
lodges which, through no fault of their own, are
small and lack competent speakers, have been pro-
vided with the same opportunities as the larger
centres. This condition is being remedied.
The Masters' and Wardens' Association held
three meetings during the year and dealt efficiently
with all matters within its scope. The by-laws were
revised and now appear to better meet the require-
ments. Judging from the good attendance the
Masters and Wardens evidently find it worth while.
I was the guest of Leeds Lodge No. 201, when
they held a Father and Son banquet. Those breth-
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ren who had sons took them. Those who were not
so blest, had the privilege of taking- any worthy
young man they chose. A gathering of this kind
may be construed by some as a form of solicitation.
I am not prepared to say whether or not it is but
it is a practice which has my approval and I would
like to see spread.
I am pleased to note that the number of
fraternal visits between lodges in the District is
increasing. The most enjoyable hours have been
spent with the brethren at the banquet table. I
believe too that the speeches given are appropriate
to the occasion more so than was the case a few
years ago.
On all my visits I was ably supported by the
Past District Deputy Grand Masters of the District
as well as many other brethren who gave their
time so generously in assisting me in my visits. I
am truly thankful and it my wish that my succes-
sor be accorded the same co-operation and courtesy
that was shown me from beginning to end. The
past year has been a joy and rich in experience.
Shakespeare has aptly described my feelings in this
regard :
"My heart doth joy in all my life,
I met no man but he was true to me."
I now relinquish to my successor the insignia
of office with more humility than I assumed it. For
in spite of the high hopes I held a year ago, I have
learned that twelve months is all too short a time
to propagate any cherished plans, but some cheer
may be derived from knowing that in the future,
unhampered by onerous duties, I can be of more use
to the Craft than I have been. I believe that all
Past District Deputy Grand Masters can and should
adopt the Royal motto "I serve" with inestimable
benefit to the Craft. It is worthy of our best
efforts.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
J. B. Elliott,
D.D.G.M., Frontenac District.
124 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
GEORGIAN DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor to present herewith my report
on the condition of Masonry in Georgian District
for the current year.
I assumed my office by the favor of my breth-
ren, and to them I express my deep feelings of
gratitude for their trust and confidence. It has been
my endeavour, during my term, to serve to their
best interest and the benefit of the Craft generally.
I have been greatly assisted in the work by
W. Bro. Jno. N. Marshall of Pythagoras Lodge, who
acted with me as District Secretary, fulfilling the
duties of that office faithfully and most efficiently.
I would like to pay tribute to him as my counsellor
and friend. To W. Bro. C. J. Allison of Pythagoras
Lodge, who came forward with his assistance when
needed, I am also deeply indebted.
I visited every lodge at least once and shall
ever remember the cordial welcome extended to me.
Loyalty to the Grand Lodge was freely manifested
on every occasion, clearly indicating the high place
that body holds in the estimation of the brethren.
The work throughout the District is of a high
order and measures well up to requirements. Effi-
ciency and intelligent interest are well maintained.
Lodges are well officered and are, in the main, under
capable, forcible direction.
Degree work for review was well divided among
the different lodges, and all of the degrees were at
one time or another, conferred in most complete
and dignified form. The earnestness and sinceri-
tv of Masters and officers is marked and there is
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a general atmosphere of interest in Craft activities
that is most satisfying.
The business administration of the lodges is on
a sound footing and this important branch of our
activities is, as a rule, found to be in the care of
capable and experienced officers. The financial
standing of the different units is generally sound ;
the social functions are of a dignified character and
quite in keeping with Craft requirements.
Benevolent responsibilities of the brethren are
ever to the fore, and there is a tendency to retrench
in other directions that our efforts in this most im-
portant masonic duty may be enlarged and extended.
I cannot speak too highly of the splendid work
accomplished by my predecessors. The general uni-
formity of the work throughout the District bears
witness to the fact that these distinguished breth-
ren taught their lessons well. To them can be at-
tributed credit for a very large measure of success
attained in the District by their constantly sowing
the seeds of knowledge.
I am indeed happy to report that the spirit of
unity and harmony prevails throughout the District
and that the spirit of brotherly love and charity has
been beautifully manifested by practically every
lodge throughout the past year. Commendation for
the practice of this truly masonic virtue is not con-
fined to lodges alone, as, during my term of office,
there has come to my knowledge many cases where
help and comfort have been extended by individual
members of numerous lodges.
At most of my inspections I arranged to have
a special speaker give a short talk on Masonry and
to those willing and kind brethren I wish to express
my sincere appreciation. During my visits of in-
spection which were, without exception, well attend-
ed, I endeavoured to impress upon the brethren the
dignity and high importance of Freemasonry and
the benefits derived from fraternal visiting.
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It is unnecessary to elaborate on the visits to
various functions both in and outside the District
which I was privileged to attend. These included
presentations, installations, Past Masters' night,
Ladies' night and such others as I was expected to
attend.
If ever there was a time in the history of our
Order when it was necessary for us to teach and
practice the noble principles of Freemasonry found-
ed upon the practice of the Christian virtues, it is
to-day, in order to counteract the many evils which
are permeating our civil and moral life.
It was therefore my privilege on each of my
visits to speak on some phase of its teachings and
to hold up the ideals of our beloved Order, not that
we can fully attain our ideals. Like the stars, we
cannot reach them — but, like the sailor — if we fol-
low them, they will guide us to our port.
On June 4th, we had a delightful and uplifting
District Divine Service in Collingwood which was
conducted by our District Chaplain, Rt. Wor. Rev.
Wm. MacMillan, D.D. This was well attended.
The year now closing will be a landmark in the
history of my life. The experiences gathered and
the friendships formed will be pleasant pictures on
the walls of memory as long as memory lasts and
I bespeak for my successor the same loyalty and
brotherly kindness which has made my work both
pleasant and inspiring.
All of which is cordially and fraternally sub-
mitted,
Mell E. Peacock,
D.D.G.M., Georgian District.
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GREY DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I herewith respectfully present my report as
District Deputy Grand Master of Grey District for
the year 1938-1939.
My first official duty was to appoint Wor. Bro.
W. G. McBride, District Secretary. I am deeply
grateful to him for the assistance he has given me
throughout the year. He has been with me on all
of my official visits and on all of the unofficial visits
I have made in this and other districts.
Reverend Bro. Pherrill of Markdale Lodge ac-
cepted the office of District Chaplain and I appre-
ciate the assistance he has given me.
I have visited each lodge in the District and
without exception have found the officers consci-
entious and sincere in the performance of their
duties. The work was uniform and of very high
standard. I wish to mention one lodge in particular,
Grand Valley No. 421, which exemplified the Second
Degree faultlessly. It was a pleasure to see this
lodge at work.
The financial condition of all lodges in the
District is excellent. In this regard there has been
a marked improvement in the last couple of years,
and I expect that with the trend of better times
the next year will show further improvement.
The books and records of all lodges are excel-
lent, and in the hands of experienced secretaries.
This I find has a very great influence on the young
members who are advancing to the East.
Masonic Education is being carried on in the
District where two Lodges of Instruction have been
held during the year; one in Owen Sound where St.
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George's Lodge No. 88, and North Star No. 322,
exemplified the First Degree in a very efficient
manner; then again in the east end of the District
at Orangeville where Grand Valley exemplified the
Second Degree. This work was very instructive
and has laid the foundation for another year.
The average attendance at the meetings is not
as large as we have reason to expect but there are
so many counter-attractions these days that we
should not be discouraged. If we remain sincere
and persevere, I feel sure that our members will
return with renewed interest.
The visit of the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master to Mount Forest Lodge was a memorable
occasion and added greatly to the interest of Mason-
ry in the District.
I also had the pleasure of visiting Hanover
Lodge in Bruce District with Rt. Wor. Bro. Robb
on his official visit.
The District Church Service was held in
Flesherton and was well attended, nearly every
lodge in the District being represented. Rt. Wor.
Bro. S. L. W. Harton, Grand Chaplain, left a mes-
sage with the District that will long be remem-
bered.
In conclusion I wish to thank the Grand Master
for confirming my election and express my sincere
appreciation of the assistance, kindness and cour-
tesy extended to me by every member of the
District. In filling the office of District Deputy
Grand Master there is a great personal profit.
To my successor I wish as many pleasant
memories as I have on my retirement and as I lay
down the gavel of office I hope you will say of me,
"he hath done what he could".
H. A. McCauley,
D.D.G.M., Grey District.
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HAMILTON DISTRICT "A"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I consider it a great privilege at this time to
present to you my report on the condition of
Masonry in Hamilton District "A".
I wish first to express to the brethren of Hamil-
ton District "A" my deep appreciation of the honour
conferred upon me when they recommended me for
that h/gh office, and also for the confirmation by
you of the appointment.
Wor. Bro. E. M. Readhead accepted the office
of District Secretary and I am greatly indebted to
him for the assistance he rendered throughout the
year. His knowledge of secretarial work and his
business ability have made my work much easier
and more pleasant than it otherwise might have
been.
Rev. Bro. Frank Lawson accepted the office of
District Chaplain and while his clerical duties pre-
vented him from visiting the lodges in the District
as often as he would have liked, I appreciate the
efforts he made on several occasions to be present
with me.
I had the pleasure of visiting every lodge in
the District and several of them on a second occa-
sion and found the degrees being exemplified in a
splendid manner and with uniformity largely the
result, I believe, of the instructions derived by the
officers from attending the meetings regularly held
once a month under the auspices of the Masters'
and Wardens' Association, who were very fortunate
to again have the services of Wor. Bro. Alex. Love
and Wor. Bro. Charles H. Cunningham as instruc-
tors and to lead the discussions, etc.
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The practice of inter-lodge visits between the
city and rural lodges was continued and judging
from the attendance of local brethren and the large
numbers of visitors who attend those meetings on
the occasion of the visits of inspection by the
D.D.G.M., I believe this practice which has been
followed for many years, continues to grow in
favour, and the inspiration and benefits derived are
most valuable to Masonry, inasmuch as the friendly
spirit and good-will which permeates throughout at
these meetings is practical Masonry.
I was pleased to note the high calibre of candi-
dates being received into Masonry, mostly young
men of marked ability who give promise of being
a great asset to Masonry in the years to come.
The financial standing of most lodges in the
District continues to improve and some have made
substantial progress in the collection of past dues.
In a great number of cases it was found that in-
difference and carelessness on the part of many
brethren rather than inability to pay was respon-
sible in a large measure for this situation.
One of the high lights during the year was the
reception tendered to the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master, by Temple Lodge No. 324 on the oc-
casion of its 75th Anniversary. A large number of
Grand Lodge Officers and Past Grand Lodge Offi-
cers accompanied Most Wor. Bro. Dunlop on this
night, and were favoured with a most inspiring
address by the Grand Master.
In conclusion might I say I have found this
year a very busy and pleasant one; the Grand
Master has stressed the importance of friendliness
in Masonry, and I have been received as his repre-
sentative in a most friendly and cordial manner
throughout the District. I have appreciated this
very highly and wish to thank the lodges in every
instance for having made my task a pleasant ex-
perience. I have made many new Masonic friends
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who, along with many of years standing-, it will be
my pleasure to cherish I hope for a long time.
I have been encouraged during the year by the
assistance of the Masonic organizations and the
past and present Grand Lodge officers I have ap-
preciated their help and advice at all times. They
have been generous in my praise and charitable in
their criticism. I ask for my successor the same
consideration and support accorded to me. I have
no fears for the future of Masonrv in Hamilton
District "A".
All of which is fraternally and respectfully
submitted.
Frank McNiven,
D.D.G.M., Hamilton District "A".
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HAMILTON DISTRICT "B"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
In submitting- my report, may I first express
my gratitude to all the lodges of Hamilton District
"B" for the selection of myself as the representa-
tive of the Grand Master and to the Most Wor-
shipful, the Grand Master for his confirmation.
The honour which I have received I feel is also
for my Mother Lodge, Wentworth No. 166, (the
Lodge room being located in the historic Village of
Stoney Creek) and whose officers and members with
those of all other lodges within my jurisdiction have
during the past year given to me every possible
support and encouragement.
I appointed Worshipful Brother Harold G.
Parrott as my District Secretary, and I was for-
tunate in receiving his acceptance as he has been
unsparing of his time and effort, attended all my
Visits of Inspection, and other meetings, and with
unassumed dignity carried out the duties of his
office in a thorough and efficient manner, and was
always thoughtful in his remarks of the assistance
given by the various secretaries. I also appointed
Worshipful Brother W. M. Clark as my District
Chaplain, and he ably fulfilled the duties of the
position. To both I extend my sincere appreciation.
I sincerely regret that space will not permit
the report of each Visit of Inspection, or other
visits, as the officers and members of all lodges
seemed to be irhbued with the spirit of optimism
for the advancement and betterment of the Order.
I have inspected all the lodges of the District, and
the attendance at each has been exceptionally large
of both the members and visitors. I express my
sincere thanks to those present, and past Grand
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Lodge Officers, and all others who followed my
meetings during the year for their loyal support,
and many kindnesses shown.
The average attendance at regular meetings
has been approximately twenty-four per cent., the
lodges with the lower memberships being the most
favorable. I realize that there are more diversions
in the City where there are larger memberships,
and coupled with the fact that many members are
affiliated with other lodges, many are of a ripe age,
others afflicted, and a large number whose occupa-
tion calls them away, a lower percentage attendance
is to be expected if the full membership is to be
considered. My thought is, that it would be of
great value for the information which would be ob-
tained with respect to all members, if the lodges
would check over their membership, and by a pro-
cess of elimination ascertain the possible attendance.
The co-operation of the officers when in or outside
the tyled doors of the lodge, and their arrangements
for talent, and outstanding speakers as part of the
fourth degree assists to maintain a good attendance,
but in conjunction with these efforts the officers
realize that all members like to see the degree work
as perfect as possible, and it is essential that the
spirit of friendliness must ever prevail among the
brethren.
Masonic Education under Worshipful Brother
Alex Love of Wardrope Lodge, whom I reappointed
as Chairman of the District Committee, is being
ably lead and followed up closely by the lodges and
with his assistants they have created and stimu-
lated among the brethren a desire for the history,
and knowledge of the Craft. Regular monthly
meetings were held in the Masonic Hall, Hamilton,
and the large attendances only voice what I have
previously stated.
The various lodges are carrying out the true
Masonic spirit of benevolence, and while some are
called upon heavily, which is particularly true of
the City lodges, others apparently get off quite
134 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
lightly. However, from information which is not
recorded, I can say that the members are not lack-
ing- in assisting where help is needed, as they are
giving financial aid, and relieving in other ways.
Arrears of dues have been reduced, though
some of the lodges have the problem of financing
ever before them. The reduction is the result of
improved economic conditions, and to some extent
by suspension for N.P.D.'s The necessity for this
latter action is to be regretted, but I have found
that members have not been suspended indiscri-
minately, but every opportunity has been allowed
for payment according to their means, or at least
to give reasons for their failure, when, if satis-
factory, the dues were remitted in many instances,
in whole or in part.
I appreciate the work of all the secretaries for
their efforts in the collection of dues, and present-
ing at each meeting all matters which should be
dealt with in open lodge, and the assistance they
have given to my secretary, and myself.
During the past year there has been a slight
increase in the number of candidates, and I am
pleased to add that the prestige of the lodges is
being maintained by the high standard of the ac-
cepted candidates showing that due precautions
are being observed, which the members appreciate
are necessary for the benefit of the Order.
My observations with respect to Church Ser-
vices are, that they could, and should be better
attended, especially when the number of Masons in
the Hamilton Districts is considered. A better
response on these occasions would be beneficial to
the Order.
We have a very active Past Masters' Associ-
ation in the two Districts "A" and "B", and it has
been doing splendid work. We also have an active
Masters' and Wardens' Association, and it is also a
great benefit to the Districts. Together they have
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co-operated to advance Masonic Education, uniform-
ity of work, and once each year sponsor a Grand
Lodge Night with the Grand Master as the honored
guest.
A "William Osier" night on November 2nd, was
a tribute to our late beloved R. W. Bro. William
Osier, P.G.S. Warden, arranged by Acacia Lodge
No. 61 of which he was a valued member. A plaque
was presented in his honor and will adorn the walls
of the lodge as a remembrance of one who on ac-
count of his genial, and humorous characteristics,
and above all as one who practised the tenets of
Masonry at all times, was beloved by Masons
throughout the Grand Lodge of Canada, in the
Province of Ontario, as well as among the brethren
across the border to the south. It was very fitting
that his son was initiated in Acacia Lodge on this
evening, the chairs being occupied by various past
and present Grand Lodge Officers and the Worship-
ful Master, Geo. F. Clark and his officers deserve
much credit for the arrangements. They also
should feel proud of their "Grand Lodge Night"
which taxed the capacity of the large I.O.O.F. Hall
in which the banquet was held, after the work in
the lodge room. It was an outstanding tribute to
a great Mason, Most Worshipful Brother W. J.
Dunlop. A large number of present and past Grand
Lodge Officers attended to assist in this honour to
our Grand Master.
A visit on April 29th of many members of
Western Star Lodge No. 21 of Youngstown, Ohio,
accompanied by their D.D.G.M., R. Worshipful
Brother Harry S. Manchester, to Buchanan Lodge
No. 550 was one of those outstanding international
visits, which tend to spread the spirit of friendli-
ness, and knit more closely together those true
Masonic ties of the Brotherhood.
I feel grateful to my Mother Lodge, Wentworth
No. 166, for the presentation on May 29th, of an
Undress Regalia, and to the lodge of which I am
also a member "Acacia", for a reception and pre-
136 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
sentations to R. Worshipful Brother McNiven of
District "A" and myself.
The year has been one of pleasure, and I will
carry with me many pleasant memories of the
splendid support and many courtesies I have re-
ceived.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. S. Milmine,
D.D.G.M., Hamilton District "B".
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 137
LONDON DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
In presenting my report on Masonry in Lon-
don District, I wish to express my deep gratitude to
the brethren for my election as D.D.G.M., and to
you, Most Worshipful Sir, for confirming the same.
Lack of space does not permit a full account of a
very active year, and any inadequacy must be at-
tributed to enforced brevity.
(1) Appointments
Worshipful Brother (Rev.) C. C. Waller, D.D.,
kindly accepted the office of District Chaplain fot a
second term, having served in this capacity some
twenty-two years ago under the late R.W. Bro. C.
H. Ziegler.
W'orshipful Brother Thomas C. Benson accepted
the appointment of District Secretary. His execu-
tive experience has been most helpful in judging
the efficiency of the business management of the
various lodges.
(2) Obituaries
Some lodges have suffered severely through the
deaths of several members, many of whom had been
very active in masonic work. Two past Grand
Lodge officers, R.W. Bro. Moore and R.W. Bro.
Buchner, succumbed after long illnesses. The sym-
pathy of every Mason in the District is extended
to the families of all departed brethren.
(3) Lodge Rooms and Equipment
The lodge rooms are in fairly good condition
and adequate for masonic work. Several lodges have
138 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
improved their quarters by painting and repairing
their buildings, by installing more comfortable seat-
ing and by adding such equipment as altar lights,
wands, etc. A few of the other lodges might follow
this example and reap the benefit of increased in-
terest in their meetings.
The heating has been satisfactory in all ins-
tances, but in most lodge rooms the ventilation is
inadequate for a large attendance. The hot and
''stuffy" atmosphere results in restlessness among
the brethren and decreases the efficiency of the
work. In many cases satisfactory ventilation could
be secured at a small cost.
The lighting in most cases is suitable for gen-
eral purposes, but some improvement of the special
lighting for degree work is desirable in many rural
lodges. This could be secured for a reasonable
outlay.
Several lodges do not have proper facilities for
the safe-keeping of records, and some have suffered
loss in the past through fire. Minute books, ledgers,
etc., become more valuable as the lodge increases in
age and great care should be taken to protect them.
(4) Lodge Meetings
The attendance at meetings of inspection has
been excellent, averaging one hundred and three for
the twenty-three visits, the lowest being fifty-three
and the highest one hundred and fifty-nine. The
attendance at regular meetings has been up to
standard, the lowest average being fifteen, the
highest ninety and the mean, forty-five.
The work of the senior officers and assistants
in prominent speaking parts, has been well done.
The junior officers have been satisfactory with two
or three exceptions. Suggestions for improvement
have been well received and better work has been
observed when a return visit was possible.
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The work of many lodges has been outstanding
and the general average would compare favourably
with any district in the province.
(5) Masonic Education and Instruction
Examinations of brethren for advancement
have been excellent, reflecting credit upon the offi-
cers and committees of instruction. A commendable
feature is the increased attention to the instruction
of the newly made Master Masons.
More reading is being done, and short address-
es prepared by younger brethren have been well re-
ceived in their own and other lodges. Some lodges
conduct "Quizz" sessions, the brethren being chosen
in teams to lend a competitive feature. Such ques-
tion and answer periods may be very valuable when
a limited field of the work or Constitution is under
discussion.
At the regular meeting of the Tuscan Lodge in
October the officers of the twenty-three lodges in
the District were invited to attend. The D.D.G.M.
was given the opportunity of communicating the
information received at Grand Lodge and over one
hundred and fifty from twenty-one lodges attended.
Such a meeting makes repetition unnecessary dur-
ing visits of inspection.
In January, February and March special meet-
ings were held for the demonstrating of the three
degrees as emergent assemblies of The Tuscan
Lodge. The District Committee on Masonic Educa-
tion in co-operation with the Past Masters', Masters'
and Wardens' Association selected the brethren to
do the work and appointed committees to prepare
questions and answers. These informative degrees
were favourably accepted and the attendance aver-
aged over one hundred and twenty-five. Complete
reports of procedure, questions and answers have
been filed with the Grand Secretary.
The assistance rendered by the Past Masters',
Masters' and Wardens' Association to the D.D.G.M.,
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and to the Committee on Masonic Education cannot
be praised too highly. The Committee's efforts
should now be directed towards the improvement of
pronunciation and the proper placing of emphasis
in various lectures and charges.
Speakers have been provided on many occasions
both within and outside the District, and the con-
tributions of W. Bro. Everton A. Miller have been
especially appreciated. On two occasions, V.W. Bro.
A. J. Brace, associated for years with the Y.M.C.A.
in China, gave interesting addresses on Chinese
Masonry to large audiences.
Several lodges conducted their annual church
meetings, and the District Divine Service was held
on May 21st at First-St. Andrew's United Church.
Rev. J. Y. McKinnon, Ph.D., preached a timely and
helpful sermon, and Dr. Harvey Robb provided
special music. Some attention should be given to
the reorganization of this annual event to emphasize
its great importance to the Craft.
(6) Fraternal Visits
Your D.D.G.M. had the privilege of accompany-
ing Union Lodge on a trip to Detroit, and Kilwin-
ning Lodge on visits to Montreal and Port Dover.
Other fraternal visits have occurred between London
lodges and others within and outside of the Dis-
trict. On all occasions the spirit of friendliness,
sociability and good will has prevailed.
(7) Benevolence
The local lodges have expended reasonable
amounts on benevolence and it is impossible to es-
timate the amount of assistance given privately by
many members. Attention is given to every deserv-
ing case, and in some instances relief is extended
to some not legally entitled to the same.
The work of the Sick and Visiting Committees
cannot be praised too highly. The spread of joy
and happiness among our "shut-ins" is one of the
most useful services Masonry can promote.
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(8) Finances and Membership
The finances of most lodges are in good condi-
tion, but some properties are not adequately insured,
and several secretaries and treasurers are not
bonded.
Brethren in arrears are being treated with true
masonic consideration. If a brother has some legi-
timate reason for non-payment, a portion of the
arrears is accepted and the brother given a new
start, or he is permitted to pay as he can in small
amounts. In the cases of some old members of
long standing most lodges believe no action should
be taken and dues are remitted . Gradual satisfac-
tory progress is being made, but arrearages are still
much too high, and slightly over seventy suspen-
sions have occurred.
During the earlier part of 1939 there has been
a considerable increase in applications for initiation
and about one hundred have been recorded, a condi-
tion which seems to indicate that the "lean years"
are being left behind. The general membership has
dropped about forty throughout the District and
the total number of Masons is slightly under forty-
five hundred.
Interpretation of sections of the Constitution
and Rulings of various Grand Masters has been
discussed and dealt with. Some violations of the
Constitution have been reported, investigated ana'
settled according to established usage.
It has been a great pleasure and privilege to
have the opportunity of attempting to render some
service to our great fraternity in an official capacity.
Respectfully and fraternally submitted,
Nelson C. Hart,
D.D.G.M., London District.
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MUSKOKA DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge of Canada,
in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor to present my report on the
condition of Masonry in Muskoka District for the
past Masonic year.
In doing - so I desire to express my appreciation
of the high honor conferred upon me by the breth-
ren of the District in electing me as their District
Deputy Grand Master.
It has been one of the greatest pleasures of my
Masonic life visiting and inspecting the lodges of
the District. The kindly co-operation of the Masters
and Secretaries in every instance speaks well for
Masonry in this District. I gratefully acknowledge
the assistance and co-operation of the Past District
Deputy Grand Masters, Masters and members of
the District and will never forget their help, co-
operation and wonderful hospitality.
Following my election to office I appointed W.
Bro. M. J. Gulley as District Secretary and Bro. W.
M. Whitley as District Chaplain. Both these breth-
ren are members and regular attendants of my own
lodge, Strong No. 423, and to them I owe a debt of
gratitude for their assistance so freely given
throughout the year.
The most important event of the year was the
District Reception tendered the Most Worshipful,
the Grand Master by Granite Lodge at Parry Sound
on May 31st. A banquet in his honor was held in
the Sunday School room of the United Church,
with an attendance of some one hundred and fifty
members of the District. Most Worshipful Bro.
Dunlop endeared himself to every one present and
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 143
his kindly words of advice on our duty as Masons
will long be remembered by those who had the good
fortune to be present. After the banquet lodge was
opened. Past District Deputy Grand Master Adam
Brown occupied the Master's chair and with a full
complement of Past Grand Lodge Officers of the
District conferred a First Degree with credit to
themselves and the District. This was one of the
very pleasant and instructive occasions of the year
and I deeply appreciate the kindness and co-
operation of Granite Lodge in making it possible.
On June 11th, Unity Lodge of Huntsville acted
as hosts to the brethren of the District on the oc-
casion of our District Divine Service, for which I
wish to express my appreciation. R. W. Bro. Rev.
S. L. W. Harton, Grand Chaplain, came to us on
this occasion and preached a very inspiring sermon
taking as his subject "Jephtha the Gileadite".
Bro. Harton remained with us and attended at
Golden Rule Lodge at Gravenhurst the following
night where he again favoured us with a particu-
larly masterly address entitled "By being a man".
I am deeply grateful to Bro. Harton for his services
and to the members of Unity Lodge who so kindly
entertained him while he was with us.
For the sake of brevity, I shall omit the names
of those who so kindly accompanied me on my visits
and in doing so I trust those from whom I received
such loyal support will not think me ungrateful. I
have inspected each lodge of the District, following
what has become more or less a precedent in the
District, by making part of the visits in the fall of
the year and finishing in the spring after winter
road conditions have passed. Nearly all lodges
worked a degree when I was present. I found the
w r ork generally of a high standard and quite uni-
form throughout the District. Attendance was ex-
ceptionally good at all visits of inspection and seems
to be considerably increased at all meetings. A
spirit of kindly good fellowship prevails in Muskoka
District. The brethren evidently appreciate meet-
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ing and working together. I believe attendance has
considerably improved in the past year. Many of
the lodges stress this matter urging every member
to be present and bring some one with him. Each
lodge has a committee on Masonic Education doing
active service. This feature is appreciated by all
and has been the greatest help to improve attend-
ance as well as being responsible for renewed in-
terest and the general advancement of our noble
art. With very few exceptions arrears of dues are
not unduly large. The matter is under considera-
tion by the officers or a committee in each lodge
and every effort is being put forth to keep this item
down to a minimum. If at all possible each case
is personally investigated with the result that sus-
pensions have been few.
Wor. Bro. Gulley, District Secretary, accom-
panied me on every inspection and gave valuable
assistance in examining the records, etc. We found
the secretaries and treasurers carrying on their
work very efficiently. Records are credibly kept.
Lodge property in each case is well covered by in-
surance. Some lodges have not the best facilities
for safe keeping of the records ; those of importance
are zealously guarded. We have recommended some
lodges to provide suitable safe keeping for their
records. Benevolence is a matter carefully con-
sidered by all presiding officers of the District and
promptly handled after full and careful considera-
tion. I have had the pleasure of meeting most of
this year's candidates and can only say Masonry
not only appeals to the best in men but to the best
of men. It is quite evident lodges in the District
are strictly guarding the ancient landmarks in this
respect. Grand Lodge proceedings have been taken
up and discussed in every lodge. Most lodges are
in good financial condition, with comfortable quar-
ters, good lighting, heating and other accommoda-
tion. One lodge requires new quarters and have
a committee working on the matter.
As a result of my inspections I am of the
opinion Masonry is carrying on a great work in this
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District. It is definitely on the upgrade and I feel
will continue as an agency for the betterment of
humanity.
It has been a great privilege for me to serve in
the capacity of District Deputy Grand Master and
it has been my desire at all times to merit the con-
fidence placed in me by the brethren of this Masonic
District and that I might render some real service
to the Order. That has been and will remain my
ambition and I sincerely trust that some measure
of success may result from the past year's work.
Fraternally submitted,
F. A. Mitchell,
D.D.G.M. for Muskoka Disirict.
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NIAGARA DISTRICT "A"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor to submit for your considera-
tion, my report on the condition of Masonry in
Niagara District A, for the year just ending.
I especially wish to express my appreciation
and sincere thanks to the brethren of the District
for the honor bestowed upon myself and Adanac
Lodge in electing me : to the high and important
office of District Deputy Grand Master of this
ancient and honorable District, and to the Most
Worshipful, the Grand Master for confirming my
election. My work was made a pleasure by the
hearty co-operation of the officers and members
throughout the District.
My first duty — and a pleasant one — was to ap-
point W. Bro. David A. Cameron as my District
Secretary. He has accompanied me on all of my
visits, examined all the books and records of the
several lodges and found all of them in excellent
condition, neat and well kept. I desire to express
my sincere thanks for his helpful assistance to me
during my term of office.
I wish to assure the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master, that Masonry in Niagara District "A" has
recovered very nicely from the effects of a few lean
years and is now in a good healthy condition. The
work in the several lodges is being carried on in a
uniform manner and is fully up to the standard.
A wonderful spirit of harmony permeates the whole
District and the feeling of good fellowship, both in
and outside of the lodges is very noticeable. It has
been my pleasure to see the work put on in every
lodge room in the District and there was very little
room for criticism. The Worshipful Masters and
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the officers of the various lodges seem to be imbued
with the spirit of Masonry, and are putting their
best efforts into the work. The benevolent end of
our work is being generously taken care of by the
constituent lodges.
The educational end of our labors has been
ably taken care of by R.W. Bro. A. E. Coombs and
his efficient staff of speakers, who have been avail-
able whenever and wherever their services were
needed.
One of the outstanding events of the year was
the celebration by St. George's Lodge, No. 15, St.
Catharines, Ont. of their one hundred and twenty-
fifth anniversary at which the Most Worshipful,
the Grand Master was present accompanied by
several other Grand Lodge officers. W. Bro. Missen
and his officers are to be congratulated on the
splendid record of the lodge, and on the entertain-
ment provided on this occasion.
The crowning event of a most satisfactory
year was the District Reception given to our Grand
Master, M.W. Brother W. J. Dunlop, and Merritton
was singularly honored by having the reception held
there. The banquet was held in the High School
Auditorium on March 24th, at which every Master
in the District was present and nearly three hun-
dred other enthusiastic Masons. After partaking
of an excellent dinner, served by the ladies of St.
Andrews Presbyterian Church, Most Worshipful
Bro. Dunlop was introduced by R.W. Bro. A. E.
Coombs, and the brethren listened attentively to a
pleasing, instructive and interesting address given
in his inimitable manner. Other musical and vocal
selections, as well as short addresses given by other
prominent members, made the entertainment one
long to be remembered.
I believe that gatherings of this nature unite
the lodges together in greater unity, and create a
better feeling of good fellowship among the breth-
ren.
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In conclusion I wish to again thank all of the
officers and brethren for their loyal support, willing
assistance and the numerous courtesies extended to
me during my term of office. I shall remember,
with more pleasure than I am able to express, the
pleasant duties performed and warm friendships
made while acting as D.D.G.M. of Niagara District
"A".
Fraternally and respectfully submitted,
S. A. Moffatt,
D.D.G.M., Niagara District "A".
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NIAGARA DISTRICT "B"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor of submitting- my report on
the condition of Masonrv in Niagara District "B"
for the year 1938-39.
First I would like to express my sincere appre-
ciation to the brethren of this District for the
honor conferred upon me in electing me as the rep-
resentative of the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master, and to the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master in confirming that election.
The duties of this office I have endeavoured to
carry out to the best of my ability, and to maintain
and uphold the traditions and welfare of the Craft.
My first official act was to appoint Wor. Bro.
Cecil E. Laur as District Secretary, and the duties
of this office he has faithfully and efficiently ful-
filled.
On Dec. 7th, 1938 we were honoured with the
presence of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master
at the dedication of the new temple of Stamford
Lodge No. 626. He was accompanied by the Grand
Secretary, the Assistant Grand Secretary, and
several other Grand Lodge Officers. This occasion
will long be remembered by all those who were
present.
In reviewing the work of the year that has
just drawn to a close, may I congratulate each
lodge on its officers. In every instance I have found
them well skilled and thoroughly familiar with the
work. I have visited every lodge in the District
once and the most of them several times. Every-
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where I have been received in the most hospitable
manner.
The Committee on Masonic Education has had
a most successful year and I wish to express my
appreciation to all those who assisted on that Com-
mittee, and helped to bring about the success it has
attained. I especially wish to thank R.W. Bro. G.
E. French, P.G.J.W. (Chairman), and R.W. Bro.
Wm. Wheeler P.D.D.G.M. Niaagra "A" for their
very valuable assistance. Three Lodges of Instruc-
tion have been held, one in each degree. The en-
thusiasm shown has been most gratifying. At each
of these meetings every lodge in the District has
been represented, and the interest shown has cer-
tainly done a great deal to create uniformity of the
work throughout the District. At each of my
Visits of Inspection a splendid speaker was arrang-
ed for by the committee, who gave a short but
interesting address on some phase of Masonic
Education.
The old question of arrears of dues is still a
problem in this District and while only a very few
have been suspended for non-payment of dues, the
majority of lodges are still seeking some solution.
Some lodges have offered to cut dues of those in
arrears for three or four years if a substantial pay-
ment is made by a certain time. Others have offered
a discount of some kind if they pay up to date. I
believe the most of the brethren in arrears are
financially able to take care of their obligations.
There are some, however, who are not, but I think
in most cases every effort is being made to take
care of these.
I believe the attendance at our regular meet-
ings is on the increase. I have particularly noticed
many of our older members who have not been
present of late are again commencing to attend.
This I think can be attributed to the efforts of
the Committee on Masonic Education, which has
shown those on the sidelines that there is far more
to Masonry than just the conferring of degrees.
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Divine Service was held by most lodges in the
District. I think we should have a better attend-
ance of members and Past Grand Lodge Officers at
these services. In fairness to our Grand Chaplain,
R.W. Bro. S. L. W. Harton, I did not appoint a
District Chaplain. R.W. Bro. Harton has, however,
accompanied me on almost all of my Visits of In-
spection.
In conclusion may I again thank all the breth-
ren of Niagara District "B" for the wonderful co-
operation and many kindnesses shown me. If my
year has cemented the ties of Masonry a" little closer
I shall feel abundantly repaid for any efforts spent
on my part.
All of which is fraternally and respectfully
submitted.
Jas. E. Laur,
D.D.G.M., Niagara District "B".
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NIPISSING EAST DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I herewith wish to present for your considera-
tion my report on the condition of Masonry in the
District of Nipissing East, for the vear ending June
30th, 1939.
t
First, I would like to express my sincere ap-
preciation to the brethren of Nipissing East, for the
high honor conferred upon me, and also my home
lodge of Elk Lake, by my election as D.D.G.M. for
the District. It is an honor that I have endeavored
to fill to the best of my ability.
There have been several outstanding events in
the District during my term of office.
The first was the election of our genial friend
R. W. Bro. B. F. Nott to the Board of General Pur-
poses. He is the first Mason from the North to be
elected to that august Board, and was second on the
poll.
The outstanding event was the visit of our
G. M., M. W. Bro. Dunlop, to the North. He, ac-
companied by our genial friend and counsellor, R. W.
Bro. E. G. Dixon, G.S. visited Nipissing Lodge at
a most opportune occasion, its Fiftieth Anniversary,
on Sept. 26th.
Over 200 Masons of every rank, sat down to a
sumptuous banquet, and after partaking of the
many good things, listened to a very inspiring ad-
dress by our G. M. followed by other fine speeches.
We then adjourned to the Lodge Room where
R.W. Bro. Nott, initiated his son into the mysteries
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and privileges of Freemasonry. All the offices were
filled by Grand Lodge Officers.
After the splendid evening at Nipissing Lodge,
it was my privilege to attend next night a meeting
of Temiskaming Lodge, at New Liskeard, with our
Grand Master and Grand Secretary.
Here were gathered brethren from New Lis-
keard, Cobalt, Haileybury and Elk Lake. Some had
motored seventy miles to attend the gathering, and
I am sure were not disappointed.
After a short session in the Lodge Room, we
adjourned to the banquet hall. The Grand Master
was in fine form and delivered an inspiring and
humorous address. R.W. Bro. Dixon was also in
fine form and kept the brethren in fine humour
with his fund of jokes and anecdotes about his
many friends present.
I found my brief association with these two
Masonic lights, a fraternal education and a social
pleasure. I would have liked to accompany them on
the rest of their trip North, but my professional
duties forbade.
My first official visit was on Feb. 16th, at
Temiskaming Lodge, New Liskeard. Here, in spite
of many counter attractions there was a good turn-
out of the brethren. There was no degree work,
but the W.M. opened and closed the lodge in the
three degrees and showed a marked proficiency in
his work.
Temiskaming Lodge is on a very solid founda-
tion financially and otherwise. The officers have
the assistance of a large number of very zealous
and proficient Past Masters.
On May 4th, I visited Haileybury Lodge No.
485. This lodge has been having hard times, not
having had an application for two years. However,
this evening they had one for membership, and one
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for affiliation, and we hope this is an indication of
better times.
There was no degree work but the opening and
closing of the lodge in the three degrees was done
in a very fine and precise manner by W»M. Wilson
and his officers.
My next visit was at Nipissing Lodge No. 420
on May 8th. This meeting was honoured by a visit
from our Grand Master who again made an inspir-
ing address. He also presented Bro. T. Turner with
his medal as a Mason of fifty years.
The work in Nipissing Lodge is always put on
in a very able and proficient manner. The prospects
and financial standing of this lodge are excellent.
On May 9th, accompanied by R.W. Bros. Nott,
Stevens and McCullough I visited Mattawa Lodge.
This lodge is having a hard time to obtain quorums,
but W.M. Bell and Secretary Tongue are doing
valiant work in their endeavour to keep it together.
The work in the lodge room was satisfactory
and was followed by a very enjoyable banquet and
evening. The Secretary informed me later that
they had three applications after our meeting.
On May 10th, I visited North Bay Lodge. This
is the youngest lodge in the District, but one would
not think so from the very able and proficient man-
ner in which they conferred the Second Degree.
They have a fine bunch of very zealous and profi-
cient officers and Past Masters.
On May 11th, accompanied by R.W. Bros.
Stevens and Nott, I visited Sturgeon Falls Lodge.
This lodge has been having hard times, but is
emerging from the depression in a fine manner fi-
nancially and masonically. The Second Degree was
conferred in a very able manner by W.M. Gilliland
and his officers, after which the Master delivered
a very inspiring, address on Masonic Education.
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On May 29th, I visited Cobalt Lodge accom-
panied by some brethren from Elk Lake. Cobalt
had been the victim of a fire, but now has a new
lodge room all ready except the furniture. It should
be ready for dedication about September. The work
here was done in a very creditable manner by W.M.
Munro and his officers. Cobalt Lodge is in a very
healthy condition financially and otherwise.
My last visit was to my home lodge of Elk
Lake on June 13th. Here we had a record attend-
ance of members and visitors. The work was put
on in a very able manner by W.M. Forbes and his
officers. Elk Lake has received many new and
promising candidates from the surrounding mining
camps, particularly Matachewan, and is in a sound
position financially and otherwise.
Elk Lake Lodge feels honoured by the fact that
one of our affiliated brethren, W. Bro. J. E. John-
ston, P.M. of Port Arthur Lodge, this Spring re-
ceived his medal as fifty years a Past Master. He was
a tower of strength to our lodge for several years.
Masonry in the North received a sad blow last
December in the death of R. W. Bro. C. W. Haent-
schel of Haileybury. He was a keen and well known
Mason, and will be greatly missed. His funeral at
Haileybury on December 18th, was attended by
many Grand Lodge Officers and brethren from
every point of the North.
Masonic Education is being well administered
in most of the lodges, but there is still room for
improvement in some.
This year we had two joint church services,
one in the South at North Bay, and one in the
North at New Liskeard, each taking in four lodges.
Both services were well attended.
Before closing I wish to express my sincere
thanks to my loyal Secretary W. Bro. LeGallais,
my sponsor and preceptor, R.W. Bro. J. S. Mc-
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Cullough, who with R. Wor. Bros. Nott and Stevens
accompanied me on many of my visits. They were
a great support.
In conclusion I can assure you that Masonry
in Nipissing East District, is distinctly on the up-
ward trend.
For my successor I would ask the same loyal
support and co-operation.
Respectfully and fraternally submitted.
Geo. R. Crann,
D.D.G.M., Nipissing East District.
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NIPISSING WEST DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I feel it is a great privilege and pleasure to
present my report on the condition of Masonry in
Nipissing (West) District for the past year.
I desire at this time to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation of the high honor confer-
red on me and Espanola Lodge by the brethren of
Nipissing (West) District, in electing me the per-
sonal representative of the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master, in this District.
My first official act was to appoint Wor. Bro.
J. F. Freure, District Secretary. Wor. Bro. Freure
was particularly fitted for this office, he being Sec-
retary of Espanola Lodge No. 527 for many years,
and an outstanding Mason. He accompanied me on
most of my official inspections, and gave freely of
his time and knowledge for the benefit of Masonry
in general and Nipissing (West) District in par-
ticular. I am deeply indebted to him for his services,
for which I wish to express my sincere appreci-
ation.
Nipissing (West) District was particularly for-
tunate in having a visit from Most Worshipful Bro.
W. J. Dunlop, Grand Master, accompanied by Rt.
Wor. Bro. E. G. Dixon, Grand Secretary. It was my
great pleasure to accompany them to Sault Ste.
Marie on October 17th, where the three Sault lodges
joined in the reception.
We returned to Little Current on October 18th,
where Espanola Lodge No. 527. Gore Bay Lodge No.
472, joined with Doric Lodge in the reception. On
October 19th, it was my great pleasure to assist
Most Wor. Bro. Dunlop and Rt. Wor. Bro. E. G.
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Dixon in the dedication ceremony of the new lodge
room of Nickel Lodge No. 427, Sudbury. The ad-
dress of the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master at
each meeting was full of inspiration for all Masons
and the close attention with which every word was
followed by the brethren was evidence that his
words were falling on fruitful ground. The address-
es by the Grand Secretary, Rt. Wor. Brother E. G.
Dixon were also of a very high order. These even-
ings were a splendid success not only in affording
an opportunity for the brethren to hear the leaders
of the Craft, but also in promoting fraternal con-
tacts among the brethren of the different lodges.
The kindness and hospitality which were given
me by the brethren on all my visits throughout the
District, made the work more pleasant and my
duties very agreeable. My hope is that their trust
in me has not been undeservedly bestowed.
During my term of office I visited every lodge
in the District at least once officially and in every
case I found the work to be extremely uniform
throughout. Where there were errors or omis-
sions demanding criticism, it was found that these
were largely caused by some temporary condition
beyond the immediate control of the Worshipful
Master or were accidental and not subject to criti-
cism.
The Worshipful Master was in every case en-
thusiastic and diligent in improving the status of
his lodge irrespective of how high that status might
be. The Past Masters are now, as ever, one of the
main supports of the lodge. Where these brethren
remain active and retain an interest in the ruling
of the lodge, there is invariably a more correct and
impressive rendition of the work.
I have found the financial condition of the
lodges, with two exceptions, to be good. One of
these is involved and handicapped by reason of an
indebtedness. The secretaries were efficient and
reliable.
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Masonic Education is being- carried on. The
excellent lead given last year was followed fairly
closely under the same' District Committee, namely,
Rt. Wor. Bro. H. F. Goodfellow of Sault Ste. Marie,
Rt. Wor. Bro. Joseph Fowler of Sudbury and Rt.
Wor. Bro. W. F. McRae of Gore Bay, and each
lodge has its own committee to work with the Dis-
trict Committee. There is a deep interest in this
problem; all recognize the need for educational en-
deavour. The necessity for a close attention to
Masonic Education was pointed out, so that our can-
didates on being advanced through the various
degrees may have a sure opportunity of receiving
some introduction into the deeper fastnesses of our
art.
My last official inspection in the District was
my own lodge in Espanola No. 527, and the high
light of the evening was the address delivered by
Rt. Wor. Bro. S. L. W. Harton, Grand Chaplain, of
Niagara Falls, who was with us on this occasion.
It was a great honor and pleasure to have in the
District, during my term of office, so distinguished
a visitor, and on his visits to Espanola Lodge, June
7th, Chapleau, June 8th, and Nickel, June 9th, he
delivered brilliant and inspiring addresses which
were received with marked attention and appreci-
ation by those present.
In conclusion, I wish to say that during my
visits to the various lodges in the District I had in
mind, besides the representation of the Grand
Lodge, to extend the right hand of fellowship to
all, to make friends in every lodge, to encourage by
my own example that friendship from one lodge to
another so that we may not only realize it in our own
lodges but that the District may become one large
united one and thus by our unity accomplish more
fully the object of our institution. And I wish to
express my appreciation of the many kindly con-
siderations and expressions of good will at the
hands of the brethren throughout the District. I
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hope the same loyalty, co-operation and goodwill
will be shown my successor.
Fraternally submitted,
S. D. Spence,
D.D.G.M. Nipissing (West) District.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 161
NORTH HURON DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honour to submit herewith my re-
port on the condition of Masonry in North Huron
for the Masonic year now closing.
First I desire to express my sincere thanks to
the brethren for the honor they bestowed upon me
and Fordwich Lodge No. 331, in electing me to that
high and important office of District Deputy Grand
Master of this District. I have endeavoured to ful-
fill the duties as the representative of the Most
Worshipful, the Grand Master to the best of my
ability and with a full appreciation of the confidence
placed in me by the brethren.
As required by the Constitution, during my
term of office I have visited all the twelve lodges of
the District. Indeed, I had the pleasure of visiting
most of the lodges twice and on other occasions
visiting with and receiving visits with Rt. Wor.
Bro. Geo. Robb, of Bruce District, Rt. Wor. Bro. E.
Tailby of Wellington District and Rt. Wor. Bro. F.
J. McLeod of South Huron District. I derived a
good deal of benefit and pleasure from these con-
tacts and hope that they may strengthen the spirit
of fraternity in our jurisdiction.
On Nov. 2nd, our District was honoured with a
visit from the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master,
Bro. W. J. Dunlop and other Grand Lodge Officers
on the occasion of the dedication of Teeswater
Lodge No. 276, which was duly dedicated according
to established usage in the presence of a large as-
sembly of the Craft. This lodge is to be congratu-
lated upon its splendid new quarters which is
furnished in excellent shape. We were favoured on
this occasion by the presence of Rt. Wor. Bro. E.
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G. Dixon, Grand Secretary, Rt. Wor. Bro. S. L. W.
Harton, Grand Chaplain, Rt. Wor. Bro. T. C. Ward-
ley, Chairman of Benevolence and many other dis-
tinguished brethren from other districts.
On another occasion at Listowel Rt. Wor. Bro.
T. C. Wardley gave an address on the work of the
Benevolence Committee.
One other outstanding event was held on April
4th, when Rehoboam Lodge No. 65, Toronto, visited
Wingham Lodge No. 286 and initiated the son of
the Master, Wor. Bro. Fuller. Wingham is to be
congratulated on the very fine turnout at this meet-
ing.
We held three Lodges of Instruction through-
out the District, one on each degree. The first one
was held at Lucknow when Northern Light Lodge
No. 93, Kincardine, exemplified the First Degree.
The Second Degree was exemplified by Blair Lodge,
No. 314, Palmerston, at Listowel on May 10th, and
the Third Degree was given at Teeswater by Wing-
ham Lodge, No. 286. These meetings were well
attended and proved very instructive events. I
found the brethren eager for Masonic Education
throughout the District. I owe a debt of gratitude
to Rt. Wor. Bro. Geo. Jefferson of Clinton who led
in the discussion on all three degrees; also the
three lodges which exemplified these degrees and
the three lodges which acted as hosts for the dif-
ferent occasions.
Generally speaking I consider Masonry in North
Huron to be in a healthy condition. The lodges are
staffed with well skilled officers, sincere and en-
thusiastic and endeavouring to discharge their
duties faithfully. The secretaries are all imbued
with the idea of keeping their records in a way that
reflects honor on themselves and the lodges they
represent.
Most of the lodges are having the usual trouble
with N.P.D. Every consideration is being given to
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those in arrears but still in some lodges the amount
is large. I find the lodge property in all cases fully
covered by insurance.
In my addresses to the various lodges I have
endeavoured to stimulate a greater interest in
everything pertaining to Masonry especially that
which Masonry stands for both in the Lodge Room
and outside. Never in the history of the world was
the steadying influence of Masonry more needed
than it is today.
The most perfect harmony and fraternal good-
will exist among the lodges throughout the whole
District. Exchanges of fraternal visits are frequent
and are productive of a great deal of good to both
the lodges and members. Most of the lodges are
having plenty of work as applicants are coming
forward in quite a good number and in two or three
lodges they are being overworked. I believe that
Masonry is highly regarded and that it is doing a
real, though unassuming service in the various com-
munities where our lodges are located.
One of the pleasing features of my official
visits was the presence of many officers, many of
whom are growing old in years, yet masonically
young. Out of many I would mention the names
of R. W. Bro. A. C. Hutchinson of Fordwich Lodge
who is fifty-four years a Mason, R. W. Bro. Fowler
of Teeswater, R. W. Bro. Turney of Blyth Lodge,
R. Wor. Bro. Hutton of Londesboro Lodge, Wor.
Bro. Ringland of Londesboro Lodge, Wor. Bro. Dr.
Armstrong of Wroxeter Lodge — eighty-seven years
old and fifty-six years a Mason, Wor. Bro. G. C.
Hacking of Bernard Lodge, Listowel.
On May 7th, the District Divine Service was
held in Fordwich United Church when there was a
very large attendance of members. All lodges in
the District were represented but one and we were
very pleased to have R. Wor. Bro. Robb of Bruce
District and other visitors. R. Wor. Bro. S. L. W.
Harton, Grand Chaplain, gave a very inspiring ser-
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mon. He was assisted by the District Chaplain, Bro.
Johnston, and Past District Chaplain, Bro. Raynor.
I am indebted to Rt. Wor. Bro. Harton for his visit
to the District and accompanying me on my official
visit to Blyth Lodge at which he gave a very
instructive address.
My thanks are due to our Grand Secretary for
assistance at any time I asked for it and if I were
to make any special mention it would be to Wor.
Bro. E. W. Carson who acted as District Secretary
and District Chairman of Masonic Education which
meant a good deal of work and correspondence. But
he was untiring in his efforts to further the interest
of Masonry in North Huron; also Wor. Bro. Harry
West, Master of my own lodge who missed only
two of my official visits and was present on many
other occasions. When the Church Services were
too many on one Sunday for me to attend Rt. Wor.
Bro. Wylie helped me out for which I wish to thank
him.
In conclusion I have only to say that my con-
stant aim has been to fulfill the duties of my high
office to the utmost of my ability. W r herein I have
failed it has been through incompetency and not
from lack of good intention. I shall always look
back on this year with a good deal of pleasure and
with a knowledge that I, myself, at least, have been
greatly benefited through my personal contact with
the brethren.
All of which is fraternally submitted.
R. W. N. Wade,
D.D.G.M., North Huron.
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ONTARIO DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
This is a great honor and pleasure to present
this report on the general condition of Masonry in
Ontario District and in doing so I wish to extend
my sincere appreciation to the brethren of the Dis-
trict for electing me to this high office of repre-
senting The Most Worshipful, The Grand Master,
and for the honor they have conferred on me and
my Mother Lodge, namely, Durham Lodge, No. 66
A.F. & A.M., Newcastle, Ontario.
In performing my first official duty, I appointed
Worshipful Bro. P. F. Hare as District Secretary,
and Wor. Bro. T. W. Jackson as District Chaplain.
I am very grateful to these brethren for their loyal
support during my term of office.
I appointed Rt. Wor. Bro. E. F. Farrow of
Oshawa, as Chairman of the District Committee on
Masonic Education.
The Committee is composed of Rt. Wor.
Brothers G. C. Bonnycastle, Bowmanville; G. M.
Goodfellow, Whitby; H. G. Hutcheson, Port Perry,
and E. J. Wormington, Port Hope.
I feel that Ontario District is greatly indebted
to these brethren for their generous efforts in this
work.
A Committee on Masonic Education has been
appointed by the Masters in each lodge, and
Masonry in the District has greatly benefitted by
their work. The brethren are becoming acquainted
and enlightened in the true masonic principles of
our ancient landmarks and established usages. The
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young officers and members of the Craft are show-
ing- a keen interest in this work and feel amply
repaid for their endeavour.
I have visited each lodge in the District and
have found the officers very diligent and efficient
in their work. Some, of course, have attained a
little higher degree of perfection than others. This
is due no doubt to their untiring efforts and regular
practice. I am glad to commend these brethren for
the splendid manner in which they conduct their
work.
The lodges of Ontario District are to be con-
gratulated on the loyal support they receive from
their Past Masters. The splendid services these
brethren are giving the Craft are much appreciated.
Our masonic brethren realize the important
duty they owe to their Church and a number of
Masonic Divine Services have been held in this Dis-
trict. We enjoyed a great deal the privilege of
having Our Most Worshipful, The Grand Master on
two occasions, one in Bowmanville, when Jerusalem
Lodge attended St. John's Church. A large number
of Masons were present again in Port Hope when
on the evening of May 7th, Ontario and Hope Lodge
accompanied by many brethren from all of the
District attended St. John's Church. The Grand
Master's address on each of these occasions will
long be remembered and greatly appreciated by the
members of the Craft.
I had the pleasure of having The Rt. Wor. Bro.
S. L. Wallis Harton, Grand Chaplain, as my guest
when he visited Newcastle to take charge of our
Masonic Divine Service. I wish to thank the breth-
ren of the District who were able to attend this
service and show their appreciation for the efforts
of our Grand Chaplain.
The attendance at our lodge meetings is not
all that could be desired but a good average is being
maintained.
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The slight improvement in financial conditions
has greatly helped in the collections of dues, both
current and arrears, as many delinquent brethren
have now become members in good standing.
The records and finances of each lodge are very
carefully preserved, their regalia and furnishing
properly insured.
The work of the secretaries is quite praise-
worthy. In some cases the Worshipful Master and
officers have assisted in collecting the arrears of
dues. This I am sure is gratefully received.
Some of the lodges in the District are enjoying
their share of new candidates while others may
have had a good number in the year previous. In
all the class of newly admitted members is of a
very high calibre which will prove a great asset to
Masonry.
Senior Wardens' Night is a regular successful
event held by Cedar Lodge, No. 270 of Oshawa.
From this St. John's Lodge No. 17, of Cobourg, hold
a Worshipful Masters' Night. Ontario Lodge, No.
26 and Hope Lodge, No. 114 of Port Hope hold im-
mediate Past Masters' Night. In all there is a true
fraternal spirit established in this District.
In visiting the lodges of the District I could
not but notice the cordial masonic spirit in which
visitors were welcomed, and I am proud to have
been the representative of the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master in a district where good fellowship
is so abundantly exemplified.
I must thank my predecessor, Rt. Wor. C. F.
Cannon, the Masters, Officers and brethren of the
District for the assistance and kindness they have
shown me. This year has been a most pleasant one
and I trust my successor will receive the same
whole-hearted support.
Fraternally submitted,
H. J. Toms,
D.D.G.M., Ontario District.
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OTTAWA DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honour to submit my report as the
representative of the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master in the Ottawa District, for the year 1938-39.
I wish first to express my sincere thanks to the
brethren of this District in electing me to the office
of D.D.G.M., and to Most Worshipful Brother W. J.
Dunlop in confirming- the election.
On assuming office I appointed Worshipful
Brother Robert Wilson, an experienced Past Master
of my own Lodge, as District Secretary, and he ac-
companied me on all but one visit, and has perform-
ed his duties in a very efficient manner. I have
found on many occasions that his advice has been
most helpful and I am deeply grateful to him for
his loyal support.
It was my pleasure and very great privilege to
personally inspect all of the twenty-seven lodges in
my District, and I am pleased to report that I have
found the work very satisfactory and that a con-
scientious effort is being made by the Worshipful
Masters and the Officers throughout the District
to confer the degrees and perform their other duties
in accordance with the wishes of Grand Lodge.
The Past Masters of the various lodges in the
District deserve great credit for their faithfulness
in attendance, their interest in the affairs of their
lodges, and their efficient work in the degrees.
I was particularly pleased to note that the
spirit of Masonry is very much alive in the Ottawa
District, and without any exception I found great
friendliness and goodfellowship prevailing. I have
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been treated everywhere with the greatest courtesy
and consideration, and every effort has been made
by the Worshipful Masters to make my duties both
light and pleasant.
The attendance on the nights of my inspections
was very gratifying, and I am convinced that the
average attendance at lodge meetings in this Dis-
trict has improved during the past few years.
The lodge records throughout the District were
in nearly every instance in good order and insurance
is being carried on lodge possessions.
The situation as regards outstanding dues has
shown some improvement, and with the exception
of a few lodges this matter appears to be well in
hand.
The secretaries of the lodges deserve particular
mention for the high standard of excellence with
which they keep their records.
Masonic Education in this District is under the
capable direction of Worshipful Brother T. E. Man-
sell, and some definite progress has been made in
this District. In addition to arranging for educa-
tional addresses on Masonry, Worshipful Brother
Mansell and Worshipful Brother R. D. Whitmore,
President of the Past Masters' Association, co-
operated with me in organizing and conducting a
Lodge of Instruction in each degree. The attend-
ance at these meetings was most encouraging, a
large number of lodge officers and brethren being
present at each exemplification. We feel that much
good has been accomplished.
Every lodge in the District is giving attention
to the important duty of benevolence according to
their circumstances, and I feel that they are en-
deavouring to meet every reasonable demand made
upon them. Undoubtedly much charity is being
bestowed by many brethren which is only known
by the recipient and the giver.
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The Past Masters' Association is active and
meets on regular occasions. They are always most
willing to co-operate and assist in the advancement
of Masonry. The Ottawa Temple Choir, which con-
sists of Masons only, has also been very generous
with their services at masonic gatherings.
As regards suggestions, I would recommend
that careful attention be given by Masters as to
the selection of brethren appointed to the visitors'
committee, and that a real effort be made to see
that all visitors are met and welcomed in the ante-
room before entering the lodge, and introduced and
taken care of throughout the evening.
While no doubt it is an old story, I would like
to express my opinion that the work of the D.D.G.
M. would be much simpler and better results ob-
tained, if all lodges in the District installed their
officers in the month of June so that the D.D.G.M.
would work throughout his entire term with the
one slate of Masters.
An event of outstanding importance was the
visit of Most Worshipful Brother W. J. Dunlop to
the Ottawa District on January 30th, 1939. This
meeting was under the auspices of Prince of Wales
Lodge No. 371, Ottawa, and the chairs during the
reception were occupied by the Officers of St. John's
Lodge No. 63, Carleton Place. A large and repre-
sentative gathering greeted the Grand Master both
at the reception and at the banquet table. The
Grand Master's address was greatly appreciated
and was an inspiration to all present. The Masons
of the Ottawa District consider this meeting the
outstanding event of the year.
I had the pleasure to be present in company
with Right Worshipful Brother J. A. Dobbie,
D.G.M., as an invited guest of Acacia Lodge No. 71,
Buckingham, Que., on the occasion of their Fiftieth
Anniversary, at which time they held a reception
to Most Worshipful Brother Duncan McLellan,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, who
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was accompanied by a number of Grand Lodge offi-
cers and brethren of our sister jurisdiction. Need-
less to say I was very pleased to be present on this
occasion.
I was invited to accompany several members
of St. John's Lodge No. 63, Carleton Place, to
Almonte, when Right Worshipful Brother D. H.
Mcintosh presented Worshipful Brother John D.
Taylor with a long service jewel. I was pleased to
extend my congratulations to this brother who has
had fiftv years of active service in the interests of
the Craft.
In conclusion, may I express my gratitude to
the Most Worshipful the Grand Master for his help,
to the Deputy Grand Master, to the Grand Secre-
tary, and to all past Grand Lodge officers, Masters,
Past Masters and brethren in this District for the
whole hearted support which I have received during
the year. The many kindness shown and the cour-
tesies extended have helped to make the past year
a most pleasant and profitable one for me.
All of which is fraternally and respectfully
submitted.
Frank W. Smith,
D.D.G.M., Ottawa District.
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PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
It is a pleasure and a privilege to submit for
your consideration, my report on the condition of
Masonry in Peterborough District, for the masonic
year 1938-39.
May I first of all be permitted to express my
sincere appreciation of the high honor conferred
upon me and my mother lodge, Percy No. 161, by
the brethren of the District, in electing me to be
the representative of the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master in Peterborough District and also to
thank the Grand Master for confirming that elec-
tion. Fully appreciating the important duties of
the office, I have endeavoured throughout the year,
to discharge the same to the best of my ability so
as to maintain, if possible, the high standard of
efficiency set by my predecessors in office. And if
in this respect I may have had any measure of
success it may be largely attributed to the assis-
tance accorded me at all times by the Past Masters
and present and past Grand Lodge officers of the
District.
I was particularly fortunate in having associ-
ated with me, Wor. Bro. Morley E. Smith as District
Secretary, and V.W. Bro. Rev. Gordon R. Duncan,
Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Quebec,
as District Chaplain. Wor. Bro. Smith, though a
very busy man, accompanied me on nearly all my
visits of inspection. To him I owe a debt of grati-
tude not only for the very able and courteous
manner in which he discharged his duties but also
for his kindly advice and encouragement to me.
Accompanied by several members of my mother
lodge, I visited every lodge in the District, and
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without exception have found that the lodges are
staffed with officers who are conscientious and
sincere in the performance of their duties. The work
was uniform and of a very high standard. In many
cases it was practically perfect.
Attendance in all lodges is very good, due,
I think, to the increasing number of candidates, and
also to the untiring efforts of the various Wor.
Masters and Past Masters to provide some special
feature besides the regular work of conferring de-
grees at each lodge meeting.
For the advancement of Masonic Education,
Peterborough District is well organized. Each lodge
has an active committee in charge of this impor-
tant branch of Masonry. These committees are
under the capable leadership of Rt. Wor. Bro. H.
R. H. Kenner of Peterborough.
Arrears of dues are a problem in many of the
lodges. Each lodge is endeavouring to solve this
problem in the true benevolent spirit which charac-
terizes Freemasonry, and while conditions in the
various lodges are of necessity different, yet I feel
that one solution to the problem lies in attempting
to create greater interest in the individual member.
The District Secretary reports that the secre-
taries are doing good work, that the lodge books
are in good order and neatly kept. Lodge property
in all cases is fully covered by insurance and lodges
which own their own buildings are making satis-
factory progress toward paying off their debt.
An increasing number of candidates are offer-
ing themselves for the mysteries and privileges of
Masonry and, after due precautions, are received
into the various lodges. I have had the pleasure of
being present at the initiation, passing or raising
of several and would unhesitatingly say that if they
are a sample of the type of men who are being re-
ceived then the future for Masonry in Peterborough
District is bright indeed.
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During the year there were many pleasant
events which took place in each and every lodge
which are worthy of special note. I shall, however,
mention two of them.
October 31st was a memorable occasion in the
history of Peterborough Lodge No. 155, in that it
marked two anniversaries, one the seventy-fifth
birthday of the Lodge, and the other the thirtieth
anniversary of the initiation into Masonry of Most
Wor. Bro. Dunlop, who was received into Peter-
borough Lodge October 31st 1908.
The celebration opened with a short ceremony
in the Lodge Room, followed by dinner at the Em-
press Hotel, and was attended by upwards of two
hundred Masons. Rt. Wor. Bro. W. D. Campbell, a
Past Master of the Lodge, acted as chairman. An
interesting feature was the reception of messages
from lodge members now located at distant points,
by telephone and loud speaker system. The chief
item of the evening, however, was the address by
the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, which was
impressively delivered and greatly enjoyed by all.
Another high light of the year took place on
May 10th, when the Grand Master honored Percy
Lodge, No. 161 by his presence, and assisted in the
celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary. Masons
from every lodge in the District were present and,
after a brief ceremony in the Lodge Room, during
which Most Wor. Bro. Dunlop presented a Fifty
Year Medal to a brother of over fifty-three years
standing, the brethren enjoyed a dinner in the
banquet hall on the first floor of the building. Wor.
Bro. Morley E. Smith, Wor. Master of the lodge,
presided over a programme of music and addresses
chief of which was the inspiring address of the
Grand Master.
In conclusion let me again thank the many
brethren throughout the District, for the privilege
I have had and the friendships I have formed in
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endeavouring to serve you as District Deputy Grand
Master.
The year just closing will be remembered by
me as one of the happiest years of my masonic life.
I bespeak for my successor the same considera-
tion and loyal support which has helped to make
my work easy and pleasant.
Fraternally submitted,
Lome Darling,
D.D.G.M., Peterborough District.
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PRINCE EDWARD DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
It is with pleasure that I now submit my report
on the condition of Masonry in Prince Edward Dis-
trict for the past masonic year.
Let me first express my appreciation and
thanks to those Past Masters and Wardens who
made it possible for me to receive the honor of
District Deputy Grand Master, being the first made
Mason of Franck Lodge No. 127 to have that honor
in nearly eighty years.
My first duty was to appoint W. Bro. Geo. N.
Spencer as District Secretary and I desire to ex-
press to him my sincere thanks for his co-operation
and willingness to assist me when needed thereby
making the duties in connection with my office most
pleasant.
In only two lodges on nights of inspection, the
officers of the lodge had no degree work to perform,
but they opened, passed and raised, then closed in
the three degrees in a very creditable manner. The
degree work exemplified by the other lodges was
well and ably done and required little criticism on
my part.
The attendance at the regular meeting is con-
sidered good, and is being maintained by inviting
in a guest speaker to talk on some educational sub-
ject about Masonry. This seems to be the general
system among the lodges to further Masonic Edu-
cation.
The District seems to be in a very healthy
condition as far as applications for membership are
concerned with due regard as to fitness as nearly
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every lodge is receiving its share and I believe that
the number of initiations will be much greater than
last year.
On September 16th, 1938, the Grand Lodge, at
the request of the Trustees of the Public School
Board of Trenton, laid the corner-stone of the new
school. A very large number of the Craft was
present.
On October 28th, 1938, the District tendered a
Banquet and Reception to the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master in Bridge Street United Church,
Belleville. About three hundred were present. The
splendid address of the Grand Master was much
appreciated and proved a wonderful stimulant to
the Order in this District.
It was with great pleasure that I paid three
fraternal visits to Frontenac District. On the first
occasion, I accompanied Moira Lodge No. 11, of
Belleville, to St. John's Lodge, Kingston, then Trent
Lodge, Trenton to Union Lodge, Napanee and my
third, to Bath, when Rt. Wor. Bro. J. B. Elliott,
D.D.G.M. of Frontenac District paid his official
visit to his Mother Lodge. On this occasion, Rt.
Wor. Bro. Campbell of St. Lawrence District was
also present. Rt. Wor. Bro. Elliott returned these
fraternal visits to Trenton, Belleville and my Mother
Lodge at Frankford. I certainly think that these
fraternal visits express a true masonic spirit, an
inspiration of helpfulness and good will.
I regret very much to report the passing of
Rt. Wor. Bro. Thos. Laycock of Marmora Lodge No.
222. He was a valued member of the District and
much respected in the community. I would also
report the death of Very Wor. Bro. E. W. Case of
Prince Edward Lodge No. 18, Picton. Bro. Case,
when in good health, was a very active Mason, a
particularly well-versed student of Masonry and
masonic history, and will be greatly missed by the
members of the Craft.
178 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
I note from summonses received, that nearly
every lodge has arranged to hold Divine Service on
some Sunday in June.
I find that a number of the lodge members are
not any too well pleased with the new form of
Funeral service.
I note that some of the lodges are still having
difficulty in the collection of dues, while others with
a real live Secretary are making progress.
In conclusion, I must say that this has been
one of the most pleasant and profitable years in
my masonic career.
I wish to especially thank Rt. Wor. Bro. R. D.
Adams and Rt. Wor. Bro. J. 0. Herity for their
valued assistance, and to the whole Craft for the
courtesy and loyal support given me in my honest
endeavour and humble way to perform the various
duties of my office.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally
submitted.
Clem. H. Ketcheson,
D.D.G.M., Prince Edward District.
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SARNIA DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor of submitting my report as
representative of the Most Worshipful, the Grand
Master, in Sarnia District.
In presenting this report, I wish to take the
opportunity to extend to t he brethren of the
District, my sincere thanks for the honor they
conferred on me in electing me to this office, and
also to the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master for
confirming my election.
My first official act was to appoint Worshipful
Brother James Menzies of Watford as District Sec-
retary and Worshipful Brother (Rev.) J. H. Hosford
as District Chaplain, and I wish to thank both these
brethren for their valuable assistance.
I have visited every lodge in the District, and
have had the pleasure of seeing at least one degree
conferred at each visit. The work, in nearly every
case, was well done, and left little room for making
corrections. Whenever it was necessary to correct
a portion of the work, I endeavoured to do so
quietly and to offer suggestions for the improve-
ment of the work.
Attendance at regular lodge meetings is fairly
good. Some lodges are increasing attendance by
holding Past Masters' Night, Side Benchers' Night,
and also by having a social hour together after the
lodge is closed. In most cases the smaller lodges
have the best average attendance. I think the way
to keep up attendance is to give the brethren some-
thing to do that will keep up their interest in the
lodge.
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Masonic Education: This branch of the work
has just begun in this District during the year.
R.W. Bro. E. C. Freer was appointed District Chair-
man and he is getting an organization together to
carry out the work. When this is completed, I
believe Masonic Education here will be well looked
after.
The work of Benevolence is not being neglected.
The lodges are doing their best to render assistance,
where necessary. During the year I have endeavour-
ed to keep this matter before the brethren.
In the matter of finances, many lodges are
faced with the problem of unpaid dues. I am pleased
to report, however, that the amount is decreasing.
Where suspensions were made it was done only
after careful consideration of each case. The sec-
retaries of the lodges are doing a good work in
collecting the dues and they should receive the
support of the brethren.
The lodges all carry insurance on their property
and the secretaries' books and the lodge records are
well kept. The value of a good secretary to a lodge
cannot be over-estimated.
I regret to have to report that I found it rather
difficult to get the brethren interested enough in
the Masonic Library to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity afforded them by this means of acquiring
more light in Masonry.
It has been my privilege and pleasure to visit
some of the other Districts, namely, Wilson, London,
St. Thomas, Chatham and South Huron, and also to
have the representatives of the Most Worshipful,
the Grand Master in these Districts visit in Sarnia
District.
On May 28th, the Grand Chaplain, R.W. Bro.
Harton, visited the District and delivered an ex-
cellent address in the Central United Church, Sarnia.
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This service was well attended and the thanks of
the brethren are due our Grand Chaplain.
One of the most outstanding events of the year
was the visit of our Grand Master, Most Worshipful
Bro. W. J. Dunlop, to Sarnia District. The meeting
was held in the City of Sarnia and there was a large
number of Masons present, nearly every lodge in
the District being represented. The meeting was
also attended by some Grand Lodge Officers and
members from the Grand Lodge of Michigan.
Most Worshipful Bro. Dunlop gave a very in-
structive address which was well received by all
present. Addresses were also given by a number
of other prominent Masons including Most Worship-
ful Bro. F. B. Lambie, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Michigan.
It is with deep regret that I have to report the
death of two outstanding Masons of the District,
R. W. Bro. J. W. McDonald of Leopold Lodge No.
397 Brigden, and R.W. Bro. Wesley Carter 01
Tuscan Lodge No. 437 of Sarnia. These brethren
served the Craft for many years and will be missed
by all. They were always willing to assist in any
way possible.
The Past Masters' Association of this District
has been doing a good work along educational lines.
It has arranged for some excellent addresses on
masonic topics, and also arranged to have the degree
work exemplified in different lodges throughout the
District.
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation
for the assistance given me by the Present and Past
Grand Lodge Officers. This has made my term of
office one of profit and pleasure for me. I have
made many new friendships during the year, and I
hope that the fraternal feeling which exists among
the brethren of Sarnia District may long continue.
I am deeply grateful to all for their support and
182 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
co-operation during the year and I hope that the
same assistance will be extended to my successor
as has been given to me.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally
submitted.
Paul S. Kingston,
D.D.G.M., Sarnia District.
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SOUTH HURON DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor and great pleasure of herewith
presenting for your consideration my report of the
condition of Masonry in South Huron District for
the year ending June 24th, 1939.
First, I wish to express my deep appreciation
of the high honor the brethren of South Huron Dis-
trict have conferred upon me and on Craig Lodge,
No. 574, by electing me as the representative of the
Most Worshipful the Grand Master and also to the
Grand Master in confirming the District's choice.
For District Secretary I appointed Wor. Bro.
Charles Harvey Smith, a Past Master of Craig
Lodge, who has been untiring in his efforts to assist
and support me in every way possible throughout
my term of office. I am also greatly indebted to
the other Past Masters and brethren of Craig Lodge
for their loyal support, and for accompanying me
on many of my visitations.
Fulfilling the duties of my office I made an
official visit of Inspection to every lodge in the Dis-
trict. In each of these, needless to say, I was well
received not only by the members, but also by their
visitors, many of whom attended most of my official
meetings. The attendance at these meetings was
very gratifying and demonstrates that the spirit
of Masonry is very evident throughout the District.
During these visits I am pleased to report I
found the condition of Masonry and the quality of
the work all that could be wished for. The Masters
and their officers had their work well in hand, de-
grees were conferred not only nearly word perfect,
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but with much impressiveness to the candidates. In
some instances information and correction were
necessary to keep our work uniform. In all such
cases my instructions were received in true masonic
spirit, as the officers all seem anxious to carry out
their alloted tasks correctly when properly in-
formed.
The attendance at regular meetings is keeping
up, and in many lodges it has increased. But there
is still room for improvement. Much of the cause
for non-attendance, I consider is caused by the lack
of promptness in starting the meetings, by not giv-
ing sufficient thought to the preparation of the
programmes, and by allowing the proceedings to
drag so that the hour of closing is too late. A very
effective method of keeping up interest is the carry-
ing out of special evenings, such as Past Master's
Night, Railroad Men's Night, Members' Night and
others. Members' Night is one that creates much
interest when those who are usually termed as side
benchers exemplify the degree even to giving the
Warden's lecture and final charge, the regular offi-
cers being responsible for the coaching of the
brother assuming his chair. It not only encourages
the member taking part, but many others attend
to witness the work and see how they get along.
The number of applicants for membership in
some lodges is not so great as last year, while other
lodges which have had very few candidates for some
years past are now quite active. Through this
period of inactivity, I am pleased to note, that they
did not lower the standard but have carried on until
the right type of applicant came along.
Arrears of dues continue to be a worry to most
lodges in spite of the fact that our faithful secre-
taries continually keep reminding the members.
Many of the members allow their dues to be in ar-
rears. In my observation the lodges, which follow
the rules laid down in the Book of Constitution re-
garding dues, manage best, both for the lodge and
also for the members. In many cases failure to pay
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dues is habit rather than necessity. However, there
are exceptions which require due consideration.
Throughout this District I had hopes for some im-
provement over former years, but some suspensions
are being reported.
We are fortunate in this District in having very
faithful and efficient secretaries, each performing
his duties satisfactorily. Minutes are well written,
records are kept and money received is properly
recorded and disposed of. The insurance on furnish-
ings and buildings, I believe to be sufficient. In
reporting on ventilation of lodge rooms it must be
admitted that many are lacking in this respect but
in most instances it would be hard to rectify.
Benevolence, that part of our lodges' activities
of which we are justly proud, is being carried out
in most of the lodges as the need arises. There is.
however, the lack of desire on the part of some of
our brethren to practise this virtue even though it
is a virtue they once professed to admire. They are
willing to have lodge funds used in this way but do
not favour individual contribution.
The question of Masonic Education is one which
has received a great deal of attention in this Dis-
trict, and under the chairmanship of Rt. Wor.
George H. Jefferson, who was appointed District
Chairman last fall, this work is in good hands and
I feel sure his efforts toward this part of our work
will not be fruitless.
We also have a Past Masters' Association in
our District which was formed in October of 1937
under the presidency of V. Wor. Bro. John Semple.
This organization has done much for Masonry in
the District and has been a very effective medium
for the promotion of Masonic Education and for
cementing more closely the ties of brotherhood
among the brethren of the various lodges.
I am greatly indebted to the District Deputy
Grand Masters of the surrounding districts for
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honouring South Huron with their presence on
many occasions throughout my term of office. The
very pleasant associations I have had with them
will ever remain in my memory.
I am also very grateful to the Grand Chaplain,
Et. Wor. Bro. S. L. W. Harton, for the inspiration
which he brought to our District on the occasion
of Divine Worship Service of Craig Lodge, No. 574,
on April 23, 1939, and also for his address to the
District Past Masters' Association at a meeting
held in Stratford on May 25th. These two inspiring
gatherings will not soon pass from our memories.
Throughout my term of office I have endeav-
oured to associate myself with the lodges' activities
whenever circumstances would permit, attending
Divine Worship and installation services, and many
regular meetings and have thereby tried to show my
interest in their work and to strengthen the ties
between the constituent lodges and Grand Lodge.
In conclusion, I would like to express my thanks
to the brethren of the District for the courtesy,
kindness and hospitality extended to me throughout
the District and I bespeak for my successor the
same loyal support and co-operation.
Fraternally sumbitted,
Fred J. McLeod,
D.D.G.M., South Huron District.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 187
ST. LAWRENCE DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
It has been my very happy experience to have
had the opportunity and privilege of serving the
cause of Masonry in St. Lawrence District. It has
been a year of new friendships and of great appre-
ciation of Masonry. It has taught me some of the
things Masonry really stands for. In broadening
my outlook on life, it has taught me more humbly
to bend to the will of the Great Architect.
My first official duty was the appointment of
Wor. Bro. C. G. Morris as District Secretary. I
greatly appreciate his assistance and advice during
the year. I next appointed Rev. Bro. T. F. Town-
send, B.A., B.D., as District Chaplain. Bro. Town-
send also proved himself an admirable Mason, and
was a splendid help to me and to the District.
During the course of the year I visited every lodge
in the District and received kindness far beyond
my fondest expectation.
I found Masonry in a healthy condition and
have reason to believe that Masons in St. Lawrence
District are taking their obligations very seriously.
The Masters of all the lodges are most enthusiastic.
Some have put on special nights, such as "Doctors'
Night", "Past Masters' Night", etc. This idea
should be encouraged.
The financial condition of the lodges was fair.
Several lodges own their own buildings and have
considerable money investments. Others are paying
off indebtedness. While I found in almost every
lodge a large number of members in arrears of dues,
I believe this delicate question is being handled
most diplomatically.
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One of the highlights of the year was a Broad-
cast from station CFLC Prescott, on April 23rd.
Previous to the arranged date I wrote each lodge
in the District, asking them to set apart the 23rd
day of April as a day of prayer for the Peace of
the World, the Brotherhood of Man, and the Father-
hood of God. In conjunction with the broadcast
Central Lodge, Prescott, attended Divine Service in
the United Church. The idea was well supported
by a large attendance of Masons from several dif-
ferent lodges. The District Chaplain Rev. T. F.
Townsend, B.A., B.D. delivered the address. Rt.
Wor. Bro. W. F. Reynolds offered prayer and Wor.
Bro. Petten, Master of Central Lodge, also gave an
address. Several lodges installed radios in the
Masonic Temples and the brethren gathered and
listened in.
Masonic Education is receiving every considera-
tion and I found the brethren very much interested.
In the month of April the executive of the Past
Masters' Association met in Brockville, at which
meeting Masonic Education was discussed. By way
of systematic organization the District was divided
into three zones. A chairman was appointed for
each zone which resulted in Rt. Wor. Bro. I. E.
Lockwood representing zone number one, consisting
of Evergreen Lodge, True Britons, St. Francis and
Osiris Lodges, Merrickville, Otter and Fidelity. The
chairman of zone number two is Wor. Bro. Johnston
of Prescott, and he is responsible for Mount Zion,
Nation, Central, Crystal Fountain and St. James.
In zone number three with Rt. Wor. Bro. A. L.
Campbell as chairman, the lodges are Lansdowne,
Macoy, Harmony, Rising Sun, Salem and Sussex.
On May 22nd, Wor. Bro. W. P. Smith of Kings-
ton delivered an address in Brockville on Masonic
Education. The address was most efficiently given
and it was appreciated and enjoyed by the large
number of Masons present. Other addresses are
to follow this Autumn.
On Oct. 21st, my Mother Lodge, Harmony,
celebrated its Sixtieth Anniversary. Lodge was
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opened in the afternoon and a First Degree was
conferred on my son. Most Worshipful Brother R.
B. Dargavel was present and delivered the main
address of the evening. About two hundred Masons
from all parts of the District and outside the Dis-
trict attended the banquet.
May 20th, was the occasion of a visit to St.
Francis Lodge, Smith's Falls, by Sault Springs
Lodge, Syracuse, N.Y. An exemplification of the
First Degree was very interesting. On June 3rd, St.
Francis Lodge returned the visit to Sault Springs
and displayed their skill in the First Degree
A large number of Masons assembled at Brock-
ville on June the 3rd, to witness the Third Degree
as exemplified by Utica Lodge, Utica, N.Y., on a
visit to Sussex. By way of neighbourly gesture,
the Master of Sussex Lodge made a presentation of
a beautiful gavel to the visiting brethren.
On May 22nd, twenty members of Lansdowne
Lodge were guests at Sacketts Harbour Lodge
Number 135, N.Y. and were royally entertained.
Sacketts Harbour conferred a Third Degree. In
return Sacketts Harbour Lodge visited Lansdowne
No. 387, when Lansdowne conferred a Second
Degree.
I have encouraged similar visits to the United
States as vehicles of promoting international good-
will. They cannot be prevented from having a
beneficial effect.
On April 13th, Sussex Lodge, Brockville, en-
tertained the Masters of every lodge in the District,
and a First Degree was conferred by the Masters.
This was a night long to be remembered, and I hope
every year a similar event will be held in some part
of the District.
To each Master in the District during my offi-
cial visit, I presented a gavel as a personal gesture
of friendship.
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On June 7th, a Past D.D.G.M.s Night was held
in Smith's Falls Lodge, when every office was filled
by a P.D.D.G.M. Rt. Wor. Bro. R. Watchorn of
Merrickville Lodge, who will celebrate his 87th
birthday in a few weeks, was in the East. A First
Degree was conferred and each officer did his work
well. A banquet was served by Osiris and St.
Francis Lodges at the close.
On May 28th, District Divine Service was held
in Elgin United Church with the District Chaplain
Rev. T. F. Townsend delivering the address. A
large number of Masons was present. A large choir
made up of brethren of the District filled the choir
loft.
We have a very efficient and enthusiastic Past
Masters' and Wardens' Association, of which I can-
not speak too highly. This Association is the back-
bone of Masonry in the District. It meets semi-
annually in June and September and at these
meetings is selected a D.D.G.M. and other business
is transacted.
To the members of my Mother Lodge I feel I
owe a debt of deep gratitude. Their untiring efforts
and loyal support in accompanying me on all my
official visits and co-operating in every way made
my duties much more enjoyable. I shall always
look back on pleasant evenings spent with my
brethren in St. Lawrence District. I thank them
all for their kindness and can truthfully say "this
has been the best year of my life". I express the
hope that the same loyal support will be extended
to my successor, and may God bless every member
in this District.
All of which is fraternally submitted.
A. L. Campbell,
D.D.G.M., St. Lawrence District.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 191
ST. THOMAS DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honour to submit my report on the
condition of Masonry in St. Thomas District during
my term of office as D.D.G.M.
May I take this opportunity of expressing to
you, the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, and
to the brethren of St. Thomas District, my sincere
appreciation for the honour conferred upon me, and
for the privilege of serving as D.D.G.M. I also wish
to thank the brethren of the District for the hearty
co-operation given me, many of whom accompanied
me on my official inspections and fraternal visits,
and in many other ways assisted in making the
duties of my office easier and most enjoyable.
My first official act was to appoint Wor. Bro.
Geo. C. Mathews, of Talbot Lodge 546, as District
Secretary and I am very grateful to him for the
efficient assistance he has given me during the
year.
I have officially visited each lodge in the Dis-
trict and, without exception, found the work uni-
form and of a very high standard. Much credit is
due the Past Masters for their loyalty and assistance
to their respective lodges, and to the officers who
are giving so much of their time and effort to the
work. From my observations, Masonry is improv-
ing in the District; the brethren appear to be en-
thusiastic; and good attendance was noticed at all
lodge meetings.
The books of all secretaries were inspected and
found to be in good order, dues were fairly well col-
lected, and every effort made to reduce outstanding
dues, which in general were not of an alarming
nature.
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Masonic Education has been advanced in the
District and I have taken the opportunity, at each
meeting- I attended, to further this cause by select-
ing - some subject of Masonry, and giving a short
talk thereon, which I trust was of some benefit to
the brethren.
I am happy to report that during my term I
was honoured with three visits from the Most
Worshipful, the Grand Master, he giving outstand-
ing addresses at Aylmer, St. Thomas and Port
Stanley. His appearance in the District has served
to stimulate Masonry and give the brethren a clear-
er conception of just what it means to be a Mason.
The District Church Service was held on May
7th, in Trinity Church, St. Thomas, the Rector
being R. Wor. Bro. Archdeacon Andrews, Chaplain
of St. Thomas Lodge No. 44. The Most Worship-
ful, the Grand Master, was the special speaker and
gave an inspiring address. About 250 Masons
attended, and after the service retired to the Parish
Hall to spend a pleasant social hour.
I am pleased to report that there is an active
Past Masters' Association in the District. Gifted
speakers are secured for their meetings, which are
social as well as instructive, and a great benefit
to Masonry.
It has been my privilege to visit in several of
the other districts, namely, London, Sarnia, Wilson,
South Huron, and Chatham, and practically all of
these visits have been returned. In addition to
official visits, I attended most of the lodges inform-
ally on several occasions and witnessed the confer-
ring of the different degrees.
In conclusion, I would like to again express
my deep gratitude for the assistance and loyal
support accorded me by the Masters, Past Masters
and brethren in the District and for the many kind-
nesses and courtesies extended to me.
Fraternally submitted,
Roy B. Bowey,
D.D.G.M., St. Thomas District.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 193
TEMISKAMING DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
May I express to you, Most Worshipful Sir, my
sincere thanks and appreciation for appointing me
as your representative in Temiskaming District, and
also to extend to my brethren, my heartfelt grati-
tude for electing me to this high and distinguished
office. I also wish to pay tribute to my counsellor
and friend, the District Secretary, Worshipful
Brother Hayden S. Rood, a sincere and upright man^,
whose enthusiastic and loyal support helped to
make the task of my office, one of great pleasure
and inspiration.
Almost my first official duty was to accompany
our Grand Master and the Grand Secretary on a
three day tour of this northern District of Temis-
kaming, which enabled me to meet and get better
acquainted with the brethren and, to a great extent,
blaze the trail for my own visits of inspection. I
realized on this trip the real Mason in Most Wor-
shipful Brother Dunlop, and its true meaning "a
friend to all". These three days will ever live in
my memory as three of the most wonderful days
in my life.
Owing to the limited time available and diffi-
culty of transportation, our distinguished guests
could only make three official visits, Timmins, Ka-
puskasing and Kirkland Lake. But at each centre
a great reception awaited them, many brethren
travelling over eighty miles to pay their respects
of loyalty and devotion and to listen to our Grand
Master's inspiring and worthy message.
During the year it has been my pleasure to
visit each of the lodges twice, and in some cases
three times. Degrees were exemplified in all the
lodges and without exception, I have found the
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officers conscientious and sincere in the perform-
ance of their duties. The work was uniform and of
a very high standard, in fact, one might truthfully
say it is exactly and impressively given. Masonry
in this District is in a very healthy condition. The
Masters and officers are, comparatively speaking,
all young men with a keen sense of the responsi-
bilities their offices demand and among the mem-
bers that true masonic spirit of harmony and affec-
tion is exhibited throughout every lodge in the
District.
I cannot speak too highly of the loyalty and
interest displayed by the Past Masters in their dif-
ferent lodges. The willingness of these devoted
brethren to assist their Worshipful Masters in any
capacity at any and all times is one good reason
for the splendid condition of the Masonry through-
out the District.
It gives me great pleasure to pay tribute to the
secretaries of the several lodges, those officers who
do so much of what might be termed the invisible
work of the lodge and consequently are less liable
to recognition for their indispensable services both
to their individual lodge and to Grand Lodge. He
is an important official and to these devoted breth-
ren much credit is due for the smooth running of
the machinery and happiness of their lodge.
Masonic Education has been always on my
mind and I have endeavoured to stress this im-
portant branch of Masonry on all my visits. The
great distances between lodges makes it almost
impossible to govern this under one District Com-
mittee, but on my recommendation the Grand Lodge
Committee on Masonic Education has appointed a
District Chairman, who, in conjunction with the
Masters of the lodges, has appointed a Chairman
for each lodge. By this means a universal system
of education can be introduced. Much progress
and enthusiasm has been made and throughout the
year I have noticed evidence of younger members
becoming more interested in this work and by
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acquiring additional knowledge through our Masonic
Library, are getting to know and enjoy their
Masonry better. Its influence will be seen very
clearly in years to come.
I have tried on every occasion to bring before
the brethren, the sentiment and wishes of the Most
Worshipful the Grand Master, and my addresses
have been centred on some helpful and worthwhile
thought in keeping with those high ideals which we
as Masons so proudly profess to admire. From the
very keen interest shown and the many letters I
have received from the brethren, these talks seem
to be greatly appreciated.
Perhaps the outstanding event of the year was
the District Lodge of Instruction, which was held
under special dispensation from Grand Lodge at
the Town Hall at Iroquois Falls. This is the first
meeting of its kind to be held in which every lodge
in the District participated. Nearly three hundred
brethren were present, many travelling by road
more than one hundred miles. Each of the degrees
was properly opened, exemplified, and closed by dif-
ferent lodges.
To the guest speaker, Right Worshipful Brother
T. C. Wardley, Chairman of the Grand Lodge Com-
mittee on Benevolence, I am most grateful for his
inspiring and instructive address which deeply im-
pressed all who were privileged to hear him. It is
also onlv fitting for me to pav some small tribute
to Right Worshipful Brother F. W. Ebbitt whose
untiring energies and assistance are mainly re-
sponsible for the success of this meeting. Perhaps
the outstanding feature of this gathering was the
wonderful means it afforded those from the far
distant parts of this jurisdiction of meeting and
getting better acquainted with brethren they per-
haps otherwise would never have had an opportunity
of knowing.
On the morning of June 22nd, a gloom was cast
over this District by the sudden passing to the
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Grand Lodge Above of Right Worshipful Brother
W. W. White of Golden Beaver Lodge No. 528. The
contribution which "Bill' White, as we all knew
him with his genial personality, made to every
phase of masonic endeavour cannot be over-
estimated. His passing leaves a gap which at
present seems impossible for anyone to fill. Some-
how or other he was one of those all too rare in-
dividuals who happened along and leaves you with
a strengthened conviction that there is something
worth while in human nature after all. His memory
will remain in the hearts of those who knew him.
Faithful to his trust, he was ever ready to relieve
distress, aid the weak and comfort the mourner.
Truly it can be said, he lived respected and died
regretted.
And so my term of office draws to a close. The
year has been one of the happiest years in my
masonic career, far too short for me to have accom-
plished all those tasks I had first set out to do. I
have made an earnest effort to bring to each lodge
some useful and worthwhile thought in keeping
with those high ideals which we endeavour to
promote, not only among our brethren but in the
community. If in my humble way I have been able
to say a random word which has helped some
brother, then I am more than repaid. It has been
one of the great pleasures of my life to have
served you and to be able to say lastly that I have
found Temiskaming District living in that happy
masonic relationship of peace and brotherly love.
All of which is fraternally submitted.
H. George Ginn,
D.D.G.M., Temiskaming District.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 197
TORONTO DISTRICT "A"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
At the close of this, another Masonic year,
there is a very fine spirit existing throughout the
thirty lodges of Toronto District "A". One could
not associate with the brethren in the District
without sensing a growing feeling of optimism and
good times, not only in the individual lodges but
in the Craft generally. The brethren are being
more strongly seized by the realization that Masonry
is truly a progressive science and that it is definitely
on the upgrade.
This fine spirit, which is so prevalent, is a
result, primarily, of the inspiration and leadership
given to us by our Grand Master. We have been
honoured by his presence on a number of occasions
in lodges in this District and on the 24th of April
at a reception tendered to him by our nineteen City
lodges. On every occasion, the presence and words
of our Grand Master have given us fresh inspira-
tion, a greater desire for knowledge and deeper love
of our Craft.
The brethren generally, but especially the
younger brethren and officers, are showing an in-
creasing desire for masonic knowledge. This has
been stimulated by our Committee on Masonic Edu-
cation under the very able leadership of R. W. Bro.
C. H. Lord. Under this Committee this work had
made a definite advance during the year. On my
visits of inspection, a representative of this Com-
mittee accompanied me and for a few minutes
presented some phase of their work to the brethren.
Short informative talks are very much desired by
the brethren, but they are very impatient with
masonic talks that go far beyond what they are
able to comprehend or appreciate.
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The work in the lodge rooms is of a very high
standard for which much credit should be given to
my predecessors in office and to the close study
which it is evident must have been given to it by
most of the lodges. Good attention to detail greatly
improves the work and maintains the interest of
the brethren.
Candidates are not as numerous as in some past
years, but are of excellent caliber and, in most
lodges, sufficient in number to maintain interest in
the work and to give the lodge the benefit of new
material. The question of the amount and equality
of initiation fees is one that may well be studied.
Attendance of members at the meetings of
their lodge is one that in most cases is receiving
needed attention. Our members are such that noth-
ing less than the best in the lodge room and at
the hour of refreshment will satisfy them and hold
their interest. Large gatherings attended by many
distinguished brethren add an impetus to any lodge,
but the members generally, primarily wish to find
in their lodge fellowship with their brethren and to
take away something that will inspire them to bet-
ter things.
The lodges and members are, I believe, showing
an increased interest in and co-operation with the
Masonic Board of Relief and Unemployment Bureau
of Toronto which is doing such a fine work. In-
creased co-operation and support by the lodges and
members will greatly assist the Board in its work
and give it an opportunity of rendering a greater
service for which it is so well fitted.
My year has been a very happy and enjoyable
one. It has been a distinct honour and privilege to
represent our Grand Master and one for which I
am ever grateful to the brethren of Toronto District
"A". My friendly associations with them have been
a never-failing well of inspiration.
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It has been a great pleasure to meet and associ-
ate with the District Deputy Grand Masters of the
other Toronto Districts, but a great loss that R. W.
Bro. McGregor should be taken from us at the ter-
mination of his year in office in which he brought
such inspiration to his brethren and added such
lustre to his name.
The Masters' and Wardens' Associations have
been of great benefit to this District and of much
assistance to me, and the recently organized Dis-
trict Past Masters' Association has served as a fine
forum to discuss problems of interest to the Dis-
trict.
My work would have been impossible of ac-
complishment, had it not been for the very valuable
work and advice of my very good friend the District
Secretary, W. Bro. Ray W. Swanton. His efficiency
and knowledge have been invaluable and his kindly
and timely advice my chief support and reliance.
The lodges of Toronto District 'A" are working
together in the utmost harmony. They are striving
to promulgate the genuine tenets and principles of
the fraternity and looking to the future with confi-
dence.
Fraternally submitted,
G. W. G. Gauld,
D.D.G.M., Toronto District "A".
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TORONTO DISTRICT "B"
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
In submitting my report on the condition of
Masonry in Toronto District "B", I am not unmind-
ful of the honor and privilege bestowed on me by
mv brethren in the District, and I convey, at this
time, my sincere thanks to the brethren for the
honor bestowed on Acacia Lodge and myself in my
election to the important office of District Deputy
Grand Master. The year will linger long in my
memory as one of those outstanding Masonic ex-
periences which adds so much to life. May the
kindly contacts and friendships made, endure.
I was fortunate in having a brother Mason and
a friend in Acacia Lodge, Wor. Bro. W. J. Pickard,
whom I had the privilege of appointing to the office
of District Secretary. His genial temperament and
happy faculty of making friends, coupled with his
sincere devotion to the duties of the office, have
been a continuous support to my efforts. He ac-
companied me on every official visit and during the
term devoted himself to a careful scrutiny of the
records of each lodge. His affability and good
nature was much appreciated by the brethren and
a source of great assistance to me in the perform-
ance of the duties of District Deputy Grand Master.
I visited every lodge in the District at least
once in my official capacity and had the pleasure of
being received in some lodges twice as a guest,
either on Installation or Senior Warden's Night
prior to the installation of the 1939 Masters. The
Senior Wardens' groups in District "B" are well
organized and are a means of assistance to the in-
coming Masters. However, I believe that the
number of meetings of this group to put on the
work in the lodges is becoming too numerous and is
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extending beyond the compass of the original in-
tention of bringing these officers together to get
acquainted.
Early in my year as District Deputy I had the
pleasure of having Rt. Wor. Bro. Berger E. Eckblad,
P.D.D.G.M., accept my request for Chairmanship of
the Educational Committee of District "B". He
organized a Lodge of Instruction and was a great
help to me by relieving me of the responsibilities
of this task. There was also a committee organized
to give masonic talks to the various lodges under
his able guidance, and several talks were delivered
by this committee. For its helpfulness, I extend
to this committee my sincere thanks and suggest
the continuance of such work. I have the pleasure
to report that fifty-two talks or readings in con-
nection with Masonic Education were given during
the year by various brethren.
We, the brethren of District "B" and Masonry
at large, regret greatly the loss of several of our
brethren who were called to the Grand Lodge
Above, and I beg forebearance to mention the
special memorial service to our beloved Rt. Wor.
Bro. Canon Baynes-Reed at which we were graced
with the attendance of the Most Worshipful the
Grand Master and the Past Grand Chaplain together
with a great number of members of the Craft on
that memorable and impressive occasion.
I would also make mention at this time of the
sudden calling of Rt. Wor. Bro. Douglas McGregor,
District Deputy Grand Master of Toronto District
"D", to the Grand Lodge Above and to extend to
his lodge and his District our sincere regret of his
passing while in the midst of his work in that in-
visible temple not made with hands.
There were two Ceremonies of Dedication in
connection with lodge rooms; one at Scarboro
Lodge, Agincourt, Ontario, and one at Richardson
Lodge, Stouffville, Ontario, and I am sure both
of these lodges show a fine spirit of endeavour in
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making improvements in the quarters where they
assemble. To my mind the comfort of brethren
is essential to attendance and in this connection I
might say the ventilation in several of the suburban
lodge rooms could be improved on with small effort
and expenditure on the part of these lodges. It
is unfair to ask brethren to sit by the hour in a
lodge room in which the temperature hovers around
85 degrees, and humidity 90 per cent, and then
expect them to come out again in like circumstances
on a future occasion.
The financial position of the lodges in general,
I believe, is improving, but quite a number of lodges
will need careful consideration in order to maintain
their present position. To my mind, there are too
many so called "big nights", which seem to be the
objective of various Masters to create an impres-
sion of a successful year. These are costly to the
lodge, and are of doubtful value as an incentive for
members to come out as I have noticed the larger
portion of attendance on such occasions is princi-
pally composed of visitors from other lodges. There
is a growing custom of extending invitations to
several lodges on the one night, or featuring certain
organizations which are not always masonic in
order to bolster attendance.
The attendance of members at their own lodges
averages less than twenty per cent., and the attend-
ance of members, other than officers of the lodges,
averages about thirteen per cent.
There is reported to me that there are 1,024
Masons, 25 years of age or over, and 198 Masons
40 years of age or over in District "B", out of 6,545
members.
Of the total of $43,500 dues collected for the
year in the District, in round figures, approximately
twenty-five per cent, was spent on entertainment
and banquetting, and eleven per cent, on bene-
volence.
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The predominance of the banquet table would
lead one to believe that we are having a feast of
fraternalism. In my opinion the real concern of
Masonry, formed from my observations, is less
verbal education in dotting- 'T's and crossing "T"s,
and more practical application of the principles. The
importance which is being placed to-day on the
officers of our lodges, both Grand Lodge Officers
and officers of our constituent lodges, is detracting
from the attendance of the brethren who have to
sit for an hour or so until all officers and visitors
are received.
The real need of Masonry to-day in this Dis-
trict, and, I believe in others, is a definite purpose
before the brethren to be accomplished ; in other
words a concrete and active attitude in place of an
abstract and passive attitude.
Finally, I have endeavoured to fill the office
with which I was honoured, with sincere applica-
tion to the usages and customs. To my successor
in office I wish every success in the accomplishment
of his task. To those brethren who so willingly
and ably assisted me I extend my most sincere and
grateful thanks and may the principles of this time-
honoured institution be transmitted pure and un-
sullied to meet the needs of the day and age in
which those who form the ever changing body of
Masonry live and move and have their being.
Fraternally and respectfully submitted,
S. W. Alexander,
D.D.G.M., Toronto District "B".
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TORONTO DISTRICT "C"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have pleasure in presenting herewith the
report of the representative of the Most Worshipful
the Grand Master in Toronto District "C".
In the first place, I desire to tender sincere
thanks to the brethren of the District for the con-
fidence they placed in me, and their extreme kind-
ness to me when I was privileged to visit in their
respective lodges. May I also thank Worshipful
Brother W. F. Gunning of St. Clair Lodge, who was
kind enough to accept the office of District Secre-
tary. He accompanied me on all the official visits,
and I know that the manner that he discharged the
duties of his office made many friends for himself
and did much good for Masonry in the District.
In officially visiting the lodges in the District
I was impressed by the type of person who is com-
ing into the Craft. When we see again our lodges
initiating young men in their twenties, one cannot
help but feel that the future of Masonry should be
and will be directed by Masons that have started
early to prepare themselves for masonic responsi-
bilities. I have found that the work of the degrees
is exceptionally well rendered. In practically every
lodge a personal pride is taken by each and every
officer in his work. It was a very rare occasion
when I witnessed work that could not be classed
as excellent. In this respect, a particular person
will always consult his mirror before he leaves
home to see that he has completed all those last
touches that make for smartness in personal ap-
pearance. In Masonry the only mirror an officer
who wishes to be efficient in his work can use, is
the mirror of a fraternal visit to another lodge.
Officers who use this as a means of improving their
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 205
own work may be said to be seeing "oursels as
ithers see us", and thereby "it wad frae mony a
blunder free us".
One of the problems that seems to give con-
siderable worry in nearly all masonic districts is
the attendance at lodge meetings. The meetings
I attended were not in any way at fault, but the
figures for average attendance would make a person
think. I am convinced that progress is being made
and that we are getting a greater attendance at our
meetings than formerly. Many of the lodges have
committees working on this problem and they seem
to be getting results that are encouraging. I have
heard of individual cases, and while they may be
insignificant when looking at the whole problem,
I am going to quote one for what it is worth. A
certain brother had been a regular attendant at his
lodge, and he would not let anything conflict with
his lodge night. In his own family circle he had
built up for Masonry a reputation that was very
high indeed. Later this same brother had an ill-
ness that kept him away from his lodge. During
his illness no one from the lodge called on him.
This was a case of pure neglect; they had been in-
formed of his illness. Now in that family circle
one can readily imagine that the flag of Masonry
did not fly so high. Someone had been thoughtless
and neglectful. Incidents such as this cannot fail
to have a bearing on our attendance problems.
In the field of Masonic Education there is every
reason to feel that much progress has been made
during the year that is just closing. While the
field is very great, the District Committee as direct-
ed by R.W. Bro. J. P. Maher, the chairman, and W.
Bro. M. C. Cain, the Secretary, has attempted to
lay a foundation that future committees can use
as a starting point for the extension of the work.
May I express my thanks for the splendid assistance
of this committee and for their valuable contribu-
tion to the work of Masonry in the District. It was
also a pleasure to have the Chairman of the Com-
mittee come to St. Clair Lodge with V.W. Bro. Ray
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V. Harper and conduct the official inspection at my
invitation. My thanks is due them for their kind-
ness.
I have found that the question of "arrears of
dues" is one that nearly all our lodges are facing.
Some I have found are tackling that question in a
very sensible manner and are making real progress
with it. There is no question in my mind but that
it is very closely tied up with the question of "lodge
attendance". Here a lodge must keep two definite
things before it; if at all possible keep the brother
in good standing; at the same time protect the
funds of the lodge.
Even in times when lodge finances are scanty,
the brethren are making every effort to look after
benevolence. I have also found a wholesale appre-
ciation for the work done by the Committee of
Grand Lodge on Masonic Benevolence.
I had the privilege of attending and taking part
in several masonic church services during the year.
While the attendance at these was good, I could
not help but feel that at several of them the attend-
ance was not as great as would be the attendance
at one of their outstanding lodge meetings. This
is one of the rare occasions when Masonry is on
parade before the public and it is one time that a
large attendance is very desirable. There is no
better way of demonstrating to the public at large
the well-known fact that "Masonry is the hand-
maiden of religion".
While it was very pleasant to visit all the
lodges in our own District at least twice, I was
honoured in being asked to conduct the official
visit in Lake Shore Lodge for Right Worshipful
Brother George Gauld. The District Secretary and
I had a very delightful visit with the brethren of
Toronto District "A".
The outstanding event of the year was the re-
ception to the Most Worshipful the Grand Master.
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On May 12th, when all nature had just completed
putting on her new clothes, we journeyed to Mount
Albert. Here, under the auspices of our suburban
lodges and with Rowland Lodge as our host, we had
the Grand Master with us for a whole evening.
Those who were able to attend were loud in their
praises for our hosts, and all felt that it was an
evening to be long remembered.
In drawing this report to a close, I would like
to extend to the brethren of our sister district,
Toronto District "D", our sincere regrets for the
loss of their esteemed leader, the late R. W. Bro. D.
G. McGregor. I was with him in February when
he inspected his own lodge, Wellington Lodge. The
tribute paid him on that occasion when some forty
brethren from his mother lodge in Fergus came
down to Toronto in February, just to be present
with him, was a tribute that made a decided im-
pression on all present. It was a distinct privilege
for Masons to have an opportunity to come in con-
tact with one of his character. What he was able
to accomplish masonically and otherwise cannot but
be an inspiration to those of us who are left behind
to carry on in the vineyards of Masonry.
With mixed feelings of regret and pleasure I
submit this report for the consideration of the
Grand Lodge. It has been a very great pleasure to
have been allowed to serve this District. It has
been a pleasure to have received so many kindnesses
from the brethren and those who preceded me in
the office. May I again thank them for that and also
for the many considerate acts towards my own
lodge. One cannot but have regrets in relinquishing
an official connection with these Masters, Wardens
and brethren on whom the immediate future of
Masonry depends. I am confident that the affairs
of Masonry are in safe hands and that brighter
clouds are beginning to appear on the horizons of
Masonry for the days that lie ahead.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
H. L. Martyn,
D.D.G.M., Toronto District "C".
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TORONTO DISTRICT "D"
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
Almost at the close of the Masonic Year,
Toronto District "D" on May 31st, suffered a crush-
ing blow, when the District Deputy Grand Master,
R. W. Bro. Douglas G. McGregor, was suddenly and
quite unexpectedly summoned to the Grand Lodge
Above. He had finished the work of inspecting the
twenty-five lodges of the District and was about to
commence the preparation of the report when death
overtook him. From the notes and memoranda that
he left I have undertaken to write this report of the
year's activities in the District.
R. W. Bro. McGregor was a comparatively
young man, having recently attained his forty-
seventh year. In that short span he had achieved
much. The respect and esteem in which he was
held throughout his own and many other districts
were evidenced by the large attendance of his breth-
ren who crowded St. George's Anglican Church,
Toronto, on the occasion of the funeral. To the un-
fortunate he was a good friend, one who assisted
without ostentation, active in good works and es'-
pecially in relieving distress. With his brethren he
was always genial, open-hearted and happy. He
enjoyed his Masonry and practised its teachings. He
was a good citizen and will be greatly missed by his
former associates. He was an Ontario boy, born
in Brantford, and spent his early days in Fergus.
The loss which District "D" has suffered in his
passing cannot be adequately estimated, and in
Wellington Lodge the gap created by his going will
not for many years be filled. He was a tower of
strength in his own lodge.
Death again visited the District in the sudden
passing on June 9th, of W. Bro. John Gourlay, Wor-
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shipful Master of Cathedral Lodge. The sincere
sympathy of all his brethren goes out to his sur-
viving widow and two children in their bereavement.
On July 1st, after an illness which became
acute during recent weeks, R.W. Bro. Louis E.
Lane, P.D.D.G.M. District "D" 1924-1925, was called
to the Grand Lodge Above. Widely known and
esteemed for his sterling qualities he will be greatly
missed by all Masons in the Toronto Districts. Our
deepest sympathy is extended to his surviving
widow and two sons.
On October 4th, R.W. Bro. McGregor, on be-
half of Dufferin Lodge, presented V.W. Bro. J. A.
Hodgins, Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies,
with his Grand Lodge regalia, and on October 27th,
at Mizpah Lodge, performed the same pleasant duty
for V.W. Bro. H. F. Allen, Grand Standard Bearer.
A previous engagement having prevented his at-
tending Vaughan Lodge, Maple, on October 11th,
he delegated to R.W. Bro. B. H. Brown, P.D.D.G.M.,
the office of presenting his regalia to the Immediate
Past D.D.G.M., R.W. Bro. Ivan B. Musselman, who
in turn performed the same duty for the Past Dis-
trict Secretary, V.W. Bro. James G. Rou'tley, Grand
Steward. The late V.W. Bro. Robert Boyd assisted
in both these ceremonies.
On Tuesday, January 31st, a reception to the
Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, William J.
Dunlop, was tendered by the City lodges of Toronto
District "D", in the form of a banquet held at the
Round Room, Eaton's College Street. Stormy
weather reduced the attendance to some extent but
despite that, practically all the District "D" lodges
were represented together with a large attendance
of past and present Grand Lodge officers. The oc-
casion was a most happy one and the Grand
Master's address on "The Democracy of Masonry",
in response to R.W 7 . Bro. McGregor's proposal of
the Toast to the Grand Master and the Grand
Lodge, was both timely and informative and de-
livered in his usual happy vein.
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R.W. Bro. McGregor visited every lodge in the
District at least once, most of them more than once,
and warmly commended the officers on the uniform-
ly dignified and impressive character of the work
performed. He attributed this in some measure,
apart from the evident desire of the officers to
excel, to the training received by the Senior Ward-
ens for some years past, carried through on their
attaining more advanced offices.
R.W. Bro. Harry L. Martyn, D.D.G.M. District
"C", was an honoured guest on the occasion of the
Wellington Lodge Inspection, as was also R.W. Bro.
McGregor at the St. Clair Lodge Inspection.
The general record of attendance is gratifying,
applying to officers, members and Past Masters
alike. Generally speaking the latter show a keen
interest in the progress of their lodges and are at
all times willing to contribute their experience, skill
and advice. It naturally transpires in lodges that
there are some members who by qualities of leader-
ship, zeal and ability direct their brethren in
thought and action in the common interest. Leader-
ship is essential but undue domination harmful.
Benevolent leadership, calculated to encourage the
support of all in contributing their individual
talents, is the true test, and many examples of this
are to be found in District "D".
The work of the Senior Wardens' Association
is particularly worthy of the warmest commenda-
tion. Its established practice of exemplifying the
work in each lodge once a year not only promotes
real companionship between its members and the
lodges but serves as a thorough training for later
responsibilities. The average attendance of over
eighty per cent, on these special nights bespeaks
the zeal of its members.
Benevolence is receiving the earnest considera-
tion of the lodges, which are distributing necessary
benefits according to their means, and in deserving
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cases remitting dues. An encouraging feature is
the growing interest which is being taken in special-
ly donated funds, known variously as "Altar Box",
"Broken Column", etc.
All but two or three of the lodges are promot-
ing the spread of Masonic Education, using, in ad-
dition to the customary addresses, debates, team-
work, general discussions, etc.
Outstanding dues continue to be a matter of
concern. A number of lodges have accomplished
encouraging results through the efforts of special
committees dealing with this problem, and R.W.
Bro. McGregor offered constructive suggestions in
this regard where opportunity offered.
In all the lodges the furniture, property and
regalia are fully covered by insurance.
The trend in the number of initiations is up-
ward. A significant feature is the comparative
youthfulness of many of these new members, a
particularly encouraging sign; and quality in can-
didates is receiving due consideration. Also worthy
of note is an increase in the number of restorations.
The secretaries are conscientious and co-opera-
tive and lodge records were found in good order,
with Grand Lodge requirements fulfilled. Uniform-
ity in method and routine is desirable and it is
hoped through the workings of the Secretaries'
Association that this end may be gradually attained.
Generally speaking, the secretaries are familiar
with the specimen Minute Book forms and Regula-
tions appearing in the Book of Constitution (im-
mediately preceding the Index) and these form a
splendid guide in the preparation of minutes. The
necessity of controlling expenditures appears to be
realized and some lodges have established efficient
budget plans, a highly desirable development in
their interest.
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Credit is due to the judgment of the officers
charged with the duty of providing entertainment
during the social hour, which was found to be of
a high order in all the lodges.
The customary Divine Service, embracing the
four Toronto Districts, was held at St. Paul's Ang-
lican Church, Toronto, on Sunday evening, October
2nd, Bro. the Rt. Rev. R. J. Renison, M.A., D.D.,
conducting the service and Grand Lodge officers
reading the lessons. Other smaller gatherings of
this nature, under the auspices of individual lodges,
served to bring their brethren together in the at-
mosphere of Divine Worship.
The late R.W. Bro. McGregor was privileged
to be present at several lodges where Grand Lodge
Nights were held with the Grand Master present.
These included meetings out of the District at
Kitchener on March 29th, Hamilton on March 30th,
and in the District at Grey Lodge, April 3rd, and
Alpha Lodge, April 6th. This was the 59th Anni-
versary of Alpha Lodge, largely attended by Grand
Lodge officers, past and present, including fifteen
District Deputy Grand Masters of District "D"
(the present Grand Master being one of them) and
these distinguished brethren were photographed in
a group.
While the reports still show a net decrease in
membership the trend is improving. Interest and
enthusiasm are plainly evident as is also a spirit
of mutual friendliness. I know it was the sincere
wish of the late R.W. Bro. McGregor to make his
contribution to the cause of fraternity and unity
of purpose amongst the lodges, and by both precept
and example he has left an enviable record in
Masonry.
The unfailing courtesy and welcome extended
throughout the District to the representative of the
Grand Master and his Secretary are memories to
treasure and amply repay any effort involved.
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With the approval of R.W. Bro. Ivan B. Mussel-
man, appointed as successor pro. tern, to the late
R.W. Bro. McGregor, this report is fraternally and
respectfully submitted.
I. B. Musselman
Acting D.D.G.M. District Secretary
Toronto District "D" Toronto District "D"
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VICTORIA DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I present this report for your consideration
with mingled feelings of sorrow and gladness ; sor-
row because another Masonic year has so quickly
passed into history; gladness because I have had
the honour of representing the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master in Victoria District. I fully appre-
ciate this honor that Victoria District conferred on
me and it has been a pleasure to serve.
I am much indebted to Wor. Bro. G. R. Allen,
my District Secretary, for his assistance through-
out the year. He accompanied me on all official
visits and by his enthusiasm and executive ability
has proven a tower of strength. It was his privilege
to examine the books of the Secretary and Treasur-
er of the various lodges. This was done in a very
thorough manner; advice and assistance was wil-
lingly given in many cases.
During my term, I visited each lodge officially,
and paid many other visits as well. The Masters
and their respective officers conducted proceedings
in a most efficient manner. They appreciate the
responsibility placed on them and have a keen
sense of the dignity of the Craft. At each official
visit I arranged to have a special speaker give an
address, and to those who so willingly performed
that duty and added to the success of the meetings
I wish to express my sincere appreciation. My
thanks are due to the brethren who accompanied
me on these visits and to Rt. Wor. Bro. H. S. John-
son, P.D.D.G.M. of Lindsay, for acting at the In-
spection of Spry, my Mother Lodge.
Wor. Bro. Mosure, who was appointed Super-
visor of Masonic Education, has aroused a keen in-
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terest in that branch of Masonry, and I have found
throughout the District that members are becoming
more conscious of the need of increasing their
knowledge of our history.
We have a very enthusiastic Past Masters',
Masters', and Wardens' Association which holds two
meetings each year. Subjects of interest generally
and local conditions are discussed, which assist in
keeping the Craft on an even keel. We were very
fortunate in having Rt. Wor. Bro. White, Past
Grand Chaplain, as our guest for our autumn meet-
ing and he gave us a most instructive address.
Worthy of special mention is the unique practice in
Faithful Brethren Lodge No. 77, Lindsay. Each
year an accurate record of their activities is pre-
pared and filed by Wor. Bro. Chas. Heels. This
might be a helpful suggestion to other lodges.
During the year there have been many fine
meetings held in Victoria District but above them
all, one stands out in bold relief, it being the oc-
casion of the visit of the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master, W. J. Dunlop. Spry Lodge, Fenelon
Falls, was host for the occasion. After the banquet
Most Wor. Bro. Dunlop gave an excellent address.
We were delighted on this occasion to have Rt. Wor.
Bro. Dixon, Grand Secretary, Rt. Wor. Bro. S. L.
W. Harton, Grand Chaplain with us as well as Rt.
Wor. Bro. Toms, D.D.G.M. of Ontario District.
There were visitors from far and near, also splendid
representations from each lodge in the District.
Our District Divine Service, held in Fenelon
Falls United Church, though new in this locality,
was well attended. We were very fortunate in
having Rt. Wor. Bro. S. L. W. Harton, Grand Chap-
lain, as minister for the service. He delivered a
forceful sermon on "Jephtha the Gileadite." A
Masonic Choir under the leadership of Rt. Wor. Bro.
C. Smith added greatly to the meeting.
Altogether the Craft is in a very flourishing
condition in this District. The members generally
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are imbued with a feeling- of friendship and fra-
ternal brotherhood. Visiting among the lodges is
carried on extensively and an excellent feeling of
comradeship prevails. Finally I wish to express
to the personnel of the District my sincere thanks
for many kindnesses and courtesies extended to me.
It has been a pleasure to serve, and my greatest
wish is that Masonry may continue to prosper and
spread its benign influence among mankind.
All of which is fraternally and respectfully
submitted.
F. M. Graham,
D.D.G.M., Victoria District.
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WELLINGTON DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren:
"All's well" in Wellington District. My official
report on the condition of Masonry in Wellington
District, which it is my pleasant duty to submit to
you, may be summarized in the above words.
I desire to express to the brethren of the Dis-
trict my sincere appreciation of the honour con-
ferred upon me in electing me as their representa-
tive, and to tender my thanks for the many cour-
tesies they have extended to me during the past
year. I am also grateful to all who have so kindly
assisted me, and to those who have accompanied me
on my many visits, official and otherwise.
My sincere thanks are also due to my efficient
District Secretary, Wor. Bro. V. G. Hilborn, of
Preston Lodge, and to my District Chaplain, Bro.
Reverend Walter Patterson, M.A. (T. C. D.) both
of whom performed their duties with true Masonic
zeal.
The work of the year has been particularly
strenuous, and I had the pleasure of visiting every
lodge in the District (with one exception), on two
or more occasions. A degree was com erred or ex-
emplified by the Master and his" officers in each
lodge, and each lodge was opened and closed in the
three degrees. I found the work exceptionally well
done throughout the District, some of the smaller
lodges vying with the larger ones in the excellence
of their work.
A Lodge of Instruction was held in each of the
three degrees, and also in the Installation ceremony,
the lodges being held in Guelph, Kitchener, Gait
and Preston respectively. They were well attended,
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and intense interest was shown by the brethren in
the exemplification of the degrees.
I also had the pleasure of visiting many other
districts during the year, and exchanged visits with
a number of my confreres in the adjoining districts.
Masonic Education has made considerable pro-
gress in the District during the year, each lodge
now having its own Committee on Masonic Educa-
tion, which is under the immediate supervision of
a member of the District Committee. My thanks
are extended to the Supervisors, who are members
of this Committee, for their valuable work and co-
operation. In a number of lodges a short period
is allotted each evening for the advancement of this
work and interest in it is particularly noticeable
among the younger brethren. Some phase of Ma-
sonic Education was emphasized by me at each of
my official visits, except in my own lodges of
Preston and Twin City, when addresses, also of an
educational character, were delivered by V. Wor.
Bro. Reverend J. N. H. Mills, Assistant Grand
Chaplain, and Bro. Reverend Walter Patterson re-
spectively, to whom my sincere thanks are extended.
The average attendance at lodge meetings
throughout the District is fairly satisfactory, al-
though the attendance at the city lodges leaves
much to be desired. This is, however, offset by the
country lodges, the average throughout the District
being twenty-five per cent, of the resident member-
ship. The attendance at my official visits was
particularly good, and on nearly every occasion the
lodge was opened on time, and the brethren were
on their way home before midnight.
Applications for initiation have been more num-
erous, but unfortunately there are still many sus-
pensions for non-payment of dues. It would appear,
however, that Masonry in Wellington District is
slowly but surely emerging from its trials of the
past few years, and entering a new era of pros-
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perity. I have been careful to impress upon the
brethren the necessity of avoiding the mistakes of
the past, suggesting that they should use the great-
est care in selecting their material.
Wellington District has a particularly active
body in the Masters' and Wardens' Association, and
I think their most valuable contribution has been
the arranging of inter-lodge visits between all the
lodges in the District. These visits have resulted,
not only in the improvement of the work by friendly
rivalry, but in many new friendships being formed
between officers and brethren in every part of the
District, and the promotion of exchange visits be-
tween individual members as well as between lodges,
and will, I believe, be a contributing factor in in-
creasing the attendance throughout the District.
I am very pleased with this work, and have ex-
tended my thanks and congratulations to the mem-
bers of the Association.
The Past Masters' Association, which has been
dormant for some years, has been reorganized, and
is again taking an active part in the work of the
District. The Association was honoured by having
Most Wor. Bro. R. B. Dargavel as the guest speaker
at one of its meetings, when we were favoured with
a particularly interesting address on the work of
the Grand Lodge Committee on Benevolence.
Wellington District had the unique experience
and high honour of entertaining the Most Worship-
ful, the Grand Master, Wm. J. Dunlop, on three
occasions during the month of March. A reception
was given in his honour by the brethren of the
District on March 29th, at Waterloo, which was
attended by 250 of the brethren, including the
Grand Secretary and many other Grand Lodge Offi-
cers. An enjoyable and profitable evening was
spent, the culmination being one of the inspiring
practical addresses of our Most Worshipful Brother
Dunlop. He paid a fraternal visit to New Dominion
Lodge, New Hamburg, on the occasion of the 70th
220 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Anniversary of the lodge, and a delightful surprise
visit to Guelph Lodge the following evening, on the
occasion of the District Deputy Grand Masters'
official visit. Need I say how greatly these cour-
tesies were appreciated by the brethren?
I have had the privilege of attending a number
of Divine Services under the auspices of various
lodges in the District. A District Divine Service
was held at Preston on June 11th, in Knox Church,
of which the District Chaplain, Brother Reverend
Walter Patterson, M.A., is the Pastor. The attend-
ance was very good ; seventeen lodges of the District
were represented, and the brethren listened atten-
tively to an inspiring message from the District
Chaplain.
It is with sincere regret that I report the pass-
ing of three of Wellington District's Past Grand
Lodge Officers in Rt. Wor. Bro. A. J. Oliver, P.D.D.
G.M., Rt. Wor. Bro. H. C. Edgar, P.D.D.G.M., and
V. Wor. Bro. John Livingston, P. Asst. G.D. of C.
These brethren will be sadly missed in their respec-
tive lodges.
The District Secretary presented very favour-
able reports from all lodges in the District, the
records being well and safely kept. The many
duties of lodge secretaries were faithfully and
zealously performed.
While credit for the general excellence of the
work of the lodges throughout the District is due
undoubtedly to the untiring efforts of the Worship-
ful Masters and Officers, with the assistance of the
active Past Masters, I feel that the efforts of my
predecessors are also reflected in the work. I
realize my own shortcomings, but have performed
my duties as D.D.G.M. in my own way, and to the
best of my ability.
I appreciate the many kindnesses received from
the brethren of Wellington District during the year,
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and I hope the same kindly co-operation and sup-
port, that it was my privilege to enjoy, will be
accorded to my successor.
Respectfully submitted,
Ernest Tailby,
D.D.G.M., Wellington District.
222 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
WESTERN DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
If I were to hazard an opinion that Masonic
Education is the keynote of Western District, it
might be a good answer to the question asked me
on numerous occasions: "What is it that is stimu-
lating an interest in Masonry and raising the
average attendance." Throughout the whole Dis-
trict this is a live issue, and in most lodges there
is a period at each meeting given to this all im-
portant subject, for Education and Masonry, hand
in hand have travelled down through the ages, and
alike have played their part in the development of
civilization. This subject is in the hands of a group
of outstanding Masons including such men as Rt.
W. Bro. E. C. Popham, District Judge, Rt. W. Bro.
H. Humphreys, Rt. W. Bro. F. H. Huffman, Rt. W.
Bro. J. W. Douglas, Rt. W. Bro. C. R. Lyons, W.
Bro. V. K. Croxford, W. Bro. H. E. Holland and
others all of whom take a prominent part in the
public life of the community.
My visits were made in the following order:
Sioux Lookout Lodge, 518, Sioux Lookout, Sept.
10th, 1938; Golden Star Lodge, 448, Dryden, Dec.
13th, 1938; Pequonga Lodge, 414, Kenora, Feb. 1st,
1939; Keewatin Lodge, 417, Keewatin, Feb. 3rd,
1939; Granite Lodge, 446, Fort Francis, April 4th,
1939; Manitou Lodge, 531, Emo„ April 5th, 1939;
Ionic Lodge, Rainy River, April 6th, 1939 and Lake
of the Woods Lodge, 445, Kenora, May 10th, 1939.
The result of these visits has disclosed the fol-
lowing: Three of the lodges' own their Temple and
one lodge operates under a joint stock company.
The balance are under rental, and without exception
the lodge rooms are commodious and comfortable.
The activities of the lodges are conducted in a busi-
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 223
ness-like way. The general average resident attend-
ance is slightly less than fifty per cent. In farming
centres, especially where it is necessary to travel
five or ten miles to lodge, the attendance is propor-
tionately better than the more populous centres.
About seventy-five per cent, of the Past Masters
are actually engaged in the active duties of the
lodge, particularly in taking part in the degrees and
ceremonies. Attention is given to details such as
insurance on property and regalia, ventilation and
physical comfort, and it so happens that each lodge
is blessed with a good secretary who takes his job
seriously.
Each Master has his own method of dealing
with the problems of the members of his lodge, all
of which are commendable. But there is one Master,
W. Bro. Chas. H. G. Mann, of Granite Lodge, 446,
whose method is worthy of mention. He keeps a
record in a note book dealing with the problems of
each member, and if his attendance lapses he ar-
ranges to have the matter investigated. Each
member is either called upon or telephoned before
each meeting. He also keeps a book similar to a
duty roster, with the object of insuring that the
interest of the individual member is retained by
giving him some responsibility whereby he may
recognize himself as an integral part of the whole.
In this lodge a committee was recently appointed
to arrange for additional seating capacity.
Numerically the District is small. It has eight
lodges. But geographically it is equal to the area
of the British Isles, and it boasts of the only lodge
in eastern Canada, north of the fiftieth parallel.
But in spite of the immeasurable distances there is
a lively interfraternal relationship. This is brought
about by an Annual District Meeting held in the
various parts of the District, and this is well attend-
ed, although in some cases it is necessary to travel
three hundred miles. Business of the District is
conducted here together with an interchange of
ideas, which the delegates take home with them.
224 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
While this meeting has no official status, and
in the final analysis the recommendation for the
office of District Deputy Grand Master is made at
Grand Lodge in accordance with the Constitution
the brother goes to Grand Lodge with the unani-
mous consent of this convention. The great distance
between the western part of the jurisdiction and
the centres where Grand Lodge is held makes it
impossible to have a large representation at the
sessions. But this Annual District Meeting has
brought the brethren closer together where they
get to know each other and return refreshed by the
contact. There is usually a picnic in the afternoon
and a meeting towards the end of the day followed
by a dinner.
The potentialities of this District invite con-
sideration. In addition to it being the most westerly
it is also the most northerly part of the jurisdiction,
and this frontier faces a new country rich in mineral
and timber in which new towns have sprung up
overnight; a country full of men of vision, of
courage and possessing those attributes which on
other frontiers have made up the real empire
builders.
It has indeed been a privilege and honor to
represent the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master
in Western District. The men and Masons I have
met have been a source of inspiration to me and
this year will take a prominent place among my
treasured recollections.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. T. Cameron,
D.D.G.M., Western District.
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WILSON DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honour to submit herewith for your
consideration my report of the condition of Masonry
in Wilson District.
I wish to take this occasion of expressing my
appreciation of the honour which the brethren of
Wilson District conferred on me in electing me as
the representative of the Most Worshipful the
Grand Master, and also of the loyal support and
cordial reception accorded me at all times by the
lodges and brethren throughout the District.
Shortly after taking office I appointed Woi\
Bro. G. Harry Allen, Past Master of St. John's No.
68, Ingersoll, as my District Secretary, Wor. Bro.
Dr. Herbert B. McKay, Past Master of King Hiram
Lodge No. 37, Ingersoll, as my District Chaplain
and Rt. Wor. Bro. James M. Malcolm, P.D.D.G.M.
of Toronto District "B", as the Supervisor of Ma-
sonic Education for Wilson District.
I wish to thank these brethren for their splen-
did service and loyal support which was given on
every occasion. I am also indebted to the P.D.D.
G.M.s of the District for their wise counsel and
assistance.
I have visited each of the twenty lodges in the
District at least once during my term of office. At
each of my official visits the attendance was most
gratifying and with but one exception a degree was
exemplified. The impressive manner in which the
officers have done their work thoroughly demon-
strated that they are endeavouring to impress the
candidates with the solemnity of our beautiful
ritual.
226 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
On April 19th, Wilson District had the pleasure
of receiving a visit from our Most Worshipful the
Grand Master. Over two hundred members among
whom were many present and past Grand Lodge
Officers, gathered for the Reception and Banquet
to Most Worshipful Bro. W. J. Dunlop.
The Grand Master gave a most inspirational
and timely address on Masonry and its need in our
present day conditions of the world. Another high-
light of the occasion was the presentation of Grand
Lodge Regalia to Very Worshipful Brother George
W. Poldon of St. John's Lodge No. 104, Norwich,
who was recently appointed a Grand Steward by
Most Worshipful Bro. Dunlop. Very Worshipful
Brother Poldon is the oldest living Past Master in
active service in this jurisdiction. He has been a
member of St. John's Lodge for nearly seventy
years and is -a Past Master of over sixty years
standing. Bro. Poldon thanked our Grand Master
for the honour conferred upon him and briefly told
of some of his early recollections and experiences
in Masonry.
The annual pilgrimage to the grave of the first
Grand Master, Most Worshipful Bro. William Mer-
cer Wilson, under the auspices of Norfolk Lodge
No. 10, Simcoe, was held on Sunday, June 25th.
The picturesque surroundings of the stately old
church, the presence of many masonic notables and
the perfect June day combined to make the occa-
sion a memorable one. Deeply impressive and highly
inspirational was the sermon delivered by Rev. Bro.
David A. Moir, D.D., Chaplain of Acacia Lodge,
Hamilton. At the graveside Wor. Bro. Pearce, Wor.
Master of Norfolk Lodge, introduced Most Wor.
Bro. Dunlop. In his remarks the Grand Master
paid glowing tribute to Wm. Mercer Wilson stating
that he was a great influence in building Masonry
to its present high position in this jurisdiction.
In closing I wish to thank the D.D.G.M.s of the
neighbouring districts, the present and past Grand
Lodge Officers, the Masters, officers and brethren
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and the Past Masters' Association of Wilson District
for their kindly and loyal support at all times. The
happy memory of their associations and comrade-
ship will in years to come be the most cherished of
my recollections and the thoughts of those friend-
ships formed and maintained by that great common
bond of Masonry.
Fraternally submitted,
Fred M. Smith,
D.D.G.M., Wilson District.
228 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
WINDSOR DISTRICT
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
I have the honor of presenting herewith a short
report on the condition of Masonry in Windsor Dis-
trict for the masonic year now closing.
Again I wish to express my appreciation of the
high honor conferred upon me by my brethren of
Windsor District in selecting me as their repre-
sentative of the Grand Master. This honor I share
with the officers, Past Masters and members of
Central Lodge, whose continued loyalty and support
I value highly. I also wish to thank W. Bro. Horace
M. Edgar and W. Bro. Duncan Paterson, Chairman
and Secretary respectively of the Committee on
Masonic Education, and the Past District Deputy
Grand Masters of Windsor District, for their assis-
tance and words of encouragement and advice dur-
ing the year. W. Bro. Grover Johnston, who acted
as District Secretary, fulfilled his duties in a most
commendable manner and rendered invaluable assis-
tance.
On Oct. 24th, 1938, our District was honoured
with a visit by the Most Worshipful the Grand
Master. The large number of brethren who attend-
ed the banquet in M.W. Bro. Dunlop's honor heard
an address by the Grand Master which proved a
source of inspiration to all our lodges.
Every lodge in the District has been visited
officially and the ritualistic work invariably was
found to be of a high standard. While the number
of petitioners for membership is increasing, the
appearance and interest of the candidates on whom
I have seen degrees conferred show that due pre-
cautions regarding applicants are being observed.
And, of course, the increase in work being done has
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 229
improved the interest and attendance at lodge
meetings.
Windsor District has two worthwhile organiza-
tions, the Windsor Association for Masonic Re-
search, and the Windsor District Past Masters' and
Officers' Association, both of which I wish to com-
mend for their work.
The work of Masonic Education initiated by my
predecessor, R.W. Bro. A. H. MacQuarrie, who is
one of our best students of Masonic History, is
being continued. In addition to the regular lodge
study groups and the addresses on masonic subjects
being delivered at lodge meetings, R.W. Bro. Mac-
Quarrie has carried on a Training Class for Officers
which has had very successful meetings monthly.
The lodges have each given some time to the dis-
cussion of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, particular-
ly the Grand Master's Address and the reports of
the Committees on Benevolence and the Condition
of Masonry.
The lodges of the District all show an improve-
ment in their financial condition; the number of
suspensions for non-payment of dues is decreasing;
many suspended brethren are being reinstated; and
evidence of increasing activity continues.
Finally, may I bespeak for my successor the
same kindly consideration that has been shown to
me during my year of office. From me he can ex-
pect any assistance that I can give. Soon I will
be numbered among the Past District Deputy Grand
Masters but my interest in Masonry will continue.
Respectfully and fraternally submitted,
H. W. McGill,
D.D.G.M., Windsor District.
230 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
CABLE TO ENGLAND
On motion of the Grand Secretary, seconded by
the Deputy Grand Master and unanimously carried,
the following cable was directed to be sent to the
United Grand Lodge of England:
"Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario in
Annual Communication assembled extends
most cordial fraternal greetings and
congratulations on the occasion of the
installation of His Royal Highness the
Duke of Kent as Grand Master."
REPORT OF THE BOARD ON FRATERNAL
CORRESPONDENCE
In the absence through serious illness of M.W.
Bro. W. N. Ponton, Chairman of the Committee of
Fraternal Correspondence, and at his request R.W.
Bro. W. C. White presented this report by reading
the Foreword to the Reviews. On motion of the
Deputy Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro.
White, the report was received and adopted.
R.W. Bro. R. B. Pow then addressed Grand
Lodge expressing our great and deep regret that
M.W. Bro. Ponton was not able to be with us. He
then moved in tribute to M.W. Bro. Ponton's great
service to us that a message of cheer and fraternal
greetings and a gift of flowers be sent on this oc-
casion. R.W. Bro. Clem. Ketcheson, D.D.G.M. of
Prince Edward District very fittingly seconded this
motion which was received with great applause.
The Grand Master then read to Grand Lodge
a telegram sent by M.W. Bro. Ponton to him.
GUEST SPEAKS
The Grand Master introduced M.W. Bro. Dana
B. Hellings, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
New York. M.M. Bro. Hellings stated that it was
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a remarkably instructive experience to attend this
Grand Lodge for the first time and apart from the
office that he held it was a distinct delight to have
such close associations with such a man as M.W.
Bro. W. J. Dunlop. He brought most cordial greet-
ings from the Grand Jurisdiction of New York.
CALLED OFF
Grand Lodge adjourned at twelve-thirty o'clock
in the afternoon.
CALLED ON
Grand Lodge assembled again at two o'clock
in the afternoon, the Grand Master on the throne.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
ON WARRANTS
The report of this Committee was presented
by R.W. Bro. G. C. Bonnycastle, Chairman, and on
motion of the Deputy Grand Master, seconded by
R.W. Bro. G. C. Bonnycastle it was received and
adopted.
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge of Canada,
A.F. & A.M., in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir:
We, your Committee on Warrants, consisting of
G. C. Bonnycastle (Chairman), R.W. Bros. J. B.
Elliott, H. E. McCauley, H. J. Toms and F. M.
Graham, have considered the matters brought be-
fore them and would recommend;
(1) That the request of War Veterans' Lodge,
No. 586, of Toronto, to have their name changed to
"Remembrance Lodge" be granted, the lodge to re-
tain their present number, viz., No. 586.
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(2) That the request of King- Hiram Lodge,
No. 37, of Ingersoll, to have their number changed
to No. 12 be not granted. To grant this would upset
seniority now long established.
Fraternally submitted,
G. C. BONNYCASTLE,
Chairman.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
BENEVOLENCE
The report of the Committee on Benevolence
was presented by R.W. Bro. T. C. Wardley, Chair-
man, and on motion of the Deputy Grand Master,
seconded by R.W. Bro. T. C. Wardley, it was re-
ceived and adopted.
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
The Board of General Purposes, through the
Committee on Benevolence, has the honour to re-
port that during the year ending May 31st, 1939,
there were disbursed in our benevolent work the
following amounts: —
Grants from the General Fund, authorized at the
last Annual Communication of Grand Lodge.. $ 79,813.00
Interim Grants from the General Fund, by the
Chairman of the Committee on Benevolence,
with the approval of the President of the
Board of General Purposes 4,310.00
Grants from the Interest of the Augmentation
Fund (Memorial and Semi-Centennial com-
bined) 22,635.00
Total expended from Grand Lodge Funds $106,758.00
Estimated grants made by lodges as shown by the
reports of the D.D.G.M.'s 120,000.00
Grand total expended for benevolent purposes ..$226,758.00
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At this Annual Communication, your Commit-
tee has considered a total of 733 applications of
which 133 are new. Owing to subsequent changes
in the circumstances of the applicants 21 are not
now necessary. It is recommended that 30 be de-
clined and that grants be made, subject to the
inspection of the Supervisor as follows : —
332 Granted through the Local
Boards amounting to $ 39,800.00
350 Granted through the Lodges,
amounting to 41,000.00
$ 80,800.00
Less estimated reduction by inspection
and deaths 5,500.00
$ 75,300.00
Interim Grants from the General Fund
(estimated) 4,700.00
Total from General Fund 3 80,000.00
Grants recommended from the Augmen-
tation Fund at this Communication . $ 22,000.00
Less estimated reduction bv inspection
and deaths 1,100.00
$ 20,900.00
Interim grants from the Augmentation
Fund (estimated) 1,100.00
Total from Augmentation Fund 22,000.00
Grand Total S102.000.00
Your Committee recommends that the subscrip-
tion to the Masonic Relief Association of the United
States and Canada be continued. The statement of
disbursements from the Special Emergency Fund
authorized at the last Annual Communication has
been examined. We concur in these disbursements
and recommend that a similar amount of $500.00 be
again authorized.
Grand Lodge, for several years, has very gen-
erously placed at the disposal of the Committee on
Benevolence, an amount considerably in excess of
the constitutional allowance of eighty cents per
member, but lower interest rates on our General
Fund investments will make it difficult for Grand
234 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Lodge to continue this generous policy. In addition
reduction in Annual Revenues from the Augmenta-
tion Fund will further affect the amount at the dis-
posal of the Committee. It is, therefore, a satis-
faction for us, to be able, for the fourth successive
year to report a lower Grand Lodge expenditure
and still be assured that no Masonic dependant
applying to Grand Lodge, and who is in need, has
been neglected.
There are three reasons for this improvement.
First, increased understanding on the part of the,
constituent lodges, in assuming their responsibility.
Secondly, the money spent in constructive benevo-
lence, as indicated, particularly, in our report of a
year ago, has been a profitable investment in ulti-
mately reducing expenditures, which might other-
wise have continued indefinitely. The third reason,
a very important one, is the increased opportunities
which have been afforded of advising with widows
and orphans while there were still assets to protect
and administer; in some cases, delaying the time
when help will be needed from us and in others
avoiding permanently such a possibility.
A Mason's widow had a piece of property on
which arrears in interest and taxes had accrued.
She was being pressed to give a quit-claim deed for
which she was offered $100.00. We obtained the
assistance of a member of the Craft, a valuator of
real estate, and after some negotiation, obtained for
this widow $1,000.00. This is no isolated case, but
is cited to indicate the type of work which cannot
be included in the listing of monies received and ex-
pended. A conservative estimate indicates that at
least 25% of the Supervisor's time, and perhaps
even more, is spent in guidance and counsel to
many who are not applicants for benevolence and
who but for his guidance, might ultimately become
a charge on our funds.
The social legislation of the last two decades,
has been a real advance in the conception of the
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 235
State's responsibility towards its people, and while
all of such legislation has been necessary and should,
in the long run, mean a better and healthier race,
nevertheless, it has been, perhaps, partially respon-
sible for a decline, in what, for lack of a better
term, we might describe, "Family Pride". There
has been a growing tendency, on the part of many
children to endeavour to pass their responsibility
for parental care to the State and such other or-
ganizations as might assume it. Your Committee,
however, feel that Grand Lodge does not expect us
to make grants to applicants, who have near
relatives who are financially able to provide and
who have a greater responsibility than our fra-
ternity. We, therefore, desire to indicate that the
Committee is not favourable to applications for
assistance when sons and daughters are able finan-
cially to provide for their parents.
A mother, whom we had assisted for years
while her children were young, wrote recently inti-
mating that her two boys were about to be married
and requested that we should arrange to provide
for her future maintenance. Another application
showed that a son, earning over $1,000.00 per year,
was paying only $3.00 a week for board to his
parents and we were expected to contribute towards
maintaining this home. Needless to say, both of
such applications were declined. We, therefore,
suggest to constituent lodges before making appli-
cation to Grand Lodge that they should thorough-
ly investigate to ascertain if there are near relatives
who should be assisting. It is much better to
refrain from applying than to have an application
rejected.
Perhaps, because of the times in which we live,
we find that what many of our dependants require
is not money, but counsel, advice and guidance, and,
most of our lodges have, among their members,
brethren equipped by training and experience, who
can render signal assistance in this respect. Several
dependants who are now being assisted by Grand
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Lodge might not have been in this position, if, at
the proper time, a well skilled brother had been in
a position to advise and counsel. Equities in pro-
perties have been lost and funds dissipated that
might have been protected if action had been taken
in time, and it is disappointing to the Committee
to find that the occasional failure of a constituent
lodge to interest itself in such matters until too
late, has meant additional calls on our funds.
There came to our attention recently, a case
that illustrates the point, where a Mason's widow
has two properties, which, if properly administered
might mean a reasonable degree of comfort for her,
but, without the active interest of someone on her
behalf, there is a danger that she may lose both and
become a permanent charge on our Grand Lodge
funds. The lodge involved has among its brethren
men who are quite capable and the Committee be-
lieve, would be anxious to assist in this matter when
their assistance is asked.
The Committee would, therefore, recommend
that in every lodge, there should be a Special Com-
mittee on relief and that such Committee shoula
be selected with the utmost care to insure obtaining
the services of the most competent brethren, capable
of advising, counselling and guiding those who have
been deprived by death or sickness of a husband
and father. This is particularly desirable in the
larger centres of population where the close friendly
contact found in the smaller communities is not
possible. We gratefully acknowledge the splendid
contribution of brethren of the professions. Legal
guidance, medical aid, dental attention and a variety
of other services have been given to many depen-
dants without cost to either Grand Lodge, the
constituent lodge or the dependant.
The educational work of presenting to constitu-
ent lodges, Past Masters' Associations and other
gatherings of Masonry, a report of the benevolent
activities of the Grand Lodge, by members of the
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Committee and the Supervisor, has been carried on
even more extensively than in former years. While
the extent of our Jurisdiction might appear to ren-
der it difficult to adequately carry out such a cam-
paign, the Committee can report that every invita-
tion extended has been accepted and many meetings
have been held for this purpose throughout the
Province. We have been greatly encouraged by the
gratifying reception these addresses have, received
and, even of greater importance, the undeniable in-
creased activity and co-operation that has resulted.
We recommend that every lodge in the Juris-
diction should establish a separate fund for benevo-
lence — a fund to which regular contributions may
be made by the lodge and for which appeals for in-
dividual contributions might be made from time to
time. We have emphasized this in our educational
work and several lodges have established such
funds in recent years. From Grand Lodge records
and personal observation, the Committee is satis-
fied that such lodges are to-day enjoying to a
greater degree, not only material prosperity but
also a happier Masonic communion and relationship
among their individual members. There is nothing
that we know of that can better re-unite the breth-
ren of a lodge in which there has been temporary
difficulty, than the spirit of benevolence. During
the past year, we know of at least one lodge, that
was for a time a cause for concern to Grand Lodge,
but, is now one of the happiest and most contented
of our lodges, simply because they became interest-
ed in a benevolent case that required real construc-
tive work — a job that was exceptionally well done.
We cannot refrain from again emphasizing the
responsibility of the individual Mason and the con-
stituent lodge. In these days there is a trend to-
wards centralization and without doubt a consolida-
tion of spending bodies is oftimes desirable. We
also recognize that in such a far flung Jurisdiction
as ours, with its particular type of membership,
that an expansion of the original Masonic concep-
238 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
tion of benevolence was necessary, but we must
avoid the danger of placing- too much dependence
on the activities and funds of Grand Lodge. The
spirit of Masonry can live, only if nurtured in the
hearts and minds of the individual Mason and, if
charity, in the true Masonic sense, is, even in the
smallest degree, deleted from his responsibility, we
will lose our Mountain Peaks to wander aimlessly
in the Valley. The Mason, who is in possession of
this virtue — has reached the summit of Masonry.
Fraternally submitted,
T. C. WARDLEY,
Chairman.
GUEST SPEAKS
The Grand Master, at this time, introduced
R.W. Bro. Alpheus A. Stephens, Grand Marshal of
the Grand Lodge of Ohio who extended sincere
felicitations from his Grand Master and the Masons
of Ohio.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
FRATERNAL DEAD
This report was presented by R.W. Bro. J. A.
McRae, Chairman and on motion of the Deputy
Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. J. A. McRae,
it was received and adopted.
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren: —
The Board of General Purposes, through the
Committee on the Fraternal Dead, beg to report as
follows :
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In the year that has passed, which Grand Lodge
is now engaged in reviewing, several of the officers
of Grand Lodge elected or appointed but a year ago,
as well as many former officers, have been sum-
moned hence
"To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death".
Heartfelt words of consolation have been expressed
by the lodges of which they were members to the
relatives of our deceased brethren, but consolation
however tenderly offered is impotent to assuage the
pangs of bereavement or to alleviate the sense of
loss. Today in Grand Lodge we recall again the
memory of our brethren and lament that they have
passed from our midst. The manifold services they
so earnestly performed in the cause of Freemasonry
as members and officers of Grand Lodge and as
members of the Craft we gratefully and humbly
acknowledge. As the roll of our departed brethren
is read the sense of loss falls heavily on our spirits,
for they were brethren with whom we were closely
associated, they were men who were leaders in their
lodges and in their districts, they were men who
recognized the worth of Masonic principles and fre-
quently they were men who performed great and
valuable work for the communities in which they
dwelt. Although in the nature of human affairs
their names are formally appearing today on our
records for the last time, we do not say to them as
did the ancient Roman cast in the Stoic mould to his
dear friend —
"For ever and for ever farewell, Cassius"
but rather do we look forward to that day when
"With the morn those angel faces smile
Which we have loved long since and lost awhile."
We revere their memory, we honour them for
the tasks performed, the duties accomplished, the
wise and wholesome influences exerted; but as we
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turn from contemplating the quietness of the grave
to face anew the problems of life we may tend to be
filled with perplexity and dismay. The present con-
dition of the world, with its discontents, its malad-
justments, its wars and rumours of war, causes
grave anxiety in the minds of thoughtful men. In
some it may even induce a cynical view of life such
as that expressed by Macbeth —
"Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing."
Such a view has no place in Masonic philosophy.
Rather it is ever inculcated that
"Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave is not the goal"
and having that point of view firmly imbedded in
his consciousness the true Craftsman endeavours to
face the future with courage and forethought, and
strives to bring to the daily round, the common
task, judgment and honesty of purpose.
Strident forces are active in the world today
which threaten the stability of civilization and are
utterly alien to the spirit and principles of Free-
masonry. Persecution, — racial, religious, political,
has reared its cruel head, sinister and unashamed.
Intolerance, a symbol of barbarism and the cruder
ways of living, is flaunted in some political divisions
of the globe as a symbol of strength and dis-
cipline. The practice of the cardinal virtues as
well as of those other virtues styled theological is
derided and held to be a sign of effeminacy. Never-
theless the practice of these virtues will continue to
be enjoined in every Masonic Lodge, the cultivation
of the fundamental claims of our better nature will
be promoted more intensively, the spirit of tolerance
will be fostered in greater degree. From all the
heavy cares of this world, from all forebodings for
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 241
the future our departed brethren have now been
released and as we take leave of those who once
marched side by side with us, as the ranks are
closed and reformed, may each strive to be one of
whom it can be said that he
"Marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, tho' right were worsted, wrong would triumph
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better,
Sleep to wake."
The following list contains the names of those
Past and Present Grand Lodge Officers whose
deaths are noted on our records as having occurred
during the past year:
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R.W. BRO. J. E. W. ANDERSON, P.D.D.G.M., Scotland
Lodge, No. 193, Scotland. Died October 25th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. J. H. BATES, P.D.D.G.M.. Seymour Lodge. No.
272, Ancaster. Died April 4th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. W. BAYNES-REED, P.G. Chaplain, Acacia
Lodge, No. 403, Toronto. Died February 1st, 1939.
R.W. BRO. SIR GEORGE McLAREN BROWN, Honorary
P.G. Registrar, Barton Lodge, No. 6, Hamilton. Died
June 28th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. U. A. BUCHNER, P.D.D.G.M., Kilwinning
Lodge, No. 64, London. Died April 13th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. W. CARTER, P.D.D.G.M., Tuscan Lodge, No.
437, Sarnia. Died October 31st, 1938.
R.W. BRO. C. E. DICKSON, P.D.D.G.M., Valley Lodge,
No. 100, Dundas. Died June 7th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. H. C. EDGAR, P.D.D.G.M., Preston Lodge, No.
297, Preston. Died May 17th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. J. G. GAULD, P.D.D.G.M.. Barton Lodge. No.
6, Hamilton. Died March 4th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. J. GILL, P.D.D.G.M., St. John's Lodge, No. 40.
Hamilton. Died March 9th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. J. GILMOUR, P.D.D.G.M., (G.R. Saskatch-
ewan). Wingham Lodge, No. 286, Wingham. Died
December 4th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. C. W. HAENTSCHEL. P.D.D.G.M.. Haileybury
Lodge, No. 485, Haileybury. Died December 15th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. W. T. HANDS. P.D.D.G.M.. True Briton's Lodge,
No. 14, Perth. Died May 29th, 1939.
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243
R.W. BRO. F. J. HOWELL, P.G.S.W., Strict Observance
Lodge. No. 27, Hamilton. Died March 15th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. L. E.
541, Toronto.
LANE, P.D.D.G.M., Tuscan Lodge, No.
Died July 1st, 1939.
R.W. BRO. T. E. LAYCOCK, P.D.D.G.M.. Marmora Lodge.
No. 222, Marmora. Died September 16th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. L. LEE, P.D.D.G.M., Acacia Lodge. No. 61.
Hamilton. Died January 4th. 1939.
R.W. BRO. J. W. McDONALD, P.D.D.Ct.M., Leopold Lodge,
No. 397, Brigden. Died September 21st, 1938.
R.W. BRO. D. G. McGREGOR, D.D.G.M.. Wellington Lodge,
No. 635, Toronto. Died May 31st, 1939.
R.W. BRO. W. W. McPHEE, P. D.D.G.M., Golden Rule
Lodge. No. 409, Gravenhurst. Died February 1st, 1939.
R.W. BRO. W. McTAVISH, P. D.D.G.M.. Oakwood Lodge,
No. 553, Toronto. Died November 18th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. W. C. MOORE, P. D.D.G.M., Belmont Lodge,
No. 190. Belmont. Died September 7th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. D. S. MORROW, P. D.D.G.M., Spry Lodge, No.
385, Beeton. Died August 19th, 1938.
R.W. BRO. A. J. OLIVER, P. D.D.G.M., Alma Lodge, No.
72, Gait. Died February 20th. 1939.
R.W. BRO. S. W. RAY, P. D.D.G.M., Shuniah Lodge, No.
287, Port Arthur. Died March 7th. 1939.
R.W. BRO. W. H. SHAW, P.D.D.G.M., Harmony Lodge,
No. 438, Toronto. Died January 5th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. C. H. TUMELTY, P.D.D.G.M., Madoc Lodge.
No. 48, Madoc. Died June 3rd, 1938.
R.W. BRO. D. WALKER, P. D.D.G.M., Corinthian Lodge,
No. 151, Peterborough. Died July 21st, 1938.
R.W. BRO. J. B. WAY, P. D.D.G.M., Keystone Lodge, No.
412, Sault Ste. Marie. Died July 9th, 1939.
R.W. BRO. W. W. WHITE, P.D.D.G.M., Golden Beaver
Lodge, No. 528. Timmins. Died June 23rd, 1939.
V.W. BRO. E. R. BOWLES, P.G. Organist, Unity Lodge,
No. 606. Toronto. Died November 13th, 1938.
V.W. BRO. R. BOYD, P.G. Steward, Ulster Lodge, No. 537,
Toronto. Died November 22nd, 1938.
V.W. BRO. E. W. CASE, P.G.D. of Ceremonies, Prince
Edward Lodge, No. 18, Picton. Died June 19th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. W. H. CASEMENT, P.G. Steward. Clementi
Lodge, No. 313. Lakefield. Died October 1st, 1938.
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V.W. BRO. G. W. CLENDENAN, P.G.S.D., Stanley Lodge,
No. 426, Toronto. Died March 1st, 1939.
V.W. BRO. K. J. DUNSTAN, P.G.S.D., Ionic Lodge, No. 25.
Toronto. Died December 30th, 1938.
V.W. BRO. D. HAWKINS, P.G. Steward, Electric Lodge.
No. 495, Hamilton. Died November 2nd, 1938.
V.W. BRO. C. F. HEEBNER, P.G.J. D., University Lodge,
No. 496, Toronto. Died December 10th, 1938.
V.W. BRO. P. J. F. HOUSTON, G Steward, Aldworth
Lodge, No. 235, Paisley. Died November 7th. 1938.
V.W. BRO. C. JACKSON, P.G. Steward, Nnlestown Lodge,
No. 345, Nilestown. Died January 3rd, 1939.
V.W. BRO. J. R. LIVINGSTON, P. Asst. G.D. of Cere-
monies, Wilmot Lodge, No. 318, Baden. Died January
7th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. W. E. LOCHEAD, P.G. Supt. of Works, Brant
Lodge, No. 45, Brantford. Died March 18th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. R. C. McGREGOR, Fort William Lodge, No.
415, Fort William. Died February 7th, 1937.
V.W. BRO. J. H. MILLER, G. Steward, St. John's Lodge,
No. 17. Cobourg. Died March, 28th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. C. MITCHELL, P.G. Steward, Scotland Lodge,
No. 193, Scotland. Died April 18th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. J. A. MONTGOMERY, P.G. Supt. of Works,
Doric Lodge, No. 316, Toronto. Died May 6th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. F. C. NUGENT, P.G. Steward, Faithful
Brethren Lodge, No. 77, Lindsay. Died October 18th,
1939.
V.W. BRO. G. M. PETRIE, G. Steward, Mississauga Lodge,
No. 524, Port Credit. Died September 24th, 1938.
V.W. BRO. A. E. PHIPPS, Union Lodge, No. 7, Grimsby.
Died January 7th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. J. H. ROBINSON, P.G. Steward, Keewatin
Lodge, No. 417, Keewatin. Died January 31st, 1939.
V.W. BRO. J. W. ROGERS, P.G. St. Bearer, St. Andrew's
Lodge, No. 16, Toronto. Died February 15th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. J. A. SCACE, P.G. Steward. Ozias Lodge, No.
508, Brantford. Died April 4th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. G. SCOTT, P.G. Steward, Scarboro Lodge, No.
653, Agincourt. Died February 20th, 1939.
V.W. BRO. J. H. SPENCE, P.G.J.D.. Ionic Lodge, No. 25,
Toronto. Died February 21st, 1939.
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Right Worshipful Brother J. E. Anderson
R.W. Bro. J. E. Anderson of Scotland Lodge,
No. 193, died on October 25th, 1938, in Brantford
General Hospital. He was born in 1862 in Norfolk
County and matriculated into Toronto University,
entering the Faculty of Medicine, from which he
was graduated in 1884. He pursued post-graduate
studies in Edinburgh. Returning to Canada he
began the practice of his profession at Millgrove,
but in 1897 he removed to Scotland, where he con-
tinued to practice until his death.
R.W. Bro. Anderson was initiated into Free-
masonry in 1884 in Roman Eagle Lodge, No. 160,
Edinburgh. He affiliated with Waterdown Lodge,
No. 357, of which he became Worshipful Master. On
removing to Scotland he affiliated with Scotland
Lodge, No. 193, and served as Master in 1915. In
1919 he was chosen as District Deputy Grand Mas-
ter of Brant District. The fifty-year Veteran Jewel
and the fifty-year Past Master's Jewel were to have
been presented to him in November had he lived
until then. R.W. Bro. Anderson took an active in-
terest in Freemasonry and was held in the highest
esteem by the brethren of the district.
R.W. Bro. Anderson was an active member of
Scotland United Church and took an active interest
in all public and community affairs. The large and
sorrowful gathering that attended his funeral gave
ample proof of the love and respect in which he was
held by those whom he had served so faithfully.
Right Worshipful Brother J. H. Bates
R.W. Bro. J. H. Bates of Seymour Lodge, No.
272, Ancaster, died on April 4th, 1939. He was born
in North Glanford in 1866 and was educated in the
Glanford Public School and Hamilton Collegiate In-
stitute. For many years he followed the occupation
of farmer and for five years, 1907-12, he was in
business in Hamilton. In the latter year he was
appointed Superintendent of the Home for the Aged
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and Infirm, a position he occupied for twenty years
until his retirement. Initiated into Freemasonry in
1900 in Seymour Lodge he became Worshipful
Master in 1910 and in 1927 was elected District
Deputy Grand Master of Hamilton District.
Right Worshipful Brother W. Baynes-Reed
A long life of distinguished, devoted service
came to an earthly end in the death of R.W. Bro.
Canon W. Baynes-Reed of Acacia Lodge, No. 430,
Toronto, a lodge of which he had been a member for
almost forty years. R.W. Bro. Baynes-Reed was
born in London, Ontario, in 1871 and was educated
at Trinity College, Toronto. His first pastorate was
at Keene, Ontario, and his second and last was at
St. John's Church, Norway, where he laboured for
forty years. He was connected with the Toronto
Scottish Regiment, with which he served overseas.
He was chosen by the Canadian Government to be
one of the contingent to represent Canada at the
Coronation of H.M. King George VI and occupied a
seat in Westminster Abbey at the Coronation.
R.W. Bro. Baynes-Reed was initiated into Free-
masonry in Keene Lodge, No. 374, in 1896 and three
years later served as Worshipful Master. On his
removal to Toronto he affiliated with Acacia Lodge.
In 1904 he was elected by Grand Lodge to the office
of Grand Chaplain. Descended from United Empire
Loyalist stock, he was at all times a stout defender
of the ideals and principles of the British people. He
was likewise an outstanding exponent of Masonic
principles and truth. In Acacia Lodge he was
deeply revered. In his life he was totally unselfish
and modest to the last degree. His memory will
ever be cherished by those who knew him.
Right Worshipful Brother
Sir George McLaren Brown
Full- of years and honours, R.W. Bro. Sir George
McLaren Brown, K.B.E., a very distinguished citizen
of Hamilton and of Canada, died at Toronto General
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 247
Hospital on June 28th, 1939, following an operation.
He was born in Hamilton in 1865 and began his long
business career when he entered the service of the
Northern and Northwestern Railway. He joined
the staff of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887 as
its agent in Vancouver. Advancing rapidly to posi-
tions of increasing importance and responsibility he
became in 1910 general European manager of the
C. P. R. This position he retained until his retire-
ment in 1936 when he took up his residence in
Hamilton. During the war his services were of very
great value to the British Government. He was
assistant director-general of railways for all theatres
of war during its latter stages and as such was
largely responsible for the organization of the trans-
portation of troops. He was made a Colonel of the
Imperial army and his important services were
recognized by decoration with the K.B.E.
Sir George was associated with many enter-
prises and movements. Freemasonry claimed much
of his attention. Shortly after he took up residence
in London he assisted as a charter member in the
founding of Canada Lodge, No. 3527, and served as
Worshipful Master. This lodge served in many
respects as a connecting link in London between
English and Canadian Freemasonry. His eminent
services to the Craft were recognized by this Grand
Lodge when the honorary rank of Past Grand Regis-
trar was conferred on him in 1921. He was also
elected an honorary life member of Barton Lodge,
No. 6, Hamilton.
The large place he occupied in Empire affairs
is best seen from the words of Archdeacon Wallace
at his funeral:
"Few Canadians were more widely known or
held in higher regard. It is not necessary to recite
the record of his achievements, which were great
both in peace and war in his chosen field of trans-
portation and for which he was knighted by the
King. Although I do not know all the secrets of his
success, I suspect that I know much of what lay
248 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
behind it. One thing most certainly was his unflag-
ging energy. Another, his fine judgment and pene-
trating discernment.
"Few men were possessed of his courtly grace,
his charm of manner, his kindliness of manner and
his capacity for thinking of and doing the nice
thing. Added to that was his cosmopolitan outlook
and his love of things British. Then there was his
sense of obligation to render service to the com-
munity and to the country. He was anxious and
willing to place his wide experience and ability at
the command of mankind and his country."
Tributes from leaders of the Empire were
headed by a cablegram from His Majesty the King.
It read: To Lady McLaren Brown: "The Queen and
I are shocked to hear of your husband's death and
send you our sincere sympathy in your sad loss."
His Excellency, the Governor General, Lord Tweeds-
muir, also sent a telegram of sympathy. Many other
telegrams of sympathy were received including those
from the Prime Minister of Canada, the British
High Commissioner at Ottawa and the Canadian
High Commissioner at London.
Right Worshipful Brother U. A. Buchner
On April 13, 1939, the grim reaper claimed
R.W. Bro. Urban A. Buchner, a prominent citizen
and Mason of London. R.W. Bro. Buchner was born
in Crowland Township, Welland County, in 1863.
He received his primary and secondary school
education in the Niagara Peninsula, and secured his
professional training at Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
After graduation as a lawyer, he practised his
profession in London, enjoying a successful business
career. He took an active interest in the public life
of the city and was a prominent member of the
Canadian Club, and of the Basonian Club. He was
a member of St. Andrew's Church for some thirty-
eight years, serving for a considerable part of the
time on the Board of Managers. His advice and
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 249
executive experience were of great value in the
various organizations of the church.
He was initiated into Masonry in Kilwinning
Lodge, No. 64, in 1893. He was elected as Worship-
ful Master for 1901, and was chosen as District
Deputy Grand Master for London District in 1914.
He was a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scot-
tish Rite of Freemasonry in London Valley and of
St. George's Chapter, No. 5, R.A.M. His work in
Masonry was extensive until recent years when his
health prevented any active participation in affairs
of the fraternity. His special interest was the his-
torical and constitutional aspects of Masonry, a
field in which his advice was greatly appreciated.
His death in his seventy-sixth year removed from
London a good citizen, a valuable churchman and a
skilled Mason.
Right Worshipful Brother Wesley Carter
R.W. Bro. Wesley Carter, who was an outstand-
ing Mason in Sarnia District, died in Petrolia on
October 31st, 1938. He was for many years a highly
esteemed citizen of the City of Sarnia. He was born
in 1867 and resided in Sarnia for many year, where
he carried on the business of painter and decorator.
His business reputation in dealing with the public
was of the highest and he had a host of friends in
his native city. He retired from business a few
years ago and was living in Petrolia when he passed
away. He was an active member of the United
Church and also took a keen interest in the affairs
of the city.
He was initiated into Tuscan Lodge, No. 437,
Sarnia, in 1904, and became Master of the Lodge in
1912. He was elected D.D.G.M. of Sarnia District
in 1916. He was also actively connected with the
Knights Templar. He was always willing to assist
in any worthy cause and his sudden death was a
great shock to his many friends.
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Right Worshipful Brother C. E. Dickson
R.W. Bro. Charles E. Dickson of Valley Lodge,
No. 100, Dundas, died June 7th, 1939, in his sixty-
first year. He was born in Dundas and was edu-
cated in the Public and High Schools of that town
and the Canada Business College, Hamilton. As an
accountant he entered in 1900 the office of The John
Bertram and Sons Company, Dundas, and in 1923
resigned as Secretary-Treasurer of that firm to
assume the management of The Toronto-Hamilton
Electric Company and was still associated with that
company in an advisory capacity until his death.
He had long been associated with civic affairs
in Dundas. Having a keen insight into municipal
problems his counsel was sought in many important
problems. His municipal life began about thirty
years ago when he became a member of the Board
of Education and of which he acted as chairman in
1912 and 1913. He served later as a member of the
Town Council and was elected Mayor in 1916 and
1917, continuing as a member of Council until 1934
when he resigned to accept the office of Town Clerk
and Treasurer. He held this position until failing*
health caused him to resign shortly before his death.
He was initiated in Valley Lodge, No. 100, in
1912, he was elected Worshipful Master in 1918 and
served as Treasurer from 1921 until his death. In
-1932 he was elected District Deputy Grand Master
of Hamilton District. His funeral was very largely
attended and he was buried with Masonic honours.
Right Worshipful Brother H. C. Edgar
In the death of R.W. Bro. Harry Clifford Edgar,
which occurred suddenly on May 17, 1939, at the age
of sixty-four, after a short illness, Preston lost one
of its best known business men and a prominent citi-
zen. R.W. Bro. Edgar was born in North Dumfries
Township and went to Preston at the age of six. He
attended public school in the Township and in Pres-
ton and graduated from Gait Collegiate. Originally
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employed by Messrs. Clare Brothers, he later became
interested in insurance and conducted an insurance
business until his death. From 1900 until 1908 he
was assistant to the Town Clerk. In 1908 he was
appointed Town Clerk and held the office until 1919.
He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Preston Water
and Light Commission for three years, and Secre-
tary of the Board of Trade for some years. He
attended St. John's Anglican Church, and for many
years was a member of the church choir and the
select vestry. He was an active sportsman, playing
football for the Preston Club in his younger days.
He was also a charter member of the Preston Rotary
Club.
He was initiated in Preston Lodge, No. 297. in
1898, and became Worshipful Master in 1902. He
took an active interest in the work of the Lodge and
was a member of the Lodge quartette. He was
elected District Deputy Grand Master of Welling-
ton District in 1921. R.W. Bro. Edgar was a mem-
ber of Waterloo Chapter, Gait, of Victoria Precep-
tory and of Rameses Temple. He was also a charter
member of Preston Chapter, R.A.M. Funeral ser-
vices were held at St. John's Church, Preston, and
he was buried with Masonic Honours. The funeral
was largely attended by Masons and citizens, show-
ing the esteem in which he was held by all.
Right Worshipful Brother J. G. Gauld
Our Fraternity lost a respected and valued
member and the citizens of Hamilton and Went-
worth a great friend and servant in the death of
R.W. Bro. J. G. Gauld on March 6th, 1939. He was
born in Meaford in 1867 and at an early age came
to Hamilton, where he was educated in the public
school and the Collegiate Institute. He commenced
the study of law at the age of seventeen and was
called to the Bar in 1889 and became a partner in
the firm of Nesbitt and Bicknell. In a few years he
became a K.C. His progress was rapid and in 1917
he was appointed County Judge. As a Judge he was
respected by all for his decisions based on sound law
252 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
and the spirit of justice. He resigned from the
Bench eleven years ago to accept the Presidency of
the United Gas and Fuel Co.
R.W. Bro. Gauld was philanthropic in spirit and
during the Great War worked with many agencies
to benefit the soldiers and their dependents. He was
a tower of strength to the Red Cross. He was also
greatly interested in Art.
Our R.W. Brother was initiated into Barton
Lodge, No. 6, and in a few years he became Wor-
shipful Master. In 1918 he was elected District
Deputy Grand Master of Hamilton District. In the
Scottish Rite he had attained to the Thirty Second
Degree, being a member of Moore Consistory. R.W.
Bro. Gauld was a fine gentleman, a true Mason and
will long be remembered for his kindness and his
charity.
Right Worshipful Brother J. Gill
Hamilton lost a well-known and beloved citizen
and Freemasonry a valued and honoured member in
the death of R.W. Bro. James Gill on March 10th;
1939. He was born in Smith's Falls in 1864 and was
educated in the school of Windsor and Walkerville
and the Collegiate Institute of Windsor, London and
St. Catharines and also at Toronto University, from
which he graduated as B.A. and later as B.Paed.,
distinguishing himself in Mathematics and Science.
He taught first in Upper Canada College, and then
in Cobourg Collegiate Institute. In 1892 he joined
the staff of the Hamilton Collegiate Institute as head
of the Science Department. There he remained until
1911 when he became Inspector of Hamilton Public
Schools. For twenty years in this position he en-
deared himself to pupils and teachers and had the
entire confidence of the Board of Education and
educationists throughout the Province.
In 1894 Bro. Gill was initiated in St. John's
Lodge, No. 40. In 1908 he became Worshipful Mas-
ter, and in 1925 he was elected District Deputy
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Grand Master of Hamilton District. He was promi-
nent in the Scottish Rite in the valley of Hamilton
and was honoured several years ago by being- ad-
vanced to the Thirty-third Degree.
R.W. Bro. Gill was an Elder and Clerk of Ses-
sion of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church and for many
years was Superintendent of the Sunday School. He
was warm hearted, kindly, friendly, true and loyal
in his work, devoted to his family, his city and his
work. He will long be remembered by teachers and
citizens of Hamilton as well as by the Masons of this
Grand Lodge.
Right Worshipful Brother J. Gilmour
R.W. Bro. James Gilmour, a highly respected
citizen and a member of Wingham Lodge, No. 286,
died at Wingham, December 4th, 1938. He was born
near Wingham in 1867 and as a young man settled
in Saskatchewan. He was Secretary-Treasurer for
many years of the Municipality of Caron and was
also a Justice of the Peace. In 1923 he returned to
his home town in Wingham. He was an elder of the
United Church both in Saskatchewan and at Wing-
ham. R.W. Bro. Gilmour was initiated into Free-
masonry in Moose Jaw Lodge, No. 3, G.R.S., and in
1908 he affiliated with Caron Lodge, No. 42. He be-
came Worshipful Master in 1910 and in 1912 was
chosen as District Deputy Grand Master of No. 3
District, G.R.S. On his return to Ontario he affiliated
with Wingham Lodge, No. 286.
Right Worshipful Brother C. W. Haentschel
R.W. Bro. C. W. Haentschel, an outstanding
personality in Masonry not only in Northern Ontario
but in all Ontario, died on December 15th, 1938, in
his seventy-ninth year. Born in Germany in 1860
he came to Canada with his parents in 1867 who
settled in Pembroke. Completing his elementary and
secondary school education there he entered McGill
University and graduated in medicine. He began
the practice of his profession in Mattawa but early
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in the history of Haileybury he removed to that
town, where he continued his practice until his
death. He was Mayor of Haileybury in 1909 and
always maintained an active interest in public
affairs.
R. W. Bro. Haentschel was widely known for his
many Masonic activities. He was initiated in Pem-
broke Lodge, No. 128, in 1887 and later affiliated
with Mattawa Lodge, No. 405, becoming Worshipful
Master in 1895. He served as District Deputy Grand
Master in Nipissing District in 1907. At the time
of his death he held membership in Mattawa,
Haileybury, Elk Lake, Kipawa and Osisko Lodges,
the latter two in the Province of Quebec. For two
years R. W. Bro. Haentschel held the position of
Grand Master of the Sovereign Great Priory of
Canada, Knights Templar, and in that capacity
visited every preceptory in his wide jurisdiction. He
was also a Past Grand First Principal of Grand
Chapter, R.A.M.
R.W. Bro. Haentschel was always identified
with sport in which he took an active part, lacrosse
in his younger days, golf, curling and hunting in his
later years. R.W. Bro. Haentschel led a full and
active life and at his funeral hundreds of citizens of
Haileybury and the North were present to mark
their respect to an honoured and beloved citizen.
R.W. Bro. Haentschel was buried with Masonic
honours.
Right Worshipful Brother W. T. Hands
R.W. Bro. W. T. Hands, a well-known and suc-
cessful farmer of Drummond Township, Lanark
County, died at the age of seventy on May 24th,
1939, after a brief illness. His life was spent on the
farm on which he was born. He was initiated into
Freemasonrv in 1900 and served as Worshipful Mas-
ter in 1906, 1907, 1908 and also in 1919. In 1908
he was elected District Deputy Grand Master of St.
Lawrnece District. He had a wide circle of friends
by whom he was held in high esteem.
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Right Worshipful Brother F. J. Howell
Hamilton and Masonry suffered a great loss in
the death of R.W. Bro. F. J. Howell on March 16th,
1939. He was born in Drumbo in 1857 and shortly
afterwards his parents moved to Brantford where
he was educated in the schools of that city. In 1876
he moved to Toronto and joined his brother-in-law,
establishing a lithographing business. Later he
came to Hamilton and in 1883 founded the Howell
Lithographing Co., of which he was President until
his death. R.W. Bro. Howell was elected in 1901 to
the Hamilton Board of Education, becoming Chair-
man of the Board six years later. He played a lead-
ing part in establishing the Hamilton Technical
School. In the Great War he helped to form the Re-
cruiting League and recruited the Canadian Mounted
Rifles. He was made Honourary Colonel of this
corps in recognition of his services. In religion he
was an Anglican and a valued member of Christ
Church Cathedral. He found time and opportunity
to travel widely.
R.W. Bro. Howell was initiated into Free-
masonry in Strict Observance Lodge, No. 27, in
1885. He was elected Worshipful Master in 1895
and in 1905 he was elected Grand Senior Warden
of Grand Lodge. He was also a charter member of
Electric Lodge and an honourary member of Acacia
Lodge, No. 61. R.W. Bro. Howell was active and
prominent in Scottish Rite Masonry and in Royal
Arch Masonry. In the latter he became First Prin-
cipal of Hamilton Chapter in 1911 and in the former
he was an active member of Supreme Council and
served as Deputy for Ontario for thirteen years.
R.W. Bro. Howell was warm hearted and pos-
sessed a charitable and sympathetic spirit. In his
friendships he was loyal and true. He lived a life of
service and will long be remembered for his charity
and kindness by the people of Hamilton and his
many Masonic friends.
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Right Worshipful Brother L. E. Lane
An indefatigable worker in the interests of the
Craft, R. W. Bro. Louis E. Lane was removed by
death on July 1st, 1939. He was born at Barrie in
1862 and was educated in Barrie Grammar School.
In earlier life he was associated with his father in
the tailoring business and later conducted his own
establishment until recently. He was a Veteran of
the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.
R.W. Bro. Lane was initiated in 1890 in Kerr
Lodge, No. 230, Barrie. Later he affiliated with
Georgian Lodge, No. 348, Penetanguishene, and be-
came Worshipful Master. Shortly after his removal
to Toronto he became a charter member in 1918 of
Tuscan Lodge, No. 541, and in 1924 he was elected
District Deputy Grand Master for Toronto District
"D". He was an honourary life member of the fol-
lowing Lodges: Shamrock, No. 553; Tuscan, No.
541; Palestine, No. 559; Mizpah, No. 572; St Clair,
No. 577; Grey, No. 589, and Maple Leaf, No. 600.
He was a splendid ritualist, an earnest guide and
counsellor to younger Masons. He took pride in
doing particularly well all that came to him to do.
The funeral service of R.W. Bro. Lane was con-
ducted from the Freemason's Hall, College Street,
and was attended by the Grand Master, a large
number of Past and Present Grand Lodge Officers
and members of lodges.
Right Worshipful Brother T. E. Laycock
There passed away at Nichols Hospital, Peter-
borough, on September 16th, 1938, a worthy citizen,
a good friend and loyal Mason in the person of R.W.
Bro. T. E. Laycock. He was a life member of Mar-
mora Lodge No. 222, where he was initiated into
Masonry in 1908. He served as Worshipful Master
in 1912 and in 1920 was elected District Deputy
Grand Master of Prince Edward District. He was
prominent in municipal affairs, having been Reeve
of Marmora for a number of years. R.W. Bro. Lay-
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cock applied faithfully in his life the principles of
the Square and Compasses and thereby enjoyed the
respect and esteem of his brethren and fellow
citizens.
Right Worshipful Brother Lyman Lee
The Law Society of Hamilton, the citizens and
the Masonic Fraternity suffered a great loss in the
death of R.W. Bro. Lyman Lee on January 4th,
1939. He was born in Burbrook Township in 1860
and was educated in the public schools, London Col-
legiate Institute and the University of Toronto, from
which he graduated as B.A. He studied law and
practised his profession in Hamilton, becoming one
of its leading lawyers and gained a Dominion-wide
reputation as an authority on law relating to fra-
ternal insurance. He was a member of several fra-
ternal insurance societies and acted as their solici-
tor. He was an Elder in Melrose United Church and
taught a Bible Class for many years. He took an
active part in educational affairs and eventually be-
came Chairman of the Hamilton Board of Education
and was a strong force behind the by-law which
established the Hamilton Public Library.
R.W. Bro. Lee was initiated in 1886 in Acacia
Lodge, No. 61, and in 1895 became Worshipful Mas-
ter. Some years later he was elected District Deputy
Grand Master of Hamilton District. He was also a
Past First Principal of Hiram Chapter, R.A.M., and
a member of Hamilton Lodge of Perfection. He will
long be remembered as a public spirited citizen, a
loyal friend and a kindly gentleman. He was a great
orator and a splendid ritualist. Masons will remem-
ber him as a true Brother, practising charity and
living at peace with all men.
Right Worshipful Brother John W. McDonald
In the sudden death of R.W. Bro. John W. Mc-
Donald, on September 21st, 1938, as the result of an
automobile accident in the City of Sarnia. Sarnia
District and Leopold Lodge, No. 397, Brigden, suf-
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fered a severe loss. He was born in 1873 near Brig-
den and received his early education there. He car-
ried on his business as a farmer for many years, till
he moved to Sarnia, where he became bailiff of
Lambton County. He was an active member of Bear
Creek Presbyterian Church and was a highly re-
spected citizen of the community. He was initiated
into Masonry in Leopold Lodge, No. 397, in 1902,
and was elected Worshipful Master of the Lodge in
1909. He served as D.D.G.M. of Sarnia District
during 1911 and 1912. His sudden death was a great
shock to his host of friends. He was buried with
full Masonic Honours in Bear Creek Cemetery near
Brigden.
Right Worshipful Brother D. G. F. McGregor
R.W. Bro. D. G. F. McGregor was cut down
suddenly by death in the prime of life and in the
midst of his duties as District Deputy Grand Master
of Toronto "D" District. Bro. McGregor was born
in Brantford in 1892 and died on May 31, 1939,
from a heart attack. He was educated in the public
schools of Brantford, London and Bournemouth,
England, and at St. Andrew's College, Toronto, and
also at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. In
1915 he enlisted at Fergus in the 153rd Battalion,
C.E.F., retiring in 1917 with the rank of Captain.
He was an active business man, being engaged suc-
cessively in motor-cars, office equipment and stock-
brokerage, and for several years prior to his death
occupied an executive position with Distillers Cor-
poration. He was a member of Bloor Street United
Church and an active member of the Lion's Club. He
was initiated into Freemasonry in Mercer Lodge, No.
347, Fergus, and later became a charter member of
Wellington Lodge, No. 635, Toronto. He became
Worshipful Master of the latter lodge in 1931 and in
1938 was chosen as District Deputy Grand Master
of Toronto "D" District. He has left behind an
enviable record in the zeal and ability with which he
discharged his duties and won the esteem of all who
knew him.
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Right Worshipful Brother W. W. McPhee
R.W. Bro. Walter W. McPhee passed away at
his home in Orillia on February 10th, 1939. He was
born in Mara Township in 1868 and after attending
Orillia Collegiate Institute he entered the Dental
College of the University of Toronto from which he
graduated in 1890. For a time he practised his pro-
fession in Orillia and later practised for many years
in Gravenhurst, but after some years he again re-
moved to Orillia where he continued for twenty-six
years in active practice until failing health caused
him to relinquish it.
R.W. Bro. McPhee was initiated into Free-
masonry in Orillia Lodge, No. 192, in 1893 and in
1900 affiliated witn Golden Rule Lodge, No. 409,
Gravenhurst. He became Worshipful Master of
Golden Rule Lodge in 1902 and served again as
Master in 1907. In 1907 he was elected District
Deputy Grand Master of Muskoka. He took a very
keen interest in Freemasonry ; he was an excellent
ritualist and did much to establish a tradition of
careful exact rendition of the work both in his lodge
and district. He was made Life Member of Golden
Rule Lodge in 1919. He was at all times keenly in-
terested in public affairs and for a time served as a
member of the Gravenhurst Town Council. The
largely attended funeral marked the esteem in which
he was held.
Right Worshipful Brother W. McTavish
After a comparatively short illness, R.W. Bro.
William McTavish, a member of Oakwood Lodge;
No. 553, passed away. Bro. McTavish was made a
Mason in Caledonian Lodge, No. 249, and became
Worshipful Master of his Lodge. He affiliated with
Oakwood Lodge in 1913 and from 1923 to 193.5
served as Treasurer. He was a real pillar of strength
in Oakwood Lodge. When Delta Lodge, No. 634,
was instituted he was the first Senior Warden and
in 1927 was Worshipful Master. In 1929 he was
elected District Deputy Grand Master of Toronto
260 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
"C" District and filled the office with distinction. He
was laid to rest in Prospect Cemetery with full
Masonic Honours .
Right Worshipful Brother W. C. Moore
On September 7, 1938, death removed to the
Grand Lodge above a highly respected, revered and
beloved Mason of London District, R.W. Bro. W. C.
Moore, of Belmont, Ontario. He was born in North
Dorchester, January 6, 1863, and secured in the
public school a fundamental education which he aug-
mented by study and conversation with teachers and
other educated men with whom he came in contact
in early life. His main occupation was farming in
which he was highly successful. He was a devoted
member of the Anglican Church.
He never sought office in public life but was
actively interested in local civic affairs. From 1910
to 1925 he was Road Superintendent, an office in
which he served his community well. Along with
Dr. Meldrum of Belmont, he financed and built the
first four miles of the local telephone line. This was
the beginning of the Belmont Co-operative Tele-
phone Association of which he was President and
Director for some years. He was a member of the
local School and Fair Boards, giving faithful atten-
tion to all matters for the advancement of the
community.
He was initiated a member of Belmont Lodge,
No. 190, on December 27, 1893. and became Wor-
shipful Master for 1898-'99. He was elected D.D.
G.M. of London District for 1921-'22. During his
term of office two new Lodges, Temple, No. 597,
London, and Ashlar, No. 610, Byron, were consti-
tuted. He was always most attentive to his Masonic
duties, being especially conscientious in his attend-
ance at Belmont Lodge, where his assistance in con-
ferring the various degrees was freely given and
deeply appreciated. He was buried with Masonic
Honours on September 10. 1938. In the death of
R.W. Bro. W. C. Moore there was removed from
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London District a beloved father and husband, a
good citizen and a faithful Mason.
Right Worshipful Brother D. S. Morrow
R.W. Bro. D. S. Morrow of Spry Lodge, No.
385, Beeton, died in San Antonio, Texas, on August
19, l£o8. Prior to his removing to Texas R.W. Bro.
Morrow had been an active Mason both in his lodge
and district. At the age of twenty-six he was ini-
tiated into Freemasonry in Spry Lodge in 1907. He
was Worshipful Master of his lodge in 1915 and in
1922was chosen as District Deputy Grand Master
of Georgian District.
Right Worshipful Brother A. J. Oliver
Wellington District and the City of Gait suf-
fered a severe loss in the death on February 20,
1939, in his seventy-seventh year, of R.W. Bro. A.
J. Oliver. R.W. Bro. Oliver went to Gait from Ot-
tawa fifty-eight years ago, and his activities ex-
tended into many fields. A millwright by trade, he
was first engaged by the Goldie McCulloch Com-
pany. He later became connected with the R. Mc-
Dougall Co., Limited, of which company he was Gen-
eral Manager at the time of his death. He was con»
nected with the Militia for more than forty years, his
military career beginning in 1898, when he was
granted a Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the
29th Waterloo Regiment. He rose rapidly, being
promoted to Captain in 1900, and in 1907 he at-
tained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1913 he
reorganized the 29th Regiment, which in 1915 was
converted into the Highland Light Infantry of Can-
ada, representing South Waterloo. In 1915 he went
to Guelph where he recruited, and was appointed to
the command of the 34th Battalion, which unit he
took to England. He remained in command of the
34th until 1917, when he was in France with the
31st Battalion, C.E.F. In 1920, after returning to
Canada, he was appointed to the command of the 2nd
Infantry Brigade, and was raised to the rank of
Colonel. He was a charter member of the Gait
262 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Branch of the Canadian Legion. In addition to his
business and military activities he found time to
serve his municipality by being a conscientious mem-
ber of the Town Council in 1907 and 1908. He was
also a member of the Gait Hospital Trust for more
than fifteen years, and held the office of Secretary
for several years. He was an adherent of Knox
Presbyterian Church.
He joined Alma Lodge, No. 72, A.F. & A.M., in
1889, and was Worshipful Master of his Lodge in
1893 and 1894. He was elected Secretary of the
Lodge in 1896, an office he held until the time of his
death, a period of forty-three years. In 1896 he was
elected D.D.G.M. of Wellington District. He was
presented with a Long Service Medal on Decem-
ber 3rd, 1938. He was always active in promoting
the interests of Freemasonry, and much of the suc-
cess of Alma Lodge may be attributed to his untiring
devotion during his many years as Secretary. He
was a member of Waterloo Chapter, R.A.M., No. 32,
and was First Principal in 1901. He was also .a
member of St. Omer Preceptory, and was one of the
first to become a life member of the Shrine. R.W 7 .
Bro. Oliver was buried with Masonic Honours in
Mount View Cemetery, Gait, the funeral being at-
tended by many Masons, Veterans and Citizens,
showing the esteem in which he was held by all who
were fortunate enough to know him.
Right Worshipful Brother S. W. Ray
R.W. Bro. S. W. Ray long an outstanding figure
both in the community life and Freemasonry of Port
Arthur died on March 8th, 1939, shortly after reach-
ing his eighty-fourth birthday. Born in Lakefield,
Ontario, in 1855, he came to Port Arthur as a teller
in the Ontario Bank in 1877. Seven years later he
entered into the field of private banking in which he
was engaged until 1914 when he opened a ticket and
brokerage agency. He was actively connected for
many years with the mining industry and many
phases' of the growth of Port Arthur. He was a
public spirited citizen and served as a councillor and
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for two years as mayor. At the time of the Riel Re-
bellion he organized the 96th Regiment of Rifles, of
which he was Lieutenant-Colonel. The regiment,
however, did not see active service.
R.W. Bro. Ray was initiated into Freemasonry
in Shuniah Lodge, No. 287, Port Arthur, in his
twenty-first year. He became Worshipful Master in
1879 and served also as W.M. in 1881. R.W. Bro.
Ray remained always an active Mason. He was a
member of Shuniah Chapter, R.A.M., and was First
Principal of this Chapter for four years. On numer-
ous occasions he served as presiding Preceptor of
Rhodes Preceptory, K.T., and assisted in the organi-
zation 61 the Preceptory which took his name for its
title. He was also an active member of the Scottish
Rite in the valley of Fort William.
R.W. Bro. Ray was an active churchman as a
member of St. John's Anglican Church, and took a
leading part in the choral work. R.W. Bro. Ray
was characterized as a cultured gentleman of the old
school, highly respected for the things he had done,
and he was loved on account of his happy, kind-
ly personality. His body lay in state at the Masonic
Temple, Port Arthur, where hundreds passed the
bier to pay their last tribute of respect to a disting-
uished pioneer and a beloved Freemason known for
his good works .
Right Worshipful Brother W. H. Shaw
On January 5th, 1939, R.W. Bro. William H.
Shaw passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida, where
he was spending the winter. R.W. Bro. Shaw was
the founder and president of the Shaw Schools of
Toronto, one of the strongest chains of business
schools in the world, and in his passing commercial
education has lost one of its outstanding leaders.
R.W. Bro. Shaw was born in 1858 at Kent Bridge
and received his early education in the schools of
Kent County, where later he taught School for eighTt
years. In 1884 he joined the staff of Chatham Busi-
ness College, and in 1887 with the late W. J. Elliott
264 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
as partner, he established the Central Business Col-
lege in Stratford. In 1892 he sought a larger field
and established a business college in Toronto which
prospered to such an extent that the one school grew
to twelve. R.W. Bro. Shaw was always keenly in-
terested in church work. In Toronto he was long
associated with Carlton Street Methodist Church,
but latterly he was a member of Westminster
Central United Church. He found time to take an
active part in municipal affairs, serving for fifteen
years in all on the Toronto Board of Education, the
City Council and the Board of Control.
Bro. Shaw was initiated into Freemasonry in
Stratford Lodge, No. 332, and later affiliated with
Harmony Lodge, No. 438, of which he became
Worshipful Master in 1900. In 1908 he served as
District Deputy Grand Master. He was a member of
the Scottish Rite, King Solomon's Chapter, R.A.M.,
Geoffrey de St. Aldemar Preceptory, K.T., and was
Recorder of Rameses Temple. His genial disposition,
happy manner and sterling character won for him
the esteem of his brethren, and his business asso-
ciates. He was entombed with Masonic Honours in
Forest Lawn Mausoleum.
Right Worshipful Brother C. H. Tumelty
On June 3rd, 1938, R.W. Bro. C. H. Tumelty, of
Madoc, passed away in his seventy-second year. In
his passing the Masonic Order lost a conscientious
and ardent member. He was initiated in Madoc
Lodge, No. 48, in 1893, and after serving as Wor-
shipful Master his activities were rewarded by being
chosen as District Deputy Grand Master for his
district for the year 1901-02. He was at all times
ready to be of service to the Craft.
Right Worshipful Brother Duncan Walker
R.W. Bro. Duncan Walker, for many years an
outstanding figure in the city of Peterborough,
passed to his reward on July 21st, 1938, in his
seventv-fourth vear. Born in Dewart, Ontario, he
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was educated in the primary and secondary schools
and then later graduated with honours from the Uni-
versity of Toronto. He qualified as a high school
teacher and entered on his chosen profession in
Brockville. Over forty years ago he became In-
spector of Public Schools in Peterborough, and after
sixteen years' service in this position he became
Principal of Peterborough Normal School, where he
made his influence felt in the lives and training of
the young teachers who there received professional
training. For seven years from 1929 to 1936 R.W.
Bro. Walker was Director of Public Education in the
Department of Education.
R.W. Bro. Walker was introduced into Free-
masonry in Salem Lodge, No. 368, Brockville, and
affiliated with Corinthian Lodge, No. 101, on taking
up residence in Peterborough. Six years later he
was elected Worshipful Master, an din 1912 was
chosen as District Deputy Grand Master of Peter-
borough district. He was a charter member of Royal
Arthur Lodge, No. 523. He was a member also of
Corinthian Chapter, No. 36, R.A.M., and of Moore
Preceptory, No. 13, K.T. He was long identified with
the Scottish Rite in Peterborough, and in 1930 he
was honoured by being advanced to the thirty-third
degree.
R.W. Bro. Walker was actively interested in
Trinity United Church. He served as Lt.-Colonel of
the 57th Regiment, and in the late war recruited a
regiment for overseas service. The example of his
modest life of service and cheerfulness remains a
loving memory in the many who were proud to call
him friend and brother.
Right Worshipful Brother J. B. Way
On July 9th, 1939, there passed away one of the
most widely known and highly respected Masons of
Ontario, in the person of R.W. Bro. J. B. Way. Born
at Port Hope in 1865, he came to Sault Ste. Marie in
1893 as agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, a
position which he held for 38 years.
266 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Our deceased Brother was a member of Key-
stone Lodge, No. 142, for over 43 years, and served
as Master in 1900. He was D.D.G.M. of Nipissing
District in 1910, and was Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Credentials of Grand Lodge for many
years. He was a charter member of Hatherly Lodge,
No. 625. This lodge was named after a son of Bro.
Way's, who was killed overseas in 1918. J. B., as he
was probably best known, was a clever and accomp-
lished speaker. He took pride in careful and precise
oratory, and his humor was without peer. His fund
of philosophy was unique, and his good counsel in
Masonic Knowledge was of value to many a Master
of Keystone Lodge.
Right Worshipful Brother W. W. White
Death came with startling swiftness to R.W.
Bro. William White soon after he had begun his
day's work on June 22nd, 1939. He was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, and came to Canada in early
manhood. After two years he left to take an appoint-
ment at the Star of Belgium mine, Africa. In 1914
he returned to Canada, locating first -at Kirkland
Lake and later removing to Timmins, where he was
a member of the staff of the Hollinger Mines for
twenty-five years.
R.W. Bro. White was initiated into Masonry in
Clydesdale Lodge, No. 556, Glasgow, in 1912. He
affiliated with Golden Beaver Lodge, No. 528, Tim-
mins, in 1915, becoming Worshipful Master in 1920.
In 1931 he was elected District Deputy Grand Master
of Temiskaming District. He was known as a man
of exemplary life and conduct, rendering distin-
guished service as a churchman, citizen and Free-
mason. He won the affection and estimation of all
who knew him, and among Masons he was held in
the highest respect.
Very Worshipful Brother E. R. Bowles
V.W. Bro. Ernest Bowles, Past Master of Unity
Lodge, No. 606, and for more than twenty years con-
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ductor of the Toronto Male Chorus, a prominent
figure in musical and Masonic circles in Toronto,
died on November 16th, 1938, in his sixty-fifth year.
Born in England he came to Canada as a child with
his parents. As a young man he trained in organ,
vocal and choral work. He acted as organist of a
number of prominent churches. At the time of his
death he was organist of Danforth United Church.
He was a member and organist of several of the To-
ronto Masonic lodges, and in 1929 was appointed
Grand Organist of Grand Lodge.
Very Worshipful Brother R. Boyd
Ulster Lodge, No. 537, lost one of its best known
and most beloved members in the death of V.W. Bro.
Robert Boyd on November 22nd, 1938. From the
time of his initiation in 1921 he gave unstintingly
of his time and talent to every lodge activity. His
engaging personality endeared him to all with whom
he came in contact. V.W. Bro. Boyd was born al
Garvagh, Ulster, in 1884. Re served as Worshipful
Master in Ulster Lodge in 1931. In 1935-36 he acted
as District Secretary and his conscientious work in
this capacity was rewarded by his appointment to
the office of Grand Steward. ■ He was an active mem-
ber of College Street Baptist Church. He was buried
with Masonic Honours in Prospect Cemetery.
Very Worshipful Brother E. W. Case
Known and beloved as a Christian gentleman
v.w. Bro. E. W. Case after being in failing health
for some two years passed away at his residence in
Picton, on June 19th, 1939. For over forty years he
owned and successfully operated a drug store in
Mcton, and for many years he was a member of the
council of the Ontario College of Pharmacy.
V.W. Bro. Case was a very active and en-
thusiastic Mason, having been initiated in Prince
Edward Lodge, No. 18, in 1883. He was Worshipful
.Master in 1887 and 1888. He was also a Past First
Principal of Prince Edward Chapter, No. 31, R.A.M.
268 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
In the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite he had
attained to the thirty-second degree. He was hon-
oured by Grand Lodge by appointment as Grand
Steward . He was buried with full Masonic honours,
a large gathering of Masons throughout the district
being in attendance . His sound judgment and in-
ffuence will remain as a rich heritage for the Breth-
ren of his lodge.
Very Worshipful Brother W. H. Casement
At the advanced age of eighty-four years V.W.
Bro. W. H. Casement, of Clementi Lodge, No. 313,
Lakefield, passed quietly to his last rest on October
1st, 1938, after a long life of devoted public service.
Born in Douro Township, he became associated as a
young man with his uncle in business in Lakefield,
and after his uncle's death continued the business
for many years and was appointed postmaster to
succeed him, an office which he held for sixty-three
years, discharging the duties of the position to the
entire satisfaction of the community. He took an
active part in community affairs and was also a
staunch supporter of his church in all its activities.
He was initiated in Clementi Lodge in 1880, served
as Worshipful Master, and in 1929 was appointed a
Grand Steward of Grand Lodge. In 1936 he received
the long service medal at Grand Lodge. He was a
man rich in good fellowship and friends and was held
in the highest esteem and affection by the whole of
the community with which he had so long been
identified.
Very Worshipful Brother G .W. Clendenan
V.W. Bro. G. W. Clendenan, a member of Stan-
ley Lodge, No. 426, Toronto, died on March 18th,
1939, in his seventy-ninth year. He was born fei
Jordan, Ontario, and attended the public school
there, from whence he proceeded to St. Catharines
Collegiate Institute and to the Toronto School of
Medicine, receiving- his medical degree in 1882 from
Trinity College. He practised his profession first at
TORONTO. ONTARIO. 1939 269
New Durham and then for many years in Toronto.
He was coroner of York Township and later associate
coroner of Toronto. He was initiated in St. John's
Lodge, No. 104, Norwich, and on his removal to Tor-
onto affiliated with Stanley Lodge as a charter mem-
ber in 1890. He became Worshipful Master in 1893
and the following year he was elected Treasurer
which office he held until his death. In 1935 he was
appointed Grand Senior Deacon, and in 1936 received
the Grand Lodge Veteran's Jewel. He was mayor of
Toronto Junction 1895-1897, and also served on the
school boards.
Veiy Worshipful Brother K. J. Dunstan
V.W. Bro. K. J. Dunstan, a pioneer in the de-
velopment of the telepnone in Canada, died on De-
cember 30th, 1938, in his eightieth year, and in his
sixty-first year of service to the Bell Telephone Com-
pany. He was born in Hamilton in 1859, and as a
youth he became interested in telegraphy and then
telephony, and in 1878 with several friends he in-
stalled a small telephone exchange in Hamilton, the
first in Canada. Two years later the Bell Telephone
Company was founded and V.W. Bro. Dunstan be-
came its first manager in Hamilton. In 1891 he re-
moved to Toronto as manager. In 1915 he became
division manager and in 1920 vice-president of the
company.
V.W. Bro. Dunstan was initiated into Free-
masonry in Ionic Lodge, No. 25. He became Wor-
shipful Master of his lodge and was later honoured
by appointment to Grand Lodge office. He became a
member of St. Paul's Chapter, R.A.M., and ultimate-
ly Grand First Principal of Grand Chapter. He was
careful in the preservation of the landmarks and
astute in the conduct of Masonic business. He was
active in many avenues of affairs. Among offices he
held during his most active years were Presidency
of the Canadian Electrical Association, the Civic
Guild, the College Heights Association, the Toronto
Red Cross Society, the Canadian Club, the Toronto
Board of Trade.
270 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Very Worshipful Brother D. Hawkins
A prominent figure in Masonic circles for many
years, V.W. Bro. David Hawkins, a Past Master of
Electric Lodge, died suddenly on November 2nd,
1938. A life-long resident of Hamilton, he was for
many years on the staff of the National Drug Com-
pany. He was an active Mason for many years,
being an honourary Life Member of Tuscan Lodge,
No. 551. At the time of his death he was Secretary
of Hindoo Koosh Grotto. In 1923 he was honoured
by appointment as an officer of Grand Lodge. His
sudden and unexpected demise came as a severe
shock to hundreds of his friends in Hamilton and
throughout Ontario.
i
Very Worshipful Brother C. F. Heebner
V.W. Bro. Heebner, a beloved figure in Free-
masonry, a member of University Lodge, No. 496,
died on December 10th, 1938, after a long and pain-
ful illness. He was born in Lee, Mass., eighty years
ago and in 1891 graduated from the College of
Pharmacy of Columbia University, New York. From
1891 to 1937 he was head of the College of Phar-
macy, Toronto, and in that time over seven thousand
students came under his personal instruction or in-
fluence. He was a Past Master of University Lodge
and 1926 was appointed Grand Junior Deacon of
Grand Lodge. "To him Masonry was no shibboleth
or empty ritual, but a thrilling way of life to be lived
and he practised its best thought and philosophy in
his life. No young Mason failed to love him." His
whole-hearted participation in the work of the Craft
will long be remembered.
Very Worshipful Brother P. J. F. Houston
The sudden passing of V.W. Bro. P. J. F. Hous-
ton on November 7th, 1938, at his home in Toronto
was greatly regretted by a large circle of friends. He
was born in Greenock Township, Bruce County, in
1873, and educated in the public school of his dis-
trict, the high school at Walkerton and at Toronto
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 271
University, from which he graduated as M.D. in
1904. He obtained the L.R.C.P. at Edinburgh in
1905 and at various subsequent times did further
post-graduate work in New York and London, spe-
cializing latterly in the eye. His earlier professional
work was at Teeswater and Paisley, but since 1919
he practised in Toronto. In Paisley he served for a
number of years as a member of the School Board.
In Toronto he was a Councillor of the Academy of
Medicine and at the time of his death was in charge
of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the
Toronto East General Hospital.
V.W. Bro. Houston became a member of Aid-
worth Lodge, No. 235, Paisley in 1907, and was Wor-
shipful Master of his lodge in 1912. In 1938 he was
appointed a Grand Steward of Grand Lodge. He
was an active member of Huron-Bruce Lodge and
for many years acted as Installing Master. In every
way he strove to promote Masonry in Huron-Bruce
Lodge, which he was instrumental in founding.
"Every trust committed to him was performed with
infinite zeal and absolute fidelity."
Very Worshipful Brother John R. Livingston
V.W. Bro. John R. Livingston passed away at
his home in Waterloo on January 7, 1939, at the age
of eighty-one. He was born at Musselburg on June
22, 1857, and moved to Baden at an early age. He
was interested in the flax business, and was Manager
of the firm of J. & J. Livingston for some years. He
later became associated with the Dominion Linseed
Oil Company.
He was initiated on March 14th, 1884, in Wil-
mot Lodge, No. 381, A.F. & A.M., Baden, and became
Worshipful Master of his Lodge in 1891. He was
also Worshipful Master in 1892, 1893, 1897, 1898
and 1909. He was appointed Assistant Grand Di-
rector of Ceremonies of Grand Lodge in 1911. V.W.
Bro. Livingston later moved to Waterloo, where he
affiliated with Waterloo Lodge, No. 539, on January
7, 1925. He was presented with the fifty-year medal
272 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
in 1935. He was a tower of strength in his Mother
Lodge, and was held in the highest esteem by his
brethren, and by all with whom he came in contact.
The funeral service was held at Knox Presbyterian
Church, Waterloo, of which he was an active mem-
ber and an elder. He was laid to rest at Baden.
Very Worshipful Brother W. E. Lochead
V.W. Bro. W. E. Lochead of Brant Lodge, No.
45, who died on March 18th, 1939, in his seventy-
eighth year, was a well known and highly respected
citizen of Brantford. Born in Renfrew, he attended
the public school at Fenelon Falls and Pickering-
College. He engaged in the mercantile business in
Brantford, ultimately forming the partnership and
flourishing business of McLean, Ogilvie and Lochead.
He was an ardent member of Zion Church and the
oldest member of session. He was initiated into
Freemasonry in 1910 in Brant Lodge and served as
Worshipful Master in 1917. In 1933 he was ap-
pointed Grand Superintendent of Works. In the
Scottish Rite he attained to the thirty-second
degree.
Very Worshipful Brother John Miller
The passing of V.W. Bro. John Miller of St.
John's Lodge, No. 17, Cobourg, on March 27th, 1939,
at the ripe old age of eighty-two years, was a dis-
tinct loss both to his lodge and to the community.
Born in 1857 in Hawick, Scotland, he came to Can-
ada about fifty-five years ago and was engaged in
the weaving trade, first at Perth and then at Co-
bourg and for a time at North Adams, Massachu-
setts. On his retirement he returned to Cobourg.
He became a member of St. John's Lodge, No.
17, fifty-four years ago and at the time of his death
was its oldest Past Master. He had received the
fifty-year Jewel and at the time of his death was a
Grand Steward of Grand Lodge. It may be said of
him that he was a Mason first, last and always, liv-
ing his life on the square, always promoting peace,
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 273
harmony and goodwill among men. He was one to
whom his religion meant much. He was disciplined
by high principles and animated by worthy motives
throughout his long, kindly, gentle life.
Very Worshipful Brother F. C. Nugent
V.W. Bro. F. C. Nugent, who died at Lindsay on
October 18th, 1938, at the age of 58 years, was a
member of Faithful Brethren Lodge, No. 77, where
he was initiated in 1912. Ten years later he served
as Worshipful Master, and in 1937 was appointed a
Grand Steward of Grand Lodge. He was a charter
member of Gothic Lodge, No. 608, Lindsay, and a
member of Midland Chapter, No. 94, R.A.M., and of
the Scottish Rite in the valley of Peterborough. He
was an active Mascn and will be greatlv missed by
the Craft.
Very Worshipful Brother G. M. Petrie
V.W. Bro. Gordon Petrie, a native of Fergus,
Ontario, for many years a resident of Toronto, and
later of Port Credit, passed to the Grand Lodge
above on September 24th, 1938. He qualified as a
druggist and conducted a business first in Toronto
and later in Clarkson. He was initiated in Doric
Lodge, No. 316, Toronto, in 1904. In 1918 he affili-
ated with Mississauga Lodge, No. 524, Port Credit,
and in 1925 became Worshipful Master. At the com-
munication of Grand Lodge in 1938 he was appointed
to the office of Grand Steward. He was buried with
Masonic Honours, the large attendance of Masons
and friends testifving to the esteem in which he was
held.
Very Worshipful Brother A. E. Phipps
V.W. Bro. A. E. Phipps, of Union Lodge. No. 7,
Grimsby, died January 7th, 1939. He was born in
Grimsby in 1871 and educated in the public and high
schools there. Following the occupation of tailor
for a time he became division court clerk in Grimsby
and occupied that position for some fifteen years
274 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
until his death. He was initiated in Union Lodge
and six years later occupied the Worshipful Master's
chair. Later he received an appointment as a Grand
Lodge officer. He was a member of the Baptist
church and was regarded as a splendid citizen.
Very Worshipful Brother J. H. Robinson
A prominent citizen of Keewatin and an ever
active member of Keewatin Lodge, No. 417, V.W.
Bro. J. H. Robinson passed away on January 31,
1939. Born in Hustonville, Ontario, Bro. Robinson
was for the greater part of his life a resident of
Keewatin, where he was connected with the Lake of
the Woods Milling Company. He served as Wor-
shipful Master of Keewatin Lodge on two occasions,
1898 and 1902 and was appointed a Grand Steward
in 1924. V.W. Bro. Robinson was active in all that
made for the betterment of the town in which he
lived. He was held in the highest regard by the
members of the lodge in which for many years he
took a prominent part.
Very Worshipful Brother J. A. Scace
V.W. Bro. J. A. Scace of Ozias Lodge, No 508,
Brantford, died on April 4th, 1939, at the age of
sixty-four years. He was initiated in Ozias Lodge
in 1918, became Worshipful Master in 1924. In
1926-27 he acted as District Secretary and was ap-
pointed a Steward of Grand Lodge in 1927.
Bro. Scace was a man of sterling character
whose hand was ever extended to the needy. He
was a man to whom Masonry was a real living force
operating for the betterment of mankind.
Very Worshipful Brother G. Scott
V.W. Bro. George Scott, who died on February
20th, 1939, was initiated into Masonry in Markham
Union Lodge, No._87, in 1907, and was Worshipful
Master of that Lodge in 1911. He was a Charter
Member and first Master of Scarboro Lodge, No.
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653. In 1933 he was appointed a Grand Steward oi*
Grand Lodge. Bro. Scott was highly respected in
the community in which he lived. He possessed a
very kindly disposition and his happy personality
will be greatly missed by his brethren and friends.
Very Worshipful Brother J. H. Spence
V.W. Bro. Senator, The Honourable James H.
Spence died at his home in Toronto on February
21st, 1939, in his seventy-second year. He was born
in the Township of Greenock, Bruce County, his
parents, Magnus Spence and Mary Wishart, were
both of Scottish birth. He was educated in the local
public school, London and Walkerton Collegiate In-
stitutes and Osgoode Hall Law School. He read law
with the late Honourable Mr. Justice Teetzel and
was called to the Bar in 1896. He began practice as
a member of the firm of Watson, Smoke and Masten,
and in 1900 continued in the firm of Masten, Starr
and Spence. When the Honourable C. A. Masten was
elevated to the Supreme Court Bench, V.W. Bro.
Spence continued practise as a partner of Mr. J. R.
L. Starr, K.C. He was elected a bencher of the Law
Society of Upper Canada in 1917 and was made a
King's Counsel in 1922. In 1928 he was appointed
to the Senate of the Dominion of Canada.
V.W. Bro. Spence was initiated in 1899 in Ionic
Lodge, No. 25, Toronto, became Worshipful Master
of his lodge and was later appointed Grand Junior
Deacon of Grand Lodge. He was also a member of
Huron-Bruce Lodge.
Fraternally submitted,
J. A. McRAE,
Chairman.
COMMITTEE OF SCRUTINEERS
The Grand Master appointed V.W. Bro. E. B.
Thompson, Chairman of a Committee of Scrutineers
to count the vote at the election of Grand Lodge
276 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Officers with power to name the members of the
Committee.
NOMINATIONS
The Grand Master announced that nominations
for Grand Lodge offices could now be made in accor-
dance with the Constitution and reminded the
brethren that nominations would close at 5 o'clock.
GUEST SPEAKS
At this time the Grand Master asked M.W. Bro.
William H. Parker, Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Michigan, to speak to the brethren. M.W.
Bro. Parker was greeted with great applause and
stated that in bringing the most cordial fraternal
greetings from his Grand Master to M.W. Bro.
Dunlop and Grand Lodge, he felt honoured that he
should have a part in making masonic history in
this Province.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AUDIT
AND FINANCE
The report was presented by R.W. Bro. C. S.
Hamilton, Chairman, and on motion of the Deputy
Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. C. S. Hamil-
ton, it was received and adopted.
To the Most W T orshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.,
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren: —
Your Committee on Audit and Finance reports
that the books of the Grand Treasurer and the
Grand Secretary have been examined, and the An-
nual Statement for the year ended the 31st of May,
1939, has been verified. The Auditor's report certi-
fies the financial transactions and records of the
past year and inspection and examination of securi-
ties to the satisfaction of vour Committee.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 277
All securities together with Fidelity Bonds on
the Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, and Assist-
ant to the Grand Secretary and combined messenger
and interior robbery policy are deposited with the
Canada Permanent Trust Company.
Complete details of Receipts and Disbursements,
together with schedules of investments for all ac-
counts, appear in the Reports of the Grand Treasurer
and the Grand Secretary.
Comparatively little change has taken place dur-
ing the year as shown by the following comparative
statement of Assets: —
General Account:
31st May, 1938 31st May, 1939
Balance in Bank..$ 13,020.06 $ 13,362.22
Investments (face
value) 370,621.37 368,121.37
Petty Cash on
Hand 200.00 200.00
Semi-Centennial
Fund
$383,841.43 $381,683.59
Balance in Bank ... 100.00 100.00
Combined Semi-Cen-
tennial and Me-
morial Fund:
Balance in Bank...$ 7,320.18 $ 4,338.65
Investments (face
value) 458,444.65 458,989.35
$465,764.83 $463,328.00
Total Assets $849,706.26 $845,111.59
A reduction in Assets is shown in General Ac-
count of $2,157.84, and in Memorial and Semi-
Centennial Fund of $2,436.83, representing a total
operating loss of $4,594.67. The loss in General
Fund is fully accounted for by a reduction of
$2,749.00 in Dues. The reduction in Memorial and
Semi-Centennial Fund does not impair the capital of
278 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
that Fund, excess payments having been made out
of surplus revenue which still shows a credit balance
of $4,163.93. The revenue in this account is not
available for the purposes of Grand Lodge but is to
be used for benevolent purposes only.
Investments in authorized trustee securities
carried at their par value in General Account
amount to $368,121.37, and in Memorial and Semi-
centennial Fund $458,989.35, a total of $827,110.72.
This total compares with $461,752.48 ten years ago.
or an increase of $365,358.24.
Income by wav of interest from total Assets
amounted to $36,861.49, a yield of 4.36%. After de-
ducting from last year's figure arrears collected of
$5,546.36 the amount received and the yield are prac-
tically the same.
We commend the Grand Treasurer on his policy
of safety of principal with as consistent a level of
interest return as possible, both of which have pre-
sented real diificulties particularly in recent years.
We suggest that, under existing conditions, consider-
ation might be given to the sale or exchange of low
yield, marketable securities with less than five years
to maturity, provided such sale or exchange can be
effected within the limits of the policy referred to.
General charges show a reduction of $904.84
notwithstanding a non-recurring expenditure of
$1,549.80 for special printing. Lodge arrears have
been further reduced by $1,003.75 to a balance of
$2,565.60. The annual deficit for the past six years
in General Fund is being reduced satisfactorily,
amounting to approximately one-half of that shown
last year.
The total income from all sources amounted to
$140,347.33, of which $106,758.00, or 76% was ex-
pended for benevolence.
In preparing estimates, the necessity for con-
tinued economy consistent with the dignity and im-
portance of the Institution was quite evident. Con-
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 279
trollable expenses representing a comparatively
small total leave but little opportunity for savings.
The cost of printing and mailing proceedings is a
substantial item which we recommend be reduced by
mailing one copy to each Lodge instead of two, a
second copy to be furnished only upon request.
A further reduction in our estimate of Dues to
be received from Lodges was necessary owing to a
decrease of 1,696 in Membership. Fortunately, with
a reduction in the number of applications for bene-
volence, provision for the amount required from
General Fund produces onlv a small deficit of
$355.00.
We submit the following budget for the fiscal
year ending 31st of May, 1940 : —
Estimated Income Available
Initiations $ 6,200.00
Affiliations 250.00
Dues 85,500.00
Certificates 100.00
Constitutions 1,200.00
Dispensations 500.00
Commutations 6,500.00
Miscellaneous - 1,000.00
Interest 16,500.00
Ceremonies 250.00
$118,000.00
Recommended Appropriations
Grand Treasurer's Clerk $ 400.00
Salary— Grand Secretary 5,000.00
Salary — Assistant Grand Secretary 3,600.00
Salary— Clerk 1,800.00
Salary— Stenographer 1,200.00
Gratuity— Miss P 500.00
Auditor 600.00
Incidentals 1,200.00
Proceedings, 1939 2,400.00
Mailing Proceedings 175.00
Printing and Stationery 600.00
Constitutions 600.00
Telephone 150.00
Insurance - 225.00
Office Rent - 1,300.00
280 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Canada Permanent Trust Co. (Fees) 325.00
Postage, Chairmen of Committees 75.00
Fraternal Correspondence 400.00
Masonic Education 200.00
Library 450.00
Grand Master's Allowance 1,500.00
Grand Master's Stenographer 300.00
Deputy Grand Master's Allowance 500.00
Commissions on Trials 100.00
U.S. and Canada Relief Association 255.00
Grand Lodge Expenses, 1939, Toronto 4,300.00
Miscellaneous 1,200.00
Salary — Supervisor Benevolence 4,000.00
Stenographer for Supervisor 300.00
Travelling Expenses, Supervisor 900.00
Grants, Mrs. L 1,000.00
Grand Master's Regalia 400.00
M.M. Certificates 400.00
Expenses of Representatives to Grand
Lodge of England 1,500.00
Grand Master's Testimonial 500.00
$ 38,355.00
Benevolent Grants 80,000.00
$118,355.00
Fraternally and respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. HAMILTON,
Chairman.
GUEST SPEAKS
M.W. Bro. Donald J. Sargent, Past Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, after
being introduced by the Grand Master, extended
greetings from the Grand Master and the Grand
Lodge of New Jersey. He stated that it was his
Grand Master's purpose that he be represented here
that we may know we have brethren in New Jersey
who are of the same mind, whose hearts beat true
with ours and who are in sympathy with the tenets
and principles of our Freemasonry.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 281
REPORT ON THE CONDITION
OF MASONRY
The report was presented by R.W. Bro. H. J*.
Alexander, Chairman, and on motion of the Deputy
Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. H. J. Alex-
ander, the same was received and adopted.
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.,
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren: —
Once again your Committee would endeavour to
review for your consideration the condition of Ma-
sonry in this Jurisdiction and in so doing we are in-
deed very much gratified to find the spirit of pro-
gress, co-operation and optimism generally prevail-
ing. The reports of the District Deputy Grand
Masters would indicate a condition of affairs quite
satisfactory, and definitely better than has prevailed
for some years. While this is encouraging, we must
guard against the tendency toward a self-satisfac-
tion, or smug complacency, which may become at
times even far more dangerous than a spirit of un-
rest or discontent. We must remember that as
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so likewise a
continual watchfulness and unceasing alertness on
our part is essentially necessary, lest we drift from
our ancient usages, customs and landmarks.
As we have pointed out in former reports, very
much, if not all of the success of any lodge depends
upon the skill and ability with which the Worshipful
Master conducts the affairs pertaining to his office.
A Worshipful Master must be prepared to give his
lodge leadership, guidance and direction ; otherwise
he should not accept the position. Hence the im-
portance, if the line of progression is to be followed,
of selecting capable and promising material for the
junior offices. How often have we noticed that, re-
gardless of all other considerations, a lodge with a
weak master, or worse still a succession of weak
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masters, is a lodge uninteresting, inefficient, and if
not altogether dormant, adopting a sort of waiting
attitude, which is neither creditable nor encouraging.
Then under otherwise identical conditions we have
known this same lodge to elect a keen, ambitious, en-
thusiastic and energetic master, with a real sense of
leadership, and at once the lodge takes on new life,
attendance increases, interest awakens, the dues are
paid, and a general feeling of optimism prevails. At
every installation ceremony the Worshipful Master
is exhorted to maintain the dignity and high import-
ance of Freemasonry. To this your Committee most
heartily subscribes. In these days when there is a
tendency toward indifference to established proced-
ure, to adopt a happy-go-lucky attitude, we would do
well at all times to maintain the dignity of all our
institutions, and where can this be more appropri-
ately or effectively practised than in a Masonic
Lodge? We should ever remember that if we are
to maintain our dignified position in the world as
Master Masons, we must ourselves dignify the
institution.
We may belong to the old school of thought, but
we deplore the modern tendency, already creeping
into some of our lodges, of the officers dispensing
with proper Masonic titles and addressing each other
as "Bill" or "Brother Bill" or "Worshipful Brother
Bill". Your Committee are not slaves to formality
but we submit that such terms are not in keeping
with the dignity of our institution. Then, too, such
expressions as "Okay", "church parades", "degree
teams", "side benchers", are rather jarring to one's
sensibilities and might well be omitted from our
Masonic vocabulary. When and where the term
"Ruling Master" originated, we do not know. At any
rate we fail to find it in the Constitution, but surely
the climax in this regard has been reached when we
hear the Worshipful Master referred to as the
"Sitting Master". Perhaps the only justification for
this latter term lies in the fact that some Worship-
ful Masters remain "sitting" when the lodge has
been raised to receive distinguished visitors. Have
we not been embarassed and even at times humili-
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 283
ated in witnessing- Worshipful Masters remaining
seated when receiving the Most Worshipful, the
Grand Master? We have also wondered why some
Worshipful Masters wear their collars of office at
the banquet table. If Worshipful Masters have this
prerogative, then why not all the officers? Then,
too, when much valuable time has been literally
wasted in misdirected and useless discussion, and
lack of despatch in conducting business, when the
hour has grown late, when the lodge is opened in
the Third Degree, when the Worshipful Master
suddenly realizes that time after all is an important
factor, one is almost startled to hear him suddenly
exclaim, "By the authority vested in me as Wor-
shipful Master, I hereby declare this lodge closed
in the Third and Second Degrees respectively." In
spite of his imaginary prerogative, the fact of the
matter is, that no such authority was ever vested
in him.
Harmony has ever been the strength of all in-
stitutions whether political, religious or fraternal
and Masonry is especially dependent thereon for her
continued existence and future usefulness. Hence
the very grave danger of attempting to embark our
fraternity upon a policy wherein harmony is an
utter impossibility. Masonry has always occupied
a sphere peculiarly its own, and does its own work
in its own way. Nevertheless it has always been a
powerful and constructive force for good. The
clarion call has ever been to the individual, ever
remembering that in the long run the worth of any
institution is but the accumulated worth of the
individuals composing it. And yet in spite of all
this, there have been, and are still, those carping,
chronic critics, not only without, but within our
membership who would launch Masonry upon the
tempestuous seas of social, political, or religious
strife. Such a disastrous venture could not fail in
weakening the very foundations and eventually dis-
rupting our ancient institution. Individually we
have a perfect right to our private opinions, but so
has our fellow-man, who may differ very drastically
with us. Hence we must never as an institution be
284 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
committed to any policy savouring of political,
racial, or religious differences. Masonry will have
best accomplished her purpose in assisting the
individual in solving his daily problems, in enrich-
ing his mind, in arousing his conscience, and in
stimulating his generous impulses, rather than by
attacking the problems of to-day as an organization.
Through the kindness of the Most Worshipful
the Grand Master, we were provided with the April
copy of the lodge summons, of each of the five
hundred and sixty-eight lodges in our Jurisdiction.
These we read carefully and with a great deal of in-
terest and in so doing we could not fail to note the
many variations in style and content. Several of
these summonses were apparently prepared by
officers who were alive to the importance of this
matter, and who placed in the hands of their breth-
ren a notice not only interesting and attractive but
inviting as well. On the other hand, we must confess
that we found more than one lodge summons with
very little, if anything, that was of an attractive or
encouraging nature. Requests for payment of lodge
dues occupied a prominent place in many circulars
and in our humble opinion the very object aimed at,
was in many cases defeated by the general tone and
wording of the notice. When one sees in bold type
such expressions as "Dues, Dues, Dues", or "Stop,
Look, Listen", or "Brethren, the lodge needs the
money to pay her debts", there is produced at once
in the mind of the recipient a certain psychological
effect, and he probably thinks, "Well the lodge does
not seem to be doing very well. I don't think I shall
go to-night. ' The result perhaps is that he remains
away, and soon you have another member disinter-
ested and dilatory in payment of his dues. Nothing
succeeds like success, and a little more encouraging
tone, a little more personal contact, a little more
planning of the programme, enabling the summons
to convey a more optimistic note will inevitably
bring results. One item which we discovered and
which very positively and definitely should not
appear on the summons of any lodge is a list of
names of those brethren who have paid their dues,
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which indirectly holds up before the members a list
of those who have not paid. Such implied publicity
is not conducive to the best interests of the Craft
and under no circumstances should a lodge resort
to such procedure. The cost of an attractive and
inviting summons may be a trifle more, but it is an
investment that should produce dividends.
An honest endeavour is being made through-
out the Jurisdiction in the field of Masonic education.
While we may not all agree with the methods pur-
sued in some cases, there can be little difference of
opinion as to the importance of this branch of our
activities. As this work is sponsored by Grand
Lodge, we must be exceedingly careful that those
selected to direct in this matter do not represent
their own personal opinions on history and symbol-
ism as opinions emanating from Grand Lodge. In
some lodges more attention is being given to the
history of our own Grand Lodge, and more interest
is being created by an open discussion on such per-
tinent questions as, "Why have we fraternal rela-
tions with some Grand Lodges and not with others"?
or "What privileges, if any, has a non-affiliate
Mason"? and so on. We believe this to be a move
in the right direction, creating and maintaining an
interest and enthusiasm that is at once most stimu-
lating and gratifying. A more intensive study of
our Grand Lodge Proceedings might very well be
undertaken. Therein you will find a wealth of in-
formation of importance to all who are interested
in the trend of Masonic thought. Progress of our
own and other Grand Lodges, changes planned in
our educational or benevolent work, decisions given
on important questions, all these and many other
matters you will find impartially dealt with.
The discussion of Masonic education perhaps
suggests the question of Masonic magazines. Owing
to various conditions the Masonic periodicals pub-
lished in our Jurisdiction have no doubt encountered
rather stormy financial seas and the publishers are
to be commended for their continued effort, in the
face of existing difficulties, in endeavouring to place
2S6 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
in the hands of our membership a periodical devoted
to Masonic activities. However, it is an acknowl-
edged fact that advertisers, and advertising agencies
do not patronize fraternal publications very gener-
ously, with the result that the publishers have to
depend upon subscription renewals which are prov-
ing insufficient, in most cases, to meet the cost of
production. Even with the financial support, Grand
Lodge has been able to render in the past, it would
appear that the problem is becoming increasingly
acute, and requires immediate attention, if the
publications are to continue to function.
Our system of District Deputy Grand Masters
has proved most successful and has been favourably
commented upon by Masonic writers in other juris-
dictions. The importance of well skilled, energetic
and efficient District Deputy Grand Masters cannot
be over-estimated, and we believe we have been
comparatively well served in this capacity during
the past year. To make a success of his work the
District Deputy Grand Master should possess cer-
tain outstanding qualifications, but no substitute
has yet been found to take the place of sound com-
mon sense. Among other things it is his prerogative
for the time being to represent the Most Worshipful,
the Grand Master, in maintaining the dignity of the
Craft. His duties are very clearly defined in Sec-
tions 66 to 67 of the Constitution, and with these
he should be familiar at all times. He will answer
all correspondence promptly, keep in close touch
with the activities of the various lodges, and inform
the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, from time
to time of the condition of Masonry in his district.
He will not exceed his authority by presuming to
interfere in matters over which he has no jurisdic-
tion, nor will he hesitate to take a firm stand when
occasion necessitates it. He will not cheapen his
office by attempting to appear at each and every
Masonic function in his district, nor will he refrain
from appearing where his presence as representative
of the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, makes
it imperative that he should be present. His last
official act is to prepare in duplicate a summary of
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the condition of Masonry in his district. Having
had the privilege for some years of analyzing these
reports, we must confess that here is a field of op-
portunity awaiting the touch of originality. Your
Committee is of the opinion that these reports
should contain more of what they are intended to
convey, and less about unimportant details, more
about the progress of Masonry, and less about what
functions were attended, more about how Masonry
might be improved and less about who were present
at a certain meeting, more about the problems
peculiar to the district, and less about introductions
and social activities.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Ritual is the
basis of all our Masonic work, we find from time to
time that some zealous and enthusiastic brother or
brethren deem it expedient on their own behalf to
introduce some innovation or innovations for which
there is absolutely no authority in the work as laid
down for us. The Ritual is our Masonic declaration
of principles and procedure, serving the Mason in
somewhat the same manner as the catechism serves
the churchman. It provides us with the designs with
which, without substitution of any nature on our
part, we are to carry on with our work. Conse-
quently your Committee is of the unanimous opinion
that no innovations, either in our Ritual or Installa-
tion Ceremony, shall be introduced without the pro-
per authority. We have a committee consisting of
the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, and the
Past Grand Masters, who are the custodians of our
work and whose duty it is to recommend to Grand
Lodge any changes which they in their wisdom
deem expedient. Until such procedure has been
adopted we must not attempt to make any substi-
tutions whatever on our own responsibility, remem-
bering that Freemasonry, the oldest and most
conservative in the affairs of men, would suffer an
irreparable loss were we to condone the tampering
in any manner with established procedure.
The problem of conservation of our membership
would appear to be of a perennial nature, and the
stemming of the tide of depletions, which of late
288 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
years has been all too evident, is still very vital and
necessary. In all fraternal organizations ebb and
flow in membership are to be expected, and are
conditioned upon the laws of cause and effect; but
a continuous ebb should be regarded seriously, and
the reason for this condition should be sought out,
and if possible, a remedy found to rectify such a
situation. The Craft, however, amongst many
similar organizations, does not stand alone in having
to face this problem at the present time. Whatever
the reason for this may be, it is certainly not due
to the inability of Masonry to meet the needs of
the changing world of to-day, for its principles are
based on truth and virtue, and these are unchange-
able and imperishable since their source is in the
Creator of the Universe. The practical question is
how to retain our membership in a vital and active
relationship. Much has been said on this subject,
and much more might be said, but your Committee
are of the opinion that the onus for the welfare of
a lodge rests primarily upon the body corporate of
the fellowship of the lodge membership. A luke-
warm or incompetent Worshipful Master and indif-
ferent or careless officers, cannot but be a drag upon
the efficiency of the lodge ; nevertheless it is the
responsibility of all the members to see that nothing
is allowed to militate against wholesome progress.
To this end serious thought should be given, and
plans made to ensure, not only continuous and ade-
quate Masonic instruction, but also that as far as
possible every brother should be given a concrete
piece of work to do. Most men who enter Masonry
have a sincere desire to understand it, to know what
it is all about, and this desire should be met from
the very beginning, by guiding them along the
pilgrim way of Masonic enquiry and research. It
could and should be the beginning of an endless
adventure of exploration, bringing satisfaction and
joy not only into their own lives, but the lives of
those whom they touch along the way. Conservation
of membership, then, and the general welfare of the
lodge, rest mainly, if not entirely, with the lodge
itself.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 289
And finally, Most Worshipful Sir, as you are
about to lay down the gavel which you have so
capably held during the past two years, your Com-
mittee expresses its appreciation of the outstanding
contribution which you have made to the welfare of
the Craft. Possessing unusual natural ability, a
pleasing personality, a liberal education, a wide ex-
perience, a genuine love of the fraternity, having
but one conception of right, firm in your ideals, true
to your convictions, unswerving in your adherence
to the ancient usages and customs of the Craft,
without swank or sophistry you have won the af-
fections of your brethren to a most remarkable
degree. Our fraternity has greatly benefited by
your devoted service, and on behalf of your brethren
we express the fervent hope, and earnest desire
that in the years to come you and your household
may be abundantly blessed with health, content-
ment, and happiness.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
H. J. ALEXANDER,
Chairman.
GUEST SPEAKS
R.W. Bro. James W. Persons, Grand Marshal
of New York, when addressing Grand Lodge at the
request of the Grand Master, said that Masonry has
one fundamental — it treats every man as an indi-
vidual, not collectively, with a right and a responsi-
bility as such. His short address was warmly
applauded.
THE WIGGINS FAMILY
The Grand Master, after congratulating them,
introduced the Wiggins family of Bancroft Lodge,
No. 482, whose great masonic record is almost
without equal in our jurisdiction.
290 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
The report was presented by R.W. Bro. John
Ness, Chairman, and on motion of the Deputy Grand
Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. John Ness, it was
received and adopted.
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.,
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario :
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren: —
In these days of strain and stress, it has become
a chronic habit with many Masons to turn up the
whites of their eyes and wail "0 temporal Mores!"
We of the Library Committee prefer to identify
ourselves with the more optimistic and "point with
pride" to the steadily increasing number of Masons
who are making good use of the library, rather than
"view with alarm" the thousands whose shadow has
yet to darken the door of that Sanctum Sanctorum
of Masonic knowledge.
The motto of the library might well be, "they
also serve who only stand and wait", for it cannot
begin to function until the lodge has done its duty.
Once the constituent body has inspired, not merely
recommended, its members to make a daily advance-
ment in Masonic knowledge, the Mason will gravi-
tate to the library in the natural course of events
and it is our duty and privilege to see that the
pitcher is not broken at the fountain to the detri-
ment of those who would fain slake this acquired
thirst.
The lodges are gradually awakening to the rea-
lization that a well-informed Mason is an asset and,
aided and abetted by the heroic example of the Com-
mittee on Masonic Education, they are endeavouring
to provoke a spirit of enquiry amongst the brethren.
This is reflected in the growing demands which are
being made on the facilities of the library and this
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 291
year 658 volumes were issued through our circula-
ting section, an increase of 14% over the preceding
twelve months.
The point has been raised that the two weeks
allowed for books on loan is inadequate for readers
in more remote parts of the jurisdiction. It will
be appreciated that a stipulated period is essential
if books which are in demand are to be kept in cir-
culation, but the librarian has always been very gen-
erous in his interpretation of the regulations and
time required in transit is not charged against the
reader. After all, one can do a lot of reading in two
weeks and few Masonic volumes compete in verbosity
with "Gone with the wind".
The numbers who avail themselves of our refer-
ence section are a barometer of the activity of the
local lodges along educational lines. During the past
twelve months 270 brethren sought the expert
knowledge and advice of the librarian in pursuing
their researches.
With the co-operation of the thirty-five District
Deputies we suggested a course of reading for stu-
dents of the several degrees and the increased de-
mand for the books recommended indicated that the
advice had been well received. We also suggested
that the Deputies themselves might profit by reading
McBride's "Speculative Masonry" and it was neces-
sary to add eight additional copies of that work to
our stock to keep pace with the demand.
That was one of our few purchases, for we had
to exercise that rigid economy, of which a dead
Scotsman is the alleged symbol, in order to take care
of an over-draft from the previous year. Unless we
are prepared to run the library on a loose-leaf sys-
tem, it will be necessary to loosen the purse-strings
a little further, so that we may renovate the dog-
eared favourites and add to our collection. An
assessment of one dollar per year from each lodge
in the jurisdiction would seem a small price to pay
for library dues, and the consequent improvement
292 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
in our facilities would react to the advantage of the*
studious Mason.
To compensate in some measure for our inabil-
ity to augment our resources, valuable additions
were made to our shelves through the kindness of
interested brethren and friends. Our thanks are
extended to the following:
Mrs. G. Wanless (25 volumes) ; Estate of the
late R.W. Bro. Baynes-Reed (12 volumes) ; W. Bro.
D. Knoop of Manchester University ; V. W. Bro. Wm.
Moull (6 volumes) ; Geoffrey de St. Aldemar Pre-
ceptory; Bro. C. H. Yates, Michigan; United Mas-
ters Lodge of Research, Auckland, N.Z.; W. B.
Hickox, Illinois; Ossian Lang, Grand Historian of
the Grand Lodge of New York; F. P. Strickland,
Kansas; J. H. Tatsch, Boston; Rev. Wm. Miller, V.
S. Stevens and R.W. Bro. Ekblad of Toronto.
From every part of the world we receive Ma-
sonic magazines, the latest addition being "The
Cable Tow" published in Manila, and these consti-
tute an attraction to the patrons of our reference
section. It is to be regretted that we are not in a
position to index and file these magazines for future
generations of Masons, but we distribute them, as
they accumulate, to less favoured parts of the juris-
diction.
Our embryo museum has been enriched by gifts
from Sharon Lodge ; the estate of V.W. Bro. Thomas
New and Bro. Tatsch whilst, through the co-opera-
tion of the Toronto brethren, we now possess a com-
plete set of the Toronto Masonic Directory from
1910-1935.
The Toronto Society for Masonic Study and Re-
search is meanwhile compiling a bibliography of
Canadian Masonic publications which should prove
valuable to anyone studying the history of the Craft
in this Dominion. If funds are available we might
well contribute to its publication, once it is com-
pleted.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 293
It is an axiom that constant dripping wears
away a stone. By regularly and repeatedly bringing
the advantages of the library to the attention of the
brethren we hope to awaken their curiosity and ulti-
mately their interest. Our best medium of publicity
is the lodge circular and we have little complaint to
make regarding the co-operation of the Masters and
Secretaries of at least two-thirds of the lodges.
Criticism has reached us about the stereotyped na-
ture of these notices. We tried to remedy this inso-
far as the Toronto Lodges were concerned, but lack
of funds prevented us from circularizing the whole
jurisdiction. This omission, we hope, will be reme-
died next year.
The library has a great asset in its librarian,
Bro. N. W. J. Haydon, whose knowledge of Masonic
literature is only surpassed by the zeal with which
he seeks to advise and assist those who make use of
its facilities. During the year he has addressed 350
correspondents and given, as well as received, much
of interest and value.
The thanks of the Committee must be tendered
to the Masonic Temple Corporation which, through
its Chairman and employees, has afforded us every
possible courtesy.
Masonry possesses great and invaluable privi-
leges, not the least of which is the opportunity of
cultivating the mind through a study of the re-
corded experiences of the thinkers of all time. Your
library is a key which will unlock this treasure-
house — Why not use it?
Your Library Committee deplores the loss, in
the prime of life and in the midst of his labours, of
one of its members R.W. Bro. D. G. McGregor, to
whose passing fitting reference will doubtless be
made elsewhere.
294 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
All of which is respectfully and fraternally
submitted.
G. W. G. GAULD,
S. W. ALEXANDER,
H. L. MARTYN,
J. NESS, Chairman.
GUEST SPEAKS
R.W. Bro. Dewey H. Hesse, Senior Grand Warden
of Michigan, assured the brethren that he had been
very greatly impressed with the way our meeting
was conducted and congratulated the several chair-
men on the excellence of their reports. He deemed
it a great honour and pleasure to attend this Annual
Communication.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
AND SUPPLIES
The report of this Committee was presented by
R.W. Bro. J. B. Smith, Chairman, and on motion of
the Deputy Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro.
J. B. Smith, it was received and adopted.
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.,
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren: —
The Committee on Printing and Supplies, con-
sisting of R.W. Bros. R. F. Richardson, W. T.
Cameron, P. S. Kingston, F. J. McLeod and myself
beg to report as follows: —
The detailed analysis of the expenditure for
printing and supplies shows a slight increase over
the previous year, owing to "special work" which is
required periodically. The figures for the year end-
ing Mav 31st, 1939, are:—
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 295
Constitutions _ $ 761.50
Proceedings 1938 and Mailing Boxes 2,123.45
Printed Forms 67.23
Circulars 44.33
Christmas Cards ..... 55.62
Office Stationery and Supplies 142.87
Ceremonies, Funeral and Memorial Services 217.08
Stationery, Grand Lodge Officers and Past Grand
Masters - - 194.90
Special Printing 1,549.80
$5,156.68
Tlie splendid work being performed by the
Chairmen of other Grand Lodge Committees, and
Grand Lodge Officials, is proven by the promptitude
with which they furnish copy to enable the Printing
Committee to complete its work at Grand Lodge.
This co-operation is greatly appreciated.
Fraternally and respectfully submitted,
BIRNIE SMITH,
Chairman.
CALLED OFF
At 4.45 o'clock in the afternoon the Grand Mas-
ter declared Grand Lodge adjourned until 9 o'clock
on the following morning.
CALLED ON
Grand Lodge resumed labor at 9 o'clock in the
forenoon, Thursday, July 20th, 1939, the Grand
Master on the Throne.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC
EDUCATION
The report was read by R.W. Bro. W. H.
Gregory, Chairman, and on motion of the Deputy
Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. W. H. Greg-
ory, it was received and adopted.
296 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
To the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
Your Committee on Masonic Education, com-
posed of R.W. Bro. W. H. Gregory (Chairman),
M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington, R.W. Bros. E. G.
Dixon, C. W. Robb, John Ness, J. A. M. Hay, N. C.
Hart, Ernest Tailby, S. L. W. Harton, H. G. Ginn,
R. B. Pow, H. L. Martyn and V.W. Bro. J. F. Argue,
reports as follows:
During the past year there has been evident an
increasing understanding of the objective of the
educational programme of Grand Lodge, which aims
to develop in Freemasons an intelligent understand-
ing that Freemasonry is a beautiful system of mor-
ality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.
The brethren have also displayed an expanding de-
sire to participate in the march toward that goal.
Taking up the work of organization where it
paused a year ago, your Committee received the ful-
lest measure of support from the leaders of Masonry
in the various districts. So devoted and sincere
were the efforts of the District Deputy Grand Mas-
ters that it is now possible to report that in every
district of this Grand Jurisdiction there is some
form of organization directed to the furtherance of
Masonic Education. The forms and methods vary
to a considerable extent, but it is believed that there
should be sufficient elasticity in our plans to permit
local problems to be studied and solved by those
familiar with local conditions. With this purpose
the complete autonomy of the respective districts
has been preserved with your Committee seeking
only to give guidance and inspiration. Under au-
thority of Grand Lodge, your Committee has ap-
pointed District Chairmen who are supported by
their respective District Committees. The members
of these District Committees are called Supervisors
TORONTO ONTARIO, 1939 297
of Masonic Education and are appointed by and hold
office at the pleasure of the Committee of Grand
Lodge on Masonic Education.
Lodge Committees
Your Committee believes that the place of Ma-
sonic Education is in the lodge and that the time to
commence it is at, or even before, initiation. A gen-
eral progress has been made in the establishment of
Lodge Committees. If they have the proper enthusi-
asm and discretion, they can and will impart to the
initiate the fundamentals of Masonic traditions, en-
courage his thoughts to penetrate through the veil
of Masonic symbolism and kindle within his heart
the consuming fire of Masonic zeal. Nor will their
work cease with the sublime degree. Acting under
the direction of the Master, they will guide the edu-
cational activities of the lodge and assist in de-
veloping the brethren's conception of Masonry.
There is nothing forced or artificial about true
Masonic Education. It should be as natural and pro-
gressive as a child's gradual experience in walking
or speech or general knowledge. Your Committee
therefore stresses the necessity of avoiding abstruse
discussions in ordinary lodge meetings. Deep
philosophy and advanced research are properly con-
sidered in study groups and should not be deemed
to be within the scope of our present programme,
Lodge Committees are urged to interest, not alien-
ate, the brethren ; be content for the present to keep
a lighthouse rather than chart the heavens. Lodge
Committees are proving their value as training-
schools for officers and this phase of their work is
particularly approved.
Masonic Study
Your Committee issued to the District Commit-
tees a suggested syllabus or outline of topics for
study or discussion. It is not intended to be final
and authoritative, but is designed to assist those
actively engaged in directing local educational work.
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With the assistance of the Grand Chaplain and
Bro. Haydon, Grand Lodge Librarian, (with grate-
ful acknowledgment), your Committee also issued a
short and decidedly noncomprehensive list of books
available by way of loan from the Library which
might be considered to be elementary texts supple-
mentary to the suggested syllabus.
Your Committee begs leave to append these
publications to this report.
Past Masters' Associations
Your Committee gratefully acknowledges the
support given to our educational programme by
Past Masters' Associations. There are now at least
twenty-six of these Associations and most of them
welcome the opportunity of assisting the District
Deputy Grand Master and the District Committee
on Masonic Education.
The possibilities of an intelligently directed As-
sociation are unlimited. In fact it is difficult to
conceive that education can progress, or Masonry it-
self prosper, without the aid of the Masters of the
Craft.
In addition to their normal function of pro-
moting a complete unity among the lodges, in many
Districts they have sponsored educational meetings,
have co-operated with the District Deputy Grand
Master in the holding of Lodges of Instruction, and
in general have shouldered the chief responsibility
for the success of this work of Masonic Education.
Lodges of Instruction
More and more Districts have held Lodges of
Instruction this year. The Grand Master's Depu-
ties have displayed a remarkable zeal in directing
their energies toward the enlightenment and in-
spiration of the brethren in their respective dis-
tricts. They understood that it is important not
to quench the growing interest in Masonic know-
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 299
ledge and were careful to cause these Lodges of
Instruction to be conducted in such manner as to
convey information in an interesting- manner and
avoid the pitfall of profitless and endless discussion,.
Progress
Your Committee is pleased to report a general
manifestation of progress in this work, a quickened
interest and a readier acceptance of its value. It has
found a tendency in some places to consider a suc-
cessful term as an end achieved or as the complete
satisfaction of a need. Your Committee wishes to
emphasize the never-ending nature of this work; it
starts anew with each Entered Apprentice and
there are no graduates.
Your Committee is not aware of any district in
which there has not been progress, not only in or-
ganization, but also in inspiration.
Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and London are all
particularly well organized and are served by active
and efficient Committees. It is apparent from their
lodge notices that Masonic Education is an impor-
tant part of their work. Not only are the Chairmen
and Supervisors in these cities looking after their
own duties, but they are also unselfishly giving of
their time and energy in assisting their neighbour-
ing districts.
From Toronto comes word that "remarkable
progress" is being made. The District Deputy
Grand Masters have considered themselves person-
ally responsible and have worked in close harmony
with their Committees.
In Ottawa there were large attendances at
Lodges of Instruction and a general interest in Ma-
sonic Education. The lodges seem to prefer to lay
down their own programmes, with a view to main-
taining the interest of the members, and this atti-
tude is indeed commendable.
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The Hamilton Districts have co-operated in
holding- classes for the instruction of junior officers.
The subjects included Qualifications and Duties of
an Officer, Ancient Landmarks, the Constitution;
Symbolism of the Three Degrees, and various other
points which may be inferred. Any Master Mason
was free to attend and the attendance was very
gratifying. Classes were sponsored by the Masters'
and Wardens' Association of Hamilton and will be
continued next fall.
London reports an active year featured by
many Masonic addresses and discussions in lodges
and by well-attended Lodges of Instruction.
These are urban centres where it is compara-
tively easy to organize and obtain an attendance at
a meeting. It may therefore be regarded as more
encouraging to hear the news from the smaller
cities and from the districts that are sparsely
settled, vast of area and difficult to travel.
Wellington District, containing three prosper-
ous cities as well as other thriving towns, has a
complete organization, with a Committee for each
lodge. The District Chairman has requested his
lodge committees to interview each candidate be-
fore initiation and give him appropriate admonition.
In Windsor the work is making steady progress
and the various Committees are working diligently.
In Algoma the lodge committees have been
doing good work while Eastern District reports con-
siderable progress.
St. Lawrence District has a good Past Masters'
and Wardens' Association which takes an active in-
terest in Masonic Education. Indeed, the progress
of the work with which this Committee is charged
seems to depend on the interest of this and similar
Associations.
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From Temiskaming, Nipissing and Frontenac
come encouraging reports, indicating that a deter-
mined effort will overcome many difficulties.
It would be tedious to include in this report ex-
cerpts from all the districts, but it may be sufficient
to say that they harmonize in tone and not a dis-
cordant note has sounded.
Appreciation
Your Committee wishes to submit a recorded
expression of its appreciation of the Masonic work
being carried on by many hundreds of our brethren
in this jurisdiction. Untiring, unselfish, actuated by
a love of the work and of the Brotherhood, they are
constantly engaged in beautifying the Temple of
Masonry. Nameless and unidentified though they
must be, their work is their reward.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally
submitted.
W. H. GREGORY,
Chairman.
APPENDIX "A"
OUTLINE OF TOPICS FOR STUDY OR DISCUSSION
I. HISTORY:—
1. Ancient Mysteries.
2. Roman Colleges and the Comacine Masters.
3. The Guilds.
4. The Transition Period, 1600—1717.
5. St. John the Baptist's Day, 1717.
6. The Ancients and the Moderns.
7. Early Days of the Craft in British North America.
8. The Union of 1858.
9. The Grand Lodge of Canada.
II. JURISPRUDENCE:—
1. The Landmarks of Masonry.
2. The Constitution and Ancient Charges.
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3. Powers and Duties of the Grand Master, D.D.G.M.
and W.M.
4. Grand Lodge and How it Functions.
5. Laws and Rules of Procedure.
6. Suspensions; Dimits; Masonic Trials.
III. SYMBOLISM AND PHILOSOPHY:—
1. Origin and Meaning of the Preparation of the Candi-
date.
2. The Preliminary Questions.
3. The Altar.
4. The Greater and Lesser Lights.
5. Origin and Development of the Apron.
6. Penalties.
7. The Lectures and Working Tools.
8. Import of words, phrases and references occurring
in the work far too numerous to mention.
IV. GENERAL:—
1. The Grand Master's Address to Grand Lodge.
2. Reports of Committees on Benevolence, Masonic
Education and Condition of Masonry.
3. Fraternal Correspondence.
4. The Mason, the Lodge and the Community.
V. FOR THE NOVICES:—
Presentation of any of the above topics should
be so simple that they may be readily understood
and assimilated by any brother. In addition, there
should be special classes in each lodge where ele-
mentary and interesting knowledge of the Craft and
the lodge in relation to its members would be pre-
sented to all candidates. The District Committees
should give leadership and instruction to Lodge
Committees in this important work, (see Report of
Committee on Masonic Education, 1938 G.L. Pro-
ceedings).
APPENDIX "B"
MASONIC READING
I. HISTORY:—
1. Grand Lodge of England, (G. W. Daynes).
2. Freemasonry Before Grand Lodges, (L. Vibert).
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939 303
3. Freemasonry in Canada, (O. Sheppard).
4. Grand Lodge of Canada, (W. S. Herrington).
II. JURISPRUDENCE:—
1. The "Old Charges", (Rev. H. Poole).
2. The Book of Constitution.
III. SYMBOLISM AND PHILOSOPHY:—
1. The Builders, (Rev. J. F. Newton).
2. Thoughts on Masonic Symbolism, (G. C. Hunt).
3. Symbolism of the Three Degrees, (O. D. Street).
IV. RITUAL:—
1. Handbooks of the Craft Degrees, (J. S. M. Ward).
2. Examination of the Masonic Ritual, (M. Sanderson).
V. GENERAL:—
1. Speculative Freemasonry, (A. S. McBride).
2. British Masonic Miscellany (20 Books).
3. The Plan, (W. W. Cooper).
4. These Men Were Masons, (H. S. Banner).
5. Lodge in Friendship Village, (P. W. George).
6. Brothers and Builders, (9 addresses by Rev. J. F.
Newton).
7. Foreign Countries, (C. H. Claudy).
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
GRIEVANCES AND APPEALS
The report was presented by R.W. Bro. T. H.
Simpson, Chairman, and on motion of the Deputy
Grand Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. T. H. Simp-
son, it was received and adopted.
It was further moved by the Deputy Grand
Master, seconded by R.W. Bro. T. H. Simpson, that
Clause 9 only of this report be printed in the Annual
Proceedings.
Clause 9. Trent Lodge, No. 38, G.R.C., Trenton, vs.
Marmora Lodge, No. 222, G.R.C., Marmora.
This is a charge by Trent Lodge that Bro. G. McElwain
had been initiated in Marmora Lodge while residing within
the jurisdiction of Trent Lodge. He was a school teacher
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at Glen Miller and earned his living there at the date of
initiation. It is claimed the candidate, being unmarried, had
not established residence with his parents at Marmora and
came to Glen Miller in time for work on Monday mornings
returning to Marmora on Friday evenings. The same ar-
rangement prevailed regarding vacation periods and holi-
days. His principal belongings were kept at his parents'
home in Marmora. For voting purposes in the 1937 Provincial
Election the County Judge had ruled that his legal residence
was Marmora.
According to a Ruling of the Grand Master in 1930
(page 53 of Proceedings), "A man, unmarried, earns his
livelihood in (A) while his parents reside in (B). He is
not dependent upon them and must apply in (A)." There
was another Ruling in 1891 (page 55), "A man whose occu-
pation calls him from home ten months of the year can
be initiated only in the lodge at his home."
Trent Lodge contends that under the 1930 Ruling the
candidate is properly resident within their jurisdiction.
The Most Worshipful the Grand Master appointed a Com-
mission composed of three Past Masters, R. W. Bros. J. W.
Barlow and J. O. Herity and Wor. Bro. W. C. Embury and
the District Deputy Grand Master, R.W. Bro. R. D. Adams,
as Chairman. The Commission, after hearing the parties,
were unanimous in their decision that as these two Rulings
seemed contradictory the residence of the candidate, in their
opinion was Marmora but intimated that they would like
to see the decision appealed to avoid future misunderstand-
ings. Trent Lodge appealed and the matter came before
this Committee. After hearing the parties the Committee
is of the opinion in this particular case, that Marmora Lodge
had original jurisdiction and had not lost that jurisdiction.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE GRAND
MASTER'S ADDRESS
The report on the Grand Master's Address was
presented by M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington, Chairman,
and on motion of the Deputy Grand Master, seconded
by M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington, was received and
adopted.
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers
and Members of Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of
Canada, in the Province of Ontario.
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren:
It is always difficult to analyze the feelings of
the brethren assembled at Grand Lodge as they
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 305
listen to the valedictory address of a retiring- Grand
Master. For two years he has been their chosen
leader, counsellor and friend. On the morrow the
gavel, the symbol of his high office, will pass into
other hands. Thereafter his will be but a single
voice among the 100,000 who paid him homage dur-
ing the term of his leadership but his influence upon
the Craft will go on forever. It can be truly said
of M.W. Brother Dunlop that he has more than
fulfilled our highest expectations. His final address
is typical of the scores of others that he has deliv-
ered throughout the Jurisdiction, teeming with wise
counsel, a warm and personal solicitude for the wel-
fare of all his brethren and a hopeful view of the
future of our beloved Order. He touched a sympa-
thetic chord in all our hearts in his reference to
the far reaching effects of the recent visit of Their
Majesties to this continent and the continued Royal
patronage of Freemasonry by the installation of His
Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent, as Grand Master
of the Mother Grand Lodge of the World. We have
cause to rejoice that we are being so worthily rep-
resented at that sublime ceremony in the persons of
M.W. Bros. Dargavel and Copus.
The Grand Master has done more than could
have reasonably been expected of him in so
thoroughly visiting every part of our own Jurisdic-
tion and in carrying our greetings to so many other
Grand Lodges. We believe he has exceeded all of
his predecessors in his missionary work by visiting
no fewer than seven other Grand Jurisdictions.
Your Committee heartily concurs in the views
of the Grand Master that the oft-repeated warning
cannot be too strongly emphasized that Freemasonry
is not a philanthropic institution in a monetary
sense. If your Committee may be permitted to ex-
press an opinion upon this subject it is that we be-
lieve if the motives of prospective candidates were
more carefully scrutinized there would be fewer
demands upon our benevolent fund. The Grand
Master performed a useful service in causing to be
sent to every lodge a copy of the "Aims and Rela-
306 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
tionships of the Craft" promulgated by the United
Grand Lodge of England. We believe that the stan-
dard of Freemasonry in this Province would be
raised to a higher level if means were devised to
place a copy in the hands of every brother.
It is to be hoped that every incoming District
Deputy Grand Master will read, re-read and inward-
ly digest that part of the Address which clearly and
succinctly defines the duties of their high office.
Your Committee reports favourably upon the
recommendation of the Grand Master that the rank
of Past District Deputy Grand Master be conferred
posthumously upon the late Douglas Guy McGregor,
District Deputy Grand Master of Toronto "D", that
the rank of Past Master be similarly conferred upon
the late W. Bro. John Gourlay, Worshipful Master
of Cathedral Lodge, No. 643, and that the rank of
Past Master be conferred upon Bro. Harry Maddock
of Middlesex Lodge, No. 379, Bryanston.
Your Committee is in full accord with the rul-
ings of the Grand Master that it is permissible to
have a band at a Masonic funeral and that it is not
necessary that the members of the band or the pall-
bearers be Masons.
Your Committee approves the appointment of
Right Worshipful Brother G. C. Bonnycastle and
Right Worshipful Brother J. Birnie Smith to the
well merited position of Honorary Members of the
Board of General Purposes.
Your Committee is of opinion that the appoint-
ment of a Custodian of the Work as suggested by
the Grand Master would lighten the burden of a
Grand Master and in no way impair the efficiency
of our ceremonies but on the contrary would have
a tendency to secure greater uniformity. We, there-
fore, recommend that the suggestion be adopted both
as to the manner of appointment and the duties of
the brother so appointed.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 307
As our Order is measured by the man in the
street, by the standard of living of its individual
member, it is to be hoped that every brother
Mason will ponder thoughtfully over that portion qf
the address that urges a sincere participation in the
activities of that religious denomination to which
he belongs. How could he do otherwise if he has
dedicated himself to that mode of living taught him
in the lodge room?
Your Committee is of the opinion that Free-
masonry has done much towards cementing the
friendly relation that happily exists between our
country and the neighboring republic and that we
should associate ourselves with every means of
strengthening that bond. The annual conference at
Washington of representatives of all the Grand
Lodges of the United States affords an excellent op-
portunity of furthering that end. We, therefore,
join in the recommendation of the Grand Master
that the invitation to join the conference be grate-
fully accepted and that the customary fee be paid.
Your Committee endorses the suggestion of the
Grand Master that in awarding the Veteran's Medal
the rules governing the same may be relaxed under
special circumstances if, in the opinion of the Grand
Master, the applicant is, upon a general survey of
the case, worthy of the coveted honour.
Your Committee agrees with the ruling of the
Grand Master that the formalities named by him
should be strictly observed by any group of Masons
desiring to exemplify a degree in another Grand
Jurisdiction.
No one is in a better position to form an accur-
ate opinion of the progress our Craft is making in
our Province than the Grand Master and his optim-
istic declaration that it "is going on to new and
greater triumphs" is largely due to his own efforts
to inspire the brethren to take a more serious view
of their privilege and responsibility. We congratu-
late him upon the happy conclusion of a most sue-
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cessful term of office and pray that he may long
be spared to render useful service to our Order to
which he has given such valuable leadership.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. S. HERRINGTON,
Chairman.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
CREDENTIALS
The report was presented by V.W. Bro. J. W.
Hamilton, Chairman, and on motion of the Deputy
Grand Master, seconded by V.W. Bro. J. W. Hamil-
ton, it was received and adopted.
To the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, Officers,
and Members of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.,
of Canada, in the Province of Ontario:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brethren: —
Your Committee on Credentials begs to report:
There are on the Register of Grand Lodge 568
Warranted Lodges.
Represented at the Communication:
By Regular Officers 374
By Proxies 103
By Past Masters 39
Total Lodges Represented 516
Total Number of Delegates Registered 2,921
With a total vote of 3,713
All of which is fraternally submitted.
J. W. HAMILTON,
Chairman.
It is to be noted that this is the largest regis-
tration in our history.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 309
GUESTS SPEAK
M. Ex. Comp. William Y. Mills, Past Grand First
Principal, Royal Arch Masons of Canada, V.W. Bro.
J. S. Wright, Past Grand Steward of the Eastern
Division of the Cape of Good Hope, and R.W. Bro.
Willis E. Cushing, P.D.D.G.M. of New York, each
spoke in turn and were warmly received by the
brethren.
OBLIGATION OF SCRUTINEERS
The Scrutineers and their Chairman, V.W. Bro.
Ernest B. Thompson, were admitted to Grand Lodq;e
and on attending at the Altar, were obligated by the
Grand Secretary.
RE WELLINGTON LODGE, NO. 271
M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington stated that by
resolution of the Board of General Purposes it had
been recommended that Grey and Wellington Dis-
tricts hold a joint meeting on Wednesday, July 19th,
to deal with the application of Wellington Lodge,
No. 271, to be transferred from Grey District to
Wellington. He had been informed that such a
meeting had not been held and consequently he
moved, seconded by the Deputy Grand Master, that
the question be referred to a Committee to be ap-
pointed by the Grand Master, to be reported on at
the next Annual Communication of Grand Lodge.
The motion was carried.
BALLOTING
At 10.10 a.m. the Grand Master declared the
next order of business to be the balloting for the
election of Grand Lodge Officers.
BALLOTING CLOSED
At 11.10 a.m. the Grand Master declared the
"balloting closed.
310 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
CALLED OFF
At 11.20 a.m. Grand Lodge was called off until
2 p.m.
CALLED ON
The labors of Grand Lodge were resumed at
2 o'clock in the afternoon of July 20th, the Grand
Master on the Throne.
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF SCRUTINEERS
V.W. Bro. E. B. Thompson, Chairman, presented
the report of the Committee of Scrutineers and on
motion of the Deputy Grand Master, seconded by
V.W. Bro. E. B. Thompson, it was received and
adopted and the Grand Master accordingly declared
the following to be duly elected.
Grand Master M.W. Bro. J. A. Dobbie
Deputy Grand Master R.W. Bro. J. A. McRae
Grand Senior Warden R.W. Bro. F. H. England
Grand Junior Warden - R.W. Bro. B. C. Beasley
Grand Chaplain R.W. Bro. Thomas Eakin
Grand Treasurer M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland
Grand Secretary R.W. Bro. E. G. Dixon
Grand Registrar R.W. Bro. H. R. Boal
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES
R.W. Bro. C. S. Hamilton Toronto
R.W. Bro. E. T. Howe - Windsor
R.W. Bro. Smith Shaw Toronto
R.W. Bro. 0. J. Newell - Hamilton
R.W. Bro. W. C. N. Marriott Ottawa
INSTALLATION OF GRAND MASTER
The newly elected Grand Master, M.W. Bro. J.
A. Dobbie, was presented by M.W. Bro. W. J. Dun-
lop and was then installed by M.W. Bro. J. A.
Rowland.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 311
INSTALLATION OF DEPUTY GRAND MASTER
M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland then installed the
newly elected Deputy Grand Master, R.W. Bro. John
A. McRae.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
The Grand Secretary read the list of names of
the brethren selected in the various Districts to
serve as District Deputy Grand Masters. After the
Grand Master had addressed them as they stood
before the Altar, he confirmed the selections made
and directed that they be installed and invested.
District D.D.G.M. P.O. Address
Algoma ...Oliver F. Young Port Arthur
Brant M. C. Hawley ...Paris
Bruce - _Wm. T. Baillie Cargill
Chatham Eobt. C. McCutcheon Highgate
Eastern _Donald S. Macintosh Martintown
Frontenac ..William Chapman Kingston
Georgian ...Frederick Spearing Beeton
Grey ...Thos. H. Reburn Markdale
Hamilton "A" Geo. Walker Hamilton
Hamilton "B" William Davies Chedoke P.O.
London Donald A. Ferguson St. Thomas
Muskoka Harold R. Hayward -..Scotia
Niagara "A" Joseph Backus St. Catharines
Niagara "B" F. S. Lane Niagara Falls
Nipissing East ...Herbert A. Batsford Warren
Nipissing West ...Frederick W. Colloton Sault Ste. Marie
North Huron James Neilans Londesboro
Ontario _.H. W. Mitchell Port Hope
Ottawa Jas. E. Gamble Richmond
Peterborough ...R. F. Downey _ Peterborough
Prince Edward ...Hilton McCartney Wellington
Sarnia Wm. J. Aitchison Sarnia
South Huron Stanley T. Loveys Hickson
St. Lawrence Robt. Hawkins Smiths Falls
St. Thomas Arthur Petherick West Lome
Temiskaming Chas. P. Ramsay _ Timmins
Toronto "A" S. F. Albertson Toronto
Toronto "B" G. C. Murphy Unionville
Toronto "C" A. C. Norwich Toronto
Toronto "D" E. W. Stoddard Toronto
Victoria Wm. Greig Mount Pleasant
Wellington John A. Leslie _ Milton
Western .Arthur G. Holland Kenora
Wilson Howard B. Atkinson Embro
Windsor John G. Moncrieff Windsor
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INSTALLATION
The other officers-elect together with the newly
elected District Deputy Grand Masters were then
installed and invested in due and ancient form by
M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland.
APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
The Grand Master appointed the following'
brethren members of the Board of General Purposes.
E.W. Bro. H. S. Tapscott Brantford
V.W. Bro. A. P. Freed Port Arthur
R.W. Bro. H. J. Alexander Weston
R.W. Bro. J. P. Maher Toronto
R.W. Bro. T. C. Wardley 1 Elora
and for a term of one year: —
R.W. Bro. N. C. Hart London
R.W. Bro. C. E. Clements Chatham
APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE
Grand Senior Deacon, V.W. Bro. W. J. Gibson, Kingston
Grand Junior Deacon, V.W. Bro. G. A. Bowden, Brantford
Grand Superintendent of Works, V.W. Bro. G. V. Hilborn,
Preston
Grand Director of Ceremonies, V.W. Bro. Sidney F. Smith,
Ottawa
Assistant Grand Chaplain, V.W. Bro. J. H. Atkinson, Kapus-
kasing
Assistant Grand Chaplain, V.W. Bro. R. T. C. Dwelly,
Penetang
Assistant Grand Chaplain, V.W. Bro. C. C. Waller, London
Assistant Grand Chaplain, V.W. Bro. G. A. Beatty, Balderson
Assistant Grand Secretary, V.W. Bro. Walter Carey, Toronto
Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, V.W. Bro. W. C.
Taylor, Westport
Grand Sword Bearer, V.W. Bro. John Jordan, Toronto
Grand Organist, V.W. Bro. R. C. Eggaford, Todmorden
Assistant Grand Organist, V.W. Bro. Geo. C. Matthews, St.
Thomas
Grand Pursuivant, V.W. Bro. N. B. Darrell, Fort William
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 313
GRAND STEWARDS
V.W. Bro. Jas. Allen Brantford
" G. R. Allen Fenelon Falls
" G. Harry Allen Ingersoll
" C. C. Armstrong Warkworth
" " T. C. Benson London
" D. A. Cameron Merritton
" Arnold Darroch Clifford
" R. P. Donald Bothwell
" David Eby New Hamburg
" J. F. Freure Espanola
" Oliver Geiger Fenelon Falls
" M. J. Gulley Sundridge
" " W. F. Gunning Toronto
" P. F. Hare Newcastle
" T. G. Haslam Toronto
" C. G. Johnston Essex
" L. N. Lane St. Thomas
" C. E. Laur Fort Erie North
" Fred LeGallais Englehart
" J. R. Lumby Fort William
" J. N. Marshall Meaford
" J. F. McRae Avonmore
" Jas. Menzies Watford
" C. G. Morris Delta
" H. G. Parrott Stoney Creek
" W. J. Pickard Toronto
" E. M. Readhead Campbellville
" H. S. Rood Kirkland Lake
" J. L. Runnalls North Bay
" R. A. Shields Sioux Lookout
" C. H. Smith Ailsa Craig
" Chas. Spanner Toronto
" G. N. Spencer Frankford
" R. W. Swanton Mimico
" " Harry West Fordwich
" Robert Wilson Ottawa
" M. H. Young Bath
GRAND STANDARD BEARERS
V.W. Bro. R. B. Kent Simcoe
V.W. Bro. C. C. Minor Fingal
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GRAND TYLER
Bro. John Black Ottawa
NEXT PLACE OF MEETING
The City of Toronto.
TESTIMONIAL TO GRAND MASTER
It was moved by M.W. Bro. A. J. Anderson,
seconded by M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington, and unani-
mously carried: That the Grand Master appoint a
Committee to procure a suitable testimonial for the
retiring Grand Master, M.W. Bro. W. J. Dunlop, and
that the same be procured at the expense of Grand
Lodge. Accordingly the Grand Master appointed
M.W. Bro. J. A. Rowland, Chairman, M.W. Bro. R. B.
Dargavel and M.W. Bro. A. J. Anderson
VOTE OF THANKS
On motion of M.W. Bro. A. J. Anderson, secon-
ded by M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington, it was unani-
mously resolved: That Grand Lodge extend its
grateful thanks to the Mayor and citizens of Toronto,
to the lodges in the four Toronto Districts, to the
Local Committee on Arrangements, to the Board of
Education, to the Police Department and to all other
officials who have shown such kindness to the dele-
gates and who have contributed so much towards
making this Annual Communication the great suc-
cess that it was and the largest in our history; and
that a copy of this resolution be sent to each.
GRAND LODGE CLOSED
The Grand Master announced the labors of
Grand Lodge concluded following which R.W. Bro.
S. L. W. Harton, in the absence of the Grand
Chaplain-elect, invoked the blessing of the Most
High upon the Craft.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
Grand Lodge was declared closed in Ample Form
at 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, Julv
20th, 1939.
Grand Secretary.
316 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
2j
Lodge
2|aNiagara.
3
5
6
aAnc. St. John's
aSussex
aBarton _
7 Union
9|aUnion
10|aNorfolk.
1 1 j aMoira
1 4 1 aTrue Britons
15| St. George's
16|aSt. Andrew's
17| St. John's
18|aPrince Edward
20|aSt. John's
21a|aSt. John's .
22|aKing Solomon's
23 1 Richmond
24|aSt. Francis
2 5 aloni c
26 aOntario
27laStrict Observance
28|aMt. Zion
29|aUnited _
30 j aComposite
31 1 a Jerusalem
32|aAmity
33|aMaitland
34|aThistle
35|aSt. John's
37|aKing Hiram
38|aTrent
39 1 aMount Zion
40|aSt. John's
41|aSt. George's
42|aSt. George's
43 1 King Solomon's
44|aSt. Thomas
45laBrant
46|aWellington
47|aGreat Western
48|aMadoc
50|aConsecon
5 2 [ Dalhousie
54|aVaughan
55laMerrickville
56|aVictoria
57|aHarmony
58|aDoric
61 la Acacia
62|aSt. Andrew's
63 aSt. John's
Where held
Niagara ~
Kingston
Brockville
Hamilton
Grimsby
Napanee
Simcoe
Belleville
Perth
3t. Catharines.
Toronto
Cobourg
Picton
London
Vankleek Hill...
Toronto
Richmond Hill-
Smith's Falls
Toronto ...
Port Hope
Hamilton
Kemptville
Brighton
Whitby
Bowmanville
Dunnville
Goderich
Amherstburg
Cayuga
Ingersoll
Trenton
Brooklin
Hamilton
Kingsville
London
Woodstock
St. Thomas
Brantford
Chatham
Windsor
Madoc
Consecon
Ottawa
Maple
Merrickville
Sarnia
Binbrook
Ottawa _
Hamilton
Caledonia
Carleton Place..
64 |aKil winning | London .
65|aRehoboam
66|aDurham
68|aSt. John's
691 Stirling
72|aAlma
73|aSt. James
W. Master
Toronto
Newcastle
Ingersoll....
Stirling
Gait
St. Mary's I
J. D. Cooper
C. H. Hall
F. J. Lathan
Jas. Stonehewer
R. T. Theal
W. H. Troy
B. M. Pearce
M. R. Anderson
Jas. Girdwood
H. E. Court
A.. G. Leitch _
E. F. McFadyen
filmer Collier
Harold Richmond
J. W. McCaskill
H. E. Harmon
Carl Swanson
F. G. Graves
Elliott Allen
J. R. Giffen
B. W. Sharpe
J. L. Barnes
H. B. McConnell
J. R. Frost
Edgar Staples
A.. W. Dayman _.
Robt. Bisset
W. M. Menzies
H. E. Reece
B. F. Holmes
F. W. Sherbert
[. T. Ormiston
lohn McQueen
W. N. Layman
E. W. G. Herbert..
Erie Kitchen
W. L. Hartsell
S. S. Johnson
E. A. Youngs
C .F. Martin
Lloyd Blue
Victor Brown
F. A. McDairmid
N. J. McDonald
C. L. Watt
A.. E. Sole
R. S. Gowland
J. D. McNee
\. B. Peene
Russell Thompson...
J. S. Stark
T. H. Fitzallen
S. J. Lane
D. V. H. Gibson
G. V. Wilson
H. A. Morrow
F. G. Smith
lohn Jardine
Secretary
T. W. Bishop
A. W. Cathcart
T. H. Guest
B. E. James __
C. W. Lewis—
G. T. Walters
D. G. Campbell
J. W. Cook
P. O. McLaren
C .H. Hesburn
Wm. Lawrence
Thos. Hardcastle..
W. E. Scott
R. Booth
Ken. MacKenzie
R. A. Woodley
J. E. Smith.....
C. G. Jones
D. H. Porter
F. H. Batty
R. M. Allworth
H. D. Hyndman..
I. B. Solomon
J. W. Bateman
E. H. Brown
S. W. Lymburner.
Geo. MacVicar
L. J. Pettypiece
R. H. Davey
H. T. Bower
W. J. Potts
A. J. Cook
C. F. Marshall
E. L. Frost
C. M. Linnell
A. W. Massie
F. R. Palmer
Geo. Whitwill
W. J. McCall
A. M. Wright
A. S. Cochran
W. W. Locie
H. W. Jackson
E. A. Carson
M. G. Corbett
H. W. Unsworth...
J. D. Rose
A. Ross
E. Kelly
J. Hicks
H. E. Menzies
W. Lancaster
G. H. Mitchell
J. W. Bradley
F. G. Rich
V. Richardson
A. G. Malcolm
J. W. Durr
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939
317
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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bef. F.M.
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34|Tues. on or bef.
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18 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
1°
Lodge
74|aSt.James
75| St. John's..
76|aOxford..
77|aFaithful Brethren..
78|aKingHiram
79|aSimcoe
81|aSt. John's
82|aSt. John's
83|aBeaver
84 1 Clinton
85|aRising Sun
86|aWilson
87| Markham Union
88| St. George's
90|aManito
91| Colborne
92|aCataraqui
93|aNorthern Light
94|aSt. Mark's
96|aCorinthian
97|aSharon
98| True Blue...
99| Tuscan
100| Valley
lOljaCorinthian
103|aMaple Leaf
104| St. John's
105|aSt. Mark's.
106|aBurford
1071 St. Paul's
108|Blenheim
109laAlbion
HOIaCentral
113|aWilson
114|aHope
115|alvy
116|aCassia
1181 Union
119|aMapIe Leaf.
120| Warren
121|aDoric
122|aRenfrew
123|aBelIeville
125|aCornwall
126|aGoldenRule...
127|aFranck
128! Pembroke
129| Rising Sun
131|aSt. Lawrence
133|aLebanon Forest
135|aSt. Clair
136| Richardson.
137|aPythagoras
1391 Lebanon
140|aMalahide
141|aTudor ,
142|aExcelsior
143|aFriendIy Brothers.
Where held
S. Augusta
Toronto
Woodstock
Lindsay
Tillsonburg _
Bradford
Mount Brydges
Paris
Strathroy
Clinton
Athens
Toronto
Markham
Owen Sound
Colli n g wood
Colborne
Kingston
Kincardine
Port Stanley
Barrie
Queens ville
Bolton
Newmarket
Dundas _
Peterborough
St. Catharines
Norwich
Niagara Falls
Buvford
Lambeth
Princeton
Harrowsmith
Prescott _
Water ford
Port Hope
Beamsville
Thedford
Schomberg
Bath
Fingal
Brantford
Renfrew
Belleville
Cornwall
Campbell ford
Frankford
Pembroke
Aurora
Southampton
Exeter
Milton
Stouff ville
Meaford
Oshawa
Aylmer
Mitchell
Morrisburg
Iroquois
W. Master
J. M. Steacy
J. G. Atcheson
G. E. Pieroe
C. R. Laidley
D. F. Gibson
A. O. Davey
F. W. Tull
C. A. Veigel
Neil Leitch
H. C. Lawson
D. M. Fraser
C. V. Weir
Ken Prentice
J. C. Weaver
Joseph Bull
H. W. Knight
M. Robinson
W. E. Thompson
A. S. Taylor
H. L. Jones
J. E. Baines
F. J. Henderson
B. C. Hughes
Alfred Broad
W. A. Donnelly
W. J. Davison
Robt. Fewster
Simon Sexsmith
O. A. Snider
J. D. Winter
H. D. Wight
V .B. Merrill
H. R. Pettem
H. A. Lefltr
P. R. Martin
Ernest Culp
L. E. Davidson
C. F. Kline
J. E. Thompson
C. M. Silcox
E. H. Ryerson
D. F. Adams
Frank Tulk
F. B. McMillan
H. E. Bleeker
H. C. Terry
V. E. Ives
E. J. Eveleigh
W. D. Howke
Chester Mawhinnev
J. H. Wilmott
O. M. Madill
C. F. Wallace
R. L. Kelly
J. A. Robinson
Lloyd Edighoffer
F. S. Brader
Cbas. Doran
Secretary
H. H. Throop
J. W. Brader
E. E. Dougall
C. L. Davidson
R. A. McQueen
O. M. Seim
G. E. Longfield
H. Frosch
S. Swales
H. E. Rorke
A. E. Watt
W. L. Lawer
J. W. Warriner
C. T. Waugh
D. M. Hughes
A. G. Cracknell
T. N. Clarke
J. R. McKay
H. G. Goodhue
A. H. Felt
R. G. Strasler
B. R. Leavens
R. L. Pritchard
F. A. Latshaw
R. F. Downey
A. E. Coombs
N. C. Macwhirter..
F. Trelford
A. H. Beven
R. McDougall
S. C. Robson
C. A. Copp
C. H. Ranson
R. H. Robinson
A. Mark
W. D. Fairbrother.
R. P. Bass
R. W. Stewart
D. F. Aylsworth
C. P. Silcox
J. P. Temple
J. P. Morrison
C. D. Crosby
A. W. Gammon
F. C. Bonnycastle...
G. D. Wright
C. W. Fraser
N. F. Johnson
H. R. MacNeill
R. N. Creech
R. M. Clements
K. R. Davis
W. G. Bright
W. A. Hare
Geo. Stewart.
J. A. Myers
W. C. Davy
H. Hamilton
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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88i2nd Wednesday
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4
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98|lst Friday
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4
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2
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4
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4
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126|2nd Monday
127 3rd Monday
9
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1
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131 2nd Tuesday
133;2nd Monday
135 1st Thursday
1
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320 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
Lodge
*2
144
145
146
147
148
149
151
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
161
162
164
165
166
168
169
170
171
172
174
177
178
180
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192
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209a|aSt
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217
218
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228
aTecumseh
aJ. B. Hall
aPrince of Wales...
Mississippi
aCivil Service
aErie
aGrand River
aBurns
alrving
aPeterborough
aYork
aSimpson
a Alexandra
aGoodwood
aPercy
Forest
aStar in the East.
aBurlington
aWentworth
aMerritt
aMacnab
aBritannia
aPrince of Wales ....
a Ayr
Walsingham
The Builders
Plattsville
aSpeed
aOriental
aOld Light
aEnniskillen
aPlantaganet
Belmont
aOrillia
aScotland
aPetrolia
aTuscan
Madawaska
aSaugeen
St. Alban's
aLeeds
Irvine
New Dominion
Lancaster
Evergreen
John's
Lake
aHarris
aFrederick
aStevenson
aCredit
Zeredatha
aMountain
aMarmora
aNorwood
Huron
aBernard
aPrince Arthur
Where held
Stratford
Millbrook
Newburgh
Almonte
Ottawa
Port Dover
Kitchener
Wyoming
Lucan
Peterborough
Toronto
Newboro
Oil Springs
Richmond
Warkworth
Wroxeter
Wellington
Burlington
Stoney Creek
Welland
Port Colborne. .
Seaiorth
Iona Stn
Ayr
Port Rowan
Ottawa
Plattsville
Guelph
Port Burwell
Lucknow
York
Riceville
Belmont
Orillia
Scotland
Petrolia
London
Arnprior
Walkerton
Mt. Forest
Gananoque
Elora _
New Hamburg
Lancaster
Lanark
London
<\meliasburg
Orangeville
Delhi
Toronto
Georgetown
iTxbridge
Thorold
Marmora
Norwood
Hensall
t.istowel
Odessa
W. Master
D. V. McPherson
O. R. Kidd
J. H. Ramsay
E. J. Lee
H. P. Moulton
E. M. Jaques
B. M. McNaughton.
J. J. Brooks
Harry Lusk
D. T. Crawford
E. A. Horswill
H. K. Coleman
A. McLachlan
J. J. Bannell
M. E. Smith
Victor Shera
Fred. Maxwell
W. G. Marr
W. E. Bland
N. H. Armstrong
C .F. Rogers
Chas. Holmes
M. Morris
Robt. Bain
D. A. Archibald
R. W. Lyon
Wm. Sebold
T. E. Green
H. R. Johnston
Neil McLennan
\. W. McConachie...
B. Faucett
C. A. Dumaw
E. E. Steacy
C. D. Hunter
Thos. Dalziel
A. G. Dixon
F. H. Weldon
N. R. Robertson
R. M. Grant
N. R. Gardner
J. M. Shreiber
Rov Hunter
D. F. MacRae
H. C. Vaughan
A. A. Bice
Bernard Redner
Eldred Whelan
Lome Swain
Jas. Creighton
J. E. Sanford
F. W. Revnolds
J. D. Mable
S. B. Cheeseman
D. H. Craighead
D. E. Kyle
G. H. Shannon
A. M. Clark
Secretary
S. W. Rust
Chas. Thorndyke
Delbert Sexsmith
S. Bradley
A. M. Hill
J. C. King
P. Fisher
<\lex. McManus
C. J. Murdy
J. H. Vallery
W. E. Hofland
C. P. Bass
N. D. Munro
S. B. Gordon
A. M. Smale
J. H. Wylie
N. A. Tice
H. A. Graham
J .H. Lee
L. R. Brennan
M. J. Burdon
C. Aberhart
J. C. Dundas
W. H. Shaw
J. E. Biddle
J. J. McGill
John Bristow
B. Whetstone
E. C. Spragge
T. J. Salkeld
R. L. Murdoch
G. A. Ryan
John Ferguson
W. J. Boyle
E. E. Messecar
T^loyd Stevenson
W. D. Jackson....:.
E. J. Davies
C. T. Boss
G. F. S. LeWarne..
A. L. Knight
E. H. Brown
Clayton Ingold
J. R. Harkness
Robt. Wilson
C. J. Atkins
J. A. Weese
W. J. Price
T. E. Gingell
A. Robertson
W. T. Evans
V. M. Hare
W. J. Mable
C. H. Buskard
J. F. Pearce
W. O. Goodwin
T H. Blackmore
E. S. Parrott
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
15
Night of Meeting
144|3rd Friday
145|2nd Thursday
146|Wed. bef. F.M
14711st Friday
148|2nd Tuesday
149|Mon. on or bef. F.M...
15112nd Tuesday
153[Thurs. on or bef. F.M.
154|2nd Thursday
155 1 1st Friday
156 3rd Friday _
157|Tues. on or bef. F.M
158|Thurs. on or aft. F.M.
159|Tues. on or bef. F.M
161 1 1st Wednesday
162|Mon. on or bef. F.M
164 1 1st Tuesday
165 1 1st Wednesday
166|Mon. on or bef. F.M
168|2nd Monday
169|2nd Tuesday
170|lst Monday
171|Fri. on or bef. F.M
172|2nd Monday
174|3rd Thursday
177|2nd Friday
178|Fri. on or bef. F.M
18011st Tuesday
181|2nd Tuesday
184|Thurs. on or bef. F.M...
185|Mon. on or bef. F.M
186|Mon. on or bef. F.M
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192|lst
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Monday
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on or bef. F.M
F.M.
196|2nd
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20112nd Tuesday ...
203|3rd Friday
205|2nd Monday
207|Tues. on or bef
209|2nd Thursday
209a|lst Friday
215|lst Monday
21612nd Tuesday
217|Mon. on or bef. F.M. |
218|2nd Monday j
21912nd Friday |
220 1 3rd Monday _ |
221|2nd Thursday __ |
22213rd Monday |
223|2nd Monday _ |
224|Mon. or. or aft. F.M |
225|Fri. on or bef. F.M |.
228|3rd Monday |
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322 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
Lodge
£J
229|aIonic.
230 1 Kerr..
231| Lodge of Fidelity..
232 j aCameron
233| Doric
2 34 1 Beaver
235|aAldworth _.
236|aManitoba -
237| Vienna
238| Havelock
239| Tweed
242|aMacoy
243|aSt. George
24 5 1 aTecumseh
247 1 a Ashlar
249|aCalelonia
250|aThistle
253|aMinden
254|aClifton
255|aSydenham
256|aFarran's Point ..
257|aGalt
258|aGuelpih
259| Springfield
260|aWashington
261|aOak Branch
262|aHarriston _
263|aForest
264|aChaudiere
2651 Patterson
266|aNorthern Light
267 1 Parthenon
268|aVerulam
269|aBrougham Union
270|aCsdar
271| Wellington
272| Seymour _....
274|aKent
276|aTeeswater
277|aSeymour
279|aNew Hope
282 i Lome
283|aEureka
284| St. John's
285| Seven Star
286| Wingham
287laShuniah
289|aDoric
290|aLeamington
291|aDufferin
292laRobertson
294|aMoore
295|aConestoga
296|aTemple
297|aPreston
299| Victoria..
300|aMount Olivet
3021 St. David's
Where held
Brampton
Barrie ...
Ottawa
Dutton _
Parkhill
Thornbury
Paisley „
Cookstown
Vienna
Watford
Tweed
Mallorytown
St. George
Thamesville
Toronto...-
Midland
Embro
Kingston
Niagara Falls.
Dresden
Aultsville
Gait
Guelph
Springfield.
Petrolia
Innerkip
Harriston
Forest _
Ottawa
Thornhill
Stayner
Chatham
Bobcaygeon
Claremont
Oshawa
Erin
Ancaster
Blenheim
Teeswater
Port Dalhousie.
Hespeler
Glencoe
Belleville
Brussels
Alliston
Wins-ham
Port Arthur
Lobo
Leamington
W. Flamboro
King
Courtright
Drayton
St. Catharines
Preston
Centreville
Thorndale
St. Thomas
W. Master
Geo. Townsend
i.. A. Cameron
J. E. Fraser
J. A. Ford
S. M. Emery
F. C. Cickers
R. G. Grant-
F. Welch
Asel Bartlett _
C. J. Healey
AT. A. Paul
Leonard Williams..
H. E. Jenkins
vV. E. Hopper...
C. R. Sanderson
H. L. Reay
B. McCorquedale
O. C. Simpson
F. W. Gregory
S. Duddy
Chas. McConnell
J. J. McCartney
V. Mcllwraith
F .E. Harris
Wm. Clifford
W. C. Matheson
J. G. McEachren
W. E. Freels _
R. L. Blois
A. L. Francis
G. A. Clemance
B. V. Patten
A.. E. Woolard
R. C. McWhirter
B. S. Edmonson
Roy Laughlin
Et. G. Johnston
A.. Pegg
M. Donahue
Paul Manning
C. H. A. Stager
R. W. McDonald
B. G. Wilkinson
D. A. Rann
J. J. E. McCague
W. Van Wyck
T. A. Nicholson
\. Hocking
I. L. Esson
Geo. Nicholson
W. E. Barker
B. L. Cathcart
Wm. Walton
F. R. Davis
Jas. Crawford
Harold Cook
R. Collins
W. V. McNea
Secretary
H. A. Wilson
C. E. Elrick
Robt. Wilson
C. L. Langford.
Geo. Portice
T. G. Idle
G. B. Clarke -
L. A. Arnold
R. McLean
Jas. Menzies
G. D. C. Morton
H. L. Scott
W. J. Scott -
A. Graham
H. C. Davies
I. McGregor
D. J. McLeod
G. H. Veale
J. D. Muir
M. S. Blackburn
G. E. Hagerman
E. F. Hetherington..
F. F. Sweetman
J. F. Lamb
H. F. Winter _
J. S. Hislop
J. H. Fawcett
W. F. Braun
G. C. Bennett
J. A. Thompson
E. Robinson
J. N. Eddington
Harry Stinson
J. F. Dopking
N. J. McDougall
Geo. T. Lacey
E. McMullen
C. H. Mooney
G. S. Fowler
T. O. Johnston
E. Eltherington
R. Singleton
R. D. Adams
Wm. Gillespie
G. F. Crosbie
H. L. Sherbondy
A. P. Freed
John McGugan...-
G. A. Campbell
C. O. Green
F. E. Boys
F. W. Burton
C. Scan-
C. O. Brown
J. A. King
H. A. Carscallen
J. A. Elgie
W. H. Stapleton
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
Night of Meeting
Z^l
229 1 3rd Tuesday
230 1 3rd Thursday
2313rd Tuesday
232 1 1st Wednesday
233 1 2nd Tuesday
234|Tues. on or bef. F.M
235|Fri. on or bef. F.M
236 1 2nd Tuesday
237|Fri. on or bef. F.M
238|3rd Tuesday
239 j 2nd Friday
242|Mon. on or bef. F.M
243|lst Tuesday _
245|2nd Monday
247|4th Tuesday
249 i 1st Monday
250|Thurs. on or bef. F.M
253|lst Tuesday
254,1st Thursday
255j2nd Wednesday
256|Wed. on or bef. F.M
257 1 1st Tuesday
258|2nd Tuesday
259 list Monday _
260] 1st Wednesday
261|2nd Thursday
262!2nd Monday
263|Wed. on or bef. F.M
264|4th Tuesday _
265|3rd Thursday
266[Tues. on or bef. F.M
267 list Wednesday
268|Fri. on or bef. F.M
2691Wed. on or bef. F.M.
270 i 4th Tuesday
271 Thurs. on or bef. F.M.
27 2,2nd Tuesday
274 2nd Monday
276 1 4th Thursday
277 2nd Wednesday
279J2nd Monday
282i2nd Tuesday
283 2nd Wednesday
284|Tues. on or bef. F.M
285|2nd Monday
286| 1st Tuesday
287 1 1st Tuesday
289|3rd Wednesday
290|Tues. on or bef. F.M.
291|3rd Thursday
292 3rd Monday
29412nd Thursday _...
295jTues. on or bef. F.M..
296 1 3rd Wednesday
297 1 3rd Friday
299|Thurs. on or bef. F.M..
300|3rd Thursday
30213rd Thursday __
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4 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
Lodge
S3
303
304
305
aBlyth
aMinerva.
Humber...
306 Durham
307 aArkona..
309 aMorning Star
3 1 1 1 aBlack wood
312|aPnyx
313|aClementi
314|aBlair
315| Clifford
316|aDoric
318|aWilmot
319|aHiram
320|aChesterville
321|aWalker
322|aNorth Star
323|aAlvinston
324|aTemple
325| Orono
326 aZetland
327|aHammond
328| Ionic
329|aKing Solomon
330|aCorinthian
331| Fordwich
332 | Stratford
333| Prince Arthur
334|aPrince Arthur
336|aHighgate
337|aMyrtle
338| Dufferin
339|aOrient
341|aBruce
343 Georgina
344|aMerrill
345 1 Nilestown
346|aOccident
347|aMercer
348 1 Georgian
352|aGranite
354| Brock
356|aRiver Park
357| Waterdown
358|aDeIaware Valley..
359|aVittoria
360|aMuskoka
361|aWaverley
362|aMaple Leaf
364|aDufferin..
367|aSt. George
368|aSalem
369|aMimico
370| Harmony
371|aPrince of Wales..
372|aPalmer
373 1 aCopestone
374|aKeene
Where held
W. Master
Blyth
Stroud
Weston
Durham
Arkona
Carlow
Woodbridge
Wallaceburg
Lakefield
Palmerston
Clifford
Toronto
Baden
Hagersvil le
Chesterville
Acton
Owen Sound
Alvinston
Hamilton
Orono
Toronto
Wardsville
Napier
Jarvis
London
Fordwich
Stratford
Flesherton
Arthur
Highgate
?ort Robinson
Wellandport
Toronto
Tiverton
Toronto
Dorchester
Nilestown
Toronto
Fergus
Penetanguishene ....
Parry Sound
Cannington
Streetsville
Millgrove
Delaware
Vittoria
Bracebridge
Guelph
Tara
Melbourne
Toronto
Brockville
Lambton Mills
Delta
Ottawa
Fort Erie North
Welland
Keene
Secretary
W. A. Elliott
O. E. Todd
J. W. Duke
D. W. McClure
Colin McLeish
Chas. Congram
J .W. Roe _
J. D. Hawken
F. L. Erskine
Wm. Wells
Carl Stroh
Geo. Pogue
A. A. Dewar
B. F. Winger
A. E. Jarvis
R. A. Winton
P. G. McLaughlan..
W. M. Putt
D. W. Cathers _
F. B. Whyte
el. F. Vigeon
fohn Archer
Ulan Richardson
\lbert Booth
F. L. Brazier
H. G. West
G. S. Atkins
J. A. Blackburn
\. W. Reeves
E. B. Mills
W. B. Biggar
W. E. Scott
H. W. Pierce
V. W. Campbell
R. J. Haviland
N. J. Sauter
V. Whitlow
J. D. Cooke
G. J. Hughes
N. J. MacMillan
A. J. Forder
L. P. Beatty
F. G. Reid
L. H. Small
C. Eichenberger
H. A. Reeves
N. E. Prowse
E. S. Burrows
H. M. Merriam
F. J. Cass
T. A. Wilson
H. E. Preston
J. H. Dicken
C. C. Halladay
J. A. Cameron
F. J. Conley
A. Allan
Robt. Newcombe
G. W. Hewson
A. E. Scythes
C. H. Moffat
R. E. Wilson
R. D. Munro
A. E. Kearney
D. F. Johnson
W. W. Yale
W. T. Brown
E. Eckenswiller
R. H. Dee
I. C. Laschinger
C. S. Graham
A. O. Robertson
R. M. McDonald
E. L. Vanstone
James Holme
H. I. Sparks
Neil Colville
Jacob Bennett
J. H. Mclntyre
Fred. Richardson
R. E. Miller
W. E. Bradt
W. E. Montgomery..
E. Denroche
C. J. Belamy
J. A. Hardman
R. C. McCutcheon
R. R. Camp _ -..
John Lampman
W. J. Cordell
H. E. Steincamp
P. W. Davies
C. E. Barr
J. F. Johnson
A. G. Greenwood
J. C. Macdonald
W. R. Benson
J. W. Gillies
T. J. Purvis
W. F. B. Switzer
J. R. Nicol
S. Merrill
R. G. Wyckoff
W. G. Gerhart
Wm. Templeman
R. I. Shannon
J. A. McGugan
A. B. Hutchcroft
W. H. Drummond
W. A. Beecroft
C. G. Morris
H. J. Sykes
W. W. Wallace
Alf. Tattersall -
P. A. Armstrong ID. D. Brown
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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69
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78
339
355
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57
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319
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67
345
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2
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120
316
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326 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
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375|aLorne
376 Unity
377 Lome
378 aKing Solomon's
37 9 i aMiddlesex
380|aUnion
382 1 aDoric
383| Henderson
384|aAlpha
385|aSpry
386|aMcColl
387|aLansdowne.
388
389
390
391
392
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aFlorence
aHoward
aHuron
Forest
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395| Parvaim
396|aCedar
397 aLeopold
398 1 Victoria
3991 Moffat
400|aOakville
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aCentral
aWindsor
aLorne
Mattawa
aSpry
aMurray
aGolden Rule
aZeta
aRodney
a Keystone
aNaphtali
Pequonga
aFort William..
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aMaxville
aLiberty
Nipissing
aSeott.
Star of the East..
Strong
aDoric
aSt. Clair
a Stanley _....
aNickel
Fidelity
aPort Elgin...
a Acacia
Moravian
aHanover
aBennechere
Algonquin
Where held
Omemee
Huntsville
Shelburne
London
Bryanston
London
Hamilton
Winchester
Toronto
Beeton
West Lome
Lansdowne
Ilderton
N. Augusta
Florence ....
Ridgetown
Camlachie
Chesley
Thame^ford
Comber
Wiarton
Brigden
Kirkfield -
Harrietsville
Oakville
Deseronto
Essex
Windsor
Tamworth
Mattawa
Fenelon Falls
Beaverton
Gravenhurst
Toronto
Rodney
Sault Ste. Marie
Tilbury
Kenora
Fort William
Lyn
Keewatin
Maxville
Sarnia
North Bay
Grand Valley
Bothwell
Sundridge
Pickering
Sombra
Toronto
Sudbury
Port Perry
Port Elgin
Toronto
Cargill
Hanover
Eganville
Emsdale
K. A. Murray
P. H. Gerhart
Fred. Armstrong.
G. F. Tomblin
E. R. ONeil
C. J. Hill
J. T. Cline
W. Master
Rufus Keyes
W. G. Salter
J. A. T. Watson
Thos. Dymock
W. A. Trickey
C. R. Hall
W. O. Williams
C. J. Houston
B. B. Foster
C. B. Matthews
A. R. Siegrist
J. A. Forbes
\. E. Dodson
I. L. Inglis
Harvey Wray
R. H. Irwin
K. Longfield
J. S. Hope
E. J. Gardner
H. W. Hall
J. H. Lazenby
A. Stinson
A. F. Hardman, Jr.
D. N. Sinulair
D. C. Calder
A. D. Hurst
Hunter Singer
S. F. Kennedy
F. R. Cullis
J. F. Michu
A. J. G. Norton
Robt. Germaney ...
J. C. McCrady
A. C. McCowan
D. J. McLean
H. M. Cole
E. L. Moore
A. E. Smith
W. R. Willick
D. T. Johnston
F. W. White
S. Bowles
R. Mitchell
C. R. Smith
T. A. Blight
J. R. Goar „.
J. W. Pickard
Jno. Garland
T. E. Richards
R. P. Mills
C. H. Metcalfe
Secretary
R. J. H. Dick
G. R. Booth
S. Paterson
Jas. White
Chas. Gloyne
R. E. Tillson
L. P. Robertson ...
W. A. Rowat
Wm. Moull
W. E. King
A. Petherick
L. C. Jack
B. R. Clemance.
M. R. Hough
Stanley Hanks
T. A. Routledge
J. W. Lowrie
D. E. Leitch
H. J. Hogg
L. Dean
W. M. Newman
T. R. Stark
G. V. Grant
Gordon Marsh
E. O. Taylor
W. R. Thomas
H. W. McGill
H. Beardmore
Herbt. York
A. I. Tongue
A. W. Robson
G. A. Smith
H. H. Nicholson..
S. J. Boyde
G. S. Stinson
N. Grant
F. J. Sawyer
H. S. Cade
W. T. Biggar
F. Spafford
C. C. Galloway
W. S. McLean.
W. J. Aitchison
B. F. Nott
Alfred Menary
B. H. Hankinson.
M. J. Gulley.
L. M. Morley..
H. M. Stover.
P. A. Holbrow
Jos. Fowler
G. R. Davey
H. C. Koebke
M. E. Steele
P. C. Hunstein
J. A. Magee
James Reeves
H. R. Hayward
TORONTO. ONTARIO. 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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413 1st Tuesday _
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431 3rd Monday
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:8 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
£.2
Lodge
I
435|aHaveIock
436|aBurns
437|aTuscan
438|aHarmony
439| Alexandria
440 1 Arcadia
441|aWestport.
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
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Dyment.
Powassan
aNitetis
aLake of the Woods..
aGranite
aSturgeon Falls
aXenophon
Dundalk
Hawkesbury
451|aSomerville..
452 aAvonmore..
453 Royal
454 Corona
455 Doric
456 aElma.
457 aCentury
458 aWales
459|aCobden
460|aRideau
461|aIonic
462| Temiskaming
463| North Entrance
464| King Edward
4651 Carleton
466 1 a Coronation
467
469
470
471
472
473
474
aTottenham
aPeel
aAlgoma.
Victoria.
aKing Edward...
aGore Bay
aBeaches
aVictoria
475|aDundurn
476|aCorinthian
477|aHarding
478|aMilverton
4791 Russell
480 |a Williamsburg
481 jaCorinthian
482|aBancroft
483|aGranton
484| Golden Star
485|aHaileybury
486|aSilver
487|aPenewobikong
488|aKing Edward
489| Osiris
490|aHiram
491|aCardinal
492!aKarnak
Havelock
Hepworth
Sarnia
Toronto
Alexandria
Minden
Westport
Thessalon
Powassan
Creemore
Kenora
Fort Frances
Sturgeon Falls
Wheatley
Dundalk _
Ha wkesbu ry
Kinmount
Avonmore
Fort William
Burk's Falls
Little Current
Monkton
Merlin
Wales _
Cobden
Seeley's Bay
Rainy River
New Liskeard
Haliburton
Sunderland
Carp
Elmvale
Tottenham
Caledon East
Sault Ste. Marie.
Victoria Harbor
Ohippawa
Gore Bay
Toronto
Toronto
Hamilton
North Gower
Woodville
Milverton
Russell
Williamsburg
Toronto
Bancroft
Granton
Dryden
Haileybury
Cobalt
Blind River
Harrow
Smith's Falls
Markdale
Cardinal
Coldwater
W. Master
W. J. Nobes
W. J. R. Kerr
J. H. Coleman
W. H. King
D. Connell
Wm. Ferguson
O. Kirkpatrick
Samuel Cole
C. P. Shapter
G. J. Thomson
N. C. Nuson
C. H. Mann
L. J. Gilliland
J. E. Dales
John McKinnon
A. C. Price
L. Stanhope
T. J. McBride
F. L. Cunningham.
H. D. Stephens
T. F. Orr
W. J. Worth
J.L. Fletcher
R. M. Baxter
R. Wallace
G. McPherson
J. E. Vennes
H. G. Simpson
Ray Archer
Chester Shier
A. E. Cavanagh
W. S. Campbell
H. C. Kent
G. E. Atkinson
R. B. Wansbrough.
Jas. Poppleton
H. T. Kerr
T. A. McLean
S. J. Manchester
A. O. Wilson
A. W. Shedden
E. M. Moses
E. E. Maclnnes
Fred. Dale
W. P. Cherry
Adam Frost
W. N. Hannigan
W. N. Wiggins
Roy Mills
W. A. Weare
D. G. Wilson
A.J. Munro
F. C. Hamill
R. J. Haslam
M. G. Haey
J. A. McArthur
A. H. Adams
W. Williams
Secretary
A. C. Denike
W. F. Brown
W. J. Barrie _
G. H. Simons -
G. A. Bradley- -
T. L. Prentice
S. G. Crawford
E. G. ilagan
L. A. Purdon
A. Gillespie -..
W. M. Benidickson..
J. R. Angus
E. W. Innes
W. M. Chute
L. C. Champ
Alex. Seay
C. W. Wellstood
A. McKinnon
R. J. Aldrich
Ed. Doherty
M. L. Bock
K. E. Staffen
G. E. Johnston
G. D. Colquhoun
F. W. Truelove
S. Willoughby
J. A. Crackel
J. H. Brown
W. C. Kellett
L. M. Pinkham
G. A. Moore
A. L. Fleming
1. Delaney
J. G. Fleetham
J. Dudley
J. P. Schissler
E. G. McKenzie
F. W. Clarke
S. A. Griffin
D. L. McPherson
Geo. Milne
F. L. Brownlee
W. J. Stoddart
E. Siegner
R. W. Atkinson
A. M. Casselman
W. J. Forrester
J. L. Churcher
Robt. Rainey
C. Holland
J. T. Leishman
E. L. Tomney
G. J. McArthur
A. C. Quick
G. W. Begley
A. E. Colgan
J. E. Schliohter
F. W. Brown
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held,
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist-
arc corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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442,2nd Friday
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445 2nd Wednesday
446 1 1st Tuesday
447 2nd Thursday
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449|3rd Monday
450 3rd Thursday
451|Thurs. on or bef. F.M.
452|Tues. on or bef. F.M.
453 1st Wednesday
454 2nd Monday
455|2nd Tuesday
456 1st Thursday ....
457 3rd Tuesday
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459 2nd Tuesday
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466! 1st Friday _
467 i 1st Monday
468 i 2nd Friday
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470|3rd Wednesday
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486 [1st Monday
487|2nd Monday
488|2nd Tuesday
489|2nd Friday
490|2nd Thursday
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GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
Lodge
494|aRiverdale..
495|aElectric
496|aUniversity..
497| S.t Andrew's
498|aKing George V...
499|aPort Arthur
500|aRose.
501|aConnaught
502|aCoronation
503 lain wood
504| Otter
505|aLynden .
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
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514|aSt. Alban's.
515laReba
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aElk Lake
aOzias
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Malone-
516|aEnterprise
517 jaHazeldean
518| Sioux Lookout..
5 1 91 aOnondaga.
520|aCoronati
521|aOntario
522|aMount Sinai
523|aRoyal Arthur
524|aMississauga
525|aTempIe
526|aIonic
527 1 Espanola _
528| Golden Beaver..
529|aMyra
530 1 Cochrane
531|aHigh Park...
532[aCanada .......
533| aShamrock
534|aEnglehart
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536|aAlgonquin __...
537|aUlster..
538|aEarl Kitchener
5391 Waterloo
540|aAbitibi
541 jaTuscan
542 aMetropolitan
543lalmperial
544|aLincoln
54 5 la John Ross Robertson
546|aTalbot
547|aVictory
548|aGeneral Mercer
549|aIonic _..._
550|aBuchanan
551 laTuscan
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Toronto
Arden
Coboconk
Port Arthur-
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Elk Lake
Brantford
Kitchener
Toronto .
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Toronto
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Hazeldean
Sioux Lookout
Onondaga
Toronto _.,
Windsor
Toronto
Peterborough
Port Credit
Toronto
Westboro
Espanola
Timmins
Komoka
Cochrane
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Englehart
Fonthill
Copper Cliff
Toronto
Port McNicoll
Waterloo
Iroquois Falls..
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Abingdon.
Toronto
St. Thomas
Toronto
Toronto _..
Hamilton
Hamilton
Hamilton
W. Master
L. E. Jordan
S. Rosen
F. L. Lorriman
J. E. Hughes
W. F. Rumney
D. R. C. Lanktree
R. E. Lounsbury
N. Archbold
E. L. Snyder .
Roy Doan
Jake Vanclief _
A. R. Mannen
Jas. Fell
J. A. Forbes
H. A. Moule...
S. M. Denison
P. J. Reynolds
Robt. Irving
H. C. Stevens
Henry Eydt
H. R .H. Williams
R. K. Johnston
Garnet Dougherty
A. W. Grant
W. W. Fuller
S. Flaherty
Jas. Henderson
A. W. Richardson
Abraham Fox _
L. H. Ingram
J. A. Smith
J. G. Meldrum
E. Lachance
John Gutcher
W. W. Tanner
D. B. Allan
L. R. Eades
J. C. Doney
J. J. McLennan
A. A. Archambault
J. Howie
I. L. Barnhart
G. M. Ferguson
G. S. Saunderson
N. V. Sagert
V. Snider
J. C. Kincade
F. D. Robertson
J. D. Evans
A. E. Moss
G. Miller
H. V. Locke
C. H. Roberts
Frank Wells
H. W. Dunton
S. Mitchell
J. N. Chandler
A. L. Hardy
Secretary
R. F. Thomas
Bert Culm _
Wm. Dowds. J
E. I. Pixley
J. G. McFarland
S. H. Green
D. W. F. Nichols _
J. T. Lee. _
C. A. Merritt
J. R. Graham _
E. W. Joynt
W. L. Taylor
W. H. Johns
J. M. Coghil!
E. W. Lavery
Geo. DeKleinhans
J. H. Mills
E. C. Schoales
0. J. Silver
J. R. Croft 1
G. F. Frankland—
S. W. Seago _
A. R. Singleton
J. H. Nesbitt
A. E. Hainsworth
A. A. Barton
H. Spencer
A. R. Graham
Max Cooper
G. W. Haley -.... _.
W. M. Gemmell
F. R. Fleet
P. E. Watters
J. F. Freure
1. M. Gordon _
W. R. Bishop _...
A. T. King ._
R. B. Magill
Alex. Wilson
E. W. Leith
F. A. Errett
F. H. Clark
C. O. Maddock
Geo. Chambers -
B. J. Brownell
C. O. Hemphill
F. K. Ebbitt
Jas. Herriot
J. A. Troyer
A. G. Corscadden
S. Young _ _
jW. J. S. Graham
jW. A. McPherson
|H. J. Unwin
W. H. Quinn
J. P. Simpson
I A. N. Moore
R. A. Carter
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 331
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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2 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
Lodge
Z2
aWardrope..
aNation
aFinch..
552 aQueen City.
553|aOakwood
554|aBorder Cities..
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
aS. A. Luke
aPalestine
St. Andrew's..
aAcacia
aHamilton
aVictory
Ashlar
aKilwinning
aKing Hiram
aSt. Aldan's
aHullett
aDoric
aDufferin
aAntiquity
aMizpah
aAdoniram
574|aCraig
575|aFidelity
576|aMimosa
577|aSt. Clair
578|aQueen's
579|aHarmony
580|aAcacia
581|aHarcourt.
582
583
584
aSunnyside..
aTransportation..
aKaministiquia
585 aRoyal Edward
586 "
587
588
589
590
aRememb ranee
aPatricia
aNational
aGrey
aDefenders
59l|aNorth Gate
592|aFairbanks
593|aSt. Andrew's
594|aHillcrest
595|aRideau..
Where held
596|aMartintown
597|aTemple
598|aDominion
599|aMount Dennis
600|aMaple Leaf
601|aSt. Paul
602|aHugh Murray
603laCampbell
604|aPalace
605|aMelita
606|aUnity..
607laGolden Fleece.
608|aGothic
6091 Tavistock
Toronto
Toronto
Windsor
Hamilton
Spencerville
Finch
Ottawa....-
Toronto
Ottawa
Westboro
Hamilton
Chatham
Ottawa
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Londesboro'
Lakeside
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Niagara Falls..
Ailsa Craig
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Kingston
Windsor
London
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Foi-t William-
Kingston
Toronto .?...
Toronto
Capreol
Toronto
Ottawa
Toronto
Toronto
Hamilton
Hamilton
Ottawa
Martintown
London
Windsor
Weston
Toronto
Sarnia
Hamilton
Campbellville
Windsor
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Lindsay
Tavistock
W. Master
G. A. Garnett
W. A. Savage
R. D. Hardy
J. B. Inch
J. H. Bennett
D. G. McLeod
Geo. Ferguson
Ben Yaffe
H. L. Lamble
J. M. M. Spicer
A. J. Johnston
L. H. Veale
J. S. Craig
G. J. Beach
A. Wright
H. L. Bennett
John Harvey
J. W. Baker
A. M. Polio
E. .1. Frist
E. O. Lockhart
Geo. Hall
D. Drummond
L. P. Thatcher
R. E. Webster
F. N. Fletcher
C. E. Walker
John Waide
L. H. Lunn
C. E. Macdonald _
E. W. M. Thomson..
C. A. Ward -
C. West
A. W. Brundage
W. A. Anderson
Alex. Braid wood
D. Emerson
W. B. Petch
E. E. Williams
C. K. F. West
F. W. Hall
D. Munro
G. C. Morris
A. E. Masterman
J. R. Owen
W. J. McCauley
Hedley Coates
F. S. Fordham
R. S. Jones
J. A. Smith
W. J. Woods. Jr
L. W. McMillan
L. E. Chambers
S. M. Black
J. T. Minaker
E. W. Hewgi
E. D. Fulton
G. S. Murray
Secretary
W. Carey-
S. H. McElwain _
E. T. Howe -
M. E. Smith
G. R. Drummond
A. McMillan
R. M. Stanton
H. Melvin
J. N. Salter
W. A. Dier
E. L. Kerr -
C. E. Clements
Geo. Powers
M. Strachan
C. V. Tottle -
W. R. Taylor -
R. M. Townsend
F. W. Seaton ...
J. A. Hodgins
T. C. Fairbairn
F. Howell
C. H. Stringer
W. G. Smith
Wm. Moull
G. F. Empringham
Philip Bach
L. T. Rutledge
W. H. Kent
J. W. Bradshaw
W. P. Scott
K. N. Carrie
J. G. Dunn
N. B. Darrell
S. A. Hitsman
C. H. Ward
Robt. Somerville
M. Nisbet
E. G. Armstrong
J. D. Gardner
A. G. Roberts
T. G. Taylor
F. W. Davidson
G. A. Sweatman
G. Chequer -
D. A. Ross
W. G. Stewart
J. A. Wickens
F. Thain
A. R. Howlett
J. T. Elliott
J. Eaglesham
T. H. Snyder
J. G. Moncrieff ...
E. W. Skirrow .
E. F. Trumper
Robt. Macfarlane
W. R. Allely
G. F. Holley
TORONTO, ONTARIO. 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
333
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334 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RETURNS OF LODGES AS
For Secretary's Address look first at list of Special Addresses, pages 336 to 340.
Lodges marked (a) hold their Installation of Officers on or near the Festival
The names of the W. M. and Secretary
Lodge
610|aAshlar
611 laHuron-Bruce
612|aBirch Cliff
613|aFort Erie
614 1 a Adanac
615|aDominion
616| aPerf ection
617|aNorth Bay
618|aThunder Bay
619|aRunnymede
620|aBay of Quinte
621|aFrontenac
622|aLorne
623| Doric
624|aDereham
625|aHatherly
626|aStamford
627JaPelee
628|aGlenrose
629|aGrenville..
630|aPrince of Wales
aManitou.
aLong Branch
aHastings
aDelta
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632
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634
635|aWellington
636|aHornepayne
637|aCaledonia
638|aBedford
639|aBeach
640|aAnthony Sayer
64 1 1 aGarden
642|aSt. Andrew 's
6431 a Cathedral
644|aSimcoe
645|aLake Shore
646| Rowland
647|aTodmorden
648|aSpruce Fills
649|aTemple
650|aFidelity
651 [aDentonia
652|aMemorial
653|aScarboro..
654|aAncient Landmarks.
655laKingsway
UD|Kenogamisis
Where held
Byron
Toronto _
Birch Cliff
Fort Erie -
Merritton
Ridgeway
St. Catharines
North Bay
Port Arthur
Toronto
Toronto
Sharbot Lake
Chapleau _
Kirkland Lake
Mount Elgin _ _
Sault Ste. Marie-
Stamford Centre..
Scudder
Elmira
Toronto
Toronto
Emo
Mimico
Hastings
Toronto
Toronto
Hornepayne
Toronto
Toronto
Hamilton Beach
Mimico _
Windsor
Windsor
Toronto
Toronto
Mimico
Mount Albert
Todmorden
Kapuskasing
Oshawa
Toledo
Toronto
Toronto
Agincourt
Hamilton
Lambton Mills
Geraldton
W. Master
R. L. Irwin
A. C. Dickson
D. G. MacBain
A. J. Francis
A. V. Hammond, Jr.
M. W. Disher
A. L. Allan
J. A. Gibbs
D. R. Harriston
W. J. McDougall
John Mack
W. A. Weatherhead...
S. W. McDonald
G. A. Cowie
Wm. Stoakley
N. M. Menzies
G. W. Powell „
G. T. Hudson
I. C. Ernst
W. T. Eyre
Jas. Gillespie
David Woodgate
P. J. Feakins
J. V. Findly
J. P. Homes
W. S. Smellie
Bruce Bushell
W. G. Smith
J. A. Code
E. M. Waterbury
R. H. Tew
C. C. Sales
G. A. Malthouse
J. G. Jack
G. M. Jebb
E. C. Horwood
C. R. Moorhead
S. Pover
Jack Barrett
E. A. Cooper
Jas. Reynolds
Ernest Bray
John Harvey
R. B. Mason
G. T. Inch
R. J. Pearce
M. Rabbitts
Secretary
N. T. Sanderson.
Peter Muir
J. A. Moir
H. A. Yeo
S. A. Moffatt
Dr. G. E. Teal
G. H. Davis
E. R. Herbert
O. R. Tanner
W. M. Hamshaw
S. Chamberlain
P. S. Millikin
J oh n Reid
Colin Clarke
J. D. Flanders
G. E. Richardson
R. F. Cooper
Wilfred Botham
F. C. Ruppel
W. J. Streigiht _....
A. Young
G. H. Brodie
G. A. Brandow_
C. P. Plant
Alex. Lawrence
G. W. Smith
L. Leggatt
J. C. McAllister
C. H. R. Devey
H. S. Marshall
E. J Hutchins
John Briggs
N. Burbridge
J. K. McGuire
W. G. Mackay
E. H. Glenn
R. N. Armstrong
W. M. Williams
T. E. Mackey
R. H. Crossley
R. R. Eaton
Wm. Tennant _.
S. J. Boyde
W. B. Cole .._
Jas. McKay
G. J. Bartholomew.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
AT DECEMBER 31, 1938.
If not there, then Secretary's Address is where lodge is held.
of St. John the Evangelist, all others on or near that of St. John the Baptist.
are corrected up to July 31, 1939.
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336 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
P. O. ADDRESSES OF SECRETARIES
Special addresses of Secretaries of Lodges in the Cities and in other places
where the Secretary's address is not the same as that of the Lodge.
No. Lodge Location Secretary and P.O. Address
3 Ancient St. John's.Kingston A. W. Cathcart, 60 Brock St
5 Sussex Brockville Thos. H. Guest, 374 King St. W.
6 Barton Hamilton B. E. James, Box 304
10 Norfolk Simcoe D. G. Campbell, 154 Colborne St. N.
lll.Moira - Belleville J. W. Cook, 7 Forin St.
15 St. George's St. Catharines C. H. Hesburn, 54 George St.
16 g t ' Andrew's Toronto Wm. Lawrence, 202 Westminister
Ave.
17 St. John's Cobourg Thos. Hardcastle, R.R. No. 3
20 gt. John's London Rich. Booth, 230 Wellington St.
22 King Solomon's Toronto R. A. Woodley, 130 Evelyn Cres.
24 st Francis Smith's Falls C. G. Jones, 102 Queen St.
25. Ionic Toronto D. H. Porter, 357 Bay St.
27 Strict Observance. Hamilton R. M. Allworth, 28 James So.
40 St John's Hamilton C. F. Marshall, 43 Fairleigh Av.
South
42 St. George's London C. M. Linnell, 105 Oxford St. W.
43 King Solomon's Woodstock A. W. Massie, 717 Rathbourne Av
44 st Thomas St. Thomas F. R. Palmer, 332 Talbot St.
45 Brant Brantford Geo. Whitwill, 149 Sheridan St.
46 Wellington .Chatham W .J. McCall, 24 Stanley Ave.
47l"Great Western Windsor _ A. M. Wright, 167 Erie St. E.
52 Dalhousie Ottawa H. W. Jackson, 290 Bronson Ave.
54 Vaughan Maple E. A. Carson, R.R. No. 1
56. Victoria Sarnia H. W. Unsworth, 219 Mitton St. N
57 Harmony Binbrook las. D. Rose, Blackheath
58 Doric Ottawa T. A. Ross, 480 Cooper St.
61 Acacia Hamilton C. E. Kelly, 73 Melrose Ave
g4 Kilwinning London W Lancaster, 15 Stanley St
65 Rehoboam Toronto George H. Mitchell, 212 Keewatin
Ave.
72 Alma Gait A. G. Malcolm, 76 Rose St.
74 St. James S. Augusta H. H. Throop, R.R. No. 2, Brock-
ville
75 St. John's..- Toronto I W. Brader, 25 Hollywood Cres.
76 Oxford Woodstock E. E. Dougall, 122 Wilson St..
77 Faithful Brethren. Lindsay C. L. Davidson, 102 Kent St. W.
86 Wilson Toronto W. L. Lawer, 125 Erskine Ave.
88 St. George's Owen Sound C. T. Waugh, 1321 4th Ave. W.
92 Cataraqui Kingston T. N Clarke, 159 Collingwood St.
99 Tuscan Newmarket R. L. Pritchard, 35 Lome Ave.
100 Valley Dundas F. A. Latshaw, 30 Melville St.
101 Corinthian Peterborough R. F. Downey, 298 Boswell Ave.
103 Maple Leaf St. Catharines A. E. Coombs, 197 Church St.
105 St. Mark's Niagara Falls Fred Trelford, 2547 Glenholm Av.
107 St. Paul's Lambeth R. A. McDougall, R.R. No. 1,
Glanworth
108 Blenheim Princeton S. C. Robson, Drumbo
119 Maple Leaf Bath D. F. Aylsworth, R.R. No. 2
120 Warren Fingal C. P. Silcox, R.R. No. 3, Shedden
121 Doric Brantford I P. Temple, 42 Nelson St.
123 Belleville Belleville C. D. Crosby, 245 Coleman St.
125 Cornwall Cornwall A.. W. Gammon, Box 1181
127 Franck Frankford 5. D. Wright, R.R. No. 1
128 Pembroke Pembroke C. W. Fraser. 423 McKay St.
139 Lebanon .._ Oshawa W. A. Hare, 8 Bond St E.
140 Malahide Aylmer Geo. Stewart, Springfield
144 Tecumseh _ _ Stratford S. W. Rust, 203 Douglas St.
146 Prince of Wales Newburgh D. Sexsmith, R.R. No. 1, Wilton
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 337
No. Lodge Location Secretary and P.O. Address
148 Civil Service Ottawa A. M. Hill. 652 Gilmour St.
151 Grand River Kitchener P. Fisher, 11 Elgin St.
153... -Burns Wyoming Alex. McManus. R.R. No. 1
155 ...Peterborough Peterborough J. H. Vallery, 310 Pearl Ave.
156 York Toronto W. E. Hofland. 5 Eglinton Av. E.
158 Alexandra ..Oil Springs N. D. Munro, R.R. No. 2
159 Goodwood Richmond S .B. Gordon, R.R. No. 1
168 Merritt Welland L. R. Brennan, 62 Hellems Ave.
177 The Builders Ottawa J. J- McGill, 189 Holmwood Ave.
178 Plattsville Plattsville J. Bristow, Bright
180.-.. Speed _._ ..Guelph B. Whetstone, 90 Yorkshire St.
193 Scotland Scotland E. E. Messecar, R.R. No. 1
195 Tuscan _ London W. D. Jackson, Box 624
209a. St. John's London C. J. Atkins, 348 Tecumseh Ave.
215 Lake Ameliasburg J. A. Weese, R.R. No. 7, Belleville
218 Stevenson .Toronto A. Robertson, 29 Mortimer Ave.
222 Marmora Marmora C. H. Buskard, Deloro
228 Prince Arthur _..Listowel _...E. S. Parrott, R.R. No. 1
230 Kerr Barrie C. E. Elrick, 66 Eccles St.
231 Lodge of Fidelity—Ottawa Robt. Wilson, 21 Fifth Ave.
233 Doric _Parkhill _ Geo. Portice, R.R. No. 8
237 Vienna Vienna R. McLean. R.R. No. 2
247 Ashlar -..Toronto H. C. Davies, Ass't Sec, 35 Glebe
Road W.
253 Minden Kingston G. H. Veale, 218 Nelson St.
254 Clifton- Niagara Falls J. D. Muir, 1028 St. Clair Ave.
257 Gait Gait E. F. Hetherington, 50 Cedar St
258 Guelph Guelph F. F. Sweetman, 394 Woolwich St.
264 Chaudiere Ottawa G. C. Bennett, 31 Euclid Ave.
267 Parthenon ...Chatham J. N. Eddington, 124 William St.
North
270 Cedar Oshawa N. J. McDougall, 101 Ontario St.
271... Wellington Erin G. T. Lacey, Box 136, Hillsburg
272 Seymour Ancaster E. McMullen, R.R. No 1, Hamilton
283 Eureka Belleville R. D. Adams, 272 Albert St.
287 Shuniah _ _Port Arhtur A. P. Freed, Box 85
289 Doric Lobo J. McGugan, R.R. No. 1. Denfield
292 Robertson King F. E. Boys, R.R. No. 2
296 Temple ..St. Catharine? C. A. Brown. 222 St. Paul St.
299 Victoria Centreville H. A. Carscallen, Enterprise
300 Mt. Olivet Thorndale J. A. Elgie, R.R. No. 1, Belton
302 St. David's St. Thomas W. H. Stapleton. 12 Drake St.
304 Minerva Stroud G. W. Hewson, R.R No. 2
305 Humber Weston A. E. Scythes, 170 King St.
309 Morning Star Carlow R. D. Munro, Auburn
312 Pnyx Wallaceburg D. F. Johnson. 329 William St.
316 Doric Toronto .R. H. Dee, 17 Constance St.
322 North Star Owen Sound E. E. Vanstone, 976 Sixth Ave. E
324 Temple Hamilton H. I. Sparks. 62 Fairleigh Av. S.
326 Zetland Toronto J. Bennett, 9 Richmond St. E.
328 Ionic _ Napier Fred. Richardson, Kerrwood
329 King Solomon's Jarvis R. E. Miller. R.R. No. 3
330 Corinthian London W. E. Bradt, 16 Cove Rd.
332 Stratford _ Stratford E. Denroche, 46 Erie Ave., Apt. 1
339 Orient. -....Toronto W. J. Cordell, 117 Benson Ave.
343 Georgian Toronto P. W. Davies, 229 Symington Ave.
345 Nilestown Nilestown .J. F. Johnson, R.R. No. 8,
London
346 Occident ..Toronto A. G. Greenwood, 1985 Dufferin St.
357 Waterdown Millgrove J. R. Nicol, R.R. No. 4, Dundas
361 .... Waverley Guelph Wm. Templeman, 268 Queen St. W.
367 St. George .Toronto A. B. Hutchcroft, 112 Kingsway
368 Salem Brockville W. H. Drummond, 53 Pearl St W
338 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
No. Lodge Location Secretary and P.O. Address
369 Mimico Lambton Mills W. A. Beecroft, 31 Palisades
371 Prince of Wales Ottawa H. J. Sykes, 364 Wellington St
373 Copestone Welland A. Tattersall, 30 Franklin St.
375 Lome Omemee R. J. H. Dick, R.R. No. 2
377 Lome Shelbourne S. Patterson, R.R. No. 5
378 King Solomon's London Jas. White, 354 Picadilly St.
379 Middlesex Bryanston Chas. Gloyne, R.R. 2, Denfield
380 Union London R. E. Tillson, 121 Rectory St
382 Doric Hamilton L. P. Robertson, 112 South Oval
384 Alpha Toronto Wm. Moull, 11 Lindsay Ave.
388 Henderson Ilderton B. R. Clemance, R.R. 1, Denfield
390 Florence Florence S. Hanks, R.R. 2, Croton
397 Leopold Brigden T. R. Stark, Box 117
399 Moffatt Harrietsville G. Marsh, R.R. No. 2, Belmont
403 Windsor Windsor H. Beardmore, Apt. 315, 1616
Ouellette Ave.
410 Zeta Toronto S. J. Boyde, 1542 Dufferin St.
412 Keystone Sault Ste. Marie N. Grant, 31 Grace St.
415 Fort William Fort William W. T. Biggar, 506 Grain Exchange
419 Liberty Sarnia W. J. Aitchison, 140 N Euphemia
420 Nipissing North Bay B. F. Nott, Box 55
426 Stanley Toronto P. A. Holbrow, 118 Pendrith Av.
430 Acacia Toronto M. E. Steele, 157 St. Germain Av
434 Algonquin Elmsdale H. R. Hayward, Scotia
437 Tuscan Sarnia W. J. Barrie, Room 5, Masonic
Building
438 Harmony Toronto G. H. Simmons, 915 Logan Ave.
452 Avonmore Avonmore Allan McKinnon, R.R. No. 2,
Monkland Sta.
453 Royal Fort William R. J. Aldrich, 1437 McGregor Av
469 Algoma Sault Ste Marie J. Dudley, 46 The Drive
473 The Beaches Toronto S. A. Griffin, 113 Rainsford Rd.
474 Victoria Toronto D. L. McPherson, 11 Abbott Av
475 Dundurn Hamilton G. Milne, 85 Lottridge St.
481 Corinthian Toronto W. J. Forrester, 12 Evans Ave.
489 Osiris Smiths Falls G. W. Begley, Drawer 1480
494 Riverdale Toronto R. F. Thomas, 933 Woodbine Av.
495 Electric Hamilton....^ Bert Culm, 259 Province St. S.
496 University Toronto W. Dowds, 74 McLean Ave.
499 Port Arthur Port Arthur S. H. Green, 105 Pine St.
500 Rose Windsor D. W. F. Nichols, 373 Pine St.
501 Connaught Mimico J. T. Lee, 96 Hillside Ave.
503 Inwood Inwood J. R. Graham, RR. No 3, Oil City
504 Otter Lombardy E. W. Joynt, R.R. No. 1
508 Ozias Brantford E. W. Lavery, 51 Brunswick St.
509 Twin City Kitchener G. DeKleinhans, 561 Queen St. S.
510 Parkdale Toronto J. H. Mills, 6 Baby Point Terrace
511 Connaught Fort William E. C. Schoales, Canada Foundries
513 Corinthian Hamilton J. R. Croft, 104 Burris St.
514 St. Albans Toronto G. F. Franklin, 35 Gough Ave.
515 Reba Brantford S. W. Seago, 182 Brant Ave.
517 Hazeldean Hazeldean J. H. Nesbit, R.R. 2, Stittsville
519 Onondaga Oonondaga A. A. Barton, R.R. 1, Cainsville
520 Coronati Toronto H. Spencer, 32 Sorauren Ave.
521 Ontario Windsor A. R. Graham, 359 Partington Av
522 Mt. Sinai Toronto Max Cooper, 32 Ardmore Rd.
523 Royal Arthur Peterborough G. W. Haley, 85 Benson Ave.
524 Mississauga Port Credit W. M. Gemmell, Oakland Ave.
525 Temple Toronto F. R. Fleet, 518 Indian Grove
526 Ionic Westboro P. E. Watters, 139 Bayswater Av
531 High Park Toronto R. B. Magill, 35 Armadale Ave.
532 Canada Toronto Alex. Wilson, 24 Badgerow Ave.
533 Shamrock Toronto E. W. Leith, 84 Gothic Ave.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 339
No. Lodge Location Secretary and P.O. Address
535.. .Phoenix Fonthill F. H. Clark, R.R. No. 2, Welland
537 Ulster Toronto. G. Chambers, 211 Browning Ave.
539 Waterloo Waterloo C. O. Hemphill, 56 Alexandra Av
541 Tuscan... Toronto Jas. Herriot, 8 Glen Avon Rd.
542 Metropolitan Toronto _ J. A. Troyer, 127 Old Orchard
Grove
543 Imperial Toronto A.G. Corscadden, 51 Highcroft Rd
544 Lincoln Abingdon Stanley Young, R.R. 1, Caistor
545 John Ross Centre
Robertson Toronto W. J. S. Graham. 16 Herbert Av
546 Talbot..... ...St. Thomas W. A. McPherson. 38 Metcalfe St
547 Victory Toronto H. J. Unwin, 1580 Bathurst St.
548 General Mercer. Toronto W. H. Quinn, 301 Pacific Ave.
549 Ionic ...Hamilton J. P. Simpson, 21 Belview Ave.
550_....Buchanan Hamilton A. M. Moore, 31 Genesee St.
551 Tuscan Hamilton R. A. Carter, 13 Blythe St.
552 Queen City Toronto Walter Carey, 2052 Cerrard St E
553 Oakwood Toronto... S. H. McElwain, 90 Cloverlawn
Ave.
554 Border Cities Windsor E. T. Howe, 969 London St. W.
555 Wardrope Hamilton ..... M. E. Smith, 250 Main St. W.
558 Sidney Albert
Luke Ottawa .R .M. Stanton, 124 Aylmer Ave.
559 Palestine _ Toronto _ H. Melvin, 167 Winona Drive
560 St. Andrew's Ottawa J. N. Salter, 8 Westmount Ave.
562 Hamilton Hamilton E. L. Kerr, 432 Main St. E.
563 Victory Chatham C. E. Clements, 121 King St. W.
564 Ashlar _ Ottawa _ G. Powers, 16 Rideau Terrace
565 Kilwinning Toronto M Strachan, 85 Mavety St.
566 King Hiram Toronto _ C. V. Tottle, 1990 Bloor St. W.
567 St. Aidans Toronto W. R. Taylor, 627 Lonsdale Rd.
570 Dufferin Toronto J. A. Hodgins. 95 Clinton St.
571 Antiquity Toronto... T. G. Fairbairn, 98 du Vernet Av
572 Mizpah Toronto F. Howell, 24 Olive Ave.
573 Adoniram _ Niagara Falls C. H. Stringer, 1259 Heywood Av
574 Craig Ailsa Craig ..W. G. Smith, R.R. 6, Parkhill
575 Fidelity Toronto W. Moull, 11 Lindsay Are.
576 Mimosa ..Toronto G. F. Empringham, 142 Dawes Rd
577 St. Clair _.. Toronto Philip Bach, 183 Grace St.
578 Queens Kingston L. T. Rutledge. 604 Earl St.
579...._Harmony .Windsor W. H. Kent. 1577 Goyeau St.
580 Acacia London J. W. Bradshaw, 795 Richmond St
581 Harcourt Toronto W. P. Scott. 36 King W.
582 Sunnyside Toronto K. N. Carrie, 58 Roncesvalle_s Av
583 Transportation Toronto J. G. Dunn, 65 Armadale Ave.
584 Kaministiquia Fort William N. B. Darrell, 331 South May St.
585 Royal Edward Kingston _ S. A. Hitsman, 637 Johnson St
5S6 Remembrance Toronto C. H. Ward, 48 Mortimer Ave.
587 Patricia Toronto Robt. Somerville, 127 Garden Ave
589 Grey Toronto E. G. Armstrong, 29 Roe Ave.
590... ..Defenders Ottawa _ J. D. Gardner, 143 Echo Drive
591 North Gate Toronto A. G. Roberts, 70 Broadway Ave.
592 Fairbank. Toronto T. G. Taylor, Fairbank P.O.
593 St. Andrew's Hamilton F.W. Davidson, 52 Barnesdale Ave.S
594 Hillcrest. Hamilton G. A. Sweatman, 40 Alpine Ave.
595 Rideau Ottawa G. Chequer, 3 Ashbury PI. Lin-
denlea, Ottawa
597 Temple London W. G. Stewart, 201 Richmond St.
598 Dominion Windsor _ J. A. Wickens, 680 Dougall Ave.
599 Mt. Dennis Weston F. Thain, 12 Craydon Ave., Mt.
Dennis
600 Maple Leaf Toronto A. R. Howlett, 33 Ridley Gardens
601 St. Paul's ... Sarnia J. T. Elliott, 110 Crawford St.
340 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
No. Lodge Location Secretary and P.O. Address
602 Hugh Murray Hamilton J. Eaglesham, 15 Emerald St. S.
604 Palace _ -..Windsor J. G. Moncrieff, Heintzman Bldg.
605 Melita _ Toronto E. W. Skirrow, 47 Eastbourne
Cresc.
606 Unity ....Toronto E. F. Trumper, 162 St. John's Rd
607 Golden Fleece Toronto R. Macfarlane, 1602 Bathurst St.
608 Gothic Lindsay W. R. Allely, Town Hall
610.._Ashlar Byron N. T. Sanderson, R.R. No. 7
London
611 Huron-Bruce Toronto Peter Muir, 41 Ben Lamond Ave.
612 Birch Cliff _..Birch Cliff J. A. Moir, 23 Valhalla Blvd.
616 Perfection St. Catharines G. H. Davis. 9 Trafalgar St.
617 North Bay North Bay E. R. Herbert, 159 First Ave. E.
618 Thunder Bay Port Arthur O. R. Tanner, 404 Public Utili-
ties Bldg.
619 Runnymede Toronto W. McK. Hamshaw, 76 Glendale
Ave.
620 Bay of Quinte Toronto S. Chamberlain, 201 Cottingham
Street
623 Doric Kirkland Lake Colin Clarke. Box 336
625 Hatherly Sault Ste. Marie. G. E. Richardson, 14 The Drive
626 Stamford Stamford Centrc.R. F. Cooper, 436 Longhurst St.
627 Pelee _ Scudder W. Botham, Pelee Island P.O.
629 Grenville Toronto W. J. Streight, 44 Fairview Blvd.
630 Prince of Wales Toronto Albert Young, 12 Glenwood Ave.
632 Long Branch Mimico G. A. Brandow, 12 6th St., New
Toronto
634 Delta Toronto A. Lawrence, 148 Roehampton Av
635 Wellington Toronto G. W. Smith, 75 Highbourne Rd.
637 Caledonia Toronto T. C. McAllister, 147 Browning A
638 Bedford Toronto. C. H. R. Devey, 67 Yonge St. Bid
639 Beach Hamilton Beach H. S. Marshall, 554 Beach Blvd.
640 Anthony Sayer Mimico E. J. Hutchins, 36 Eastbourne Cr
641 Garden Windsor John Briggs, 1553 Marentette Av
642 St. Andrew's Windsor M. Burbridge, 167 Cameron Ave.
643 Cathedral Toronto J. K. McGuire, 174 Rosewell Ave.
644 Simcoe Toronto W. G. Mackay, 2 Salem Ave.
645 Lake Shore Mimico E. H. Glenn, 17 Eastbourne Cres.
Toronto
646 Rowland Mt. Albert R. A. Armstrong, Zephyr, Ont.
647 Todmorden Todmorden W. W. Williams, 44 Blantyre Ave.
649 Temple Oshawa R. H. Crossley, 112 Frederick St.
651 Dentonia Toronto Wm. Tennant, 19 Avonlea Blvd.
652 Memorial Toronto S. J. Boyde, 1542 Dufferin St.
654 Ancient
Landmarks Hamilton J. McKay, 153 Kensington Ave. S
655 Kingsway Lambton Mills G. J. Bartheolomew, 67 Grenview
Blvd.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 341
List of Lodges — By Districts
ALGOMA DISTRICT— (9 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bio. O. F. Young, Port Arthur
No. 2S7 — Shuniah Port Arthur No. 511 — Connaught W. Fort William
No. 415 — Fort William Fort William No. 584 — Kaministiquia Ft. William
No. 453— Royal Fort William No. 618— Thunder Bay Pt. Arthur
No. 499 — Port Arthur.Port Arthur No. 636 — Hornepayne ...Hornepayne
U. D. Kenogamisis Geraldton
BRANT DISTRICT— (14 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. M. C. Hawley, Paris
No. 35— St. Johns ...._ -Cayuga No. 243 — St. George St. George
No. 45 — Brant Brantford No. 319 — Hiram Hagersville
No. 82 — St. Johns Paris No. 329 — King Solomon Jarvis
No. 106 — Burford Burford No: 505 — Lynden Lynden
No. 113— Wilson Waterford No. 508— Ozias Brantford
No. 121 — Doric ..Brantford No. 515— Reba Brantford
No. 193 — Scotland „ _ Scotland No. 519 — Onondaga - Onondaga
BRL'CE DISTRICT— (12 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. Wm. T. Baillie, Cargill
No. 131 — St. Lawrence Southampton No. 393 — Forest Chesley
No. 197— Saugeen Walkerton No. 396— Cedar _ Wiarton
No. 235 — Aldworth _ Paisley No. 429 — Port Elgin Port Elgin
No. 262 — Harriston Harriston No. 431 — Moravian Cargill
No. 315 — Clifford - Clifford No. 432— Hanover _ Hanover
No. 362— Maple Leaf .... _....Tara No. 436 — Burns _ Hepworth
CHATHAM DISTRICT— (14 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. R. C. McCutcheon, Highgate
No. 46— Wellington Chatham No. 327 — Hammond .....Wardsville
No. 2io — Tecumseh Thamesville No. 336 — Highgate - Highgate
No. 255 — Sydenham Dresden No. 390 — Florence _.._ Florence
No. 267 — Parthenon _ Chatham No. 391 — Howard _ -Ridgetown
No. 274— Kent Blenheim No. 422— Star of the East.Bothwell
No. 282 — Lome -....Glencoe No. 457 — Century Merlin
No. 312— Pnyx Wallaceburg No. 563— Victory Chatham
EASTERN DISTRICT— (18 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. D. S. Macintosh, Martintown
No. 21a— St. Johns...-. Vankleek Hill No. 418— Maxville Maxville
No. 125 — Cornwall Cornwall No. 439 — Alexandria Alexandria
No. 142 — Excelsior - Morrisburg No. 450 — Hawkesbury ..Hawkesbury
No. 143 — Friendly Brothers Iroquois No. 452 — Avonmore Avonmore
No. 186— Plantagenet Riceville No. 458— Wales Wales
No. 207 — Lancaster __ Lancaster No. 480 — Williamsburg Williamsburg
No. 256 — Farran's Point— Aultsville No. 491 — Cardinal Cardinal
No. 320 — Chesterville Chesterville No. 557 — Finch Finch
No. 383 — Henderson -..Winchester No. 596 — Martintown ..Martintown
FRONTENAC DISTRICT— (18 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. Wm. Chapman, Kingston
No. 3 — Ancient St. Johns Kingston No. 253 — Minden Kingston
No. 9 — Union _ Napanee No. 299 — Victoria Centreville
No. 92 — Cataraqui _ .Kingston No. 404 — Lome - Tamworth
No. 109 — Albion Harrowsmith No. 441 — Westport Westport
No. 119 — Maple Leaf Bath No. 460— Rideau Seeley's Bay
No. 146 — Princeof Wales Newburgh No. 497 — St. Andrew's Arden
No. 157 — Simpson Newboro No. 578 — Queen's Kingston
No. 201 — Leeds Gananoque No. 585 — Royal Edward ....-Kingston
No. 228 — Prince Arthur Odessa No. 621 — Frontenac Sharbot Lake
342 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
GEORGIAN DISTRICT— (19 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. Frederick Spearing, Beeton
No. 90 — Manito Collingwood No. 304 — Minerva Stroud
No. 96 — Corinthian Barrie No. 348 — Georgian Penetanguishene
No. 137 — Pythagoras Meaford No. 385 — Spry Beeton
No. 192 — Orillia Orillia No. 444 — Nitetis - Creemore
No. 230 — Kerr ...Barrie No. 466 — Coronation Elmvale
No. 234 — Beaver Thornbury No. 467 — Tottenham Tottenham
No. 236 — Manitoba ...Cookstown No. 470 — Victoria Victoria Harbour
No. 249 — Caledonia Midland No. 492 — Karnak Coldwater
No. 266 — Northern Light Stayner No. 538 — Earl Kitchener Pt.McNicol
No. 285 — Seven Star Alliston
GREY DISTRICT— (12 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. Thos. H. Reburn, Markdale
No. 88 — St. George's ...Owen Sound No. 333 — Prince Arthur ...Flesherton
No. 200 — St. Alban's.. Mount Forest No. 334 — Prince Arthur Arthur
No. 216 — Harris Orangeville No. 377 — Lome Shelburne
No. 271— Wellington Erin No. 421— Scott Grand Valley
No. 306 — Durham Durham No. 449 — Dundalk Dundalk
No. 322 — North Star Owen Sound No. 490 — Hiram Markdale
HAMILTON DISTRICT A— (16 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. Geo. Walker, Hamilton
No. 6 — Barton Hamilton No. 357 — Waterdown Millgrove
No. 40 — St. Johns Hamilton No. 400— Oakville Oakville
No. 100 — Valley Dundas No. 475 — Dundurn Hamilton
No. 135 — St. Clair Milton No. 513 — Corinthian Hamilton
No. 165 — Burlington Burlington No. 551 — Tuscan — Hamilton
No. 272 — Seymour Ancaster No. 562 — Hamilton Hamilton
No. 291 — Dufferin W. Flamboro No. 602— Hugh Murray Hamilton
No. 324— Temple Hamilton No. 603— Campbell Campbellville
HAMILTON DISTRICT B— (17 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. Wm. Davies, Chedoke P.O.
No. 7 — Union Grimsby No. 544 — Lincoln Abingdon
No. 27 — Strict Observance Hamilton No. 549 — Ionic Hamilton
No. 57 — Harmony Binbrook No. 550 — Buchanan Hamilton
No. 61 — Acacia Hamilton No. 555 — Wardrope Hamilton
No. 62 — St. Andrews Caledonia No. 593 — St. Andrews Hamilton
No. 166 — Wentworth .. Stoney Creek No. 594 — Hillcrest Hamilton
No. 185 — Enniskillen York No. 639 — Beach Burlington Beach
No. 3:82 — Doric .Hamilton No. 654 — Ancient Landmarks
No. 495 — Electric Hamilton Hamilton
LONDON DISTRICT— (23 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. D. A. Fergus»n, St. Thomas
No. 20 — St. Johns' London No. 358 — Delaware Valley Delaware
No. 42 — St. George's London No. 378 — King Solomon's London
No. 64 — Kilwinning London No. 379 — Middlesex Bryanston
No. 107 — St. Paul's Lambeth No. 380 — Union London
No. 190 — Belmont Belmont No. 388 — Henderson _ Uderton
No. 195 — Tuscan London No. 394 — King Solomon Thamesford
No. 209a — St. John's London No. 399 — Moffat Harrietsville
No. 289 — Doric Lobo No. 529— Myra ...Komoka
No. 300 — Mount Olivet Thorndale No. 580 — Acacia London
No. 330 — Corinthian London No. 597 — Temple - London
No. 344 — Merrill Dorchester Sta. No. 610 — Ashiar Byron
No. 345 — Nilestown Nilestown
MUSKOKA DISTRICT— (8 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. H. R. Hay ward, Scotia
No. 352— Granite Parry Sound No. 423— Strong Sundridge
No. 360 — Muskoka Bracebridge No. 434 — Algonquin Emsdale
No. 376 — Unity Huntsville No. 443 — Powassan Powassan
No. 409 — Golden Rule Gravenhurst No. 454 — Corona Burk's Falls
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 343
NIAGARA A DISTRICT— (12 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. Jos. Backus, St. Catharines
No. 2 — Niagara Niagara No. 277 — Seymour Port Dalhousie
No. 15— St. George's St. Catharines No. 296— Temple St. Catharines
No. 32 — Amity Dunnrille No. 338— Dufferin Wellandport
No. 103 — Maple Leaf St. Catharines No. 502 — Coronation Smithville
No. 115 — Ivy Beamsville No. 614 — Adanac Merritton
No. 221 — Mountain Thorold No. 616 — Perfection St. Catharines
NIAGARA B DISTRICT— (13 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. F. S. Lane, Niagara Falls
No. 105 — St. Marks Niagara Falls No. 471 — KingEdwardVII Chippawa
No. 168— Merritt Welland No. 535— Phoenix Ponthill
No. 169 — Macnab Port Colborne No. 573 — Adoniram Niagara Falls
No. 254— Clifton Niagara Falls No. 613— Fort Erie Fort Erie
No. 337 — Myrtle Port Robinson No. 615 — Dominion Ridgeway
No. 372— Palmer Fort Erie North No. 626 — Stamford Stamford Centre
No. 373 — Copestone Welland
NIPISSING EAST DISTRICT— (8 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. H. A. Batsford, Warren
No. 405 — Mattawa Mattawa No. 485 — Haileybury Haileybury
No. 420— Nipissing North Bay No. 486— Silver Cobalt
No. 447— SturgeonFa. SturgeonFalls No. 507— Elk Lake Elk Lake
No. 462 — Temiskaming NewLiskeard No. 617 — North Bay North Bay
NIPISSING WEST DISTRICT— (12 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. F. W. Colloton, Sault Ste. Marie
No. 412 — Keystone Sault Ste. Marie No. 487 — Penewobikong Blind River
No. 427 — Nickel Sudbury No. 527 — Espanola Espanola
No. 442 — Dyment Thessalon No. 536 — Algonquin Copper Cliff
No. 435 — Doric Little Current No. 588 — National - Capreol
No. 469 — Algoma -..Sault Ste. Marie No. 622 — Lome Chapleau
No. 472— Gore Bay Gore Bay No. 625 — Hatherly Sault Ste. Marie
NORTH HURON DISTRICT— (12 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. Jas. Neilans, Londesboro
No. 93 — Northern Light Kincardine No. 286 — Wingham Wingham
No. 162— Forest Wroxeter No. 303— Blyth Blyth
No. 184 — Old Light Lucknow No. S14 — Blair Palmerston
No. 225 — Bernard Listowel No. 331 — Fordwich Fordwich
No. 276 — Teeswater Teeswater No. 341 — Bruce Tiverton
No. 284— St. Johns Brussels No. 568— Hullett Londesboro
ONTARIO DISTRICT— (13 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. H. W. Mitchell, Port Hope
No. 17 — St. John's Cobourg No. 114 — Hore Port Hope
No. 26 — Ontario Port Hope No. 139 — Lebanon Oshawa
No. 30 — Composite Whitby No. 270 — Cedar Oshawa
No. 31 — Jerusalem Bowmanville No. S25 — Orono Orono
No. 39 — Mount Zion Brooklin No. 428— Fidelity Port Perry
No. 66 — Durham Newcastle No. 649 — Temple Oshawa
No. 91 — Colborne Colborne
OTTAWA DISTRICT— (27 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. J. E. Gamble, Richmond
No. 52 — Dalhousie Ottawa No. 196 — Madawaska Arnprior
No. 58 — Doric Ottawa No. 231— Lodge of Fidelity Ottawa
No. 63 — St. John's Carleton Place No. 264 — Chaudiere Ottawa
No. 122 — Renfrew Renfrew No. 371 — Prince of Wales Ottawa
No. 128 — Pembroke Pembroke No. 433 — Bonnechere Eganville
No. 147 — Mississippi Almonte No. 459 — Cobden Cobden
No. 148 — Civil Service - Ottawa No. 465 — Carleton _ Carp
No. 159 — Goodwood Richmond No. 476 — Corinthian ...North Gower
No. 177— The Builders Ottawa No. 479— Russell Russell
344 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
No. 516 — Enterprise Beachburg No. 561 — Acacia Westboro
No. 517 — Hazeldean - Hazeldean No. 564 — Ashlar Ottawa
No. 526 — Ionic Westboro No. 590 — Defenders Ottawa
No. 558 — Sidney Albert Luke Ottawa No. 595 — Rideau Ottawa
No. 560 — St. Andrew's Ottawa
PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT— (11 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. R. F. Downey, Peterborough
No. 101 — Corinthian ...Peterborough No. 313 — Clementi Lakefield
No. 126 — Golden Rule Campbellford No. 374 — Keene Keene
No. 145— J. B. Hall Millbrook No. 435— Havelock Havelock
No. 155 — Peterborough Peterborough No. 523 — Royal Arthur Peterborough
No. 161 — Percy Warkworth No. 633 — Hastings Hastings
No. 223 — Norwood Norwood
PRINCE EDWARD DISTRICT— (16 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. H. McCartney, Wellington
No. 11 — Moira -..Belleville No. 127 — Franck Frankford
No. 18— Prince Edward Picton No. 164— Star in the East Wellington
No. 29 — United Brighton No. 215 — Lake Ameliasburg
No. 38 — Trent Trenton No. 222 — Marmora Marmora
No. 48 — Madoc _ Madoc No. 239 — Tweed _ Tweed
No. 50 — Consecon Consecon No. 283 — Eureka Belleville
No. 69— Stirling Stirling No. 401 — Craig Deseronto
No. 123— Belleville Belleville No. 482— Bancroft Bancroft
SARNIA DISTRICT— (21 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. W. J, Aitchison, Sarnia
No. 56 — Victoria Sarnia No. 307 — Arkona _ Arkona
No. 81— St. Johns.Mount Brydges No. 323 — Alvinston Alvinston
No. 83 — Beaver _ Strathroy No. 328 — Ionic „ _ Napier
No. 116 — Cassia Thedford No. 392 — Huron Camlachie
No. 153 — Burns Wyoming No. 397 — Leopold Brigden
No. 158 — Alexandra Oil Springs No. 419 — Liberty Sarnia
No. 194— Petrolia Petrolia No. 425— St. Clair Sombra
No. 238— Havelock Watford No. 437— Tuscan Sarnia
No. 260 — Washington Petrolia No. 503 — Inwood Inwood
No. 263— Forest Forest No. 601— St. Paul Sarnia
No. 294 — Moore Courtright
SOUTH HURON DISTRICT— (17 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. S. T. Loveys, Hickson
No. 33— Maitland Goderich No. 233— Doric Parkhill
No. 73 — St. James St. Ma.ry's No. 309 — Morning Star Carlow
No. 84— Clinton ,. Clinton No. 332— Stratford Stratford
No. 133 — Lebanon Forest Exeter No. 456 — Elma Monkton
No. 141 — Tudor Mitchell No. 478 — Milverton Milverton
No. 144 — Tecumseh Stratford No. 483 — Granton Granton
No. 154 — Irving Lucan No. 574 — Craig Ailsa Craig
No. 170 — Britannia Seaforth No. 609 — Tavistock Tavistock
No. 224— Huron Hensall
ST. LAWRENCE DISTRICT— (19 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. Robt. Hawkins, Smiths Falls
No. 5 — Sussex Brockville No. 368 — Salem Brockville
No. 14— True Britons Perth No. 370— Harmony Delta
No. 24 — St. Francis ...Smith's Falls No. 387 — Lansdowne Lansdowne
No. 28 — Mount Zion Kemptyille No. 389 — CrystalFountain N.Augusta
No. 55 — Merrickville ...Merrickville No. 416 — Lyn Lyn
No. 74 — St. James South Augusta No. 489 — Osiris Smith's Falls
No. 85 — Rising Sun Athens No. 504 — Otter Lombardy
No. 110 — Central Prescott No. 556 — Nation Spencerville
No. 209 — Evergreen Lanark No. 650— Fidelity Toledo
No. 242 — Macoy Mallorytown
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
345
ST. THOMAS DISTRICT— (11 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. A. Petherick, West Lome
No. 44-
No. 94-
No. 120-
No. 140-
No. 171-
No. 232-
No. 506-
No. 528-
No. 530-
No. 534-
-St. Thomas St. Thomas
-St. Marks -..-Port Stanley
-Warren ..._ Fingal
-Malahide Aylmer
-Prince of Wales Iona Sta.
-Cameron Dutton
No. 302— St. Davids - St. Thomas
No. 364 — Dufferin Melbourne
No. 386— McColl West Lome
No. 411 — Rodney Rodney
No. 546— Talbot St. Thomas
TEMISKAIMNG DISTRICT— (7 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. C. P. Ramsay, Timmins
-Porcupine Porcupine No. 540 — Abitibi _...- Iroquois Falls
-Golden Beaver. Timmins No. 623 — Doric _„.. Kirkland Lake
-Cochrane Cochrane No. 648 — Spruce Falls _.Kapuskasing
-Englehart Englehart
TORONTO DISTRICT A— (30 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. S. F. Albertson, Toronto
No. 229— Ionic Brampton
No. 305 — Humber Weston
No. 346 — Occident - Toronto
No. 356— River Park Streetsville
No. 369 — Mimico _ -Lambton Mills
No. 426— Stanley - Toronto
No. 474 — Victoria Toronto
No. 501— Connaught ..._ Mimico
No. 510 — Parkdale - Toronto
No. 522— Mt. Sinai Toronto
No. 524 — Mississauga Port Credit
No. 525 — Temple Toronto
No. 531— High Park Toronto
No. 548 — General Mercer Toronto
No. 565 — Kilwinning Toronto
No. 566 — King Hiram ...Toronto
No. 575 — Fidelity Toronto
No. 582 — Sunnyside Toronto
No. 583 — Transportation Toronto
No. 587 — Patricia Toronto
No. 599 — Mt. Dennis Weston
No. 600 — Maple Leaf Toronto
No. 605— Melita Toronto
No. 619 — Runnymede Toronto
No. 630 — Prince of Wales ..Toronto
No. 632 — Long Branch Mimico
No. 640 — Anthony Sayer Mimico
No. 645 — Lake Shore Mimico
No. 652 — Memorial Weston
No. 655 — Kingsway ...Lambton Mills
TORONTO DISTRICT 1
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. G. C.
No. 16 — St. Andrews Toronto No.
No. 25 — Ionic Toronto No.
No. 75 — St. John's _ Toronto No.
No. 87 — Markham Union.. Markham No.
No. 136— Richardson Stouffville No.
No. 218 — Stevenson Toronto No.
No. 220 — Zeredatha _..... Uxbridge No.
No. 269 — Brougham Union Claremont No.
No. 316 — Doric Toronto No.
No. 339— Orient Toronto No.
No. 343 — Georgina -...Toronto No.
No. 354 — Brock Cannington No.
No. 424 — Doric _._ _ -..Pickering No.
No. 430 — Acacia Toronto No.
No. 464 — King Edward ...Sunderland No.
I— (30 Lodges)
Murphy, Unionville
473 — Beaches Toronto
494 — Riverdale Toronto
520 — Coronati _ Toronto
532— Canada - _ Toronto
543 — Imperial - —...Toronto
545 — JnoRossRobertson Toronto
552— Queen City Toronto
567 — St. Aidans _ Toronto
576 — Mimosa -Toronto
612— Birch Cliff - Birch Cliff
620 — Bay of Quinte - Toronto
637 — Caledonia Toronto
647 — Todmorden Todmorden
651 — Dentonia Toronto
653 — Scarboro Agincourt
TORONTO DISTRICT C— (27 Lodges)
D.D.G.M. — R.W. Bro. A. C. Norwich, Toronto
No.
22
No.
23-
No.
65-
No.
79-
No.
86-
No.
97-
No.
99-
No.
129-
No.
156-
No.
247-
No.
265-
No.
326-
No.
438-
No.
481-
-King Solomon's Toronto
-Richmond ..Richmond Hill
-Rehoboam Toronto
-Simcoe Bradford
-Wilson Toronto
-Sharon - Queensville
-Tuscan _ Newmarket
-Rising Sun Aurora
-York _._ Toronto
-Ashlar _ Toronto
-Patterson Thornhill
-Zetland _ Toronto
-Harmony Toronto
-Corinthian _ Toronto
No. 512 — Malone - Sutton
No. 542 — Metropolitan Toronto
No. 553 — Oakwood _ Toronto
No. 577 — St. Clair Toronto
No. 581 — Harcourt Toronto
No. 591 — North Gate Toronto
No. 592 — Fairbank Toronto
No. 606— Unity - Toronto
No. 607 — Golden Fleece Toronto
No. 629 — Grenville _ Toronto
No. 634 — Delta Toronto
No. 638— Bedford _ Toronto
No. 646 — Rowland Mt. Albert
346 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
TORONTO DISTRICT D— (25 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. E. W. Stoddard, Toronto
No. 54 — Vaughan Maple No. 541-
No. 98— True Blue Bolton No. 547-
No. 118 — Union Schomberg No. 559-
No. 292— Robertson King No. 570-
No. 311— Blackwood Woodbridge No. 571-
No. 367— St. George Toronto No. 572-
No. 384— Alpha Toronto No. 586-
No. 410— Zeta Toronto No. 589-
No. 468— Peel Caledon East No. 611-
No. 496 — University Toronto No. 635-
No. 514— St. Alban's Toronto No. 643-
No. 533— Shamrock Toronto No. 644-
No. 537— Ulster Toronto
-Tuscan Toronto
Victory Toronto
Palestine Toronto
-Dufferin Toronto
-Antiquity Toronto
-Mizpah Toronto
-Remembrance Toronto
-Grey Toronto
-Huron-Bruce Toronto
-Wellington Toronto
-Cathedral Toronto
-Si mcoe Toronto
VICTORIA DISTRICT— (12 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Br*. Wm. Greig, Mt. Pleasant
No. 77 — Faithful Brethren-Lindsay
No. 268 — Verulam Bobcaygeon
No. 375 — Lome - Omemee
No. 398— Victoria Kirkfield
No. 406— Spry Fenelon Falls
No. 408 — Murray Beaverton
No. 440 — Arcadia Minden
No. 451 — Somerville Kinmount
No. 463— N'rth Entrance Haliburton
No. 477 — Harding Woodville
No. 498 — King George V Coboconk
No. 608— Gothic Lindsay
WELLINGTON DISTRICT— (19 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. J. A. Leslie, Milton
No. 72-
No. 151-
No. 172-
No. 180-
No. 203-
No. 205-
No. 219-
No. 257-
No. 258-
No. 279-
-Alma
-Grand
-Ayr ....
-Speed
-Irvine
River
Gait
Kitchener
Ayr
Guelph
Elora
-New Dom'n.New Hamburg
-Credit Georgetown
-Gait Gait
-Guelph Guelph
-New Hope Hespeler
No. 295-
No. 297-
No. 318-
No. 321-
No. 347-
No. 361-
No. 509-
No. 539-
No. 628-
-Conestogo
-Preston
-Wilmot
-Walker
-Mercer
-Waverley
-Twin City
-Waterloo
-Glenrose
Drayton
Preston
Baden
Acton
Fergus
Guelph
Kitchener
Waterloo
Elmira
WESTERN DISTRICT— (8 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. A. G. Holland, Kenora
No. 414 — Pequonga Kenora
No. 417 — Keewatin Keewatin
No. 445 — Lake of the Woods .Kenora
No. 446 — Granite Fort Frances
No. 461 — Ionic Rainy River
No. 484— Golden Star Dryden
No. 518 — Sioux Lookout Sioux L'out
No. 631 — Manitou Emo
WILSON DISTRICT— (20 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. H. B. Atkinson, Embro
No.
10-
No.
37-
No.
43-
No.
68
No.
76-
No.
78-
No.
104
No.
108-
No.
149
No.
174
-Norfolk Simcoe No. 178-
-King Hiram Ingersoll No. 181-
-King Solomon's Woodstock No. 217-
-St. John's Ingersoll No. 237-
-Oxford Woodstock No. 250-
-King Hiram Tillsonburg No. 259-
-St. John's Norwich No. 261-
-Blenheim Princeton No. 35;)-
-Erie Port Dover No. 569-
-Walsingham Port Rowan No. 624-
-Plattsville Plattsville
-Oriental Port Burwell
-Frederick Delhi
-Vienna Vienna
-Thistle Embro
-Springfield Springfield
-Oak Branch Innerkip
-Vittoria Vittoria
-Doric Lakeside
-Dereham Mt. Elgin
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
347
WINDSOR DISTRICT— (19 Lodges)
D.D.G.M.— R.W. Bro. J. G. Moncrieff, Windsor
No. 34 — Thistle - Amherstburg
No. 41 — St. George Kingsville
No. 47 — Great Western Windsor
No. 290 — Leamington Leamington
No. 395 — Parvaim - Comber
No. 402 — Central Essex
No. 403 — Windsor Windsor
No. 413 — Naphtali Tilbury
No. 448 — Xenophon Wheatley
No. 488 — King Edward Harrow
No. 500 — Rose —Windsor
No. 521 — Ontario Windsor
No. 554 — Border Cities Windsor
No. 579 — Harmony _ _ Windsor
No. 598 — Dominion _ Windsor
No. 604— Palace Windsor
No. 627— Pelee _ _ Scudder
No. 641 — Garden Windsor
No. 642 — St. Andrew's _. Windsor
RECAPITULATION
Algoma District
Brant District
Bruce District _
Chatham District _ -
Eastern District
Frontenac District
Georgian District _
Grey District
Hamilton A District
Hamilton B District
London
Muskoka District
Niagara A District
Niagara B District
Nipissing East District
Nipissing West District
North Huron District ....
Ontario District
Ottawa District
Peterborough District ...
Prince Edward District
Sarnia District
South Huron District _
St. Lawrence District
St. Thomas
Temiskaming District ....
Toronto A District -..-
Toronto B District _
Toronto C District _
Toronto D District
Victoria District
Wellington District
Western District _..
Wilson District _
Windsor District
9
14
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. 14
18
18
19
12
16
17
_23
27
25
12
19
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
Lodges
348 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
LODGES BY LOCATION
Location Name and No.
Abingdon Lincoln 544
Acton Walker 321
Agincourt -Scarboro 653
Ailsa Craig Craig 574
Alexandria - Alexandria 439
Alliston Seven Star 285
Almonte Mississippi 147
Alvinston Alvinston 353
Ameliasburg Lake 215
Amherstburg — Thistle 34
Ancaster _ Seymour 272
Arden ....St. Andrew's 497
Arkona Arkona 307
Arnprior Madawaska 196
Arthur - Prince Arthur 334
Athens Rising Sun 85
Aultsville JFarran's Point 256
Aurora Rising Sun 129
Avonmore Avonmore 452
Aylmer .....Malahide 140
Ayr Ayr 172
Baden Wilmot 318
Bancroft Bancroft 482
Barrie Corinthian 96
Barrie Kerr 230
Bath Maple Leaf 119
Beachburg Enterprise 516
Beamsville Ivy 115
Beaverton _ Murray 408
Beeton Spry 385
Belleville Eureka 283
Belleville Moira 1 1
Belleville The Belleville 123
Belmont Belmont 190
Binbrook Harmony 57
Birch Cliff Birch Cliff 612
Blenheim Kent 274
Blind River Penewobikong 487
Blyth Blyth 303
Bobcaygeon Verulam 268
Bolton True Blue 98
Bothwell Star of the East 422
Bowmanville Jerusalem 31
Bracebridge Mukoka 360
Bradford Simcoe 79
Brampton Ionic 229
Brantford Brant 45
Brantford Doric 121
Brantford Ozias 508
Brantford Reba 515
Brigden Leopold 397
Brighton . United 29
Brockville Sussex 5
Brockville Salem 368
Brooklin Mount Zion 39
Brussels St. John's 284
Bryanston Middlesex 379
Burford Burford 106
Burk's Falls Corona 454
Burlington Burlington 165
Burlington Beach Beach 639
Byron Ashlar 610
Caledon East Peel 468
Caledonia St. Andrew's 62
Campbellford Golden Rule 126
Campbellville Campbell 603
Camlachie Huron 392
Cannington Brock 354
Location
Capreol
Cardinal
Cargill
Name and No.
_ National 588
Cardinal 491
Moravian 431
Carlow Morning Star 309
Carp _ Carleton 465
Carleton Place St. John's 63
Cayuga St. John's 35
Centreville Victoria 299
Chapleau Lome 622
Chatham -....Parthenon 267
Chatham Victory 563
Chatham Wellington 46
Chesley Forest 393
Chesterville Chesterville 320
Chippawa King Edward VII 471
Claremont Brougham Union 269
Clifford Clifford 315
Clinton Clinton 84
Cobalt - Silver 486
Cobden Cobden 459
Cobourg St. John's 17
Coboconk King George V 498
Cochrane _ Cochrane 530
Colborne Colborne 91
Coldwater Karnak 492
Collingwood Manito 90
Comber Parvaim 395
Consecon Consecon 50
Cookstown Manitoba 236
Copper Cliff Algonquin 536
Cornwall Cornwall 125
Courtright Moore 294
Creemore ~ Nitetis 444
Delaware Delaware Valley 358
Delhi .Frederick 217
Delta ...Harmony 370
Deseronto Craig 401
Dorchester Sta. Merrill 344
Drayton _ Conestogo 295
Dresden Sydenham 255
Dryden Golden Star 484
Dundalk Dundalk 449
Dundas Valley 100
Dunnville Amity 32
Durham Durham 306
Dutton Cameron 232
Eganville Bonnechere 433
Elk Lake Elk Lake 507
Elmira Glenrose 628
Elmvale Coronation 466
Elora _. Irvine 203
Embro Thistle 250
Emo Manitou 631
Emsdale Algonquin 434
Englehart Englehart 534
Erin _ .Wellington 271
Espanola Espanola 527
Essex Central 402
Exeter Lebanon Forest 133
Fenelon Falls The Spry 406
Fergus Mercer 347
Finch Finch 557
Fingal Warren 120
Flesherton Prince Arthur 333
Florence Florence 390
Fonthill Phoenix 535
Forest Forest 263
Fordwich Fordwich 331
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
349
Location Name and No.
Fort Erie Fort Erie 613
Fort Erie North Palmer 372
Fort Frances - Granite 446
Fort William Kaministiquia 584
Fort William Royal 453
Fort William Fort William 415
Frankford Franck 127
Gait _..Alma 72
Gait _ - .......Gait 257
Gananoque .....Leeds 201
Georgetown . Credit 219
Geraldton Kenogamisis UD
Glencoe Lome 282
Goderich ...._ Maitland 33
Gore Bay Gore Bay 472
Grand Valley Scott 421
Granton Granton 483
Gravenhurst Golden Rule 409
Grimsby Union 7
Guelph _ Guelph 258
Guelph .....Speed 180
Guelph _ Wayerley 361
Hagersville Hiram 319
Haileybury Haileybury 485
Haliburton North Entrance 463
Hamilton Acacia 61
Hamilton ..Ancient Lardmarks 654
Hamilton _ Barton 6
Hamilton Buchanan 550
Hamilton Corinthian 513
Hamilton Doric 382
Hamilton Dundurn 475
Hamilton Electric 495
Hamilton Hamilton 562
Hamilton _ Hillcrest 594
Hamilton .....Hugh Murray 602
Hamilton Ionic 549
Hamilton St. Andrew's 593
Hamilton St. John's 40
Hamilton _ Strict Observance 27
Hamilton Temple 324
Hamilton Tuscan 551
Hamilton Wardrope 555
Hanover . .. Hanover 432
Harrietsville Moffat 399
Harriston Harriston 262
Harrow King Edward 488
Harrowsmith Albion 109
Hastings Hastings 633
Havelock Havelock 435
Hawkesbury .Hawkesbury 450
Hazeldean Hazeldean 517
Hensall Huron 224
Hepworth Burns 436
Hespeler New Hope 279
Highgate Highgate 336
Hornepayne Hornepayne 636
Huntsville Unity 376
Ilderton Henderson 388
Ingersoll King Hiram 37
Ingersoll St. John's 68
Innerkip Oak Branch 261
Inwood _ Inwood 503
Iona Station Prince of Wales 171
Iroquois _ Friendly Brothers 143
Iroquois Falls _ Abitibi 540
Jarvis King Solomon 329
Kapuskasing Spruce Falls 648
Keene _ Keene 374
Keewatin Keewatin 417
Kemptville Mount Zion 28
Kenora Lake of the Woods 445
Location Name and No.
Kenora Pequonga 414
Kincardine Northern Light 93
King Robertson 292
Kingston Gataraqui 92
Kingston Minden 253
Kingston _ Queen's 578
Kingston Royal Edward 585
Kingston. The Anct. St. John's 3
Kingsville St. George's 41
Kinmount Somerville 451
Kirkfield _ Victoria 398
Kirkland Lake Doric 623
Kitchener Grand River 151
Kitchener Twin Ctiy 509
Komoka Myra 529
Lakefield Clementi 313
Lakeside Doric 569
Lambeth St. Paul's 107
Lambton Mills „ .....Kingsway 655
Lambton Mills Mimico 369
Lanark Evergreen 209
Lancaster Lancaster 207
Lansdowne Lansdowne 387
Leamington Leamington 290
Lindsay Faithful Brethren 77
Lindsay Gothic 608
Listowel Bernard 225
Little Current Doric 455
Lobo Doric 289
Lombardy _ Otter 504
Londesboro Hullett 568
London Acacia 580
London Corinthian 330
London Kilwinning 64
London King Solomon's 378
London St. George's 42
London ..St. John's 20
London _ ..St. John's 209a
London Temple 597
London Tuscan 195
London Union 380
Lucan Irving 154
Lucknow Old Light 184
Lyn _ Lyn 416
Lynden Lynden 505
Madoc Madoc 48
Mallorytown Macoy 242
Maple Vaughan 54
Markdale Hiram 490
Markham Markham Union 87
Marmora Marmora 222
Martintown Martintown 596
Mattawa Mattawa 405
Maxville Maxville 418
Meaford Pythagoras 137
Melbourne Dufferin 364
Merlin Century 457
Merrickville Merrickville 55
Merritton Adanac 614
Midland Caledonian 249
Millbrook J. B. Hall 145
Millgrove Waterdown 357
Milton St. Clair 135
Milverton Milverton 478
Mimico Anthony Sayer 640
Mimico Connaught 501
Mimico Lake Shore 645
Mimico _ Long Branch 632
Minden Arcadia 440
Mitchell Tudor 1 4 1
Monkton Elma 456
Morrisburg Excelsior 142
350 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Location Name and
Mount Albert Rowland
Mount Brydges St. John's
Mount Elgin Dereham
Mount Forest St. Alban's
Napanee Union
Napier Ionic
Newboro Simpson
Newburgh Prince of Wales
Newcastle Durham
New Hamburg... New Dominion
New Liskeard Temiskaming
Newmarket
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
Nilestown
Tuscan
Niagara
Adoniram
Clifton
St. Mark's
Nilestown
North Augusta Crystal Fount.
Nipissing
North Bay
Corinthian
St. John's
Norwood
Oakville
Prince Arthur
Alexandra
Lome
Onondaga
Harris
Orillia
Orono
Cedar
Lebanon
Temple
Ashlar
Civil Service
Chaudiere
Dalhousie
Defenders
Doric
Lodge of Fidelity
Prince of Wales
_ Rideau
..._St. Andrew's
Sydney Albert Luke
The Builders
North Star
St. George's
Aldworth
Blair
St. John's
Doric
Granite
Pembroke
Georgian
True Britons
North Bay
North Bay .
North Gower
Norwich
Norwood
Oakville
Odessa
Oil Springs
Omemee
Onondaga . .
Orangeville
Orillia
Orono
Oshawa
Oshawa
Oshawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa .
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa
Owen Sound
Owen Sound
Paisley
Palmerston
Paris
Parkhill
Parry Sound
Pembroke
Penetanguishene
Perth
Peterborough Corinthian
Peterborough Peterborough
Peterborough Royal Arthur
Petrolia Petrolia
Petrolia Washington
Pickering Doric
Picton Prince Edward
Plattsville Plattsville
Port Arthur Port Arthur
Port Arthur Shuniah
Port Arthur Thunder Bay
Port Burwell Oriental
Port Credit Mississauga
Port Colborne Macnab
Port Dalhousie Seymour
Port Dover Erie
No. Location Name and No.
646 Tara Maple Leaf 362
81 Port Elgin Port Elgin 429
624 Port Hope Hope 114
200 Port Hope Ontario 26
9 Port McNicol Earl Kitchener 538
328 Port Perry Fidelity 428
157 Port Robinson Myrtle 337
146 Port Rowan Walsingham 174
66 Port Stanley St. Mark's 94
205 Powassan Powassan 443
462 Prescott Central 110
99 Preston Preston 297
2 Princeton Blenheim 108
573 Queensville Sharon 97
254 Rainy River Ionic 461
105 Renfrew Renfrew 122
345 Riceville Plantagenet 186
389 Richmond Goodwood 159
420 Richmond Hill Richmond 23
617 Ridgetown Howard 391
476 Ridgeway Dominion 615
104 Rodney Rodney 411
223 Russell Russell 479
400 Sarnia Liberty 419
228 Sarnia St. Paul 601
158 Sarnia Tuscan 437
375 Sarnia Victoria 56
519 Sault Ste. Marie Algoma 469
216 Sault Ste. Marie Hatherly 625
192 Sault Ste. Marie Keystone 412
325 Schomberg Union 118
270 Scotland Scotland 193
139 Seaforth Britannia 170
649 Scudder Pelee 627
564 Seeley's Bay Rideau 460
148 Sharbot Lake Frontenac 621
264 Shelbourne Lome 377
52 Simcoe Norfolk 10
590 Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout 518
58 Smith's Falls Osiris 489
231 Smith's Falls St. Francis 24
371 Smithville Coronation 502
595 Sombra St. Clair 425
560 Southampton St. Lawrence 131
558 South Augusta St. James 74
177 South Porcupine Porcupine 506
322 Stamford Centre Stamford 626
88 Spencerville Nation 556
235 Springfield Springfield 259
314 Stayner Northern Light 266
82 St. Catharines Maple Leaf 103
233 St. Catharines Perfection 616
352 St. Catharines St. George's 15
128 St. Catharines Temple 296
348 St. George St. George 243
14 Stirling Stirling 69
101 St. Mary's St. James 73
155 Stoney Creek Wentworth 166
523 Stouffville Richardson 136
194 Stratford Stratford 332
260 Stratford Tecumseh 144
424 Strathroy Beaver 83
18 Streetsville River Park 356
178 Stroud Minerva 304
499 St. Thomas St. David's 302
287 St. Thomas St. Thomas 44
618 St. Thomas Talbot 546
181 Sturgeon Falls Sturgeon Falls 447
524 Sudbury Nickel 427
169 Sunderland King Edward 464
277 Sundridge Strong 423
149 Sutton West Malone 512
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939
351
Location
Name and No.
Location
Name and No.
Tamworth
-Lome 404
Toronto _
Sunnyside 582
Tavistock ...
Tavistock 609
Toronto
-St. Aidan's 567
Teeswater -
Teeswater 276
Toronto
St. Albans 514
Thamesford
King Solomon 394
Toronto
St. Andrew's 16
Thamesville
_ Tecumseh 245
Toronto
- St. Clair 577
Thedford _
.... Cassia 116
Toronto
-St. George 367
Thessalon _..
Dyment 442
Toronto
- — St. John's 75
Thornbury ..
Beaver 234
Toronto
Temple 525
Thorndale
Mount Olivet 300
Toronto
The Beaches 473
Thornhill
Thorold
Mountain 221
Toronto
_ Tuscan 541
Tilbury
Naphtali 413
Toronto
Ulster 537
Tillsonburg
King Hiram 78
Toronto
— Unity 606
Timmins
Golden Beaver 528
Toronto
University 496
Tiverton
_ _ Bruce 341
Toronto
Victoria 474
Todmorden
Todmorden 647
Toronto
Victor v 547
Toledo .
Fidelity 650
Toronto
Toronto .....
Wellington 635
Toronto
Acacia 430
- —Wilson 86
Toronto
_ Alpha 384
Toronto
York 156
Toronto
-....Antiquity 57 1
Toronto
_ - Zeta 410
Zetland 326
Toronto
Bay-of-Quinte 620
Tottenham
Tottenham 467
Bedford 638
...Trent 38
Caledonia 637
_ Canada 532
Tweed
...Tweed 239
Toronto
Uxbridge ....-
Zeredatha 220
Toronto
Cathedral 643
Vankleek Hill
St. John's 21
Toronto
Corinthian 481
Victoria Harbor Victoria 470
Toronto
Coronati 520
Vienna
Vienna 237
Delta 634
Vittoria
Vittoria 359
Dentonia 651
- Doric 316
Wales 458
Toronto
Walkerton
— Saugeen 197
Toi-onto
Dufferin 570
Wallaceburg
_ -....Pnyx 312
Toronto ...
Fairbank 592
Wardsville
Hammond 327
Toronto
Fidelity 575
Warkworth
Percy 161
Toronto
Georgina 343
Waterf ord
- Wilson 113
Toronto
General Mercer 548
Waterloo
Waterloo 539
Toronto
Golden Fleece 607
Watford
Havelock 238
Toronto
Grenville 629
Welland
Copestone 373
Toronto
Grey 589
Welland
_ Merritt 168
Toronto _
...._ Harcourt 581
Wellandport
Dufferin 33S
Toronto
„ .Harmony 438
Wellington Star in the East 1
Toronto
High Park 531
Wesboro
Acacia 561
Toronto
Huron-Bruce 611
Westboro
Ionic 526
Toronto
Imperial 543
West Flamboro Dufferin 291
Toronto
Ionic 25
W. Fort William .....Connaught 511
Toronto
King Solomon's 22
West Lome ...
- McColl 3S6
Toronto
Kilwinning 565
Weston
Humber 305
Toronto
King Hiram 566
Weston
Mount Dennis 599
Toronto John Ross Robertson 545
Westport
_ Westport 441
Toronto
Maple Leaf 600
Wheatley
Xenophon 448
Toronto
Melita 605
Whitby
-Composite 30
Toronto
Memorial 652
Wiarton
Cedar 396
Toronto
-...Metropolitan 542
Williamsburg .
Williamsburg 480
Toronto _
Mizpah 572
Winchester
Henderson 383
Toronto
Mimosa 576
Windsor
Border Cities 554
Toronto -
Mt. Sinai 522
Windsor
Dominion 598
Toronto
North Gate 591
Windsor
Garden 641
Toronto
...._ _ Oakwood 553
Windsor
Great Western 47
Toronto
...Occident 346
Windsor
Harmony 579
Toronto
„ Orient 339
Windsor
Ontario 521
Toronto
Parkdale 510
Windsor
- Rose 500
Toronto „
Patricia 587
Windsor
St. Andrew's 642
Toronto
Prince of Wales 630
Windsor
_ Windsor 403
Toronto
Queen City 552
Wingham
Wingham 2S6
Toronto
Rehoboam 65
Woodbridge
- Blackwood 311
Toronto
Remembrance 586
Woodville
Harding 477
Toronto
_ Riverdale 494
Woodstock _
..King Solomon's 43
Toronto
Runnymede 619
Woodstock
Oxford 76
Toronto
Shamrock 533
Wroxeter
Forest 162
Toronto
Simcoe 644
Wyoming _
Burns 153
Stanley 426
_... Stevenson 218
York
Toronto
352 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
LODGES, ALPHABETICALLY
No. and Name Location No.
540 Abitibi Iroquois Falls 110
61 Acacia - Hamilton 402
430 Acacia Toronto 270
561 Acacia Westboro 396
580 Acacia London 457
614 Adanac Merritton 264
573 Adoniram Niagara Falls 320
109 Albion Harrowsmith 148
235 Aldworth Paisley 313
158 Alexandra Oil Springs 315
439 Alexandria -..Alexandria 254
469 Algoma Sault Ste. Marie 84
434 Algonquin Emsdale 459
536 Algonquin Copper Cliff 530
72 Alma - Gait 91
384 Alpha Toronto 30
323 Alvinston Alvinston 295
32 Amity Dunnville 501
654 Ancient Landmarks Hamilton 511
3 Ancient St. Johns Kingston 50
640 Anthony Sayer Mimico 373
571 Antiquity Toronto 96
440 Arcadia Minden 101
307 Arkona Arkona 476
247 Ashlar Toronto 330
564 Ashlar Ottawa 481
610 Ashlar Byron 513
452 Avonmore - Avonmore 125
172 Ayr Ayr 454
482 Bancroft Bancroft 520
6 Barton Hamilton 466
620 Bay of Quinte Toronto 502
639 Beach Hamilton Beach 401
473 Beaches Toronto 574
83 Beaver Strathroy 219
234 Beaver Thornbury 389
638 Bedford Toronto 52
123 Belleville Belleville 590
190 Belmont Belmont 358
225 Bernard Listowel 634
612 Birch Cliff Birch Cliff 651
311 Blackwood Woodbridge 624
314 Blair Palmerston 598
108 Blenheim Princeton 615
303 Blyth Blyth 58
433 Bonnechere Eganville 121
554 Border Cities Windsor 233
45 Brant Brantford 289
170 Britannia Seaforth 316
354 Brock Cannington 382
269 Brougham Union Claremont 424
341 Bruce Tiverton 455
550 Buchanan ...._ Hamilton 569
177 Builders Ottawa 623
106 Burford Burford 291
165 Burlington Burlington 338
153 Burns Wyoming 364
436 Burns Hepworth 570
637 Caledonia _ Toronto 449
249 Caledonian Midland 475
232 Cameron Dutton 66
603 Campbell Campbellville 306
532 Canada Toronto 442
491 Cardinal Cardinal 538
455 Carleton Carp 495
116 Cassia Thedford 507
92 Cataraqui Kingston 456
643 Cathedral Toronto 534
Location
..Prescott
Essex
...Oshawa
...Wiarton
Merlin
Ottawa
and Name
Central
Central
Cedar
Cedar ......
Century
Chaudiere
Chesterville Chesterville
Civil Service Ottawa
Clementi _Lakefield
Clifford .Clifford
Clifton - Niagara Falls
Clinton Clinton
Cobden Cobden
Cochrane Cochrane
Colborne - Colborne
Composite Whitby
Conestogo Drayton
Connaught .._ - Mimico
Connaught W. Fort William
Consecon Consecon
Copestone ..._ Welland
Corinthian _.._ Barrie
Corinthian Peterboro
Corinthian _ North Gower
Corinthian L on don
Corinthian — Toronto
Corinthian - -....Hamilton
Cornwall Cornwall
Corona Burks Falls
Coronati Toronto
Coronation Elmvale
Coronation -Smithvil le
Craig Deseronto
Craig Ailsa Craig
Credit Georgetown
Crystal Fountain N. Augusta
Dalhousie __ Ottawa
Defenders _ Ottawa
Delaware "Valley Delaware
Delta Toronto
Dentonia - Toronto
Dereham Mount Elgin
Dominion Windsor
Dominion Ridgeway
Doric Ottawa
Doric - Brantford
Parkhill
Lpbo
-...Toronto
Hamilton
Pickering
Little Current
Lakeside
Doric
Doric _
Doric
Doric
Doric
Doric
Doric
Doric - Kirkland Lake
Dufferin W. Flamboro
Dufferin Wellandport
Dufferin Melbourne
Dufferin — Toronto
Dundalk _ Dundalk
Dundurn Hamilton
Durham Newcastle
Durham Durham
Dyment Thessalon
Earl Kitchener ...Port McNicoll
Electric Hamilton
Elk Lake Elk Lake
Elma Monkton
Englehart Englehart
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
353
No. and Name Location No.
185 Enniskillen York 114
516 Enterprise Beachburg 636
149 Erie Port Dover 391
527 Espanola - - ...Espanola 602
283 Eureka Belleville 568
209 Evergreen Lanark 305
142 Excelsior - Morrisburg 224
592 Fairbank - Toronto 392
77 Faithful Brethren Lindsay 611
256 Farran's Point Aultsville 543
428 Fidelity Port Perry 503
575 Fidelity - Toronto 25
650 Fidelity Toledo 229
557 Finch Finch 328
390 Florence Florence 461
331 Fordwich Fordwich 526
162 Forest Wroxeter 549
263 Forest Forest 203
393 Forest Chesley 154
613 Fort Erie - Fort Erie 115
415 Fort William Fort William 145
127 Franck Frankford 31
217 Frederick Delhi 545
143 Friendly Brothers Iroquois 584
621 Frontenac Sharbot Lake 492
257 Gait Gait 374
641 Garden Windsor 417
548 General Mercer Toronto UD
348 Georgian Penetanguishene 274
343 Georgina _ Toronto 230
628 Glenrose Elmira 412
528 Golden Beaver - Timmins 64
607 Golden Fleece Toronto 565
126 Golden Rule Campbellford 464
409 Golden Rule Gravenhurst 488
484 Golden Star Dryden 471
159 Goodwood Richmond 498
472 Gore Bay Gore Bay 37
608 Gothic Lindsay 78
151 Grand River Kitchener 566
352 Granite Parry Sound 22
446 Granite Fort Frances 43
483 Granton Granton 329
47 Great Western Windsor 378
629 Grenville Toronto 394
589 Grey Toronto 655
258 Guelph Guelph 215
485 Haileybury Haileybury 445
562 Hamilton Hamilton 645
327 Hammond Wardsville 207
432 Hanover Hanover 387
581 Harcourt Toronto 290
477 Harding Woodville 139
57 Harmony _ Binbrook 133
370 Harmony Delta 201
438 Harmony Toronto 397
579 Harmony Winds.or 419
216 Harris Orangeville 544
262 Harriston Harriston 231
633 Hastings Hastings 632
625 Hatherly Sault Ste. Marie 282
238 Havelock Watford 375
435 Havelock Havelock 377
450 Hawkesbury Hawkesbury 404
517 Hazeldean Hazeldean 622
383 Henderson Winchester 416
388 Henderson Ilderton 505
336 Highgate _ Highgate 242
531 High Park Toronto 169
594 Hillcrest Hamilton 196
319 Hiram Hagersville 48
490 Hiram Markdale 33
and Name Location
Hope Port Hope
Hornepayne Hornepayne
Howard Ridgetown
Hugh Murray Hamilton
Hullett Londesboro
Humber _ _ Weston
Huron Hensall
Huron Camlachie
Huron-Bruce Toronto
Imperial - Toronto
Inwood Inwood
Ionic _ Toronto
Ionic Brampton
Ionic Napier
Ionic Rainy River
Ionic Westboro
Ionic Hamilton
Irvine Elora
Irving _ Lucan
Ivy _ _ Beams vi 1 le
J. B. Hall Millbrook
Jerusalem Bowman ville
John Ross Robertson.Toronto
Kaministiquia .Fort William
Karnak Coldwater
Keene Keene
Keewatin Keewatin
Kenogamisis Geraldton
Kent Blenheim
Kerr Barrie
Keystone Sault Ste. Marie
Kilwinning _ London
Kilwinning Toronto
King Edward Sunderland
King Edward - Harrow
King Edward VII Chippawa
King George V Coboconk
King Hiram _ Ingersoll
King Hiram Tillsonburg
King Hiram Toronto
King Solomon's Toronto
King Solomon's _ Woodstock
King Solomon's Jarvis
King Solomon's _ London
King Solomon Thamesford
Kingsway _._ Lambton Mills
Lake Ameliasburg
Lake of the Woods ...Kenora
Lake Shore Mimico
Lancaster _ Lancaster
Lansdowne _....Lansdowne
Leamington ..._ Leamington
Lebanon Oshawa
Lebanon Forest _ Exeter
Leeds Gananoque
Leopold Brigden
Liberty — Sarnia
Lincoln -..Abingdon
Lodge of Fidelity Ottawa
Long Branch Mimico
Lome _ Glencoe
Lome Omemee
Lome Shelburne
Lome Tamworth
Lome Chapleau
Lyn Lyn
Lynden _ _ _....Lynden
Macoy Mallorytown
Maenab Port Colborne
Madawaska ..._ Arnprior
Madoc Madoc
Maitland Goderfch
354 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
No. and Name Location No.
140 Malahide- Aylmer 339
512 Malone Sutton W. 181
90 Manito Collingwood 192
236 Manitoba Cookstown 325
631 Manitou Eao 489
103 Maple Leaf St. Catharines 504
119 Maple Leaf Bath 76
362 Maple Leaf Tara 508
600 Maple Leaf Toronto 604
87 Markham Union Markham 559
222 Marmora Marmora 372
596 Martintown Martintown 510
405 Mattawa Mattawa 267
418 Maxville Maxville 395
605 Melita Toronto 587
652 Memorial Toronto 265
347 Mercer Fergus 468
55 Merrickville Merrickville 627
344 Merrill Dorchester 128
168 Merritt Welland 487
542 Metropolitan Toronto 414
379 Middlesex Bryanston 161
478 Milverton Milverton 616
369 Mimico Lambton Mills 155
576 Mimosa Toronto 194
253 Minden Kingston 535
304 Minerva Stroud 186
524 Mississauga Port Credit 178
147 Mississippi Almonte 312
572 Mizpah Toronto 506
399 Moffat Harrietsville 499
11 Moira Belleville 429
294 Moore Courtright 443
599 Mt. Dennis Weston 297
300 Mt. Olivet Thorndale 228
522 Mt. Sinai Toronto 333
28 Mt. Zion Kemptville 334
39 Mt. Zion Brooklin 18
431 Moravian Cargill 146
309 Morning Star Carlow 171
221 Mountain Thorold 371
408 Murray Beaverton 630
360 Muskoka Bracebrjdge 137
529 Myra Komoka 552
337 Myrtle Port Robinson 578
386 McColl West Lome 515
413 Naphtali Tilbury 65
556 Nation Spencerville 586
588 National Capreol 122
205 New Dominion New Hamburg 136
279 New Hope Hespeler 23
2 Niagara Niagara 460
427 Nickel Sudbury 595
345 Nilestown Nilestown 85
420 Nipissing North Bay 129
444 Nitetis Creemore 494
10 Norfolk Simcoe 356
617 North Bay North Bay 292
463 North Entrance Haliburton 411
591 North Gate Toronto 500
322 North Star Owen Sound 646
93 Northern Light Kincardine 453
266 Northern Light Stayner 523
223 Norwood Norwood 585
261 Oak Branch Innerkip 619
400 Oakville Oakville 479
553 Oakwood Toronto 567
346 Occident Toronto 200
184 Old Light Lucknow 514
519 Onondaga Onondaga 16
26 Ontario Port Hope 62
521 Onatrio Windsor 497
and Name Location
Orient Toronto
Oriental Port Burwell
Orillia Orillia
Orono Orono
Osiris Smiths Falls
Otter Lombardy
Oxford Woodstock
Ozias Brantford
Palace .Windsor
Palestine Toronto
Palmer Fort Erie North
Parkdale _ Toronto
Parthenon Chatham
Parvaim Comber
Patricia Toronto
Patterson Thornhill
Peel Caledon East
Pelee Scudder
Pembroke Pembroke
Penewobikong Blind River
Pequonga Kenofa
Percy Warkworth
Perfection St. Catharines
Peterborough Peterborough
Petrolia Petrolia
Phoenix Fonthill
Plantagenet Riceville
Plattsville Plattsville
Pnyx Wallaceburg
Porcupine S. Porcupine
Port Arthur Port Arthur
Port Elgin Port Elgin
Powassan Powassan
P reston Preston
Prince Arthur Odessa
Prince Arthur Flesherton •
Prince Arthur Arthur
Prince Edward Picton
Prince of Wales Newburgh
Prince of Wales Iona Sta.
Prince of Wales Ottawa
Prince of Wales Toronto
Pythagoras Meaford
Queen City Toronto
Queen's Kingston
Reba Brantford
Rehoboam • Toronto
Remembrance Toronto
Renfrew Renfrew
Richardson Stouffville
Richmond Richmond Hill
Rideau Seeley's Bay
Rideau „ Ottawa
Rising Sun Athens
Rising Sun Aurora
Riverdale Toronto
River Park Streetsville
Robertson King
Rodney Rodney
Rose _ Windsor
Rowland Mt. Albert
Royal Fort William
Royal Arthur Peterborough
Royal Edward Kingston
Runnymede Toronto
Russell Russell
St. Aidan's Toronto
St. Albans Mt. Forest
St. Albans Toronto
St. Andrew's ...Toronto
St. Andrew's Caledonia
St. Andrew's Arden
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
355
No.
560
593
642
135
425
577
302
24
15
41
42
88
243
367
73
74
17
20
21a
35
40
63
68
75
81
82
104
209a
284
94
105
131
107
601
44
368
197
558
653
193
421
285
272
277
533
97
287
486
79
644
157
518
451
180
259
385
406
648
626
426
164
422
218
69
332
27
423
447
582
5
255
546
609
and Name Location
St. Andrew's Ottawa
St. Andrew's Hamilton
St. Andrew's Windsor
St. Clair _ ..... Milton
St. Clair Sombra
St. Clair Toronto
St. David's St. Thomas
St. Francis _ Smith's Falls
St. George's St. Catharines
St. George's _ Kingsville
St. George's ... London
St. George's Owen Sound
St. George St. George
St. George Toronto
St. James St. Marys
St. James - So. Augusta
St. Johns - Cobourg
St. Johns London
St. Johns Vankleek Hill
St. Johns _ Cayuga
St. Johns Hamilton
St. Johns Carleton Place
St. Johns . Ingersoll
St. Johns _ Toronto
St. Johns Mt. Brydges
St. Johns Paris
St. Johns Norwich
St. Johns London
St. Johns Brussels
St. Marks Port Stanley
St. Marks Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence Southampton
St. Paul's Lambeth
St. Paul's Sarnia
St. Thomas St. Thomas
Salem Brockville
Saugeen Walkerton
S. A. Luke Ottawa
Scarboro ~ Agincourt
Scotland . Scotland
Scott _ Grand Valley
Seven Star Alliston
Seymour Ancaster
Seymour Port Dalhousie
Shamrock _ Toronto
Sharon Queensville
Shuniah Port Arthur
Silver Cobalt
Simcoe Bradford
Simcoe Toronto
Simpson Newboro
Sioux Lookout ..Sioux Lookout
Somerville Kinmount
Speed Guelph
Springfield Springfield
Spry _ Beeton
Spry Fenelon Falls
Spruce Falls Kapuskasing
Stamford Stamford Centre
Stanley . Toronto
Star in the East Wellington
Star of the East Bothwell
Stevenson Toronto
Stirling Stirling
Stratford Stratford
Strict Observance Hamilton
Strong - Sundridge
Sturgeon Falls. Sturgeon Falls
Sunnyside
Sussex
Sydenham
Talbot
Tavistock
..Toronto
Brockville
Dresden
St. Thomas
Tavistock
No.
144
245
276
462
296
324
525
597
649
34
250
618
647
467
583
38
98
14
141
99
195
437
541
551
239
509
537
7
9
118
380
29
376
606
496
100
54
268
56
299
398
470
474
547
563
237
359
458
321
174
555
120
260
357
539
361
46
271
635
166
441
480
318
86
113
403
286
448
156
220
410
326
and Name Location
Tecumseh _ Stratford
Tecumseh - - Thamesville
Teeswater Teeswater
Temiskaming New Liskeard
Temple St. Catharines
Temple
Temple
Temple
Temple
Thistle
Hamilton
..Toronto
...London
..Oshawa
Amherstburg
Thistle Embro
Thunder Bay Port Arthur
Todmorden . ..Todmorden
Tottenham Tottenham
Transportation Toronto
Trent Trenton
True Blue Bolton
True Briton Perth
Tudor Mitchell
Tuscan Newmarket
Tuscan London
Tuscan Sarnia
Tuscan Toronto
Tuscan Hamilton
Tweed Tweed
Twin City Kitchener
Ulster .Toronto
Union Grimsby
Union . . Napanee
Union Schomberg
Union London
United Brighton
Unity Huntsville
Unity Toronto
University Toronto
Valley - - ...Dundas
Vaugh;:n
Verulam
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
Maple
..Bobcaygeon
..Sarnia
... Centreville
Kirkfield
Victory Harbor
Victoria Toronto
Victory Toronto
Victory
Vienna
Vittoria
Wales
Walker
Walsingham
Wardrope
Chatham
Vienna
Vittoria
Wales
Acton
..Port Rowan
Hamilton
Warren Fingal
Washington Petrolia
Waterdown Millgrove
Waterloo - Waterloo
Waverley . Guelph
Wellington Chatham
Wellington Erin
Wellington . - Toronto
Wentworth Stoney Creek
Westport _ Westport
Williamsburg Williamsburg
Wilmot _ Baden
Wilson _ Toronto
Wilson
Windsor
Wingham
Xenophon
York
Zeredatha
Zeta Toronto
Zetland _ Toronto
..Waterford
Windsor
...Wingham
Wheatley
Toronto
Uxbridge
356 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
RESTORATIONS, 1938
5— C. E. Smith, W. A. Faulkner. 11— A. E. Harris, W. S. Wilbur, E.
A. Barr. 15— D. McArthur. 16— G. E. Henry. 17— W. F. Kirk. IS—
L. Pierce 26— F. W. Diamond. 27— R. W. French, S. E. Sweet, C. W.
Little. 31— H. B. Neal, H. T. Humby, H. Kingscott. 42— H. H. Suter.
43— J. Innes. 45— S. Sloan, G. Wright, R. W. L. Hunt. 47— T. F.
Davidson, S. Butcher, S. G. Brown, A. C. Aldous, W. G. E. Harris,
E. C. Maedel. 50— W. M. Carley. 52— M. Forsyth. 56— C. Needham.
58— J. T. Brown. 61— H. G. Voelker, J. M. Gomph. 63— D. Armitt.
64— C. F. Foster, J. C. Beemer, L. C. Jackson. 65— L. A. Till, F. J.
Williams, S. Hayes, R. C. Lawter. 66— F. R. Parker. 68— F. J. T.
Thorne, W. A. Sinclair. 69— G. Sills. 72— J. F. Clark. 73— R. Crone.
75— H. S. Holborn. 76— T. M. Dodds, W. A. McLeod. 77— W. A.
Graham. 82 — W. H. Strachan. 84—1. Rathwell. 86 — E. J. Gammon.
87— J. W. Phillips. 92— J. S. Esford, C. A. Poynton. 94— L. J.
Shephard, M. T. E. Loney, J. W. Sharpe. 103 — A. J. Flowers, R. Savage.
104— F. W. Lee, H. C. Smith. 114— H. J. Goss. 118— C. E. Metcalf:.
120— G. F. Braddon. 121— H. L. Hagey. 122 — J. J. Henderson. 123—
J. G. Shaw. 126— D. A. Mitchell, C. L. Wilkinson, W. J. Abernethy.
137— A. M. Pillgrem. 151— H. F. Rau. 154— W. D. Brand. 156— W.
A. Swallow, M. C. Zimmerman. 157 — W. F. Barker, H. C. Martimen,
R. M. Bolton. 158— J. O. Shrumm. 164— R. A. Hall. 165— L. W.
Rapson. 169— J. McArthur. 171— D. E. Campbell. 174— M. C. Smith,
A. A. Ferris. 180— R. Smith. 193— A. G. Frew, F. B. Baker, A. C.
Eddy, F. C. Read. 197— J. J. Bradley. 209a— H. L. Garner. 217—
F. W. Hearn. 220— E. H. Nutting. 222— E. Lohnes. 223— W. Baker.
229— J. Martin. 230— J. B. Roberts. 232— A. M. Martin. 238— A. A.
Heaton, E. J. Kerr. 239— C. D. Wilson, A. A. Farrar. 247— H. Rowlatt.
249— K. Palmer, J. D. Elliott. 253— W. H. Ball. 254— E. A. Williams.
258— A. Gethin. 266— C. V. Tebbey. 267— W. Lane, G. G. Fielder.
283— L. A. Weese. 285— T. W. Merrick. 287— J. H. Cummins. 290—
A. H. Hewer. A. E. Law, D. Mclntyre, E. H. Kiff, A. A. Campbell.
292— J. R. Carr. 295— S. T. Shaffe. 296— J. W. Noble. 299— R. W.
Coulter. 300— W. Elgie. H. B. Mossip. 302— N. A. Dewar, J. Fleming,
G. T. Stewart, H. O. Taylor. 324— T. Taylor. 326— S. Thompson.
327— W. H. Babcock, O. Prangley. 330— E. Corbett. 332— A. E. Cash,
E. W. Norfolk. 339— F. Genovese, P. C. Ellis. 341— G. D. McArthur.
343— H. T. Fice, E. G. Rigby, H. W. Williams, D. Patterson. 346— H.
J. Bennett. 358— E. W. Pincombe. 361— J. S. Mitchell. 362— J. A.
Robertson. 370— S. B. Otton. 373— B. Melville. 376— J. E. Davis.
378— H. S. Gartside, R Wilson, T. C. Baker, C. O. Drinkwater. 380—
F. G. Evans, W. T. Weames. R. H. Williams, T. H. Whitney, L. J.
Hamilton. 382— R. W. Jannett, P. C. Dean, H. Reed. 383— J. P. Milne,
A. Williams. 384— H. E. Campaigne, W. F. Eccles. 385— A. G. Martin.
391— E. S. Craig. 399— M. Johnson, M. Andrews, C. Parsons. 400—
F. L. Root. 401— W. S. Smith. 402— F. Brookei, E. J. Queen, A. M.
Dusty, K. Brett, C. Loucks. 403— G. W. Wilson, O. Matthews, A. F.
Hoffman. 405 — J. Morrison. 406 — A. McKendry. 409 — T. R. McMurray.
410— D. A. Campbell, H. J. Campbell. 411— H. M. Anthes. 412— S. F.
Stover, R. A. Addison, P. Buchan, Jr., M. F. Harper, J. N. Gardner,
J. C. Mason. 415— R. J. McAdams. 417— T. B. Elliott, A. Gordon, F.
Harkins. 420— P. E. Hughes, A. H. Mitchell. 426— G. A. Haney. 428—
J. A. Goode. 429— T. E. Brown. 431— N. Murray. 438— W. A. Gdy,
J. E. Wright. 442— W. Rowan. 445— K. T. Ehn, H. R. Phipps. 4^5—
A. P. Bowen. 453— A. E. Bennett, A. D. Stewart, T. L. Ettinger.
457— H. M. Whitsell. 459—1. E. Dean, W. B. MacOdrum. 461— H.
Carson, J. A. Callan, M. H. Gillespie. J. H. Bell, Jr., B. W. Kert, E.
Fernstrom, E. P. Pederson, A. A. Miniely, A. W. Fernstrom, J. H. Bell,
Sr., C. H. Anderson, F. Rasmussen, J. A. Hawn, D. Bell, L. L. Budreau,
P. Mclnnes. 462— C. H. Taylor. 466— C. C. Knapp, W. F. H. Adams,
469— L. Leggatt. 470— J. A. Allan, J. C. Leith. 475— J. W. Roderick,
W. Farmer. 477— S. W. Keown. 484— J. N. Daiter. 4"86— A. J.
Anderson. 487 — J. S. Livingston. 490 — R. A. Murdock. 492 — R. L.
Tipping, L. W. Dwinnell. 494— J. S. Isbister. 495— H. F. Graham,
W. Spiley, R. J. Allan, J. Goodbrand, F. Harris, F. C. Maycock, A. I.
McEwen.. 496— E. W. Skinner, W. M. Edmunds. 497— W. H. Hill,
J. M. Cox. R. M. Barr. D. H. Cox, L. W. Fox, J. E. Hughes, J. C.
Hayes, G. E. Howes, J. L. Llovrl 4QQ— p. Q. P, ]rre ll. C. A. 7°st. 502—
F. C. Hutt. 504— H. H. Cardiff. W. J. Loaby. 506— J. G. Wright.
510— A. Daibyshire. 511— L. L. T. Farrar. W. J. Homer. 512— H. R.
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Torrance. 513 — H. Tranter, T. W. Hammond. R. M. Smith. 515 — A.
C. Irwin. 521— M. Melville. 524— H. O. Gudgin. 529— E. G. Campbell.
530 — J. Curran, H. E. O. Thomas. 531 — W. A. Carter, J. A. Adams,
M. J. Sinclair, H. Hall, S. DeGraef, E. P. Sefton, E. T. Querney, P.
Robinson, G. Kirtley, J. E. Pile, I. B. Heron. F. H. Farrell, E. R. H.
Clarke, A. E. Baker, J. A. Whyte, G. A. Lascelles, C. Wilson, T. Bloss,
T. H. Davis, W. W. Kuch. 533— W. S. McCalpin, F. W. White, F. D.
Kilts. 534— A. R. Scriven. 540— P. E. Doal. 541— H. Leake, C. M.
Browne. 542— C. Porter, A. Pike. 549— J. F. Reed, W. W. Ayres.
550 — H. Munday, P. Weatherly, P. M. Bruce, H. Stevens, W. A. Crockett.
551— W. Barclay. 552— R. M. Barchard, A. J. Burkell. 555— G. R.
Walker. 559— A. Miller. 562— J. R. Hayes, R. Stewart, W. Oblender.
563— A. H. McDonald. 565— R. Harvey, J. W. Thompson. 569— D.
Morris. 572— C. Smith. 573— C. H. Ellah. 575— C. Hanney. 579—
A. Swartz, W. E. Bean, M. Rosenberg, N. T. Sutton, R. Jackson, J.
Kovinskey, B. Kovinsky, T. Kovinsky. 586— R. Nicol. 588— M. M.
Ainslie. 589— L. A. DeWitt, R. H. Fawcett. 591— J. R. Carr. 592— S.
R. Morrison. 593— G. B. MacLeod. 594— W. G. Fordyce. W. H. Walker.
597— W. W. Cunningham. 598— J. B. Wilson, H. C. McMordie. 602—
G. W. Robinson. 605— H. Nicholson. 609— G. J. Allardyce. 611— W.
J. Edmonds. 612— J. K. Madill, W. A. Burrows. 626— A. H. Murrell.
633— J. H. Hess. 636— W. H. Woodhouse, J. A. Duncan. 637— R. H.
Forler, H. W. Kenmare.
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2— S. Hunt. 3— H. Douglas, F. Treneer, L. Alberson. 5— T. Price. N.
Hollick. 6— W. S. Jolley, G. E. Lindsay, W. H. McLelland. 7— C. L.
Parmiter, J. W. Thomas, F. Cooke, L. E. Mills, A. W. Barnes, F. A.
Hendricks, J. Stephen. 11 — R. D. Allison, W. T. Canning. F. Cooke,
A. J. Everett, I. J. Lyons, E. A. Monck, W. C. Morgan, G. A. C. Weir,
G. F. S. Wade. 14— J. W. Gamble, J. Rubenstein, A. E. Plumb. 16—
A. R. Colwill, C. F. Young, T. E. Young. 17— C. C. Campbell, T. W.
Cousans, F. Parkinson, F. G. Reed, J. Round. 20— C. H. Bending, J. L.
Burgess, A. E. Hall, W. A. Hobbs. A. C. Irvine, W. W. Kaiser, J. S.
MacCall, H. H. Ross, D. E. Rogerson, H. B. Turner, O. G. P. Wilson,
A. Weaver, T. A. White. 22— B. W. Anderson, H. T. J. Biggor, A. V.
Conroy, G. R. Dingle, C. J. Foster, J. N. Ford, A. J. Gowan, W. J.
Hodgson, J. Hammond, T. Heal, H. Hughes, F. A. Magee, G. M. Martin,
H. Medcalf, W. M. McGee, H. H. McGee, E. J. C. McCracken, T. Phillips,
W. C. Ramsden, W. C. Schunck. J. Smith, L. Westwood, H. P. Wood.
23— G. H. Duncan, F. Patton, G. E. Reaman, H. B. Stirling. 26— N.
N. Brimstin, A. Grace, H. V. Jewell. 29— J. L, Bird. A. G. Clark,
W. D. Morgan. 30— W. H. McClellan. 31— A. B. McGill, S. S. Brooks,
W. G. Widdecombe, G. H. Hicks, W. G. Wilkinson, R. H. Westaway,
L J. Stevens, J. Hately, W. C. Heal, W. E. Davidson. 33— W. E.
Cattle, R. McKay. T. Pritchard, W. J. Powell, H. Stinson, E. J. Loomis,
H. K. Revell, J. L. Thurlow, D. A. McNevin, J. M. Johnston, C. Graham,
F. G. Holmes, M. C. Mclvor. 34— W. D. B. Fortier, D. S. Bertrand,
C. W. Wood, C. C. Kemp, L. F. Brown, C. G. Cooper, C. W. Farrow.
37— D. A. Bonsteel, J. F. Rutherford, R. D. Hutt, R. S. Hutt, W. J.
McMurray. 38— H. C. Baker, B. W. Campney, O. C. Davis, E. Hammett,
J. D. Ross. 40— J. Hossack. 42 — A. E. Arnott, J. A. Beemer, W. F.
Biggs, W. H. Biggs, H. S. Crowe. A. Dyson, E. B. Irwin, H. Nugent,
C. J. Reffell, D. E. Ross. 43— T. White, T. E. MacMonagle. W. J. Bell,
G. L. Cook, J. W. Riste, W. F. Daniels, J. G. Bell, C. Cuthbert, G. C.
McArdle, S. Ramer. 44 — H. Watson, G. Ostrander. 45 — G. W. Buck-
borough. F. A. Box, B. O. Bond, W. T. Danks, H. Goold. H. C. Goold,
A. T. Hemsworth, R. S. Hudson, J. F. Matta, C. W. Olmstead, J. R.
Sutherland. S. Sloan, R. Tyrwhitt. G. Wright, M. G. Scarman, J. H.
Searson, W. Hanson. N. J. Luke, D. M. McDonald. N. A. Wilson. 46 —
C. A. Jewiss, T. I. Park, W. H. Horn. 47 — C. Cunnington, E. E.
Eves. A. E. Hopps, A. C. E. Jones, J. A. Arnold, C. A. Schreiner,
G. Turnbull. I. K. Arnott, E. L. Broadbent, H. O. Brown, F. W. D.
McKillop, J. Martin. E. Prettie. 48— W. Hawthorne, W. A. McCoy, H.
C. Parnell. W. J. Allt. 50— W. M. Carley, A. M. Stinson, J. A. Sherwin,
R. L. Snider. 52— M. Forsyth. S. J. Gilberg. A. R. Hunter, H. Lyons,
A. L. Lee. N. Mulligan, A. K. Smyth, E. E. Sayles, J. R. Stuart, H.
R. Travers. A. L. Tanner. 54 — E. W. Lowery. C. T. Stephenson. 55 —
G. Begley, W. C. Knapp, J. S. Lucas, G. R. Read. 56— H. F. Beresford,
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R. T. Laughlin, G. E. Lucas, E. L. MacDonald, E. E. Pallett, J. Rutter,
W. Selkirk, A. G. Stirrett. E. B. Thompson. 57— B. A. Smith, L. B.
Smith, D. A. Smith, A. B. Armes, A. Comfort, H. A. Dickenson, D.
Falgleish. E. H. Duffy, C. Harris. J. V. Johnston, R. J. Moffat, H. W.
McKee, D. Robinson, C. I. Stewart, D. Traver, M. A. McLeod. 58—
P. G. Call, A. Lewis, F. L. Watson. 61— C. Athames. T. L. Book, R.
Brown, W. Burton, W. Clark, N. J. Davies, H. A. Hunt, F. C. Kenny.
H. G. Lennard, G. S. Lyne, H. R. Mellon, A. G. Morden, J. D. Nairn,
I. Smith, V. H. Wirtz, R. W. Eagles, H. A. Thompson, C. Hopkins,
F. M. Lavell, R. A. Thompson, E. E. Smith. 64— W. E. Ball, A. J.
Carter, B. N. Dancy, M. Huxley, K. N. Ireland, B. H. McLeod, A.
Martin, M. C. Smith, J. W. Wonnacott, W. E. Wilmer. 65— A. V.
Gardner, A. Dilworth, G. W. Hayward, G. H. Levack, H. E. Rooney.
66— A. C. Bragg, S. T. Parker, L. Thomas. 68— H. Jillings, G. B.
Johnston, A. L. Law, R. R. McKay, G. E. Petrie, W. A. Cline. W. J.
Gilling, R. E. Winlow. 69— B. C. Donnan, E. W. Matthews, J. G. Sells.
T. F. Ward, C. R. Bastedo. 73— J. M. Albert, E. Bell, G. Colebrook,
F. J. Howald. N. S. Mitchell, W. J. Moffatt, H. A. Milne, R. D. Rankin,
A. E. Simms, W. W. Stevens, C. W. White, G. Webster, W. B. Young.
75— W. H. Tulley. 76— W. R. Murray, W. A. Cooper. J. G. Marshall,
W. R. Crawford, V. T. Mooney. W. F. Craig, E. J. C. McCracken.
77— R. Kinnear, M. Moynes, R. V. Mark, S. J. Fee, W. J. Walter, E.
Stewart, W. E. Grenneway, F. Johnston, S. J. Worrall, G. W. Lawson.
78— J. Louch. G. Fleming, H. G. Minshall, G. F. Seagrove. 79— W. H.
Day, W. N. Day. W. A. Pringle. 81— R. H. Frank, L. R. Sutherland, S.
Toles, T. Rushby. S. Oakes, F. L. Miller. H. A. Mitchell, S. W. Hyatt, I.
Gibson, W. Fowler, N. H. Courtis, M. Bignell. 82— W. R. Ingle, J. D.
Reynolds. 83— A. J. Stoner, G. E. Plumb. 84—1. Rathwell, J. Pease,
C. Twitchell. 87— J. W. Phillips, W. Hoover, F. Gowland, H. E. Nichols.
88— D. G. McKay, W. G. Rodger, W. G. Hay, J. McKay, E. A. Kennedy,
J. Bryans, J. W. F. Rolston. 90— A. McCarl. 92— B. E. Barnum, T. E.
Bennett. C. A. Poynton, E. Teeple, B. Lyon, H. F. Kennedy, J. J.
Graham. 97— H. A. Shaw. 101— B. G. Gillespie, W. T. Miller, 103—
A. Cartwright, C. G. Stairs, C. R. Jones, G. F. Whitaker. 105— W. D.
Agon, F. Clegg, A. R. Land, J. MacVeigh, C. R. Pay, E. Whipp. 106—
F. L. Giles, T. W. Mclntyre, J. R. McArter, H. L. Duohworth, J. W.
Mclntyre. 107— C. Campbell. C. W. Runnalls. 108— H. Kerton, C.
MacArthur. 109— J. A. Wallace, F. J. Smith, H. F. McNamara,
R. A. Hill, G. A. Harker, J. M. Bradford. 114— R. F. S. Holda-
way. H. H. Clark. L. H. Giddy, G. Austin, A. R. Janes, J. D. W.
Bothwell, H. Fowler, S. R. Gist, C. Lee, W. H. Palen, L. O. Pearce,
J. F. Comley, F. S. Taylor. 116— L. A. P. Smith, M. Spearman, N.
Ravelle. 119— H. B. Sandwith. 121— G. M. Gress, H. W. Stover, C. Slack,
J. A. McNabb, C. S. Brown, E. J. Brown, T. W. Weller, A. C. Hart.
J. Swenton, J. Harp. 122— J. B. Easton, W. M. McAndrew, H. Young.
123— J. W. McEachren, C. P. Brokam, F. W. Furmidge, A. R. Tuite,
J. E. Maidens, R. W. Oliver. 126— F. A. Burgar, E. C. Dalman, C. W.
West, C. W. Boyd, T. C. Tait, C. R. Williams, R. R. Hutton, J. Nesbitt,
C. G. Mitchell. 129— G. W. Anning. 131— F. V. Johns, C. M. Bell,
J. E. McLeod, D. A. McLean. 133— D. D. Davis, J. Ward, G. M. Grant,
H. W. Doerr. 136— W. H. Goodman. 137— D. W. Greenlaw. 139— M.
C. Devins, C. Burns. 140— H. B. White. 141— A. E. Agar, L. Mortson,
F. A. Moses, B. C. Dillon, S. M. Porterfoeld, J. Durfy. 142— J. W.
Casselman, R. Winnett, F. Fentiman, H. O. Hessell. 143— G. H. White.
D. H. Walker, B. D. Poyser. 144— F. J. Richardson, J. W. Mock, C. A.
Moore, C. N. Anderson, C. W. Bell, F. B. Bell, H. W. Brazier, J. Cook,
D. A. Dempsey, H. Hitchen. H. F. King, J. Meldrum, W. S. W. O'Beirne.
145— W. A. Brown. 146— J. H. Slade. 148— W. F. Wurtele. 151— J.
Durfy, C. J. Wilkinson. 154— H. Lewis. R. Fairies, C. Haggar, A. H.
Carter, J. Brock, W. E. Brownlee, F. R. Carter. 155 — G. Nimmons,
P. H. Neville, H. J. Latimer, F. C. Hungerford, R. Hicks, F. C. Dwyer,
G. B. Cunnungham, D. J. Bagshaw. 156 — P. W. Shahan, T. C. M.
McMillan. S. H. Jones. K. H. Greer. G. H. Hall. 158— K. Crosbie. G.
Nieuval, D. W. Phillips, S. Penfound, D. E. Plewis. 161— J. L. Phillips,
A. C. Twiddy, F. J. Gould. H. Shaw. 162— C. W. Kitchen, R. B. Carr,
C. Reis, J. A. Barton, J. J. Steinmiller. 164 — S. E. Benson. 165 —
H. Law. 166— W. H. Morris, G. E. Nash, W. F. Cocker, G. W. Anderson,
J. Frewin. S. Harte. E. McCoy, A. N. Smith, L. T. Springstead, C. I.
Stewart. 168— C. B. Ayers, M. J. Fifield. H. H. Hagen, R. H. Mason,
F. L. Richardson, P. E. Noble, E. Vaughan, A. E. Norsworthy. 169 —
J. M. Floyd, S. Innes. 174— A. H. Ferris, A. Ousterhout. 177 — R. E.
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Bower, P. H. Bannister, J. H. Tucker. 178— R. Hunter. 180— J. S.
McKenzie, R. B. Beattie, T. C. Bunford, J. E. MacDonald, A. Holland,
O. H. Ziegler. 181— C. T. Marlatt, E. G. Matthews, M. Wilson, J. A.
Kintrea. 190 — J. A. Ferguson, H. Copeland. 193— A. C. Eddy, F. P.
Baker, H. T. Collett, A. G. Frew. 195— A. Pollard, D. VanPraagh.
197— J. H. Ranesbottom. 200— R. Taylor, J. Duffield, T. McLuhan, A. H-
Lyons, C. F. Stevenson, H. B. Scudamore. 207 — J. A. Vipond, J. A.
Raymond, M. A. McNeil, A. T. McDonald, D. A. McCrimmon, R. D.
Munroe, T. S. Fraser. 209A— E. Houghtby. 218— G. C. Hearts, T. A.
Hale, A. S. Chaplin, T. Williams, H. S. Kenney, W. T. Ross. 219—
J. A. Early, H. J. Fox. W. F. Smith, L. Wraggette, C. Young. 220—
J. Surgeoner. 223— W. Baker. 225— W. M. Turnbull, H. S. Boyd. 229—
T. McMichael, A. Simmons, D. Appleton, W. Buchanan, H. R. Campkin,
R. Foster, A. Speers, W. D. Thompson, S. Baldock, J. E. Field, J.
Martin, J. W. Millar. 230— G. G. Johnston, R. Harrison, J. R. Treend.
231 — R. N. Macpherson. 232— T. G. Jordan, J. A. Finlayson, E. M.
Taylor, G. Kendall, A. N. Martin. 223— G. Cruickshanks, G. G. Elliott,
J. C. Gray, H. N. Hunter, R. M. Love, M. C. Munro, G. McCall, J. H.
McDonald, G. Pollock. 234— A. G. Meneray. 235— R. Fullerton, N.
Kauffman, J. Metcalfe. J. A. McKay, J. W. H. Nichols, W. Russell,
J. Thompson, J. R. Shoemaker, W. T. Hopper. 238— A. A. Heaton, T.
Dodds, E. J. Kerr, J. C. Trenouth, J. C. Bowman, J. Blizard. 239 —
R. M. Meiklejohn. 242— J. Guild, F. E. Caiger. 247— R. M. McCaul,
L. E. Amsden, G. E. Farrer, G. I. D. Marks, A. Thompson, J. L.
Webster, L. A. Morine, J. W. Muir, W. N. Wade. 250— A. Kerr, G. L.
Fraser, C. Sutherland, E. A. Ward. G. H. Murray, H. W. Munroe.
253— C. H. Bishop, H. S. Dick, T. Hyland. W. S. McCann, P. T. Mcllroy,
L. W. Persons, F. O. Reeves. 254— W. V. Corbin, G. Cullimore, L. B.
DeWolfe, G. G. Hanes, N. G. Helwigg, M. G. Hess, J. Jenkins, C. L. Jones,
A. G. King, C. S. MacQueen, F. C. Masters, G. Mitchell. E. A. McKenzie,
G. S. Page, A. C. Peterson, T. E. Pierce, G. H. Preston, F. E. Ressler,
A. Sampson, W. Spring, H. Wilson. 255— J. D. Currie. 256 — H. J.
Rupert. 257— H. B. Chadwick, C. T. Freeland, R. N. Grace, J. A.
McDonald. 258— A. Webb, W. G. Berscht, G. E. Eagleton. 260— C. W.
Russell, O. Saunders, F. W. Knight, H. W. Gillett. 261— W. T. C.
Carter, K. R. Clark, W. B. Vance, G. S. Chesney. 262— R. J. Martin.
W. S. Whaley, J. Bruce, J. H. Shannon. J. H. Nichol, N. J. Hawes. B.
Davidson, D. McDonnell, E. Atchison. 264 — J. Campbell, J. Dodds, A.
Ellis. R. Henham, D. Howells, W. M. Shinwood, H. M. Wallace. 265—
W. N. Mabbett, R. H. Perkin, C. F. Tomlinson. 266— S. Henson, G.
Lightfoot. 267— G. W. Allen, P. Brown, A. Cookson, S. Currie, J.
Hunter, J. A. Huson, C. C. Jenkins, C. W. Leggatt, W. G. Lister, R. J.
Myers, R. D. McCleymont, D. J. MeCormick, W. L. Oldershaw, E. T.
Rayment. R. C. Rhodes. M. Reissner, A. Smythe, J. D. Smith, P.
Trudell, T. Taylor. J. C. Tucker. F. E. Winegarden, A. A. Winegarden,
R. J. Winter, A. Weir, M. Baxter, A. S. Buesnell, M. Bishop, J.
Bedell, J. Carson, J. Emmott, J. Fleming, W. J. Glover, J. H. Grant.
O. G. Haskell, J. T. Johnston, W. C. Moore. B. A. Oldershaw, V. E.
Pritchard, T. Rayment, W. T. Tewkesbury. 268 — W. Beatty, E. Irwin,
F. Herron, A. McKinnon, J. Simms, G. H. Potts, B. A. Wriuhtman.
269— A. Abott. K. W. Bertrand, K. C. T. Moxon. 270— S. O. Perrin,
J. Breckenridge, R. E. Dow, R. Murray, E. Woodcock. 272 — W. G.
Almas, T. G. Anderson, F. J. Beechy, O. H. Cochrane, H. E. Powell,
E. H. Shaw, A. Taylor, J. R. D. Epps, J. E. Scott, E. Brown. 274—
H. M. Grant, V. Casemore. 277 — J. D. Atkinson, J. Renwick, J. Milliken,
P. J. R. Tame, E. W. Birrell, O. Birrell, W. H. Betts, J. Dixon. M.
Wilson, W. Taylor. A. J. Weaver. 283— R. R. Splann. A. J. Ridley,
C. H. Storey, H. M. Barnum, R. A. O. Stewart, D. A. Montgomery,
W. J. Stone, F. B. Liberty, L. A. Vesterfelt, T. Forman, P. M. Little.
A. Winters, C. W. Dickens, G. G. Quirk, R. Solerow, C. B. Treverton,
E. F. Sharp, H. V. Emerson, P. E. G. Follwell, L. A. Weese, H. H.
Elliott, N. E. Sheffield, E. N. Andrews, J. Marshall, H. O. Stewart,
E. T. Thompson, C. A. Martin, O. R. Denyes, J. G. Cooke, J. Easter-
brook, A. W. Fargey, D. C. Ramsay, J. R. Burgess, M. M. Dafoe. O.
J. Mcintosh, A. E. Zealley. 285 — F. T. Portsmouth, A. Weaver. 289—
N. B. Stoner. 291— J. G. Hunter, G. E. Hogarth, B. Vail. 294— G. E.
Turner, E. O. Lott, J. A. White, J. A. Richmond, W. E. Rowe, G. M.
Phemister, J. W. Durfy. 295— A. Withers. 296— J. S. Fletcher. 297—
B. Cherry. A. S. Underhill, E. J. Underhill, H. W. Steel, C. A. Chittick.
299— W. S. Fenwick, E. W. Lochhead, A. W. Milligan, R. Seilly, S. D.
Wagar. 302— T. J. Burton, N. Richardson. 303— E. C. McElroy, W. B. Bell,
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C. Fingland. 306 — W. A. Davidson. J. A. Henderson, C. C. Middlebro,
A. G. McComb, J. A. Macfarlane, W. C. McLachlan. 307 — I. L. Dowding.
312 — A. E. W. Kimmerley, J- Melross, J. Rohner, W. A. Deem, H. J.
Reeves, C. H. Chamberlain, W. H. Mitchell, A. M. Armstrong, S. M.
Lillie, W. Anderson, T. R. Fry, A. A. Fisher. 314 — E. Kreutzeiger,
J. H. Robertson, R. Horning, J. L. Ireland. 316 — R. Johnstone, W. H.
Gay, J. T. Hastings, E. E. Tanner, A. Cadwallader. 318 — E. W. Mc-
Laughlin. 320 — W. J. Nash, E. L. Munharrey, W. C. Gamble, W. A.
Brown, H. R. Fetterley. 324— E. L. Arnold, G. H. Marsh, C. W. Place,
W. B. Ruffles, C. Spance, H. Stevens, B. Dickson, T. Douglas. 326—
A. H. Robertson, J. Thomson, H. H. Prittie, J. R. Buller, H. R. Mountain.
327— J. L. Watterworth, L. Goff, M. G. McMaster, E. F. Connelly.
329— F. L. Tyler, G. O. Miller, F. O. Hambly. 330 — C. E. Jarmain.
331— M. Cook, N. Cattanack. 332— C. Gagen. J. S. McMillan, W. F.
Pearson, R. T. McMorran, T. E. Palmer. 333— G. E. Banks, R. D.
Clark, W. J. Heitman, G. H. Long Sr., R. J. Sim. 336— W. E. Wootton.
337— J. Easterbrook. R. F. Booth, J. Pelky, H. F. McPherson, V. B.
Ayearst, W. J. Pinnell, H. R. Henshaw, W. H. Vanalstine, F. E. Hagar,
J. Kottmeir. 338— C. D. Hoffman. F. Forrest. 339— C. C. Cross, W. A.
Dunn, F. A. Doughty, N. G. Edger, A. E. Grainger, H. R. Jackson,
A. R. C. Wakley. J. J. Walshe, E. Newy. 341— S. L. Farley, C. A.
Montgomery. 343— H. R. Fardoc, E. W. Fetterley, W. L. Forsythe,
H. W. Kimpton, T. Lennard, D. H. Levack, D. E. MacVannel, J. H.
Pritchard, D. Rankin, S. M. Sinton, C. E. Spooner. 344— G. G. Stone.
346— J. Mort, G. S. Petrie, C. Robb, F. A. East, W. E. Worth, C. C.
Hall. F. Crawford. J. A. Erikson, V. E. Forbes, W. J. Sanderson, J. H.
Martin, R. P. Adams, W. A. Cooper, J. Bottomley, C. Holmes. 352 — ■
C. M. Hicks, C. H. Danard, H. J. Bowen. 354— T. D. Bell, J. G. Barker,
C. R. Graham, G. L. Woodward, F. W. Todd, R. E. Tindall. 356—
H. R. Sandham, A. E. Charboneau. 359— E. L. Butler, J. A. Forest.
360— W. Swanson. 361— A. K. M. Elliott, R. G. Johnston, J. S. Mitchell,
G. G. Reid, A. G. Auld, A. J. Groom, R. E. Lang, J. A. McFarlane.
362— D. A. Petch, L. W. Scarrow. 364— A. C. Skinner. 367— D. Clark,
E. G. Hedge, W. H. Quinton, H. D. Singer. 369— C. C. McGriggin,
H. R. Lindabury, E. G. Watkins, G. H. Wright. 373— J. W. Hutchinson,
C. D. Bird. 375— J. N. Caldwell, N. Burgomaster. 376— D. M. Bishop,
W. L. Crompton, G. V. Cook, J. R. Hunt, G. Jennings, W. G. Law,
H. A. Peacock, H. Sims. P. G. Wells. 380— F. Baldwin, C. E. Car-
ruthers. G. A. Jack, E. B. Kimble. 382— A. Frank, A. Martin, A. M.
Petrie, E. Stewart, W. Watts, D. Whyte Jr., T. G. Free, W. H. Gayfer,
H. Hale, H. Reed, P. C. Dean. 383— W. L. Higginson, 384— H. S.
Morrison, F. J. Ogle, L. H. Roos, A. G. Taylor, D. C. Barger, W. T.
Hawkins, F. Holmes, P. J. Howard, A. J. Lyle, H. T. Mashinter, W.
J. McDermott, H. J. McMann. 386 — N. A. Taylor, N. R. Spooner, J. A.
Laudon. B. R. Dobson, J. Tonks, A. McFee. 387 — N. Salthouse, R.
McCormack, W. Campbell, A. S. McKay, T. G. Robertson. 389— C. O.
Johnston, W. A. Chapman. 391— J. D. Brien, J. E. Betts, C. A. Brown,
C. F. Dickman, H. T. Fletcher, T. E. Gage, R. P. Galbraith, S. L.
Hancock, R. C. Johnson, J. D. Kaufman, E. H. Mutton, D. R. McDiarmid,
J. A. Mclntyre, S. L. Springsteen, J. H. Slater. 392— G. A. Trusler,
W A. Trusler. 396— F. Hambidge, A. Skene, W. A. Slack, J. C. Slute, E.
M. Taylor. 398— J. Caldwell. A. J. Truman, H. McLaughlin Sr., P. J. Camp-
bell, W. Gordon. 400— P. W. Chambers, W. F. Pickard, J. Ramsay. 402—
L. E. Hannan. H. A. Robinson, R. A. Dell, E. Sadler, A. R. Birch,
E. L. Cook, C. G. Garniss, W. A. Hunter. 403— F. L. Arnett, C. H.
Arthur. A. W. Bolton, P. H. Colley, E. Coldwell, C. G. Creasey, A. C.
Davidson, W. H. Elliott, A. H. Lawrence, P. J. Levy, C. W. McDonald,
F. R. McFadden, W. T. Metcalfe, M. F. Noble, E. A. Saunders, J. C.
White, J. F. Whyte, J. V. Yeoman. 404 — T. H. Burns, J. Easterbrook,
M. R. Brown, O. L. Thompson, A. D. Herbert, R. M. Willcox. 409 —
E. Thorington. 410— H. W. Thompson, R. H. Mortimer, G. H. Lyons,
P. Fyvie, I. T. Vaughan, R. D. Shaw, H. Gilpin. 411— J. Schotanus,
R. Ward, J. M. Paterson, L. J. Miller. 412— P. H. McKinley, I. S.
Palmer, B. C. Lamble. 414 — P. Johnson, E. L. Hogue, W. M. Sutton,
W. R. Cummings. 416— V. S. Booth. G. Glazier, L. Pettem, J. C.
Watson. 419— J. C. Winters, W. G. Luckham, J. C. W. Byers. 420—
W. A. Griffin, M. C. Hendry, R." Y. Angus, J. W. McCluskey, A. B.
Cook, W. Nevin. 422— J. A. Anderson, O. E. Adkin, G. F. Avery, L.
F. Noble. 428— F. B. Ardron. F. Barker. W. G. Evans, E. L. McLean,
C. L. Bugnell, H. E. Carr. E. King. L. Klein, J. McKee, J. Swan, A.
W. Willan. H. G. Willard. 429— E. Raymond, G. M. Jamieson, C. N.
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Paddon. H. B. Padden. 430— C. N. Reid, K. M. Gordon. E. Handley.
H. C. O'Dell, G. E. McGaw. 432— G. Diamant. W. T. Stone. 433— C.
A Whvte- H. F. Noble. 435 — W. M. McArthur, D. W. Wright. G. H.
Gardner, P. W. T. Yuill. 437— D. Elliott, W. F. Pierce, W. J. Brims.
J. Bond, H. W. Kilbreath. R. Codling, R. E. Elliott, A. R. Underhill,
J. S. Flack. C. Wilson. W. J. Finch. J. Wilkie. 438— J. H. Olver, A.
W. Bell, J. Chilton, A. C. Curry. A. H. Spanner, P. M. Sutherland,
H. Whitworth. 440 — T. W. G. Chambers, C. Greenwood. J. Dugan,
V. E. R. Zufelt. 441— E. E. Blair. J. N. Neilson. E. Quinn. 44«—
C. R. Richardson. 447— S. M. Boyce. J. R. Yohn. O. W. Taylor. 449—
O. O. Webb. G. K. Cassie. F. M. Curran. 451 — G. Morton, W. G.
Graham. 454 — R. G. Watson, S. H. Troyer, L. L. McPherson, J.
Thompson. W. A. Harris. C. B. Smith, A. R. Hunter. 456— C. Vallance.
459 — W. E. Dean, W. J. Dunlop, E. E. Rudkin. 460 — J. Simpson, A.
H. Dean. T. B. Rhodes, W. D. Bracken, E. Codling, R. D. Mullin.
461— W. B. Baldwin. 465— J. H. Armstrong. G. H. Rivington. 466 —
A. M. Train, C. M. Kiel. E. A. Coe, A. L. Wright. D. W. Readman.
467— T. W. Marsden, R. G. Robinson. 469— E. G. Drew, H. E. McCauley,
S. E. H. Douglas, D. Russell, A. A. Murray, G. M. Finlayson. 470—
A. E. Cartmill, J. C. Leith, J. W. Porter. 471— J. M. Davidson. G. A.
Rowe. J. G. Youngs, F. D. Marsh. 473— G. E. Garvin, W. A. Pidduck.
474— A. E. Maundrell, H. E. Landsborough. 475— D. H. Bouskill. E.
Butler, C. H. Coates, C. D. Elliott, H. Ellison, D. H. Fonger, W.
Hardie. T. Hardie, H. Marshall, A. Meinke, A. T. Nash. D. E. R.
Stewart. J. Thomson. F. V. Wachter, J. G. Waddie, W. Meinke. 477—
J. R. Bruce. 481— G. F. Young. R. H. Blackwell. J. W. Courtney. R.
H. Cole, G. Geary. F. W. Hunt, J. E. Hayes. W. G. Hay, A. H. Herbert,
B. H. Jackman. G. R. Keppie, J. Lord, J. F. Linden, E. E. Martin, H.
T. Manes. J. H. Niblock. E. Orr, M. A. Ross, R. F. Richards. F. Rowe,
W. W. Williams, B. B. Wilmot. 482— E. A. Blakely, G. E. McCaw,
A. Martin. 483— T. S. Hill Sr., C. W. Westman. I. F. Middleton, J.
Forrest, F. Carson. 484 — J. Davis Sr., D. George, E. R. Norman, R.
Stevens. C. A. Taylor. R. Taylor. 485 — A. H. Burrows, A. G. Brooks,
A. E. Cain, W. J. Pritchard. J. A. Brydge. W. J. Clow, G. J. Gibbons,
H. Henshall. A. P. Knetchel. F. Soulsby. 486— A. J. Anderson. C.
Appleby, E. R. J. Farrell, J. C. Houston. A. Miller, T. R. Rowe. W.
E. Dawson, H. L. Donaldson, A. W. Fennah. F. A. Harrison, D. McPhail.
487— J. A. Hawkins, E. H. Botting, A. A. Ramsay, J. S. McGregor,
H. D. Lane, O. Leybourne, J. S. Livingston. J. B. Maclean. 488—0. W.
Berry, C. Brush, W. Corcoran, C. J. Meston, J. Johnston. 489 — E. C.
Dyke, J. Macauley. 495— R. Dickie, R. W. Flaherty, J. Francis, H.
Godden. W. O. Lavery, T. Pollard, G. Smith. J. Wilcockson, J. Maynard.
496— W. B. Barnes, J. M. C. Lazier, J. R. Renwick, E. W. Skinner.
E. Tansley. H. W. Wrav, B. T. Yates. 499— H. Wood. 500— F. H.
Midwood, W. A. Moore. W. C. Webster, C. N. Clarke. A. P. Gaton,
N. H. Robinson, G. A. Trueholme. 501— R. L. H. Terry, R. H. Dandridge,
W. H. Wilson. 502— C. L. Adams, E. B. Acton, J. W. Book, E. B.
Durham, T. H. Holland, I. F. Rinker, F. W. Schnick, J. C. Teeter, W.
J. Yager, J. A. Young. 506 — W. Bass. G. Simpson. 507 — G. A. Dukelow,
A. P. Campbell, G. W. MacLeod, H. Ralston, J. M. Hendry. D. H.
Gardner. R. B. LeHeup, W. J. Woods. V. Crego, W. T. Kent. 508—
D. O. Johnson, R. B. Brown. 509— O. C. Moyer, R. E. Bricker, W. H.
Funk, G. E. Behling. 510— T. M. Burke. W. Campbell. E. M. Dean,
C. R. Dobbin, W. A. Orr, C. G. Walker, C. A. Woodcock. J. G. Hyland.
T. B. Murray. N. J. Pankhurst. 511 — L. L. Farrar. F. R. Chowen.
W. J. Homer. 512— W. J. Taylor, S. H. Frost, W. N. Wade, W.
Crawford. 513— G. H. Brown, R. H. Brown, D. Buntin, S. B. Carter,
F. W. Drawbill, C. T. Drewitt, C. H. Jackson. S. Jones. E. G. Loebsack,
W. J. Needham, J. H. Noyes, S. S. Owen. G. H. Phillips, R. H. Pryde.
A. C. Paul. R. M. Smith. A. T. Standen. G. R. Shannon, D. J. Towns.
H. T. Vollick, A. Yendell. J. Kerr, W. H. Kerr, R. Ross. 515— J. W.
Ferguson, J. A. Gibson, E. F. Smith, A. A. Wettstein, A. T. Barr. D.
W. Bradshaw, E. A. Baker, A. J. Cox, J. A. Houlding, A. C. Irwin,
R. Kidd, E. J. Pifher, R. A. Sloat. 516— S. H. Drew. J. O. Major.
519— J. Heathcote, A. J. Thompson. 520— H. W. Brock, W. A. Dash.
H. E. Elliott, W. R. Finkle, R. Foster. E. L. Jones, C. A. Flooard, H.
Reynolds, W. Turpin. 521— C. B. Chick. D P. Cooke, A. Cormie, H.
J. Fraser. L. E. Fraser, S. L. Gibson, T. M. Hampton, S. H. Lee, J.
Lees, G. D. Letterman. E. Long. G. McDonald. G. Y. Masson. R. G.
Matlev. R .C. Peck. D. S. Perry. G. Ross. C. B. Teskey, H. Walker.
523— E. Ayrheart, T. G. Loudon, L. B. Webb, P. Westbv. 524— F. F.
362 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Clarke. 525— E. G. Drewitt. A. T. Johnstone, N. C. Baiden, R. J.
Poyntz, J. C. Simpson, W. S. Kirkham. 526 — A. Hutchison, G. McShane,
A. J. Langdon. 528— W. J. Gray. 530— R. W. Keating, R. E. Reid,
H. W. Bishop, R. M. Peel, R. Porteous, A. P. Wilson, F. C. Ivy, J. A.
Robinson, H. E. O. Thomas. 531— J. E. Shepherd, W. T. McBride,
E. W. Murray, L. E. Grigg, H. W. Fleckney, R. C. Strutt, A. J. Ryder,
R. W. Crosbie, N. McMichael, F. A. Grass, J. H. West, M. K. Humpage,
H. E. Claridge. 532— W. Argyle, W. G. Crawford, F. Harding, R. C.
Jack, H. Lang, C. Mullett, W. J. Orrett, G. R. C. Richards. 533— W.
J. Andrew, J. Bryan, A. S. Brain, J. Foster, W. I. Flinn, O. Gardiner,
J. F. Hewson, F. A. Job, G. McBirney, H. I. Milligan, W. A. Wallace.
536— C. J. Stokes, A. L. Caldwell, W. B. Kerr, E. D. Coutts, E. J.
Curry, H. G. Simpson. T. J. Kennedy, D. S. J. Kidd, E. H. Burwash.
537— R. H. Bennett, R. J. Hanna, R. J. Moffitt, G. E. Wardle, H. A.
LeVon, D. R. Franklin, J. A. Jebson, J. Sutherland, A. B. Watt, F. F.
Young. 539— E. W. Smith, H. B. Colborne, W. T. Shields, P. M.
Schoolcraft. 540— F. P. Moffatt, D. Friedman, F. W. Moran, E. Sayers,
F. C. Richardson, V. P. Wootten. 541— E. G. Glenfield, M. Twigg, W.
C. LeGier. 542— W. N. Duncan, G. A. R. Eagleson, A. W. Kennedy,
W. J. McCallum, H. W. Little, R. C. Huffman, R. J. O'Brien, C. S.
Wynne. 543— F. G. Baker, T. H. Boyd, A. Hogg, A. S. Humphrey.
545— J. M. G. Weir, H. A. M. Fletcher. 546— C. S. Butler, C. A.
Towers, W. Taylor, C. V. Gibson. A. A. Price, G. H. Ponsford, H. E.
Williams, L. R. Sherry. 547— C. E. Bull. 548— W. R. Miller, J. C.
Robertson, G. A. Jones, L. F. Frederick, R. Duce, T. Clough, J. L. Ord,
R. Henry. A. A. Burry, H. G. A. Carliss, W. H. Rennie, P. W. Hibbert.
550— J. W. MacDonald, B. Carr, A. Rankin, A. Smith, J. Crooks, E.
Metcalf, J. Jones, D. Fraser, W. Thornberry. A. W. Rodda. T. H. Scott,
F. E. Freeman, J. S. Foreman. 551 — R. Birtwistle, G. Stewart, J. C.
Nash, C. E. Lindsay, W. Woods, W. A. Robertson, R. J. Jamieson, W.
V. Pearson, W. E. Rossell, H. Beatty, J. A. Darch, A. Doyle, W.
McCallum, F. Kershaw, A. C. Whitcombe, D. Spry, D. Taylor, J. H.
Brown. 553 — E. G. Humphries, J. D. Robertson, J. L. Brooks, G. A.
Morgan. 554 — B. K. Duncan. 555 — C. E. Brigham, G. Best, L. J.
Colling, J. A. Galloway, J. E. Humphries, W. J. Penoligan, F. A.
Taylor. 558—1. A. Brophy, E. A. Perkin, W. O. White, J. D. Adamson.
559— H. Ginsler, M. Jubas, M. Orgell, P. S. Adelman, P. L. Greenberg,
J. W. Kasler, D. Lipson. 560— J. H. Hopper, G. T. Langdon, T. M.
Cramp, T. Dodds, G. Geekie, L. O. Davies, E. Cameron, F. A. Hawshaw.
561— L. L. Flora. 562— E. R. Comer, W. C. Gardner, R. W. Huston.
N. Mayall, H. Page, W. R. Tait. 564— A. Ellis, A. W. McCurry.
565— W. G. Bagley, G. F. Dickenson, A. Heggie, J. McFarlane. 568—
E. Yungblut. 570— T. F. Powell, W. F. Starr, B. Law, A. Chadwick,
C. I. Dickinson. 571— J. DeShane, W. E. Maxwell, J. C. Jaffray, J.
G. Swift, F. C. Gledhill, W. H. Myers, S. L. Prior, H. H. Lewis. F. J.
Lewis. 572— A. G. Petherick, R. J. Parker, F. L. Shepherd, A. G. Martin,
J. J. Newton, F. Torrence. H. Smuck, F. C. Shaver. 575 — W. J. Pearce,
F. J. Stokoe. G. H. Thornley, W. Birdsall, A. E. Embury. 577 J. Maw-
hinney, E. O. O. Arthur, H. Baines, J. C. Waterhouse, T. G. Goddard,
G. F. Randall, J. Travers, H. Baker Jr., J. A. Bell, J. Dobson, H. G.
Huff, J. A. Johnston, J. N. Moir, C. McLean, W. G. Atkinson, J. S.
Glover. A. Martin, J. Carruthers, A. S. Spracklin, J. Wedlock. 578— H.
A. Brown, C. A. Buck. G. H. Hambly, E. W. Hendershott, J. D. E.
Harmann, W. H. Jacques. V. A. Minnes, H. J. D. Minter. 579— B.
Kovinsky, G. E. Wood. P. R. Smith, J. King, A. M. Adelman. J.
Kovinsky, T. Kovinsky. I. M. Meretsky. R. Trubow. 580— W. J. Carswell,
J. F. Jackson. V. Wild, G. M. Nesbitt, C. McLean, A. Myers. G. E.
Spicknell, I. Siskind, R. R. Bell. 582— W. W. Jones, M. P. Tummon,
H. J. Sword, W. H. Kaye. A. R. Belden, M. Sacks, A. W. Simmonds.
583 — W. H. Archer, J. A. Preston, G. Adair, E. J. Downing, R. L. Eby,
E. V. Robinson. 585— W. McKay. 586— R. A. LeDrew, M. Shadwick.
587— J. E. Benns, E. W. Garrett, A. W. Hunter, W. Keys, J. L. Mc-
Gibbon. A. U. D. Macklem, M. J. Proctor, H. G. Wilson, S. Winters,
G. E. Lloyd, D. W. MacDonald. 589— H. Graham, W. P. Phillips, W.
H. Palmer, W. E. Taylor, W. C. Walter. 590— W. J. Wilson. W. S.
Wood. 591— C. W. Conacher, J. C. Buckland, J. D. Trimble. 592—
J. Fraser, G. H. Jones. 594— H. C. Page. F. McDonald. E. L. Snyder,
J. Shedden. 600— A. R. Parker, R. Wilson. A. H. Thompson, O. W.
Owen. 601— W. J. Scott. F. E. Lapham. H. V. Grayson, A. J. Styles.
H. McKenzie. J. H. W. McLellan, S. H. Riley. 602— F. Reynolds. A.
G. Colbey. 604— E. G. Conn, W. A. Hutchinson, F. Wilcock. 605— F.
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G. Brimicombe, H. H. Dickert, E. F. E. Hopton, J. H. Mills, F. Stevens,
F. S. Sloane, E. Taylor. 606— E. A. Calverley, J. A. Gallagher. 607— R.
A. Sullivan, S. R. Williams, R. Webb. S. E. Taylor, G. E. Meyer.
608 — A. W. Carew, E. Greenhalgh, G. J. Edwards, T. Parson, H.
Goodman, R. Abraham, G. A. Weeks, J. G. Terrill. 610— W. G. Hurst,
L. Warner, C. H. Simon, R. Hunter, S. Wylie. 612— W. Knott. T. H.
E. McBride, N. C. Pimm, F. B. Cross. 617— W. A. McCartney. 6D--J.
W. Wellington, W. A. Hall. 620— S. Burnett, E. A. Fitchett. W.
Leavens, J. B. Millar. J. R. Kenny. 621— H. E. Thomlinson, W. R.
Guersey. 622 — W. Jamieson, J. R. Newton, L. A. Raymond. 623 — J.
P. Ash, W. E. Bainbridge, R. J. Callin, A. J. Elliott, R. Hurd, C.
James, A. R. Lawson, S. L. Mather, I. M. Mathieson, W. R. Osborne,
A. R. Prangley, C. H. Thicke, J. M. Wardrop, E. Walker, T. Watson.
624— H. L. Piper, F. J. King. J. Williams, W. V. C. Bodwell, G. W.
House, E. G. Hill. 629 — C. P. Thomson, A. J. Brown, M. T. Kemp,
A. Smith, J. A. Christian. B. V. Tyler. 631— G. Nuttall. H. G.
Irwin. 632— F. B. Allen, F. Bell, G. R. Fleming, R. M. Paterson,
R. H. Scott, R. H. Spicer, J. Williamson. 633— R. W. Montgomery,
W. W. Knight. 635— J. L. Baker Jr. 636— A. J. Woodward. 637— E.
S. Watson, E. M. Norton, J. H. Paul, C. Williamson, C. W. W. Tanner,
C. Shepherd, W. A. Seymour, W. C. Fraser. 638— A. R. G. Agassiz,
W. J. Boddy, H. C. Pearson, W. Robertson, F. G. Rogers. 641— R. F.
Moore. T. D. Oag, F. H. McGowan, T. C. Howard, B. Hyland, J. J.
Hadden, H. R. McGladdery. 645— H. A. Nightingale. 646— N. Wildfong.
649— F. S. Stratford, F. W. Watkinson. 651— W. Cochrane, G. H.
Andrews, R. J. K. Smith. 655— P. C. Mansell, L. B. Webb.
SUSPENSIONS U. M. C.
549— Clifford Sprowson. 410— Harry Gilpin. 16— James Hillock. 16— F.
G. Anderson.
EXPULSIONS
247— R. M. McCaul. 412— J. H. Jenkinion.
RESTORATIONS BY GRAND LODGE
368— A. G. Davy. 325— J. J. Mellor.
DEATHS, 1938
2— R. W. M. Taylor, Dec. 29, 1937 ; J. H. Burns, Mar. 19 ; G. W. Doherty,
May 2 ; A. E. Stewart, May 28 ; W. R. McClelland. July 4 ; W. E. Lyall,
Sep. 29 ; C. J. Sproule. Nov. 23 ; J. A. Calvert. Sep. 29. 3— B. H.
Carnovsky, May 2 ; W. H. Minnes, May 14 ; A. W. Richardson, Apr.
23 ; G. H. Williamson, Mar. S ; A. Aldridge, May 27 ; J. A. Bell. Apr. 8 ;
R. H. Chadwick, Sep. 17. 5— G. H. Dewey, Jan. 4 ; H. J. Gustin, Feb.
13 ; W. C. McClellan, May 4 ; W. F. Chapman, May 31 ; J. N. Young,
June 12 ; R. J. Dunn, July 18 ; W. W. Wood, Aug. 7 ; L. N. Chapin,
Sep. 12 ; W. Lee, Oct. 7 ; R. J. Mitchell, Oct. 13 ; S. J. Hanna, Dec. 15.
6— J. G. Y. Burkholder, Jan. 4 ; R. Fitzsimmons, Jan. 23 ; C. E.
Thompson. Mar. 23 ; J. C. Munro. Mar. 31 ; L. T. McDonald. Apr. 7 ;
G. Moore, Apr. 12 ; E. V. Sutton, Nov. 6 ; R. R. Bruce, Nov. 29. 7— H.
E. Wallace, Jan. 28 ; W. L. Haist, Jan. 29 ; W. Worsnop. Apr. 16 ;
W. F. Lickers, Apr. 18 ; J. A. Campbell, June 7 ; A. E. House, Dec.
14 ; D. Allan, Dec. 6 ; H. D. Roberts, Jan. 13, 1937 ; H. B. Lazenby,
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11 — H. Lavoie, Jan. 14 ; A. Johnstone, Apr. 21 ; J. S. May, Aug. 8 ;
H. H. Holland, Oct. 28. 14— L. Thompson. Jan. 18 ; C. F. Stone, Mar.
8 ; G. Korry, Mar. 23 ; G. G. Publow, Apr. 30 ; M. G. Kirkpatrick.
Aug. 18. 15 — L. Lombardo. Jan. 6 ; H. A. Metier, Feb. 25 ; G. C.
Grobb, Mar. 30 ; A. C. Mitchell. July 12 ; H. Stoneman, Oct. 15. 16—
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25 ; T. Maguire, Aug. 7 ; J. K. McCutcheon, Sep. 16 ; J. G. Dickinson,
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Feb. 20 ; W. L. Allen, May 11 ; A. H. Peterson, Aug. 11 ; F. J. McArthur,
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Dulmage, Jan. 13 ; D. J. Barker, Jan. 19 ; M. Gerow, Mar. 5 ; J. F.
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W. Love, Sep. 24. 21 A— F. R. Poyser, Mar. 28 ; J. A. McAdam, Feb.
25 ; J. Wilson, Sep. 4. 22— J. Marshall, Mar. 30 ; J. M. Hartley, June
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T. L. Seaton, Sep. 3 ; H. Y. Claxton, Sep. 22 ; J. Greig, Oct. 24 ; R. B.
Wolsey, Dec. 11 ; E. McCann, Dec. 17 ; C. A. Risk, Dec. 30. 23— F. D.
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1938 ; W. M. Loucks, Aug. 2 ; E. R. Jarvis, Sep. 6 ; H. A. Locke, Oct.
22 ; J. Aird, Nov. 30 ; W. B. Thistle, Dec. 17 ; K. J. Dunstan, Dec. 30.
26— R. Deyell, Apr. 25. 27— G. G. Austin, Jan. 11 ; E. J. D. Stares,
Feb. 9 ; C. C. Smye, Feb. 15 ; F. R. W. Delford, Mar. 15 ; W. Renton,
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Harnden, Mar. 3 ; T. S. Wells, May 30 ; S. G. M. Nesbitt, Feb. 23 ; P. E.
McLaughlin, Oct. IS. 30— W. J. Luke, Jan. 26 ; J. A. Hutcheson, Apr.
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32— D. Hastings, Dec. 1. 33— J. Harden, Mar. 27 ; M. McDonald, May
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J. M. Field, Oct. 28. 34— H. Cornwall, Jan., 1938 ; F. E. Wilson, July
18. 35— E. Coverdale, Oct. 6. 37— W. W. Thompson, Nov. 13 ; O. E.
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23 ; H. H. Bonter, July 6. 39— E. Snudden, May 5. 40— W. S. Hodgson,
Feb. 20 ; J. H. Thomas, Apr. 12 ; W. S. Attwood, Apr. 14 ; J. Findlay,
May 15 ; H. P. Bonney, June 2 ; A. E. Whitcher, May 28 ; J. G. Muir,
June 14 ; W. A. James, July 21 ; S. E. Cole, July 22 ; J. H. Fell, Aug.
10 ; H. Tyson, Nov. 18 ; C.W.W. Fielding. Nov. 23. 41— P. Upcott,
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Meston, Jan. 6 ; G. Bott, June 1 ; G. McNeil, Aug. 21 ; T. V. Shaw,
Aug. 29 ; R. McFarlane, Sep. 21 ; J. Gorman, Sep. 5 ; W. H. Butler,
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June 4 ; C. Scott, July 26 ; S. G. Aselstine, Aug. 3 ; J. W. Rippon,
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Apr. 30 ; H. C. Swartz, June 2 ; F. E. Ashworth, Nov. 7, 1937 ; C. R.
Kimbel, June 30 ; T. J. Finney, Sep. 18 ; J. G. Fisher, Sep. 24 ; F. D.
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G. Grigg, June 3 ; T. R. Humble, Dec. 25 ; E. Cutmore, Nov. 15 ; N. A.
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Hall, Apr. 20 ; J. Jones, Apr. 26 ; A. H. Beeman, Mar. 22 ; D. McBrayne,
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H. Scammell, June 24 ; A. G. Camerson, Feb. 21 ; D. R. Neving, Apr.
27 ; W. Horan, May 29 ; M. M. Pyke, Feb. 5 ; H. C. Ellis, Feb. 26 ;
J. Parrington, Mar. 12; J. B. Morris, Apr. 11; G. E. Heath, July 14;
A. P. Trudel, July 19 ; W. F. Mintzer, Aug. 22 ; P. A. Kerr, Nov. 13.
54— H. C. Bailey, May 31. 55— S. Langstaff, Dec. 27. 56— E. P. Bucke,
Mar. 17 ; G. J. Anderson, June 3 ; H. C. Cares, Aug. 22 ; D. H. Wilder,
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H. Martin, Apr. 4 ; W. Norris, June 12 ; A. E. Sheppard, Dec. 5.
61— G. S. J. Hannaford, Feb. 6 ; C. W. Bell, Feb. 8 ; M. C. Beasley,
Feb. 13 ; G. F. Hutchinson. Mar. 3 ; F. T. Richardson, July 5 : J.
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Mar. 5 ; A. M. Edwards, June 3 ; R. Biggs, Nov. 1. 73 — L. D. Brown,
Jan. 22 ; J. G. Miller, Sep. 4. 75— J. Thomson, May 23 ; F. W. Jacobi,
June 18 ; G. A. Summers, Aug. 7 ; R. Nicholas, Sep. 25 ; A. B. Crealock,
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23. 86 — J. M. Harrow, Jan. 3 ; W. J. Lewis, Jan. 29 ; M. McKnight,
Feb. 4 ; W. H. Stone, Mar. 6 ; W. R. Woodstock, Mar. 20 ; E. M.
Carleton, May 18 ; P. H. Wainwright, June 2 ; F. J. Tovell, Nov. 3 ;
C. W. Wallis, Dec. 6 ; A. Callow, Dec. 14. 87— R. McKay, Mar. 7.
88 — M. R. Duncan, Feb. 23 ; D. McKenzie, Jan. 27 ; H. Lemon, Mar. 11 ;
P. C. Bonham, May 2 ; H. Mason, Apr. 2 ; M. McKay, July 1 ; J. J.
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E. Lanktree, Mar. 17 ; R. Hughes, June 21 ; L. H. Burmister, Aug. 22 ;
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92— M. E. Revelle, Mar. 11 ; E. Scammell, July 22 ; R. D. Sloan, Nov. 21 ;
J. A. Wilson, Nov. 26. 94 — W. R. Woollatt, Mar. 13 ; W. Jackson,
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Harris, Mar. 6 ; O. E. Shank, Mar. 9 ; D. H. MacLaren, Mar. 29 ; H. C.
M. Porritt, Aug. 5 ; J. H. Putman, Sep. 16 ; T. Binnie, Dec. 13. 97— F.
L. VanNorman, Dec. 15. 98— H. H. Nunn, Jan. 10 ; 100— W. Lawson,
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Walker, July 21 ; P. T. Udy, Dec. 1. 103— J. A. Towner, Feb. 13 ;
C. E. Secord, Mar. 9 ; D. W. Eagle, Mar. 5 ; D. Masterson, Apr. 13 ;
R. Chestnut, May 31. 104 — B. Kinsella, Apr. 17 ; A. H. Searles, July
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Harper, Dec. 28 ; C. Stewart, May 20. 110— W. J. Kingston, Apr. 8 ;
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O. W. Connell, Dec. 22. 113— L. L. Smith, May 1 ; J. H. Slack, July
27. 114— G. T. Hancock, June 9 ; T. A. Bell, Feb. 10. 115— W. G. Buell,
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Spring, Mar. 14— S. A. Strain, Oct. 24. 120— J. H. Gray, Feb. 6. 121—
W. J. Earon, Mar. 3 ; E. A. T. Hughes, Apr. 30 : A. C. Laing, May 26 ;
T. W. Sayle, June 5 ; J. W. Porter, June 22 ; R. E. Moffatt, July 20 ;
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H. Murphy, Oct. 29 ; R. F. Bunting, July 14 ; L. C. Irving, Nov. 9 ;
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14 ; J. McCarthy, Apr. 21 ; W. D. M. Shorey, May 4 ; F. P. Salter,
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Oct. 27 ; H. C. Bouck, Aug. 26 ; D. F. Cameron, Nov. 19 ; J. H. War-
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Goddard, May 6. 129— E. M. Carleton, May 18 ; A. E. Taylor, Jam,
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143 — J. D. Harkness, Jan. 7 ; E. A. Forward, Apr. 30 ; A. D. Harkness,
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May 17 ; R. A. Hoover, June 3 ; M. M. McKinnon, Nov. 28 ; C. L.
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194— M. D. McVicar, Feb. 3 ; F. E. Stewart, May 5 ; J. R. Steadman,
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Norris, Nov. 30 ; G. Mclntyre, Dec. 7 ; G. S. VanWycke, Dec. 24. 217 —
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E. W. Hill, Feb. 10 ; J. S. Harding, May 19 ; M. MacPherson, Feb. 11 ;
A. E. Ottewell, June 19 ; G. A. Smith, May 21 ; A. J. Saunders, June 3 ;
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21. 218— J. H. Linton, Mar. 4 ; W. Eaatbury, Mar. 30 ; C. C. Rockwpod,
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ford, Mar. 20. 224— T. W. Palmer, Feb. 7 ; A. J. McKinnon, Mar. 18 ;
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Nov. 8. 230— J. J. A. Marks, Mar. 24 ; A. J. Godden, Feb. 2 ; D. R.
Murchison, Nov. 18. 231— R. R. Latimer, Feb. 8 ; W. M. Salters. April
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232— S. J. Palmer, Jan. 31 ; A. Smith, Feb. 19 ; A. S. Backus, June 9 ;
S. A. Littlejohn. Sep. 9. 233— J. T. Appleton, Mar. 24 ; K. D. Mark,
June 24 ; D. C. Wilson, Dec. 19. 235— J. N. Collins, May 1 ; P. J. F.
Houston, Nov. 7. 236— J. T. Heaslip, July 2. 237— E. A. Roberts. Feb.
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239— W. Emerson. Feb. 1 ; L. A. Cuthbertson, Mar. 1 ; J. F. Houston,
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Jan. 4 ; W. H. Alison, Mar. 4 ; W. E. Thomas, Apr. 5 ; O. C. Smith.
May 12 ; C. J. Doran, Aug. 15 ; H. C. Rogers, Aug. 16 ; J. A. Calvert,
Sep. 29 ; W. L. Morningstar, Oct. 17 ; W. J. Hamilton, Nov. 25. 255—
B. W. Morrison, Feb. 8 ; W. H. Ruttle, Mar. 13 ; W. Bedell, Apr. 17 ;
W. M. McVean, Nov. 23. 256— R. A. Cook, May 1 ; R. J. Donnelly,
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J. T. White, Nov. 4 ; W. J. Tozer, Nov. 13 ; N. R. Wessels, Nov. 24 ;
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C. Husbands, Sep. 15 ; E. A. Whitney, Oct. 11 ; O. C. Brady, July 29.
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C. F. Heebner, Dec. 10. 497— F. L. Wormwith. Mar. 25. 499— G. D.
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C. C. Hele, Mar. 26 ; R. Elkin, June 9. 503— W. G. Maddock, Feb. 22.
505— H. L. Knox. Jan. 13 ; S. J. Atkin, June 1 ; C. Weaver, Nov. 8.
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T. H. Armstrong, Dec. 12 ; F. L. Reed, Dec. 20. 511— W. T. E. Tabor,
Oct. 31. 512 — G. M. Davidson, 1935. 513 — J. B. Dickerson, Aug. 2.
514— C. C. Motton, Mar. 27 ; W. D. Shank, Aug. 6. 515— T. R. Snodgrass,
Mar. 12 ; R. H. Jago, May 19 ; F. A. Mitchell, June 6 ; R. H. Ballantyne,
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M. N. Simpson, June 22. 520— W. Cooley, May 7 ; T. New, Sep. 3 ;
C. G. Chapin, Sep. 20 ; T. Cooper, Dec. 27. 521— A. Moir, Apr. 21 ;
F. D. Brocklebank, Aug. 26 ; F. J. Bridges, Nov. 22. 522— H. Mendelsohn,
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H. G. Phillips, May 2 ; E. W. Fisher, Dec. 10. 542— C. H. Hopper,
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W. Steeves, Feb. 22 ; A. S. Backus, June 9 ; W. K. Sanderson, Oct. 8.
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561— P. M. Hastey, Sep. 12 ; C. W. Haentschel, Dec. 15. 562— E. Simons,
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566— W. L. Abernethy, Feb. 1. 5G8— J. Ruddell, June 22. 570— S. Lee,
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W. Owen, Feb. 15 ; G. M. Allen, Aug. 27. 573— W. N. Pew, Sep. 21.
575— J. U. Ireland, Feb. 5 ; G. B. Crumb, Jan. 26 ; G. W. Brisbin, Sep.
2. 576— C. W. Walker, May 2. 577— J. T. Edworthy. May 12 ; W. E.
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588— P. W. Berry, June 17. 589— W. H. Bunt, Aug. 23. 590— E. H.
Scammell. June 21. 591— T. Betchette, Jan. 3 ; W. P. Henderson, Oct.
25. 592— W. W. Coates, Feb. 4. 593— J. C. Munro, Mar. 31 ; W.
Cleland, Apr. 27 ; J. Low, Apr. 23 ; J. Aitkin, Jan. 10. 594— G. LeBreton,
Apr. 18 ; R. K. Brown, Jan. 10 ; A. L. Adams. July 16 ; H. W. Burk-
holder. July 23 ; W. H. Walker, Aug. 31. 596— C. Campbell, Jan. 24.
597— F. Steele, Mar. 21. 600— J. R. Griffiths, Apr. 29; C. G. Crockett.
July 13. 602 — J. Davidson, Mar. 6 ; E. K. Goodman, Nov. 27. 603— E.
A. Tarzwell, Sep. 11 ; A. Gillies, Aug. 17. 604— D. W. Maddox, July 6.
606 — B. A. Counter. July 2 ; E. R. Bowles, Nov. 13 ; W. McTavish.
Nov. 25 ; L. C. Smith. Dec. 24. 607— F. Boshier. Apr. 30. 608— A. C.
Nugent, Oct. 18. 610— J. W. Wallace, Jan. 6. 611 — R. D. Ayling,
Apr. 14 ; C. Roberts, May 23 ; D. C. Murray, Aug. 14 ; P. J. F. Houston,
TORONTO. ONTARIO. 1939 371
Nov. 7 ; A. N. McClure, Dec. 11. 612— E. M. Carleton. May 18. 613—
G. H. Pell, May 1 ; J. A. Luscombe. Oct. 24 ; W. Martin. Dec. 27.
614— J. S. MacDonald. Nov. 16. 615— J. G. Rathvon, July 2 ; J. W.
Moon. Nov. 22. 616 — C. C. Case, Jan. 13. 617 — T. A. McDonald. May
21 ; W. H. Brovnell, Nov. 12. 619— J. B. Sherring, Sep. 21. 620— E.
M. Craleton. May 18 : D. G. Jackson, Apr. 29 ; A. H. Millar, Sep., 1938 ;
J. S. May, Aug. 8 ; J. H. Stananought, June 29. 623— J. Bell,
Apr. 25. 626— A. G. Butt, May 3. 627— R. Hillier, Jan. 20. 629—
"W. Dillane, Apr. 10. 630— A. MacKenzie, June 30. 631— T. Wagstaff.
Apr. 10. 634— W. McTavish, Nov. 18. 636— J. Anderson, Nov. 28.
637— W. J. MacPherson, Sep. 27. 638— W. Gillespie, Mar. 18. 640— C.
C. Hele, Mar. 26. 644 — L. T. MacDonald, Apr. 7 ; R. J. Shannon. Apr.
10 : H. W. Kerfoot, Apr. 30. 646— P. E. Rowen, Apr. 8 ; T. Boden,
June 8 : S. Crone. Dec. 6. 648 — G. I. Wilson, May 30 ; A. Sham'as, Sep.
22. 649— J. Chalmers. Sep. 27. 651— C. F. Heebner, Dec. 10 ; J. Simpson,
Sep. 24.
372 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
LIST OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, 1939-40
The Grand Master
M.W. Bro. J. A. Dobbie Ottawa
The Deputy Grand Master
R.W. Bro. J. A. McRae _ Kingston
Algoma
Brant
Bruce
Chatham
Eastern
Frontenac
Georgian..
Grey
Hamilton
Hamilton
London
Muskoka
Niagara "A
The District Deputy Grand Masters
— Oliver F. Young Port Arthur
-M. C. Hawley Paris
Wm. T. Baillie Cargill
R. C. McCuteheon Highgate
— Donald S. Macintosh Martintown
..William Chapman Kingston
.Frederick Spearing Beeton
_Thos. H. Reburn Markdale
A" __Geo. Walker __.. Hamilton
B" William Davies Chedoke P.O.
Donald A. Ferguson St. Thomas
H. R. Hay ward Scotia
Joseph Backus St. Catharines
Niagara "B" Frederick S. Lane Niagara Falls
Nipissing East H. A. Batsf ord Warren
Nipissing West F. W. Colloton Sault Ste. Marie
North Huron James Neilans Londesboro
Ontario H. W. Mitchell Port Hope
Ottawa -Jas. E. Gamble Richmond
Peterborough R. F. Downey Peterborough
Prince Edward Hilton McCartney Wellington
Sarnia . Wm. J. Aitchison ...Sarnia
South Huron S. T. Loveys Hickson
St. Lawrence Robt. Hawkins Smiths Falls
St. Thomas ..Arthur Petherick West Lome
Temiskaming Chas. P. Ramsay Timmins
Toronto "A" S. F. Albertson Toronto
Toronto "B" G. C. Murphy Unionville
Toronto "C" A. C. Norwich Toronto
Toronto "D" E. W. Stoddard Toronto
Victoria Wm. Greig Mount Pleasant
Wellington John A. Leslie Milton
Western A. G. Holland Kenora
Wilson Howard B. Atkinson Embro
Windsor J. G. Moncrieff Windsor
The Grand Wardens
R.W. Bro. F. H. England Toronto
R.W. Bro. B. C. Beasley Hamilton
The Grand Chaplain
R.W. Bro. Thos. Eakin Toronto
The Grand Treasurer
M.W. Bro. John A. Rowland Toronto
The Grand Secretary
R.W. Bro. E. G. Dixon
Hamilton
The Grand Registrar
R.W. Bro. H. R. Boal Toronto
Historian
M.W. Bro. W. S. Herrington
Napanee
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939
373
Appointed Officers
Grand Senior Deacon __V.W. Bro.
Grand Junior Deacon V.W. Bro.
Grand Sup't of Works ___V.W. Bro.
Grand Dir. of Ceremonies V.W. Bro.
Assistant Grand Chaplain V.W. Bro.
Assistant Grand Chaplain _V.W. Bro.
Assistant Grand Chaplain V.W. Bro.
Assistant Grand Chaplain .V.W. Bro.
Assistant Grand Sceretary _V.W. Bro.
Assistant Gx-and Dir. of Ceremonies V.W. Bro.
Grand Sword Bearer V.W. Bro.
Grand Organist _.V.W. Bro.
Assistant Grand Organist V.W. Bro.
Grand Pursuivant _ V.W. Bro.
W. J. Gibson Kingston
G. A. Bowden Brantford
G. V. Hilborn Preston
S. F. Smith Ottawa
J. H. Atkinson. Kapuskasing
R. T. C. Dwelly Penetang
C. C. Waller London
G. A. Beatty Balderson
Walter Carey Toronto
W. C. Taylor Westport
John Jordan Toronto
R. C. Eggaford.Todmorden
Geo. C. Matthews ...St. Thomas
N. B. Darrell Fort William
Grand Stewards
V.W. Bro. Jas. Allen Brantford
G. R. Allen Fenelon Falls
" " G. Harry Allen _Ingersoll
C. C. Armstrong Warkworth
T. C. Benson London
" D. A. Cameron —.Merritton
Arnold Darroch Clifford
R. P. Donald — Bothwell
David Eby New Hamburg
J. F. Freure Espanola
Oliver Geiger Fenelon Falls
M. J. Gulley Sundridge
W. F. Gunning Toronto
P. F. Hare Newcastle
T. G. Haslain Toronto
C. G. Johnston Essex
L. N. Lane St. Thomas
C. E. Laur Fort Erie North
Fred LeGallais Englehart
J. R. Lumby Fort William
J. N. Marshall Meaford
J. F. McRae Avonmore
Jas. Menzies Watford
" C. G. Morris Delta
H. G. Parrott Stoney Creek
W. J. Pickard Toronto
E. M. Readhead Campbellville
" H. S. Rood Kirkland Lake
" J. L. Runnalls North Bay
R. A. Shields Sioux Lookout
C. H. Smith Ailsa Craig
Chas. Spanner Toronto
G. N. Spencer Frankford
" R. W. Swanton Mimico
" Harry West Fordwich
" Robt. Wilson Ottawa
M. H. Young Bath
Grand Standard Bearers
V.W. Bro. R. B. Kent Simcoe
C. C. Minor Fingal
Grand Tyler
Bro. John Black Ottawa
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BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES
President
R.W. Bro. J. A. McRae 226 Frontenae St., Kingston
Vice-President
R.W. Bro. Alex. Cowan Barrie
By Virtue of Office
M.W. Bro. J. A. Dobbie, Grand Master, Ottawa Civic Hospital Ottawa
W. H. Wardrope, Past Grand Master, 35 Glenfern Ave. Hamilton
W. N. Ponton, Past Grand Master Belleville
J. A. Rowland. Past Grand Master, 320 Bay St Toronto
R. B. Dargavel, Past Grand Master, 234 Evelyn Ave. Toronto
W. S. Herrington, Past Grand Master Napanee
F. A. Copus, Past Grand Master, Bk of Montreal Bldg. Stratford
A. J. Anderson, Past Grand Master, 2881 Dundas St. W. Toronto
W. J. Dunlop, Past Grand Master, 608 Jarvis St Toronto
R.W. Bro. F.H. England, Grand Senior Warden, 160 Richmond St. W.Toronto
B. C. Beasley, Grand Junior Warden, 124 Markland St. Hamilton
Thos. Eakin, Grand Chaplain, 116 Madison Ave Toronto
E. G. Dixon, Grand Secretary, Drawer 217 Hamilton
H. R. Boal, Grand Registrar, 63 Hampton Ave Toronto
V.W. Bro. S. F. Smith. Grand Director of Ceremonies, 438 Bay St Ottawa
The District Deputy Grand Masters
District Name Address
Algoma O. F. Young. 149 College St Port Arthur
Brant M. C. Hawley _ Paris
Bruce Wm. T. Baillie Cargill
Chatham ...Dr. R. C. McCutcheon . Highgate
Eastern D. S. Macintosh Martintown
Frontenac Wm. Chapman, 90 Clergy St _ Kingston
Georgian Dr. Frederick Spearing Beeton
Grey Thos. H. Reburn Markdale
Hamilton "A" Geo. Walker, 13 Chedoke Ave Hamilton
Hamilton "B" William Davies, Chedoke P.O Hamilton
London D. A. Ferguson, R.R. No. 6 St. Thomas
Muskoka Harold R. Hayward Scotia
Niagara "A" Joseph Backus, R.R. No. 3 St. Catharines
Niagara "B" Frederick S. Lane, 774 Simcoe Si Niagara Falls
Nipissing East H. A. Batsford Warren
Nipissing West Rev. F. W. Colloton, 16 Forest Ave Sault Ste. Marie
North Huron Jas. Neilans Londesboro
Ontario Harvey W. Mitchell, Walton St Port Hope
Ottawa Jas. E. Gamble Richmond
Peterborough R. F. Downey, 298 Boswell Ave -Peterborough
Prince Edward Hilton McCartney. R.R. No. 1 Wellington
Sarnia W. J. Aitchison, 140 N. Euphemia St....Sarnia
South Huron Stanley T. Loveys Hickson
St. Lawrence Robt. Hawkins Smiths Falls
St. Thomas — Arthur Petherick West Lome
Temiskaming Chas. P. Ramsay, 24 Patricia Blvd Timmins
Toronto "A" S. F. Albertson, 159 Humbercrest Blvd.. Toronto
Toronto "B" G. C. Murphy Unionville
Toronto "C" A. C. Norwich, 23 Austin Crescent Toronto
Toronto "D" E. W. Stoddard, 102 Melrose Ave Toronto
Victoria Wm. Greig, R.R. No. 2 Ida
Wellington John A. Leslie, R.R. No. 5 Milton
Western Arthur G. Holland, General Delivery .....Kenora
Wilson H. B. Atkinson ..Embro
Windsor J. G. Moncrieff, Heintzman Bldg .Windsor
R.W.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939
Honorary Members
Bro. R. F. Richardson
" Alex. Cowan
C. E. Kelly. 73 Melrose Ave. S.
J. B. Smith, 1005 Maitland St.
G. C. Bonnycastle -
Strathroy
Barrie
..Hamilton
London
Bowmanville
Elected by Grand Lodge
R.W. Bro. C. S. Hamiton, 302 Bay St
E. T. Howe. 969 London St. West _ —
Smith Shaw, 223 Evelyn Ave -
O. J. Newell, M.D., 323 Wentworth St. South
W. C. N. Marriott. 171 Powell Ave. -
B. F. Nott, D.D.S., Box 55 - _
W. D. Love, 40 Craig St -
T. H. Simpson, Birks Bldg.
John Ness, 83 Chatsworth Drive
Toronto
Windsor
Toronto
.... Hamilton
Ottawa
..North Bay
London
Hamilton
Toronto
Appointed by Grand Lodge
R.W. Bro. H. S. Tapscott, 109 East Ave.
V.W. Bro. A. P. Freed, 329 Van Norman St,
R.W. Bro. H. J. Alexander, 165 Rosemount Ave.
J. P. Maher, 5 Nina Ave. -
' " T. C. Wardley - _
" W. H. Gregory, 10 Albert St -
C. W. Robb, 83 Alberta Ave _
E. W. Barber, 339 Ontario St. _ ......
C. M. Forbes - _
And for one year
R.W. Bro. N. C. Hart, 959 Maitland St.
C. E. Clements, 121 King St. West
Brantford
..Port Arthur
..Weston
_ ..Toronto
Elora
Stratford
Toronto
Toronto
Perth
....-London
Chatham
COMMITTEES
Audit and Finance
R.W. Bro. C. S. Hamilton (Chairman) ; R.W. Bros. B. F. Nott,
R. C. McCutcheon, Wm. Chapman, C. P. Ramsay, J. A. Leslie, J. G.
Moncrieff, H. A. Batsford, H. W. Mitchell, B. C. Beasley, D. A. Ferguson.
Condition of Masonry
R.W. Bro. W. C. N. Marriott (Chairman) ; R.W. Bros. H. R. Boal,
Thos. H. Reburn, Jas. E. Gamble, A. G. Holland. V. W. Bro. S. F. Smith.
Warrants
R.W. Bro. E. T. Howe (Chairman) ; R.W. Bros. G. C. Bonnycastle,
H. J. Alexander, F. H. England, W. T. Baillie, Joseph Backus.
Benevolence
R.W. Bro. T. C. Wardley (Chairman) : M.W. Bro. R.B. Dargavel,
R.W. Bros H. S. Tapscott, E. W. Barber. C. M. Forbes, O. J. Newell,
C. E. Clements, Geo. Walker, S. L. Albertson. A. C. Norwich, H. R.
Hayward. J. P. Maher. Robt. Hawkins, H. McCartney, W. J. Aitchi^on.
V.W. Bro. A. P. Freed.
376 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Grievances and Appeals
R.W. Bro. T. H. Simpson (Chairman) ; M.W. Bros. W. H. Wardrope,
J. A. Rowland R. B. Dargavel, W. S. Herrington, F. A. Copus, A. J.
Anderson, W. J. Dunlop, R. W. Bros. Alex. Cowan, E. G. Dixon, Smith
Shaw, M. C. Hawley, F. Spearing, H. B. Atkinson.
Constitution and Laws
M.W. Bio. W. H. Wardrope (Chairman) ; M.W. Bros. W. N. Ponton.
J. A. Rowland, R. B. Dargavel, W. S. Herrington. F. A. Copus, A. J.
Anderson, W. J. Dunlop.
Fraternal Dead
R.W. Bro. Smith Shaw (Chairman) ; R.W. Bros. C. E. Kelly. D. S.
Macintosh, Jas. Neilans, S. T. Loveys, A. Petherick.
Printing
R.W. Bro. W. D. Love (Chairman) ; R.W. Bros. R. F. Richardson,
J. B. Smith, O. F. Young, F. S. Lane, Wm. Greig.
Masonic Education
R.W. Bro. C. W. Robb (Chairman) ; M. W. Bros. W. S. Herrington,
W. J. Dunlop, R.W. Bros. E. G. Dixon, W. H. Gregory, N. C. Hart,
R. F. Downey, Thos. Eakin, John Ness, A. C. Norwich, C. E. Clements,
F. W. Colloton. Wm. Davies.
Library
R.W. Bro. John Ness (Chairman) ; R.W. Bros. S. F. Albertson, G. C.
Murphy, A. C. Norwich, E. W. Stoddard.
Fraternal Correspondence
M.W. Bro. W. N. Ponton (Chairman).
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HONORARY OFFICERS
♦Henry T. Backus Michigan 1857 P.G.M.
♦Philip C. Tucker Vermont - 1857- P.G.M.
♦Michael Furnell Ireland 1857 P.D.D.G.M.
*Robert Morris Kentucky 1858 P.D.G.M.
*Thos. .G Ridout Toronto 1859 P.G.M.
♦Aldis Bernard Montreal 1860 P.G.M.
*Thomas Drummond 1862 P.G.J.W.
♦John H. Graham Richmond 1864 P.G.J.W.
♦Jas. V. MacKey Ireland 1867 P.G.S.W.
♦Brackstone Baker England 1868 P.G.S.W.
♦Sir John A. Macdonald Kingston 1868 P.G.S.W.
♦John V. Ellis New Brunswick 1869 P.G.S.W.
♦Rev. C. P. Bliss New Brunswick 1871 P.G. Chap.
♦Wm. H. Fraser Wisconsin -.1873 P.G. Reg.
♦H. A. MacKay Hamilton 1873 P.G. Reg.
♦Thos. White, jr Montreal 1874 P.G.M.
♦J. A. Lockwood New York 1882 P.G.S.W.
♦Otto Klotz Preston 1885 P.G.M.
♦Geo. C .Patterson Toronto. 1897 P.G. Reg.
♦T. R. Barton Toronto 1897 P.G. Reg.
♦J. J. Ramsay Toronto 1897 _ P.G. Reg.
♦Kivas Tully Toronto 1897 P.G.M.
♦W. A. Sutherland New York 1900.... P.G.M.
♦J. J. Mason Hamilton 1900 P.G.M.
♦Chief Justice Gerald Fitz-
Gibbon - -.-Ireland ...1900..- P.G.S.W.
♦R. L. Shriner -Toronto 1900 P.G. Reg.
♦Alex. Patterson Toronto - 1901 P.G. Reg.
H.R.H. Duke of Connaught England - 1902 P.G.M.
♦Lord Ampthill England 1919 P.G.M.
Gerald Fitzgibbon, K.C Ireland 1920 P.G.S.W.
Rt. Hon. Lord Desborough,
K.C.V.O England 1920 P.G.S.W.
Stanley Machin. J.P Englnad 1920 P.G.S.W.
Jas. H. Stirling Ireland 1920 P.G.S.W.
A. Cecil Powell England 1920 P.G.J.W.
John Dickens England 1920 P.G.J.W.
R. F. Richardson Strathroy 1920 P.G. Reg.
♦Sir George McLaren Brown. England 1921 P.G. Reg.
Sir John Ferguson -England 1923 P.G.S.W.
H. Hamilton-Wedderburn England 1923 P.G.J.W.
Arthur E. Carlyle England 1923 P.G.J.W.
♦Dudley H. Ferrell Massachusetts 1923 -...P.G.M.
Chas. Ramsay Massachusetts 1923 P.G.S.W.
Frank H. Hilton Massachusetts 1923 P.G.J.W.
A. Beitler Pennsylvania 1923 P.G.M.
S. W: Goodyear Pennsylvania 1923 P.D.G.M.
♦George Ross — _ —Toronto _....- 1925 P.G. Ree.
♦Chas. B. Murray - - Toronto 1925 P.G Reg.
♦Sir Alfred Robbins -England 1927 P.G.S.W.
Earl of Stair „ .Scotland 1931 P.G.M.
Lord Donoughmore -Ireland 1931 P.G.M.
Viscount Galway -England 1931 P.G.S.W.
Canon F. J. C. Gillmor .England 1931 P.G. Chap.
J. Bridges, Eustace -England 1931 P.G. Reg.
Gen. Sir Francis Davies .England 1938 P.D.G.M.
Canon Thomas T. Blockley -England 1938 P.G Chap.
Rt. Hon. Viscount de Vesci "ngland 1938 P.G.S.W.
Major R. L. Loyd -England 1938 P.G. Reg.
Raymond F. Brooke Ireland 1938 P.D.G.M.
Rt. Hon. Lord Farnham .Ireland 1938 P.G.S.W.
Dr. W. E. Thrift -Ireland 1938 P.G.J.W.
Gen. Sir Norman A.
Orr-Ewing Scotland 1938 P.G.M.
T. G. Winning Scotland... - -._ 1938 P.G.J.W.
Joseph E. Perry Massachusetts 1938 P.G.M.
Reginald Harris Vova Scotia 1938 P.G.M.
Norman T. Avard _Nova Scotia 1938 P.G.M.
♦Deceased
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 381
LIST OF GRAND LODGES
With Name and Address of the Grand Secretaries
The United Kingdom
England Sydney A. White London
Ireland H. C. Shellard Dublin
Scotland T. G. Winning Edinburgh
Dominion of Canada
Alberta ...J. H. W. S. Kemmis Calgary
British Columbia Frank S. McKee Vancouver
Manitoba J. H. G. Russell Winnipeg
New Brunswick R. D. Magee St. John
Nova Scotia James C. Jones Halifax
Prince Edward Is C. M. Williams Charlottetown
Quebec W. W. Williamson Montreal
Saskatchewan Robt. A. Tate Regina
Other British Countries
New South Wales David Cunningham Sydney
New Zealand - H. A. Lamb Christchurch
Queensland Leslie P. Marks _ Brisbane
South Australia R. Owen Fox Adelaide
Tasmania W. H. Strutt Hobart
Victoria Wm. Stewart Melbourne
Western Australia A. E. Jensen Perth
United States of America
Alabama ..._Guy T. Smith Montgomery
Arizona — H. A. Drachman Tucson
Arkansas - W. A. Thomas Little Rock
California Tohn Whicher San Francisco
Colorado - Chas. A. Patton Denver
382 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Connecticut Winthrop Buck Hartford
Delaware John F. Robinson Wilmington
Dist. of Columbia J. Claude Keiper Washington
Florida J. T. B. Moyer Jacksonville
Georgia Frank F. Baker Macon
Idaho Curtis F. Pike Boise
Illinois R. C. Davenport Harrisburg
Indiana ...Wm. H. Swintz . Indianapolis
Iowa Chas. C. Hunt Cedar Rapids
Kansas G. F. Strain Topeka
Kentucky A.. E. Orton Louisville
Louisiana D. P. Laguens New Orleans
Maine C. E. Leach Portland
Maryland H. C. Mueller Baltimore
Massachusetts F. W. Hamilton Boston
Michigan F. H. Newton Grand Rapids
Minnesota John H. Andersosn St. Paul
Mississippi Sid. F. Curtis Meridian
Missouri Arthur Mather St. Louis
Montana L. T. Hauberg .Helena
Nebraska Lewis E. Smith Omaha
Nevada E. C. Peterson Carson City
New Hampshire J. M. Dresser ...Concord
New Jersey Isaac Cherry Trenton
New Mexico A. A. Keen Albuquerque
New York Chas. H. Johnson New York
North Carolina J. H. Anderson Raleigh
North Dakota Walter L. Stockwell Fargo
Ohio Harry S. Johnson Cincinnati
Oklahoma C. A. Sturgeon Guthrie
Oregon D. R. Cheney Portland
Pennsylvania Matthew Gait, Jr Philadelphia
Rhode Island H. L. McAuslan Providence
South Carolnia 0. Frank Hart Columbia
South Dakota W. D. Swan Sioux Falls
Tennessee T. E. Doss Nashville
Texas . W. D. Pearson Waco
Utah S. H. Goodwin Salt Lake City
Vermont A. S. Harriman Burlington
Virginia Jas. M. Cliff Richmond
Washington Horace W. Tyler Tacoma
West Virginia I. W. Coffman Charleston
Wisconsin Wm. F. Weller Milwaukee
Wyoming J. M. Lowndes Casper
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 1939 383
Other Countries
Bahia A. A. DaSilva Bahia
Chile ..-._ _ „ R. C. Oliveria Santiago
Colombia
Barranquilla Gualberto Barba Barranquilla
Colombia Bogota Americo Carnicelli Bogota
Colombia Cartagena A. J. Valverde Cartagena
Costa Rica ..G. F. Bowden San Jose
Cuba L. M. Reyes _ Havana
Denmark A. T. Troedsson Copenhagen
Ecuador Clodoveo Alcivar Guyaquil
France, Nationale ...W. J. Coombes Paris
Guatemala Pedro Donis Guatemala
Mexico York F. T. Berger Mexico City
Netherlands _ A. F. L. Faubel The Hague
Norway Ewind Lowig-Hansen Oslo
Panama M. Solis Panama
Para A. N. de Figueiredo Para
Paraiba J. C. C. Nobrega Paraiba
Peru , Pedro F. Rodo Lima
Philippines T. M. Kalaw Manila
Puerto Rico R. R. Pabon San Juan
Switzerland Arnold Wirth Basle
384 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GRAND
LODGE OF CANADA, NEAR OTHER GRAND
LODGES
The United Kingdom
England Viscount Galway Wellington, N.Z.
Ireland ...Gerald Fitzgibbon, K.C.Dublin
Scotland P. MacAuslan Lanark
Dominion of Canada
Alberta J. A. Jackson Lethbridge
British Columbia W. C. Ditmars Vancouver
Manitoba J. C. Walker Reid Underhill
New Brunswick J. B. M. Baxter .St. John
Nova Scotia J. H. Winfield Halifax
Prince Edward Is T. Gordon Ives Charlottetown
Quebec A.. F. C. Ross Montreal
Saskatchewan A. S. Gorrell Regina
Other British Countries
New South Wales D. Cunningham Sydney
New Zealand Sir Stephens S. Allen Morrinsville
Queensland Abraham Hetzberg Toowoomba
South Australia M. Williams Adelaide
Tasmania H. J. Wise - Hobart
Victoria Walter Kemp Melbourne
Western Australia H. B. Collett Perth
United States of America
Alabama Ethridge J. Garrison Ashland
Arizona Louis G. Moyers Globe
Arkansas - M. E. Bradford Little Rock
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 385
California Earl Thaxter Los Angeles
Colorado S. C. Warner _ Denver
Connecticut A. W. Keeler Norwalk
Delaware F. W. Ireland Ellendale
Dist. of Columbia Wm. T. Ballard Washington
Florida Jesse C. Clark Pensacola
Georgia P. I. P. Edenfield Millen
Idaho M. W. Kelley Gooding
Illinois S. 0. Spring Chicago
Indiana Orvis A. Deilinger Fort Wayne
Iowa E. A. Westfall Mason City
Kansas George O. Foster Lawrence
Kentucky Fred Acker Paducah
Louisiana D. H. Selph Bunkie
Maine J. Abernethy West Pembroke
Maryland H. B. Wright Baltimore
Massachusetts _..H. C. Pollard Lowell
Michigan W. H. Parker Otisville
Minnesota Herman Held Mankato
Mississipi Thomas Q. Ellis Jackson
Missouri Robt. C. Duffin St. Louis
Montana Geo. P. Porter Helena
Nebraska Edward F. Carter Lincoln
Nevada ...V. G. Kester Reno
New Hampshire H. C. Edgerton Hanover
New Jersey Ernest A. Reed Newark
New Mexico Arthur C. Culver Albuquerque
New York .' Dana B. Hellings Buffalo
North Carolina H. M. Poteat Wake Forest
North Dakota Wm. W. Shaw Enderlin
Ohio _ Geo 11. Hess Springfield
Oklahoma Geo. F. Blackmer Miami
Oregon ..Percy R. Kelly Salem
Rhode Island Clarence P. Bearce E. Providence
South Carolina Arden A. Lemon Harnwell
South Dakota M. E. Crockett Sisseton
Tennessee Geo. R. Martin _.. Winchester
Texas Elmer Renfro Fort Worth
Utah Robert J. Turner Price
Vermont L. P. Wilkins - Rutland
Virginia Wm. S. Pettit Richmond
Washington Walter F. Meier _ Seattle
West Virginia Geo. W. McClintic Charleston
Wisconsin Wallace M. Comstock... Oconto
386 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Other Countries
Bahia
Chile -..A. I. Palma Saetago
Colombia Alex. S. Hamilton Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Colombia Bogota A. Carnicelli Bogota
Colombia Cartagena. W. R. Blackmore Mexico City
Costa Rica - - -
Cuba Jose L. Vidaurretta Havana
Denmark _ Wm. Mailing Copenhagen
Ecuador Ramon G. Martin Guyaquil
France, Nationale A. V. Clark Paris
Guatemala Bernardo A. Tello Guatemala
Mexico York _
Netherlands Dr. A. M. R. Beguin The Hague
Norway A. B. Laurentzon Oslso
Panama Chas. Qvistgard Colon
Para
Paraiba, Brazil A. de A. Simoes Paraiba
Peru Eduardo Laverque Lima
Philippines Quintin Paredes Manila
Puerto Rico Antonio Corretjer, Jr... Ponce
Switzerland E. Baumgartner Bienne
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 387
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND
LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE
OF CANADA
The United Kingdom
England _ ...John A. Rowland Toronto
Ireland ...Walter S. Herrington Napanee
Scotland Wm. H. Wardrope Hamilton
The Dominion of Canada
Alberta Thos. A. Carson Toronto
British Columbia Geo. L. Gardiner Toronto
Manitoba Frederick Cook Ottawa
New Brunswick J. A. V. Preston Orangeville
Nova Scotia John D. Spence Toronto
Prince Edward Is Geo. H. Ryerson Brantford
Quebec ...Roderick B. Dargavel. Toronto
Saskatchewan _ Ewart G. Dixon Hamilton
Other British Countries
New South Wales Walter T. Robb Orangeville
New Zealand John Boyd Toronto
Queensland Alexander Cowan Barrie
South Australia Andrew M. Heron Toronto
Tasmania E. W. E. Saunders Toronto
Victoria A. B. Rice Toronto
Western Australia John Stevenson Stratford
United States of America
Alabama B. B. Hodge Hamilton
Arizona Charles E. Kelly Hamilton
Arkansas J. C. Hegler Ingersoll
California Frank K. Ebbitt Iroquois Falls
Colorado Andrew H. Dalziel Windsor
Connecticut W. F. Reynolds Brockville
Delaware , Robert C. Blagrave Hamilton
Dist. of Columbia John Wilson - Toronto
Florida ...Harry J. Alexander Weston
388 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Georgia W.J.Thompson Sault Ste. Marie
Idaho Robert F. Richardson... Strathroy
Illinois George S. Henry Toronto
Indiana Donald M. Sutherland... Woodstock
Kansas T. C. Wardley Elora
Kentucky F. H. Huffman Fort Frances
Louisiana H. C. Tugwell Toronto
Maine J. R. Crocker Hamilton
Maryland — H. R. H. Kenner Peterborough
Massachusetts Wm. N. Ponton Belleville
Michigan J. H. Putman ..Ottawa
Minnesota J. S. McCullough New Liskeard
Mississippi F. M. Morson Toronto
Missouri ,Geo. DeKleinhans Kitchener
Montana J. Birnie Smith London
Nebraska R. J. Campbell Duntroon
Nevada W. R. Ledger Toronto
New Hampshire Gerald C. Bonnycastle. . Bowman ville
New Jersey Wm. J. Moore Toronto
New Mexico Wm. Bailey Toronto
New York A. J. Anderson Toronto
North Carolina John A. McRae Kingstson
North Dakota John A. Dobbie Ottawa
Ohio Geo. Stewart Springfield
Oklahoma R. Reade Davis Toronto
Oregon C. E. Clements Chatham
Rhode Island ,7. Fred Reid Windsor
South Carolina Joseph C. Bartram Ottawa
South Dakota B. S. Sheldon , Toronto
Tennessee L. J. Simpson Barrie
Texas A. W. Baker Guleph
Utah E. S. Macphail Ottawa
Vermont Jas. M. Malcolm [ngersoll
Virginia J. G. McDonald Aurora
Washington Frank A. Copus n . Stratford
West Virginia Joseph Fowler Sudbury
Wisconsin Gerald M. Malone Toronto
Other Countries
Bahia A. P. Freed Port Arthur
Chile Ed. Worth Chatham
Colombia
Barranquilla B. F. Nott - North Bay
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1939 389
Colombia Bogota J. H. Burke Port Stanley
Colombia Cartagena. Ernest E. Bruce Kincardine
Costa Rica ~.F. Davey Diamond Belleville
Cuba A. Macomb Toronto
Denmark Chas. A. Seager London
Ecuador J. N. Allan Dunnville
France, Nationale Chris M. Forbes Perth
Guatemala :* ...:. Wm. J. Attig Hamilton
Mexico, York H. F. Goodfellow Sault Ste. Marie
Netherlands J. Owen Herity Belleville
Norway Axel Knutson Port Arthur
Panama Walter H. Davis Hamilton
Para A. D. McRae Vankleek Hill
Paraiba - Albert E. Botfcum Babcaqgeon
Peru F. C. Bonnycastle Campbellford
Philippines P. H. Knight Alliston
Porto Rico Geo. W. Smith Kenora
Switzerland John O'Connor Toronto
FOREWORD
1939
"Again we turn the page — another year
Lies spotless and untouched before your eyes;
let us mar it not, but through the days
May kindliness and love and peace our lives comprise.
New opportunities are ours! And may we prove
To be God's children truly, thus to see
In faithfulness of word and thought and deed,
What His ideal of fellowship can be."
THIS has been a memorable year and with the egotism
of the invalid, may I first, (though relatively unimpor-
tant) express my regret at the physical disability from
which, through accident, I have suffered for nearly a year,
since last we journeyed together through this portion of the
pilgrimage of Masonic life, lest it should have unconsciously
impaired in any way the calibre and quality of that work
which I here share with my colleagues and readers. Happy
to meet, happy to greet, and happy to meet again, if the
beneficent Creator spares us to serve together. Ut incepit
fidelis sic permanet.
Among the many outstanding and thought-producing
subjects treated at length and with most emphasis through-
out our various visitations to the homes of the ffood and
great are — (Space and time permit only a general listing) —
Truth; Time; Moral rearmament; Faith; Hope and Love;
Thought; In Memoriam; Invocation; Bi-Centenary; Purpose;
Past Grand Masters; Leadership; Friendship; Kindle;
Memory; Grand Honours; Totalitarian Democracy; Disci-
pline; Build; Pilot; Public Installations; Home; Kingdom;
Integer Vitae; Anthology (see N.S.W.); Courage; Founda-
tion Stone (Maryland); Dunlop; Anderson; Logan; Newton;
Parental; and amid the Humour are to be found a few bright
flashes from Good Stories, dear to the heart of Craft
raconteurs, but strange to say, not so frequently nor so
brilliantly told as in Grand Chapter Reviews. In this post-
prandial connection, we may refer to New York, Massa-
chusetts, Wyoming, California, Maine. Mississippi, Missouri,
Texas, South Australia, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey,
Illinois, Western Australia, and the Foreword of Grand
Chapter Reviews of 1939. Dulce est desipere in locc.
May we all, as we grow older together, be able to
pray—
"Give me a good digestion, Lord,
And also something to digest.
And also power to see a joke,
And pass it on to other folk."
And may we each heartily and responsively say with
the Bard of Wyoming —
"I am just a little older than I was a year ago,
Older only in the number of the years I have to show.
There may be added wrinkles and a few more aches and
pains;
There may be dimmer vision and a slowing up of brains;
There may be tougher chewing on old vacated gums,
A little more of rheumatiz, with fingers much like
thumbs;
There may be more lumbago to make me growl and
swear,
A little more of baldness, a little less of hair.
But these are minor matters and if you will watch my
step,
You'll find I still am functioning and haven't lost my
pep."
Take for example the first great nugget of precious ore
mentioned, namely, Truth. See how fully the reviewer of
Georgia treats the subject of the Lost Word, and at the
same time makes a discovery in hitherto unpublished literary
Masonic lore. A whole Lodge evening could be profitably
and fruitfully spent with this alone; and may I add, with
that object in view, the following, which occur to me as
I write —
"I will find where truth is hid, even though it be hid
in the centre." Who can deny but that Shakespeare, who
wrote this, was a Mason true and trusty?
"Ring out the false, ring in the true." We must be
resolute to discard, purge, and exclude the one and retain
and cheiish the other.
"From east to west the tested chain holds fast,
The well forged link rings true."
More than metallic coin must ring true, especially in
the great Broherhood, chosen of the true; if we are to create
that mutual confidence — "Fides et fiducia" among "Fraires
servientes" — the fraternity of service, who attend the duties
of the Craft.
Our King and Queen ring- true. Not her beauty alone
nor even her wonderful personality, but what she says and
does comes from within and makes us hers forever. So
with the dignity, simplicity, and humanity of the King.
Loyal and royal, their hearts and ours beat true together.
So have they captured and will hold the hearts and minds
and spirit of our good neighbors, Americans all, nationally
and internationally, individually and emotionally. And God
has dowered Their Majesties with the good gift of gracious
English speech as well as charm. Where "in far flung
words but few" can we find finer diction, more real eloquence
than in the address of the Queen at the laying of the foun-
dation stone of the new Supreme Court Building at Ottawa,
where British and Canadian Justice will be administered ?
Not soon will be forgotten the music of Her Majesty's
vibrant voice shining in the gladsome light of Jurisprudence.
Or than these wise words of the King, "There can be no
enduring peace without freedom, and no enduring freedom
without peace." — or than the words of that other great ad-
dress, "As I drink a toast to you, Mr. President, I wish
you every possible health and happiness. I trust and believe
that in years to come the history of the United States will
continue to be marked by that ordered progress and by that
prosperity which have been theirs in the past. And I pray
that our great nations may ever in the future walk together
along the path of friendship in a world of peace." Truly
we are one through the Throne. Esto perpetual
We Masons do not forget that the King's Most Excellent
Majesty is Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge
of England, and Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland, so
that we greet, hail, and obey him as a Sovereign Ruler of
the Craft as well as of the Empire, — Defender of the Faith.
What a difference between the totalitarian democracy,
so called, of Central Europe and the aristocracy of democ-
racy expressed by Burns — -
"Wha will na' sing
'God save the King'
Shall hang as high's the steeple.
But while we sing
'God save the King'
We'll ne'er forget the people."
Neither natural sentiment nor Craft chivalry, will allow
us to forget the Masonic ties of British families so closely
interwoven with our brotherly budget of life, and of that
time which keeps appointments with the future and eternity,
through our children. And, therefore, we crave leave to
respectfully and affectionately share the parental pride of
their Majesties in the two Royal Princesses, the two dear
little daughters, who, in England with the loving and
gracious Queen Mary, are keeping the home fires burning
till the return from Canada of the father and mother who
have generously shared six weeks with us and our cousins,
now brothers, our self-respecting and respected neighbors to
the south.
Two honours (concentrated within one vear) for
Halifax!—
"The Warden of the honour of the North
Sleepless, though veiled, am I."
Firstly the celebration of the Bi-centenary of the Craft
in Canada, and secondly scene and audition of their
Majesties' farewell, ave atque vale, and may "farewell"
always parallel wel-fare with them and those near and dear.
"God be with you till we meet again."
"So mote it be."
"Better lo'ed ye canna be, will ye na come back again?"
bringing light and delight to the wise and gentle Craft who
keep the step, keep the touch, and keep the faith, in
search of the ultimate good.
WILLIAM NISBET PONTON, P.G.M.
Reviewer.
Belleville, Ontario.
July, 1939.
Fraternal Correspondence and Reviews
CANADA 1939
By WILLIAM NISBET PONTON, P.G.M.
ALABAMA, 1937
Coke S. Wright, Grand Master.
Guy T. Smith, Grand Secretary.
The One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual was held in
Montgomery, Nov. 30, 1937.
Five P.G.M.s supported the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, Ethridge J. Garrison,
duly answered roll call.
A distinguished visitor from Georgia was welcomed.
The brethren assembled in the evening for the purpose
of receiving a visit from the Grand Matron of the Eastern
Star, and her officers.
In the address of the Grand Master we read:
I am exceedingly happy to report that this is the first
time in more than twenty years that the Grand Lodge and
Masonic Home have been financed without having to borrow
money.
The residents at the Home are happy, and comfortable.
The moral of the Home is wholesome. The farm, dairy,
poultry farm, and printing department have been operated
at a profit. All eligible applicants for admittance into the
Home have been approved. None were rejected.
The Order of Eastern Star have worked unceasingly in
raising funds and contributions for our Masonic Home.
Many substantial cash donations have been made. In addi-
tion to providing many of the necessities and luxuries for
residents of the Home. A most outstanding annual con-
tribution is a Christmas Tree.
The teachings of the Order of DEMOLAY— love of
parents, love of God, Pariotism, Purity, Courage, comrade-
ship and fidelity, are those which not only develop the best
in youth, but insure the best in man.
A recent investigation in one city in Ohio reveals:
82.5% of all Masons 21 to 25 years of age were former
DeMolays; 66.6% of all Masons 21 to 30 years of age were
former 'DeMolays; 43% of all Masons of all ages were
fromer DeMolays.
We do not have too many old men in the Masonic
Fraternity, but we have too few young men.
6 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
The above statistics are conclusive evidence that we,
as Masons should give our moral, financial and fraternal
assistance to this truly useful and helpful organization.
Our Brother, Franklin D. Roosevelt, received us in his
Executive Offices, and expressed delight in haivng such a
distinguished body of men call on him and exchange
fraternal greetings. This was indeed an enjoyable occasion.
Two corner stones were laid during the year.
The Grand Master of France suggested that we suggest
to our beloved President, Brother Franklin D. Roosevelt,
that he call a conference of all Grand Masters, or that he
"Make his voice heard for the Preservation of Peace.
Children, residents of the Masonic Home, may be adopt-
ed, provided diligent investigation of the applicant satisfies
the Board of Control of the Masonic Home that the appli-
cant is morally, physically, financially, mentally, ana in
every respect, qualified to give the child a home where the
environment will be such that the child may be expected
to receive proper training, and education, to enable it to
take its place in the world as a normal adult.
I recommend, if requested by the family, in the case
of death of an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft, that
the Lambskin or White Apron, be permitted to be placed
upon the coffin, but that no Masonic funeral service may
be performed.
Samuel B. Adams was elected Grand Master.
Membership 28,187. Net GAIN 3. This trophy is the
turning point.
Burnley B. Hodge, of Hamilton is the Grand Repre-
sentative of Alabama. Can anything but good come from
Hamilton?
ALBERTA, 1938
Clare C. Hartman, Grand Master.
J. H. W. S. Kemmis, Grand Secretary.
A brief biographical sketch is provided on the opening
page of the report of a very distinguished citizen of the
Province of Alberta who was Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of that Province on the occasion of its 33rd Annual
Communication held in Edmonton, June 8th, 1938. Most
Wor. Bro. Clare C. Hartman was born in Aurora in 1886
on a farm which his ancestors, of Loyalist stock, had carved
out of the wilderness. He graduated in medicine from
Toronto University and went West in 1910, settling in Olds,
Alberta, where he has since continued the practice of his
profession with marked success. M.W. Bro. Hartman has
FRATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE 7
always taken an active interest in his community in every
enterprise making for the welfare of his fellow citizens.
At the opening of Grand Lodge there were 13 P.G.M.s
present and representatives of about 140 constituent lodges,
in addition to Master Masons in good standing who were
admitted. A cordial welcome was given Grand Lodge by
the mayor of Edmonton who claimed to be one of the oldest
Masons present. The welcome of 13 Edmonton Lodges was
ably extended by W. Bro. John S. Parker, following which
the Lieut-Governor was royally received, to whom the
Grand Master addressed these words among others?
"A survey of world tendencies warrants deep considera-
tion by all sensible people. Evidently all democratic insti-
tutions are faced, whether they admit it or not, with a life
and death struggle for very existence. Masonry survives
only in those countries where democratic institutions con-
tinue — almost entirely those nations which inherit or follow
British tradition.
"This Grand Jurisdiction is situated in a country which
is a member of that great family, the British Commonwealth
of Nation?. The brethren of this jurisdiction wish to receive
you as the Lieutenant-Governor of this province and offer
homage fitting the direct representative of His Majesty the
King.
"The great teaching of patriotism and of loyalty to the
King and Country is inculcated deeply in Masonic hearts
throughout the world. Our feelings of respect and devotion
are expressed by symbolism and by this ceremony we humbly
and sincerely rededicate ourselves and Masonry in this
province to the service of our King and Empire. It is my
privilege to offer Your Honour, as the representative of the
Crown, hearty fraternal greetings from all Masonic lodges
in this province, an expression of loyalty in common with
the Dominions of the Commonwealth, whose flags are
present here today." (Prolonged Applause).
The Lieut. -Governor, Bro. J. C. Bowen, in his reply
emphasized the great need of carrying out the plan of con-
federation to preserve the unity of our country.
Representatives of 42 Grand Lodges were presented
and for them M.W. Bro. E. A. Braithwaite representing the
Mother Grand Lodge of England, spoke, whose words of
loyal devotion are worthy of record:
On such an occasion as this, when the direct representa-
tive of His Majesty the King has honored us with his
presence, an opportunity is given of which we are glad to
take advantage and we would express to him the high re-
spect and regard which Masonry throughout the world,
both within and without the Empire, has for the Royal
8 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
Family of Great Britain, and especially for the King whose
official birthday is celebrated tomorrow.
The Grand Master's address is a splendid record of
much work well done. There is throughout the address, the
note of trial and anxiety through which the West was pass-
ing during the months preceding.. Drought had laid a heavy
hand upon the land and destitution was evident in many
sections.. In these conditions masons had exercised the
special Masonic virtue to a high degree. Over 100 carloads
of vegetables had been distributed as well as tons of clothing
and other supplies as well as $1,115.00 in cash, thanks for
which was well expressed in verse by Edna Jaques as
follows:
"We had no harvest here, yet we have shared
The harvest of far fields — have dined twofold
On food and love. Here in this barren place
We have shared bread and shelter from the cold,
Warm in our veins has flowed the love you sent
And every meal has been a sacrament.
"Although our tables stand so far apart
Still they are one, guests in a far-off place,
Who sit with you and eat your broken bread,
Repeating after you your whispered grace,
Blessing the food that multiplies and heals
The heartache and wounds of barren fields."
The Grand Master notes a reduction in membership due
mostly to difficult economical conditions — he calls attention
to an interesting annual interprovincial event at Cascade
Lodge in Banff where, the year previous, 28 lodges were
represented and he records an event of personal interest
when on April 9th, 1938, 115 Masons from 29 lodges in his
own District gathered, at Olds to express their affection for
the Grand Master. We quote the conclusion of the Grand
Master's address:
Freemasonry must set its house in order, not so much
by planning new organizations, or by turning to the weary
occupation of asking how we can beat up a new enthusiasm,
but by asking ourselves in searching fashion what is the
application of Masonic faith and philosophy in the present
day. The purpose of Freemasonry is to carry humanity
onward and upward. Masons believe that a civilization
evolved according to the high and righteous principles df
the Institution will best accomplish this. Masonry attempts
this through its members, and not through its corporate
capacity as an Institution. The philosophy of Masonry
must stir the conscience, sensitize the spirit of the individual
and clarify the goal. But it is the members in the daily
life of the world who alone can effect the needed changes.
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It is the responsibility of the Institution to guide the in-
dividual into good, clean, sane, sound thinking according to
knowledge and Masonic fundamentals. It is his duty to
regulate his daily conduct by his convictions, and as far
as these allow, to co-operate with his fellows in the pursuit
of a common goal.
Each Masonic district reported fully through the D.D.
G.M. one of whom had organized his district in a practical
way to help find employment for brethren in difficulty. The
same officer reports a set of questions used at a district
meeting at Olds, Alberta, and we believe they will be of
interest to all Masters and Wardens. Here they are:
Are you familiar with the rules of order for the conduct
of meetings? How often should they be read in lodge?
What portion of the Proceedings of Grand Lodge should
be read in lodge ?
Can the Master of a lodge suspend a brother for cause
without trial ?
Can a Master of a lodge act as counsel for the defence
of an accused brother ?
Can a Master hold up an application for membership
for any stated period ?
Can the Master hold back a Grand Lodge certificate
until a newly raised brother has passed a satisfactory
examination in the third degree ?
What particular by-law must be read in open lodge and
when ?
In case of a rejected ballot, would you permit explana-
tion, comment or discussion?
At election of officers is it permissable to receive written
nominations, as is the custom in Grand Lodge?
What action requires notice of motion?
Would the acceptance of a promissory note entitle the
member to an up-to-date receipt ?
Who rules the lodge during your absence?
How many are necessary to transact business in a
lodge ?
Can the degrees be conferred with less than a quorum?
Can the degrees be conferred by a lodge other than that
in which candidate was accepted?
Who is responsible to Grand Lodge for the condition of
the books of a lodge ?
In what instance may a brother disclose how he bal-
loted ?
In writing a document by Master or Secretary, what is
necessarv to make it official?
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There were 204 candidates raised during the year.
Total membership is 11,058, a net loss of 309.
The Treasurer reported income from lodges amounting
to $16,638. No interest has been paid on Provincial govern-
ment bonds. Accrued interest amounts to $5,645.55. The
Board of Benevolence spent over $11,000 on relief. The
Grand Master-Elect is M.W. Bro. Archibald West; Grand
Secretary, M.W. Bro. J. H. W. S. Kemmis; M.W. Bro. J. A.
Jackson represents the Grand Lodge of Canada while R. W.
Bro. T. A. Carson represents Alberta in Grand Lodge of
Canada, an upstanding brother.
R. C. B.
ARIZONA
James Raymond Malott, Grand Master.
Harry Arizona Drachman, Grand Secretary.
The Fiftv-fifth Communication was held at Globe, March
10, 1937.
Thirteen P.G.M.s were honoured in the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, Louis G. Moyers, duly
answered roll call.
Distinguished visitors were welcomed and honoured
from Wyoming and California.
From the eloquent address of the Grand Master:
1 want to welcome you . . . — not a mere formal welcome
as Grand Master — but a personal welcome as a resident of
Globe, who is proud to see this fine assemblage in his home
city, and in the lodge room where he was privileged to serve
in this same seat in the East.
With the resumption of mining activity in the state,
our lodges have reflected the general improvement in econ-
omic conditions.
To the Grand Lodge of Scotland's Bi-centenary cele-
brations, it became necessary to forward our regrets and
our good wishes, which we did, on a copper sheet to serve
as a small memento of the occasion.
Several states publish a periodical, while others sub-
sidize and authorize the publication.
Our archaeologists tell us that all great civilizations of
the past have crumbled because the development of produc-
tion and of science has progressed at a greater pace than
the social sciences. Masonry has always been, and now is
interested in the development of the moral and social
sciences . . . passed through its Dark Ages and captivity
when, as we read in the Book of Judges, 'every man did
that which was right in his own eyes.'
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You, as leaders of your lodges, are teachers in a great
school. Possibly your greatest responsibility is not to teach
the officers and your candidates the words, but to teach
them the true meaning and background of that ritual.
Our method may be slow, yet it is essential since moral
development has accounted for all true progress in the
world.
The thought has been beautifully expressed by Toyohito
Kagawa in his poem entitled 'Discovery',' where, after
speaking of the discovery of a THOUGHT, he says:
"and the thought was this;
That a secret plan
Is hid in my hand,
That my hand is big,
Big,
Because of this plan.
That God
Who dwells in my hand,
Knows this secret plan
Of the things He will do for the world,
Using my hand."
Membership 5,635. Net loss 66.
Bro. Lloyd C. Heming, Chairman of Correspondence
reports:
It has been my sincere desire to do more and to put
Arizona on a par with other jurisdictions that have com-
plete and well-written reviews by experts of the round
table. Lack of time is my only apology.
Excerpts from The Short Talk Bulletin of the Masonic
Service Association:
"A good Correspondent must know Freemasonry well;
its background, history laws, symbolism, ritual, practice,
ancient usages and customs. He must possess a sane and
balanced judgment and a power of condensation which will
reduce the essentials of a thick volume to as many sentences
as it has pages. He must be interesting, entertaining and
write with humor and toleration; a spirit of charity and
friendliness marking him off from the majority of his fel-
lows.
To Correspondent and Historian, the Craft owes more
than it can ever pay. Perhaps the great honor of their
selection to fill these important, if little known, positions
is some compensation for the labors they so willingly and
lovingly perform."
The Grand Orator's address was on "Our Responsibility."
True it (the Statue of Liberty) was called in some
quarters an image of idolatry or paganism, but it has rep-
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resented and continues to represent a freedom to believe
and worship according to the dictates of one's own con-
science, a freedom for education, a freedom to live one's
own life as long as that living does not encroach upon the
lives and liberties of his neighbors. Liberty is still not
license, and the freedom of speech, the freedom of educa-
tion, the freedom of the press, the freedom of religion are
all within certain bounds.
That freedom and liberty carries with it a responsibility.
In certain other lands, the responsibility of the king or ruler
as the embodiment of law and order, the protector and de-
fender of human rights, gave rise to the 'God Save the
King' with which we are familiar.
Self-government of peoples can only be successful from
a high-principled conception and practise of the government
of self. And only that citizen in a democracy has a right
to rule to the extent that he is fit to govern.
When you think of a man, you seldom think
Of the knowledge he has of books;
You seldom think of the clothes he wears,
His habits, or faults, or looks;
You seldom think of the car he drives,
Nor the bonds his gold has bought.
When you think of a man, you mostly think
Of a kindness he has wrought.
You judge him not by the blocks of stock,
Nor his power of name or pen,
You judge a man by the place he's made,
In the hearts of his fellowmen.
You judge him more by the fight he's made,
By the way he's faced the strife,
And not the amount of the bank account
He's managed to get in life
You think of the friend he's been to man
Of the good that he has done,
And you judge the sort of a man he is
By the FRIENDS that he has won.
The Committee on Education:
The aim of the Lodge System of Masonic Instruction
is to make Masons in fact as well as in name ... It will
disabuse candidates of the idea that Masonry is an in-
surance order ... it will make them proud of their
membership ... It will give from four to twelve of your
members, preferably not your officers, responsible, digni-
fied positions in the Lodge and will increase their knowledge
of Masonry.
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The Grand Lodge established fraternal relations with
DENMARK, NORWAY, SWEDEN, and Grand Logia Inde-
pendents Cosmos of MEXICO.
Barnett Ellis Marks was elected Grand Master.
From the In Memoriam pages we quote:
"And here, at last, is sleep, the gift of gifts,
The tender nurse, who lifts
The Soul grown weary of the waiting world
And lays it, with its thoughts all furled,
Its fears forgotten, and its passions still,
On the deep bosom of the Eternal Will."
The reviews are from the pen of Lloyd C. Henning (see
above).
Under Canada:
Arizona's Grand Representative did not respond.
From the Grand Master's address we gather from the
thoughtful presentation of the problems he has had to deal
with, his wholesome counsel to the Craft for keeping their
Lodges safely to their ancient moorings and his high ideals
of the mission and purpose of Freemasonry, that he takes
his Masonry seriously — a fitting monitor to go with him
through life, not a stepping stone to ephemeral success.
Recognizing that the strength of Masonry lies in its
serious import to the Craft he sets his face strongly against
the modernistic urge to introduce innovations to make lodge
attendance more attractive by special features and enter-
tainment that 'savors too much of an interesting show or
exhibition.'
From his many gems of thought we cull:
One of the outstanding principles of Masonry is to
make the candidate fee! the seriousness of his choice to
become a Mason.
... to find out all about the unemployed Brethren and
provide them with employment that they may be relieved
from the heartbreak of 'no work' and being on the dole.
This would demonstrate in no uncertain way the practical
side and real brotherhood of Masonry and renew hope and
courage in many a disheartened Brother.
The reviews by Bro. Ponton were prefaced with the
happily chosen and appropriate quotation: "I have gathered
a posie of other men's flowers and naught but the thread
that binds them is mine own'.
Arizona again fares well at his hands, being presented
in friendly spirit the things he deemed worth while io
record.
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From Utah:
The matter of revision of the FUNERAL ritual was
raised. Funeral rituals seem to be quite unsatisfactory, for
the question of revising them is like Banquo's Ghost. Every
so often Grand Lodges are called on to entertain a motion
'to revise the funeral ritual.' Most of these rituals need
changing, but it does seem that experienced committees
could find a ritual that would meet the needs of the situation.
Perhaps the trouble may be that one brother does the work
while the others simply approve.
The Grand Representative of Arizona is C. E. Kelley,
of Hamilton, with a definite purpose and spirit of his own.
ARKANSAS
Not received. Grand Representative, J. C. Hegler, of
Ingersoll, a fine veteran soldier and Mason.
BRAZIL (Bahia)
Not received. Grand Representative, A. P. Freed, of
Port Arthur, head, of the Grand High Priests' Association.
See New York,
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Samuel McClure, Grand Master.
W. A. DeWolf-Smith, Grand Secretary.
The Sixty-sixth Annual was held in Vancouver, June
17, 1937.
Fifteen P.G.M.s were honoured in the Grand East.
Canada was duly represented by W. C. Ditmars.
The Grand Chaplain addressed the Grand Lodge on
"The Freemasonry of Humanity":
In our search for "the genuine secrets of a Master
Mason" we are taught to look to the "Centre", because that
is a point "from which a Master Mason cannot err". "Err
we must until we have learned to depend upon and follow
the guidance of that Centre whose earliest recorded dictum
was, "Let there be Light".
Learn first, then teach. Learn what ? Teach what ?
That which the Volume of the Sacred Law enjoins in its
earliest pages, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy GocF with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might," —
"And thy neighbor as thyself."
I close as I began — the Divine promise has been given,
"I will set My bow in the clouds."
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From the address of the Grand Master:
Perhaps the greatest privilege of the Office I have had
the honor to occupy, is the opportunity presented for inti-
mate relations with the Brethren of the various Lodge
Districts, not only in the larger centres of population, but
also in the more remote parts of our Grand Jurisdiction.
In all endeavours of life, one of the greatest incentives
to the attainment of the highest and best, is the influence
of a good example.
A distinguished visitor, the P.G.M. of Saskatchewan,
was received and honoured in the Grand East.
Membership 13,629. Net loss 228.
There is a plate reproducing the beautiful silver bowl —
"Presented to Most Worshipful Brother Harry H. Watson,
Past Grand Master, by the Freemasons of British Columbia
in recognition of his services as Grand Treasurer for the
past thirty-five year."
The Entered Apprentice Degree Course of Lectures
includes:
What is Freemasonry?; Mental preparation of the
candidate.; Key words.
So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths, that turn and wind;
But what our old world sadly needs,
Is just the art of being kind.
The north east corner.; Freemasonry and citizenship.
J. S. Henderson was elected Grand Master.
The Grand Master of Washington was welcomed and
honoured.
The reviews, in good form and substance are presented
by W. A. DeWolf-Smith.
We quote from his introduction:
British Columbia was indeed happy in being represented
at the 200th Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Scotia" d,
by the illustrious Brethren who so efficiently represent the
two venerable Grand Lodges from wh'ch we derive cur
origin.
From his review of Canada:
The Grand Master's address differs from the custoniarv
papers of this kind, in being void of the masses of statistics
which frequently overload them. Instead, he offered the
Craft some valuable advice.
Credit is freely given to the Supervision of Benevolence.
R. B. Dargavel, and in this connection it is observed. "We
are s*ill of the opinion that manv of our Lodges are nr^t
fully charged with their responsibility in connection w'th
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benevolence, forgetting that such responsibility is one that
should fall in the first instance on the constituent^ Lodge
and that the business of this Committee is to primarily
assist and supplement local efforts." This state of affairs
is, we think, pretty general.
The reviews by Bro. Ponton are as usual replete with
information and instruction . . . Considerable space is de-
voted to Bro. Cassady's address from which lengthy excerpts
are made. Fraternal reference is made to several of our
P.G.M.s who have "passed on" during the year; our Grand
Historian is similarly complemented. We appreciated Bro.
Ponton's complimentary reference to our review.
From Ireland:
He was piped into the hall by the Grand Piper of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland and installed in the Chair with
all the antient ceremony and ritual perfectly carried out,
and with a precision fitting the occasion.
The feature of piping the G.M. -elect into the hall is
one which, for some reason has been omitted from the in-
stallation of the G.M. of British Columbia.
The Grand Representative of British Columbia is George
L. Gardiner, of Toronto, whose melodious sentences are
imbued with the true philosophy and spirit of Masonry.
CALIFORNIA, 1938
James T. Fraser, Grand Master.
John Whicher, Grand Secretary.
The Eighty-ninth Annual was held in San Francisco,
Oct. 11, 1938.
Twenty-one PGM's, a record number, were received in
the Grand East.
The GM filled, the vacant place by appointing J. J.
Myers, Grand Bible Bearer, an office not included in our
list.
The distinguished visitors were H. C. Mei, Grand Master
of China, Philippine Constitution, and Arthur Smith, P.G.M.
of Utah.
A telegram of greetings was received from Frank K.
Ebbitt, the zealous Grand Representative of California.
Devotional Services were held by the Grand Chaplain;
we quote:
We are living in a great universe. All about us are
great things. Great oceans lave the shores of great conti-
nents, where there are great monarchies, great republics
and persons great in power, in learning, in eloquence.
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But the greatest things of man, the things highest in
the esteem of heaven are Faith, Hope, and Love, and they
are in the domain of the soul. We read in the Holy Writ,
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen." Very few of us realize the importance
of faith to man.
Faith keeps the world of commerce of brotherhood, of
family, of society; without Faith they would fall to pieces.
Hope! What would this world be without hope? It
seems to me that without hope we would lie down and
perish.
Faith, Hope and Love. Love is an attribute of the
Godhead, and because of that fact it is greater than faith
or hope.
We read in the Grand Master's Message:
The fault-findings were very few compared to the one
hundred and twenty-eight thousand Masons in the grand
jurisdiction of California.
The most flagrant disregard for the principles of
Masonry and the good name of our Institution is to be
found in the so-called Masonic publications . . . Others hold
themselves out to the world as Liberal Free Masons, opening
their sewers of false doctrines to the utter disgust of every
right thinking person, both as members of the craft and
as true, loyal American citizens.
. . . That the publication thereof shall be prima facie
evidence of guilt and sufficient to subject the publisher or
publishers to expulsion and he or they shall be expelled by
order of the Grand Master.
Order of Amaranth issued a political pamphlet in such
form and using such language as would cause the uninitiated
to believe that it emanated from the Masonic Order.
There is no evil that we can not either face or fly from
but the consciousness of duty disregarded.
Of the Masonic Home he says:
The great majority of our members little realize the
grandeur and magnitude of the work in which we are en-
gaged. .
At Covina the rising sun of life's morning is ever
present.
We leave there with a sigh of adoration to the Almighty
lingering on our lips for the opportunity given to all of us
to participate in this glorious work.
My visit to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to attend
the bicentenary of the establishment of Freemasonry in
Nova Scotia and in all Canada was filled with the glories
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that come to us from mingling with brethren from all lands
where Masonry abounds and prospers.
We motored to the Masonic Home at Windsor, the only-
Masonic Home in Canada. From there we journeyed to
Grand Pre, the home of Longfellow's 'Evangeline',
When dear old John lays down the Grand Secretary's
mantle he will be missed more than any other man in the
history of California Masonry.
Under Necrology, this verse:
Mourn not the dead
That in the cool earth lie —
Dust unto dust —
The calm, sweet earth
That mothers all who die,
As all men must.
But rather mourn
The apathetic throng —
The cowed and meek —
Who see the world's
Great anguish and its wrong,
And dare not speak.
He speaks of the "Chief Glory of California":
Finally, my brethren, California with its thousand miles
of sea coast, its beautiful cities by the sea, noted for their
wealth and magnificence; its vine clad hills and orange
groves; its fertile valleys, rivalling those of ancient Egypt
and the Euphrates; its snow-capped mountains, down whose
sides the torrent runs out through the canyons, carrying
within its bosom the sediment that enriches the lands
through which it flows; and its forest of giant trees that
have stood the earthquake shock, as well as the storms and
the blast of ages, all this makes California an inheritance
of which, as citizens we may well be proud. But while we
rejoice in its wealth and splendor, let us not forget, my
brethren, that the chief glory of California and of the
United States of America lies in our free institutions and
in the Constitution of our country upon which they rest.
Dictators may scoff at democracy, but so long as we are
true to those principles laid down by our fathers and to
our fathers' God, America can not fail. Deny men the right
to worship God according to the dictates of their own con-
science; destroy the right of free speech, and all of human
liberty is lost. It shall not be, because we are going to
buckle on the armour of Masonry and go forth into every
walk of life bearing aloft the standard of our Institution
and the banner of our country.
Membership 127,122. Net loss 182.
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This from the Report of the Grand Lecturer:
For many years, it has been the custom of some Lodges
to use stereopticon slides and charts in conjunction with
the lectures of the degrees, believing that it helps the can-
didates to more easily understand the ritualistic work as it
is imparted to them. To my knowledge, no objection to
their use has ever come from this Grand Lodge and naturally
the practice continues.
The Annual Oration was delivered by Warren E. Libby,
o« "Our Responsibility". We quote:
If I am led to impart to you something of inspiration,
something that will invigorate your thought, I am only
reflecting meagerly the inspiration that this Grand Lodge,
and you, the members of it, have been to me year after
year.
Our heritage in Masonry is indeed grand. But by the
use we make of it shall we be judged, and justified or con-
demned.
For real inspiration we must soar into the realm of
mind.
They would best reach the mental through some emblem
or symbol, and thus it was that they adopted as their re-
minder of deity, the Ark of the Covenant.
What more perfect symbol could there ever be for any
institution or body of men than such a reminder that rewards
are the fruits of constancy, fortitude and perseverance?
There are combustibles in every state, which a spark
might set fire to.
In speaking of politicians of that day, General Knox
writes: "Virginia, I fear, has in a great degree taken its
departure from our land."
There are many lazy people today; but there are also
many energetic people. The only difference is that in those
earlier times many of the lazy ones put rifles over their
shoulders and drifted further from civilization to the frontier
where no law except the survival of the fittest governed,
while today there is no frontier.
Progress is an eternal law of God and since it is a
fundamental principle of Masonry, we Masons must ever be
found striving for individual liberty — the freedom of thought
and conscience which always takes us higher and yet higher.
Because Masonry is founded upon truth, because it
teaches liberty, justice, equality of opportunity, it can never
be overpowered. Truth protects its own.
Because one man has a house, that is no reason why
another should seek to tear it down, but rather is it a
promise that by the practice of equal energy that another
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man may acquire a house of his own. The rule is just as
true as between youth and age as it is between men of the
same generation.
Watch out that by the things we advocate we are not
slipping back into slavery and serfdom, rather than striving
to maintain the ideals of Masonry.
Despotism and communism work together, for what one
does not accomplish the other does. But they are alike the
foes of Masonry.
It is our problem above any other class of citizens, nor
is it that of a succeeding generation. From the seeds we
sow will come the harvest for our children and their children.
Shall it be tares or wheat?
Masonry was not originated in order that we should
have a corner on the idea of the square. Give and keep
on giving of your Masonry. Share your Masonry with others
for in the simple virtues taught and reiterated by the
symbols of Freemasonry is the key to the solution.
But now at length I have the happiness to know that
it is a rising and not a setting sun.
This from the Report of the Trustees of the Masonic
Home:
The effect of the application of the Old Age pension
law is beginning to markedly influence admissions to the
Home. Our Social Workers assist those of sixty-five years
or over to obtain pensions, from public funds, and during
the year such aid was secured for thirty-six adults who
otherwise would have applied for admission to the Home.
The total funds of Grand Lodge amount to $3,812,3*6.00.
The Superintendent of the Home reports:
Good institutional House Parents have a deep and
abiding devotion to the human service which it is their pri-
vilege to render, but they take care to keep away from
sentimental relationships with individual children. An intense
emotional relationship between the adult and the child does
not conduce to wise handling of the child.
Children in an institutional group exert a very impor-
tant development influence upon each other. They learn of
necessity the art of "mixing" and of entering into all sorts
of group activities. They are made to realize the weight
of public opinion. As they grow older they learn to assume
leadership and to carry civic responsibility.
The Committee on the 19th Annual observance of
Public School Week said:
"Public Schools' week has proved highly effective as a
public relations enterprise over a period of eighteen years.
No other single institution or agency has contributed more
FRATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE 21
to the understanding of public education in California and
to the high esteem held by citizens for their schools."
Under Necrology we read:
"They are passing away, these dear old friends,
Like the leaves on the current cast;
With never a break in the rapid flow,
We watch them as one by one they go
Into the solemn past."
The salaries of the Grand Secretary and Assistant
Grand Secretary are respectively $7,200. and $3,600.
The following distinguished visitors, Associate-Justices
of the Supreme Court of California, were introduced by
Chief Justice Waste, Senior Grand Warden: Justice Seawell,
Justice Shenk, Justice Curtiss, Justice Edmonds, and Justice
Hauser.
Under exemption from dues, we read — "Masonry is A
'way of life' and from the highest to the lowest, and from
the oldest to the youngest it expects spiritual, moral and
financial contributions."
The following patriotic resolution was passed:
"Whereas good citizenship and allegiance to the flag
of our country and the principles which it symbolizes are
among the fundamental teachings of Masonry, this Grand
Lodge is hereby requested to set aside and devote not less
than one meeting in each Masonic Year to Patriotic exer-
cises, calculated to stimulate thought and endeavour on the
part of all Nations to maintain and preserve the blessings
of liberty which we in the country now enjoy."
The Reviews are from the experienced pen of Jesse M.
Whited. We quote from his foreword:
For the fifteenth annual period in a service of seven-
teen years as Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence,
herewith is presented its Report.
We still find opinion or action divided on the same lines
as in our National life of today, to wit, "Conservative" or
"Progressive". Whichever course followed is taken or sug-
gested for what appears to be the best interests of the
Fraternity, viewed in the light of existing national or local
conditions.
Under the "First Stone of the Building" we read: — "A
number of G.M.'s report officiating at the laying of Corner
Stones . . . The propriety of this might be questioned. As
one Reviewer remarked, it smacks of perpetual advertising
for Masonry."
This under "Telling Them Where to Head In":
If I were inclined to interfere in the affairs of the
Church, as the Catholic bishops are attempting to do with
22 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
the affairs of State, I would tell the Archbishop and the
Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Cebu that the lack
of Sunday Schools and catequists to teach the Catholic
religion is mainly responsible for the deplorable ignorance
of their own religion that is found amongst the Catholic
youth. Everybody knows that there are many towns in
the Philippines where parochial schools do not exist and
where there is not even one single Catholic priest. It seems
that the high authorities of the Catholic Church would
blame the government for the negligence or inability of the
ecclesiastical authorities to perform their duty to teach the
doctrines of their faith. The words of our Lord Jesus
Christ cited in the pastoral letter 'Teach ye all nations . . .
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have com-
manded you' are not addressed to Kings or Presidents but
to the Apostles and their successors — the bishops.
A very unfair campaign has been launched against the
government, making it appear that we are not complying
with the provisions of the Constitution regarding optional
teaching of religious instruction.
Tn bringing this Introduction to a close, we quote from
an original piece by the Chairman of Correspondence of
Wyoming.. He has served in that capacity for a number
of years, and, like him, we hope that this effort will show
we still retain our "pep".
"I am just a little older than I was a year ago,
Older only in the number of the years I have to show.
There may be added wrinkles and a few more aches and
pains;
There may be dimmer vision and a slowing up of brains;
There may be tougher chewing on old vacated gums,
A little more of rhuematiz, with fingers much like thumbs;
There may be more lumbago to make me growl and swear,
A little more of baldness, a little less of hair.
But these are minor matters and if you will watch my step
You'll find I still am functioning and haven't lost my pep."
This under "Unfamiliar faces":
The lack of attendance still continues to be a problem.
Masonry today must compete with the moving picture, the
automobile, th? radio and many other forms of amusement
and profit to the individual.
From "Remove not the Landmarks thy fathers have
set up" we read:
A number of years ago a noted California ex-Secretary
of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, spoke in words which
have become a classic regarding the Flag. In a parallel
column it is worth while to embody the words of Lucia
Ramsey Maxwell regarding the Constitution of the United
States.
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I am the CONSTITUTION of the United States of
America, your title deed to freedom. I am the Magna
Charta of rights of the Republic, the rights of States, and
the inalienable rights of the People. I was ordained and
established by the people, for the purpose of securing for
you and your posterity the blessings of unity, justice, tran-
quility, the common defense, the general welfare, and the
perpetuity of liberty.
I am government of law, a superior paramount law,
changeable only by those by whom I was founded and
enacted — the people.
I bestow legislative powers upon the Congress of the
United States; I definitely outline and define its duties and
limitations.
I vest with executive powers the President of the
United States. These powers are not only designed, but
positively prescribed. He derives his authority and his
power from me.
I confer judicial powers upon the one Supreme Court
to safeguard your life and liberties. The powers are clearly
defined and limited, and that those limits might not be for-
gotten or mistaken, I was written. The Supreme Court is
my spokesman and interpreter.
I guarantee a Republican form of government to every
State in the Union, a government of the people, by the
people, and for the people — a democracy in a republic. I
guard and protect your homes, and guarantee security from
unwarrantable search and seizure. I wisely give the control
of children to their parents, and deprive the Federal Govern-
ment of any control over them.
I guarantee freedom" of speech and freedom of the press.
I protect the rights of minorities as v. T ell as the rights of
majorities. I give the people the right to assemble peace-
ably, and to petition for redress of grievances.
I guarantee religious freedom, the right to worship God
according to the dictates of your own conscience. My
principles of civil and religious liberty are like the ten
commandments, perpetual and eternal, applicable to every
age and every station.
I am your birthright, your heritage, bought and paid
for in blood and sacrifice. I am your title deed to freedom,
which is yours to hold in trust for posterity. If you fail
to keep that trust inviolate, if I am nullified, destroyed, or
impaired, you and your children will cease to be free
Americans, and will become slaves to dictators and despots.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Some GOOD STORIES under "That reminds me":
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In some Grand Lodge Proceedings the monotony is
broken by finding here and there a spark of humor, or per-
haps a poetic gem. Some are well worth passing along,
so for that reason we embody a few that are not perhaps
of too ancient vintage.
It seems there was a discussion between St. Peter and
St. Nick because their two crowds were intermingling, and
they decided to put a fence between their domains, and St.
Nick says, "You have all the carpenters so you build the
fence and I will pay my half of it." They built the fence
and after it was completed St. Nick met St. Peter and St.
Peter said: "I am ready for my half of the money," and he
said, "I have decided not to pay anything." St. Peter said,
"If you don't I'll sue you." He said, "Just see how far you
will get; I have got all the attorneys."
There is the story of the two oysters who found them-
selves together one time, and one oyster said to the other:
"I don't know where we are." And the second oyster said,
"We are at a church supper," and the first oyster said:
"What do they need two of us for anyway?"
I am reminded of a story that comes from the jurisdic-
tion of John Anderson, of a senator who had a colored boy
working on his plantation. He was in love with one of the
colored girls that he called "Maria". The senator was going
to the county seat, so his boy Mose said, "Would you mind
gittin' me a marriage license when you go up there today?"
"No, I will be very glad to do so." So he brought back
the license for Mose and the yellow girl, Maria, without
knowing that Mose had changed his affections. When he
brought back the license, Mose told him that he wanted
the license changed to another name. "That's all right,
Mose," said the senator, "I am going back next week, and
will have another license made out for you; it will only cost
you a quarter extra." "Nemmine, Boss," said Mose, "jes
let it go de way 'tis; there ain't twenty-five cents difference
between them niggers, nohow."
One day a practical man asked an author to define "The
New Freedom" in a few plain words. This was his defini-
tion: "The New Freedom is the incoherent right of every
man to do as he damn pleases."
I will excerpt for you the presentation speech of the
Grand Master Mason, Sir Iain Colquhoun, as he presented
the PGM's Jewel to the retiring Grand Master Mason:
Right Worshipful Immediate Past Grand Master, this
appears to be the correct time to make this presentation.
This is the Jewel of your late office and it is presented with
the best wishes of every brother here and I believe of every
Freemason in Scotland. We have not always seen eye to
eye — it would be very dull if we did — but there is no one
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here who will deny the zeal and energy and the good work
you have done for Grand Lodge during your two years in
office. Brethren, our best wishes go to the Immediate Past
Grand Master. Long may he be spared to wear this jewel."
Note the brevity. Somehow it reminds us of the story of
an American schoolboy who was given the task of writing an
essay on the life of Washington. After every point made on
the life of the distinguished man, the lad would add this
phrase, "we should all do likewise," but in one statement it
had a rather humorous result. He stated, "Washington
married a widow, 'we should all do likewise.' " As we see
the length of some of the speeches in the Proceedings of our
American Jurisdictions, the temptation is strong to point to
Sir Iain Colquhoun's speech, and tack the same phrase to it.
"When we view the size of the Proceedings of New
York as compared to our small jurisdiction, we are tempted
to tell you of the old story of the Dominick rooster and his
small flock that lived in a small yard next to an Ostrich
Farm. Strolling along the fence one day the Dominick spied
an Ostrich egg. After contemplating its size, he called his
flock to him and pointing to the egg he said: "Girls, I do
not wish to appear as making any sarcastic remarks, but
you can see what the neighbours are doing."
The usual preliminaries of welcome and response were
given by eminent fraters and during the passing of good
wishes from Grand Representatives, the representative from
Vermont said, "He's alone, Maine wasn't with him."
(Laughter). Which reminds us of the classical story in the
Roman Forum. Cato, passing with many Roman Senators
whose statues were in place, was asked, "where is Cato's?"
That great law-giver replied, "that is my distinction, for
everyone asks, "where is Cato's statue?"
CANAL ZONE
See Massachusetts and Panama.
CHINA
See Massachusetts, the Philippine Islands, and Texas.
COLORADO, 1937
William R. Arthur, Grand Master.
Charles A. Patton, Grand Secretary.
The Seventy-seventh Annual was held at Denver, Sept.
21, 1937.
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Eighteen P.G.M.s, a goodly number, were welcomed by
the Grand Master, escorted to the East, and given the Grand
Honors.
Distinguished Brethren were presented from Wyoming,
Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado.
Canada's Grand Representative, Stanley C. Warner, was
duly present.
The Grand Master's address contains the following:
That I have met so many of you in your own lodges
and have received from you so much assistance and en-
couragement makes our meeting today doubly pleasant.
This year the Grand Lodge has laid seven cornerstones.
At Boulder, cornerstone of High School.
At Loveland, cornerstone of Post Office Building.
The Grand Lecturer concludes his report thus:
There were short exercises at the memorial erected by
our Grand Lodge, marking the spot where the first Masonic
building was erected in Colorado, this having been done in
1859, during the first year of the mining rush to that
locality. Standing in the bottom of Gregory Gulch, or on
the heights of Kokomo we are reminded, not only that "our
ancient Brethren met on the highest hills and in the lowest
valleys," but that we of the present time still hold to their
ideals, and are keeping aflame the fire on the hearth of
hospitality and the altar of ceremony.
"The Romance of First Settlers" was the subject of an
address by the Grand Orator, we quote:
But when the Lord had placed them there and they
progressed and then passed out of the Garden, a great
world was now given to them. We know not where they
immediately journeyed, where they stayed or where they
rested, but we know that the sons of man are now all over
the world.
Let us be pioneers in the conception of our time, and
carry on to the extent of the new frontiers.
We read stories of men exalted by their fellows, and
we see the great stones erected to their memory, but only
living men can serve and only living men can sacrifice.
Harry L. Baum was elected Grand Master.
The Library:
The Grand Lodge Library is one of great value to the
Craft if they will but use it, it having about 1,000 volumes
of Masonic and other literature, as well as about 9,000
volumes of Proceedings.
The Committee on Obituaries report:
That we are spared implies that we still have work to
do.
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Membership 30,074. Net loss 370.
That veteran Reviewer, Stanley C. Warner, submits his
twentieth review. We excerpt from his introduction:
Anyone, officer or member, who may be preparing to
address his Lodge will find at least good ideas upon which
to base a speech.
Impressing upon our membership the fact that tem-
perance in all things is one of the distinguishing character-
istics of a good Freemason.
The Chinese Masonic question seems to have bean
settled to the satisfaction of all parties in interest and must,
therefore, be to ours. None of the Grand Lodges with
Lodges in China have as yet mentioned the settlement in
their proceedings, and we are unable to give you any of
the terms of the agreement.
We have not yet received the report for New York,
where last year they initiated 4,155 or about 10% of the
total for the United States. The reports received nearly
all show an increase in the number initiated, small in some
cases, but mostly substantial.
This from his review of Canada:
The unusual excellence of the Grand Master's address
makes us wish that we could quote it without cutting. We
will cull as best we can.
I trust this reference in my Address will be sufficient
to cause these officers to cease making improper and of-
fensive use of the lodge notices. They lack good taste,
dignity and a proper appreciation of "what is the aim and
purposes of Freemasonry.
When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let
it not be for the present delight nor for present use alone.
Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for,
and let us think as we lay stone on stone, that a time is
to come when these stones will be held sacred.
Total expended from Grand Lodge Funds $113,282.24
Estimated grants made by Lodges as shown
by the reports of the D.D.G.M.'s 130,000.00
Total expended for Benevolent purposes by
Ontario - $243,282.24
The Philippine Islands:
The Party were guests at a Tiffin given by the District
Grand Master, at which the following among others attend-
ed: William Nation, D.G.M., English Constitution; F. H.
Penfoid, D.G.M., Scottish Constitution; V. F. Bradneld, D.
G.M., Massachusetts Constitution; Nelson E. Lurton, D.D.
G.M., Massachusetts Constitution and Deputy of the Scot-
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tish Rite Supreme Council at Shanghai; and P. M. Streit,
D. G. Inspector, Irish Constitution.
In the evening of the same day, the District Grand
Lodge for China was constituted and its District Grand
Officers installed.
And from Texas this:
The Grand Master called attention to the fact that
numbers of persons who have been suspended in Blue Lodge
are maintaining their membership in the so-called "higher
Degree" organizations.
Are we laso offenders in Ontario, in this respect?
The Grand Representative of Colorado is Andrew H.
Dalziel, of Windsor, a good Scot and a good Scout.
CONNECTICUT, 1938
Anders Jacobson, Grand Master.
Winthrop Buck, Grand Secretary.
An Emergent Communication was held for the purpose
of attending the funeral of Brother Leonard Jones. The
Church was entirely filled by the Brethren, members of the
Bench and Bar and friends.
The One Hundred Fiftieth Annual was held at Hartford,
Feb. 2, 1938.
Fourteen P.G.M.s graced and honored the Grand East.
Prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain, after which
the Brethren joined in singing "Faith of Our Fathers."
Distinguished guests were received from D. of C, Ver-
mont, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts
and Connecticut.
The Grand Representative of Canada, Anson F. Keeler,
duly answered roll call.
The address of the Grand Master is redolent with that
Puritanical spirit of old New England. We quote:
I think we are coming to realize more and more that
after all the only real joy in life is found in service to
our Brothers and to all mankind. Surely Masonry has a
duty to perform in the fields of service which may well-
challenge the energies and abilities of us all.
Our beloved Fraternity will thus become a tremendous
force for good in this world, a force for right living and
right thinking.
Under Necrology:
All of them were good men and true. Each will receive
his reward, whether he labored from the first or eleventh
hour.
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He records the death of the Grand Master of Czecho-
slovakia, and our own Grand Secretary, W. M. Logan.
I have endeavored to impress upon the Craft the
thought that what is most needed today is a stronger faith
in our honoured Fraternity thereby perpetuating "The Faith
of our Fathers" and fitting ourselves for our Master's
wages.
George R. Sturges is Chairman of the Executive of
the Masonic Service Association. The annual report by
Brother Carl Claudy was an inspiring document showing a
large amount of constructive work accomplished, an Associ-
ation without a penny of indebtedness, living strictly within
its income and spending wisely for the benefit of Masonry
in the U.S. ... I am convinced that it fills a real need of
the Craft of Connecticut as well as the U.S.
Of the dedication ceremonies of the International East-
ern Star Temple he says:
These ceremonies were both religious and symbolic and
were very beautiful and well rendered. The TEMPLE is truly
a shrine of beauty and a monument representing high ideals
and purposes. Future generations will realize, more than
we, the true significance and value of this International
meeting place. This was one of the Capital's most palatial
mansions. It was bought with contributions from Chapters
all over the world. It was designed by Sanson, a famous
French architect, for the private home of Mr. Belmont,
from whom it was purchased about two years ago at an
unpublished cost.
At the meeting in Commemoration of the Constitution
of the United States, Senator Borah, from Idaho, gave the
principal address.
It would seem that all Masons will agree, that the
story of the writing of the Constitution, its submission and
its adoption, and finally, the launching of a free Nation,
needs to be reread and retold again and again.
I want to express my deepest appreciation for the great
honor and privilege of representing "Good Old Connecticut"
on this most historic occasion.
Of the Masonic Home he says:
I am convinced that its affairs are being faithfully,
carefully and capably directed by conscientious men and
Masons, who are giving freely of their time and talents
that this institution may be efficiently managed and meet
every legitimate demand made upon it.
I must speak a special word in praise of Brother West
who has driven me something like ten thousand miles,
always bringing me home safely.
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While changed conditions and a new philosophy of l-ife
is facing us, there is even a greater need of taking our
Masonry more seriously and to make a more practical ap-
plication of its high principles in our everyday life. Only
as we cherish and practice these principles can we hope to
perpetuate the Faith of our Fathers.
The spirit of co-operation of all has been the same.
My gratitude is without bounds. May it be understood as
I feel it.
The Grand Secretary submitted his ninth report:
We have decided to have printed an application for
degrees with questionnaire attached.
Only one disciplinary notice had to be sent out this
year. There have been no cases referred to the Commis-
sioners for Trial.
Membership 36,212. Net loss 908
Endowment Fund of the Masonic Home:
Social Security has been made possible by the Founda-
tion.
Marcus Aurelius once said: "Many the lump of frank-
incense on the same altar; one falls there early and another
late, but it make no difference." So with the Endowment
Fund . . . one's share of the fund will be used to meet
emergencies and to provide social security where needed
as time goes on . . . There follow three pages of forms
suggested for use in making- gifts to the Foundation.
From the tribute to Brother Nickerson:
Chief Justice Maltbie, speaking in behalf of the Bar
of the State said: "Aside from his professional attainments
he was always concerned with and active in public affairs,
and his participation in them was characterized by the same
qualities. He was one the the last of the . old school of
country attorneys, who, by the forcefulness of their
characters, strongly influenced not only the administration
of the law but public affairs, in the state at large as well
as in their own neighboring communities. A wise man will
hear and will increase learning, and a man of understanding
shall attai'n unto wise counsel."
The Committee on Correspondence report:
The Grand Lodge Lessing Zu Den Drei Ringen is not
political and takes no part in politics. In fact, according
to its constitution, politics and political activities are strictly
excluded. The Grand Lodge is not engaged in political,
atheistic, or revolutionary propaganda.
The Grand Lodge Grossloge von Wien of Austria is
composed of the intellectual and high class element of the
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Austrian people, and is doing a great Masonic work under
difficulties.
Your Committee met representatives of both of these
organizations while in Edinburgh in 1936. We are satisfied
as to the regularity of these two Grand Lodges and recom-
mend that recognition be extended to them and representa-
tives exchanged.
Alas, they do not now exist.
The Committee on Education quote Brother Allen:
That failure to take advantage of the interest of the
Brother when entering the fraternity merely invites another
cycle of what we have gone through these past years — up
hill, then clown again — receive them in droves and iTrop
them in shoals.
Morris B. Payne was elected Grand Master. We quote
from his biography:
As architect, engineer, and soldier, Brother Payne
brings to the high office of Grand Master a wide acquaint-
ance and popularity in military and professional circles'.
The Fraternal Correspondence is from the pen of
Winthrop Buck. We quote from his Foreword:
In offering this our second attempt at a Review, the
writer's first wish is to acknowledge the kind words of
praise accorded by several reviewers to the memory of
P.G.M. George A. Kies.
Six of the Jurisdictions appear to have had a net gain.
The subjects of Lotteries and Liquor do not appear to
have required as much attention. Life membership, however,
comes in for considerable attention and disapproval.
In Europe there is nothing to report concerning Italy
or Germany. Advice is given that favoring either party
in Spain should be avoided however deplorable the situation.
We understand that the referendum vote has been taken
in Switzerland and has resulted in Masonry's favor.
Under Alberta we read:
The rule requiring one year's service as a Warden is
very important because it protects the lodge to some extent
from having an inexperienced unskilled Master. The office
of Master is not by any means a sinecure. Experience has
shown that a lodge progresses exactly in proportion to the
kind of Master it has worked under.
There is no mvstery about the popularity and success
of a lodge, providing it at all times practises the true
principles of Masonic fellowship. It is all a matter of the
leadership of the Master.
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A bit of history from Askansas:
The Albert Pike Museum was dedicated. In one room
Albert Pike taught his first school after coming to Arkansas
in 1832.
From British Columbia we take:
Perhaps some of our Connecticut readers will agree
with Brother Smith in what he says regarding North
Dakota — "The Brethren of North Dakota have been bitten
with the 'Night' bug. There is a 'Grand Lodge Night'; a
'Forward Together Brethren Night'; a 'Reconsecrauon
Night'; a 'Sit in Lodge Night' and goodness knows how
many more."
Canada is fully reviewed:
Because of personal acquaintance the writer has a dis-
tinct sense of loss in the passing of Grand Secretary W. M.
Logan. We quote the G.M.: 'Being a good conversationalist,
deferential as a listener, courteous in discussions, and pos-
sessed of a quiet yet infections humour, he made a model
companion."
G. M. Anderson wishes the office of Grand Registrar
to carry with it some work and responsibility. Let them
look at some of the Australian Grand Lodges.
From most conversations with members in general I
am inclined to the belief they would prefer witnessing the
three degrees once only annually, the time in the Lodge
Room being employed by discussions and talks on Masonic
Symbolism, our Ancient Landmarks, our interesting history
and renowned Masonic personages with an early adjourn-
ment to the Banquet Hall, so that the brethren might return
to their homes early.
The 'Musical ritual' is unknown to us. Every bit of
the report of the Board on the Condition of Masonry is
good and worth quoting.
Bro. Ponton maintains his usual high standard in his
Reviews, quotations numerous and thought-provoking but
with a minimum of comment characterize his product. Re-
garding the late Brother Kies he has this to say: "In this
work he established a reputation for the clarity of his knowl-
edge of Masonic law, for independence of thought as well
as fearlessness in the expression of opinion. His reviews
were greatly enjoyed because of their originality of ex-
pression."
From CUBA:
From a pamphlet entitled 'Mundo Masonico' we learn
of a wondefful hospital for the tubercular, entitled 'Pavilion
of Hope' and supported by the Fraternity in Cuba. Facts
and illustrations are also given regarding a school directed
by the Lodge Unification.
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Under D. of C. full credit is given to the Grand Lodge
of Scotland in bringing together leaders from all over the
world. The keynote of all the conversations and exchange
of ideas was that no greater effective agency exists than
that of Freemasonry to bring all the peoples of the earth
into a community of thought and purpose which will bring
universal peace and mutual helpfulness. Here was a con-
crete demonstration that Masonry is continuing to fulfill
its real mission in the world, that of a universal Brother-
hood. Let us hope that such gatherings may be constantly
repeated.
OT the G. L. of Ireland he says:
We estimate that this G. L. has something over one
thousand lodges spread over nearly the entire world.
This from New York:
New York is peculiar in having a Committee on Law
Enforcement. This year they have caused objectionable
advertisements reflecting on Masonry to be discontinued
and have preferred charges against Brothers convicted of
felony where the Master failed so to do.
Under North Dakota he quotes Brother Stockwell:
Freemasonry represents certain principles which are
more important today than ever. In a world of unrest and
constant change it is essential that there remain some
things that are stable and unchanging. These days there-
fore constitute Freemasonry's greatest opportunity. We
must not fail to accept both the opportunity and the re-
sponsibility.
From Nova Scotia:
A dispensation with a salty flavor was granted, to
install officers at a special time "owing to a large number
of the members leaving for the fishing grounds."
He notes under Scotland:
That the charter of a lodge in Rangoon was destroyed
by insects.
Suspensions sine die we suspect is our indefinite sus-
pension.
The three British G.L.s were in agreement that the
SUDAN is not open territory and that the formation of a
Greek Lodge at Khartoum cannot be approved.
From the review of Western Australia:
Again Co-Masonry is referred to as a menace. He
clearly disapproves of the Order of the Eastern Star and
the Order of the Star of the East, although they are not
as bad as Co-Masonry. What is meant by Star of the East
is beyond us.
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He says of Wisconsin:
A feature, strange to us, was to have the Master of
Madison Lodge under special dispensation, open the Grand
Lodge and then welcome the Grand Lodge officers. Another
feature was the attention shown to three Brothers who
were 89, 91, and 94 years of age. One lodge, not to be
outdone, reported an absent member 100 years of age.
Little of interest over the entire globe has escaped
Brother Buck.
The Grand Representative of Connecticut is W. Fred
Reynolds of Brockville, an old established family name of
which he will be a worthy exponent.
COSTA RICA
Not received. Grand Representative, F. Davey Diamond,
of Belleville, second in command of the Supreme Grand
Priory of Knights Templar, and a good neighbor of this
reviewer.
CUBA
Not received. Grand Representative, A. Macomb, of
Toronto, an expert in the art preservative.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Supressed. Grand Representative of Lessing, H.
J. Townley, of Fenelon Falls, resigned. The Grand Rep-
resentative of National, Walter H. Gregory, of Stratford,
resigned. See review of Oregon.
DELAWARE, 1938
George T. Macklin, Grand Master.
John F. Robinson, Grand Secretary.
The M.W. The Grand Lodge of Delaware held its 133rd
Annual Communication in the City of Wilmington on the
5th of October, 1938, under the chairmanship of the M.W.
Bro. Geo. T. Macklin. There were 29 Past Grand Officers
present, 115 Past Masters, 35 representatives of lodges, to-
gether with Master Masons making a total of 192. There
are 22 constituent lodges in the Grand Jurisdiction having
a total membership of 5,349. There were distinguished
visitors from four Grand Lodges. Canada was represented
by W. Bro. F. W. Ireland. The representative of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware in the Grand Lodge of Canada is the
Rev. R. C. Blagrave, D.D., Past Grand Chaplain, Rector of
St. Thomas Church, Hamilton.
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It is a great advantage for a Grand Master when the
■umber of lodges are limited so as to make it possible
for him to visit each one during his term of office. M.W.
Bro. Macklin was able to accomplish this and was on each
visitation accompanied by a congenial company of Grand
officers. •
From the Grand Masters address we are constrained to
insert here a relatively long quotation, but it is of great
value for its international interest.
On July 11, 1938, I attended the Bi-centennial of the
Founding of the First Masonic Lodge in the Dominion of
Canada at Halifax, Nova Scotia. This celebration was at-
tended by representatives from twenty-two Grand Juris-
dictions of the United States, delegations from the United
Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Ireland, the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, and the nine Grand Lodges of
Canada. It was of great significance to the United States
of America because the charter for the first Lodge in what
is nov. r the Dominion of Canada was granted by Henry Price
of Boston, Provincial Grand Master of North America.
During the course of my trip, I visited the Grand Lodge of
Nova Scotia, the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick, and the
Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island.
It was my privilege to be escorted from Halifax to
Digby, Nova Scotia, by way of the Evangeline country,
stopping at the points of interest enroute, with lunch served
to us at the Lord Cornwallis Inn, at Kentville. At 4.00
p.m. that day, we witnessed the unveiling of a bronze tablet
at Annapolis Royal, the site of the first Masonic Lodge in
Canada. Following the celebration which took place in
Digby, we crossed the Bay of Fundy to St. John, New
Brunswick. Here we were received by the Brethren of
New Brunswick and spent twenty-four hours in this de-
lightful city. A banquet at the Admiral Beatty Hotel was
well attended, not only by the visiting delegations, but by
the members of that jurisdiction. The following day I reach-
ed Prince Edward Island "The Garden of the Gulf," after
an over-night trip by train. In all of my travels in the
Maritime Provinces, I found Prince Edward Island more
nearly identical *o Delaware than any of the other places.
It is not only an agricultural province where the people
in normal years enjoy great prosperity from their products,
but it is peopled by some of the grandest people in the
world. They had a deeply ingrained spirit of hospitality
which made me feel at home immediately. While it is the
smallest of the dominion provinces, it has the distinction
of being the province wherein the first plans were laid, and
the first convention held, which led to the formation of the
Dominion of Canada. Like Delaware, in the United States,
Prince Edward Island is proud of its record which led to
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the formation of the Dominion. In Charlottetown, the
capital of the province, we were welcomed by a special
communication of the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island.
Here I had the honour to speak on the topic, "The United
States of America." The similarity of size, occupation, and
historical background between Delaware and Prince Edward
Island, furnished the theme for my address.
It would take too long to recount the impressions and
opinions formed in my visit to our sister Commonwealth on
the North. I was, however, particularly impressed by two
outstanding facts. First, that the people of Canada have
a feeling of personal friendship, individually and nationally,
for the United States. Second, the universality of Masonry
as practiced by English speaking peoples. Here I contacted
men speaking a common tongue, believing in identical types
of government, and a common belief in God. It was my
pleasure to share a feeling of oneness with Brother Masons
whether from the distant shores of Great Britain or the
peaceful, prosperous stretches of British Columbia. There
was no strangeness. Here was a feeling of brotherhood.
To the everlasting credit of two great nations, they are
divided by a boundary line three thousand miles long upon
which no fortification has ever been erected. People of
two great nations bound together by the sameness of ideals
and purposes. From it all, I gathered the impression, come
what may from the storms of the war which may descend
upon the world, the people of the United States and Canada
will stand together and undivided, on the principles of
democracy.
The Grand Masters Association which met during the
year had a registration from 43 Grand Lodges in the United
States and 1 from Canada.
The Grand Master points out that the Geo. Washington
Memorial is so long in process of construction that another
generation is coming on which knows nothing about it and
so to revive interest in the project it is suggested that a
coin issued by the Association should be presented to every
Mason in this Jurisdiction. In many cases brethren are
paying for these coins and so are helping the cause that
way.
Attention is called to the Masonic Service Association
which has been weak for some years but now is growing
again, four Grand Lodges having joined during the year.
This association is a clearing house of Masonic information
and stimulates interest in Masonic love. Beside which it
takes care of distressed masons throughout the world.
In connection with a visit of the Deputy Grand Master
of SWEDEN to the tercentenary of the founding of the first
permanent colony in Delaware, consisting of Swedes, the
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Grand Master sought information on Scandinavian Masonry
in general and Sweden in particular, with whose Grand
Lodge there was no fraternal communication and provides
the following interesting facts:
From this picture of distress, chaos, and misery, we
turn to the Scandinavian Countries; Sweden, Norway, and
Denmark. Here we find Masonry flourishing. The nine"
hundred different degrees which prevailed in Sweden several
years ago have been gathered together and crystalized into
a system of eleven degrees under the jurisdiction of a Grand
Lodge, the Grand Master of which is the King of Sweden.
The Crown Prince, the Deputy Grand Master.
In Norway, Freemasonry is not tied up with the royal
family. The King of Norway is an Entered Apprentice. In
Denmark, the King is the Grand Master. His brother is
the Deputy Grand Master. Of these Grand Institutions, the
oldest is the Grand Lodge of Sweden, founded in 1719. In
1735 or 1736, it was recognized by the Grand Lodge of Eng-
land. To date, the Grand Lodge of Sweden has been recog-
nized by twenty-four Grand Lodges in the United States,
a twenty-fifth has asked for recognition. Denmark is recog-
nized by twenty-six Grand Lodges. Two have asked for
recognition. Norway is recognized by twenty-one Grand
Lodges.
The observed decline of Masonry numerically, at least,
in the State draws from the Grand Master the following
pertinent observation, which also might be said of the
church:
First of all, let us look within ourselves to see whether
our conduct and attitude has been such as to reflect the
glories of Masonry. Consider as to whether you feel your
initiation fee is prohibitive. I am asking for a tolerant
attitude toward those members whose financial circumstances
have become seriously impaired, and, finally, Brethren, bear
this fact in mind, There is nothing wrong with Masonry. If
there are defects, they belong to ourselves. Let us all, put-
ting aside prejudices, and personal intolerance, work for
the benefit and prosperity of our Order.
The Masonic Home is a credit to the benevolence of
Grand Lodge housing in 1938 34 guests, 22 women and 12
men, and having gross income of $20,768.73. In addition
thereto Grand Lodge provides scholarships for sons and
daughters of masons requiring in 1938 $455.00.
Appended to the report and preceding that of fraternal
correspondence is a compact list of all officers and members
of all constituent lodges. The writer of the review repre-
sents the Grand Lodge in the Grand Lodge of Canada and
regrets it was impossible to be present last year but
promises better behaviour in the future.
38 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
Present Grand Master is M.W. George E. Vandegrift.
R. W. Bro. John F. Robinson is Grand Secretary.
R. C. B.
DENMARK
Not received. Grand Representative, Charles A. Seager,
of London, Lord Bishop of the Diocese. A new recognition
of worth.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1938
Leonard P. Steuart, Grand Master.
J. Claude Keiper, Grand Secretary.
Stated Communication was held at Washington, Mav 11,
1938.
Nine P.G.M.s supported the Grand East.
From the address of the Grand Master we quote:
I have carefully studied this case and believe that the
two brethren involved should be placed on trial. Accordingly,
I recommend that the Grand Junior Warden be instructed
to prepare proper charges and specifications and that, when
this has been done, the case be referred to the Grand Lodge
Trial Commission for trial.
Bro. Jarrell moved that the recommendation of the G.M.
relative to the Religious Services Fund be adopted. By a
rising vote of 61 in the affirmative and 87 in the negative
the motion was rejected.
Masonic Personnel and. Service Bureau report:
For the six month period, the office records disclose the
following 160 applications for placements received from
men; 127 from women; 135 positions available.
The following is submitted as a proposed amendment
to the G.L. Constitution:
PREAMBLE
Freemasonry, of which the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia is a component
part, is a charitable, benevolent, educational and religious
secret society, adhering to its own peculiar ancient Land-
marks. Its methods of recognition and of symbolic instruc-
tion are secret.
It is religious in tltat it teaches monotheism, the Volume
of the Sacred Law is open upon its altars whenever a Lodge
is in session, worship of God is ever a part of its ceremonial,
and to its neophytes and brethren alike are constantly ad-
dressed lessons of morality.
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It is educational in that it teaches a perfect system of
morality, based upon the Sacred Law, by a prescribed cere-
monial; and it also, provides libraries and opportunities for
study therein.
It is benevolent in that it teaches relief of the poor and
distressed as a duty and exemplifies the duty by relief of
sick and distressed brethren, by caring for the widows and
orphans of the brethren, by maintaining homes for aged
and distressed brethren and their dependents, and by pro-
viding for the education of orphans.
Special Communication was held May 18, 1938.
The G.M. announced that pursuant to an invitation re-
ceived by him from the George Washington University, he
had called this special communication for the purpose of
laying the cornerstone of a new Hall of Goverment to be
erected by the University.
During the ceremony a quartette rendered selections
incidental to the use of the elements of consecration.
As, in this temporal building about to he erected we
have proved the chief cornerstone to be well formed, true
and trusty, let each one of us be sure that in the spiritual
building our chief cornerstone be likewise well formed, true
and trusty.
Every true American citizen has an abiding faith :n
the truth of the principle that in our system of education
is to be found the real protection of our democratic insti-
tutions. In our free public schools, in our colleges and
UNIVERSITIES when properly conducted and administered,
lies the hope of our Nation.
Our institution will ever be ready to aid in the discovery
and development of those truths whose application to the
lives of men will bring to fruition the hopes of the human
race for the triumph of righteousness in the clays of peace
and tolerance and love that we pray may lie ahead.
The One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Annual was held
in Washington, Dec. 1, 1938.
Twelve P.G.M.s adorned and honoured the Grand East.
Membership 20,432. Net loss 78.
The Grand Secretary reports:
I desire to record my appreciation of the splendid co-
operation given by the employees of my office, which is ad-
mittedly undermanned. The force should be increased when
financial conditions will permit such action. They have cheer-
fully worked long hours and their devotion to the Fraternity
is always in evidence. I wish also to express my thanks
for the many kindnesses shown me by the officers of the
various Lodges. My contacts with them have been exceed-
ingly pleasant and distinctly encouraging.
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Mailing, in unsealed envelopes, of the names of candi-
dates for degrees, condemned as irregular, and prohibited.
The address of the Grand Master:
Dead of our Jurisdiction.
"And ever near us, though unseen,
The near immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe
Is life — there are no dead."
In loving remembrance of those of our departed brethren
whose spirits have winged their flight to another existence.
May their lives be to us an inspiration and their memories
a benediction.
Decisions — 'If in ballotting for a candidate for the de-
grees or for affiliation, it shall be definitely determined that
an irregularity has occurred in the ballot, the ballot shall
be immediately retaken, even if the result of said ballot
has been announced ... It would appear to be a strained
construction of the resolution to hold that the number of
black cubes in the top part of the ballot box after the ballot
had been destroyed warranted a declaration of irregularity
in the ballot which had been taken ... It is my opinion that
your action in declaring the ballot irregular under the cir-
cumstances was erroneous.'
In response to the toast to "The Grand Lodges of the
U. S.:
We see eye to eye on charity. Thirty-six of our forty-
nine Grand Jurisdictions have Masonic Homes, hospitals,
orphanages, asylums or other institutions to make practical
the brotherly idea of relief. G.L.s which have found it
wiser not to provide institutions, have charity foundations
or funds from which liberal contributions are made to the
support of the helpless. The united funds held for charitable
purposes top ten millions of dollars.
Masonic CLUBS have continued their activities during
the year with commendable zeal and with a genuine desire to
observe faithfully Masonic ethics and usage. They do an
excellent work in our jurisdiction and promote fraternal
relations between the many sojourning brethren who are
residents of the Capital City.
One of the events to which we can look back with
pleasure and gratification is the "NIGHT OF THRILLS," held
for the benefit of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. It was
an outstanding success in every way, — in the excellence of
the entertainment, the enjoyment of the vast audience and
the financial results . . . The wisdom of the plan was abun-
dantly proven by the attendance, which approximated the
capacity of the large stadium. The program consisted of
a baseball game in the afternoon, a band concert, a pageant,
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and a cii'cus in the evening the whole concluding with fire-
works ... To the report of the Masters' Association I leave
the privilege of announcing the financial success. It has
exceeded our highest hopes and the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home will benefit materially from the unceasing labor
expended on the "Night of Thrills".
From the conclusion:
We are about to enter upon a new year. What it holds
for us as individuals and as an organization, none can fore-
tell, but this I know and on it I build my faith and my hope;
that, as the principles of Masonry are God-given, if we will
seek to conform to them as He would have us do we may
confidently expect His blessing in these laudable efforts . . .
'With malice toward none, and with charity toward all,' let
us strive manfully to hasten the coming of that day when
bitterness shall have vanished and the brotherhood of man
be recognized the world over. This is Masonry's part in
the world's work today. May the Supreme Architect of the
Universe aid and guide us toward the attainment of our
goal.
The Personnel and Service Bureau reports:
Let it be understood by our Masonic employers, that it
is the consistent policy of the Bureau not to attempt to
foist on them those who cannot give satisfaction. The
Bureau seeks the fullest co-operation of Masters and brethren
in this great work of helping our brothers and members of
their families to help themselves. "We do have quite a
diversified assortment of positions represented by our en-
rollment, and yet, on several occasions have been unable
to fill positions, through a lack of qualified applicants."
Among the articles deposited in the cornerstone of Free-
Masons Hall erected in 1835 was a complete set of the coins
of the U.S.. The articles recovered were in a splendid state
of preservation, the silver being but slightly tarnished and
the books and newspapers as legible as on the day they
were deposited. The box and its contents will be deposited
in the Grand Lodge Museum.
St. John's Day Communication was held Dec. 27, 1938.
Eleven P.G.M.s graced and honoured the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, William T. Ballard,
was not present.
From the report of the President, Julia N. Streater, of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home, we quote:
If we are privileged to continue our service together
First, we will go to a wonderful place
Called the Land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches
Will be dropped, like a shabby old coat at the door,
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And never put on again.
Don't you think it'll be great to start a clean slate
In the Land of Beginning Again.
The Report of Correspondence is by the late James A.
West, and is prefaced by this announcement:
With profound sorrow, it is here recorded that our es-
teemed Brother James A. West passed away suddenly on
January 14, 1939. He had won and enjoyed a high place
among Masonic reviewers and his splendid reviews, marked
by a sympathetic common sense and based on a well-grounded
knowledge of Freemasonry, will be greatly missed.
From his Foreword:
In addition to better conditions as regards membership,
we also find evidence of greater interest in ritualistic work.
Everywhere it is reported that lodges of instruction are
commanding good attendance and interest. On the whole,
this writer would say that the Craft is in better condition
today than at any time since the boom days following the
World War.
It would seem that during the last decade and a half
we have awakened to our obligations and responsibilities . . .
There is no arbitrary law or rule to define what constitutes
being a MASON. Nor are there any qualifications to the title.
A man is either a Mason or he is not. There are no quali-
fications, such as a good Mason or a bad Mason. In fact,
in the opinion of this writer, to be a Mason, if you wish to
claim the title, be yourself. That is the sole requisite . . .
Not trying to make bad men good, but actually making good
men better.
Decisions: "Some Grand Masters seem to have all the
answers ... In the case of a request to hold an out-door
communication — 'We do not think the G.M. has authority
to grant such a dispensation' ... we think this question
has never been raised before ... we have no hesitancy in
saying that in our opinion the G.M. would have no authority
to permit the conferring of any Masonic degree at any other
place than the regular Lodge room."
The BALLOT: In one Grand Jurisdiction it was sought
to expel a brother who was charged with 'wilfully and mali-
ciously' voting for the rejection of a petitioner because of
racial and religious intolerance. The lodge found him guilty
and recommended expulsion ... As far back as 1865, your
Committee on Appeals reported — . . . "is of the opinion
that it does not make out a case of expulsion. So great a
punishment should only be sustained in such a case where
the proof is clear, and the fact of the malicious use of the
ballot is put beyond all doubt."
SECTARIAN, clannish or factitious combination or
efforts in a Lodge must end in its destruction; for there can
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be no true brotherhood where such a baleful and pernicious
spirit finds entrance, and is fostered and kept alive.
British Columbia— Of Brother DeWolf Smith he says:
As a past master in the art of reviewing, no less could
be expected from his pen than a most excellent series of
reviews.
California:
If we are to continue to place a slab of stone in a niche
in a concrete wall and call it a cornerstone we should at
least change the wording of the ceremony to conform to the
occasion. The closing paragraphs of the report of the Grand
Master, extolling the glories of California, might appropri-
ately be applied to the rest of the states as well.
Canada — From the G.M.s address:
Two hundred thousand Masons in a population of a
little over ten million . . . must prove today to be a wonder-
fully reliable sheet anchor for the stabilization of the
Dominion . . . Without beating the drum or waving the
flag, it has steadily made its substantial contribution to the
progress of our country.
Speaking of organizations basing their eligibility to
membership on membership in the lodge he says: "Our
Grand Lodge bears them, of course, not the slightest trace
of enmity, and is ready to offer the due meed of praise for
their achievements. But these organizations can not be . . .
recognized as being Masonic organizations.
Bro. Ponton again makes the report on Fraternal
correspondence, which he introduces with an interesting
foreword, inspirational in character. If there was any review
of the District of Columbia this writer missed it.
Under Florida we read:
He advised a lodge that it was not proper for a Master
to wear his hat in a residence or church while conducting
a funeral. He ruled that a petition from a Moslem might
be received, but that if the candidate wished, the Koran
might be placed on the altar with the Bible. He refused
to permit a candidate to receive instructions privately con-
trary to Florida law.
Iowa's Reviewer, E. G. Moore finds the liquor problem
still in the forefront, and expresses the suspicion that too
much latitude is being given to extraneous organizations.
Tennessee had some trouble with one of the extraneous
bodies which was sponsoring gambling devices at a carnival,
and upon their failure to heed the warning to desist the
G.M. evicted all the Masons out of the Craft conditional
upon their failure to withdraw from the other organization.
Fortunately the parent body of the extraneous society got
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wind of the affair and revoked that body's charter, so the
whole incident was satisfactorily closed so far as the G.M.
was concerned. (This writer congratulates G.M. Rutland
on his firm stand in the case).
He had occasion to remove from office a Master who
had been sentenced by a Federal court, but we wish the
erring brother's name had not been printed.
The Grand Representative of the District of Columbia
is John Wilson, of Toronto, a name familiar in our mouths
as household words.
ENGLAND, 1938
His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strath-
earn, K.G., Grand Master.
Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood, Pro Grand Master.
Sydney A. White, Grand Secretary.
Quarterly Communication was held in London, March
2, 1938, with Gen. Sir Francis Davies, Deputy Grand Master
on the Throne.
The following telegram was received from the Pro
Grand Master:
"All good wishes from Cyprus and Greece delegation" —
Harewood.
H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught was unanimously re-
elected Grand Master.
Report of the Board of General Purposes:
The Board learned with great interest of the appoint-
ment by the Grand Master of an Assistant Grand Master for
the purpose of sharing in the ever-increasing duties of the
high officials of the Craft. Bro. Brig.-Gen. Darell, the first
holder of that office, has taken an active part in Masonry
for nearly forty years, and the members of the Board feel
confident that the Craft as a whole will share with them
in a hearty welcome to him in his high office.
Mission to Cyprus:
On their return journey they will assist Athens and will
exchange views with the Grand Master and other leading
Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Greece on Masonic
matters.
Bi-Centenary of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia:
The Deputation which the Grand Master will appoint,
and which will be headed by the Deputy Grand Master,
proposes, in response to further invitations, to proceed from
the East to the West of the Dominion in which event it is
hoped opportunity will be afforded to visit every sovereign
Jurisdiction in Canada.
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The Masonic Peace Memorial:
The Committee is grateful for the progress thus made
towards accomplishing our Grand Master's purpose.
Warrants were granted to twenty-six Lodges, and many
fine additions were made to the Grand Lodge Library and
Museum.
Distinguished visitors were received from New South
Wales, and Queensland.
The Earl of Harewood was proclaimed Pro Grand
Master, and Sir Francis Davies as Deputy Grand Master
The Officers and Members of Grand Lodge, with a
large number of Brethren, subsequently met together at a
dinner arranged by the Board of Grand Stewards at the
Connaught Rooms.
The thanks of Grand Lodge were unanimously accorded
to the Board for their services and attention to the comfort
of the Brethren.
Stanley Machin (konwn personally to this Reviewer),
Chairman of the Finance Committee reported:
From the contributions received in the course of the
year, in response to the appeal by the Grand Master, it has
been possible for the Masonic Million Memorial Fund to
repay the whole of the accumulated amounts which had
been previously advanced by the Fund of General Purposes.
The Board of General Purposes reports:
It is with sincere regret that the Board has learned
of the resignation of Sir Thomas Hughes, K.C., from the
office of Grand Registrar, which he hacf held for the past
six years, and which entitles ex-officio membership of the
Board. His colleagues will remember with gratitude his
eminent services in the legal administration of the Craft,
and the tact, patience and skill with which he unravelled
many difficult problems. To his fellow members of the
Board he has always been courteous, friendly and helpful,
and the Board feels sure that every member of the Craft
will wish him many more years of health in which he may
be able to render useful service to Freemasonry.
The Board wishes to renew previous warnings against
the discussion of Masonic matters in places of public resort
in the hearing of non-Masons, and particularly impresses
upon the Brethren the necessity for exercising the utmost
care in this direction.
The Board regrets to report the death of the following
Present and Past Grand Officers: His Grace the Duke of
DEVONSHIRE; Rt. Hon. The Lord Kensington; Rt. Hon.
The Lord Harlech; Rt. Hon. The Lord Roborough; Sir T.
Vansittart Bowater, Bt.; H. H. the Maharajah of Patiala
46 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
Surely it can never have happened before, that we have
to record the deaths of four Provincial Grand Masters: The
Duke of Devonshire, Lord Kensington, Lord Harlech and
Lord Roborough, all men highly placed, with many other
responsibilities, but yet men who found time to give of their
best to Freemasonry. We are sure that the Craft will re-
member with gratitude the services of these distinguished
Brethren.
The Board accords to the President, Bro. J. Russell
McLaren, its warmest thanks for his extremely efficient and
courteous services to the Craft and this Board during the
past twelve months, and wishes for him continued health
and happiness in his responsible office.
Message from the M.W. The Grand Master:
In view of representations which have been made bv
certain Provincial Grand Masters, I desire that the Book
of Constitutions be altered to enable Provincial or District
Grand Masters to appoint an Assistant Provincial or District
Grand Master in respect of the first fifty Lodges in his
Province or District; a second Assistant Provincial or Dis-
trict Grand Master for the next complete fifty Lodges, and
thereafter a further Assistant Provincial or District Grand
Master for each complete seventy Lodges in the Province
or District. (Signed) Arthur, Grand Master.
Mark Masons' Hall Site:
The Board appreciates that a slightly higher rent might
be obtained for the site in the open market, but this is neg-
ligible in view of the fact that the transaction is one between
two Masonic bodies which work in such close co-operation . . .
I feel sure that the whole Craft will rejoice at the splendid
outcome of these meetings with our Brethren' of the Mark
Masons concerning Mark Masons' Hall. The matter was
considered about eight years ago, but certain difficulties
were encountered, and at that time the means to overcome
them were not found. The means have now been found,
and I think you will wish to join with me in a vote of thanks
to the Brethren who, by their careful investigation of the
circumstances, have managed to overcome these difficulties.
Sir Kynaston Studd presented the final Report of the
Committee on the Masonic Peace Memorial:
The labors of the Committee have been long, anxious
and arduous. Many important decisions have had to be
taken, and a great amount of detail has had to be dealt
with throughout the progress of the scheme. The Committee
has been encouraged by the loyal and generous response of
the Brethren to the appeal for funds, and it now ventures
to congratulate the Craft upon the possession of a magni-
ficent edifice, unique among Masonic buildings throughout
the World, a building which is the embodiment of the great
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ideals promulgated by our Grand Master in 1919 when he
instituted the Masonic Million Memorial Fund.
Twelve more Lodges were granted Warrants.
The Pro Grand Master reported on the deputation to
FAMAGUSTA:
After a brief inspection of the mediaeval banqueting
Hall . . . we proceeded to NICOSIA . . . We listened to an
eloquent address from the Master . . . after which a cheque
for £50 was given for the Royal Masonic Hospital on behalf
of the five Greek Lodges in Cyprus. They also presented
to the Pro Grand Master an ikon of St. John the Almoner,
a native of Cyprus . . . M.W. Bro. H.M. The King gave
orders that we should be conveyed on board H.M.S.
"Sussex", and accordingly we embarked at Boghaz for
Scaramanga . . . R.W. Bro. H.M. King George cf Greece
invited the Princess Royal and the Pro Grand Master to
stay at the Palace whilst in Athens ... A Past Master and
the* Worshipful Master of the Star of the East Lodge came
from Zante and discussed certain difficulties which had
arisen between the Brethren of that Lodge and a Lodge
working under the Greek Constitution. We have reason
to hope that the domestic matters over which there had
been a risk of friction will be handled in a manner credit-
able to both Lodges and worthy of Freemasonry . . . The
opening and closing of the Lodge was conducted in almost
every detail as an English Lodge ... In his address the
Grand Master paid the highest tribute to the lead which
the G.L. of England gives to those who subscribe to the
true principles of Freemasonry, and in the clearest terms,
expressed his intention to conduct the affairs of the G.L.
of Greece on similar lines.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent will succeed H.R.H. the Duke
of Connaught as Grand Master. The Duke of Kent has
been appointed Governor-General of Australia.
The Grand Representative of Canada is Viscount Gal-
way. Wellington, New Zealand. His welcome visit to Canada
before receiving his present title, is happily remembered.
The Grand Representative of England is M.W. Bro.
John A. Rowland, of Toronto, our present Grand Treasurer,
in every way worthy as England is worthy of him. Read
his wonderful pamphlet on that Jurisdiction, still and always
the productive "Mother Grand Lodge of the World."
ECUADOR
Not received. Grand Representative. J. N. Allan of
Dunnvi'.le.
FLORIDA
Not received. Grand Representative, Harry J. Alex-
ander, of Weston, able chairman of our Committee on the
Condition of Masonry.
48 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
FRANCE
Not received. Grand Representative, Chris M. Forbes,
of Perth. Does he remember the tin whistle?
GEORGIA, 1937
Robert McMillan, Grand Master.
Frank F. Baker, Grand Secretary.
The One Hundred and Fifty-first Annual was held in
Macon, Oct. 26, 1937.
Prayers of the Grand Lodge were offered in behalf of
P.G.M. Eugene D. Thomas, who was seriously ill.
The verbal report of the Chairman on the accomplish-
ments of Public School Week was adopted.
A ninety-nine year lease on sixty acres of land was
presented to the Grand Lodge for the benefit of the children
of the Masonic Home.
The Grand Secretary announced that Sears, Roebuck &
Co. had donated sufficient wire fencing tc enclose the lands
donated by Union Bag Co.
A chorus of 1200 voices rendered two verses of the
hymn the Grand Lodge has adopted for its own:
"How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord."
Thirteen P.G.M. 's were honoured in the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, P.I. P. Edenfield, did not
answer roll call.
The following greetings were received from the
Treasurer of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Child-
ren at Atlanta:
There are six thousand five hundred children walking
in Georgia today as a result of their treatment at our
hospital. I am sure that this army of useful citizens would
like to send to the members of the Grand Lodge, their love
and appreciation for the assistance they have given toward
their treatment through the years.
From the address of the Grand Master we quote:
Peace and harmony have prevailed in our ranks; more
interest in Masonry is apparent; the Tylers' doors have
been guarded and those who have been elected to the
degrees (many in number) are men who will honor the
Craft.
Two splendid school buses were donated to the Masonic
Home.
Reports from various lodges of the inauguration of "The
Lodge Plan of Masonic Education" are most encouraging.
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"Freemasonry stands today the proud champion of
religion and religious liberty; for freedom, not tyranny;
for purity, not shame; for patriotism, not treason; for
sobriety, not intemperance; for hope, not despair; for love,
not hate; Freemasonry knows no nationality, but its king-
dom is in the hearts of men.
"To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill;.
Oh, may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will."
The Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Alabama
was presented.
P.G.M. Daniel presented a medal for distinguished
service rendered, to W. Bro. Firley Baum.
From the report of the General Committee on
PROVERBS Circles:
Reading (perhaps for the first time) the Book of
Proverbs.
The boy who by this contest acquires the Proverbs
reading habit will gain immeasurably more than any prize
could reward him.
The boys in the school of Industries are still interested
in the work and are being taught to do all kinds of repair
and mechanical work, helping to fit them to make a living-
after they leave the Home.
The School of Photography and Engraving furnishes a
splendid opportunity for a limited number of boys to learn
newspaper photography and engraving.
YOUR HOME! YOUR PROGRAM! YOUR CHILDREN!
YOUR OPPORTUNITY!
John L. Travis was elected Grand Master.
This from the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence:
A man without a definite home and who has not resided
in Georgia for twelve months and at no place excepting
for a short time, applied for the degrees. The G.M. ruled
that the Lodge had no jurisdiction. We affirm this holding.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, and a roving candidate
gathers no degrees.
An effort must be made to bring back into the Lodges
those dimitted or suspended members of high ideals. Good
Masons must not be lost.
We quote from an address of G.S.W. Jeffries (1901)
that remained undelivered for thirty-six years:
The great Prophet, Isaiah, inciting the nation to con-
fidence in God, sang, "Open ye the gates, that the righteous
nation which keepeth the TRUTH, may enter in."
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The Psalmist, describing a citizen of Zion, exclaimed,
"Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell
in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly and worketh
righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart." And
again, "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness
and Thy law is the truth."
Israel's wisest king said: "The lip of truth shall be
established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment."
And again, "Buy the truth and sell it not."
Truth is the golden chain that links together in perfect
harmony the family circle. It is the silver thread that
forms the warp and woof of the social fabric. Confidence,
the child of truth, unites communities into municipalities
and states, and them, in turn, into great political federa-
tions and nations.
Truth is the bulwark of integrity that makes them
possible, and truth establishes and fixes their perpetuity.
"Truth is everlasting, without variableness or turning."
Truth is strong. Truth is courageous. Truth is absolute.
We may buffet it, we may scorn it, we may suppress
it for a time, but
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
For God's eternal years are hers;
But error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among her worshippers."
Truth is the foundation of fraternity. Its children are:
sincerity, confidence and faith. Without these, there is no
friendship; without friendship, no intimacy; without in-
timacy, no love. Love is the endless chain that binds all
mankind in one bond of brotherhood, and links them to the
eternal source of Truth and Love.
May we attain to such perfection in our occupation of
"soul architecture" that our souls may be fashioned into
living stones, fit for the builder's use, in that house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens, so that we may
look with joy to the coming time, when "The Mountain of
the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the
mountains," and the reign of the God of Truth shall be
universal and eternal.
The Fraternal Reviews are from the pen of that
veteran correspondent, Raymond Daniel, who for the first
time in twenty years presents a topical review as, he has. in
the past, launched fraternal and affectionate interjections
against the so-called "topical" form, he describes the
present review (for his conscience's sake) as a "a con-
densed report."
In other countries where there has been felt the mailed
hand of despoti?m and dictatorship, Freemasonry has either
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disappeared beneath cruel restrictions or been hidden in
the catacombs of refuge.
Citizenship campaigns are also being used for happy
results.
Radical isms are being combatted, the Grand Lodge
of Oregon having made it a Masonic offense for any mem-
ber to be affiliated with a Communistic body.
The tenor of speakers' remarks on the condition of the
Craft everywhere is pitched in a higher key of expectancy
and hope.
It is more than a change from the lugubriousness of
the past. It adumbrates great resolves for the immediate
future.
The first waves of this onrushing tide of anti-Masonry
have only reached the shores of the American Continent,
but in time we shall see more.
The fraternity in Denmark is under the special pro-
tection of His Majesty Christian X.
South Carolina failed to recognize Denmark because
of the absence of information. Indiana felt satisfied that
the Grand Lodge conformed to all the requirements and
accorded recognition. New Hampshire was somewhat con-
fused, finding two aspirants for recognition with almost
similar names; it finally settled upon the one known as
Danish National Grand Lodge, of which His Royal Highness
was the regular sovereign Masonic authority.
FINLAND is one of the smallest jurisdictions. It has
but five lodges and 250 members. It was established thirteen
years ago through the efforts of the Grand Lodge of New
York. The United States is particularly interested in
welcoming this Grand Lodge into its midst because it is
apparently the only one of the nations which has tried to
carry out its moral obligation in payment of its just debt.
Mihal Sadoveanu is Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of RUMANIA reporting 1,024 members in twenty-eight
lodges.
In SWEDEN we find King Gustav V Grand Master,
although active auties are carried on by Admiral Arvid
Lindman. Fifty-one lodges report more than 23,000 mem-
bers, and a very substantial increase in membership.
The backbone of English-speaking Masonry is the
British Isles, and here we find three Grand Lodges carrying
on their Masonic activities with the hearty co-operation of
the government, the Royal Family, and subject to little
attack from the usual anti-Masonic sources. The present
Grand Master is his Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught
and Strathern, to be succeeded this year by the Duke of
Kent.
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In EGYPT we learn that the Grand Lodge of New York
has suspended its recognition, the committee reporting that
there are two rival organizations, each claiming Masonic
regularity.
Distressing reports come from Turkey.
The American Masonic Temple in Shanghai pays divi-
dends (American membership take note).
Conditions in Mexico are the same as in former years.
A number of states in that territory are applying for
recognition at the hands of their American brethren.
The Craft in Cuba is hard pressed.
We quote his conclusion:
There is only one more word. In addition to the love
for my own Georgia brethren is that for those Fraternal
Reviewers of other Grand Jurisdictions, with whom I have
labored so lovingly. For them, also, is my prayer for God's
richest and tenderest blessings.
The Grand Representative of Georgia is W. J. Thompson,
Sault Ste. Marie. Thus the true north meets and greets
the true south.
GUATEMALA
Not received. Grand Representative, Wm. J. Attig, of
Hamilton, Assistant Grand Secretary and a good executive,
faithful and sure.
IDAHO, 1938
Everett W. Rising, Grand Master.
Curtis F. Pike, Grand Secretary.
The Seventy-second Annual was held at Boise, Sept.
13, 1938.
The Grand Master opened the Grand Lodge on the Third
Degree in ample form.
Eighteen P.G.M.s were received and honoured in the
Grand East.
Distinguished visitors were welcomed from Oregon,
Montana and Idaho.
Canada's Grand Representative, Marion W. Kelley, did
not answer roll call.
The Grand Secretary of Nebraska presented the Grand
Lodge with a walnut gavel made from a tree grown on the
grounds of the Masonic Home of Nebraska.
From the address of the Grand Master we excerpt:
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This may be the only communication some of you expect
to attend. I am very anxious that such members receive
special consideration.
Representatives attending- for the first time are entitled
to the privileges of the floor on equal basis with brethren
who have attended regularly for years.
I wish to acknowledge help and guidance throughout
the year from the Sacred Volume that is to be found on
every Masonic altar, and which will ever be the "rule and
guide of our faith."
Questions and Answers:
Is it permissible to open Lodge in the Third Degree,
when a First Degree is to be conferred ? — Yes. There should
be some good reason for doing so, however, as it is a better
policy to open in the degree which permits the candidate
to remain in the lodge room during the closing of lodge.
May a Mason who has not held office in a Lodge occupy
a Warden'? station during the conferring of a degree ? — Yes.
I think it an excellent idea to encourage Masons who aie
qualified by allowing them to take part in degree work.
A Mason in good standing dies leaving a wife. In time
the widow again marries. After her second marriage, has
the former widow of a Mason any basis for a relief claim?
— No. All rights for Masonic assistance she may have had,
cease.
The Grand Master brings home this verse from his visit
to New York:
"Yes! We have nice potatoes,
Fine Idaho 'taters, we think;
We've Rising and Thompson and Johnson and Knox
And we also have Jacob C. Klink.
We have the best crop that's growing,
They're all worth while knowing.
Oh. Yes! We have five potatoes;
We're happy to greet them tonight."
Under 'Looking to the Future' he says:
Do we want one of the 'isms' to control this country ?
No, I think not; and we will not have one of them as long
as men are permitted and continue to meet around our altars
in substantial numbers, and as long as Masonry continues
to demand of its members a,
Belief in a Supreme Being
Belief in a Future Life, and
teaches loyalty to the country with a constitution that
guarantees us liberty to
Worship a Supreme Being of our choice,
Right to think and speak the truth regarding any subject
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Right to assemble with our neighbors and friends
Right of all to equal privileges.
Brethren, if we continue to conduct our lodges in the
future on the high standards of the past, if we continue
to feel the need of brotherhood, if we maintain our faith
in a Supreme Being and future life, we will not lack for
membership or work to do.
Membership 8,919. Net GAIN 103. Congratulations!
Clyde I. Rush was elected Grand Master.
Bro. Wm. W. Pike, 67 years a Mason, seemingly is the
oldest Mason in Idaho in point of membership. Bro. A. M.
Preston has been a Mason for 70 years but he is a member
in Colorado.
The Grand Master's signet ring was passed from the
retiring Grand Master to the newly installed Grand Master
with appropriate remarks and expressions of sentiment.
Comments of the Grand Secretary:
The play by Bro. Wilson and his troupe was a joy to
all, even better than last year. The play, 'A Rose upon
the Altar' was written by Carl Claudy. A rather strange
coincidence was the presence of the author to see his own
play . . . These plays are wonders. They require no stage
setting or paraphernalia of any kind and no expense what-
ever. No talent, aside from what may be found in any
country neighborhood.
Masonic Service Association:
Bro. Claudy is a very charming man and a wonderful
speaker. To meet him and listen to his address is to follow
his suggestion. He is the executive secretary of the Associ-
ation. Bro. J. Fort Newton is its Chaplain, two of the most
inspiring men in the Masonic Fraternity anywhere. They
could make a success of anything. Bro. Claudy is a very
resourceful man. He will find a way. You could banish
him to the Sahara Desert and return next season to find
he had found a way to extract moisture from the arid winds
and was raising a garden. A few years ago he and Bro.
Newton took over the practically defunct Masonic Service
Association and since then it has shown life, activity and
usefulness. As long as he remains in charge ft will be a
success.
Percy Jones is the Chairman of Foreign Correspondence.
Though his reviews are condensed into eleven pages he
covers many subjects, we quote:
The steady progress made by our mother G.L. of Eng-
land and the G.L.s of Scotland, Ireland, and our neighbor
Canada, is worthy of special mention.
At the Annual Conference of G.M.s of the U. S. 43
Grand Jurisdictions were represented. G. M. Rising of
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Idaho was present, and a large number of P.G.M.s, G.S.s
and G.L. Wardens. The agenda consisted of eight subjects
which were read and discussed by some of the most out-
standing Grand Masters of the U. S. .. .
'Should G.L.s be Incorporated Under Civil Law?' Sta-
tistics show that in the U. S. 32 G.L.s were incorporated
and 17 were not. It was stated that the corporate form
also has great advantages jn the conduct of G.L. business.
These conferences each year are reported more interest-
ing and profitable and new G.M.s and G.S.s are urged to
attend.
Masonic Education:
Saskatchewan — 'Among the many activities cf G.L. in
recent years none has rendered a richer return than our
efforts to disseminate Masonic knowledge among the Craft.
Our educational work has put us in the forefront of G.L.s
in Canada in this respect.
Manitoba — A Special communication was called to lay
the cornerstone of a pedestal for the statue of Brother
Robert Burns, the world-renowed Scottish Bard. 'The
famous poet was a Mason first, last and always, living his
life on the square, traveling on the level, and always spread-
ing peace and harmony and goodwill throughout the world
with his famous travel of poetry.
Delaware, it appears, is of the number of G.L.s that
have a fourth degree — the Past Master's.
Montana — dedicated a new G.L. building — "This build-
ing is now dedicated to human service. May this temple
from this moment on be a foundation of inspiration to all
the people of Montana, particularly to the Masonic mem-
bership, for refinement, enlightenment, high ideals, pure
thoughts and noble deeds. May it always carry forward
through the future generations the fundamental doctrine of
'The fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and the
immortality of the soul.'
The Grand Representative of Idaho is R. F. Richardson,
of Strathroy, who by merit and special service rendered,
occupies his unique position as Honorary Life Member of
the Board.
ILLINOIS
Hal C. McLoud, Grand Master.
Richard C. Davenport, Grand Secretary.
The Ninety-eighth Annual was held in Chicago, Oct. 12,
1937.
The Grand Chaplain led the devotions:
"May the spirit of this Grand Lodge be like unto the
tides of the sea in ceaseless activity. This morning we are
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at the high tide as these men like the waves of the mighty
deep have come in from the vast extent of this great state
to witness upon the shoreline of this meeting the strength
and vitality of our fellowship. Tomorrow the tide recedes
again as these lives reach out into the unseen areas of cities,
towns, and hamlets to touch shores of personality, duty,
and the labor of life.
"We hold in reverent and tender recollection those who,
since we last met, have answered the call of the Supreme
Architect of the Universe. Though their faces do not add
to the lustre of this distinguished company, we know that
ever they walk with us in newness of life.
"May those men who sit in this privileged fellowship
for the first time become aware of the pressure of character
in this company of men. May they be undergirded in heart
and uplifted in spirit as they realize that their lives and
purposes are blended with this great brotherhood."
Distinguished visitors were introduced and honoured
from Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Victoria (Australia),
Iowa, New Jersey, and Alabama. The Grand Master saying:
"Illinois is ready at all times to extend a fraternal hand to
any Grand Jurisdiction that approaches us, and we are al-
ways willing to go half-way in making that approach."
Canada's Grand Representative, Sylvester O. Spring,
was not present.
From the address of the Grand Master:
Our beloved Brother James Ellsworth Jeffers was a
man of majestic physical proportions, he was endowed with
a mind and heart in keeping with his physical structure.
"He was my friend, faithful and just to me," and friend and
mentor to many who share with his family the grief which
is theirs and ours.
George Washington Memorial — Illinois made no further
contribution this year, and for several years has made none.
I recommend and urge that this be given the consideration
which the great enterprise to which we stand committed as
Freemasons deserves. Illinois' co-operation at this time
would practically assure completion of the edifice within a
few, years, and critics of the fraternity would be silenced
and, more satisfying, we would accomplish what we ?et out
to do twenty years ago.
A Co-operative Triumph — Chadwick is rated to have
500 inhabitants . . . but endowed with courageous purpose
and resourcefulness . . . With a bequest of $1,000 . . . they
purchased the second floor of an abandoned hotel. With
their own unskilled hands, each member of the lodge work-
ing loyally and faithfully and learning as he worked, both
skill in building and skill in brotherhood, they remodeled,
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refitted, and have now dedicated to Freemasonry, this upper
floor, free of indebtedness, with all bills paid and money in
the bank.
An army of asses led by a lion will win victories, but
an army of lions led by an ass is foredoomed to defeat. Let
us look well to our leadership where need for wise leader-
ship is indicated.
To the son, Henry Freitag, who had paid himself his
father's bequest, I had the honor and joy of writing an
acknowledgment when the last of the series of self-denying
filial acts was called to my attention, and to commend his
self sacrifice that his father's purpose might be achieved
and his name honoured as a Freemason whose wish for the
perpetuity of our charity program was earnest and sincere.
The code definitely limits the right of any Master of
an Illinois lodge to call a meeting of his lodge in any hall
outside the city or village in which the lodge is chartered
and customarily holds its meetings. Fraternal pilgrimages
are not discouraged, they have an interesting place in the
program of the lodge, but the work must be exemplified
upon substitute candidates if done outside the limits of the
lodge's jurisdiction, or upon a candidate of the lodge visited
in the pilgrimage.
An erring lodge.
The lodge is one which never before had been misled
into transgression and, after conferring with the officers
and members responsible for this situation, I attended a
meeting of the lodge and administered a reprimand to the
guilty officers and members.
Liquor was being sold in certain Masonic premises,
leased from the Temple Association . . . This jeopardizing
of the good name of the fraternity in this case I ordered
discontinued immediately and I am reliably informed that
the condition complained of no longer exists.
I have denied the maiing list of our grand lodge to all
seeking it for exploitation in our lodges of any sort of
economic or political programs.
If everywhere we go we hold its spirit of tolerant and
charitable judgment of others, but stern and uncompromis-
ing judgment of ourselves, our influence upon future genera-
tions will be maintained and none need fear for the per-
petuity and prosperity of our Masonic institution.
Membership 209,702. Net loss 8,367.
The Committee on Foreign Jurisdictions report:
Although Freemasonry in certain sections of continental
Europe has fallen under the ban, it must be remembered
that there is in existence legitimate Freemasonry in many
of the countries of Europe, and that its work is being car-
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ried forward by bands of stalwart men of high character —
men who believe that the solution of many of our present
political and economic troubles of the present day, depends
upon a re-establishment in the minds and hearts of men, of
that great Masonic fundamental — the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of men.
Masonry seeks to unite in fraternal relationship all men
of goodwill, without distinction of religion or race, thereby
contributing toward an ultimate reconciliation of all men
and all peoples whose faith is founded on a Divine Ruler of
the Universe. On the basis of such liberty, it is hoped that
the conscience is left free to rise to the highest conception
of human duty.
There are in CZECHO-SLOVAK REPUBLIC two regular
Grand Lodges; One composed entirely of Slavic-speaking
Brethren (Narodni); the other taking in the German and
Magyar speaking Brethren (Lessing).
The "Rising Sun" membership in Czecho-Slovakia gain-
ed accessions from Germany after the Nazis got busy in
Germany expelling the Jews. Those who could qualify in
regard to fundamental requirements, affiliated for the larger
part with either of the two regular Grand Lodges in the
Republic.
Grand Orient of GREECE— Mobs were formed for the
purpose of openly persecuting every man supposed to be a
Mason. The result of this disorder was the closing of all
Provincial Lodges; that of Patras was burnt down by a
mob. A great many people, supposed to have been Masons,
would in all probability have, lost their lives had it not been
for the personal intervention of Prince John of Denmark,
replacing the Viceroy King George, who was travelling
abroad at that time.
John Cowles, who has visited in Greece, says that the
Masons in that country are composed of the best people,
and that they follow the landmarks of Freemasonry as
closely as we do in this country, and are perhaps a little
more strict in their observance of the tenets of Freemasonry
than our American brethren.
The Grand Orator delivered an address on the "BEAUTY
OF MASONRY":
So I am of the belief that much of the beauty and
glory of Masonry, that ancient temple which has stood the
test of the ages, that imaginary structure known and re-
spected by all and honoured by some for its precepts and
teachings and its contributions to man's happiness, is in
the dimensions of our fraternity.
The immense Imperial Hotel in Tokio had to be built
to withstand the violence of earthquakes The American
architect who was given this herculean task of getting a
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foundation through sixty feet of soft mud below eight feet
of surface soil knew that depth meant success or failure.
A year was spent in punching shallow holes all over the
site, pouring in eight foot concrete pins and testing the
weight each pin would support. Perhaps the architect learn-
ed this from the teachings of operative Masonry.
Who will gainsay that our fraternity has failed to
make such provisions ? Are we not searching for the very
best to be found in man upon which we can build the super-
structure?
Ivan Turgenieff, a Russian novelist, banished to the
provinces on account of his progressive opinions, wrote in
his story, "THE BEGGAR":
"I passed along the street ... A beggar stopped me,
an infirm old man. The inflamed, tearful eyes, the blue
lips, the coarse rags, the loathsome sores . . . Ah, how
frightfully had poverty disfigured this being! He stretched
out his dirty, red, swollen hand toward me ... he moaned
and whimpered for charity. I searched in all my pockets . . .
neither purse nor watch, nor handkerchief could be found . . .
I had brought nothing with me. The beggar waited, . . .
and his outstretched hand shook slightly and quivered. Dis-
tressed and embarrassed, I seized the soiled hand and pressed
it . . . 'My brother, blame me not, I have nothing, brother.'
The beggar turned his red eyes upon me; his blue lips'
parted in a smile — and he pressed my fingers (which had
grown chill) in return. 'It matters not, brother,' he falter-
ed; 'I thank you all the same. For that was a gift, my
brother.' And I realized that I also had received a gift
from my brother.
The more you see of Masonry's glory, its beauty, its
splendor you can feel and say:
"I see its beauty in the morning time,
In every place and clime.
I see its beauty in the noon hour,
In sunshine and shower.
I see its beauty in the closing of the clay,
Whether at work or at play.
I see Masonry in the darkness of the night
When by its beauty my fears are put to flight."
From The Masonic Orphan's Home:
The religious instruction the children receive in the
Home is aimed to inspire them to lead lives of personal
morality and service to their community and country . . .
to be ready to carry on, each in his own place, the work
of prophet and patriot.
How will it affect the CHILDREN? and How can we
inspire in them a greater appreciation of all that is true
and fair and beautiful in life ? are questions always in mind.
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How effective we are in applying- these ideas or ap-
proaching these ideals we dare not answer, but we do believe
that very definite progress is being made.
Elmer E. Beach presents an excellent report on Masonic
Correspondence. In his Foreword he says:
Whenever the liquor question has been discussed, the
undeniable soundness of the views expressed by Bro.
Niemeyer of our own grand lodge, is admitted. From a
Masonic standpoint this traffic involves more than a mere
legal question. A question of good morals and good citizen-
ship is also involved ... It has been a long time since
running a saloon in this country has been classed among
such legitimate businesses as selling dry goods, hardware,
groceries or other such merchandise. The business is hedged
about by all sorts of restricting laws in the hope, not of
destroying its evil influence, but in the hope so far as pos-
sible of minimizing the injurious results. It is a very
proper subject for police control.
Several Grand Masters and Grand Orators have boldly
denounced Communism and communistic propaganda, cou-
rageously braving the criticism that they were trenching
upon the rule against discussing political or religious sub-
jects in lodge rooms. Whether they are skating on thin
Ice depends, we venture to suggest, more on the way the
subject is treated than upon the subject.
The preparation of the report has been a pleasure, and
in it we have attempted to condense or summarize the im-
portant matters covered in the approximately forty thousand
printed pages of those proceedings.
From Canada:
The G.M. paid an eloquent and heartfelt tribute to the
character and great qualities of the late King George V.
Upon the death of the King, the G.M. sent a cablegram of
sympathy on behalf of the Grand Lodge to the new King,
Edward VIII.
He strongly stressed the importance of fine ar.d correct
ritualistic work, urging that what is worth doing at all is
worth doing well and he urged upon all Masons the im-
portance of attendance at lodge meetings.
He suggested individual canvass by the lodges to
ascertain what members out of employment were in need
and to exert personal and individual effort to assist those
unfortunately idle, and if necessary to make individual sac-
rifices for this purpose.
The report on Correspondence is by Bro. Ponton. It
is unusually complete and comprehensive ... In his review
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of Illinois he quotes extensively from the address of G.M.
Niemeyer . . . and is particularly complimentary to the G.M.
for his outstanding ability and courage, especially in his
treatment of the lottery question.
He also compliments the work of this correspondent and
evidences his sincerity in doing so by making several ex-
tensive quotations. We commend a careful reading of Bro.
Ponton's reviews to every Mason desiring an accurate
picture of Masonry throughout the world.
Under England the Pro Grand Master desired that the
Coronation of His Majesty the King should be commemorated
by the bestowal of Honours. I empower Provincial arid
District Grand Masters to confer on Brethren of ability
who nave rendered services to the Craft the rank of Past
Provincial or District Grand Officer.
From Florida:
Cornerstones were laid as follows: Federal Building, Ft.
Lauderdale; High School at Jacksonville Beach; Sanatorium
at Orlando; and the addition of the State Capitol Building
at Tallahassee. The grand master refused to lay the
cornerstone of the Federal Building at West Palm Beach
for the reason that the building had been erected to the
second floor, it being, in his opinion, contrary to Masonic
usage to lay a cornerstone when the work had progressed
above the point where the stone is to be -laid.
Georgia:
The Grand Master expressed his thanks to the Order
of the Eastern Star for their assistance and stated: T hope
that all future administrations will continue to have their
aid, their support and their inspiring help in everything
undertaken for the upbuilding of fraternal life and for the
improvement of citizenship in Georgia.'
Utah:
During the year the Grand Lodge lost by death three
Past Grand Masters; one being Bro. George H. Dern, Secre-
tary of War, in the cabinet of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The Grand Orator delivered a thoughtful and interest-
ing address on "The Fight for Masonic Security."
Western Australia:
If National Prohibition (in the U.S.) introduced con-
fusion, amended Prohibition has introduced bedlam. I give
the following instances, each a different ruling by a different
authority:
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The manufacture or sale by anyone is a disqualification
for membership. A member may be employed in the sale
of liquor in a State Liquor Store. Manufacture or sale is
a Masonic offence. Sale is not a Masonic offence if the
member selling is an employee of a State Liquor Store. No
lodge may let part of its building for the sale of liquor."
On the question of public installations, we quote from
Bro. Archdeacon's Foreword, the following:
"The Public Installation fad still occupies the Masonic
stage in a number of U. S. Jurisdictions. Sometimes a
lodge will 'hog' (U. S'. term) the entire publicity for itself.
Occasionally two, three, four, and even five lodges will hold
what is euphemistically termed a joint public installation,
theieby share the 'sweetness of the uses of advertisement,'
which is an American paraphrase of a Shakespeareanism."
The Grand Representative of Illinois is George S.
Henry, of Toronto, ex-Premier of the Province of Ontario,
loved by his friends and he has few enemies.
INDIANA
Thomas J. Wilson, Grand Master.
William H. Swintz, Grand Secretary.
LTpon opening this volume we find the portraits of four
of the Grand Officers and a FOREWORD, from which we
quote:
That G.L. (Rhode Island) is causing the Bible to be
sent to all other recognized G.L.s and when it has com-
pleted its journey it will be cherished by that G.L. as a
'memorial to generations yet unborn, of the universality of
Free Masonry'.
Masonry teaches the individual brother to pull his own
oar in the boat; to be industrious, temperate, frugal, self
supporting, self reliant, so that neither he nor his family
shall be a burden upon society. No nation can become pros-
perous unless its individual citizens prosper in their own
personal affairs. Honey cannot be gathered unless the in-
dividual bee is diligent in its quest. Masonry views with a
just reproach the drone in human society.
He thinks of George Washington in connection with
Valley Forge and Trenton and the crossing of the Delaware,
and the seven years of hardship and heroism which consti-
tuted the travail of a free people struggling to be born.
He remembers that when that struggle was over George
Washington received a sword from Frederick the Great of
Prussia with these words inscribed thereon:
"From the oldest soldier in Europe to
the greatest soldier in the world."
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Idealism is chained to Caesar's chariot, and the long
thoughts of youth are poured and crystallized in the patterns
of power, the idolatry of authority . . . 'There is no liberty
if the power of judging be not separated from the legisla-
tive and executive powers.'
One hundred and fifty years ago in a suburb of Berlin
a miller ran his mill. He was no doubt a poor and humble
man. Frederick the Great came along and told him he
would have to move his mill. The miller replied, 'Sire, there
are JUDGES in Berlin.' That is one of the great stories
of Germany. It could not be told today.
The saddest monument that the future could erect to
the memory of our vanished liberty would be that it was
lost by men who had the opportunity and the strength to
save it, but would not.
The One Hundred and Twentieth Annual was held in
Indianapolis May 25, 1937.
Sixteen P.G.M.s graced and adorned the Grand East.
Canada has no Grand Representative near the Grand
Lodge of Indiana.
From the address of the Grand Master:
We meet under the responsibility of acting for 107,738
members of our Fraternity.
The Great Master of the Universe has called from our
labors the unusual number of four Past Grand Masters.
The G.L. has been called upon to lay eleven corner-
stones.
. I ruled in all cases of SUNDAY Meetings that this
could not be allowed, and feel that tradition and Masonic
custom forbid such gatherings regardless of how harmless
the conduct intended, as we can not do so without being
wrongfully accused of sanctioning meetings to take church
members and attendants thereof away.
Decisions:
No matter how commendable the character cf the
parade or beneficial its purpose, Masonic Lodges should not
take part as such, and while all individual members may
of course, take part in any worthy purpose, they should
not wear their aprons or regalia.
The motion that Job's Daughters be not allowed to use
the dining room of the Lodge for the purpose of installing
officers, was lost upon a tie vote. The failure of such nega-
tive motion does not have the effect of the adoption of an
affirmative motion.
Can a Lodge furnish a float with distinctive Masonic
insignia thereon and be in a parade of patriotic or civic
purpose or nature ? . . . On full reflection I feel that such
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float might set a dangerous precedent and for that reason
feel it should not be furnished.
Membership 107,738. Net loss 2,559.
D. Burns Douglass was elected Grand Master.
From the address of the G.M. Elect:
We do not measure the worth of a man by his financial
statement; on the other hand, we should not knowingly
admit an applicant whose probable objective would be to
capitalize his membership for pecuniary gain or beneficial
assurance.
The excellent Reviews by Elmer F. Gay are not pub-
lished in the Proceedings, but are incorporated, in each issue
of "The Indiana Freemason."
Canada:
The Mayor of Toronto gave a very pleasing address
of welcome.
The following excerpt is taken from the splendid add-
ress of the G.M.:
A lodge is, in very truth, a place from which no
Brother should stay away because he is unemployed or be-
cause he is unable to pay his dues. It is just when he is
in that unhappy condition that he should seek to find respite
at the meetings of his lodge.
Committee on 'Condition of Masonry':
We surely have a duty to perform, not only as Masons,
but as citizens of the great Empire to which we belong,
in using our united influence in endeavouring to usher in
an era of peace and good will. We would like to think of
a day when there will be no more strife and bitterness, no
more war and bloodshed, of a time 'when man, though not
loving his country less, shall more than country, love his
fellow man', a time
"When the common sense of most shall hold the
fretful realms in awe,
And the kindly earth shall slumber, rapt in uni-
versal law."
Bro. Ponton submits the Reviews in his usual excellent
manner. We are sorry that Indiana is not included.
Included in "The Indiana Freemason" is "The Scroll",
published monthly by the students of Journalism of the
Indiana Masonic Home High School. The aim of the Scroll
is to pave a way for better Journalistic writing and to
acquaint the Masons of Indiana with the happenings of the
school and the home.
The Grand Representative of Indiana is Donald M.
Sutherland, of Woodstock, a worthy type of the Brotherhood
of solidarity.
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IOWA, 1938
Harry A. Palmer, Grand Master.
C. C. Hunt, Grand Secretary.
The Proceedings are adorned by the fine intelligent
features of the Grand Master. We quote from his biography:
Our retiring G.M. was born in the village of Stoke-
upon-Tern, Shropshire, England ... He is something of a
philosopher and he delights to render service to his fellow
men.
"Let him not boast who puts his armor on
As he who puts it off, the battle done."
We always find him in the thick of the fight for his
Masonic principles. The rich expereince which the office
of G.M. gave him will be used by him to render greater
service to the Craft he has loved and served so long.
Public Exercises prior to opening of Grand Lodge.
Invocation.
Give us a renewed sense of gratefulness for those prin-
ciples which our forefathers wove into the fabric of this
land, and grant that we may strive to serve more abundantly
in our lives those principles which will bring fruit in that
peace which comes only to those who trust in Thee.
The Grand Matron, EASTERN STAR was presented
and said:
The ideal member of any organization is one, I believe,
who tries to practice the teachings of his Order, and I can-
not help but sense in this assembly, this morning, that each
of you is what I would call an ideal member.
The Eastern Star and the Masonic Fraternity have a
common interest. We have faced many of the same prob-
lems during the past few years, and undoubtedly we shall
face similar problems in the years to come, which will
require wisdom and courage.
The Ninety-fifth Annual was held at Waterloo, June
14, 1938.
Fourteen of the seventeen P.G.M.s were present and
honoured.
Distinguished guests were welcomed from Washington,
Nebraska, and Missouri.
From the address of the Grand Master:
"Prove thou the stone which I have brought,
Judge thou the task my hands have wrought,
My hands unskilled! Ah, much I fear
Their work imperfect will appear.*'
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This report we have learned to call the "Grand Master's
Address." Strictly speaking it is not an address calling for
oratorical ability or literary skill; it is an administrative
report.
Some six hundred Master Masons gathered . . . princi-
pally to honor our beloved Grand Secretary as Honorary
Past Grand Master of Iowa.
In Memoriam:
"When I go down to the sea by ship,
And death unfurls the sail,
Weep not for me, for there will be
A living host on the other coast
To beckon and cry, 'All Hail'."
The Schools of Instruction are under the general direc-
tion of the Custodians of the Work, these distinguished
brethren who have labored in the quarries for so many
years and are still turning rough ashlars into finished
ritualists.
If that Constitution be attacked,, either from within
our country or from without, Freemasonry will give us men
to defend it; Great hearts, strong minds, true faith, and
willing hands.
Sojourners' Club of Arizona — This organization per-
forms a very efficient fraternal service in connection with
Masons cared for in the Veterans' Hospital and relies for
assistance upon voluntary contributions.
Freemasonry's organization in the main is along the
same broad lines as our national government — democratic,
self-governing, with its legislative, judicial, and executive
powers clearly defined and separated. In this form of or-
ganization we rejoice.
The freedom that all English-speaking people possess
was not born overnight, or by the stroke of a pen, nor was
it won by the passing of resolutions. It was gained as the
result of centuries of struggle; Our forefathers had to fight
for it and fight long and hard. Men fought for centuries
in England against legitimate centralized tyrannical power
to win for us little by little, here a little, there a little, line
line and precept upon precept, those rights and liberties
which we take for granted today and which we apparently
treat so lightly.
It does not matter by what name one calls them. The
essential feature is the same — power centralized in the
hands of a relatively small class or group who are not only
the political rulers but the economic dictators over their
countries, maintaining themselves in power by methods
odious to a free people, such things as secret police, one-
party systems, purges, and liquidations.
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What is the dominant picture in the public life of
America today? Is it not an utterly ridiculous class
struggle? Is it not a purely selfish fight between the
various groups of our citizenry ?
"Awake! Awake! put on strength
O arm of the Lord!
Awake, as in the ancient days,
In the generations of old!
"As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew
That descended upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the Lord commanded the blessing,
Even life for evermore."
The Grand Master of Missouri:
The profane must stop at a certain point, but the
Mason, because he is a Mason, goes just a little further. He
adds a plus to life, if you please, and I am quite sure you
will agree with me this afternoon as I look out upon this
life of which we are a part, that there are two great things
which society needs today, and I think the chief mission
of you and me as Masons is to remember these needs to
society.
Masonic Service Association.
The Committee has suggested to the national Associ-
ation that as interchange of ideas between the various
Grand Jurisdictions of useful and successful promotional
and educational projects would be of great value, and have
offered to place all of the material originated by us at the
disposal of the national Association for distribution to other
member jurisdictions. Some of our material has been sent
to them.
Grand Lodge Library:
The present library staff, although all well-chosen and
diligently employed, need the services of a trained library
cataloguer to properly complete this task and unlock the
doors to this great accumulation of valuable matter that so
far has, figuratively speaking, been heaved over into the
rubbish until future ages find the jewels therein contained.
Membership 67,238. Net loss 437.
Definite information has come to your Committee on
Grand Lodge Recognition that the Grand Lodge of Denmark
is unworthy; we, therefore, recommend that recognition be
discontinued.
Evidently they are in touch with the wrong Grand Lodge.
From the Report of Fraternal Dead:
Although they are gone from us in the flesh, yet by
the wondrous gift of memory they are still with us in their
thoughts, words, and actions, and their influence is a very
present guide and comfort to us.
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"Those that he planted in the house of the Lord shall
flourish in the courts of our God." (Psalm 92; 13)
How beautiful the sad and stately MUSIC of the 90th
Psalm, for many generations the funeral hymn of humanity,
singing of the mortality of man in immortal words. It does
not leave us comfortless, for in the concluding lines we hear
the stirring note of triumph:
"And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us;
and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the
work of our hands establish thou it."
Masonic Sanitarium:
Number now in residence, 46. The gratuitous service
of the physicians and dentists has been of inestimable
value.
Realff Ottesen was elected Grand Master. His biography
says:
A dynamic personality, a tireless worker, a legally
trained mind and a desire for service; all useful ingredients
in making a Grand Master.
From the In Memoriam pages:
"I know he will awake
And smile on me as he did yesterday;
And he will have some gentle word to say,
Some kindly deed to do; for loving thought
Was warp and woof of which his life was wrought.
He is not dead. Such souls forever live
In boundless measure of the love they give."
The Fraternal Correspondence is by Ernest R. Moore.
One who has the honour of being in the line of succession
of the Great Louis Block has indeed a great responsibility.
We quote from his Foreword:
COURAGE must be had, faith held, and justice conceded
in full measure. Joseph Fort Newton said this in a few
words: "Courage is the kind of stuff and quality of spirit
we need to preach and practice our Masonic faith in the
world of today. It takes high courage to preach peace in
a world armed to the teeth, and still piling up guns and
bombs! Nevertheless, we must do it! 'Sir', said wise old
Dr. Johnson, 'Courage is the first of all virtues, for without
it there is no security for any other virtue.' Courage is
the basis of every virtue, as it is the very core of faith.
Even God can do nothing with a coward except frighten
him out of his wits. But courage is not enough; we must
have conscience — a keener, clearer moral insight to guide
us through the maze of a terribly tangled time."
The weary reviewer, at times bored with platitudes and
sameness, finds full recompense in the manifest sincerity,
the uniform desire to accomplish good, and in the renewed
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conviction that Masonry is a living, moving moral force
that has maintained and will maintain a large place in our
moral, intellectual, and religious life.
Under British Columbia:
A few weeks ago it was my solemn duty to officiate
at the scattering of the ashes of a well-known yachtsman
on the waters of the Gulf of Georgia. A rainy, stormy day,
a rocking little ship . . . the eldest son about to throw his
father's ashes upon the waves . . . From horizon to horizon
there came a glorious unbroken rainbow, framing apparently
under its exact centre the fair-haired boy! A poet, an
artist, a "speculative" Freemason, could not help but see
therein a double sacrament — the light of the sun-shine _ of
hope on a departing storm, and a symbol of the all-embracing
care of the Creator of the Universe.
From California this verse:
"Columbus found a world, and had no chart
Save one that faith deciphered in the skies . . .
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
That lights the pathway but one step ahead,
Across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine,
By which alone the moral heart is led
Unto the thinking of the thought divine."
From Louisiana:
The Editor of "The Three Rings" in Prague, CZECHO-
SLOVAKIA, writes:
"The day when Freemasons could devote all their time
and energies to deeds of charity and to retrospective ritual-
istic activities is forever gone. Today the whole structure
is under fire, and our responsibilities as Masons reach be-
yond our lodges and beyond our jurisdictions. The old
principle that the Freemasons as such must not bring up
politics does not and cannot mean that he should stand
aside in the battle for civilization and humanity."
Manitoba has the "jitters":
Just now if we believe what we read and hear, world
conditions are just about at the breaking point. Your
recent Prime Minisiter Stanley Baldwin, said not so long
ago, "When there are madmen about, one should carry a
good stick." In other words re-armament is the only solu-
tion. Why are there so-called madmen in the world today?
Why have we a Stalin in Russia, a Mussolini in Italy, and
a Hitler in Germany ? We do not claim to be an authority
upon International Relations or Problems, but we venture
the assertion that the old Czarist regime with its Rasputins
et a! must answer for the debacle of the Russian Empire . . .
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Canada is well reviewed and he quotes at length:
As a frontispiece the volume displays the benign and
intellectual face of Grand Master W. J. Dunlop.
The address of the G.M. is the outstanding feature of
the Proceedings. No reviewer's mere comment can do it
justice. Only by liberal quotation can the quality of it be
disclosed.
On "The King" his reference is the fullest and in the
best taste of anything that has yet appeared.
He submits a good and not overly long report on the
Scottish Bicentenary.
He found an unusual annoyance in some anonymous
communications and on the subject expresses an opinion
that is justifiably sharp.
He devoted himself assiduously to his work and visited
widely among his constituent lodges.
His comment on subversive activities is a message by
itself. It should be widely read and must not be condensed
nor garbled.
One of the longest, and best, reports was presented by
the Committee on the Condition of Masonry. The thought-
ful quality is found in the opening sentences.
The report on Fraternal Dead is a scholarly production.
The last but by no means least is the Fraternal Review-
furnished by Bro. Ponton. . . He is keen in comment and
discriminating in quotation. He gives many pages to Iowa,
reporting fully, quoting liberally, and commending the work
of Bro. Palmer as excellent.
Oregon:
"Give me faith, Dear Lord, to light my way,
The strength to bear each load that life may bring,
Help me to live my best, and every way,
Cause some discouraged soul with joy to sing.
For this I know; all that I give to life
Shall be returned in Life's New Day.
So keep me free from selfish greed and strife,
And let Thy will be mine, Dear Lord, I pray."
Philippine Islands:
Whenever a state inaugurates a reign of terror, the
poisonous plant of voluntary denunciation flourishes like a
loathsome weed; when it is agreed on principle that denun-
ciations shall be tolerated and are even desirable, otherwise
decent folk are driven by fear to play the part of informer.
Saskatchewan :
The report of the Credential Committee is of course
perfunctory, but in connection with "nothing" a quotation is
injected that will bear repeating:
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"When a man ain't got a coat, and he's feelin' kind of
blue,
And the clouds hang dark and heavy, an' won't let the
sunshine through,
It's a great thing, my Brethren, for a feller just to
lay
His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly sort of way.
"Oh, the world's a curious compound with its honey
and its gall,
With its cares and bitter crosses; but a good world
after all;
And a good God must have made it— leastways that's
what I say,
When a hand rests on my shoulder in a friendly sort of
way."
There is no Grand Representative of Iowa listed.
IRELAND
Not received. Grand Representative, Walter S. Her-
rington, K.C., of Napanee, historian and scholar, the very
best man for the post.
KANSAS, 1938
Charles B. Erskine, Grand Master.
Elmer F. Strain, Grand Secretary.
Albert K. Wilson, Grand Secretary Emeritus.
The Eighty-second Annual was held in Topeka, Feb.
16, 1938.
Distinguished visitors were received and welcomed from
Nebraska and Wisconsin.
Seventeen P.G.M.s were welcomed in the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, George 0. Foster duly
answered roll call.
The total representation in Grand Lodge was 791.
We quote from the eloquent address of the Grand
Master:
I come before you this morning in a dual character,
representing both Speculative and Operative Masonry, the
Spiritual aftd the Material. In the speculative or spiritual
field, this office is the index of those Symbolic Columns,
Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty.
There are certain fundamental truths which cannot be
discarded. They are fixed, established, proved, and we must
not stray from them. They are the beacon lights set by
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THE MASTER. They, and they alone, "Point out the path
that leads to happiness." While we may cautiously explore
unknown seas and unknown lands of thought and endeavor,
yet we must ever keep those beacon lights in view or we
are lost."
The Great Beacon Light of Masonry is the Holy Bible.
Our teachings are taken from it. In the Holy Bible we
find charted man's knowledge of God and his relationship
to God.
A recent sermon stated. "In emancipating ourselves
from many old-fashioned rules, we have become a genera-
tion which tries to live in airy ideals without strict standards.
An ideal is something we hold up before ourselves; a
standard is something we hold ourselves to. We have plenty
of the former but few of the latter. From the national
capital down to the nursery we are afflicted with a breezy
indefiniteness."
Father Time is a great instructor.
We need the Great Pilot at the helm of our nation
and our Fraternity.
No truer words were ever written than these: "The
precepts and the laws are preserved and you can read and
make them your own. But you must know that words are
naught till they are made alive; until the lessons they con-
tain become a part of head and heart."
Of District Deputies he says:
Business training and experience prove that one should
have an efficient staff to do preliminary work. It is inevi-
table that men who make decisions must rely for information
upon those who can give the time and attention necessary
to collect and study data.
Consolidations.
I have felt that this has been constructive work. A
dead lodge, one not meeting regularly, hurts the cause of
Masonry. I have contacted the lodges receiving the brethren
and encouraged them to make the new members more than
welcome. Old ties are hard to break, but new ties, even
stronger, may be forged by united effort.
The following letter was sent to a ledge whose warrant
was not paid due to the failure of their bank after .the
cheque was issued:
You are hereby commanded to make a substantial pay-
ment to the Grand Secretary at once, and to continue mak-
ing such payments as rapidly as possible until the amount
not realized on the above named warrant has been entirely
liquidated; such liquidation must be completed by the close
of this calendar year.
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The Laws of Masonry in Kansas are known to you and
therefore it is not necessary for me to point out what may
follow should you refuse or fail to obey an order of the
M. W. Grand Master.
The lodge replied:
And furthermore Sabetha Lodge demands a hearing
before the Grand Lodge of Kansas at its annual communi-
cation at Topeka regarding this warrant.
Five corner-stones were laid.
The Masonic Home is reported as operating smoothly
and efficiently.
Trials and Punishments.
It is but natural, in an organization as large as ours,
that some members will violate their vows and bring dis-
honor upon themselves and their brethren. We cannot
prevent this. We should, however, always be careful to
admit to membership only those of clean minds, good
character and of good repute. The members of an inves-
tigation committee have a most important duty to perform.
They should carefully scrutinize the whole life of the
petitioner, especially so when he has not always lived in
the community.
The Committee on Necrology report:
Let us always believe in the silent sweetness of the
receding world, when we hear Time's tidal waves breaking
on the shores of God's vast eternity, that it is always better
beyond; for man's exit, if he be a believer, is more blessed
than man's advent.
Our sadness is sweetened by the fact that they were
soldiers of the King while with us, and, now embosomed
in mother earth, they are still subjects of the King and
shall be until the resurrection clay.
Brother Albert Noah Smith delivered the Oration:
Think not that thou shalt escape, for if thou altogether
holdest thy peace at this time, deliverance will arise at
another place and thou and thy father's house will be de-
stroyed, and who knowest whether thou art come to the
kingdom for such a time as this? And that youth responded,
"Pray for me and I will go in and if I perish, I perish."
Does Masonry of Kansas, and of the world, have the
courage, the daring, the loyalty, the sacrificial spirit, the
loving devotion to go on?
And who knoweth, oh Masonry, "whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
"Give us men,
Men from every rank,
Fresh and free and frank,
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Men of thought and reading,
Men of royal breeding.
Men of faith and not of faction,
Men of lofty aim and action,
Men who never fail their brothers,
Men who never shame their mothers.
Give us men."
"Give us" men.
Men who, when the tempest gathers,
Grasp the standard of the fathers,
In the thickest of the fight.
Men who strike for home and altars,
Let the coward cringe and falter,
God defend the right.
Men who tread where saints have trod,
Men for country and for God.
Give us men."
Lincoln the Man of the People.
The color of the ground was in him, the red earth,
The tang and odor of the primal things —
The rectitude and patience of the rocks.
So came the Captain with the mighty heart;
And when the step of earthquake shook the house,
Wresting the rafters from their ancient hold.
He held the ridge-pole up and spiked again
The rafters of the Home. He held his place —
Held the long purpose like a growing tree —
Held on through blame and faltered not at praise,
And when he fell, in whirlwind, he went down
As when a kingly cedar, green with boughs,
Goes down with great shout upon the hills,
And leaves a lonesome place against the sky.
If America ever falls, which God forbid, it will be be-
cause of Americans themselves, their ignorance, their in-
difference, their neglect, and her Masonry comes to quicken
the sense of the duties of citizenship.
This is the gospel of labor. Ring it ye bells of the
kirk,
The Lord of Love came down from above to dwell
with the men that work
Here is the rose that He planted, here is this thorn-
cursed soil.
Heaven is blest with sweetest rest, but the blessing
of earth is toil.
Our homes today are such button homes. Push a button,
you have light; push a button, you have heat; push a button,
you have music; and there you have it. Your grandfather
and mine had no buttons.
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The farmer went to the pasture, harnessed a team and
hauled my car out of the ditch. When I was ready to go
I said to the man, "How much do I owe you?" "Oh, you
don't owe me anything. The only thing I ask of you is,
if you ever see anyone in the ditch, help him out." "Just
pass it on. Help any man you see in the ditch." I thought
the farmer and I had started an endless chain.
We must use or lose and God's work will go on.
May I paraphrase a writing of John Oxenham for our
call today:
Where are you going, Masonry
With your eager face and your fiery grace,
Where are you going, Masonry ?
To fight a fight with all my might
For truth and justice, God and right,
To grace all life with His fair light.
Then God go with you, Masonry.
Where are you going, Masonry?
To lift today above the past,
To make tomorrow sure and fast,
To nail God's colors to the mast.
Then God go with you, Masonry.
Henry S. Buzick, Jr. was elected Grand Master.
The reviews are from the master hand of that veteran,
Albert K. Wilson. Being somewhat limited in space, he
found it necessary to curtail the usual comments and only
give excerpts from addresses and reports of committees.
From the review of British Columbia:
Learn first, then teach. Learn what ? Teach what ?
That which the volume of the Sacred Law enjoins in its
earliest pages, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."
— "And thy neighbour as thyself."
Florida's G.M. says:
Freemasonry of the Ancients is history. Freemasonry
of the present is with us now. Freemasonry of the future
will be largely iniluenced in this Grand Jurisdiction by the
preservation of those ancient landmarks which will be passed
on by the present day Masons. We should be zealous in
keeping the beautiful tenets of our fraternity unsullied,
unchanged and unencumbered, that the brethren of the
future may look back upon us with the same respect and
admiration as we do upon the great patrons and leaders
of Masonry who have long since crossed over the great
divide.
The writer ventures to suggest that Masonry in the
future will not only 'Be largely influenced' by the preserva-
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tion of the Ancient Landmarks and Charges, but unless
these fundamentals are to remain the corner stone of the
Fraternity, the Institution must fall.
The G.M. of Mexico pays a tribute to a faithful and
zealous Brother:
John I. Newell was to me a friend, a man and a Mason.
More than that I often sought his good counsel and advice,
and I always found him eager and happy to be of assistance
to me.
Minnesota gives him this verse:
"Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me, let me praise a little more,
Let me be, when I am weary, just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better, those that I am striving for,
Let me be a little braver, when temptation bids me waver;
Let me strive a little harder to be all that I should be,
Let me think more of my neighbour, a little less of me."
This from Montana:
Our order was born in the twilight of time. The mys-
teries of the priestcraft of Egypt, the Collegia of Rome,
the groves and lyceums of the Philosophers of Athens, the
secret teaching of the Essenes, the mystics of India, the
Parsees, the Magi, the Brahmins and Buddhists, the Ancient
Hebrews, Christianity, and many other great moral forces
contributed to the laying of the cornerstone, foundation and
structure of the edifice which we call Masonry of today.
Panama's Proceedings are printed in Spanish:
Here where I am, in the midst of the ocean, where the
influx of passions does not reach and if they would reach
it would be appeased by the murmur of the waves, or all
evil would lose itself with the atmosphere of clearness of
the sky, full of glittering clouds during the sunshine and
of miriads of stars like eyes of an invisible Deity shining
during night time. — I commit myself for a long moment to
meditation, and my thoughts wander to the things that are
dearest to me; my family, that is, my intimate little home;
my country, which makes up the national home and Free-
masonry which is the universal home, the safe refuge w T here
men shall arrive together one day in search of fraternal
love, of education, of justice and equality. And I think
that my beloved PANAMA, due to her situation in the path-
way of the modern world, she is the point where the
masonic doctrines could be spread with the highest ampli-
tude, to make during future days the complete happiness
of humanity.
We quote from South Australia:
Even among the heathen the ancient landmarks were
regarded as under the protection of Heaven. The Greeks
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had a god named Leus Horios, who watched the ancient
landmarks, and avenged their violation. The Romans also
had a god named Terminus, whose functions were similar.
In modern usage the term landmark had come to mean a
custom or moral principle handed down from the past and
regarded as settled and established. Such landmarks were
found in the realm of jurisprudence.
The Grand Representative of Kansas is Timothy C.
Wardley, of Elora. His accent alone is worth a million in
kindly dividends.
KENTUCKY, 1937
Innes B. Ross, Grand Master.
Alpheus E. Orton, Grand Secretary.
The One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Annual was held
at Louisville, Oct. 19, 1937.
A gavel made of wild cherry tree, recovered from the
flood of 1937 on the Masonic Home grounds, and made by
the boys, was presented to the Grand Master.
Distinguished visitors were presented and welcomed
from D. of C, California, Virginia, West Virginia and Mis-
souri.
Twenty-two P.G.M.s, a splendid number and a record,
were honoured and graced the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, Fred Acker, was duly
present.
From the Address of the Grand Master:
"The year has gone,
And with it, too —
Some deeds I'd fully meant to do!
And which I cannot now recall,
But God has made a list of all."
The flood gave to the brotherhood . . . the opportunity
to give of ourselves as well as of our substance, and to
carry out the true and living principles of brotherly love
without stint and without reserve.
We are living in a world that needs as never before
the principles of Freemasonry, especially the cement of
good will and fraternity. Ours is a world that in a peculiar
sense is torn asunder by various hatreds and divisions. Of
course, our own fair land has been spared many of the
dangers of revolution and war to which the older countries
are heir. But still as we look about us in America today,
there is much to distress us.
We multiply laws until there are millions of them, and
there still remains one law that sums up all the rest —
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Love one another. We pass through the portal into this
new world of fragrant, operative friendship.
We enter because, in a way, we must. No one can say,
'Let well enough alone', if he looks about him.
I have not been able to visit every lodge; but I believe
I am safe in saying that every lodge in the state was rep-
resented in some district meeting held.
The Constitution of the U. S. bears within its words
the hallmarks of Freemasonry, plain for the initiate to read,
easy for the non-Mason to comprehend if he knows even
the outlines of what Freemasonry is and for what it stands.
Consider for a moment the Preamble:
We the people of the United States, in order to form
a more perfect union, establish Justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the
general Welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to our-
selves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Con-
stitution for the United States of America.
"We, the people." Not "we, the deputies," not "we,
the Governors," not "we, the wealthy, the powerful, the
strong, the ruling class, the aristocrats," but "we, the
people."
Under Necrology:
I would that we might think of them as having wrapped
the draperies of their couch about them and laid down to
pleasant dreams.
"So be my passing!
My task accomplished and the long day done,
My wages taken, and in my heart
Some late lark singing!
Let me be gathered to the quiet west,
The sundown splendid and serene,
Death—"
From the Memorial to Benjamin Kavanaugh:
"There is something splendid about the democracy of death.
For this is the Life to come
Which men have made more glorious
For each to strive to follow; may we reach
The purest heaven, be to other souls
The Cup of strength in some great agony,
Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love,
Beget the smiles that have no cruelty,
Be the sweet presence of a good diffused
And in diffusion ever more intense —
So shall we join the choir invisible
Of these immortal dead
Whose music is the gladness of the world.
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Reconsecration night:
"No law of chance, no memory holds me clown,
The day is mine.
If all the shattered buildings of my dreams
Lie at my feet,
The ruins give me footing — further rest,
Today is mine."
I wish to express at this time the sincere appreciation
of the Grand Lodge and the Masons throughout the flooded
area for the excellent work done by the Relief Committee.
The service rendered evidenced the great spirit of Masonry —
love for their brethren.
Decisions — "A lodge may hold its meeting on the first
floor; but in such case great care shall be exercised in
guarding the lodge room from cowans and eavesdroppers ?
That I could see no objections to having their lodge room
in the basement of a church, provided the windows and
openings above the ground were well protected and guarded
against the evils in the regulation cited, but thought it quite
appropriate that a lodge room should be connected with a
church."
I understand that the owner wants to deed the property
to the church and the Masonic order. This may be done by
a deed conveying it to the two and recite in the deed that
it is to be used for the purpose of erecting a building Co
be used by the church and the Masonic order, and for this
purpose only; and in the event it ceases to be used for these
purposes, the land to revert to the person who deeds it,
if that is his desire.
One who is engaged in the manufacture or sale cf in-
toxicating liquors as a beverage is ineligible. If the appli-
cant is an employee engaged in selling intoxicating liquors
to be used as a beverage, he is ineligible but if his em-
ployment in the sale of such liquors as a beverage is that
of a bookkeeper, watchman, stationary engineer or man of
that type, he would be eligible.
"Forgiving the ones who have hurt us so,
Lifting the weary, the fallen low;
Easing the ache that will not go —
That's the spirit of Christmas.
"Help me in all work I do,
To ever be sincere and true;
And know that all I'd do for You
Must need be done for— OTHERS."
Brother Cowles presented gold plaques to the Grand
Lodges of Sweden and Scotland on behalf of the G.L. of
Kentucky. He also visited BULGARIA and feels there is
no doubt about the regularity of the Grand Lodge of Bui-
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garia. It is an agricultural country, and most of the people
are peasants; in fact, the word 'Bulgar' means 'Peasant
plowman'. That the personnell of the G.L. of Bulgaria,
however, really astonished him because of its high class . . .
That King Boris, of Bulgaria, is favorable to Masonry and
Brother Cowles believes the moral effect of establishing
the Supreme Council will be good, as it is not far from
Italy. Germany and Portugal, which have suppressed Free-
masonry ... I therefor recommend that the G.L. of Kentucky
establish relations of amity with the Grand Lodge of
BULGARIA.
Our Homes:
These institutions throughout the whole U. S. speak
what Freemasonry with its inarticulate to the general public
except in good works, never says for itself. And I would
add here that the honor of having been first to establish a
Widows and Orphans' Home goes to our own state, Ken-
tucky, which has had a Home dating back to the good year
of 1867. Seventy years of fruitful service!
"Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do; and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle, it is God's gift!
Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day how long;
Faint not — fight on! Tomorrow comes the song."
Membership 43,281. Net GAIN 90. Well done!
Courtesies received and granted.. Fifty-nine requests
have been made to sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer de-
grees for Kentucky lodges and eight requests have been
received by lodges in Kentucky to confer degrees for sister
Grand Jurisdictions.
From the address of P.G.M. Black:
A large percentage of those 'founding fathers' were
members and active supporters of our institution. We are
some of their successors, and we should re-dedicate and re-
consecrate our lives and our better selves to the memory
of the vows we once in good faith took.
T. W. Pennington was elected Grand Master.
From the In Memoriam to Bro. Holland:
"Four things a man must learn to do
If he would make his record true;
To think without confusion clearly;
To love his fellow-men sincerely;
To act from honest motives purely;
To trust in God and Heaven securely."
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This is the four-square Socratic virtue.
The late G. Allison Holland and Chester D. Adams
write the Correspondence report:
In his Foreword Bro. Adams speaks of the late Bro.
Holland:
If our talented brother had lived and had been enabled
to finish this report, it would have been stamped with his
scholarship, and there would be running 1 through it that vein
of Masonic eloquence for which he was noted.
If the world ever gets back upon a safe aid sane basis,
it will be when the people of the nations come to recognize
and practice the principles of Freemasonry. It is there-
therefore interesting for us once each year to take a look
at what is being done by Masons in other jurisdictions, and
we trust that this report will give us a feeling of fraternal
kinship to the entire world.
From Iowa:
Over the desk of a busy business man and Mason is
this prayer: "Teach me that sixty minutes make an hour,
sixteen ounces a pound, and one hundred cents a dollar.
"Help me so to live that I may lie down at night with
a clear conscience, and without a gun under my pillow, and
unhaunted by the faces of those whom I have wronged.
"Grant that I may earn my meal ticket on the square,
and in the earning of it that I may do unto others as I
would that they should do unto me. . . . Keep me young
enough to laugh with children and considerate enough to
be sympathetic with old age.
"And when comes the hour of darkened shades, and
the smell of flowers, and the tread of soft footsteps, and
the crunching of wheels in the yard, make the ceremony
short and the epitaph simple, 'Here lies a man'."
From Canada:
No one answered for Kentucky, although C. J. Hamilton
is listed as our Grand Representative.
The G.M. said: "I would also remind my brethren that
the obligation to attend the lodge meeting is just as sacred
as any other obligation or undertaking which we as Masons
have assumed. Our ancient brethren were not provided
with alluring entertainment, but attended their lodges
throughout the earnest desire to join with their brethren
in the advancement of the best there is in life."
We thank him for his kindly references to Canada under
his comprehensive reviews.
The Grand Representative of Kentucky is Dr. C. J.
Hamilton, of Cornwall, good name, good place, will live up
to them.
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LOUISIANA, 1938
Archie T. Higgins, Grand Master.
D. Peter Laguens, Jr., Grand Secretary.
The One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Annual was held
in New Orleans, February 7, 1938.
The Grand Master said:
At this time, I am exceedingly proud to present to you
the Sacred Book of the Law or TRAVELLING BIBLE, and
to have you participate in rededicating it.
What an outstanding quality of manhood charity reveals
and how much of real value it conveys. Who can analyze
its influences in the hour of deepest need? Who can measure
its potentialities when illuminated by faith and hope ?
Grand Bible Bearer, will you now bring forth The
Sacred Book of Law, the property of the Grand Lodge of
Rhode Island, and place it on our Altar.
Brethren, we have been asked to re-dedicate this Book
now open before us on the Altar, rather should we ourselves
be re-dedicated by its presence to a more constant and faith-
ful study of the eternal Word of God and to a renewed
purpose to become more worthy of the blessings He hath
bestowed upon us.
Sixteen P.G.M.s were present and graced the Grand
East.
Canada's Grand Representative, Duncan H. Selph, duly
answered roll call.
We quote from a letter received from the Grand Matron
of the Eastern star:
The members of our Order wish at all times to do all
that is possible to further the beneficent work of your
great fraternity and to wish you God speed in all that you
strive to do . . . It was our pleasure to present 100 all-
wool blankets to the Masonic Home . . . We were happy
to donate $25.00 towards the children's Christmas Party . . .
We are most happy to present to you . . . cheque for $152.85.
Assuring you that the members of the Order of the
Eastern Star are glad at all times to join hands with you
in this wonderful work in Alexandria, and with best wishes
for a happy, harmonious and constructive session of the
Grand Lodge of Louisiana.
Distinguished visitors were introduced from Canada,
Nebraska, Manitoba, and the Philippine Islands.
In the splendid address of the Grand Master we read:
We are gratified to note the enthusiasm, industry and
courage with which our brethren are facing their problems.
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Everywhere there appears renewed zeal, energy and activity
of a healthy nature.
Masonry teaches us to employ our own talents and
ability to obtain those things which make life worth while.
This lesson is emblematically taught by the bee hive. Let
us not have any Masonic drones.
The urgent need of the hour is men of clear vision and
uncompromising courage; men whose heads tower above the
fogs of doubt and the clouds of suspicion into the sunlight
of unquestioned integrity; men whose public and private
lives are plumbed by their sincerity, squared by their
morality, whose daily level recognizes an eternal kinship
with Divinity.
Radio and loud speaker facilities were utilized in pre-
senting Masonic programs, thereby reaching a larger
audience and leaving a better understanding of as well as
good will for the Order.
Necrology:
"Fast as the rolling seasons bring
The hour of fate to those we love,
Each pearl that leaves the broken string
Is set in Friendship's crown above."
"As narrower grows the earthly chain,
The circle widens in the sky
These are our treasures that remain
But those are stars that beam on high."
State of the Order:
"Nation with nation, land with land,
U/narmed shall live as comrades free;
In every heart and brain shall throb,
The pulse of one fraternity."
Masonry is appreciated and recognized as a helpful
and stabilizing influence for good and for the protection of
the inalienable rights that we have received from the 'Giver
of every good and perfect gift.'
Religious Activities:
Although Masonry is not a religion nor a substitute
for religion, we admonish our brethren to attend and sup-
port their respective churches.
Your Grand Master was glad to have our Fraternity
recognized as a friend of the various churches and Sunday
Schools by being requested to appear before their member-
ship.
In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Con-
stitution of the United States, your Grand Master, at the
invitation of the New Orleans Bar Associations, delivered
an address over the radio.
84 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA
Dr. Rutland presented the G.L. of Texas with photo-
static copies of the official records of the membership of
Bro. Sam Houston in a Tennessee Lodge. The G.M. of
Texas emphasized the fact that the G.L. of Louisiana
chartered the first three Lodges in Texas,
Our lives are like BUILDINGS' which are being builded
through the years. A building has many essential and im-
portant parts but probably every experienced builder would
consider the foundation most important. The modern temples
and skyscrapers are built upon bed rock or on pilings driven
deep down into the solid earth — only so can an enduring
structure be reared. What about the foundation upon which
we are building our lives ? Is it dependable ? Will it stand
the test in all kinds of weather ? The winds of circumstance
and unstable conditions place tremendous strains upon even
the best of lives. We need to build upon solid rock — 'The
Rock of Ages.'
Let us heed the entreaties of the Bard:
"Seize the day! Beyond returning
It will vanish into night;
While unstilled remains the longing
In thy soul for love and light.
Opportunities are fleeting
When and whither ? Who can say ?
But an inborn voice e'er prompts thee
'Passing pilgrim, seize the day!'
Thou wert born a matchless spirit
Finding duties, all thine own
To the temple of the ages
Aim to add thy little stone."
Ever remembering — there are no laurels without labor.
Emerson says a purpose is a companion. Only high and
noble purposes are helpful in giving greater value to life,
while the low and ignoble rend to impair our usefulness.
"Live for something, have a purpose,
And that purpose keep in view;
Drifting like a helpless vessel,
Thou canst ne'er to life be true,
Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean,
If some star had been their guide,
Might have long been riding safely. —
But they drifted with the tide."
Membership 20,643. Net loss 304.
The Chairman of the Masonic Home Board reports:
Again, we thank the Architect of the Universe that
death's hand has stayed away from the Home at Alexandria
during the past year and the health of the 83 children
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generally is better than it would be among the average
families in this State.
Rudolph Latzko, Chairman of The Committee on Cor-
respondence reports:
Because of the limited space allotted, we are prevented
from recording many historic and other data which would
be instructive to our Brethren, and perhaps tend to inspire
them to a greater interest in and devotion to the tenets
and activities of our Order.
The G.M. of Manitoba admonishes his constituents:
A heavy responsibility rests upon the Brethren who
sponsor petitions and also to an even greater extent on the
Character Committees ... It is the caliber of its members,
rather than the number that determines the usefulness of
any Lodge, a fact which is very often lost sight of.
Masonic Activities Beyond the Confines of the U.S.:
The International Masonic Association, established in
Geneva, some years ago, met at Prague as the guests of
the National Grand Lodges of Czecholsovakia in 1936. Of
the 33 obediences comprising the Association 18 were rep-
resented, composed of Grand Lodges in Europe and Central
and South America.
The aim of this Association is to bring all Masonic
Grand Jurisdictions in closer contact with each other, be-
cause their close co-operation is necessary if humanity at
large is to benefit from the altruistic purposes of the Craft,
if Masonry is to be a factor in saving civilization from the
dangers which threaten it.
In BELGIUM the Lodges discuss matters relating to
reciprocal tolerance anil peace, ana\ questions of a philoso-
phical and political nature in general without however
taking an active part in party differences, or voting on such
questions ... If in Belgium, and the Latin Countries in
general, the work of the Lodges were limited — as it is in
the Anglo-Saxon Countries — to ritualistic recitations, Free-
masonry would not have reached its object and would have
attracted very few adepts.
In England the munificence of our British Brethren
found expression in their donating $1,100,000. to the 'Royal
Masonic Benevolent Institution.' The amount asked was
only $820,000.
Sweden confers nine degrees.
The Symbolic Grand Lodge of Germany in Exile is the
legal successor and follows the rite of the S. G. L. of Ger-
many, from which our G. L. has withdrawn our fraternal
relationship several years ago because of conditions existing
in that country.
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Charles F. Ratcliffe was elected Grand Master.
The Grand Representative of Louisiana is Harris C.
Tugwell, of Toronto, a Veteran of the progressive Arts.
MAINE, 1938
Henry R. Gillis, Grand Master.
Convers E. Leach, Grand Secretary.
Three special Communications were held for the purpose
of dedicating new Lodge Halls.
The One hundred and nineteenth Annual was held in
Portland, May 3, 1938.
Rev. Ashley A. Smith, D.D. is one of the eight Grand
Chaplains of the State of Maine.
All nine living Past Grand Masters were welcomed and
honoured.
The Grand Marshal formed a procession of Stewards
and Deacons and escorted the distinguished visitors from
Quebec, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, to the
hall where they were placed in the East after passing the
West.
Canada was duly represented by James Abernethy.
We quote from the address of the Grand Master:
The common endeavour has been to promote a construc-
tive program of activity among the lodges to the end that
the high standing of the fraternity be maintained.
Seven hundred and thirty-seven Master Masons of the
jurisdiction have answered the inevitable summons to the
Celestial Lodge above.
Of Brother Loring he says:
He had those virtues which adorn, dignify and make
beautiful the human character. "His long life is ended.
The tale of the full years is told."
By the will of our late Brother Loring his estate at the
termination of a trust is bequeathed to the Trustees of the
Grand Lodge Charity Foundation.
Membership 36,293. Net loss 539.
The reports of the D.D.G.M.'s show increased attend-
ance at the communications of the lodges and increased in-
terest in the educational programs.
I recommend that this Grand Lodge continue its mem-
bership in the Masonic Relief Association.
The library ranks tenth among the jurisdictions in the
U.S.A. A library without a reading room can be termed
such only in name. Space in the Temple should be secured
for a reading room.
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Should Grand Lodges be Incorporated Under Civil Law?
The statistics submitted under this topic were that in
the U.S. thirty-two G.L.s were incorporated and seventeen
were not.
The corporate form has great advantages in the conduct
of the Grand Lodge business.
In this, my valedictory, there is one subject that I
believe must be given particular comment, and that is our
standing as a moral institution.
We fear nothing without, only from within can danger
come.
The Grand Secretary attended the Grand Secretaries
Conference and the meeting of the George Washington
Memorial Association. A Round Table discussion was held.
We prepared a printed slip calling attention of the
Unaffiliated Mason to his relationship to the Fraternity and
requested the secretaries to enclose a copy with a letter to
those members who had dimitted or had been suspended
during the past two years. The response to these has been
most pleasing.
It was my privilege to be one of a party of 187 Master
Masons to visit CUBA. There were 125 lodges represented.
The Committee en Library reported:
Especially are we indebted to Brother Tatsch, Librarian
and Curator of Massachusetts who has visited us twice
during the year and given us valuable advice regarding the
work.
The Committee on the Doings of Grand Officers report:
That in four instances it should be found necessary to
file charges against members of the craft is to be deplored;
yet there is a point in connection that should not go un-
noticed which is that members may not violate their obli-
gations without becoming liable to censure and action.
This poem was read at the conclusion of the service for
Brother Loring:
GOOD BYE
blessed life of service and of love,
Full of such duties as God's angels know!
His servants serve Him day and night above,
Thou servedst day and night, we thought, below.
gentle hands, so busy evermore
With healing touch and helpful tenderness!
'Twas yours to lift the burdens others bore, —
Your sole reward the JOY of usefulness.
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And yet, Good bye! Good bye! thou faithful soul
From toil and trouble thou hast earned release.
Thy weary feet are resting at the goal,
The stress of living ended in God's peace.
George F. Giddings was elected Grand Master.
M.W. William M. Brown, P.G.M. of Virginia was wel-
comed and addressed Grand Lodge in his usual pleasing
manner, we quote:
I believe you have 38,000 members in Maine, and if
you could bring all of these men together and set them on
fire and turn them loose to do the job that needs to be done
in this country of ours, what a different state and what a
different country this would be. Three and a half million
Masons certainly ought to be enough to leaven the whole
lump; but are the Masons leavening the lump of the body
politic in our country today?"
"Let me conclude my more or less scattered remarks
with a story which I heard some years ago from a serious
friend o? mine. It come from one of the old eastern
languages and it goes like this: At one time there was a
man traveling through the desert and he had become worn
and tired and was looking for an oasis because he knew
that when he got there he would find food and refreshing
water. When he reached the oasis he took a little bit of
rope which he carried along with him to let the bucket down
into the well. He tied the rope to the handle of the bucket
and let it down with the expectation of getting a bucket of
water. But, unfortunately, and to his amazement and con-
sternation, the rope was too short and the bucket would
not reach the water. -While he was looking around to see
if he could find a piece of rope or a bit of string, or some-
thing of that sort, to lengthen that rope out, he noticed a
great cloud upon the horizon — a cloud of dust — and finally
he made out the outline of an Arabian charger upon which
rode an Arabian chief. While he was wondering whether
he was friend or foe, the man rode up and, seeing his con-
sternation, pulled out a piece of rope from his own equip-
ment and handed it to the stranger and said: 'TIE YOUR
ROPE TO MINE!' He tied it, the bucket reached the water
and his thirst was quenched and the two of them sat there
and conversed together. My brethren, today shall we not tie
the rope ? Two heads are better than one, the united efforts
of two are always better than one, and I am here from the
Old Dominion saying to you: 'Brethren of Maine, tie your
rope to ours down in Virginia,' and after a while, if each
one does his bit, and each one supplies his particular piece
of rope, the Masonic Fraternity will be able to accomplish
any objective which it sets out to accomplish."
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Rev. Dr. Joseph Fort Newton addressed Grand Lodge
on "The Romance of Masonry":
Masonry was romantic in its origin. I am speaking of
Masonry as we now know it. In my little book I went
further back in trying to trace the little threads and strands
that were woven and builded into Masonry as we have it.
I am speaking now of the organization of the First Grand
Lodge.
At the close of the Middle Ages, in 1717, — just think of
that date for a moment! Think of the England in which
that Grand Lodge was organized, about midway between the
England described in the Journal of George Fox, the Quaker,
and the Journal of John Wesley, the Methodist. We are to
celebrate an inner event in the heart of John Wesley this
month all over the religious world. Not all great events
take place on fields of battle or in the halls of state or in
the marts of trade or in the laboratories of science. One
of the greatest events which changed a whole generation
took place in the heart of a single man.
So they went along, and Masonry grew and grew, and,
as one old writer said it ran until "it ran itself out of
breath." Why? Because it came in response to a need;
it was not simply accidental. It was a Divine inspiration
and, if it began in a tavern, it ended in a great temple of
human brotherhood.
Oh, yes! Surely, every Mason ought to know the
fundamental law which is the basis upon which our structure
rests. And that is a constitution which has never needed
to be amended; the reason being, I take it, that it was
written by a preacher. (Laughter). These differences
among Masons were not schisms. There was contest but
not conflict. There was rivalry but not rancor. If you will
read the letters of Lawrence Dermott, who was one of the
most famous Masons who ever lived, and the gay, cheery
and happy way in which he referred to the rivals of the
Grand Lodge, you will see there was no ill will; there was
a contest but not a conflict between the Ancients and the
Moderns.
There is an ancient dispute between the Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts and the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
about the origin of Masonry in America. We need not go
too far into that tonight because both of them happen to
be right; although I think the real right belongs to the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (Laughter). I know that,
technically, if we come down to the very fine point of the
matter, something may be said for Massachusetts. Its first
lodge was organized in 1733; but the first Lodge of Penn-
sylvania was organized in 1730, and Benjamin Franklin
joined the Lodge in 1731.
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Think of the romance of Masonry in our war of Inde-
pendence! Thirty-five of the fifty-five men making that
Constitution were eminent in the Masonic fraternity. Again
and again they were deadlocked. As Masons there was a
peculiar tie between them. They would get together in
groups and discuss the matter in a different atmosphere,
and so the deadlock would be broken and they would go on
until finally they wrote out what Gladstone has said was a
political and analytical miracle, the like of which we have
no record, — the Constitution of the United States; the great-
est document outside of the New Testament on this earth.
Again and again along the front I saw those starshells
go up at night, showing in a flash — now green, now yellow —
the ghastly scene beyow. Just so, the whole World War
was a gigantic starshell, flashing in its hideous light, re-
vealing the kind of a world we were living in, and did not
know it. We had just discovered it. Really, twenty-five
years ago, when that little sermon was preached, I had no
idea of what kind of a world it was; and I have just found
out.
Yes, we have had a slip backward. If there is evolu-
tion, we have learned that there is also devolution.
We speak of our American Revolution. That was a
revolution upward, a revolution toward liberty and progres-
sive intelligence. Today the revolution is downward and
backward. And now the collective despotism that Herbert
Spencer used to speak about is upon us.
Years ago my neighbour in New York was Felix Adler,
one of the greatest men of his generation, the founder of
the Society of Ethical Culture.
There were Buddhists, Mohammedans, Parsees, Hebrews,
Catholics and Protestants; and all meeting in a Masonic
Lodge. I had the honor of serving as Chaplain that evening.
At the close of the lodge those men — wearing their native
garbs, most of them — joined hands about the Masonic altar,
and I asked each one to pronounce the benediction of his
own religion in his own language, and then to join with
me in the Lord's Prayer all together.
Charles Beard, the dean of American historians, was
asked how long it would take him to sum up the teachings
of American history. He said he thought it could be done
in a week, and as he thought about it longer he thought he
could do it in a day. After considering it further he. said
First — He whom the gods would destroy they first make
mad.
Second — The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they
grind exceeding small.
Third — The bee always fertilizes the flower that it robs.
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Fourth — When it is dark enough we can see the stars.
So a great living historian summed up the teachings of
history. Just turn those sayings over in your minds.
I remember the first time I was there and tea was
brought in, and I said, "It is a pity that we Americans do
not have a tea-time where we can relax and indulge in
chit-chat." The Prime Minister said, "Remember, Doctor,
we offered you Americans tea once, and you would not take
it." (Laughter and applause).
I remember a saying of an old Welsh Preacher, "When
there is tumult and overturning in the world below, it mean?
that there is a mighty Divine movement in the realms
above; something new trying to break into human life;
some new word of God trying to make itself heard.
The world is not in accord with the will of God, and
that which does not fit with his word cannot stand, Brethren;
it cannot stand. Our duty is to know the way the will of
God is going and get things out of His way. That is what
is going on. There will be a new world come out of this
chaos, a world of fellowship will come out of frustration.
We cannot now say the form and shape it will take, but
it will be a better world than we have ever known before.
(Prolonged applause, the audience rising).
The Report of Correspondence is by Ashley A. Smith.
His Foreword is interesting:
An Early Example of Maine's Liberal Masonic Con-
servatism. Let us talk a little of what the poet calls,
"Old unhappy, far-off things
And battles long ago."
July 10, 1820, we find this brief proposal, "To consider
whether a person, who is conscientiously scrupulous against
taking an oath, can be admitted to the benefits of Masonry
by solemn affirmation." and this proposal was fully con-
sidered and debated for nearly four years, when on January
8, 1824, the report of the committee to which the question
had been committed brought forward an extended report
which was adopted by the whole, your committee conceive
that no Masonic principle is violated in adapting the form
of the Obligations to consciences of Men equally good and
true.
Many Grand Lodges frankly and for the most part cor-
dially commented upon this action, several mildly protested
and one of the oldest of our Grand Lodges emphatically
protested in the following resolution: "That the Grand
Lodge of Maine be respectfully requested to reconsider the
resolution adopted by them, proposing a new mode in which
the degrees of Masonry can be conferred."
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We are members of an Institution which is alive enough
to have a growing mind and free enough to "adapt itself to
new conditions and new duties, remembering that the "Tetter
killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
"New occasions teach new duties
Time makes ancient good uncouth,
They must upward still and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth."
Of Canada he says:
In the small brochure of Ontario this year we do not
find any statistical report of membership. We sadly miss
the usual Ontario proceedings and give the membership of
last year which was 101,562, with a net loss of 3,600. There
were last year 655 chartered lodges on the roll.
Grand Master Anderson after paying high allegiance
to the King, spoke of the regretted abdication of Edward
VIII in these words: "To our great sorrow, and I may say
to our great disappointment, His Majesty, of his own volition
relinquished the throne." Surely that, too, would be the
feeling of the overwhelming majority of Americans.
A graphic account of the Grand Master's visit to the
bi-centennary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland is given in
his report.
Ontario has met with a grievous loss in the passing of
their beloved Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. William McGregor
Logan, and Maine sends its fraternal sympathy. The Grand
Master appointed R. W. Bro. Ewart Gladstone Dixon to act
in this capacity until this Annual Communication.
We quote from Florida:
The value of Foreign Correspondents' reports is
considered by the Grand Master saying that "no less an
authority than Albert G. Mackey, the famous Masonic
scholar, author and historian, said that these reports will
be in the future the germ of Masonic history."
The Grand Representative of Maine is John B. Way,
Sault Ste. Marie, faithful, energetic, always ready to do self
sacrificing work year after year.
MANITOBA, 1938
John T. Boyd, Grand Master.
J. H. C. Russell, Grand Secretary.
Sixty-third Annual was held in Winnipeg, June 8, 1938.
Fifteen P.G.M.s graced and adorned the Grand East.
Canada's Grand Representative, J. C. Walter Reid, was
not present. He must have had good reason.
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Distinguished visitors were presented and welcomed
from Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Minnesota, and North
Dakota.
The flags were presented at the Altar, the Brethren
singing "O Canada" followed by the "International Anthem".
The flags were placed in the East.
From the address of the Grand Master:
Now, it becomes necessary that I present for your
sympathetic consideration a summary of my stewardship,
and I do so in a humble spirit.
In our own Jurisdiction, I have met with encouraging
optimism, . . . we are justified in facing the future with
confidence.
So long as life is full of strife and conflict; so long as
men are the children of misfortune, adversity, and defeat;
so long as troubles roll over the earth like sheeted storms;
so long as dark minds need light and inspiration; so long
as the pilgrim band, floundering through the wilderness,
needs a leader and a pillar of cloud by day as well as a
pillar of fire by night; so long will that Sacred Volume upon
yonder Altar remain the guide, the hope, the friend, and the
support of man.
Our job is to make men; to mend men; to build charac-
ter into men. It is possible to enrich DEAD THINGS from
the outside. Soft wood may be veneered with mahogany,
nickel may be coated with silver, and silver articles plated
with gold, but living things must be developed from the
inside. Love, Joy, Justice represent something done with
man on the inside.
These are the things for which Freemasonry stands.
"They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
I participated in the One Hundredth Anniversary of the
Grand Lodge of Texas. This experience was a memorable
one. The brethren of the Lone Star State totalling approxi-
mately 95,000 made elaborate plans to commemorate this
important event in their Masonic history.
"O, Master Builder, here I bring
This ashlar as my offering —
This block entrusted to my care —
O, try it by Thy faultless square,
Prove Thou the stone which I have brought,
Judge Thou the task my hands have wrought —
My hands unskilled; Ah, much I fear
Their work imperfect shall appear.
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"To live as brothers — this our creed,
To help a fellow-man in need.
The fatherless — the poor and weak,
All these in loving thought we seek.
That in their lonely hour, we may
Be there to help them on their way.
Welding the bonds of brotherhood,
In a great chain of common good.
Rearing the burdens, sharing things,
Lifting the world with shining wings.
All this our creed — our hope, our plan,
Keeping the faith with God and Man."
The purpose of these inter-lodge visits is to bring
mutual pleasure and happiness to those who participate in
them, but this objective will utterly fail if you try to do
your lodge business in a wholesale way.
The spirit of our time seems to predicate rush, hurry,
bustle, in everything we touch and do.
We must have directional control in our work and not
wait around in listless fashion for events to move us . . .
Our great responsibility and our first duty is to preserve
the future of the Craft.
Let me close in the humble hope that our paths in the
future will be paths of cheerfulness and that we can to-
gether say:
I do not ask my God for mystic power
To heal the sick and lame, the deaf, the blind,
I humbly ask Thee for the gracious dower
Just to be kind.
I do not ask that men with nattering finger
Should point me out within the crowded mart,
But only that the thought of me may linger
In one glad heart.
I do not pray for palaces of splendor
Or far amid the world's delights to roam,
I only ask to know the meaning tender
Of Home, Sweet Home.
I do not ask that heaven's treasure
Upon my little blundering life be spent,
But, Oh! I ask Thee for the perfect pleasure
Of calm content.
Robert Hawkins was elected Grand Master.
The Committee on the Condition of Masonry report:
With a little extra effort on the part of Lodge Officers,
the membership should show an increase, instead of a loss,
for the current year. We are thinking particularly of what
might be accomplished in the prevention of suspensions.
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Albert Palmer has said. "If you want to walk with
God, find out where the growing edge of civilization is!
Find out where the unsolved problems are! Find out where
God is trying to do something for the welfare of humanity.
And there, at that point, plunge in, and vou will walk with
God."
Bro. Rev. Martin delivered an address, "Safeguarding
our Heritage."
"When all man's good shall be each man's rule,
And universal peace lie like a shaft of light
Across the land, and like a lane of beams athwart
The sea, through all the circle of the golden years."
Mr. Winston Churchill recently asked, "What sort of
a future are we trying to create for ourselves and our
children ? Is it to be better or worse than that which we
have inherited ? I am convinced that the aim of every
statesman worthy of the name must be the happiness of the
people for whom and to whom he is responsible."
The Committee on Foreign Relations report:
An Institution such as the Masonic Order cannot fail
to feel repercussions in its organization and relationships
from political and social disturbances in various parts of
the world.
Membership 10,658. Net loss 196.
The Committee on Correspondence (H. M. Kerr, Chair-
man) report:
There is a tendency to curb the barnacles which attach
themselves to the symbolic ship of Masonry and divert the
activities of too many members into channels forking away
from the main stream of Masonry.
Under Alberta:
The rule requiring one year's service as a Warden is
very important because it protects the Lodge to some extent
from having an inexperienced unskilled Master.
From Canada we quote:
The Mayor of Ottawa welcomed the delegates.
The Grand Master opposes lotteries and gambling and
also draws attention to the office of Grand Registrar to
which no duty has been assigned.
The report on Correspondence is furnished by Bro.
Ponton, in the usual high standard that has characterized
his previous offerings.
From Georgia:
A chorus of 1,200 voices rendered two verses of the
hymn the Grand Lodge has adopted for its own:
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"How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word."
Emerson says a PURPOSE is a companion. Only high
and noble purposes are helpful in giving greater value to
life, while the low and ignoble tend to impair our useful-
ness.
"Live for something, have a purpose,
And that purpose keep in view;
Drifting like a helpless vessel,
Thou canst n'er to life be true.
Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean,
If some star had been their guide,
Might have long been riding safely:
But they drifted with the tide."
From Washington:
A Lodge was reprimanded for installing its officers on
Sunday and the Grand Master ordered the officers installed
at the next stated communication. Another Lodge also
received a reprimand for reading a petition before the peti-
tioned had reached his majority birthday, also one for
conferring Degrees on a Sunday, in this case healed.
Four cornerstones were laid during the year.
The Grand Representative of Manitoba is Frederick
Cook, of Ottawa, experienced, diplomatic and independent.
MARYLAND, 1936
Harry B. Wright, Grand Master.
Harry C. Mueller, Grand Secretary.
A Special Communication was called to welcome Bro. Carl
H. Claudy, and witness two Masonic Plays of which he is
the author. The audience, thrilled but silent, drank freely
of the experience of this rural, yet wholehearted, Lodge
and its members, who were motivated only by — "THE
GREATEST OF THESE— CHARITY" and "HE THAT
BELIEVETH."
A Special Communication was held for the purpose of
laying the cornerstone of the Salisbury Court House.
The Semi-Annual Communication was held in Baltimore,
May 19, 1936.
When the G.L. was duly opened the Grand Master was
received.
P.G.M.s were welcomed and honored.
A special guest was received from Michigan.
From the Grand Master's address we excerpt:
A Lodge is judged by the acts of its individual mem-
bers. This being true, the members should at all times
keep this uppermost in their thoughts and actions.
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The day after the flood, we received the following tele-
gram from Bro. Gaudy:
Newspaper reports flood conditions very disturbing. If
calls on your Grand Lodge for relief should become suffi-
ciently large to make you welcome Fraternal assistance of
other Grand Lodges we gladly tender our services to that
end. In any event be assured of fraternal sympathy from
your brethren in this association.
We also contributed S500 to the Red Cross.
Of the Masonic Home he says:
Standing as it does, on one of the beautiful hills of
Maryland soil, we cannot but exclaim, as we climb that hill
and behold its magnificence and beauty, not surpassed in
any land, that it is a work of God, for God is Love, and
surely this is a labor of love. As we enter the Home and
behold the smiling countenances of the residents, their joy-
ous cries of satisfaction and comfort, their appreciation for
all things done for them, our hearts are made glad, our
emotions give way to our feelings. With it all we offer
a prayer to God, thanking Him that He permitted us to
live and witness the fruition of our labors.
Many cornerstones were laid, among them the Memorial
Library Building at Williamsport.
The following poem was dedicated to the Grand Master
by Bro. C. E. Jones:
He hails from down on the Eastern Shore,
A place that's old and full of lore.
Up the ladder he has climbed to the top,
Rung by rung without a stop.
An uphill pull like this means work,
But he's not the type who would dare to shirk.
He sits in the East so big and strong,
Knows what's right and also what's wrong.
He's the best Grand Master in all the land,
Using a different glove on each hand.
A man who can rule us just like that,
Must of necessity be a real diplomat.
To guess the name, you needn't be bright,
I refer to none other than 'Harry B. Wright'.
The One Hundred and Fiftieth Annual was held in
Baltimore, Nov. 17, 1936.
The address of the Grand Master gives us these
quotations:
One should and must rejoice that he has been privileged
to be numbered with that innumerable throng, known to us
and to the world at large as Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons.
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Physical Defects — "Our Constitution is very clear on
this subject. I quote: "No Lodge shall initiate, pass or
raise a candidate whose physical defects prevent him from
conforming literally to all the requirements of Ancient Craft
Masonry; provided, however, that in cases of candidates
who have been impaired or incapacitated in the service of
the Army or Navy of the U.S., in line of duty, the Grand
Master is authorized to waive disabilities which do not
prevent substantial compliance with the requirements of
initiation, passing or raising.' All requests so far have
been refused.
-Membership 29,856. Net loss 260.
The Grand Lecturer's report states:
The Grand Lodge of Maryland was instituted practically
the same time as the birth of the Republic and about four
years after the recognition of the Nation's Independence,
and it has seen the Constitution of the U.S. adopted and
has lived and prospered for one hundred and fifty years
under ita guidance.
Canada has the distinction of being represented by the
Grand Master, Harry B. Wright.
Harry B. Wright was unanimously re-elected Grand
Master.
The Grand Representative of Maryland is H.R.H. Ken-
ner, of Peterborough, a distinguished educationist and a
leader in boys' academic work.
MARYLAND, 1937
SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Harry B. Wright, Grand Master.
Harry C. Mueller, Grand Secretary.
A Special Communication was held in Baltimore, April
29, 1937 to again welcome Bro. Carl H. Claudy, Executive
Secretary, The Masonic Service Association, and members
of The Fellowcraft Club who presented Bro. Claudy's play
"Greater Love Hath No Man". About 300 Brethren were
present.
Bro. Claudy told how this and the other two plays, as
well as all of the vast amount of information and service
obtained through The Masonic Service Association, was made
possible:
Some one to write it . . . Carl H. Claudy.
Some one to publish it . . . Masonic Service Association.
Some one to make it possible . . . All Grand Jurisdic-
tions who are members of the Association.
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A rising vote of thanks was given Bro. Claudy and
The Fellowcraft Club.
The One Hundred and Fiftieth Communication was
opened with a Memorial Service.
From a letter of Franklin D. Roosevelt:
I shall be with you in spirit . . . These historic anni-
versaries are of deep significance in our Masonic annals.
They emphasize the strength and vitality of Masonic prin-
ciples.
From the address at the grave of Thomas Shryock:
We are, indeed, today living in a most auspicious time.
We know that Masonry is ever-synonymous with the great
institutions of our land.
When we have passed out of this mortal existence may
it be said of us as we can say of him:
"A bright brave memory
His a stainless shield
No shame defaces, no envy mars
The record of an honored life revealed
His name, a star among eternal stars."
From the address at the grave of Charles Christopher
Homer, Jr.:
"Bro. Homer was a dutiful and devoted son, proud of
his parentage, showing his love and esteem, at all times,
to those who gave him birth.
"When the brittle thread of his life was broken, he was
undobteclly garnered into that haven of rest and peace
where there is no troubling, no wandering of mourners
about the streets."
At the grave of our late Grand Master, Warren S.
Seipp:
"He dreamed of a great Masonic monument . . . His
dream has come true, and has been translated into the stone
and cement, which form the Masonic Home of Maryland,
which looks across the beautiful valley before us to this
"silent city of the dead", where he too sleeps.
"He was a master workman familiar with all the tools
of the craft, their operative and their speculative uses, and
he used them as only an artist could use them, to fashion
and place the building stones of that edifice, and to place
a picture of it in the heart and mind of every Mason in
Maryland."
After the address, taps were sounded at the grave.
Processional of the Grand Lodge Officers and Dis-
tinguished Guests.
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"Lead on, O King Eternal
We follow, not with fears,
For gladness breaks like morning
Where'er thy face appears,
Thy cross is lifted o'er us,
We journey in its light;
The crown awaits the conquest,
Lead on, God of might.
"Faith of our fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword;
how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word!
Faith of our fathers! holv faith!
We will be true to thee till death!"
The speaker of the afternoon was Dr. John C. Palmer,
Grand Chaplain of the District of Columbia:
Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the
end of that man is peace.
Thou afflicted, tossed with the tempest, and not
comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors,
and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make
thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and
all thy borders of pleasant stones.
"Windows of agate" with the light of God streaming
into the soul of man. I pity the man or woman who has no
window in the soul opening out toward the God of love and
mercy, of beauty and of grace.
And the "Gate of carbuncle". Take up that blood-red
stone! See how it glows as though some throbbing heart
had let fall a drop of ruby blood which somehow had
crystallized and turned to stone. What can it mean, other
than that, in our life of service we must go out through
the gateway of sacrifice in the spirit of Him who pleased
not Himself but freely gave Himself up for us all.
1 am thinking that there are at least three essentials
for such a manhood. First, there must be a definite and
a lofty and an humble faith. In whom do you put your
trust? . . .
Faith we must have! How are we to get it? It came
to David as a shepherd out on the hills, keeping watch over
his father's flock.
"Altar is white, and Betelguese is gold,
And vast — men say — though but to sages' eye,
But these great gulfs that gape to either sky
Would whelm half heaven, and down those slopes of old,
God digged His sunsets, purpled and pearled
And tinct with every dye,
With which Auroras mock at Arctic cold."
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"This is the Gospel of Labor,
Ring it, ye bells of the Kirk!
The Lord of love, came down from above
To dwell with men that work."
A great faith, a great ideal, and now an indomitable
will.
Henry Van Dyke has written, and we would do well
to heed, these words:
"And thou, My Country, write it on thy heart,
Thy sons are they who nobly do their part,
Who dedicates his manhood at thy shrine
Wherever born is born a child of Thine . . ."
Recessional:
"True-hearted, whole-hearted, faithful and loyal,
King of our lives, by thy grace we will be;
Under the standard exalted and royal,
Strong in thy strength we will battle for thee."
Reception — Masonic Temple.
Hon. Bro. Clifton Woodrum, Member House of Repre-
sentatives, Virginia:
So it is, my Brethren, with the great Fraternity of
Masonry. Down through the ages its pathway has been
brightened by the roses of life and kept green and fresh
by the joyful tears of the widows and orphans who have
received generosity.
But all life is but a dream, and we know not when we
wake or sleep."
Distinguished Guests were received and welcomed from
Massachusetts, South Carolina, Virginia, New York, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Delaware, District of Colombia, Tennessee and Quebec.
The distinguished guests were introduced, each of whom
addressed the Grand Lodge.
At Bonnie Blink the cornerstone of the Chapel, a gift
of the Order of the Eastern Star to the Masonic Homes,
was laid.
Worthy Grand Matron:
Remembering the words of the Psalmist 'Except the
Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it' let
us ask His blessing on this undertaking.
"We can not know the grief that men may borrow,
We can not see the soul storm-swept by sorrow,
But love can shine upon the way, today, tomorrow,
Let us be kind.
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"To age and youth let gracious words be spoken
Upon the wheel of pain so many weary lives are broken.
We live in vain, who give no tender token,
Let us be kind."
"We need not shout our faith. Thrice eloquent
Are quiet trees, and the green, listening sod,
Hushed are the stars whose power is never spent,
The hills are mute yet how they speak of God."
"That our sons may as plants, grown up in their youth,
that our daughters may be as cornerstones polished
after the similitude of a palace."
As we build this beautiful chapel together:
"May we build it well, whate'er we do,
Build it straight and strong and true.
Build it clean and high and broad,
Build it for the eyes of God."
There are many tinted pictures of the interior, exterior
and gardens of beautiful Bonnie Blink.
Membership 29,508. Net loss 552.
Canada has the honour of being represented, by the
Grand Master, Harry B. Wright.
The Grand Representative of Maryland is H.R.H. Ken-
ner, an esteemed educationalist of Peterborough.
MASSACHUSETTS, 1937
Claude L. Allen, Grand Master.
Frederick W. Hamilton, Grand Secretary.
The frontispiece of the Proceedings is a fine picture of
R. W. Lewis B. Bates, District Grand Master of the Canal
Zone, 1932.
Quarterly Communication was held in Boston on March
10th, 1937.
Among the Grand Representatives was John H. Joy, G.R.
of Czechoslovakia. Canada's G.R. was not present.
Three P.G.M.s supported the Grand East.
Distinguished guests were received from China, Rhode
Island, Maine and Massachusetts.
Of flood relief we read:
The flood suffering had not been exaggerated, but stated
they were fully able to take care of their own; while in
others they said they could meet all needs for the present.
But in all cases there were expressions of deep appreciation
of our courtesy and fraternal spirit in so promptly offering
assistance.
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In the case of Kentucky alone did we receive a request
for assistance. In that state, which is bordered by the Ohio
River for several hundred miles, there were some twenty-
three thousand Masons in the affected area.
This of Investigating Committees:
It would seem that it should be obvious to us all that
this is a highly desirable provision, — that the names of the
investigating committee should not be disclosed to the mem-
bers generally.
It has recently come to my attention that the purpose
of this provision has been largely nullified in some Lodges
by a practice which has crept in of the Master reading in
open Lodge the names of the members of the investigating
committee when making his report on the result of the in-
vestigation. Obviously this should never be done.
The Grand Master tells of his visit to the various
Lodges of Europe:
In order to make these visits without doubling on our
course it was decided that we should land at Havre and
travel from there by train as follows: Paris, Berlin, Copen-
hagen, Stockholm, Oslo, and Bergen; from Bergen cross the
North Sea to Newcastle-on-Tyne; thence by train to Edin-
burgh; from Edinburgh to London, Southampton, sailing
from Southampton for New York.
On the first day in Paris, R.W. Brother Brunton, our
Grand Marshal, and I were invited by M.W. Melvin M.
Johnson; he is Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council, 33°.
In our travels we would pass near the statue of Tubal
Cain, which he understood was erected' somewhere in the
city. Brother Troedsson immediately applied his brakes and
came to a stop and pointed to a statue in the park directly
opposite where we then were. We alighted and inspected
the statue, and M.W. Brother Johnson took a group photo-
graph of Brother Tubal Cain and your Grand Master.
That evening we were privileged to witness the third
degree in Danish, in North Star Lodge. There were about
eighty Masons present at this ceremony, each in full even-
ing dress with silk hat and sword. R.W. Brother Mailing
introduced us in Danish, to which the Worshipful Master
responded in English.
Although our visit in Oslo was short, it was not lacking
in warmth and cordiality and will always remain in our
memories as a very happy and interesting part of our
pilgrimage. * * * *
That night found us on our way to Boston, and the next
morning we were back to the realities of life with a large
accumulation of work from which we have not even yet fully
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recovered, but happy in the reflections of a trip that could
never be duplicated and will never be forgotten.
Special Communications were held at Ancon, and Gatun,
Canal Zone, in April, 1937, for the purpose of dedicating
Masonic Temples.
Upon M.W. Brother Endra's entrance into the Lodge-
room, he was accorded an ovation of prolonged applause
which was a splendid testimony of the harmonious and
amicable relations existing between the Brethren of the
Republic of PANAMA and our Brothers of the Canal Zone.
After the Grand Lodge of Panama had been received
in proper form, the Temple was dedicated with full form
and ceremony in accordance with the ancient usages of the
Craft. In the dedicatory address the Grand Master con-
gratulated Canal Zone Lodge, the York Rite Bodies, and
Abou Saad Temple, A.A.O.
Quarterly Communication was held in Boston, June 9,
1937.
Canada's Grand Representative, Harry G. Pollard,
answered roll call.
Distinguished visitors were present from Virginia, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware and Massachusetts.
From the address of the Grand Master:
Ere we take up the business of the day, let us record
in loving remembrance the names of our Brothers who have
been summoned to their Eternal Home.
From the In Memoriam to Brother Colby:
He departs leaving a wealth of gracious and affection-
ate memories.
Statement to be filed with pre-application committee.
The applicant should appear before the Master and Wardens
or before a pre-application committee, of which the Master
should be one, for a preliminary examination as to his fit-
ness; and that an application for the degrees should only
be given upon this committee being favorably impressed
with the applicant.
This recommendation has been quite generally followed
in our Lodges and I am satisfied that the effect of it has
been good, but I believe it should be carried a step further.
I am of the opinion that a considerable number of appli-
cants still seek admission to the Fraternity with a false
notion as to what Masonry means, what they are expected
to contribute to it, and what they may fairly expect to
receive from it.
Of the Philippine Islands:
It would be for the best interests of Masonry if
fraternal relations could be restored between the Philippines
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and these other Grand Jurisdictions on a mutually satis-
factory basis. Steps are being taken with a view to the
accomplishment of that result but owing to the fact that
the various Grand Lodges meet at different times during
the year and the difficulty of carrying on correspondence
where so many are concerned, I therefore recommend that
the Grand Master of Masons in Massachlsetts be given full
power and authority to represent this Grand Lodge and to
take such action as he may deem best, with all the power
and authority the Grand Lodge itself would have to act
in the premised.
Of the 200th Anniversary celebrated of South Carolina
he says:
The true Southern hospitality that prevaded all of the
meetings, the detail that had been given to our every com-
fort during our stay there, the visits to the many spots of
historic interest, and the true fraternal fellowship that per-
meated the whole gathering made this visit one long to be
remembered.
Of his visit to Cuba we read:
Three Brethren of this Grand Lodge, all of whom spoke
excellent English, met us at the dock and presented their
commission, which declared the Grand Master of Masons
in Massachusetts to be the guest of honor of Cuban
Masonry. * * * *
This farm completely stocked with many kinds of
animals and with bananas, limes, mangoes, papaya, and
other fruits growing in profusion we found very delightful.
Returning to the city in the late afternoon, we were enter-
tained at the winter home of Brother Rodriguez on the
water front and at dinner in a nearby open air cafe, as
guests of the Grand Master of Cuba.
We were greatly interested to learn the extent of the
charitable work carried on by these Brethren, particularly
the furnishing of shoes, medical and dental attention,
lunches, etc., to needy school children.
Quarterly Communication was held in Boston, Sept.. 8,
1937.
Canada's Grand Representative, Harry G. Pollard was
duly present.
Distinguished guests were received from Maryland and
Massachusetts.
We quote from the address of the Grand Master:
"May God grant that the littleness of our knowledge
be lost in the greatness of Hi? love."
And may He assist us in applying the teachings of
Masonry to our daily lives, to the end that we may dwell
together in Peace.
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"The test of a man, and the proof of his creed,
Is not the advice that he gives,
Or the wisdom he utters to others in need,
But solely the way that he lives."
Since our last Communication three of our beloved
Brethren have been called to their eternal homes. Let us
give thought to their lives and achievements, and honour
their memories.
"Crossed the divide, but left a trail
That you and I, alone, must tread —
Gone from our sight behind the veil
Through the mystic portal of the dead —
Of automatic exemption from payment of lodge dues
he says:
It is fair to say that the considerable number of Lodges
that have heeded this warning of last June and amended
their by-laws to meet or at least to reduce this danger is
very gratifying to me, but I am convinced that there are
so many other Lodges that have this automatic provision
in their by-laws that must eliminate it or substantially
amend it, or ultimately face financial ruin, that I feel con-
strained to again bring it to your attention and to urge
upon you prompt action to eradicate this danger.
And this of life memberships:
I pointed out the inadequacy of the sum charged for
life memberships of this class in many cases, and gave
concrete examples, and again I am pleased to note that quite
a number of the Lodges have taken notice of the suggestion
and have amended their by-laws substantially increasing
this fee.
The Budget for 1938:
Receipts $393,200
Expenditures:
Grand Secretary's Department $ 23,800
Administrative Department, Masonic 47,975
Administrative Department, Building 113,050
Relief Department 14,100
Masonic Home 80,000
Masonic Hospital „ 53,600
Assistance to Lodges (Grand Lodge,
Temporary Relief, and M.E.&C. Trust) 33,000
Allowance to Residents 4,400
Relief Association, United States and
Canada 276
Service Department 12,000
Educational Department 5,745
Specials 475 388,421
There were ten reinstatements and one restoration.
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Quarterly Communication was held in Boston, Dec. 8,
1937. Canada was duly represented.
Four P.G.M.s were present.
This verse under Necrology:
"Think of them faring on as here
In the love of there as the love of here,
Think of them still as the same, I say
They are not dead. They are just away!"
Membership 104,172. Net loss 2,982.
The Relief Commissioner reported.
We have carried on wdthin the budget allotted without
the neglect or denial of any worthy appeal.
In 1932, 8,983 visitors registered at the Home and in
the year just ended 12,078 were registered.
If it were only possible to induce every Mason to visit
these institutions only once, Masonic pessimism would disap-
pear.
Our brethren of the Canal Zone have acquired the habit
of sending us each year a substantial contribution of eight
or nine hundred dollars for the Home and Hospital.
Of the Texas Centennial:
Masonry has been an important factor in the upbuilding
of Texas since its early days as a separate republic clown
through the century.
The Grand Lodge of Texas has been conspicuous in its
generosity to other jurisdictions in times of flood and other
forms of distress.
The following cable was received from China:
Our members safe. Not distressed so far as can ascer-
tain. Offer of help appreciated; will call if needed.
He concludes thus:
They have been the three happiest years of my life. I
shall cherish always the many delightful friendships which
I have formed, both at home and abroad. I shall value the
deeper meaning of the universality of Freemasonry that is
mine through my Masonic contacts with our Brethren of
other countries. I shall enjoy a richer understanding of
Masonry not merely as the wonderful organization for the
promotion of fellowship that it is, but in a broader sense
as a plan of living, as a system by which we can regulate
our daily lives and conduct.
Joseph Earl Perry was elected Grand Master.
Anti-Masonic Pamphlets:
Although we have a large collection of American Anti-
Masonic pamphlets, published mainly during the periods of
1826-40 and 1867-84, we discovered others bv taking the
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bound volumes apart. Seventy-five additional pieces, some
of them duplicates, were found.
An unusual book:
Very Puissant Brother Sir A. Henry McMahon, 33rd
degree, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., C.S.I., presented to the
Grand Lodge Library a copy of his book entitled An Account
of the Entry of H. M. Habibullah Khan Amir of Afghan-
istan Into Freemasonry. The work was privately printed
and limited to only twenty-five copies.
The Stated Communication and celebration of the Feast
of Saint John the Evangelist was held in Boston, Dec. 27th,
1937.
Canada's Grand Representative answered, roll call.
Distinguished guests were received and honoured from
New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Ireland, and our own W. J.
Dunlop and Rt. Rev. W. C. White of Ontario.
The Grand Secretary called attention to the Rhode
Island Bible upon the altar.
After the Installation and Salutation of the Grand
Master, he arose and reverently made the ancient response:
"May the Grand Architect of the Universe pour down
His blessings upon this Society and enable me to discharge
the great trust reposed in me to the honour of His name
and the Royal Art, and may there never be wanting such
to fill the Chair who shall promote Masonry and the good
of mankind so long as the world endureth. Amen."
After dinner Grand Master Perry spoke as follows:
But the gentle St. John the Evangelist was no less
inspiring, no less challenging, than his disturbing precursor.
By his emphasis on brotherly love and kindliness he en-
visioned a more benign and tolerable way of living. It
takes a different, but no lesser, courage to endure and
ameliorate than to smite and uproot. Neither implies the
least compromise of ideals or flinching from the ordeals of
life.
In their proper seasons both the iron of conflict and
the balm of healing are needed in our complicated task of
living, but it is not without significance that only during
the first eight years of its existence did the Grand Lodge
of England hold its annual feast.
From the address of Bro. Wm. J. Morgan, of Pennsyl-
vania we quote:
The temperance question brings to mind a STORY which
is told of two Scotsmen, Jock McTavish and Sandy
McPherson. Jock and Sandy tippled a little. Sometimes
they tippled a great deal. One day Jock said to Sandy,
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"Sandy, I don't think this tippling is doing our bodies any
good, nor is it helping our pocket-books. I suggest to you
that we sign the pledge." Sandy replied, "That's all right
with me, provided we keep a pint in the house in case of
emergency." Jock agreed to the provision. Three days
after they had signed the pledge Sandy said to Jock, "Jock,
I'm not feeling very well today. I have a terrible pain in
my stomach." Jock answered, "Sandy, you're too late, I
was sick all day yesterday."
I am frequently taken for a SCOTSMAN. And because of
that many stories have been told me illustrating the close-
ness or tightness of members of the Scottish race. I have
seen Scotsmen tight, but, by and large, the Scotsman is
not tight, he simply tries to keep his generous impulses
under control.
A story is told of an Irishman, a Jew, and a Scotsman
who had become intimate friends. They made a compact
among themselves that whosoever would die first his funeral
expenses should be defrayed by the surviving two. It so
happened that the Irishman was the first to die. Custom
dictated that ten dollars be placed in the hand of the dead
for the purpose of payine; the ferryman's fee across the
river to that land from whose bourne no traveller returns.
The Jew placed a five dollar bill in the hand of the corpse.
The Scotsman wrote out a check for ten dollars pavable
to the order of cash and exchanged it for the five dollar
bill. At the end of the month following the funeral, when
the Scotsman received his statement from the bank, he
found, to his astonishment, that the check had been negoti-
ated. Upon investigation he discovered that the undertaker
in the case was a Welshman.
In every age since the dawn of history the same need
has been evident. Manv hundreds of years ago Herodotus
wrote: "Homines permulti, viri perpauci." Human creatures
very plentiful, men very scarce. Diogenes walked the streets
of Athens in broad daylight carrying a lighted lantern, and
when asked what he was doing with a lighted lantern when
the sun was at the meridian, answered, "I am looking for
a man." An old Hebrew prophet commanded his servant:
"Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem and see
if you can find a man." The streets of Jerusalem were
crowded with men; Roman soldiers parading, merchants
trading, people sight-seeing and buying. Yet the command
was, "Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem and
see if you can find a man. "Thomas Carlyle, that gloomy
sage of the nineteenth century, described the population of
his country as consisting of "so many millions, mostly
fools."
Real men have been scarce in every age and generation.
How shall we define a real man ? It occurs to me that no
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better definition can be found than in the words of Henry
Van Dyke: —
"Four things a man must learn to do,
If he would make his record true;
To think, without confusion, clearly;
To love his fellow man sincerely;
To act from honest motives purely;
To trust in God and heaven securely."
Some years ago I read a little book. The name of the
book 1 do not recollect, but I remember that the author
described a real man.
A real man he said, did four things. 1, Builds a house;
2, plants a tree; 3, writes a book, and 4, has a son.
The real man builds a house. That is he is a builder.
He does constructive work. Anybody can destroy. Any-
body can tear down. It takes a being with patience, courage,
perseverance, and heroism to build.
The real man PLANTS A TREE. That is he engages in
a work, he initiates a work that will develop and expand
long after he has been gathered to his fathers.
The real man writes a book. That does not mean that
he actually writes a book. But that he is a man who does
his own thinking, and has the courage of his convictions.
There are millions upon millions of volumes in the libraries
of the world, but there are but a few books. The real man
is not a copycat, but expresses unafraid his own mature
thoughts.
The real man has a son. It is not given to every man
to have a natural son, his own flesh and blood, the fruit
of his own loins. But he should have some one within his
circle whom he should inspire with great ideas, infuse with
great truths, and beckon towards great ideals.
Brethren: Masonry is very dear to me.
In the address of the P.G.M. of New Hampshire we
read :
"We are living, we are dwelling,
In a grand and awful time
In an age of ages telling,
To be living is sublime."
Then some of you may have been down in Washington
last year and heard Brother Joseph Fort Newton, whom we
sometimes call "The Golden Voice of Masonry," deliver that
marvelous address entitled "Masonry and* an Uprooted
World," probably many of you remember it. You recall
how he traced the development of the world during the 
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