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THE UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS
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HENRY T. BURNAP M.W. GRAND MASTER 1914-1915
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
OF THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS iUINO/S LIBRARY
MH I 3 1916
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J^H
3 1916
Seventy - Sixth Annual Meeting held at Chicago October 12, 13 and 14, 1915
Pantagraph Printing & Stationery Co.. BloomlnKton. 111.
^. -^.OFFICERS...
OF ILLINOIS
1915 1916
Bro. Ealph H. Wheeler M.W. Grand Master Chicago
108 North State St.
Bro. Austin H. Scrogin 2?.TF. Deinity Grand Master. . .Lexington
Bro. Dan G. Fitzgerrell R.W. Senior Grand Warden Ewing
Bro. Elmer E. Beach E.W. Junior Grand Warden. .. .Chicago
155 N. Clark St.
Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, P.G.M. . .E.W. Grand Treasurer Chicago
State Bank of Chicago
Bro. Isaac Cutter R.W. Grand Secretary Camp Point
Eev. Bro. E. Keene Eyan E.W. Grand Chaplain Chicago
5614 South Green St.
Bro. Oscar A. Kropf E.W. Grand Orator Chicago
175 W. Jackson Boulevard
Bro. I. Harry Todd Wi Deputy Grand Secretary. .Camp Point
Bro. George J. Kurzenknabe. . . W. Grand Pursuivant Chicago
1901 Cullom Ave.
Bro. William H. Bied IF. Grand Marshal Chicago
6048 Langlcy Ave.
Bro. William M. Lovins W. Grand Standard Bearer Toledo
Bro. Felix von W. Wysow W. Grand Sword Bearer Chicago
2238 Lincoln Ave.
Bro. E. Edwin Mills W. Senior Grand Beacon Chicago
222 N. State St.
Bro. Norman J. Carey W. Junior Grand Deacon Utiea
Bro. Alonzo Ellis W. Grand Steward White Hall
Bro. George W. Tipsword W. Grand Steward Beecher City
Bro. Tim Van Antwerp W. Grand Steward Sparland
Bro. Charles F. Tenney W. Grand Steward Bement
Bro. Chester S. Gurney Grand Tyler Chicago
919 N. Dearborn Ave.
ou PROCEEDINGS p
^-^ OF
A.F. w Salem
Oakland
Mahomet
LeRoy
George Washington
148
$ 141.30
149
90.90
150
80.10
151
78.30
152
55.80
153
91.80
154
108.00
155
219.60
156
102.60
157
382.50
158
84.60
159
196.20
160
401.40
161
135.90
162
90.90
164
134.10
165
91.80
166
549.00
168
79.20
169
94.50
170
219.60
171
89.10
172
52.20
173
54.00
174
57.60
175
414.00
176
108.90
177
204.30
178
108.90
179
43.20
180
81.90
182
358.20
183
56.70
185
87.30
187
74.70
188
109.80
189
76.50
190
157.50
192
124.20
193
36.90
194
50.40
195
122.40
196
68.40
197
60.30
199
94.50
200
57.60
201
208.80
203
72.90
204
101.70
205
57.60
206
116.10
207
55.80
208
99.90
209
555.30
210
189.90
211
740.70
212
50.40
213
72.00
214
92.70
216
94.50
217
54.00
238
35.10
219
113.40
220
59.40
221
72.00
222
117.00
LODGES.
NO.
DUES.
Pana
226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 257 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 282 283 28,- 286 287 288 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 301
$ 205.20 21.60 89 10
Columbus
Manchsett'r
68 40
61 20
37.80 50.40 94 50
DuQuoin
116 10
Dallas City
87 30
Charter Oak
98 10
189.00
Black Hawk
Mt. Carmel
99.00 223.20
Western Star
395.10
199.80
Oalva
114.30
133 20
126 00
El Paso
142.20
Rob Morris
70.20
Golden Gate
61.20
Hibbard
38.70
142.20
Heyworth
Aledo
95.40 153 90
Avon Harmony
.Vurora
45.00 364.50
Donnelson
47.70
Warsaw
65.70
Mattoon
298.80
Amon. .
Channahon
42.30 33.30
Illinois
Franklin Grove
452.70 31.50
45.00
54.00
46.80
Paris
227.70
Wheaton
153.00
28.80
320.40
Carmi
81.90
Miners
169.20
Byron
Milton
Elizabeth
82.80 38.70 38.70
200.70
140.40
99.90
77.40
Brooklyn
63.90
Meteor
107.10
Catlin
111.60
Plymouth
De Soto
63.90 123.30 100.80
Wataga
36.00 102 60
Prophetstown
66.60 180 90
Dills
37.80 182.70 112 50
48.60
Hinckley
81.90
[October 12,
305 306 307 308 309 310 311
Durand | 303
Raven
Onarga. .
William C. Hobbs. .
T. J. Pickett
Ashlar
Harvard
Dearborn
Kilwinning j 3^2
Ionic 3X3
York 314
Palatine. . 3^6
Abraham Jonas ^^g
J. L. Anderson ^^^
Doric 320
Creston 221
Dunlap 222
Windsor 223
Orient 325
Harrisburg 227
Industry 2q
Altona oi
Mt. Erie ^^
Tuscola 333
Tynan 334
Sumner ^.^^
Schiller " "
New Columbia | ^0
Oneida
Saline
Kedron
Full Moon
Summerfield
Wenona
Milledgeville
N. D. Morse-
Sidney
Flat Rock
Sublette 1 350
Fairview 2g^
Tarbolton 3^2
Groveland 3g3
Kinderhook j. .
Ark and Anchor ^^
Marine ggg
Hermitage o-g
337
339
340
341
342
344
345
346
347
348
349
Orion .
359
Blackberry q
Princeville ^^^
^o^^flas 3g2
Noble 3(53
Hob I 364
Tonica.
365
Bement 353
-^I'f 1^ 1 367
Oxford 3gg
Jefferson 3^,^
Newman '
Livingston
Chambersburg
Shabbona
Aroma
Payson
Liberty
Gill
LaMoille
DUKS. I LODGES.
"69^ Waltham |g,
58.50 Mississippi
66. 6OI Bridgeport ^
Sl.OOJEl Dara ^"g
111.60 Kankakee ^"
709.20 Ashmore ^^"
226.80 Tolono ^^^
835.20 Oconee ^^,
693.00 Blair ll
492.30 Jerseyville ^Tt
72.00 Muddy Point ^^
96.30 Shiloh ^pi
42.30 Kinmundy fZl
94.50 Buda ^^1
367.20 Odell *^^
46.80 Kishwaukee *"^
102.60 Mason Citjt ^"^
59.40 Batavia *"*
31.50 Ramsey 4"^
197.10 Bethalto ^J^
59.40 stratton Vi^
46.80 Thos. J. Turner 40 J
35.10 Mithra *|"
153.00 Hesperia Jt-f,
254.70 BoUen *^"
97.20 Evening Star 41*
123.30 Lawn Ridge 41
71.10 paxton ^i"
63.00 Marseilles I ^i /
50.40 Ereeburg 1^10
38.70 Reynoldsburg 41 J
"^"^ Oregon 420
Washburn *"^
Landmark *^^
^^^^'^ til
Exeter .
Scottville ^2b
Red Bud If
Sunbeam ^;
62.10 Chebanse ^tZ
125.10 Kendrick 4do
43.20 Summit I ^^^
49.50 Murravville 100.80 Atkinson. .
70.20 24.30 54.90 92.70 43.20 47.70 89.10 27.00
43.20 81.90 44.10 86.40 78.30 45.00 50.40 90.30
Makanda. Philo .
432 433 434 436 437
Chicago *
Camargo *^"
Sparland *
Casey . . o
Hampshire ^^^
^ :_ -D^nh- I 444
445
Cave-in-Rock
371 373 374 378 379 380 382 383
51.30 Chesterfield rVi
98.10 S. D. Monroe *^
126.90 Watseka Jla
62.10 Yates City **
51.30 Mendon jto
97.20 Loami Ti.
95.40 Bromwell. *
26.10 New Hartford y^-^
74.70 Maroa . ^5
58.50 Irving * g
72.90 Nokomis *^
36.00 Blazing Star *
32.40 Jeffersonville | *""
61.20lpiainview
55.80 185.40 153.00 45.00 298.80 65.70 79.20 54.90 603.00 112.50 32.40 48.60 113.40 45.90 56.70 48.60 120.60 115.20 72.90 31.50 71.10 472.50 181.80 631.80 18.90 47.70 40.50 105.30 108.00 43.20 25.20 150.30 68.40 648.00 68.40 29.70 75.60 29.70 85.50 43.20 42.30 71.10 60.30 75.60 53.10 59.40 533.70 55.80 34.20 99.90 84.60 45.00 42.30 40.50 126.90 62.10 66.60 63.00 81.00 40.50 106.20 61.20 139.50 50.40 27.90 I 37.80
1915.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
51
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1915. Continued.
LODGES.
Tremont
Palmyra
Denver
Huntsville
Cobden
South Macon .... Cheney's Grove. .
McLean
Rantoul
Kendall
Amity
Gordon
Columbia
Walshville
Manito
Rutland
Pleiades
Wyoming
Momence
Lexington
Edgewood
Xenia
Bowen
Andrew Jackson .
Clay City
Cooper
Shannon
Martin
Libertyville
Tower Hill
Stone Fort
Colchester
Alma
Murphysboro ....
St. Paul
Stark
Woodhull
Odin
East St. Louis. . Meridian Sun . . . .
O. H. Miner
Home
Parkersburg
J. D. Moody. . . . Wade-Barney. . . .
Bradford
Andalusia
Litchfield
Abraham Lincoln.
Roseville
Anna
Illiopolis
Monitor
Chatham
Evans
Covenant
Rossville
Minooka
Adams
Maquon
Ashton
Seneca
Altamont
Cuba
Sherman
Plainfield
NO.
462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 481 482 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 495 496 497 498 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 508 509 510 512 514 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536
DUES.
$ 35.10 72.90 39.60 45.00 60.30 89.10 46.80 95.40 75.60 92.70
138.60 37.80 74.70 18.00 45.00 63.90 1010.70
109.80
109.80 64.80 54.90 44.10 69.30 24.30 79.20 51.30 55.80 40.50
161.10 73.80 62.10 74.70 71.10
131.40
327.60 35.10 48.60 39.60
431.10 90.90 59.40
501.30 31.50 19.80
319.50 48.60 72.00 97.20 97.20 75.60
111.60 82.80
423.00 72.90
488.70
949.50
109.801 63.90 37.80 51.30 80.10 51.30 51.30 72.00 61.20
116.10
LODGES
r. R. Gorin
liockport
Chatsworth ....
Oak Park
Stewardson . . . .
Towanda
Cordova
Virginia
Valley
Sharon
Long Point. . . . Plum River . . .
Humboldt
Dawson
Lessing
Leland
Thomson
Madison
Trinity
Winslow
Pleasant Hill. .
Albany
Frankfort
Time
Tacksonville . . . .
Bardolph
Gardner
Pera
Capron
O'Fallon
Viola
Prairie City. . .
Hazel Dell
Dongola
Shirley
Highland
Vesper
Fisher
Princeton
Troy
Pairmount
Gilman
Fieldon
Miles Hart. . . . Cerro Gordo . . .
Farina
Watson
Clark
Hebron
Streator
Piper
Sheldon
Union Park . . . Lincoln Park. . Rock Rifer. . . .
Patoka
Forrest
Wadley
Good Hope. . . .
Basco
New Hope ....
Hopedale
Locust
Union
Tuscan ,
Norton
NO.
537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 547 550 552 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 562 564 565 566 567 569 570 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 580 581 582 583 584 585 587 588 590 591 592 595 600 601 602 603 604 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 616 617 618 620 622 6*23 627 630 631
DUES.
$ 56.70
120.60 45.90
720.90 18.90 41.40 23.40
101.70 51.30 64.80 28.80
169.20
171.00 43.20
216.00 48.60 27.00 35.10
108.00 51.30 35.10 66.60 86.40 29.70
170.10 29.70
114.30 39.60 81.00 56.60 63.90 36.00 44.10 50.40 43.20 83.70
230.40 38.70
177.30 36.00 63.00 92.70 19.80 57.60
106.20 56.70 33.30
126.00 83.70
241.20
78.30
95.40
1078.20
666.90
284.40 59.40 74.70 67.50 55.80 16.20 21.60 51.30 34.20 35.10 54.00 45.00
52
Proceedings of tlie
[October 12,
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1915. Continued.
LODGES.
Ridge Farm. . . . E. F. W. Ellis.
Buckley
Rochester
Peotone
Keystone
Comet
Apollo
D. C. Cregier. . . Oblong City. . . .
San Jose
Somonauk
Blueville
Camden
Atwood
Greenview
Yorktown
Mozart
Lafayette
Rock Island. . . .
Lambert
Grand Chain. . . . South Park....
Mayo
Beecher City. . . .
Crawford
Erie
Burnt Prairie. . .
Herder
Fillmore
Eddyville
Normal
Waldeck
Pawnee
A. O. Fay
Enfield
Buflfalo Prairie. .
Clement
Morrisonville . . . . Blue Mound. . . .
Burnside
Galatia
Rio
Garfield
Orangeville
Clifton
Englewood
Ida
Raymond
Herrin's Prairie.
Shiloh Hill
Belle Rive
Richard Cole. . . .
Hutton
Pleasant Plains. Temple Hill ....
.Alexandria
Braidwood
Ewing
Joppa
Star
Farmer City . . . .
Providence
Collinsville
Johnsonville
Collison
632
$ 70.20
633
199.80
634
24.30
635
64.80
636
85.50
639
611.10
641
64.80
642
603.90
643
666.90
644
110.70
645
36.00
646
92.70
647
76.50
648
57.60
651
83.70
653
86.40
655
81.90
656
82.80
657
30.60
658
303.30
659
318.60
660
27.00
662
397.80
664
36.00
665
35.10
666
68.40
667
59.40
668
49.50
669
278.10
670
64.80
672
32.40
673
107.10
674
308.70
675
134.10
676
283.50
677
65.70
679
91.80
680
57.60
681
74.70
682
86.40
683
77.40
684
45.90
685
82.80
686
933.30
687
57.60
688
55.80
690
922.50
691
21.60
692
72.00
693
205.20
695
32.40
696
38.70
697
539.10
698
45.00
700
60.30
701
29.70
702
73.80
704
205.20
705
41.40
706
77.40
709
162.90
710
60.30
711
411.30
712
131.40
713
45.90
714
85.50
LODGES.
Elvaston
Calumet
Arcana
May
Chapel Hill. . . .
Rome
Walnut
Omaha
Chandlerville. . .
Rankin
Golden Rule. . .
Raritan
Waterman
Lake Creek. . . .
Eldorado
Harbor
Carman
Gibson
Morning Star. .
Sheridan
.\rrowsmith. . . .
Saunemin
Lakeside
New Holland. .
Danvers
Scott Land. . . .
Goode
Winnebago. ...
Weldou
Centennial
Alta
Akin
Lyndon
Lounsbury
Allendale
Ogden
Preemption. . . . Hardiusville ...
Verona
Mystic Star . . . .
Orel
Sibley
Van Meter. . . .
Crete
Sullivan
Palace
Tiittleton
Triluminar
Mizpah
St. P:imo
LaGrange
Bay City
New Burnside .
Mansfield
Lake View. ... Grand Crossing Ravenswood. . . .
Gurney
Wright's Grove.
Siloam
Potomac
Constantia
Beacon Light. . Riverton Union,
Morris
Lerna
NO.
715 716
717 718 719 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 737 738 739 741 742 743 744 745 740 747 748 749 750 751 752 754 755 756 757 758 759 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 776 777 778 779 780 782 783 784 786 787
DUSS.
25.20 302.40 759.60 37.80 24.30 31.50 99.90
84.60
63.00
844.20
31.50
32.40
76.50
103.50
513.90
24.30
117.00
255.60
83.40
41.40
75.60
421.20
30.60
57.60
45.00
91.80
55.80
50.40
52.20
80.10
70.20
51.30
88.20
40.50
90.90
69.30
99.90
68.40
892.80
63.00
41.40
87.30
74.70
185.40
422.10
24.30
459.90
767.70
80.10
282.60
20.70
30.60
50.40
891.00
622.80
566.10
45.90
608.40
592.20
78.30
326.70
192.60
75.60
98.10
56.70
1915.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
53
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1915.-ContinUed.
792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803
Auburn Park I ;Ln
Pittsfield ' ^"
Broadlands. . I '^^
Calhoun
A. T. Darrah,
Tadmor
Myrtle
E. M. Husted
Normal Park.
Sidell
Colfax
Kenwood. . . .
Sangamon. . .
Williamson ...
Neponset I gQ^
Kensington.
S. M. Dalzell |^^
Nebo g07
Roya^. . g08
COT"!'''"'! 809
Gillham - . .i
Tracv
Melvin
DeLand
Humboldt Park
Ohio
Lawn
Ridgway
Creal Springs . .
Ben Hur
Columbian
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820 Henderson I .
New Canton ^2
Belknap go3
Pearl 304
Grove '
Arthur
Mazon
Sequoit
Edgar. .
Rockport
Findlay
Harvey
Dean
Toledo
Triple
Windsor Park
Hindsboro
825
826
827
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
Charity I 5^8
Berwyn 2o
Alto Pass =*"
W^oodlawn Park | 4j|;
Fides
Park
Martinton
Bluffs
Stronghurst ....
London
Palestine
Austin
Chicago Heights
Gothic . - . .
Latham 9^
Brighton Park | 2-t
King Oscar West Gate.
$531.90 Boyd D 108.00 Utica. .
67.50 Apple River
48.60 Metropohtan
43.20 jSorento. . .
19. 80 1 Riverside. . 470.70 St. Andrews
92.70 Olympia.; . 1 =
776.70 St. Ceciha 865
64.80 West Salem \ 8bD
857 853 859 860 861 862 863 864
77.40 705.60
57.60 105.30
50.40 401.40 125.10
53.10
Chadwick 867
868 859 870 871 872 873 874 875
842 843 845 S46 847 848 849 850 851
855 856
Cornell May wood. . Lostant .... Argenta .... Free Will. . Standard. . .
Nifong
40.50 Cornerstone
66.60 William McKinley 876
48.60 Granite City I ' '
282.60 Equity.
52.50 Composite^ 32.40 John B. 751.50 Marissa
Boulevard 88^
Wheeler ;^
Bethany *
Villa Grove 1 000
Hooppole . . .
Pyramid. .
68.40JDamascus. .
63.00 America 1 aqn
69.30lDes Plaines ^
67.50lLogan Sqiiare ^^
208.80 Constellation ^
71.10 Loraine ^^
97.20 Utopia ] ^,
75.60 Crescent "-'"^
72 90 Kosmos
63.90 Ogden Park
86.40 Silvis
255.60 Park Manor Carnation. . Edgewater . .
Alto
Elkhart
22.50
296.10
46.80
70.20
451.80
542.70
878 879 Sherman 1 880
.81
887
36.90 69.30 78.30
378.90 90.00 35.10
210.60
896 897 893 899 900 901 902 903
Carlock I l^i^
H^r^"- :: III
Cofteen _
50.401 Ancient Craft. . "'
700.20 Gil. W. Barnard 908
234.90 Bee Hive ^^'^
455.40 Hull ' ^
37.80 Bellflower 45.00 Stellar. . .
60.30 Aaron. ^
911 912 913
35.10 82.80 804.60 273.60 411.30 42.30 360.00 660.60
Republic .Jackson Park Welcome ....
Concord
Sesser
Elwood ^.^^
Cottonwood I y-"
Avondale. .
14 915 916 917
918
40.50'Compass.
921 922
$ 72.90 37.80 51.30 508.50 24.30 119.70 409.50 455.40 374.40 51.30 72.00 26.10 326.70 52.20 69.30 55.80 559.80 35.10 306.00 399.60 195.30 569.70 343.80 463.50 55.80 783.00 26.10 57.60 101.70 18.90 73.80 337.50 457.20 132.30 454.50 540.00 45.00 233.10 456.30 338.40 440.10 104.40 349.20 371.70 522.00 34.20 46.80 58.50 39.60 32.40 345.60 139.50 325.80 54.00 37.80 49.50 246.60 177.30 290.70 262.80 228.60 49.50 47.70 29.70 258.30 175.50
54
Proceedings of tlie
[October 12,
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1915. Continued.
East Gate. ... Banner Blue . .
Molenna
Veritas
Candida
Grant Park. . .
Ashland
Joseph Robbins
Wilmette
Sandoval
Manlius
Hinsdale
LaMoine
Rock Falls .... North Shore. . .
Circle
Table Grove . . . Pleasant View.
Elmhurst
Maple Park . . .
Bohemia
John C. Smith,
Buffalo
Joy
Kenmore
R. F. Casey . . .
Justice
Glen Ellyn .... Depue
923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951
$376
333
41
602
269
33
39
95
281
62
38
131
23
98
490
150
42
33
135
29
272,
227
36,
59
83
25,
303
99,
39
LODGES.
Donovan
Stone Arch
Progressive
Cicero
Washington Park .
Prospect
Prudence
Warrensburg
Vlgonquin
Federal
Ben Franklin . . . .
Broughton
Maplewood
Cisco
Exemplar
Dahlgren
South Gate
East Moline
St. Joseph
70'Pernwood Park..
70 Rainbow
70'Perserverance. . . . 90 Albany Park. . . .
40!Old Glory
70JMelrose Abbey...
20 Parian
30 Square
90 Stephen Decatur. , 60| Ti.tal
952
36.00
953
20.70
954
163.80
955
102.60
956
225.00
957
88.20
958
203.40
959
32.40
960
37.80
961
94.50
962
288.00
963
25.20
964
98.10
965
29.70
966
167.40
967
23.40
896
58.50
969
57.60
970
45.90
971
68.40
972
108.00
973
99.90
974
93.60
975
151.20
976
101.70
977
102.60
978
60.30
979
135.90
5125,247.60
Lodge No.
8 Macon ,
19 Clinton
25 Franklin
81 Vitruviiis ,
125 Greenup
133 Marshall
138 Marengo
142 Ames
168 Milford
204 Flora
308 Ashlar
313 York
330 Altona
336 New Columbia . .
383 La Moille
385 Mississippi
416 Paxton
428 Sunbeam
446 Watseka
487 Andrew Jackson.
501 Stark
Dues Preceding Years. Amount Lodge No.
2.70
518
.90
520
.90
522
3.60
542
2.70
604
.90
607
3.60
653
1.80
667
80.10
700
.90
709
3.60
723
.00
724
.90
767
.90
811
.90
815
.90
825
.90
826
1.80
831
.90
896
l.SO
.90
Amount Abraham Lincoln .... $ .90
Anna .90
Monitor 1.80
Towanda 90
Hebron 90
Streator 90
Greenview .90
Erie 4.50
Pleasant Plains .90
Star 90
Omaha 36.00
Chandlerville 90
Triluminar 1.80
Melvin 54.00
Lawn .90
Arthur . Mazon . Findlay Kosmos
.90
.90
.90
3.60
$225.90
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Dues from Lodges U. D.
Anchor $ 37.80
Trowel 48.00
Gyrene 43.20
Glencoe 33.30
Emblem 43 20
Universal 38.70
Brotherhood 96.30
Park Eidge 19.80
Clover Leaf 3.60
Sincerity 69.30
Hyde Park 30.60
Welfare 16.20
Dispensation Fees
$480.60
Trowel $ 100.00
Gyrene 100.00
Gleneoe 100.00
Emblem 100.00
Universal 100.00
Brotherhood 100.00
Park Ridge 100.00
Clover Leaf 100.00
Sincerity 100.00
Hyde Park 100.00
Welfare 100.00
$1,100.00 EECAPITULATION General Fund.
Balance in Treasury beginning of the year $103,560.63
Balance Grand Chapter Hospital Fund 10,972.59
Interest on city of Cleveland bonds 80.00
Mileage and per diem returned 10.00
Mortgages, bonds and interest 5,169.44
Return on furniture appropriation for Sullivan 4.25
Interest on Cook Co. bonds 200.00
Infirmary bonds 80.00
Interest on Nelson mortgage 400.00
Mortgages, loans and interest 20,588.87
Louis Ulrich, note and interest 3,150.00
Charter fee 5.00
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Eefimd on duplicate insurance 38.10
Dues 1915 76,540.75
Dues Preceding years 138.05
Dues Lodges IT. D 293.70
Official receipts 776.04
Blue Books and Ceremonials 165.35
Dispensations Lodges U. D 1,100.00
Dispensations Special 295.00
Music books 115.15
Grand E. A. Chapter Fund 37,727.41
$261,410.33 Amount of vouchers drawn on this fund 157,287.41
Balance in treasury $104,122.92
Charity Fund.
Balance in treasury beginning of year $ 55,776.62
Balance of special appropriation 259.00
Interest on Lincoln Park bonds 400.00
Interest on U. S. bonds 40.00
Eeturned flood relief from Ohio 403.66
Interest on Illinois Central bonds 700.00
Donations 25.00
Interest on City of Chicago bonds 280.00
Dividend on Temple stock 20.00
Interest on Wabash bonds 40.00
Cook Co. bonds and interest 7,900.00
Mattoon township bonds 320.00
Bequest of Lorenz Stocker 1,500.00
Bequest of Chas. C. Bishop 8,000.00
Dividend on National Life Insurance Co 3.50
Dividend on Lime and Cement Co 712.50
Grand E. A. Chapter incline for hospital 1,600.00
Amount Estate of Chas. C. Bishop, V2 1,633.72
Dues 1915 48,707.75
Dues Preceding years 87.85
Dues Lodges U. D 186.90
Dues Defunct Lodges 24.25
$128,620.75
Amount of vouchers drawn on this fund 64,733.65
Balance in treasury $ 63,887.10
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Balance Sheet.
General Fund $144,927.41 $181,986.29
Charity Fund 64,733.65 79,614.00
L. A. Goddard, Gr. Treas. Gen. Fund 261,410.33 157,287.41
L. A. Goddard, Gr. Treas. Charity Fund 128,620.75 64,733.65
Mileage and Per Diem 21,195.40 20,000.00
Printing and distribution proc 5,032.16 3,200.(iP
Miscellaneous printing 4,223.60 3,000.00
Salaries of Grand Officers 6,850.00 6,000.00
Schools of Instruction 1,658.10 1,700.00
Miscellaneous expense 11,900.74 4,600.00
Incline at hospital 1,600.00 1,600.00
General Fund Dues 1915 1.10 76,541.85
General Fund Dues preceding years 138.05
General Fund Dues Lodges U. D 293.70
Charity Fund Dues 1915 .70 48,708.45
Charity Fund Dues preceding years 87.85
Charity Fund Dues Lodges U. D 186.90
Charity Fund Dues Defunct Lodges 24.25
Official receipts 776.04
Blue Book and Ceremonials 165.35
Dispensations 1,395.00
Grand E. A. Chapter Hospital Fund 48,700.00 48,700.00
Masonic Orphans' Home at LaGrange 21,000.00 21,000.00
111. Masonic Home at Sullivan 32,000.00 32,000.00
Furnishing and equipt. hospital 20,000.00 20,000.00
L. A. Goddard, Gr. Treas. Hospital Fund 48,700.00 48,700.00
Music 115.15
$822,553.94 $822,553.94
REPORT Committee on Correspondence.
Bro. Owen Scott presented the report of the Committee on Correspondence. It was received and ordered printed in the proceedings and will be found in the Appendix.
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REPORT Committee on Grand Master's Address.
Bro. Frank J. Mittan. Chairman of the Committee on Grand ]\Iaster's Address, presented the report of that com- mittee. On motion, it was adopted.
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of the State of Illinois:
Your Committee on Grand Master 's Annual Eeport would respectfully submit tlie following :
It is with pride and satisfaction we note the ever increasing growth in membership and spirit of our fraternity and look with longing toward the day when Masonry may unite men of every country, sect and opinion and true friendship and brotherly love prevail to the end that wars shall be no more. Until that day, may we obey the admonition of our Grand Master and display the tenets of brotherly love and relief in a material way, to those made needy by these terrible days of war.
^Ye would congratulate this Grand Lodge and the Grand Master, that with us "unusual good feeling and harmony prevail" and that our rela- tions with our sister grand jurisdictions are most cordial.
That part of the address referring to our fraternal dead, we would allot to the Committee on Obituaries, but here would voice our approval to that fitting eulogy to the memory of our illustrious Brother Cook which emanated from the Grand East.
So much of the report as refers to chartered lodges, we recommend be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.
We recommend that the action of the Grand Master in granting dis- pensations for new lodges, be referred to the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation.
We are glad to note that the Grand Master has found opportunity, not- withstanding his many official duties, to participate in the ceremonies of the laying of corner stones and dedications on several occasions, thereby enabling him to enjoy these social functions which are all too few, on ac- count of the press of business.
That portion of the address under the caption of ' ' Special Dispensa- tions ' ' we reconmiend be approved and the action of the Grand Master be commended.
So much of the report as refers to the granting of duplicate charters, we would refer to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.
We would congratulate this Grand Lodge upon the great interest taken in accurate work in the conferring of the degrees, as evidenced in the increasing numbers of brethren requesting examination for commissions as
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Grand Lecturers. We would recommend the approval of the list as com- missioned by the Grand Master.
We would recommend the approval of that portion of the address un- der the heading of ' ' Eesignations and Appointments. ' '
We heartily commend the action of the Grand Master, in bringing order out of the chaos, caused by the constitutional amendment concerning grand representative, and recommend the approval of such action.
We recommend the approval of the appointments of grand representa- tives.
We deplore the fact that the valuable time of the Grand Master is taken up by questions that could be so easily answered by reference to the Code and would insist that the brethren consult this organic law before appealing to the Grand Master.
That part under the title of ' ' Decisions ' ' we recommend be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence.
So much as applied to appeals, we would refer to the Committee on Appeals and Grievances.
We would congratulate the Grand Master on his opportunity to make the several visitations noted. Especially pleasing were the visits to Harmony Lodge No. 3, Jacksonville, 111., incident to the celebration by that lodge of the 75th anniversary of the organization of this Grand Lodge, which event occurred in Jacksonville. Also to his visit to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Iowa.
So much of the report as refers to the return of donation, we would recommend be referred to the Committee on Finance.
So much as refers to bequests, we would also refer to that committee.
We heartily commend the course of the Grand Lecturers Association in providing instruction to a number of lodges without fee.
So much of the report as refers to the Grand Treasurer 's Office, we recommend be referred to the Committee on Finance.
We highly commend the work of the Committee on Ceremonial Music and upon the recommendation of the Grand Master, refer the same to the Committee on Finance, to report upon his recommendation therein con- tained at this session of the Grand Lodge.
We approve the Grand Master 's commendation in reference to the chari- table organizations and feel that this Grand Lodge is deeply indebted to them for their charitable work.
We would congratulate this Grand Lodge upon the completion and dedication of the Eoyal Arch Memorial Hospital at the Masonic Home at Sullivan, 111. Again must we acknowledge our indebtedness to our Royal
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Arch Brethren, for the donation of $1,600.00 necessary for the completion of this grand work.
We nould congratulate this Grand Lodge upon the excellent condition of our Masonic Homes.
We concur in the position taken bj' the Grand Master in reference to the Geo. Washington Xational Masonic Memorial Association.
We congratulate the Grand Lodge on the system of ritualistic instruc- tion, as imparted in our state and district schools. From the showing made in the statistical report, we would particularly recommend the continuance of the district schools.
We concur in the Grand Master 's action relative to the assistance offered by the Grand Jurisdiction of California pertaining to the Eastland disaster.
We note the action of the Grand Master pertaining to ' ' Moon Lodges ' ' and refer the same to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.
We concur in the action of the Grand Master in reference to Windsor Lodge and recommend the approval of the Grand Lodge.
So much of the report as relates to ' ' Trial Commissions ' ' we would recommend be referred to the Committee on Appeals and Grievances.
Your committee approves of the fraternal home conferences.
In conclusion, we desire to congratulate the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brother Burnap, on the happy comiJletion of two years of arduous service for Ancient Craft Masonry in this Grand Jurisdiction. We would commend the pleasing and impartial manner in which he has presided over and conducted the business of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge.
By his quiet and unassuming dignity, his untiring zeal for Masonry at all times, his clear-sighted, business capacity and his fair and open treatment of all official matters, he has won the esteem and confidence of all his associates in office and of the Craft.
To achieve this eminence in the fraternity in Illinois, is an honor of no mean proportions, and we trust and hope that Brother Burnap may enjoy the happy reflection consequent on a task well done, and may he live many years to assist by his ripened experience and judgment, the work of our beloved institution.
Respectfully submitted,
F. J. MiTTAN,
J. M. Hannum, T. B. Williamson,
Committee,
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PRESENTATION Addition to Home Farm.
Bro. E. R. Tiirnbiill, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons, presented to the Grand Lodge the addition to the farm at SulHvan. He spoke as follows :
Brethren : I ask your attention for a few minutes to a subject that is very dear to all Eoyal Arch Masons, the Koyal Arch Memorial Hospital. A large number of you were much interested in the progress of this work but there were two, who by reason of a very vivid recollection of the cir- cumstances connected with the bequeathing of the original farm to the Grand Lodge, had a more than ordinary interest in the construction of the building and they determined to do something that would afford material aid and render assistance to many an unfortunate brother long years after they shall have been gathered to the land of their fathers. So these two, one a young man who has not yet reached the zenith of his career; the other an old man whose sun of life has nearly set, counselled together and agreed upon a plan of action. It was in 1888 that Charles Shuman wrote the will of Eobert Miller, bequeathing his farm to the Grand Lodge, and now, twenty-seven years after, Mr. Edwin C. Swain, brother-in-law of Eobert Miller, but who is not a Mason, offers to give this Grand Lodge one hundred acres of land joining the home farm on the east; also Irving Shuman, son of Charles Shuman, offers one hundred acres of land joining on the east of the land offered by Mr. Swain. The deeds convey a perfect title to the Grand Lodge, its successors and assigns, subject to two condi- tions : the first is that the entire income from the land shall be used for the support of the Home and Hospital ; the other is that Mr. Swain shall be paid an annuity of $800, beginning November first, and annually there- after each November during his life. There are no other conditions.
Early in my administration this offer was made to the Grand Chapter under the mistaken belief that the hospital would be under the joint man- agement of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter. Accordingly I appointed a special committee consisting of L. L. Emmerson, C. F. Newkirk and A. H. Scrogin to go to Sullivan and examine the land. In company with the donors and the committee I have been all over this land ; I can assure you that it is a magnificent offer and one that will perhaps never bo equalled. There is a good house on the west half and most of it is tiled. There is also an alfalfa patch, a large acreage of corn, and on the south- west corner was one of the finest stands of wheat ever seen in Moultrie County. A large part of the east half is under good cultivation and through it runs a creek fed by never failing springs; both banks are lined with large forest trees.
This part would make a splendid pasture for the herd of fine Holsteins that the Trustees are gradually building up. Between this laud and the
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home farm is a road, and I understand that there is a tentative agreement with the highway commissioners to close this road and open a new one along the north line of the home farm, which would put this land all in one large farm.
All this is now offered you for the small sum of $800 per year during the life of an old man who has now passed the age of three score and ten.
After much deliberation it was unanimously decided by the donors, the committee and myself, that it would be much better to make this offer direct to the Grand Lodge instead of the Grand Chapter, and about a week ago the deeds were changed making the Grand Lodge the beneficiary instead of the Grand Chapter. These deeds are now ready to be turned over if you decide to accept them.
I have not words to tell those gentlemen what I think of their offer; it would take the tongues of men and angels to do that, but I know that they will always feel the truth of that old statement, "It is better to give than to receive, ' ' and they will always have the satisfaction of knowing that, as the years go by, their generosity will become a great blessing to their fellow-men.
REPORT Board of Managers of Masonic Homes.
Bro. Ralph H. Wheeler, President of the Board of Managers of the Masonic Homes, presented their report.
So much of the report as related to appropriations was referred to the Finance Committee. The balance of the report was, on motion, adopted.
To The Most Worsliipful Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois:
Your Board of Managers in charge of the Illinois Masonic Homes fraternally submit the following report of their doings for the year ending with this meeting of the Grand Lodge.
The affairs of these institutions have moved along without any par- ticular happening of note. In our Orphans' Home the children have been unusually healthy and there has been no epidemic or other misfortune to interfere with their regular attendance at school.
The conditions at the Home at Sullivan have likewise been the very best, and with the completion of the new Eoyal Arch Memorial Hospital
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we are able to care for practically all of the deserving ones "nho knock at our doors.
At the close of the last annual meeting of the M.W. Grand Lodge oh October 15, 1914, your Board of Managers met and effected an organiza- tion as follows: Ealph H. Wheeler, President; William A. DLxon, A^ice- President; James A. Steele, Treasurer; Chester S. Gurney, Secretary. The following were made the Executive Committees in charge of the respective Homes: Brethren Daly, Fletcher and Price for the Home at LaGrange, and Dixon, Steele and Emmerson for the Home at Sullivan. Brother and Mrs. George W. Pumphrey were re-engaged as superintendent and matron of the Home at Sullivan, and Brother and Mrs. Chas. E. Holmes as super- intendent and matron of the Home at LaGrange. The committee re-engaged Bro. W. P. Davidson, M.D., as physician for the Sullivan Home, and Bro. Arthur E. Higgins, M.D., as physician for the LaGrange Home, with Bro. C. B. Plattenburg, D.D.S., dentist to the LaGrange Home. Subsequent to the organization the Board has held four regularly called meetings as fol- lows: October 15, 1914; April 11, 1915; August 19, 1915; October 9, 1915.
Official Bond.
Immediately after the re-election of Brother Steele as Treasurer of your Board of Managers he filed a bond of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for the faithful performance of his official duties.
LaGrange School Controversy.
On September 18, 1915, Judge Jesse A. Baldwin of the Circuit Court of Cook county rendered a decision in this case, denying our prayer for an injunction to prevent the School Board ousting our children from the school for non-payment of tuition, and the Board of Managers by its president, acting under the instruction of the Grand Lodge in 1912, directed the at- torney for the Board to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, and gave bond in the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) as required by the court. We are advised that this case will reach the Supreme Court at its December, 1915, term, so that in all probability a final decision of this matter will be reached before the next session of the Grand Lodge.
Appended to this report will be found a report from our attorney, Bro. Jesse E. Roberts, also the decision of Judge Baldwin in full.
We would recommend that Attorney Jesse E. Eoberts be retained to carry this case through the Supreme Court, and that his fees be fixed not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), and necessary expenses.
The Orphans' Home at LaGrange.
Appended hereto are reports from the Executive Committee and the Superintendent in charge of this institution; also one from the attending
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physician. As already intimated nothing of particular consequence has happened at this institution during the year. The family has been a large one and the average age of the children comparatively young, as is shown by the Superintendent's report.
At the last session of the Grand Lodg'e twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000.00) was appropriated for maintenance and this has been just about sufficient to cover the needs of this institution. As a matter of fact the Secretary 's report will show a slight overdraft. We would therefore recommend that the same amount, viz., twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,- 000.00) be appropriated for the maintenance of this institution for the ensuing year.
The crowded condition of the Home necessitates the rearranging of quarters and changing of partitions so that the help can be cared for in the attic, and the smaller children segregated from the older ones, and by so doing the capacity of the Home will be materially increased. Estimates have been made of the cost of the necessary changes and we recommend that a special appropriation of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) be made in order that this can be accomplished.
In view of the conditions that confront us since the decision rendered by Judge Baldwin in the Circuit Court with reference to the schooling of our children, we deem it wise to be looking into the future, and if our children are to be denied the privilege of attending the public schools at LaGrange, we are of the mind that it would be well to consider the ques- tion of establishing a school of our own. Manual training and domestic science would be of the greatest benefit to our children, and would be a beginning in this direction, and we would therefore recommend that, if the funds are available, an appropriation be made to establish courses in manual training and domestic science in our Institution.
Home for Aged at Sullivan.
In the Appendix are reports from the Executive Committee and the Superintendent in charge of this institution; also one from the attending physician, which give you a detailed expression of conditions at this in- stitution. Since the opening of the hospital the crowded condition of the Home has been relieved, but the applications for the admission of cases to the hospital are coming in quite rapidly, and it will only be a matter of a comparatively short time until this institution, including the hospital, will be filled.
At the last session of the Grand Lodge an ajipropriation of thirty-two thousand dollars ($.32,000.00) was made for the maintenance of this in- stitution, including the hospital \\hich was only open for a few months, and we find that we have an unexpended balance of about $1,796.70.
ENTRANCE RO\AL ARCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SULLIVAN, ILL.
SL.\ PARLOR RON AL ARCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SLLL1\ AN. ILL.
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During the coming year we will be obliged to operate the hospital for the entire time, and the expense connected therewith will be much greater than maintaining the Home. We estimate that the cost of maintenance for the ensuing year for the Home and Hospital will be approximately thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000.00) and will ask that an appropriation of this amount be made.
It is highly desirable that a refrigerating plant be installed in this Home. Such a plant could be located in the basement but it would be so far from the kitchen and pantry that its eflEiciency would be much reduced ; we would therefore recommend that an addition be built to the kitchen and pantry for the purpose of housing the refrigerator, and that an ap propriation of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500.00) be made to defray the expense of the machinery, buildings and alterations.
The addition of the hospital to the Sullivan Home has increased the work in the laundry very materially and it is necessary that an addition be made thereto. We would therefore recommend that an appropriation of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) be made for the purpose of pur- chasing additional equipment in order to bring the capacity of the laundry up to the necessary requirements.
The locating of the Home for the Aged in Moultrie County, and the concentration there of a large number of elderly people, has of necessity increased the number of deaths in that locality very materially, and when we stop to consider that we are now taking people who are not only ad- vanced in years but are afflicted with serious diseases, the increase in the numbei- of funerals will be much greater. The Fraternity at large do not realize that a large percentage of the members of the Home, who die, are buried in Moultrie County, and in a majority of instances a Masonic fun- eral is requested. There is but one lodge located in close proximity to the Home and the burden of all of this work has fallen upon Sullivan Lodge No. 764, A.F. & A.M. You will undoubtedly be surprised, yes, astounded to know, that in but one instance in the past twelve or thirteen years has there been an acknowledgment of thanks to Sullivan Lodge from the lodge to which the member buried belonged, and we bring this matter to your attention, not only to remind you of the debt of gratitude you owe to this lodge, but to admonish you that in the future you should at least express your appreciation of this wondrous service. Sullivan Lodge consists of a membership of about two hundred men who are actively engaged in busi- ness, and when the call comes they must drop their usual vocations and pay tribute to these departed brethren. History records that they have re- sponded promptly and willingly to every call, and that there has always been a goodly attendance regardless of time or weather conditions. Appre- ciation for this willing service has been amply expressed by the Committee in charge of the Sullivan Home, but this does not relieve nor excuse the
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lodges who are under everlasting obligation to Sullivan Lodge for services rendered.
The Farm.
At the meeting of the Board of Managers held in October of last year the Superintendent of the Home was made Superintendent of the Farm and given full charge of the institution, as well as the farm, under the guid- ance of the Executive Committee, and appended hereto will be found a full report with reference to the land and its production, as well as the live stock and buildings.
As suggested a year ago there is a great need of farm buildings and we renew the recommendation that an appropriation be made for the pur- pose of building a barn and piggery. The Executive Committee at this institution have investigated this question very thoroughly and find that the cost of suitable buildings of this kind would be approximately fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) and we respectfully ask that an appropria- tion of this amount of money be made for this purpose.
Eeference to the report will show that there has been a profit from the farm, and that the money received has been invested in thoroughbred stock.
The land that we possess in this farm is very valuable, and there is no doubt but what the revenue to the Grand Lodge can be materially in- creased by scientific handling, and we would recommend that an expert agriculturist be employed.
Dedication of the Eoyal Arch Memorial Hospital.
Early in the year Grand Master Burnap requested the President of your Board to arrange a program for the dedication of the Eoyal Arch Memorial Hospital, and later on placed him in charge of the arrangements for the ceremony. On April 11, 1915, a meeting of the Board of Managers was held at the Home in Sullivan at which Sir Knight Thomas Albert Stevens, Eight Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Templar of the State of Illinois, and Companion Everett E. Turnbull, Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter, were present. At this meeting a general committee on arrangements was selected consisting of your Presi- dent, the Grand Commander, and the Grand High Priest. The following chairmen of sub-committees were chosen and given power to select their aids :
Thomas A. Stevens, Escort and Marshal.
Everett E. Turnbull, Local Arrangements.
Eobert J. Daly, Transportation.
Louis L. Emmerson, Finance. The interest manifested from the beginning was intense, as was shown by the large and enthusiastic gathering that was present. Never before
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in the history of Masonry in the State of Illinois have the Lodge, Chapter and Commandery appeared in public and participated in a common cere- mony, and on this occasion we had the great pleasure of seeing not only all three of these organizations engaged in large numbers in the same noble undertaking, but also of seeing the Grand Officers of each body sitting upon the same platform participating in the same service.
Our brethren of the Grand Chapter surely have manifested the true spirit of Masonry in contributing so liberally and without reservation to our charities and they have made a move which should have the effect of break- ing down the false barrier that seems to exist between these two grand divisions of Masonry.
It is contended by some of our membership that our lodges know noth- ing about anything in Masonry beyond the degrees of Entered Appren- tice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason, and no one cares to dispute that this is technically correct. At the same time it is a well known and established fact that a man must be a Master Mason in good standing in order to be- come a member of a Chapter, and that he must be in good standing in the Lodge and Chapter in order to become a Knight Templar. These conditions being established, all must certainly agree that these three great organiza- tions have many interests in common and surely this occasion has been a great demonstration of this fact, and the event has without doubt estab- lished a closer relationship among all three bodies and a very intimate association of the Lodge and Chapter. Will it be in vain to hope that ulti- mately ways and means will be found to establish fraternal relations among all three bodies and unite them in the wonderful work of uplifting man- kind, an object that is common to all? Should this great advance be made, all credit is due to the Grand Chapter for making the initial move. July 5, 1915, will go down in the annals of Masonry in the State of Illinois as one of the most memorable days, if not the greatest, in its history.
The attendance surpassed all expectation and actual count showed five thousand in line in the grand procession, which reached from the depot in Sullivan to the Home, a distance of two miles. The procession was headed by Siloam Commandery Band, an organization consisting entirely of Knights Templar, who play simply for the love of music and the cheer, comfort and entertainment it brings to others, but never for pay. We acknowledge their generous spirit and sacrifice in being with us on this occasion and tender them our thanks.
The united Masonic Quartettes of Illinois, numbering forty men, under the able leadership of Bro. Geo. J. Kurzenknabe, attended the dedicatory services in a body and contributed materially to the success of the occasion by the rendition of some of the most beautiful music that Masons have ever had the privilege of hearing. To them we owe our heartiest thanks.
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Oar expressions of gratitude are also extended to the Grand Coui- mandery and subordinate bodies participating for the splendid escort fur- nished and for the able manner in which their part of the affair was con- ducted.
To the Grand Chapter and constituent Chapters throughout the state we say that the manifestation of our presence on this occasion was only a mild expression of our appreciation for the wondrous generosity and more wondrous exemplifications of the true Masonic spirit exhibited by you in contributing so liberally to our Home, and we sincerely trust that the rela- tionship thus established may continue and grow closer and closer until we shall be harmoniously engaged in many undertakings for the upbuild- ing of moral character and the benefit of humanity.
An expression of thanks is also due to the Masons of Sullivan and also to the many citizens of that town, not Masons, for the enthusiasm which they displayed and assistance given in making this event a success. We are also mindful of the work done by the ladies of the Eastern Star and of a number of the churches, and thank them.
History should record that there were representatives registered from over one-third of the lodges in the state and there is little doubt that nearly fifty per cent of the lodges were represented. It is recorded that one hun- dred and thirty-seven of the one hundred and fifty-three lodges in Chi- cago and Cook county were represented.
The fraternity has profited by the event. The Homes surely are better understood than ever before, and hence will gain much as a result of this occasion.
Most Excellent Grand High Priest, Everett E. Turnbull, in a masterly and appropriate address, formally presented the hospital to the Grand Lodge. Most Worshipful Grand Master, Henry T. Burnap, on behalf of the Grand Lodge, accepted this magnanimous gift in a pleasing and force- ful manner, and his acceptance was supplemented by a short address of a like character, by Bro. Ealph H. Wheeler, President of the Board of Man- agers of the Illinois Ma?onic Homes.
Companion Henry H. Montgomery, Past Most Excellent Grand High Priest, delivered an eloquent oration on behalf of the Grand Chapter, which was responded to in a fitting manner by Bro. George M. Moulton, Past Most Worshipful Grand Master and former President of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Masonic Homes.
The addresses of Brethren Everett E. Turnbull, Henry T. Burnap, Henry H. Montgomery and George M. Moulton will be found in the ap- pendix.
Emergent Fund.
At the Grand Lodge session of 1913, an appropriation of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) was made to be used in special cases by this Board of
OPERATING ROOM RO\ AL ARCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SULLIVAN, ILL.
TW'ELNE BED WARD RO\AL ARCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SULLIVAN, ILL.
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Managers until such time as the hospital shoulil be completed. Only one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of this fund has ever been drawn by this Board and the same has been expended as follows:
For special nursing of severe cases at the Sullivan Home $ 467.30
For the relief of a Brother of Edw. Dobbins Lodge No. 164 100.00
For the relief of a Brother of Marissa Lodge No. 881 120.00
For the relief of a Brother of Star in The East Lodge No. 166 286.83
For the relief of a Brother of Canton Lodge No. 821 50.00
$1024.13
As is shown above there has been an overdraft of twenty-four dollars and thirteen cents ($24.13) ; and we would recommend that an appropria- tion of this amount be made by the Finance Committee to cover this.
Voluntary Contributions to the Furnishing Fund of the Royal Arch Memorial Hospital.
In January of this year, in response to the expressed wishes of several individuals and Masonic bodies, and with the approval of Bro. Henry T. Burnap, Most Worshipful Grand Master, a letter was Issued to the con- stituent lodges of the state giving them an opportunity to contribute to the furnishing fund of the Royal Arch Memorial Hospital. With the ap- proval of Companion Everett R. Turnbull, Most Excellent Grand High Priest, and Sir Knight Thomas A. Stevens, Right Eminent Grand Com- mander, this letter was also sent to the Chapters and Commanderies of Illinois. The response was generous and the thanks of the craft of Illinois are due to the following bodies and individuals who have contributed a total of four thousand six hundred forty-seven and eighteen cents ($4,647.18) for this laudable purpose:
America Lodge, No. 889 Metropolitan Lodge, No. 860
Progressive Lodge, No. 9.54 Prairie Lodge, No. 77
Viola Lodge, No. 577 Paris Lodge, No. 268
Camargo Lodge, No. 440 North Shore Lodge, No. 939
Jo Daviess Lodge, No. 278 Antioeh Lodge, No. 127
Glen Ellyn Lodge, No. 950 Kilwinning Lodge, ..No. ^11
Arcana Lodge, No. 717 Geneva Lodge, No. 139
Ravenswood Lodge, No. 777 Garfield Lodge, No. 686
Mystic Star Lodge, No. 758 Wright's Grove Lodge, No. 779
Lakeside Lodge, No. ^739 Ancient Craft Lodge, No. 907
Perserverance Lodge, No. 973 Franklin Lodge, No. 25
Mithra Lodge No. 410 Dearborn Lodge, No. 310
Jos. Rolibins Lodge, No. 930 East St. Louis Lodge, No. 504
Capron Lodge, No. 575 T. J. Pickett Lodge, No. 307
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Keystone Lodge, No. 639 Harrisbnrg Lodge, No. 32.5 Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 51 Blaney Lodge, No. 271 Wilmette Lodge, No. 931 Garden City Lodge, No. 141 Cairo Lodge, No. 237 Mitchell Lodge, No. 85 Granite City Lodge, No. 877
Brotherhood Lodge, U.D. Monitor Lodge, No. 522 Providence Lodge, No. 711 Sycamore Lodge, No. 134 Golden Eule Lodge, No. 726 Batavia Lodge, No. 404 Wade-Barney Lodge (members of) No. 512
Lodges of the 33d District.
York Chapter Lodge, No. 148
E.A.M. Lincoln Park Lodge, No. 177
E.A.M Staley Lodge, No. 104, E.A.M. Edgar Lodge, No. 32, E.A.M. Lafayette Lodge, No. 2, E.A.M. Goleonda Lodge, No. 162 Eutland Lodge, No. 112 Granite City Lodge, No. 221
Fox Eiver Lodge, No. 14
Apollo Commandery, No. 1, K.T.
Palestine Commandery, No. 27,
K.T. Bro. E. Edwin Mills Bro. Edward H. Thomas Bro. W. F. Burgdorff Cook County Lodges Cook County Chapters
The Board of Managers of the Illinois Masonic Homes has directed that a bronze tablet be erected in a conspicuous place in the hospital show- ing the names of the ' ' good Samaritans. ' '
The reports of the Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor, and the report of the Committee on building and furnishings of the Eoyal Arch Memorial Hospital will be found in the appendix.
Ealph H. Wheeler, President.
RESOLUTION.
Bro. Ralph H. Wheeler offered the following resolution. It was referred to the Committee on Finance.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A.F & A.M. State of Illinois:
Wliereas, on September 18, 1915, in the Circuit Court of Cook County of Illinois, Judge Jesse A. Baldwin denied the injunction restraining the Board of Education of School District No. 102 of Cook County, from ejecting the children of the Illinois Masonic Orphans ' Home from the pub- lic schools of LaGrange. Following the instructions of the Most Worship- ful Grand Lodge of 1912, the case has been appealed to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, and,
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Whereas, the Board of Education of School District No. 102 is now demanding an immediate arrangement guaranteeing the payment of the tuition of the children pending and subject to the decision of the said Su- preme Court :
Therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Ma- sonic Homes, be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to make such arrangements as will guarantee that the education of the children of our Orphan 's Home shall continue without interruption.
REPORT Construction of Hospital.
Bro. Owen Scott, Chairman, made the following report for the committee appointed to confer with the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons.
To tJw M.W. Grand Lodge, A.F. cj- A.M. of the State of Illinois:
Your committee appointed to confer with the Grand Chapter R.A.M. regarding the construction of a hospital at the Illinois Masonic Home at Sullivan, fraternally report that the work is complete and the hospital was dedicated by the Grand Lodge on July 5, 1915, as shown by report of the Ma- sonic Home Board. One of the best constructed and best equipped hos- pitals in the world, under fraternal control, has been made possible by the great gift of the Eoyal Arch Masons of Illinois. Just pride may be in- dulged in the consummation of this achievement. Having completed the work assigned to this committee we ask to be discharged. Fraternally submitted,
Owen Scott, Irving Shuman, Henry T. Burnap, w. e, buehler,
Committee.
REPORT Special Committee on Music.
Bro. George J. Kurzenknabe, Chairman, made the follow- ing report for the special committee on music. ~The report was adopted.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Officers and Brethren of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois : Brethren: Your special committee on music, to whom was intrusted
the duty of carrying out the wishes of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
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as ordered at its last annual meeting, would respectfully report that we have completed our labors, and have already submitted for your kind con- sideration a book of specially prepared words and music to be used in the ceremonies of conferring the three degrees. We trust it will meet with your approval. All we have to say regarding it is expressed in the ' ' Foreword ' ' in the beginning of the work.
FC REWORD.
Agreeably to the recommendation of Most Worshipful Grand Master Delmar Duane Darrah (see Grand Lodge Proceedings 1913, page 27), the action of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge thereon (see page 55, same), and the report of the special committee on music, together with its recom- mendations (see Proceedings 191-}:, page 165), which report and recom- mendations were adopted (see page 176, same), this volume is published and dedicated to the one hundred and forty thousand members of the craft in Illinois.
Attention is called to that paragraph of the report of the committee wherein the recommendation is made if vocal music is introduced during the conferring of the degrees that only the words offered by the committee be used, and the succeeding paragraph, which makes the apjjroval of the Most Worshipful Grand Master necessary before any others can be sung.
All the settings have been compiled for voices of medium range, with the idea in view that every lodge has at least one member who can, with a little study, become familiar with the odes and sing them. Dignity and simplicity have been the aim of the committee, both in the words and their musical settings. The single idea has been to beautify and embellish the work with music, but not to have the music paramount.
To avoid monotony three different settings of each phrase or verse have been prepared for male quartette, and three for solo baritone voice. While this increases materially the number of pages in the book the com- mittee feels such increase justified.
Suggestions are made in the last pages of the book as to appropriate places where vocal music for installations, instituting and constituting of lodges, corner stone layings, dedications and funeral services should be introduced. These being largely personal services, with a wide choice of music from personal reasons, the committee is reluctant to recommend any specific words or music, but leaves it to the judgment and discretion of those having charge of the ceremonies.
The committee is under obligations to those who have contributed of their talents to this undertaking. All have offered freely and cheerfully, and the committee hopes that the approval of those who use the work will be such as to make the contributors feel their labor has not been in vain.
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Our best efforts have Leen given to the production of a work which, in- telligently used, we believe will beautify and embellish the ritualistic work of the craft, and make its rendition a source of added pleasure and im- pressiveness to both the candidate and the members witnessing its excm- plitication.
If our labors have been such as to produce this desired effect then we will indeed be pleased that we had a part, be it ever so insignificant, in the promulgation of the work.
Trusting you will be pleased with the book, both from the standpoint of the contents and the appearance and make-up, and thanking the Most Worshipful Grand Master for the confidence placed in the committee, we are.
Yours fraternally,
Geo. J. KURZENKNABE,
E. G. Mullen, Ealph E. Libberton, G. H. Stephens, J. E. Matheny,
Committee.
REPORT Committee on Legislation.
Bro. Alexander H. Bell, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Legislation. It was adopted.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. cj- A.M. of the State of Illinois: Your Committee on Legislation respectfully report : The only amendment now pending before this Grand Lodge is that
which appears in the printed proceedings of this Grand Lodge at its session
of 1914, on page 170.
It is not necessary to quote in full the amendment. Its only purpose and effect is to raise the per capita tax of this Grand Lodge upon the indi- vidual Mason of this Grand Jurisdiction, from ninety cents to one dollar and provides that the dollar thus raised shall be divided as follows: fifty- five cents shall be for the General Fund and forty-five cents shall be for the Charity Fund.
This proposed amendment involves no question of principle but is a matter of administrative detail and in as much as this Grand Lodge is ex- pending very large amounts of money in masonic charity, your committee is of the opinion that the amendment here referred to should be adopted.
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And we recommend therefore, that this amendment should be adoptd by the Grand Lodge.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
Alexander H. Bell, Arthur M. Otman, Elmer D. Brothers,
Committee on Legislation.
REPORT Committee on Libraries.
Bro. Roy K. Wheeler, Chairman of the Committee on Libraries, presented the report of that committee. It was adopted:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of
the State of Illinois:
In consequence of the fraternal spirit manifested by the brethren of this grand jurisdiction when called upon to contribute to the Delmar D. Darrah Fund, your committee is pleased to report that your generosity has added, during the past year, greatly to the pleasure and education of the large families living in our splendid Masonic homes at Sullivan and La Grange.
An abundance of daily newspapers and periodicals has delighted the aged members at Sullivan, while the children at La Grange have derived entertainment and instruction from the books and magazines provided.
Four sets of sectional book-cases were purchased to meet the require- ments of the library of the Home at La Grange.
The recommendation approved by this Grand Lodge that each child in the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home be given a Holy Bible has been followed by your committee.
Detailed report of receipts and expenditures follows:
Cash balance October 13, 1914 $1,071.20
Receipts 45.00
Total $1,116.20
1914 disbursements.
Oct. 5, Chicago Tribune Co $40.00
Oct. 20, Max Learner, magazines 2.00
Nov. 27, Supt. of Public Documents '. 11.75
Dec. 12, Gertrude Gardner, subscriptions 18.00
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Feb. 10, Illinois Freemason, subscriptions 5.00
Feb. 10, Illinois Masonic Eeview, subscriptions 6.00
April 3, The American Magazine, subscriptions 12.50
April 13, Geo. E. Cole & Co., card index file 3.33
April 15, Gertrude Gardner, subscriptions 62.50
May 4, Schram Bros., book-cases 57.40
May 10, The Decatur Herald, subscriptions 27.00
Aug. 21, Springfield News, subscriptions 4.00
Sept. 30, The Midland Press, for ' * Human Interest Library ' ' 4.50
Total $ 253.98
Cash balance October 12, 1915 $ 862.22
EoY K. Wheeler, g-. w. pumphrey, Chas, E. Holmes,
Committee on Libraries.
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.
Bro. Chester E. Allen offered an amendment to Code No. 643, Grand Lodge By-Laws. It being seconded by representa- tives of more than twenty lodges, lies over until next year.
If amended it will read : 643 Every lodge under dispensation shall pay $1.00 Grand Lodge dues annually for every master mason whose name is upon the dispensation, who is not a member of a chartered lodge in Illinois.
Bro. John B. Fithian offered an amendment to Code 837, Grand Lodge By-Laws. It being seconded by representatives of more than twenty lodges, lies over until next year.
If amended it will read: 837 All charges and specifications shall be filed with the secretary of the Lodge.
A. If charges are received at a stated meeting they shall then and there be read.
B. If charges are received during recess of the lodge, said charges shall be read at the next stated meeting thereafter.
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REPORT Committee on Obituaries.
Bro. Asahel W. Gage read the report of the Committee on Obituaries, which was adopted by a rising vote.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of the State of Illinois:
We are here today ruled and governed by laws made in the i^ast.
It is indeed the dead that govern; the living only obey.
Our lot is but to work. The effort is the virtue. In the perspective of eternity distinctions between the humblest and the most exalted vanish and all is judged according to merit.
Our judgment of our contemporaries is practically worthless, unless we are better judges than the ancient Brethren whom we follow.
Consider the errors of the past.
Toward the close of the 18th century the Grand Lodge of England ex pelled William Preston. He was the masonic intellectual giant of his time and to his untiring efforts are very largely due our lectures in their present form. But he was relentlessly crushed by the brethren because he differed with them.
In the early part of the 19th century Krause, whose intense legal mind contributed the basis for our present system of Masonic Jurisprudence, was expelled from his lodge. He had sought the light, the truth itself.
Even as late as the middle of the 19th century, Oliver, that sweet, charitable preacher of the south of England, whose prolific writings on Masonic subjects have formed the basis for so much of the symbolic writings of later years, was divested of his office of Provincial Deputy Grand Mas- ter. He, too, had sought the real purpose of Masonry and an understanding of its teachings.
In view of the treatment which the fraternity has accorded to its illus- trious dead, we must recognize how unjust we always are. Let us therefore leave the issues with God and extend our helping and sympathetic hand to all our brethren and to all their dear ones. To help and to labor remains for us.
The lives of our departed brethren contain many experiences from which we might learn most valuable lessons. Your committee has therefore pre- pared and presents herewith an obituary record of the masters and past masters of this jurisdiction and of the grand officers of this and other grand jurisdictions, reported as having passed from their physical labors in this world since the last meeting of this Grand Lodge. We recommend that this record be printed in the Grand Lodge proceedings.
EDWARD COOK
MAV. GRAND MASTER 1897-1{
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We regret that this record is as meager as it is. But our correspou- denee seeking to elicit information which might be of immense value to the craft still remains either unanswered or has elicited the reply that the in- formation was not known or available to the writer.
It is unfortunate that the craft must go on from generation to genera- tion learning and relearning from bitter experience the same lessons over and over again, when they might be so easily gleaned from the lives of others.
The progress of the work of the craft is hampered because the valuable experiences of its members are buried with their bodies or live only for a brief time in the memories of their intimates.
We therefore trust that the Grand Lodge will make provision for the compilation and permanent preservation of a record of the plans and labors of its craftsmen, particularly the leaders of its counsels, so that the future may have the benefit of the experiences of past.
The Brethren who are worthy to labor ujion our works and in our coun- sels are worthy to survive their funerals and to live in the good they have done. Let us, therefore, preserve their work and propagate it, for we will profit by it.
OBITUARY RECORD.
Edward Cook, died Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, May 20th, 1915, at the age of 78 years.
Your committee would epitomize Edward Cook's work for the craft, as the building and strengthening of Masonic Democracy, Decorum and De- cency.
As is so often the case he was frequently misunderstood. His work for democracy and the rights of the individuals was occasionally felt to be con- trariness against leaders. His efforts to maintain decorum were sometimes misinterpreted as a support of autocratic power, some brethren not recogniz- ing that decorum is an essential condition of democracy. His invaribly rigid stand against the indecent, in every form, was sometimes felt by those affected to be an uncharitable effort to enforce his own standards, they could not see that he would only protect our institution and its members from the charge of hyprocrisy.
The details of Brother Cook 's earnest masonic life and labors, if they were only available, would make a most valuable course of study for every craftsman who would be, indeed, a Master.
Our Brother was born on a farm in Verona, Oneida County, New York, September 20th, 1836, the youngest of seven children.
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When he was nine years old the family moved to Michigan, settling on a farm between Tecumseh and Adrian, where at first they lived in a log house and had to clear much of their land. In 1849 the brother next older than Edward went to California with the gold seekers, leaving the farm work to be done by the father, a man of sixty, and Edward not yet thir- teen. The long weary days of that summer when he did a man's work and more, according to the present ideas so affected his health that he never attained quite the robustness of his older brothers.
A few summers later he worked on a neighbor 's farm for twelve dol- lars a month and saved enough money to go to school all winter. He quali- fied himself to teach and taught school and later engaged in the book busi- ness. In his later years he was able to do but little excepting to see his friends and transact personal business.
Edward Cook was initiated, passed and raised in Blaney Lodge No. 271 in 1863. He was master of his lodge during the years, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1876, 1877 and 1882.
Brother Cook was a member of the Capitular, Cryptic and Scottish Kites, but his great service for the craft was rendered in our Grand Lodge where he first appeared as a representative in 1869. He was chairman of the committee on finance in 1871 and from that time until his death was al- ways active in the Grand Lodge affairs. He was elected Junior Grand War- den in 1891 and regularly advanced with the line, serving as Grand Master of Masons in Illinois for two years beginning in 1897.
The volume and the value of his experience in, and conception of Ma- sonry grew with the years. The extent of his influence cannot be meas- ured.
Egbert Fkeke Gould, died Kinsfield Green, Woking, England, March 26th, 1915 at the age of 78 years.
He found masonic history a pageant of legend, fancy and fables with such few facts as were on parade garbed in false clothing.
Brother Gould, by ti-aining and experience a soldier and a barrister, avoided guess work and used little imagination. It was the facts which he sought and that which he could not demonstrate he laid aside for the time being at least.
He left the foundation for a masonic history clothed in pure white, un- colored and unprejudiced, fit to be used on any part of the great work of Masonry, adaptable to the myriad purposes of our Science.
Masters and Past Masters of Illinois.
Lysander H. Adams, W.M., Warren Lodge Xo. 14 for ten years, died October 29th, 1914.
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Orville Benson Anderson, W.M., Friendship Lodge No. 7, 1887, died July 17th, 1914.
Lyman H. Ames, W.M. Mystic Star Lodge No. 758, 1886, died October 2nd, 1914.
Archie P. Atherton, W.M. Thomson Lodge No. 559, 1907-8-9-12-13-14, died Nov. 10th, 1914.
Charles H. Bacon, W.M. Lockport Lodge No. 538, 1867-8-9-70-2-5-6-7, died August 25th, 1914.
Gordon Bailey, W.M. Eavenswood Lodge No. 777, 1893, died June 30th, 1915.
John H. Ballance, W.M. Kinmundy Lodge No. 398, 1905, died Aug- ust 15th, 1914.
John W. Balsley, W.M. Casey Lodge No. 442, 1876-77-85, died May 31st, 1915.
Fred G. Beecher, W.M. Oriental Lodge No. 33, 1881, died July 31st, 1914.
Wat Bestow, W.M. Jeffersonville Lodge No. 460, for two years, died February 10th, 1915.
Francis Marion Beals, W.M. Mattoon Lodge No. 260, 1899-1900, died March 30th, 1915.
John C. Black, Past Grand Orator, Grand Lodge Illinois, died Aug- ust 17th, 1915.
George D. Blake, W.M. Aroma Lodge No. 378, four years, died De- cember 22nd, 1914.
EOYAL Bliss, W.M. Avon Harmony Lodge No. 2.53, 1892, died Feb- ruary 23rd, 1915.
John T. Blythe, W.M. Windsor Lodge No. 322, 1907-08, died Feb- ruary 11th, 1915.
Frank Etsel Bryan, W.M. Mahomet Lodge No. 220, seven years, died June 6th, 1915.
Chas. S. Brydia, W.M. Tarbolton Lodge No. 351, 1898-99-1900, died April 28th, 1915.
John W. Brown, W.M. Golden Eule Lodge No. 726, 1874-75, died April 23rd, 1915.
Harry Louis Buhrow, W.M. Thomas J. Turner Lodge No. 409, 1914, died March lOth, 1915.
Frederick W. Byers, W.M. Lena Lodge No. 174, 1870-76-77, died June 13th, 1915.
L. K. Byers, W.M. Altona Lodge No. 330, for several years chair-
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man of Committee of Chartered Lodges of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, died May 28th, 1915.
William S. Cantrell, W.M. Benton Lodge No. 64, 1887, died July 16th, 1914.
Charles Knight Charlton, W.M. Gardner Lodge No. 573, 1872-73 and W.M. Braidwood Lodge No. 704, 1875-76-77-80-86, died December 14th, 1914.
Wm. E. Christopher, W.M. Shipman Lodge No. 212, died August 9th, 1914.
Wm. M. Church, W.M. Johnsonville Lodge No. 713, for one year, died December 26th, 1914.
Dr. Franklin A. Clement, W.M. Greenfield Lodge No. 129, 1900-01, died December 25th, 1914.
John F. Conover, W.M. Harrisburg Lodge No. 325, 1867, died March 15th, 1915.
Edward Cook, W.M. Blaney Lodge No. 271, 1869-70-72-76-77-82, and Past Grand Master, died May 20th, 1915.
William Ccoke, W.M. Amity Lodge No. 472, 1881-90, died March 28th, 1915.
S. J. Cunningham, W.M. Auburn Park Lodge No. 789, 1899, died De- cember 17th, 1914.
Joseph Dale, W.M. Silas Lodge No. 898, 1911 and East Moline Lodge No. 969, 1914, died October 13th, 1914.
Samuel M. Dalzell, W.M. S. M. Dalzell Lodge No. 805, 1893, died January 27th, 1915.
Charlton A. Day, W.M. Elvaston Lodge No. 715, 1902, died August 9th, 1914.
Derick Janse, W.M. Arcana Lodge No. 717, 1887-88, died April 4th, 1915.
Daniel Dimon, W.M. Creston Lodge No. 320, 1894-95, died August 10th, 1914.
Geo. E. Ditterline, W.M. Temple Hill Lodge No. 701, 1902, died June 30th, 1915.
Vernon P. Doty, W.M. Hampshire Lodge No. 443, two years, died February 6th, 1914.
Thomas B. .Drew, W.M. Raven Lodge No. 303, 1910-11, died April 28th, 1915.
Fred E. Eldred, W.M. Providence Lodge No. 711, 1896, died January 2nd, 1915.
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John M. Elliott, W.M. D. C. Cregier Lodge No. 643, 1901, died Feb- ruary 11th, 1915.
Milton A. Ewing, W.M. Xeoga Lodge No. 279, died March 15th, 1915.
George B. Fickle, W.M. Onarga Lodge No. 305, ten years, died March 2Sth, 1915.
Jonathan Fields, W.M. Amon Lodge No. 261, one year, died October :50th, 1914.
Samuel G. Gardner, W.M. King Solomons Lodge No. 197, 1869, died January 24th, 1915.
William Gardner, W.M. Oriental Lodge No. 33, 1880, died May 19th, 1915.
Geo. W. Gilliland, W.M. Benevolent Lodge No. 51, 1914, died June 6th, 1915.
George H. Gillespie, W.M. Auburn Park Lodge No. 789, 1896, died June 5th, 1914.
George Havilah Gunn, W.M. Flora Lodge No. 204, 1859-60, died April 18th, 1915.
David Gilbert Hamilton, W.M. Home Lodge No. 508, 1878, died February 16th, 1915.
Will Hartley, W.M. Bloomfield Lodge No. 148, 1 year, died June 12th, 1915.
Christian Conrad Hartman, W.M. Keystone Lodge No. 639, 1891-92- 93, died May 1st, 1915.
Andrew Hatch, W.M. Nebo Lodge No. 806, records destroyed by fire, died November 1914.
Franklin Dwight Hatch, W.M. Kankakee Lodge No. 389, 1886-87- 88, died February 3rd, 1915.
Joseph F. Hazzard, W.M. Peoria Lodge No. 15, 1873, died June 19th, 1915.
John Millard Hederick, W.M. Chatham Lodge No. 523, 1898-1905, died December 2nd, 1914.
Henry Hedrich, W.M. Schiller Lodge No. 335, 1883-84-90-91, died March 29th, 1915.
Arthur C. Helm, W.M. Cleveland Lodge No. 211, 1898, died January 4th, 1915.
Martin C. Herman, W.M. Macon Lodge No. 8, 1892-97, died January 9th, 1915.
Geo. W. Hill, W.M. Tower Hill Lodge No. 493, 1892, died February 9th, 1915.
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Edward H. Hixe, W.M. Temple Lodge No. 46, 1908, died October 23rd, 1914.
Chas. D. Hoard, W.M. Oriental Lodge No. 33, 1897, died February 12th, 191.5.
Bert Benson Huntley, W.M. Philo Lodge No. 436, 1910, died No- vember 19th, 1914.
Charles E. Smiley (non affiliated) W. M. Amity Lodge No. 472, 1904, died August 3rd, 1914.
Francis Marion Jacobs, W.M. Lima Lodge No. 135, 1896-97, died December 17th, 1914.
Cyrus Jones, W.M. Towanda Lodge No. 542, 1858-59, died March 12th, 1915.
Arthur Jones, Sr., W.M. Catlin Lodge No. 285, ten years, died Sep- tember 28th, 1914.
Lorenzo William Johnson, W.M. Macomb Lodge No. 17, 1907, died June 16th, 1915.
William Walter Juda, W.M. Dawson Lodge No. 556, two years, died March 3rd, 1915.
Ferdinand E. Kahl, W.M. Shipman Lodge No. 212, three years, died June 20th, 1915.
Emmanuel S. Klinefelter, W.M. Versailles Lodge No. 108, four years, died June 26th, 1915.
Christian Klingel, W.M. Schiller Lodge No. 335, 1897, died Novem- ber 14th, 1914.
Francis M. Kyser, W.M. Hardin Lodge No. 44, the records of his service as W.M. have been burned, died December 17th, 1914.
Louis W. Lawton, W.M. Delavan Lodge No. 156, 1890-91, District Deputy Grand Master of the 25th District 1907-13, died June 1st, 1915.
James Leigh, W.M. Cicero Lodge No. 955, 1913-14, died January 1st, 1915.
William Lembky, W.M. Sherman Lodge No. 535, two years, died October 6th, 1914.
EiCHARD Eaymond Levis, W.M. Blaney Lodge No. 271,
