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In 1907, C. H. Delacour formed a stock company which purchased the old Unity Hall, on Sixth Street between C and D streets, and moved the building to the north side of B Street between Fifth and Sixth. There is was remodeled and opened as the Garrick Theatre. D. C. Collier, then a leader in San Diego's real estate and development field, was one of the largest stockholders. George D. Easton and E. C. Bangs, well known San Diegans, for some time represented the Collier interests in the management of the house, in which there played both "road" and stock companies. Several years later it was taken over by H. C. Wyatt and Oliver Morosco of Los Angeles, who engaged J. M. Dodge to be manager. In 1911, Sullivan & Considine, then conducting a large vaudeville circuit, took over the theatre and named it the Empress. William Tomkins, who later became secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was one of several managers while it was a vaudeville house. In more recent years, as the Strand Theatre, it has been the home of stock players, most prominent among whom is Virginia Brissac, who in private life is Mrs. John G. Wray.
The Pickwick Theatre, on the east side of Fourth Street, between C and Broadway, was biult in 1904, by Louis J. Wilde, who later became mayor of San Diego and who then was beginning to be active in promotion of the city's advancement. This theatre was leased for six years to Palmer Brothers & Fulkerson, both of whom are still active in the theatrical business in San Diego. The Pickwick in its early days was used for vaudeville and dramatic stock performances, one of the well known stock players who appeared there being Myrtle Vane, whose appearance in "Pygmalion and Galatea" is remembered with pleasure by many residents of San Diego. The Pickwick is now a motion picture house.
The Savoy Theatre, at the northwest corner of Third and C streets, was built in 1910 and 1911 and was opened September 18, 1911, the first performance being given by the Savoy stock company, with Vir- ginia Brissac at its head. The theatre is large and well constructed, seats about 1,500 persons and is one of the most comfortable of its kind on the Pacific coast. Its cost was about $180,000. The Savoy theatre building is owned by and the ground it occupies is leased by Palmer Brothers & Fulkerson, members of the firm being Scott A. Palmer, William H. Palmer, Oscar F. Palmer, Edgar W. Palmer and M. L. Fulkerson. For the last nine years the Savoy has been the San Diego home of the Pantages vaudeville circuit. The lessees began their theatrical career in San Diego with the opening of the little Lyric Theatre, on Fifth Street between G and Market : its seat- ing capacity was only about 200.
The finest theatre ever erected in San Diego, and one of the handsomest, most spacious and best equipped in the world. is the Spreckels Theatre, with its spacious entrance on Broadway between First and Second streets. Forming the central part of the great six- story Spreckels building, built by John D. Spreckels as a companion to the Union building, across Second Street, it is an imposing milestone in the progress of San Diego and one of Mr. Spreckels' most notable con- tributions to the city's development. The theatre seats more than
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1,900 persons. Its stage is 82 by 58 feet, being one of the widest and deepest in the United States. Proscenium, domes, ceiling, balcony and gallery blend harmoniously in form, line and color. The decora- tions are among the best ever put into an American playhouse. The Spreckels Theatre was opened on the evening of August 23, 1912, with a performance of the play "Bought and Paid For," by George Broad- hurst, the members of the cast being Charles Richman, Frank Craven, Allen Atwell, John Cromwell, Miss Julia.Dean, Miss Agnes DeLane and Miss Mari Hardi. The lessees and managers since the opening have been J. M. Dodge and H. C. Hayward, the latter having come to San
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One of the largest of San Diego's office buildings, it contains also the Spreckels Theatre, one of the finest in America and one whose capacity and equipment are not surpassed anywhere in the West.
Diego a short time before the opening of the theatre from Spokane, Washington, where he was manager of the Auditorium Theatre and a member of the firm of Hayward & Larkin, extensive outdoor adver- tisers of the northwest. Both are nationally known theatrical men and have been prominent in the upbuilding of San Diego. Harrison Albright was the architect of the theatre building.
At the opening the following staff was working under Managers Dodge and Hayward:
H. C. Payne, secretary-treasurer ; H. Benhayon, assistant treas- urer ; C. F. Van Horn, superintendent : F. C. Chanter, chief usher ; Thos. B. Wylie, stage manager ; Joseph Delfino, properties ; Herbert Wheeler, electrician : Carl E. Lundquist Co., programs : Peter J. Frank, leader of orchestra.
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San Diego boasts of several of the finest motion picture houses on the Pacific coast. Among them are the Cabrillo and the Plaza, front- ing on the city Plaza ; the Superba, at Third and C streets, formerly the Mirror, the Broadway, on Broadway, near Ninth Street, and the Rialto, on Fourth Street opposite the Isis Theatre.
It is not, of course, within the province of this work to give a complete list of attractions which have appeared at the great Spreckels Theatre since its opening, but it certainly is fitting that some mention should be made, even in the limited space available, of some of the most notable of these theatrical and other offerings. The first year of the Spreckels Theatre brought many of excellence, among them being : An all-star cast, headed by DeWolf Hopper and Alice Brady, in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera revival: "Pomander Walk," Edna Darsch in concert. "Officer 666." Gadski, "The Quaker Girl," "The Chocolate Soldier," Dustin Farnum in "The Littlest Rebel." and "Ben Hur." The second year, 1913, saw the following attractions, among others, at the Spreckels: May Robson, Walker Whiteside in "The Typhoon." "The Rose Maid," "Bunty Pulls the String," Kolb and Dill, Pacific coast favorites: William H. Crane, Mischa Elman, "The Prince of Pilsen," Leo Ditrichstein in "The Concert." the Chicago Grand Opera Company. "The Merry Widow." Donald Brian, Clara Butts Rumford in concert, Adelaine Genee. the dancer; Nat Goodwin as Fagin in an adaptation of "Oliver Twist," Chauncey Olcott, the Ben Greet Players. Maude Adams in "Peter Pan." Raymond Hitchcock, "Fine Feathers." with Max Figman and Wilton Lackaye : "Everywoman," John Mason in "As a Man Thinks," Margaret Anglin in Shakespeare, "The Bird of Paradise." Julian Eltinge, the Tivoli Opera Company, Anna Held, Schumann-Heink, "Madame Sherry." "The Chocolate Soldier." Melba and Kubelik, Robert Mantell and John Steven McGroarty's celebrated Mission Play. The year 1914 brought equally strong attractions, and players, among them being: Gaby Deslys. Mrs. Fiske, May Irwin. Sothern and Marlowe, Mclntyre and Heath. Pavlowa, Emma Trentini in "The Fire-fly." "Within the Law," "The Blue Bird," the DeKoven Opera Company. Ysaye and Ghirardi, "The Whip." Mischa Elman. Mizzi Hajos in "Sari." "Peg O' My Heart." and "Damaged Goods." During that summer the Wray-Brissac stock company had the theatre. and in the fall the Orpheum attractions were sent here for several nights of each week. In 1915 the Hippodrome vaudeville started to appear at the Spreckels Theatre, and all road attractions booked by Messrs. Dodge and Hayward were sent to the Isis Theatre until September 21, 1919. The vaudeville of the Loew circuit was installed at the Spreckels in 1921, and was continued for several months. Recent road attractions are well within the memory of San Diego theatre-goers and need not be set forth here.
CHAPTER XXXIV
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
San Diego Lodge No. 35, F. and A. M., the first Masonic lodge in Southern California, antedating the first in Los Angeles by a year, was chartered in May, 1853. Its first officers and members included several men prominent in the life of Old Town, where the lodge had its home at first. The worshipful master under dispensation was William C. Ferrell, who was San Diego County's first district attorney and who was one of those who made the first effort to form the new City of San Diego. John Judson Ames, the mighty editor of the Herald, was senior warden and John Cook, junior warden. Other Master Masons at early meetings of the lodge included William Heath Davis, a well known Californian, who was builder of the first wharf in San Diego and the author of "Sixty Years in California"; James W. Robinson, a Confederate veteran and prominent lawyer, who served for four years as district attorney of the county; Agostin Haraszthy, who went to the State Assembly in 1852; Louis Rose, one of the first city trustees and for ten years postmaster of Old Town; William H. Moon, an early justice of the peace, and George H. Derby, noted writer of "Phoenixiana." While here Derby took an active interest in the lodge, acting for a time as its secretary. It is recorded that Derby was delegated by the Grand Lodge of California to install the first officers under the charter, the ceremony taking place August 14, 1853, and the officers being William C. Ferrell, worshipful master ; Philip Crosthwaite, senior warden ; Louis Rose, junior warden : George H. Derby, secretary : John Hays, treasurer: P. H. Hoof, senior dea- con : and S. Goldman, junior deacon. On leaving San Diego, Derby gave his past master's jewel to Philip Crosthwaite, then worshipful master, and Crosthwaite later gave it to the lodge. Accounts of early meetings of the lodge show that the members met in the old courthouse, a one-story structure containing only one room. The tyler, with sword girded on, paced up and down in front, on the open street, on guard lest someone not authorized should attempt to gain entrance.
San Diego Lodge now has about 550 members. Its past masters are as follows :
1853-1855.
*W. C. Ferrell. 1854. * Philip Crosthwaite. 1856. *J. W. Robinson.
1857, 1859, 1862, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. * D. B. Kurtz. 1858. *T. R. Darnall.
1860. *George A. Pendleton.
*Deceased.
*Demitted.
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1861-1864. *Marcus Schiller.
1870. *W. H. Cleveland.
1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1885. * William Augustus Begole.
1876-1877. ¿Frederick Nye Pauly.
1878. John Waldo Thompson.
1879-1880. * William Wallace Bowers.
1881.
*Leland Howard Plaisted.
1882, 1883, 1884. * Simon Levi. 1886.
¡Daniel Cave.
1887-1888. George Mifflin Dannals. Addison Morgan.
1889. 1890.
*Eli Tucker Blackmer.
1891. John Keep Blackmer.
1892-1893. William John Mossholder.
1894. 1895.
*George Forster.
*Gilbert Conger Arnold.
William Levings Pierce.
Minord Jonathan Perrin.
1896. 1897. Emanuel J. Louis. 1898. 1899. Nat Robert Titus. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. John B. Osborn. 1904. 1905. Herbert A. Croghan.
William Edgar Budlong.
*Sam Ferry Smith. Edwin Adelbert Woodard.
Melancthon A. Graham.
1906. 1907.
Alfred H. Gilbert.
¡Silas M. Puryear.
Carl H. Heilbron.
1908. 1909. 1910. Peter J. Piepenbrink.
1911. Fred A. Schneider.
1912, Egbert C. Bangs.
1913. William H. Nichols.
1914. Edgar B. Levi.
1915. David A. Loebenstein.
1916. Rainsford W. Belding.
1917. De Roy Saum.
1918. John F. West.
1919. *Samuel W. Hackett.
1920. Frederick W. Reif.
The officers for 1921 of San Diego Lodge are as follows: Charles William Partridge, worshipful master : Isaac T. Davidson, senior war- den ; James B. McLees, junior warden: Edgar B. Levi, treasurer : Edwin Adelbert Woodard, secretary: Rainsford W. Belding, chaplain : Leonard Wright, senior deacon: Edward J. Wright, junior deacon : Frederick W. Piepenbrink, senior steward : Leo G. West, junior stew- ard; La Rue Hewes, organist : Matthew Hall. tyler.
Silver Gate Lodge No. 296. F. and A. M., obtained its charter October 10, 1889, the first master under dispensation and charter being
* Deceased.
¡Demitted.
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David E. Bailey, past grand master of Nevada. The first officers were: David E. Bailey, worshipful master ; Alonzo E. Dodson, senior warden : James Wells, junior warden ; James S. Clark, treasurer ; John A. Fisk, secretary,; Henry C. Langrehr, senior deacon ; Lewis S. Safley, junior deacon : John C. McDougall, marshal ; John Manning and Frank J. Villa, stewards ; Samuel T. Goldthwait, tyler. The lodge now has nearly 600 members. Its officers for 1921 are: Herman W. Scheld, worshipful master : Norton Langford, senior warden; Winfred Ezra Metz, junior warden; Frank A. Frye, treasurer ; Joseph H. Francis, secretary : Rudolph H. Reinert, chaplain ; Benjamin W. Bryant, senior deacon ; James L. Squire, junior deacon ; George R. Cooley, marshal ; Wallace D. Griffin, senior steward; John Tschudi, junior steward ; Matthew Hall, tyler : La Rue Hewes, organist. The list of the lodge's past masters is as follows :
1889-1890. ¿David Ewing Bailey.
1891-1892. * James Wells.
1893. ¡Alonzo Eugene Dodson.
1894. +John Manning.
1895-1896. Eugene Daney.
1897. *Stephen Horatio Olmsted.
1898.
+Enoch Winsby.
1899.
Lawrence Augustus Creelman.
1900. Adelbert Hiram Sweet.
1901.
*William Justus Davis.
1902.
Albert Edward Johnstone.
1903.
Anson Fisk Cornell.
1904.
Jarvis Lathrop Doyle.
1905. James Henry Cassidy.
1906.
* Archibald Taylor.
1907.
Fred Cornelius Hyers.
1908. Frank Augustus Frye.
1909. *Charles Leonard Marks.
1910. Gustaf Brelin.
1911. George Huet Garner.
1912.
Charles Ernest Butler.
1913. Asa Roderick Jones.
1914. John Francis Covert.
1915. William G. Barth.
1916. John Philip Brogle.
1917. Marius Hansen Quitsow.
1918. Edward Crolic.
1919. John Jay Manny.
1920. Rudolph Herman Reinert.
BLACKMER LODGE No. 442, F. & A. M.
The first preliminary meeting for the purpose of creating this, the newest Masonic lodge in San Diego, was held October 2, 1913, at the Masonic Temple. At this meeting a petition to the Grand Lodge of California was formulated asking for a dispensation. The dispen-
*Deceased.
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sation was signed by thirty-one Master Masons, representing fourteen different states, the Philippine Islands and British Columbia.
The Grand Lodge granted the dispensation October 27, 1913. The first meeting under dispensation was held October 30, 1913, at which the following officers were selected and installed :
Charles G. Briggs, as master :
Frank J. Cody, as senior warden ;
Herbert H. Heath, as junior warden :
Albert K. Glover, as chaplain ;
Randall A. Kinney, as secretary ;
Ernest L. McKie, as senior deacon ;
Harlow M. Higley, as junior deacon ;
Fred L. Burgan, as marshal ;
Warren E. Libby, as senior steward ; Arthur B. Haxton, as tyler.
From this time on regular meetings were held and business trans- acted in due form, during which period the membership was increased to eighty. At the meeting held September 14, 1914, the lodge voted to petition the Grand Lodge for a charter. Brothers Charles G. Briggs, Frank J. Cody and Hudson H. Heath were elected delegates to the Grand Lodge to present the petition for the charter.
The charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of California on October 14, 1914, and the number 442 assigned. From this time on the lodge has progressed with vigor and is now one of the important Masonic lodges of this city, with a membership of some 240 and a substantial bank account.
The following are the masters who have served during the life of Blackmer lodge:
Charles G. Briggs, Herbert H. Hudson, Ernest 1 .. McKie, Harlow M. Higlev, Warren E. Libby, Charles W. Potter, Lacy D. Jennings.
San Diego Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar, was organized at a meeting held in the old Backesto Block on June 22, 1885. Those present were Garrett G. Bradt, John P. Burt, Charles M. Fenn, Edwin B. Howell, Edward W. Bushyhead, Nicholas R. Hooper. Joseph A. Flint, Henry Madison Jacoby, Norman H. Conklin, John S. Harbison. John A. McRae and Thomas McCall Gruwell. Dispensation to form and open the commandery was granted July 27, 1885, and the fol- lowing officers were chosen: N. H. Conklin, eminent commander : G. G. Bradt, generalissimo; John P. Burt, captain general: C. M. Fenn, prelate : J. A. Flint, senior warden : H. M. Jacoby, junior war- den : John S. Harbison, treasurer; Edwin B. Howell, recorder : John A. McRae, sword bearer: E. W. Bushyhead, standard bearer : N. R. Hooper, warder: Thomas A. Bishop, sentinel. Past commanders of the commandery are :
N. H. Conklin. John P. Burt. Charles M. Fenn. R. M. Powers. Addison Morgan. George M. Dannals. Gonzalo E. Buxton.
C. B. Humphrey. John B. Wooten. Thomas M. Shaw. Albert F. Dill.
W. J. Mossholder.
Martin L. Ward. Edward A. Butler.
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Charles E. Sterne.
William Benton.
Charles W. Buker.
M. M. Moulton.
Frank E. Banks.
John F. West.
Samuel W. Hackett.
Homer W. Sumption.
A. L. Mendenhall.
Charles W. Potter.
Charles Brown.
Edwin T. Lyon.
Julier C. Hizar.
George Burnham.
Fred H. Kleinsmith. Charles H. Benton.
The commandery officers for 1921 are: Eminent commander, Leslie S. Everts ; generalissimo, James C. Byers ; captain general, Earle H. Grainger ; senior warden, Robert E. Hicks: junior warden, George A. Thomas ; prelate, George M. Dannals; treasurer, Edwin T. Lyon ; recorder, Fred G. Tilton ; standard bearer, Jerry Sullivan, Jr. : sword bearer, William F. Ludington ; warder, Hans W. Jorgen- sen ; third guard, Donald C. Carrell; second guard, James H. Peak ; first guard, John Barclay ; sentinel, Harry M. Landis.
San Diego Council No. 23, Royal and Select Masters, has had the following past thrice illustrious masters :
William J. Mossholder.
Samuel Warren Hackett.
Americus L. Mendenhall.
Montgomery M. Moulton.
Charles Wylie Buker.
Louis Edgar Kent. Edwin Travis Lyon.
Officers of the council in 1921 are: Frederick H. Kleinsmith, thrice illustrious master : George A. Thomas, deputy illustrious mas- ter ; Donald C. Carrell, principal conductor of work; Edward W. Peterson, treasurer ; Ivan N. Kinney, recorder ; James B. McLees, captain of guard: Don D. Donahue, conductor of council ; William S. Cherington, steward ; Harry M. Landis, sentinel.
San Diego Chapter No. 61, Royal Arch Masons, was instituted April 11, 1883. Past high priests in the order of succession are :
William A. Begole. John W. Thompson.
Frank D. Jefferis.
Montgomery M. Moulton.
Simon Levi.
Americus L. Mendenhall.
George M. Dannals.
Charles W. Buker.
Eli T. Blackmer.
Parker E. Baird.
James G. Decatur.
Edward W. Peterson.
Addison Morgan.
Sam F. Smith.
William J. Mossholder.
Dennis V. Mahoney.
Norman H. Conklin.
Francis M. Birdsall.
Gilbert C. Arnold.
Lewis D. Reynolds.
Thomas M. Shaw.
James W. Stoddard.
Charles H. Glasser.
Lewis Edgar Kent.
Samuel W. Hackett.
Frederick H. Kleinsmith.
John H. Simpson.
Frank W. Bangs.
Frank S. Banks.
James B. McLees.
Robert H. Rolfe.
The chapter's officers for 1921 are: William S. Cherington, ex- cellent high priest : Ralph S. Donald, king : Donald C. Carrell, scribe ;
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Edward W. Peterson, treasurer; Francis M. Stockton. secretary ; James P. Hymer. captain of host : Don D. Donahue, principal so- journer ; James G. Cotral, royal arch captain : Ivan N. Kinney, mas- ter of third veil: Jesse C. Banks, master of second veil : Rollan S. Holbrook, master of first veil: LaRue Hewes, organist; John B. Osborn, chaplain : Harry M. Landis, sentinel.
Constans Lodge of Perfection No. 8. Ancient and Accepted Scot- tish Rite, was instituted May 13, 1887. It is the third oldest Masonic lodge of San Diego. The list of past venerable masters is :
1889-1898. J. D. Rush. 1914. H. M. Schultheiss.
1894. N. H. Conklin.
1915.
J. H. Peak.
1895-1905. E. T. Blackmer. 1916. Walter Bellon.
1907-1909.
J. B. Osborn.
1917.
M. Martinez.
1910.
C. W. Buker.
1911.
W. J. Mossholder.
1918.
C. F. O'Neill.
1919.
John C. Yates.
1912-1913. A. L. Simpson.
Constans Chapter of Knights Rose Croix, No. 5, was instituted on December 3. 1900. Past wise masters have been the following :
1901-1906. N. H. Conklin. 1917. C. H. Morrison.
1907-1914. F. H. Robinson. 1918. C. W. Hartsough.
1915. L. A. Blochman.
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H. A. Kuhmsted.
1916. M. Martinez.
San Diego Council of Knights Kadosh. No. 6. was instituted March 3, 1903. Past commanders :
1903-1905.
James MacMullen.
1916.
C. F. O'Neall.
1905-1913. F. H. Mead.
1917.
F. A. Frye.
1914.
W. J. Glasson.
1918.
C. H. Morrison.
1915.
A. L. Mendenhall.
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C. W. Hartsough.
San Diego Consistory No. 6, A. & A. S. R., was instituted April 28, 1904. Past masters of Kadosh are:
1904-1908. G. M. Dannals. 1916. D. H. Elliott.
1909-1913. I. S. McLure.
1917.
C. F. O'Neall.
1914-1915. A. L. Simpson.
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M. Martinez.
Charter members of the consistory were :
H. Daggett.
N. H. Conklin.
P. C. Remondino.
Simon Levi.
James MacMullen. E. DeBurn.
J. S. Harbison.
M. A. Luce.
E. W. Bushyhead.
I. C. Hearne.
E. T. Blackmer.
A. Morgan.
R. M. Powers.
H. Bradt.
J. A. E. Thoustrup. T. D. Rush.
L. F. Wood. 1 .. S. McLure. G. M. Dannals. H. R. Comly.
Each of the Scottish Rite bodies of San Diego had more than a thousand members in 1921.
Southern Star Chapter No. 96. Order of the Eastern Star. ob- tained its charter in October, 1888. The first officers were : Lucy L. (22)
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Dannals, worthy matron; George M. Dannals, worthy patron ; Anna E. Kooken, associate matron; Gertrude Brobeck, conductress; Abbie A. Jenks, associate conductress; Maria M. Lowell, warder; James S. Clark, sentinel. Other chapters of the Eastern Star now in existence in San Diego are San Diego Chapter No. 264 and Corinthian Chap- ter No. 358.
Bethlehem Shrine No. 4, Order of the White Shrine, has been in existence about two years. San Diego Court No. 16, Order of the Amaranth, has been in existence about five years.
Other Masonic, lodges of San Diego County are: La Mesa Lodge No. 407; Coronado Lodge No. 441; South West Lodge No. 283, of National City; Fallbrook Lodge No. 317; Consuelo Lodge No. 325, of Escondido : Oceanside Lodge No. 381.
Past masters of La Mesa Lodge No. 407 are: John A. McRae, R. F. Gusweiler, William E. Lyon, Harry L. Robertson, John H. Mallery, Harry C. Park, Thomas A. Bougher, Harry H. Hill, B. Q. R. Canon, and C. H. Noyes. Officers for 1921 of this lodge are : Charles W. Hill, worshipful master ; Joseph A. Parks, senior warden ; William Cameron, junior warden; A. W. Livett, secretary ; Harry C. Park, treasurer : John Tallon, senior deacon: John Haslam, junior deacon; Charles W. Leckenby, marshal; Thomas J. Schmitt, senior steward ; C. C. Strite, junior steward ; Charles H. Noyes, chaplain.
The charter of Coronado Lodge No. 441 was granted October 15, 1914. Past masters of this lodge are: Huber A. Collins, Alfred W. Bush, William D. Rodgers, Arthur A. Mathewson, Max J. Toews. David G. Davidson and Rudolph F. Bruske. The 1921 officers of the lodge are : Mortimer S. Hewitt, worshipful master ; Oscar P. Hellings, senior warden: Leyon G. Randall, junior warden ; Fred A. Boyer, treasurer : William D. Rodgers, secretary ; Rudolph F. Bruske, chap- lain ; Alexander M. Rodgers, senior deacon; Harry S. Clark, junior deacon; Harry L. Casto, senior steward: Harry M. Omar, junior deacon ; Melvin Mayo, marshal; La Rue Hewes, organist : James W. Florence, tyler. The lodge has about 135 members.
Past masters of South West Lodge No. 283 are as follows : 1887-1890, *Frank A. Kimball; 1891-1892, *P. D. Vaughan: 1893- 1894, Augustus B. Kimball : 1895-1896, +E. A. Hornbeck ; 1897-1898, Walter J. Henderson ; 1899, *George L. Yenawine: 1900. Lucius B. Barnes ; 1901, *Samuel K. Williamson ; 1902, Martin L. Ward; 1903, ** Samuel K. Williamson; 1904-1905, Charles C. Van Deripe ; 1906- 1907, Warren B. Vaughan : 1908, Charles H. Stuart ; 1909-1910, Bax- ter K. Adkisson : 1911-1912. Dale Smith : 1913-1914, Cicero P. Evans ; 1915, Warner Edmunds; 1916, Frank M. Chase: 1917, Joseph M. Kendall; 1918, Andrew Taggart; 1919, Fred F. Martin; 1920, Paul T. Mizony.
The 1921 officers of National City's lodge, which has about 175 members, are as follows: Jesse E. Stanley, worshipful master ; Ran- dall Austin, senior warden; Leonard E. C. Smith, junior warden ; Warren B. Vaughan, treasurer ; Charles C. Van Deripe, secretary ; P. T. Mizony, chaplain ; Benjamin F. Locke, senior deacon ; Walter
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E. Flack, junior deacon ; James H. Wright, marshal; James W. Hal- leck, senior steward; Elmer E. Flanders, junior steward; Manvil D. Clark, tyler.
Past masters of Fallbrook Lodge No. 317, which has about fifty- five members are as follows: Harry H. Smelser, Ominus A. Ander- son, Victor B. Westfall, Edward C. Reader, Almond J. Clark, Frank R. Day, Lee C. Ellis and Harry L. Colestock.
The 1921 officers of this lodge are: Ellis Berdine Walton, wor- shipful master; Crutcher Light Morris, senior warden; Gilbert F. Maze, junior warden; William M. Smelser, treasurer ; Frederick Spence, secretary : Rolph A. Hawley, senior deacon ; Edward Myers, junior deacon ; Cyrus F. Brown, tyler : Harry A. Hunt, senior steward ; Luther C. Maze, junior steward : George G. Campbell, chaplain ; Victor B. Westfall, marshal.
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