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The present list of Past Masters is as follows: Benj. W. Summy, 77; Benj. F. Martin, 79; Washington E. Nalley, 81; Henry Yost, Sr., 83; Frederick G. Alexander, 84-85, 87-88; Thos. M. F. Dowling, 86 ; John W. Ray, 89; Henry S. Lichau, 90; Thos. Calver, 92; Algernon R. McChesney, 95; Angus Lamond, 96; Geo. G. Pearson, 98; Henry Yost, Jr., 99; Wm. C. Bergmann, 01; Wm. W. Swart, 02; Arthur C. Shaw, 04; Herbert F. Ivers, 05; Harvey T. Rogers, 06; George H. Jones, 07; John R. McChesney, 08; George B. Heinecke, 09; An- thony Lehr, 10.
Following are the officers for the centennial year :
Clifford A. Borden, W. M .; William H. Fugett, S. W., and Philip F. Pollard, J. W.
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ARMINIUS LODGE, NO. 25.
A request for a dispensation to form a lodge, to be known as Arminius, was, under date of May 29, 1876, presented to Grand Master I. L. Johnson. Sixteen signatures were at- tached to the paper, which was in part as follows :
" Whereas, the benefits of Freemasonry are intended to be, and should always be, attainable to all good men without re- gard to language or nationality, and whereas, there are many Germans in this city prevented from partaking of those bene- fits by reason of an insufficient knowledge of the English language, we, the undersigned, Master Masons in good stand- ing, pray for a dispensation empowering us to form, open, and hold a regular Masonic lodge (to be entitled Arminius Lodge, No. 25), to be conducted in the German language and in accordance with the Constitution, By-laws and Regulations of your Grand Lodge and the principles and usages of the Order."
The Grand Master, however, was at first unwilling to grant the prayer, being in doubt as to the propriety of establishing such a lodge and the ability of the applicants to so translate the work as to do no violence to the prescribed ritual, and, indeed, refused to do so; but upon the petitioners obtaining a recommendation signed by sixty-eight members of the Grand Lodge, together with another from Washington Cen- tennial Lodge, No. 14, dated June 15, 1876, he reconsidered his action, and granted the dispensation July 10 of the same year, in order to test the ability of the brethren and demon- strate the practicability and necessity of a lodge working in the German language.
All apprehension on this score was soon removed, the breth- ren at once satisfactorily proving their qualifications to con- duct a lodge successfully and to confer in the German language the degrees according to the ritual, requirements, and usages of this jurisdiction, and accordingly when, at the annual com- munication of the Grand Lodge, November 8, 1876, a petition for charter was presented in regular form, it met with no
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opposition and the charter was at once ordered to issue with the above title and with the names of Brothers Herman H. Gerdes, John C. Hesse, and Hugo Eichholtz as the first three officers, respectively.
In addition to the above-named, the charter members were as follows: John Bussius, A. H. Eichstadt, Herman Baum- garten, Frederick W. Spiess, R. G. Mauss, Aug. Henning, Charles Brandt, Henry Bonitz, John P. Hinkel, Charles Haerle, A. Michaelis, Henry T. Ries, Edward Droop, Rein- hold Springsguth, and Ernest Ruppert.
The new lodge was constituted and consecrated in ample form on November 27, 1876, and has fully justified the wisdom of its creation. While its unique character has, of course, limited its field of action, the growth has been steady, and while never having risen to the dignity of being con- sidered a large lodge, it still has at present the very com- fortable number of 180 brethren on its rolls.
The Scottish Rite Cathedral was the home of No. 25 from its birth until 1909, when a move was made to their present quarters in Naval Lodge Room.
Arminius has not as yet achieved representation in the offi- cial line of the Grand Lodge.
The present list of Past Masters is as follows: Herman H. Gerdes, 76-77, 00-01; John C. Hesse, 78-79, 86; Louis Goldschmidt, 84, 91-92; Wm. F. Meyers, 96-98; Chas. Gers- dorff, 02; Harry Rothschild, 03-05; Adam Schneider, 07; W. H. Berger, 08; John Wischhusen, 09.
Following are the officers for the centennial year :
John N. Sterzer, W. M .; Henry Sunwold, S. W., and George M. Siebert, J. W.
OSIRIS LODGE, NO. 26.
With the exception of those located in the outlying sections of the city, the formation of which came about for purely geographical reasons, the majority of our lodges may trace their origin to the dissatisfaction of brethren with the con-
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ditions in which they found themselves, and inasmuch as the birth of Osiris furnishes an example of this in a rather marked degree, the broad fact is stated for its historical importance, while the more or less unpleasant details are ignored.
The whole matter is admirably covered by the following extract from the address of Grand Master Sample, upon the occasion of the institution of this lodge :
Dissatisfaction with mode of government of both Church and State caused the peopling of this part of the new world by the Anglo-Saxon race; dissatisfaction with the mother country produced this grand Re- public, and until the Almighty sends us the millenium, disagreements among the children of men will occur and progress usually result from them.
The several steps by which No. 26 came into being are as follows: Under date of January 9, 1890, thirty-seven Master Masons, thirty-four of whom were members of Wash- ington Centennial Lodge, No. 14, applied to Grand Master James A. Sample for a dispensation to form a lodge at the " Masonic Hall" (Scottish Rite Cathedral), 1007 G Street, N. W., to be known as Osiris, and presented in support thereof the recommendation of Harmony Lodge, No. 17.
In compliance therewith the Grand Master issued the de- sired authorization on the 13th of the same month, and named Wmn. Oscar Roome as W. M., L. Cabell Williamson as S. W., and Alonzo J. Marsh as J. W. Two days later the first meet- ing of the lodge was held.
As it was well known that the separation was due to dis- satisfaction with the mother lodge, the Grand Master used every effort to heal the differences, and only issued the dis- pensation after satisfying himself that it was for the best interests of all concerned.
At the semi-annual communication of the Grand Lodge held May 14, 1890, a petition for charter, bearing date of May 7, was presented, and, in spite of a formal protest from No. 14, supported by addresses in which it was asserted that the movement was designed to " cripple, injure, and in a measure destroy the usefulness" of the latter lodge, the prayer
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was granted, and the charter ordered to issue the same evening to Osiris Lodge, No. 26.
The list of signers of the second petition, nearly identical with that of the first, is as follows: Wm. Oscar Roome, L. Cabell Williamson, Alonzo J. Marsh, Joseph P. Herman, Benjamin Salomon, Samuel Herman, Jr., Alfred Moore Lam- beth, William Van Vleck, Fred Elmer Tasker, Meyer Her- man, Geo. H. Bailey, Josiah B. Perry, Leroy M. Taylor, L. M. Taylor, Jr., Wm. H. Barstow, William Frederich, Alexander R. Williams, E. B. Kellogg, Wm. G. Burns, R. W. Stevens, T. J. Edwards, Joseph C. Taylor, Calvin Farnsworth, Henry White, F. M. Draney, W. C. Kimpton, Charles W. Keese, Sam'l Herman, Sr., Henry H. Jacobs, Jos. H. Hunter, Henry C. Jones, A. Jay Marsh, Willis L. Moore, J. Sond- heimer, S. Sugenheimer, Allen Wall, Benjamin W. Green, Edward Roome, Charles A. Riddle, David Strauss, Albert Herman, and David Jackson.
The lodge was constituted May 21, 1890, and the occasion gained added interest from the fact that a committee from Washington Centennial was present to formally withdraw the protest of that lodge, to pledge their respect, consideration, brotherly love, and encouragement to the new member of the family, and to present, on behalf of No. 14 a beautiful floral tribute. These overtures, it is needless to say, were met in the same spirit, and thus happily ended a short-lived season of strained relations.
Born under these somewhat turbulent conditions, the lodge soon made for itself an influential place in the sisterhood of lodges, and while as yet it has not attained to great numerical strength, has shown a satisfactory growth, the present roster containing 231 names.
With the exception of a brief period when the lodge met in Naval Lodge Hall, the home of Osiris was in the Scottish Rite Cathedral, on G Street, N. W., until removal to the new Temple.
The official Grand Lodge representation of No. 26 has thus far been confined to one person, L. Cabell Williamson, who, as
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a member of No. 14, served as J. G. W. in 1890, and, as of 26, filled successively the stations of S. G. W., D. G. M., and Grand Master, the latter in 1893.
The present list of Past Masters is as follows: L. Cabell Williamson, 90 *; Wm. Oscar Roome, 90; Fred E. Tasker, 91; Jas. A. Sample, 95 ;; Jos. Schiffman, 95 *; Chas. S. Hyer, 96; Wm. L. Boyden, 97; Frank A. Harrison, 98; C. Howard Buckler, 99; Wm. H. De Shields, 00; Stuart M. Leitzell, 02 ; Sol Herzog, 03; Wm. Montgomery, 04; Thos. H. Unsworth, 05; Sydney R. Jacobs, 06; Wm. H. Landvoigt, 07; Charles M. Jones, 08 *; Wm. V. Lewis, 08; Carey S. Frye, 09; Julius Reis, 10.
Following are the officers for the centennial year :
George W. Ingham, W. M .; Philip M. Ashford, S. W., and Harry L. Parkinson, J. W.
MYRON M. PARKER LODGE, NO. 27.
The rapid development of the northeastern section of the city, together with the inadequate street-car facilities of the period, led a number of the Masonic brethren residing there to take steps, in 1891, to form a lodge " convenient to their residences."
Accordingly, at an informal meeting held March 9 of that year, a tentative organization was effected, and a petition for dispensation in regular form drawn up bearing the signatures of thirty-two Master Masons and requesting authority to form a new lodge "at or near the intersection of Third and H Streets, N. E.," to be known as Myron M. Parker Lodge, the moral character and Masonic ability of the petitioners being vouched for by Federal Lodge, No. 1, under date of March 10, 1891, with the recommendation that the prayer be granted.
On March 12, 1891, Grand Master Thomas F. Gibbs issued the desired dispensation, and, upon the recommendation of the applicants, appointed J. Eldridge Burns to be the first Master,
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A. K. Lind to be the first Senior Warden, and V. A. Hubbard to be the first Junior Warden.
While an informal meeting was held March 13, the first stated communication did not occur until March 25, 1891.
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge May 13, 1891, the dispensation was returned, and a petition for charter pre- sented, nominating the same officers as before and bearing the following names: J. Eldridge Burns, A. K. Lind, V. A. Hubbard, John A. Moyer, Thomas A. Perry, Francis E. Camp, David Heiser, Eli M. Wheat, George Hunter, J. G. Forney, Wm. T. Bowdler, Jas McCandlish, Joe W. King, Winfield F. Works, E. J. Handly, H. N. Steele, J. W. Are- good, T. J. Pettigrew, George Stambaugh, G. C. Burton, D. R. Johnson, S. S. Galliher, P. B. Dickerson, Geo. W. Carr, Walton J. Brooks, Jos. C. Kauffman, Geo. F. W. Strieby, J. E. Nichol, T. B. Crisp, J. H. Peake, L. D. Walter, G. Y. Hansell, H. E. Kottmer, and John F. McAllister.
The transactions of the lodge while U. D. appearing to have been regular and in accordance with the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, the request was granted, and a charter ordered to issue to Myron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27.
The new lodge was consecrated, dedicated, and instituted according to the ancient forms and ceremonies May 21, 1891, in the building at the southwest corner of Third and H Streets, N. E., which was its home until March 22, 1893, when the Grand Lodge dedicated its second meeting place at the corner of Eighth and I Streets, N. E. Four years later the third move was made to the lodge room in the building on H near Twelfth Streets, N. E., which latter room was formally dedi- cated March 16, 1897.
In October, 1908, a site, 54 by 110 feet, was purchased on the east side of Eighth, between E and F Streets, N. E. By the spring of 1910 this site was free of encumbrance, and steps were at once taken looking to the erection of a building. The proposed structure shows a frontage of fifty-four feet and a depth of approximately eighty feet, the latter half of the depth being somewhat narrowed to permit of necessary light
JESSE W. LEE, JR., GRAND MASTER, 1888.
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and ventilation. The basement is designed to be so fitted as to be a source of revenue; the first floor will be taken up by an entertainment hall, fitted with stage and accessories ; the second floor will contain two lodge rooms, approximating 30 by 40 feet each, for miscellaneous societies and orders, while the third floor will be devoted to a large lodge room, committee rooms, and banquet hall. The plans insure a building that, while plain, will be sufficiently ornamented to give a neat and attractive effect, and will, to use the much-abused phrase, " fill a long-felt want."
The history of the lodge has been one of harmony and pros- perity and the growth all that could be desired, the latest re- turn showing 241 names on the roster.
Myron M. Parker Lodge has as yet supplied no officer to the Grand Lodge line.
The present list of Past Masters is as follows: Jos. C. Kauffman, 91 *; J. Eldridge Burns, 91; Andrew K. Lind, 92; Addison S. Helton, 93 *; Zachary T. Jenkins, 95; Benj. P. Entrikin, 97 *; Hirah F. Olmsted, 97 *; Michael Schuster, 97; Wm. A. Moore, 00 *; John A. Moyer, 00; Thos. B. Crisp, 01; Wilburn R. Carver, 02; Robert I. Carr, 03; Wm. G. Glenn, 04; Chas. F. Whitney, 05 ; Benj: J. Wrightsman, 06; Ralph W. Bowen, 07; Edw. H. Tompkins, 08; Samuel F. Compton, 09; Jos. W. King, 10 *; Wm. H. Gibson, 10.
Following are the officers for the centennial year :
Arthur Carr, W. M .; Lucian T. Williams, S. W., and Frank W. Groh, J. W.
KING DAVID LODGE, NO. 28.
In 1893 the suburb of Brookland, D. C., which had but lately come into existence but had already assumed fair pro- portions, became the home of a new lodge, Grand Master L. Cabell Williamson, on September 22 of that year, upon the recommendation of Myron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27, grant- ing a dispensation to fifteen Master Masons to form a lodge in that section, to be known as King David Lodge, and by the same instrument appointing Thos. G. Carmick to be the first
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Master, George F. Erdman to be the first Senior Warden, and William H. Stalee to be the first Junior Warden.
On the 8th day of November, 1893, at the annual com- munication of the Grand Lodge, upon proper application, a charter was ordered to issue to King David Lodge, No. 28, to hold its meetings in Brookland, D. C., and on December 5, 1893, the Grand Master, assisted by the other officers of the Grand Lodge, constituted the new lodge and installed the officers, after which, according to the official account of the affair, the Grand Lodge, members of King David Lodge, and a very large assembly of brethren, were entertained by the ladies of Brookland with an "elaborate banquet, which had been most elegantly and profusely prepared by them," &c.
But twelve names appear on the petition for charter and are as follows: Thomas G. Carmick, George F. Erdman, William H. Stalee, Hiram J. Penrod, J. L. Sherwood, John B. Lord, William S. Daniels, Christian H. Etz, Philip W. Roth, Arthur F. Kinnan, Peter H. Johnston, and Joseph Phillips.
The roster of officers December 9, 1893, was as follows : The first three officers as above ; C. H. Etz, Secretary ; John B. Lord, Treasurer ; J. L. Sherwood, S. D .; H. J. Penrod, J. D .; A. F. Kinnan, S. S .; Wm. S. Daniels, J. S .; Peter H. John- ston, Tiler, and Joseph Phillips, Marshal.
By special permission of the Grand Lodge, the new lodge has held its meetings since organization in the Town Hall of Brookland, but through the generosity of Bro. John B. Lord, Treasurer and Trustee, and who in 1909 celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as a Master Mason, has acquired an attractive site at the corner of Twelfth and Monroe Streets, on which plans are now being perfected to erect a handsome Masonic edifice of three stories, the first to be occupied by store-rooms, the second by an entertainment hall, and the third to be used for lodge purposes.
While still, by reason of its youth and limited territory, one of the smaller lodges, the latest returns showing 148 members, it is progressive to a degree and bids fair to gain rapidly, both in influence and numerical strength.
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King David has not as yet had representation in the Grand East, but that honor will, in all probability, come to it in the very near future by the elevation of W. Bro. Charles E. Baldwin, the present S. G. W., who has successively filled the various subordinate chairs of the Grand Lodge.
The present list of Past Masters is as follows: Thomas H. Young, 94 ;; J. Lewis Sherwood, 96; Chas. E. Baldwin, 98; Wm. P. Armstrong, 99; Moses D. Mull, 00; Guy W. A. Camp, 01; Millard J. Holmes, 03; Jas. W. Pike, 04 *; Daniel G. Davis, 04; John C. Schooley, 05 *; Ebenezer Southall, 05; Marvin M. McLean, 06; Rufus A. Crenshaw, 07; Charles E. Molster, 08; Wm. H. McCray, 09; Wm. O. Firoved, 10.
Following are the officers for the centennial year :
Isaac S. Pennybacker, W. M .; William C. Parry, S. W., and Laird L. Neal, J. W.
TAKOMA LODGE, NO. 29.
Takoma Park, one of the most thriving and beautiful suburbs of Washington, became the seat of a Masonic Lodge in 1894.
In the fall of that year twenty-five "Free and Accepted Master Masons," in a petition bearing date of September 24, 1894, applied to Grand Master Henry S. Merrill for letters of dispensation to empower them to assemble as a regular lodge, to be known as Takoma Lodge, with their home in Takoma Park, D. C.
The petition, which was accompanied by the usual recom- mendation from Stansbury Lodge, No. 24, was held in abey- ance by the Grand Master until the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, November 14, 1894, when it was laid be- fore that body, an unusual tho not wholly unprecedented method of procedure.
The Grand Lodge at once requested the Grand Master to grant the prayer and also gave the new lodge permission to occupy the same room with Takoma Lodge, No. 24, I. O. O. F., and it is perhaps worthy of note, in passing, that this action
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was subsequently acknowledged by the latter organization in a letter of thanks.
In accordance, therefore, with the mandate of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master, under date of November 19, 1894, issued a dispensation to Takoma Lodge, and, complying with the wishes of the petitioners, authorized Robert W. Best to act as the first Master, Theodore Friebus, Jr., as the first Senior Warden, and Wilmer G. Platt as the first Junior Warden.
At the semi-annual communication held May 8, 1895, a petition for charter was presented, and the same being ac- companied by a very flattering report from the Grand Secre- tary relative to the proceedings of the Lodge U. D., a charter was ordered to issue the same evening to Takoma Lodge, No. 29, the first three officers nominated being Wilmer G. Platt, W. M .; Francis J. Woodman, S. W., and Theodore F. Willis, J. W.
Following is a list of the charter members, differing sub- stantially from the first list, tho containing the same number of signers: Robert Williams Best, Thomas Fayette Miller, Wilmer George Platt, Francis Joseph Woodman, Horace James Long, Charles Morrell Heaton, Jr., Theodore Friebus, Edgar James Perry, Miletus J. Wine, Frederick John Lung, Herbert Martin Camp, Harrison M. Bennett, George H. Bailey, William H. Pope, Benjamin G. Cowl, Theodore F. Willis, F. W. Longley, Lewis Freeman Dudley, James Cline Depue, William Alvey, Theodore Friebus, Jr., O. D. Summy, E. S. Carroll, Samuel S. Shedd, and Charles John Dietz.
The lodge was formally constituted and the hall dedicated May 14, 1895.
Permission to remain as co-tenants with the lodge of Odd Fellows before mentioned being given, this building, the gen- eral hall of the village, has since continued to be the home of No. 29, the lodge in the spring of 1909 purchasing the property and extensively improving it.
While necessarily still one of the smaller lodges, it has ever been a popular one, and its growth steady and legitimate, the latest roster crediting it with 97 members.
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HARRISON DINGMAN, GRAND MASTER, 1889; GRAND HIGH PRIEST, 1893; GRAND COMMANDER, K. T. 1900.
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Takoma Lodge, altho very young, has already supplied the jurisdiction with a Grand Master, Francis J. Woodman, Past Master of that lodge, presiding over the deliberations of the Grand Lodge in 1907, after having previously filled the sev- eral subordinate places in the line.
The present list of Past Masters is as follows : Wilmer G. Platt, 05; Thomas M. F. Dowling, 96 ;; William H. Douglas, 96; ; Francis J. Woodman, 96; Theo. F. Willis, 97; Matthew Trimble, 981 ; Harrison M. Bennett, 99; Orlando D. Summy, 01; James A. Wetmore, 031; William Hart Dexter, 031; Otis J. Eddy, 03; Wm. T. Andrews, 04; William Mehn, 05; George W. Lewton, 05 *; George L. Tarbell, 06; Charles E. Thatcher, 07; Alfred D. Smith, 08; Schuyler S. Symons, 09; Hervey S. Knight, 10.
Following are the officers for the centennial year :
William E. Dyre, W. M .; Joseph B. Simpson, S. W., and Howard Fisk, J. W.
WILLIAM R. SINGLETON LODGE NO. 30.
In 1901 another outpost was established on our frontier by the formation of a lodge at Tenley, D. C., a growing settle- ment in the extreme northern part of the District.
In response to an application dated March 30th of that year and signed by thirty-five Master Masons, whose moral char- acter and Masonic ability were vouched for by Potomac Lodge, No. 5, Grand Master Harry Standiford, on April 2, 1901, granted a dispensation to establish a new lodge at the above place, to be known as William R. Singleton Lodge, U. D., and authorized and empowered Frank H. Thomas to act as Worshipful Master, Isaac E. Shoemaker as S. W., and Samuel O. Wendel as J. W.
On May 8, 1901, a petition in due form being presented, the Grand Lodge ordered a charter to issue, with the name Wil- liam R. Singleton Lodge, No. 30. Following is the list of charter members : Wm. L. Conley, Frank H. Thomas, David Currier, James Sharp, McGill Grove, Thos. J. Giles, Eli Riley, Geo. W. Neale, Chas. C. Pearce, N. W. Chappell, William A.
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Trigg, John H. Wendel, T. F. Riley, Andrew Burga, John W. Chappell, Frederick F. Robey, Thomas M. Bowling, Anthony M. Ray, Alex. J. Yowell, Frederick J. Heider, Samuel O. Wendel, Frank O. McNew, W. B. Ireland, H. M. Smith, I. E. Shoemaker, James L. Giles, Wm. E. Bell, Chas. A. Becker, M. C. Weaver, Alfred M. Lambeth, Richard E. Cozzens, Philip Young, James H. Taylor, H. E. Corning, and G. C. F. Bratenahl.
On May 28, 1901, the Grand Lodge repaired to Tenley- town and dedicated the hall of meeting, constituted the lodge, and installed the officers, these events being followed by a banquet and the expression of the felicitations of the visiting friends on the auspicious opening of the career of the new lodge, this good feeling taking substantial character in the presentation by St. Jolin's Lodge of a beautiful charter case of metal taken from a Spanish battleship destroyed at San- tiago.
The selection of the name was a happy one, and will serve to perpetuate the memory of our late Brother William Rey- nolds Singleton, Masonic writer of international repute, and many years Secretary of this Grand Lodge.
The field in which this lodge works being perhaps more re- stricted than any other in the jurisdiction, it naturally fol- lowed that after reaching a certain point there has not been a large increase in membership; but there has been no retro- grade movement, and the lodge is to be congratulated on its success, the latest roster footing 81 names.
From its organization until March 1, 1909, the lodge occu- pied a two-story building on the west side of Wisconsin Ave- nue, Tenleytown, D. C., opposite the present hall, the corner- stone of which was laid November 19, 1908.
Representation in the Grand line has not yet come to this lodge.
The present list of Past Masters is as follows: Isaac E. Shoemaker, 03; Samuel O. Wendel, 04; Frederick F. Robey, 05; Thos. M. Bowling, 06; Fred. J. Heider, 07; Curtis M. Smith, 08; James H. Robey, 09; Frederick W. Parks, 10.
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Following are the officers for the centennial year : Edward N. Riley, W. M .; George Walker, S. W., and S. McComas Hawken, J. W.
KING SOLOMON LODGE NO. 31.
On April 6, 1905, a request for a dispensation to form a lodge to be known as King Solomon Lodge, "to be held at Washington during the daytime," and carrying the recom- mendation of Osiris Lodge, No. 26, was presented to Grand Master Lurtin R. Ginn, who granted the request the follow- ing day, and at the same time appointed Wm. H. Singleton as Master, Joseph L. Atkins as S. W., and Philander C. John- son as J. W.
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