Annals of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, Part 37

Author: Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Cedar Rapids, Iowa : Grand Secretary
Number of Pages: 482


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114


Appropriations Recommended 116


15


Index


REPAIRS ON BUILDING 136


REPORTS


Financial


Certified Accountants


143


Finance


Appropriations 225


Audit 142


Mileage and Per Diem


214


Pay Roll 215


Grand Charity Fund


Accountants' Statement 144


Appropriations Recommended 116, 122


Beneficiaries 114


136


Cost


111, 114, 116, 120, 144


Fees


78, 309


Field Work


111, 114, 116


Funds


Permanent, Securities 113


Temporary


111


Insurance


150


Masonic Sanitarium


116


Report of Trustees


110


Securities


113, 119, 121


Treasurer's Report


111


Accountants' Statement


112


Bank Certification


112


Grand Lodge Trustees


137


Grand Secretary and Librarian


76


Grand Treasurer


78


Masonic Charitable Educational Corporation


154


Educational Fund


155


Securities 154


Masonic Sanitarium


Accountants' Report 144


Bank Certification


112


Bequests 136


Cost


117, 149


Endowment Fund


120


Securities


121


Estimated Cost


122


Funds in Hands of Superintendent.


148


Insurance


150


Maintenance


118


Securities 119


Bequests


16


Index


REPORTS (Cont'd)


State Hospitals 142


General


Appeals and Grievances 134


Code Revision 90


Credentials


15, 151, 202


Custodians of the Work. 156


Division and Reference


Grand Master's Report 85


Grand Secretary's Report


87


Fraternal Dead


91


Fraternal Review


98, 327


Grand Charity Fund


Grand Librarian 110


Topics-Introduction, 68; Growth of the Masonic Library, 68; Promotional Plan for Circulation, 69; The Mechanics of Operation, 70; Marked Increase in Interest, 70; The Masonic Library Exhibit, 71; Rare and Valuable Material Preserved, 71; Two New Features, 72; Visitors to Library, 72; Pertinent Points, 73; Statistics, 75; Conclusion, 75.


Grand Lodge Library Report by


Committee 196


Grand Librarian 68


Grand Lodge Recognition 106


Grand Master's


26


Report on 85


Topics-Introduction, 26; Necrology, 27; Dispensa- tion to Form a New Lodge, 28; Washington Confer- ences, 28; My Home Lodge Reception, 29; My Official Family, 30; Visits to Other Jurisdictions, 30; Visits to Other, Iowa Grand Bodies, 31; Unvisited Lodges, 31; Reception for Grand Officers, 32; Dispensations Granted, 32; Dispensations Denied, 33; Appoint- ments, 34; Fellowship Meetings, 35; Committee Meetings Attended During the Year, 35; Regional Schools, 36; Special Representatives, 37; Committee on Fraternal Review, 37; Rulings, 37; Special Com- munications of Grand Lodge, 39; Letter Suggesting a Masonic Home in Iowa, 42; Masonic Trials, 43; Delinquent Returns, 43; Visitations, 44; Chartered Lodges, 52; Lodge Secretaries' Conferences, 53; Grand Secretary's Office, 53; Recommendations, 53; Conclusion, 57.


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Index


REPORTS (Cont'd) Grand Secretary


59


87


Report on Topics-Fraternal Dead, 59; Courtesy Work, 60; Fifty-Year Certificates, 60; Past Masters' Certifi- cates, 61; Washington Meetings, 61; Dispensation Granted to New Lodge, 61; Lodge Constituted, 62; Dedication of Lodge Halls, 62; Incorporation, 62; Lodge Halls Damaged by Fire, 62; Research Group Formed, 62; Lodge Secretaries' Conference, 62: Visitations, 63; Grand Lodge Bulletin, 66; Charter Surrendered, 67; Appreciation of Loyalty and Sup- port, 67.


Iowa Committee on Masonic Education 99


Lodges Chartered and Under Dispensation. 124, 130


Masonic Charitable Educational Corporation 152


Masonic Jurisprudence 89, 189


Masonic Sanitarium


In Memoriam 123


Medical Staff 116


Population 116, 149


State Hospitals 139


Trustees


Grand Charity Fund 110


Grand Lodge 135


Masonic Charitable Educational Corporation. 152


Visitors


200


REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOLS 179


REPRESENTATIVES OF LODGES 202


Pay Roll 218


Special 37


RESEARCH GROUP FORMED 62


RESOLUTION


Recognition 108


Regarding Plans for New Library and Administration


Building


138


Thanks 213


RETURNS


Delinquent


43, 124


Recapitulations


125, 308


Synopsis 279


RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL, Grand Lodge of, Recognized. 108


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Index


RISHER, JAMES F., Grand Master, South Carolina


Addressed Grand Lodge. 235


Portrait 14


Presented 15


ROLL CALL 20


RULINGS OF GRAND MASTER 37


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SABULA LODGE HALL DAMAGED BY FIRE 62


"SAILING AWAY," Poem 265


SANITARIUM, MASONIC (See Reports) 116


SAWYER, RAYMOND H., Appointed to Iowa Committee on Masonic Education 34


SAXTON, BURTON H., P.G.M.


Represented Grand Lodge of Iowa at Diamond Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota. 17


Resigned from Iowa Committee on Masonic Education 103


SCHIEFELBEIN, ERNEST F., Grand Master, Nebraska,


1


Presented


16


SCHOOLS


District 177, 179


Grand Lodge 187


Group 182


Regional 36, 176, 178


Representative 179


Special and Private. 177, 182


Summary


182


SECRETARIES' CONFERENCES 53, 62,88


SECRETARIES OF IOWA LODGES 278


SECURITIES


Grand Charity Fund


Endowment 121


Permanent


113


Sanitarium Repair and Upkeep 119


Grand Lodge Trustees 137


Masonic Charitable Educational Corporation. 154


SIGNET RING 56,87


Index 19


SISTER GRAND JURISDICTIONS Memoriam 59, 265 30


Visited by Grand Master


SMITH, DWIGHT L., Grand Secretary, Indiana, Presented.


16


SOUTH DAKOTA DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY,


Burton H. Saxton, P.G.M., Represented Iowa at. 17


SPEAKERS, List Accepting Assignments 104


SPECIAL


Announcements 13


Communications of Grand Lodge 39


Funds in Sanitarium Superintendent's Hands. 148


Representatives 37


Schools


177, 182


STATE HOSPITALS (See Reports)


139


Visited by Grand Master 35


STATISTICS


Dues and Fees 127


Library


75


Lodge


124, 273


Membership


Canada 316


315


United States


STEVENS, DELOS, ESTATE 136


SUNDERLAND, HARRY F., Grand Master, Missouri


Addressed Grand Lodge


237


Presented 16


SWARTSLANDER, J. GUY, Grand Master


Appointments 17, 25, 34, 85


Biography


Decisions 37


Dispensations 28, 32


Fellowship Meetings 35, 102


Honored by Mother Lodge


29


Portraits 2,14


Presented Past Grand Master's Jewel 228


Recommendations 53


Report 26


Visitations 30, 35, 44


SYNOPSIS OF LODGE RETURNS 279


3


20


Index


T


TABLE OF CONTENTS 7


TELEGRAMS 24


TELLERS APPOINTED 85


TEMPORARY FUND, Grand Charity


111


THANKS, Resolution of. 213


THOMAS, MILLARD D., Deputy Grand Master, Responds to Address of Welcome 10


THORNBURGH, JOHN W., Grand Master, Indiana


Addressed Grand Lodge 238


.


Presented


15


THROCKMORTON, TOM B., P.G.M.


Installs Grand Officers 227


Personal Tribute to Charles Clyde Hunt,


Grand Secretary Emeritus


269


"TO A WATERFOWL," William Cullen Bryant.


243


TRAVELING LIBRARY


75


TRIALS, MASONIC 43


TRUMAN, HARRY S., President of the United States,


Receives Grand Masters and Grand Secretaries 29


TRUSTEES, Reports of


Grand Charity Fund. 110


Grand Lodge 135


Masonic Charitable Educational Corporation 152


U


UNITED STATES


Grand Masters 310


Grand Secretaries 312


Membership Statistics 315


UNPAID DUES AND FEES. 128, 146


UPRIGHT LODGE, MELVIN, SURRENDERED CHARTER .. 67, 130


Index 21


V


VACANCIES FILLED BY GRAND MASTER 34


VISITATIONS


Grand Master 30, 44


Grand Secretary 63


VISITORS


Addressed Grand Lodge 235


Presented


15


Report on


200


VOLUMES OF PROCEEDINGS ISSUED


6


W


WAGNER, RICHARD, REV., Gave Invocation and Benediction. .9,13


"WAITING BY THE GATE," William Cullen Bryant 96


WASHINGTON CONFERENCES


28, 61


WAYLAND, BYRON, Master of Mizpah Lodge, Introduced


13


WEEBER, WILLIAM J., Called by Death. 141


WELCOME, Address of, Dwight Krumboltz, Assistant City Attorney 9


Response, Millard D. Thomas, Deputy Grand Master 10


WELLINGTON, THOMAS W., P.G.M., Presents Grand Master's Jewel 228


WEST DES MOINES LODGE HALL DEDICATED


41, 62


WEST UNION WHISKER CLUB MEMBERS INTRODUCED


152


WHISKER CLUB FROM WEST UNION PRESENTED


152


UNITED STATES


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GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER, R. A. M.


Forty-eighth Triennial Convocation, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 1, 1951 EARL E. DUSENBERY, Des Moines, Iowa, General Grand High Priest. ROSCOE R. WALCUTT, Columbus, Ohio, General Grand Secretary.


GENERAL GRAND COUNCIL, R. & S. M.


Twenty-fourth Triennial Assembly, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 3, 1951 JOHN M. LITTLEFIELD, Auburn, Maine, General Grand Master. 0. FRANK HART, Columbia, South Carolina, General Grand Recorder.


GRAND ENCAMPMENT, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR


Forty-fourth Triennial Conclave, San Francisco, California, September 17, 1949 JOHN TEMPLE RICE, El Paso, Texas, Grand Master. T. M. BARTLEY, Indianapolis, Indiana, Grand Recorder.


GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER, O. E. S. Twenty-seventh Triennial Assembly, 1952


MRS. ABBIE HANSON, Hammond, Indiana, Most Worthy Grand Matron. MRS. MAMIE LANDER, Washington, D. C., Right Worthy Grand Sec- retary.


MASONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA


Twenty-eighth Biennial Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 1949


WILLIAM T. BALLARD, Washington, D. C., President. FRANK L. SMITH, JR., 43 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, Secrs- tary.


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IOWA


GRAND CHAPTER, R. A. M.


Ninety-fourth Annual Convocation, Fort Dodge, April 18-19, 1950 Most Exellent HAROLD R. SMILEY, Waterloo, Grand High Priest. Most Excellent Ross J. CAMBLIN, Atlantic, Grand Secretary.


GRAND COUNCIL, R. & S. M.


Forty-eighth Annual Assembly, Fort Dodge, April 17, 1950 J. ELLITT GRAYSON, Cedar Falls, Most Illustrious Grand Master. Ross J. CAMBLIN, Atlantic, Illustrious Grand Recorder.


GRAND COMMANDERY, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Eighty-sixth Annual Conclave, Templar Park, June 27-30, 1950


JAMES J. S. MITCHELL, Des Moines, Right Eminent Grand Commander. CLINTON KASTNER, Boone, Eminent Grand Recorder.


SUPREME COUNCIL, A. & A. S. R., S.J.


JOHN H. COWLES, Washington, D. C., Sovereign Grand Commander. WILLIAM H. KOCH, Des Moines, Sovereign Grand Inspector General.


GRAND CHAPTER, O. E. S.


Seventy-second Annual Session, Des Moines, October 25-27, 1949 MRS. LUCILLE JOHNSON, Eagle Grove, Worthy Grand Matron. MRS. GLADYS HAYCOCK, Cedar Rapids, Grand Secretary.


GRAND LODGE OF IOWA 1949-1950


ELECTIVE GRAND OFFICERS


M. . W. . DON CARPENTER (259), Grand Master, Council Bluffs.


R .. W. . HARRY DOWNS (326), Senior Grand Warden, Greene.


R .. W. . FOSTER G. IDDINGS (615), Junior Grand Warden, Sioux City. R .. W. . C. DALE Cox (304 Stuart), Grand Treasurer, Ottumwa.


R ... W ... EARL B. DELZELL (263), Grand Secretary, Cedar Rapids.


TRUSTEES OF GRAND LODGE


WM. A. WESTFALL (145), P.G.M., Chm. Term expires 1951. Mason City. ERNEST R. MOORE (263), P.G.M. Term expires 1953. Cedar Rapids. FRED G. HANSEN (100), P. G. M. Term expires 1955. Clinton.


TRUSTEES OF GRAND CHARITY FUND


MILO J. GABRIEL (93), P.G.M. Chm. Term expires 1950. Clinton. HARRY A. PALMER (263), P.G.M. Term expires 1951. Cedar Rapids. FREDERIC M. MILLER (110). Term expires 1952. Des Moines. L. W. LOVELL (173), P.G.T., Treasurer. Term expires 1953. Monticello. ALBERT WHARTON (49). Term expires 1954. Dubuque. Harold R. Boles (626 Davenport), Secretary Bettendorf


CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK


JOHN T. AMES (340), P.G.M., Chm. Term expires 1951. Traer. THOMAS W. WELLINGTON (13), P.G.M., Sec. Term expires 1953. Fort Madison.


CHARLES C. CLARK (650), P.G.M. Term expires 1955. Burlington.


TRUSTEES OF MASONIC CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION


WM. A. WESTFALL (145), P.G.M., Chm. Term expires 1950. Mason City WILBUR F. EARHART (304), P.S.G.W. Term expires 1952. Stuart. HERBERT W. BRAACK (221), P.G.T. Term expires 1954. Davenport.


TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING, 1950


The 106th Annual Communication will be held in Burlington, June 13, 14, and 15, 1950.





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