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The following was the menu:
Oysters
Celery
Oyster Patties,
Puff Paste, Olives
Chicken Croquettes Young Peas
Young Snapper-Stewed
Chicken Salad
Pickles
Individual Ice Bricks
Cake
Coffee
Ginger Ale
Cigars
At the conclusion of the banquet the following toasts were given and responded to. Past Master Brother B. FRANK BRENEMAN, of Lodge No. 43, toast master.
I. The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdiction thereunto belonging.
Past Master Brother JOHN W. LANSINGER, D. D. G. M., Lodge No. 43.
2. The Memory of our Deceased Brother George Washington.
Brother ELWOOD S. SNYDER, Lamberton Lodge, No. 476.
3. Fremasonry Around the Globe.
Past Master Brother WILLIAM J. FORDNEY, Lodge No. 43.
4. The County of which Washington was the Father. Brother AARON B. HASSLER, Lodge No. 43.
5. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Brother J. WILLIAM BROWN, Junior Warden of Lamberton Lodge, No. 476.
6. "All Our Friends."-Washington's favorite toast.
Brother JOHN W. B. BAUSMAN, Lodge No. 43.
7. The Day We Celebrate. Past Master Brother REDMOND CONYNGHAM, Lamberton Lodge, No. 476. "Auld Lang Syne."
During the year eight were initiated, two admitted and ten died. At the December meeting the following were elected officers: Brothers Frank H. Rudy, W. M .; Charles L. Marshall, S. W .; J. Frank Stevens, J. W., and the other officers reelected.
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During 1903 the fifty-year jewel was presented to Past Master Brother Elam D. Hurst, and also to Brother Henry D. Musselman.
The Lodge was the recipient of a unique souvenir from one of the members, Brother George Steinman, which he secured while on a visit to Jerusalem. It consists of a gavel and keystone, suitably framed, one side of the keystone bearing Masonic emblems, and the other the words "From King Solomon's Quarries." The record on the gift reads as follows: "Made from stone taken from Solomon's quarries, under the city of Jerusalem, of which King Solomon's Temple was built. Presented to Brother George Steinman by Royal Solomon Mother Lodge, No. 293, at a meeting of said Lodge in the Quarries of Solomon, on March 9, 1902, and presented by him to Lodge No. 43, A. Y. M." The gavel is made of highly polished wood that was secured by Brother Steinman on the Mount of Olives.
There were twenty initiated, one admitted, three resigned and five died.
The following officers were elected at the December meeting: Brothers Charles L. Marshall, W. M .; J. Frank Stevens, S. W .; Herbert C. Miller, J. W .; Frank H. Rudy, Secretary, and the other officers reelected.
In 1904 the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated to the brethren of Safe Harbor, Pa., who were sufferers in the flood that overwhelmed that town.
The large safe was purchased for the better protection of the Lodge records and other property.
Twelve brethren were initiated, one admitted, two expelled, three suspended, one resigned, and eleven died.
At the December meeting the following officers were elected: Brothers J. Frank Stevens, W. M .; Herbert C. Miller, S. W .; G. Howard Sherts, J. W., and the other officers reelected.
During 1905 the following relics were presented to the Lodge: an apron and sash formerly belonging to Past Master Brother Matthew McKelly, who was Worshipful Master of this Lodge in 1826-1827. It was ordered to be framed and placed on the walls of the banquet hall. Also an apron belonging to Brother Isaac
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Lightner, who was made a Mason in Lodge No. 43, December 13, 1813.
Fifty-year jewels were presented to Brothers John Haar and J. Abram Sprenger.
Owing to the removal of the elected secretary from the Jurisdic- tion the Right Worshipful Grand Master issued his Dispensation directing the Lodge to hold a special election for Secretary when J. Frederick Fisher was elected to serve the balance of the year.
During the year there were fourteen initiated and nine deaths.
At the meeting in December the following were elected officers: Brothers Herbert C. Miller, W. M .; G. Howard Sherts, S. W .; D. Sherman Smith, J. W .; and the other officers reelected, with the exception of Past Master Brother Jeremiah Rohrer, who owing to his advanced age declined a further reelection as Trustee, Brother Rohrer having served twenty-two consecutive years. Past Master Brother Henry Carpenter was elected in his stead.
In 1906 the sum of two hundred dollars was contributed by Lodge No. 43 to the brethren who had suffered in the earthquake and conflagration at San Francisco, California.
During the year there were twelve initiated, one admitted, one suspended, one resigned and seven died.
The following were elected officers at the December meeting: Brothers G. Howard Sherts, W. M .; D. Sherman Smith, S. W .; Washington M. Nixdorf, J. W., and the other officers reelected with the exception of Brother Gustavus Groezinger, who declined a reelection as Trustee, Past Master Brother Andrew H. Hershey being elected in his stead.
On behalf of Mrs. M. C. Mehon the Lodge was presented with a jewel, the late property of Miss McKelly, and formerly belonging to her father, Past Master Brother Matthew McKelly. The Lodge directed that the jewel be attached to the apron of Bro. McKelly, which was presented to us some years earlier.
By resolution the salary of the Secretary was increased to two hundred dollars per annum.
During the year 1907 there were twenty initiations, one admitted, one suspended, one resigned, and one died.
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At the December meeting the following officers were elected: Brothers D. Sherman Smith, W. M .; Washington M. Nixdorf, S. W .; Samuel R. Fraim, J. W., and the other officers reelected.
During the year 1908, innovations were inaugurated by Lodge No. 43. The wooden awnings which disfigured the front of the Masonic Hall property for many years were removed. The small room of the Banquet Hall was fitted up with suitable book-cases, easy chairs and writing desk and tables for a library and reading room, or for committee purposes, for the members of the various Masonic bodies meeting in the building, and a permanent custodian was employed to look after the property, and have the reading room open daily and evenings for the convenience of visitors. Additions were also made to the linen, silver and chinaware.
Brother Stuart Cramer, who had been sojourning in England for a time, presented the Lodge with a "Fire Glass" which is a distinctive mark of the social functions of Oxford University Lodge, No. 357, of England, and was sent as a souvenir and symbol of its good fellowship, by the Worshipful Master Brother Biggs, to Lodge No. 43.
The sisters of Past Master Brother James B. Strine presented the jewels of Brother Strine to the Lodge, encased in a glass-covered frame.
At the meeting of November, 1908, the Lodge was advised that a bequest of five hundred dollars had been made to its Trustees, by our late Brother George B. Owens, the income of which is to be used for the support and maintenance of the Masonic Home, at Philadelphia.
At the December meeting the following officers were elected: Brothers Washington M. Nixdorf, W. M .; Samuel R. Fraim, S. W .; Martin M. Harnish, J. W., and the other officers reelected.
At the meeting of May 12, 1909, a resolution was offered by Past Master Brother John W. Lansinger, that a committee consisting of the Officers and Past Masters of the Lodge be appointed to con- sider the advisability of celebrating the one hundred and twenty- fifth Anniversary of this Lodge in 1910. This committee reported in favor of the celebration in a "modest, yet becoming manner,"
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when the Worshipful Master appointed the elective officers and the Past Masters as a committee to arrange for the same.
On December 8, 1909, a resolution was offered and unanimously adopted that Lodge No. 43 appropriate $5,000 towards the building of a Lancaster County Memorial, at Elizabethtown, Pa., on the plot of ground recently purchased by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for a Masonic Home.
The investments of Lodge No. 43, at the December meeting of 1909, amounted to $20,700, in addition to the properties Nos. 15 and 17 West King Street, the Lodge Room and entrance to the same, together with the furniture therein, and a Burial lot in Lan- caster Cemetery.
Election of officers at the December meeting resulted as follows: Brothers Samuel R. Fraim, W. M .; Martin M. Harnish, S. W .; Thaddeus G. Helm, J. W., and the other officers reelected.
At the January meeting of 1910 a resolution was offered that a committee be appointed for the purpose of devising some means whereby we might enlarge our building.
The membership April 19, 1910, was 340.
The District Deputy Grand Masters who have served this district during the past twenty-five years were:
Bro. William A. Morton, 1882-1886.
Bro. Andrew J. Kauffman, 1886-1899.
Bro. John W. Lansinger, 1899-
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
Carrying out the resolution adopted by the Lodge, the committee immediately made preparations for the proper celebration of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Lodge.
The committee organized by electing the Worshipful Master Brother Samuel R. Fraim, chairman; Past Master Brother J. Fred- erick Fisher, Secretary, and Past Master Brother Andrew H. Hershey, Historian, and Tuesday, April 19, 1910, was the date selected as the most suitable time.
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The chairman appointed the following sub-committees:
PROGRAM.
P. M. Bro. George R. Rohrer, Chairman,
William O. Marshall,
E. Oram Lyte,
John C. Carter,
George H. Rothermel.
MUSIC
P. M. Bro. G. Howard Sherts, Chairman,
John R. Kauffman,
" Herbert C. Miller,
Charles L. Marshall,
Martin M. Harnish.
RECEPTION AND INVITATION.
P. M. Bro. John W. Lansinger, Chairman,
Jeremiah Rohrer,
George A. Marshall,
Henry Carpenter,
"
George B. Willson,
William H. Keller.
PRINTING.
P. M. Bro. Andrew H. Hershey, Chairman,
John Hull,
Joel S. Eaby,
David E. Long,
Robert W. Groezinger.
BANQUET.
P. M. Bro. J. Frank Stevens, Chairman,
Jacob P. Shirk,
D. Sherman Smith,
Washington M. Nixdorf,
Thaddeus G. Helm.
Invitations were extended to the officers of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, the District Deputy Grand Master of the adjoining districts, the elective officers of the various Lodges of Lancaster County, and the elective officers and Past Masters of Lamberton Lodge, No. 476, of this city. The limiting of the invi-
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tations was made necessary owing to the lack of room for entertain- ment.
The anniversary meeting was a decided success in all particulars. The Lodge was opened at 5:00 o'clock, p. m., after which the officers of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania were received, and welcomed by the Worshipful Master Brother Samuel R. Fraim; this was followed by an address by Past Master Brother William H. Keller, when the Historical Address was read by Past Master Brother Andrew H. Hershey, followed by an address by Past Master Brother John W. Lansinger.
At this point the Right Worshipful Grand Master, Brother George W. Guthrie, stated that he preferred making his address within tyled doors, and the Lodge then had the pleasure of listening to an able and instructive address by that Brother.
After the closing of the Lodge, the visitors and members formed in procession and proceeded to the Stevens House, to participate in the banquet and for the conclusion of the program.
The Program which was gotten up in an attractive folder will be found in full on the following pages.
One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Anniue
WHERE LODGE 43 F & AM MELO AS FIRST MEETINGE SEPT. 14~ VAS.
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LANCASTER. PA.
Harant granted: April 21ª 1785 . Masonic Hall Lancaster, 'Pa. Tuesday, April 19! 1910
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One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary
of the Constitution of
Lodge No. 43, H. & A. A.
Tuesday Afternoon, April 19, 1910
5:00 o'clock
Masonic Diall, Lancaster, Ha.
Banquet 7:30 o'clock in the evening
Struens Linuse
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Anniversary Committer
SAMUEL R. FRAIM, W. M., Chairman
J. FRED. FISHER, P. M., Secretary
MARTIN M. HARNISH, S. W.
THADDEUS G. HELM, J. W.
JEREMIAH ROHRER, P. M.
JOHN W. LANSINGER,
GEORGE R. WELCHANS, P. M.
WILLIAM O. MARSHALL,
ROBT. W. GROEZINGER,
ALBERT D. PINKHAM,
WILLIAM H. KELLER, ..
JOEL S. EABY,
FRANK H. RUDY,
GEORGE A. MARSHALL, ..
CHARLES L. MARSHALL,
JOHN C. CARTER,
J. FRANKLIN STEVENS, HERBERT C. MILLER,
GEORGE B. WILLSON,
GEORGE H. ROTHERMEL,
G. HOWARD SHERTS,
JACOB P. SHIRK,
HENRY CARPENTER, P. M.
GEORGE R. ROHRER,
JOHN R. KAUFFMAN,
ANDREW H. HERSHEY,
DAVID E. LONG,
JOHN HULL,
E. ORAM LYTE,
D. SHERMAN SMITH,
WASHINGTON M. NIXDORF, P. M.
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Programme
Afternoon-5:00 n'rlork
Opening of the Lodge
Reception of the Grand Officers of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging.
MUSIC
Remarks by the Worshipful Master ...... BRO. SAMUEL R. FRAIM
MUSIC
"Our 125th Anniversary" .. . . BRO. WILLIAM H. KELLER, P. M.
MUSIC
Historical Address BRO. ANDREW H. HERSHEY, P. M.
MUSIC
"Our Future" BRO. JOHN W. LANSINGER, P. M. District Deputy Grand Master
MUSIC
Closing of the Lodge
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Menu
INVOCATION
BISHOP JAMES H. DARLINGTON, Grand Chaplain.
OYSTER COCKTAIL
"This is a strange thing as e'er I looked on."-Shakespeare.
CELERY RADISHES OLIVES SALTED NUTS
"How queer you are and fresh in this old world."-Tempest.
CREAM OF CHICKEN
BROILED SHAD, ANCHOVY BUTTER
"He smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish like smell."-Tempest.
POTATO CROQUETTES
SPRING LAMB
PEAS BAKED TOMATOES AU GRATIN
"To bring you thus together is no sin."-Measure for Measure.
LOBSTER SALAD
"We are such stuff as dreams are made of."-Shakespeare.
ICE BRICKS FANCY CAKES
"Now comes in the sweetest morsel of the night- As at English feasts, so I regreet The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet."
-Shakespeare.
CHEESE CRACKERS
"Pray take them, Sir,-Enough's a feast; Eat some, and pocket up the rest."-Pope.
DEMI TASSE
CIGARS
"Foes to my rest and my sleep's sweet disturber."
-Richard III.
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Opasta
BRO. SAMUEL R. FRAIM, TOASTMASTER
The R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, BRO. GEORGE W. GUTHRIE, R. W. Grand Master.
The Fraternal Spirit, BRO. WM. L. GORGAS, R. W. D. G. M.
ADDRESS-
BRO. LOUIS A. WATRES, R. W. J. G. W.
ADDRESS-
BRO. WM. B. CHALFANT, Grand Chaplain.
"Our Sister Lodge,"
BRO. BERNARD J. MYERS, W. M. Lamberton Lodge.
ADDRESSES
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Officers of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Electine Officers
R. m. Grand Master
R. m. Deputy Grand Master
GEORGE W. GUTHRIE
WILLIAM L. GORGAS
R. m. Senior Grand Marden
R. M. Junior Grand Marden
J. HENRY WILLIAMS
LOUIS A. WATRES
R. I. Brand Treasurer
WILLIAM B. HACKENBURG
R. M. Grand Secretary WILLIAM A. SINN
JOHN A. PERRY, Deputy Grand Secretary
Appointed Officers
Grand Chaplains
WM. B. CHALFANT, THOMAS M. JACKSON, JAMES H. DARLINGTON
Senior Grand Marden
Juntar Grand Marden
JAMES M. LAMBERTON
HARRY F. HAWKINS
Grand Marshal
Grand Sword Bearer
J. WARNER HUTCHINS
GEORGE M. MCCANDLESS
Grand Pursutuant
Grand Ogler
CHARLES S. BAIR
WILLIAM B. JOSLYN
Secretary to Grand Master SAMUEL W. WRAY
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Officers of Dodge No. 43
Elertine Officers
Worshipful Master SAMUEL R. FRAIM
Senior Marden MARTIN M. HARNISH
Junior Marden THADDEUS G. HELM
Treasurer P. M. JOEL S. EABY
Secretary
P. M. J. FRED. FISHER
Representative to Grand Lodge-P. M. WILLIAM O. MARSHALL.
Trustees
P. M. GEORGE B. WILLSON P. M. HENRY CARPENTER
P. M. ANDREW H. HERSHEY
Appointed Officers
JOHN S. GRAYBILL, S. D.
J. OMAR NISSLEY, J. M. C.
IRWIN H. DELONG, Pursuivant.
WILLIAM J. STEWARD, J. D.
GUSTAVUS A. SAUBER, S. M. C.
JOHN S. GRAHAM, Tyler.
Chaplain REV. W. STUART CRAMER
Representative to Masonic Home-P. M. ANDREW H. HERSHEY
Charity Committee
P. M. GEORGE R. ROHRER P. M. GEO. H. ROTHERMEL
P. M. JOHN C. CARTER
Library Committer
P. M. DAVID E. LONG HENRY E. CARSON MONROE B. HIRSH
Stewards
HENRY G. HOELTZEL ADAM H. HERR
District Deputy Grand Master-JOHN W. LANSINGER
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Members of Lodge No. 43, 1910
Past Masters
JEREMIAH ROHRER
ANDREW H. HERSHEY
GEORGE R. WELCHANS
JOHN W. LANSINGER
WILLIAM O. MARSHALL
J. FREDERICK FISHER
JOHN HULL
DAVID E. LONG
E. ORAM LYTE
·ROBERT W. GROEZINGER
JOEL S. EABY
ALBERT D. PINKHAM
GEORGE A. MARSHALL
WILLIAM H. KELLER
JOHN C. CARTER
FRANK H. RUDY
GEORGE B. WILLSON
CHARLES L. MARSHALL
GEORGE H. ROTHERMEL
J. FRANKLIN STEVENS
JACOB P. SHIRK
HERBERT C. MILLER
HENRY CARPENTER
G. HOWARD SHERTS
GEORGE R. ROHRER
D. SHERMAN SMITH
JOHN R. KAUFFMAN
WASHINGTON M. NIXDORF
Past Masters by Admission
WILLIAM J. FORDNEY (No. 496); JOHN M. NEWBOLD (No. 26, Del.); PARK P. BRENEMAN (No. 14, New South Wales).
Members
Samuel K. Abrahims
William Blickenderfer
Jesse B. Conner
Charles F. Adams
William D. Bollinger
William M. Conyngham
William A. Adams
Warren F. Bossler
W. Stuart Cramer
Henry F. Afflebach
Michael F. Bowers
Park Crawford
Robert M. Agnew
Charles H. Brehm
E. Francis Creager
John B. Albright Alden M. Alexander Frank Alleman
Charles R. Brenner John R. Brenner
Ervin J. Diehl
William C. Alrich
Charles J. Brickner
Amos Diller
Theodore B. Appel
William A. Brinkman
Edwin C. Diller Eli R. Diller
William N. Appel
Edward Brooks
Ernest A. Armstrong
Warren E. Broome
Isaac N. Diller
Daniel E. Aukamp
Abraham G. Brosey
Charles Dingee
Ellis Bachman
Roland H. Brubaker
Leon G. Dodge
Gonsolva D. Bair John M. Bair
William C. Buchmiller
Henry Doerr
T. Wilson Dubbs
Theodore W. Bare
C. Reese Eaby
Abraham L. Barr
John A. Burger, Jr.
Amos L. Eby
Grabill Bear
John H. Buttermore
Lemuel C. Eby
John W. B. Bausman
Paul R. Byerly
Christian Eiseman
Aaron A. Bear
Henry Carpenter
Samuel G. Elliott
John L. Benedict
Jacob B. Eshlema n
George Benkert
Joseph T. Evans
Richard Blickenderfer
Harry W. Buckius E. Allan Brinkman William G. Brown
Joel S. Eaby
Byron B. Barton
Henry E. Carson John C. Carter
Robert Clark
Samuel E. Fagley
Park P. Breneman
Frank P. Darlington
Irwin H. DeLong
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Christian Fate John Adam Finger George L. Fisher J. Frederick Fisher William F. Fisher Willard E. Fohl Jordan R. Foster Samuel R. Fraim Daniel R. Fralick
Charles C. Herr John K. Herr
Charles L. Marshall
George A. Marshall
Andrew H. Hershey
Paul B. Hess
Witmer J. Hess Edward K. Hibshman Ira C. Hiestand
Peter W. Hiestand John Hilderbrand
DeWitt C. Mclaughlin Emil Meister Clayton S. Mellinger
William J. Fordney Ike France Reah Frazer Adolph Gansman Edwin R. Garvin
Monroe B. Hirsh Simon B. Hirsh Henry G. Hoeltzel
Henry C. Metzger
Benjamin P. Miller, Jr.
Herbert C. Miller
John Henry Miller
Michael G. Garrecht
Charles F. Gast
Charles D. Hubert
Daniel W. Geist
George W. Hull
Harry R. Mohler Peter Mohr
Aaron H. Gilbert, Jr. Joseph Girvin Daniel G. Glass
Charles A. Jeffries
Herman Moss
Dana H. Graham
George C. Johnson
Sigmund I. Moss
John S. Graham
William H. Kacy
Charles F. Mulhatten
David W. Graybill
John S. Graybill, Jr. D. Stuart Griffiths
William J. Kafroth Henry O. Kaufman John R. Kauffman J. Frank Keller William H. Keller
Henry D. Mussleman
Edwin C. Mussleman
Frank L. Mussleman
Shreiner G. Groff
George A. Kemper C. Walter Kendig Willis G. Kindig
Martin K. Mylin
Edwin A. Nace
John L. Groff
Robert P. Neil
Roland G. Groff
Daniel D. Nein
Charles B. Grubb
John M. Newbold
William C. Grube
Jacob Omer Nissley
Arnold Haas
Washington M. Nixdorf
John G. Haas
Benjamin E. Kraybill
Edwin I. Noble
William S. Haldeman
Benjamin C. Kready
William Y. Haldy
Christian Künzler
Washington F. Hambright Eberhart J. Lamparter Daniel W. Harner
George Lancashire
Albert D. Pinkham
William E. Harner
Amos H. Landis
Abraham L. Pollock
Harvey B. Harnish
Harry K. Landis
Frederick Quade
Martin M. Harnish
Jacob B. Landis
Amos K. Raub Simon W. Raub
J. S. Hartman Aaron B. Hassler Paul Heine
Charles G. Lehman Jacob B. Lentz
Milton T. Reeder
John F. Heinitsh
Gustavus F. Reichman
Walter A. Heinitsh
Christopher Liller William H. Liller Julius Loeb
Henry Ressler J. Lyte Ressler
Elmer E. Helm Thaddeus G. Helm
David E. Long
Samuel H. Reynolds
Eugene H. Henry
Howard R. Rich
Adam H. Herr
John W. Lorentz Charles W. Lotz
William Riddle
Albert M. Herr Clair C. Herr
E. Oram Lyte
David A. Robinson
William L. Machmer
Edward M. Robinson
John A. Hoffman Jacob P. Hollinger Thomas S. Hood
S. Clay Miller Solomon J. Miller
Everett S. Geist
John Hull Henry S. Immel John H. Irwin
Alexander S. Moore
William B. Mowrer
David S. Murr
John K. Murray
Gustavus Groezinger Robert W. Groezinger
John W. Myers
Abraham B. Groff
Alpheus G. Groff
George W. Kinzer Sydney L. Kistler Jacob Konigmacher William F. Kosman Amos E. Kraybill
Philip Nolty Frank Pfeiffer
C. Martin Pickel
John W. Lansinger
Stuart H. Raub
William O. Marshall Henry F. Maxwell Cornelius F. May Edw. E. McConkey
William A. McGlinn
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Robert Robinson
W. Scott Seldomridge
George H. Strickler
George R. Rohrer
John A. Shaeffer
John C. Swope
Grant Rohrer
George A. Shelley
Walter K. Swords
Howard Rohrer
G. Howard Sherts
Frank T. Thurlow
Jacob B. Rohrer
David M. Shertz
James W. Vandergrift
Jeremiah Rohrer
Harry M. Shirk
Aaron C. Wade
George O. Roland
Jacob P. Shirk
Henry Walter
John Roland
Simon Shissler
Silas N. Warfel
Ralph Roland
W. Clyde Shissler
John E. Weaver
Seeger Roland
Samuel J. Shubrooks
Samuel E. Weber
Joseph Roop
William H. Simpson
John J. Weh
Ralph W. Roseboro
John D. Skiles
Milton Weidler
Isidore Rosenthal
Aaron D. Smith
George R. Welchans
Harry C. Rote
D. Sherman Smith
Frank LeS. Weir
Charles E. Roth
Ira D. Smith
Milton Weidler
George H. Rothermel
Virginius P. Smith
George R. Welchans
S. Nixon Rowe
Asher F. Snyder
Frank H. Rudy
Levi Snyder
Harry B. White Sherman B. White
Daniel Rudy
J. Charles Somers
Harvey M. Whiteside
Howard F. Russel
J. Abraham Sprenger
Charles I. Williams
Richard Russell
Charles P. Stamm
F. Elmer Williamson
William Ruth
William Stansbury
George B. Willson
Henry E. Rutter
Aaron E. Stauffer
Franklin Winger
Howard L. Rutter
Benjamin F. Stauffer
Martin W. Witmer
Jacob R. Rutter
James B. Stauffer
John K. Woerth
Gustavus A. Sauber
J. Newton Stauffer
John O. Wohlsen
Christian Schaefer
William D. Stauffer
P. Henry Wohlsen
Harry E. Schaeffer
Edwin C. Steigerwalt
William Wohlsen
Benjamin S. Schindle
Jacob F. Wolfer Joseph H. Woods
Charles L. Schmidt
Karl A. Schuberth
Frank L. Wright
Scott Guy Seiple
Robert H. Wright
Harry C. Seldomridge
George W. Strawbridge
Charles S. Zwally
Jacob F. Seldomridge
George Steinman William J. Steward J. Frank Stevens Jacob Stoner
Charles G. Strickler
Harry W. Zwalley
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The address by the Right Worshipful Grand Master Brother George W. Guthrie was delivered in the Lodge room, within tyled doors, and the responses to the other toasts at the banquet, all were impressive, dignified addresses. The program was interspersed with music rendered by Brother John B. Roth's Orchestra, and by inspiring songs by the members. The occasion will long be re- membered by those present.
The following officers of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania honored us with their presence:
Brother George W. Guthrie, Right Worshipful Grand Master.
William L. Gorgas, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master.
Louis A. Watres, Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden. William B. Hackenberg, Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer. John A. Perry, Acting Right Worshipful Grand Secretary. James H. Darlington, D. D., Grand Chaplain.
Samuel W. Wray, Secretary to the R. W. Grand Master. Julius F. Sachse, Librarian of the Grand Lodge.
John W. Lansinger, District Deputy Grand Master, Dis- trict No. I.
William B. Joslyn, Grand Tyler.
There were also sixty-five visitors from Lodges Nos. 21, 156, 286, 385, 398, 417, 476, 496, 528, 551, 587, 606 and 622 of Pennsylvania, No. 66 of Connecticut and No. 473 of North Carolina.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
STEPHEN CHAMBERS.
[W. M., September 14, 1785, to June 24, 1787.]
STEPHEN CHAMBERS was a prominent officer in the Revolution- ary army and afterwards one of the leading lawyers at the Lan- caster Bar.
He first served in the army as a Lieutenant in the 12th Penn, Regiment; he was promoted to Captain in 1777.
At the close of the Revolutionary War he studied law, and was admitted to practice at the Lancaster Bar in 1780. He soon attained a large and lucrative practice, owned several farms, and was interested in the iron business. He was a delegate to the con- vention in 1787, which ratified, on the part of Pennsylvania, the Federal Constitution.
In May, 1789, there was a banquet given at Slough's tavern (Centre Square), which was attended by a number of Revolution- ary officers, among whom were Captain Stephen Chambers and Doctor Jacob Rieger. Captain Chambers was dressed in his mili- tary suit, and in personal appearance was one of the finest-looking officers in the country, and his manner was imperious. Dr. Rieger was a diminutive person, and very untidy in his personal appearance.
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