History of Lodge no. 43, F. and A.M., 1785-1910, with biographical sketches of charter members, past masters and present officers, together with a complete list of members of the lodge, Part 21

Author: Welchans, George Reuben, 1845-1925
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : The Lodge
Number of Pages: 434


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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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History of Lodge No. 43, F. and A. M.


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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