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MEDFORD, OKiaiOX, .SUNDAY, M.9' IS, 1 ):!(),
No. 57.
Scottish Rite Bodies Open Spring Reunion in City Monday
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DELEGATES1
Tl) APPIUP
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TOMORROW
Sessions Start Tomorrow!
Morning Medford and ,
Eugene Lodges Partici-;
pate Followed By Shrine
Ceremonial in Ashland, j
Twmin'ow, from all parts of
southern Oregon, as fur west mm
the coast ami as far north as Eu
gene and east an far us Iake
it; will come Scottish Jtite Ma
sons to participate hi the spring
reunion in this city for the next
Vitee ilays. This -'ear's 'reunion
tyKpiTteri lo eclipse even that
h lust .May, Just preceding the
his llllluh TempU Shrine ceremo
nial In this city ami a large class
uf candidates will receive the cov
eted Scottish Rlto degrees, under
the direction of Siskiyou Lodge
of Perfection and Siskiyou Chap
ter Hose Croix of this city and
the Eugene Council of Kadosh
No, 2 and Eugene Consistory num
ber 2 of Eugene.
The program for the next three
days includes strenuous degree
work and various banquets and
fraternal gatherings with the Ma-;
sonic temple at Main and Holly i
streets as the headquarters for
the reunion. Members o Siskiyou
LoiHte of Perfection and Siskiyou
Chapter Hose Croix have been pre
paring for the reunion here for
the past several months -nnd the
local hosts to the northern Mu
fons have left nothing undone to
assure a successful conclave in
this city.
D, L. Davidson, 32, venerable
master of Siskiyou Lodge of por
tion and Walter .H. Jones, 32 ,
Ue master of Siskiyou Chapter'
Itose Croix, have been very active
directing details of this week's ns-
FMnbling of Scottish Kite mom
ben'. The reception committee
composes .lames Taylor 32, II. H.
Brown 32". K. M. C. Neil 32 and
E. C. Jerome 32. The. enter
tainment committee includes Chan.
A. Wing 32, Hugo M. Lnnge 32",
P. 8. Anderson 32?, S. V. Mc
Qnnt 32 and K. C. Jerome 32,
while the personnel of the class
committee is (ieorge W. Porter
3!e, R. C. Jerome 32, Walter C.
Va n Km on 32. W. L. Im n n i gn n
32 and H. H. Brown 32.
A large number of the Scottish
Kile class at this'week'H reunion
is expected to receive the mystic
degrees of the Shrine at the spring
ceremonial of Hillam temple in
Ashland next Saturday.
The record of havinc had the
Masonic degrees conferred upon
him in three different languages
by three different lodges Is held
V J. IV Henderson. He was ac
pn,,(' " i candidate for the ilo
ifees In American Lodgo No. 475.
h'e In 1927. His knowledge of
English. French nnd German be
lie knmvn. Vnllee de France
Iilee N'o. 329, commonly known
a the French, was Invited to con
fer the Kntered Apprentice de
gree In French. The Fellowcraft
itegree was conferred upon him a
"hort time later In Ciermnn hy
Acncln Lodge N-o. 43S, nnd early
In 1 S Americnn Lodge raised
him to the sntilime degree of mas
I" Mason in the Kngllsh lang
"aRe. Such practice hns now
wen prohibited by the Grand
y"1"1 "f Cnllfornln.
Hi-Ho
Scottish
Rite
5
We Hope
Your Spring
Reunion
Is a Great
Success
MANN'S
National Scottish Rite Head
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Jiihn llt-nry
Sovi'i-i'iKii (ii'iinil ConiiiiiMHli'r.
Scottish Rite
April
Anniversaries
Col. John Mitchell, first grand
enininumler of the supreme
council, U. s: A.; (IHOl-lll). re
ceived the thlrly-third degree
April 2, 1795.
Gilbert lUirns, brother of
Robert liurns, poet laureate of
freemasonry, died April 27,
1X27. He was a nu-mber of St.
.lames lodge. Tailioinon, Scot
land. Allien I'iko was made deputy
inspector general for western
Tennessee, April 12, 1854. On
April 25, I s H 7 , he became hon
orary inspector general in a
special session at New Orleans.
La., also being made special
deputy for'Louistana on that
date. His death occurred at
Washington, 1J. -'.. April 2, I SHI.
Thomas Hubbard Caswell,
eleventh grand commander of
the southern .supreme council
( 1X94-1 !HIII), was knighted In
Sacramento. Calif.. Conimand
ery No. 2. K. T.. April 11. 1S55.
Gen. Joseph Lane, governor
of the Territory of Oregon
(1859-tiOI. IT. S. senator from
that state (1X59-111) and a mem
ber of Center Lodge No. 23,
lndiuna pedis. I n.l.. died at ltuse
burg. Ore.. April 19, ISM.
Arthur MaeAithur, twenty
third Brand master of the
Grand Kncampment, K. T.. C.
S. A., received the Scottish Kite
degrees (4-1S) at Troy. X. C.
April 2X, 1S.S4. and completed
the degrees (19-32) at Albany,
April 22. lSSti.
Ilil.b Graves, governor of
Alabama, was born ut Hope
Hull. Ala.. April 1. 1S73. On
April 10. 192S, he was Invested
with the rank anil decoration of
knight commander of the court
of honour.
.Martin K. Trapp, former gov
ernor of Oklahoma ami a mem
ber of the Guthrie, okla.. Scot
tish Kite bodies, was born In
Rollins. n, Kan.. April . IS'"-
Itudyard Kipling. famous
Kngllsh author, was Initiated in
lodge "Hope anil i'erseveranc"
No. 7S2. Lahore. Punjab. India,
April 5, lxxii. On April 12.
1SX7 he received the mark
master degree in Mark Lodge
Fidelity." and royal nrk mar
iners degree In lodge "Ml.
Ararat." I-ahnro. on April 1 '
ISSS. he affilialed with lodge
"Independence with Philan
thropy' No. 391. Allanhal.aU,
India.
Will lingers. American hum
orist, received the I hirty-sec.ml
degree in Indian Consistory. Mi-,l.-aer.
Okla . April I"
IRANKIOKT. Ky The Ma
sonic fraternity was well repre
sented in both the holle and th
in the session of the I' -n-Icgislature
which ailjolirn-
senat
lucky
,.,1 recently. In the senate mere
wet
eight. c .Masons ami o.
forty-six members of the
h'.u
fraternity, coc.rding to in-
,k. which gives n brief biog
raphy of the members.
Other state officers who are
members of the .ft are: Goyer-
Flem 1) Sampson, tne e,"'i-
nor
neial, MJ state superlruemi
pulilie insliuctlen, the ser
of iigricilltureO hr-e rail
....... ..liuioners. and four
ney-g
cut ol
relary
roiio - ,
judges of the court of appeals. ,
road
i
ciiuics. :t:;
Wnhliiulon. I. r.
Scottish Rite
May
Anniversaries
(leu. John Urooks, who aided
Hart ui vim Steuben in training
(be Continental army and who
served as governor of Massa
t busets for six terms, was born
:it Medfortl, Mass., .May 31, 1702,
and was a member of American
I'nion lodge.
.MaJ. C Sen. Joseph Warren
who is credited with ringing the
iilnrm bells in Huston on April
I x, t TTfj, became grand master
uf Miisunry In Huston, May 30,
1 Ttlli.
Louis Me La no, minister to
Knglaud l.X :.".)-. 1 ; 1845-16),
secietary of the treasury under
I'resident Jackson ( 1S31-33).
s'ctvt:try of stale 11833-34) and
president of the L. & O. rail
road I S37-47 ), was born at
Smyrna. Del.. May 28, 1786. lie
was a member of Lafayette
Lodge No. 14, at Wilmington.
Gen. Israel Putnam, famous
Revolutionary officer and mem
ber ijf 1 1 Irani Lodge No. 1, New
Haven, Conn., died May ly,
1T1MI. .
(Jen. Joseph Robinson, who
served in the War of 1812 and
wn s g ra n d secre ta ry of the
grand lodge of Maryland (1842
(13), beeame a member of Con
cordia Lodge No. 13, Haltlniore,
in May. J K 1 1 .
Paul Revere, Revolutionary
patriot ami grand master of the
grand lodge of Massachusetts,
died at Boston. May 10, 1818,
('apt. Abraham Whipple, na
val officer, who discharged on
Ibe water the first gun at the
British in 1 775, died at Mari
etta, Ohio. May 2!l, 1819. lie
was a member of St. John's
lodge, Providence, H. I.
(ien. John Stark, who wns
pi-edited with winning the bat
tle of Henniiiglon tVt.) in 1777,
and who vas a members of
Masters Lodge No. 2, Albany,
N. V. (now No. 6), died May
8. 1822. at Manchester, N. H.
Robert Hurton. quartermaster
general of militia in the Ameri
can revolution and later a mem
ber of the Continental congress
from North Carolina, died in
Vance county, N. C, May 31,
1 825. He was a member of
Hiram Lodge No. 24, Williams
borough. N. C.
(ii n, Jose Antonio Faez, first
president of Venezuela, became
tb first grand commander of
the supreme council, Scottish
Rite, jf that country, May 1,
is 10.
James Knox Polk, eleventh
president of the United States
i1S4.'i-4!) and a member of
Columbia. Tcnn., Lodge No. 31,
assisted In the Masonic cere
munie at the laying of the corner--!
one of the Smithsonian
InMitution, Washington, D. C,
May 1. 1X47.
Charles Warren Fairbanks,
twenty-sixth vice president of
the 1'nited States nnd a mem
ber of Indiana consistory and
Murat Shrine temple, both of (I
Indianapoli.t, was born at Un
ionvllle Center, Ohio, May II,
.h:2.
Major Robert Anderson, hero
of Kurt Sumter, was made a
Mason in Mercer liwlgn No. B0,
Trenton, N. J., May 27, 18G8.
William MeKiiu'ey, twenty
fifth president of the United
States, receivithe entered ap
f(finiinii''1 -n Pm. Two)
SISKIYOU LODGE
OF PERFECTION!
tlly D. 1. Davidson. 32", present
Venerable Master)
So far as Is known, the first
authentic effort to institute the
Ancient and Accepted Rite of
r'reeinasonry in southern Oregon,
was a notice read at a ceremonial
of Hillah Temple A. A. O. N. M. S.
held at Ashland in December, 1921.
In answer to this call, about 25
Masters of the Royal Secret 32
met in the Masonic temple in
Medford, and discussed plans to
organize a county Scottish Rite
club, As a means to get all Scot
tish Rite Masons in southern Ore
gon out, a banquet was held early
in January at the Hotel Medford.
Brethren were present from Ash
land. ( rants Pass. Central Point,
Talent, Jacksonville and other
points, there being 14 consistories
represented,
The club was duly organized,
with D. L. Davidson, president; W.
11. Klanagan, vice president; if. O.
Krulmch, secretary; (ieo. K. dates, ;
treasurer, and J. D. Rickert, al
moner. '
At this meeting Rrother Oeorgo
T. Collins presented a petition for
signature by those present who
would join in a regular petition to
the sovereign grand inspector gen
eral in Oregon for letters tempo
rary to institute a Lodge of Per
fection, fourth to fourteenth de
grees, inclusive. This ngreement
contained 35 names. Nothing more
h o w eV e r , wa s done to w a rd es t a b -lishing
a body In Medford, nnd the
club also died through the Indif
ference of its members.
The first semi-official services
of the rite was the Rose Croix
obligatory observance of Maundy
Thursday in the spring of 1922.
This meeting was held under the
direction of Brother J. D. Rlokert,
32. Rev. W. Judson Oldfield,
32 K. C. C. II., va the principal
speaker and in closing his re
marks, he urged the brethren pres
ent to speed up action on the or
ganization of a Lodge of Perfec
tion, as did also several others
present. Still nothing was done.
At the Maundy Thursday observ
ance In 1923, the question of or
ganizing a Lodge of Perfection wns
again presented, and 19 brethren
agreed to get (limits or certificates
of standing from their respective
bodies, and join in a petition for
letters temporary. These signers
met April 1C, and completed the
regular petition, nnd recommended
the following appointments: Ven
erable master, D. L. Davidson;
senior warden, McM. M. Dow;
junior warden, J. D. Rickert; sec
retary, Paul R. Rynning. The
letters temporary were granted
j April 20. 1923, by P. S. Malcolm,
i 33, sovereign grand Inspector
, general In Oregon. The first
i meeting under theo letters was
1 held May 4, and the lodge at once
i settled down to work,
j Rrother Lee M. Hall, formerly
; with the post office department,
: presented petition No. 1 for the
ineffable degrees. Petitions came
! in regularly, and on August 27,
, four months after granting of the
1 letters temporary, a class of 13
aspirants was created Perfect
; LlUS.
In the meantime, negotiations
, had been carried on with the sov
elrn grand Inspector general,
1 looking to a reunion, when all the
! degrees from the fourth tft the
thirty-second, inclusive, could be
! conferred in Medford. It finally
; was decided to hold this reunion
November 23, 24. 1923; the Rose
Croix degrees, November IB to 18;
Council of Kadosh, November 1 9
to 30. and Consistory, thirty-first
and thirty-second to be conferred
by the co-ordinate bodies from
Kugene.
At this meeting there was a
class of 17 in the Lodge of Per-
' fection, and 27 finishing In the
Consistory, candidates being pres
ent from Kugene, Roscburg,
Grants Pass. Holland, Brookings,
'Central Point, Ashland and Med
ford. : The supreme council In session
at Washington granted Siskiyou
; Lodge of Perfection Its charter on
October 16, 1923.
Illustrious Brother T'hllip Schuy
ler Mnlcom, 33. grand prior, and
sovereign grand Inspector general
in Oregon, attended this reunion,
presented the lodge its charter, In
stituted the lodge and Installed
; Its first officers: Venerable mas
ter, i). L. Davidson, 32; senior
warden. McM. M. Dow, 32": Junior
warden, J. D. Rickert, 32; al
1 moner, II. C. Smith, 32'; orator,
F J. Newman, 32; treasurer, M.
Bishop, 14"; secretary, Paul B.
Rynning, 32; master of cere
monies, C. Louis Wolft, 329; ex
pert, L'mll Brltt, 32; assistant
j expert, JO. W. Hoffman, 32"; cap
tain of the host. Alex Sparrow,
32; tyler, J. R. W. Gregg, 32".
The second reunion was a lodge
affair only, held May 12, 1924. A
chiHH of seven aspirants were cre
, ated Perfect Klus. No more re
unions were held until May, 1925,
candidates between these dates
- desiring to complete the work
i Journeyg to Kugene. This May,
i 1925, class creHted 16 Perfect
Klus, and the igene bodies fln
l Islied the work through the thirty
second degree on a clatPof about
0RGANIZED1921
Venerable Master
1). L. Diivlilsini
. Venerable Muster ul' Klsklyou
IsHlge uf IVli'tHiiolt.
Past Masters
K. M. Wilson, 2a
Venerable Master from January
5, 1025 to January U, IW2H.
Paul B. Rynning, :t23
Venerable Master from January
!, I1I2H to January 10. 111211.
25. The next reunion was in May,
1927. with a small class, only four
finishing through the thirty-second.
Starting with 19 names on the
petition for letters temporary, Sis
kiyou Lodge of Perfection now
has a membership of about 96, 39
members having been created Per
fect Klus before January 1, 1925.
Sinco Its organization It has lost
only three members by death: H.
(. Smith. 32; W. C. Taylor, 14;
R. R. Johnson, 32".
Since Its organization six years
ago. the following have served as
venerable master: I). I,. David
son. 32. April 2H, 1923. to Janu
ary 5. 1925; K. M. Wilson, 32.
January 5. 1925, to January, 1928;
Paul B. Rynning, 32, January,
1928, to January, 1929.
The officers for IH30 are: Ven
erable master, D. L. Davidson,
32 : senior warden, J. J1'. Law
rence, 32"; Junior warden, Chas.
A. Wing, 32; orator, P. B. Rynn
ing, 32 almoner, S. W. McOuat,
32"; secretary, L. K. Williams.
32; treasurer, V. Jl. Vawler, 32;
master of ceremonies, S. A.
Krosrhel. 32; expert, L. D. Ins
keep, 14; assistant expert, H. II.
Brown, 32; ciiptuin of the host,
Otto A. Mark, 32; tiler. Lew
Rukes. 32".
There are In Josephine nnd
Jackson counties approximately
KiO Scottish Rite Masons, most of
whom owe allegiance to the su
premo council of the Dili ty-thtrd
degree, for the Southern Jurisdic
tion of the United States, Mother
Supreme Council of the World.
The can of human progress
is our cnuKc. the enfranchisement
of human thought our supremo
wish, tho freedom of human con
science our mission, nnd the guar
antee of equal rights to all peo
pls everywhere the end of our
contention. Scottish I- Creed
Medford Is the county seat and
metropollif of tho Hogua River
valley and gateway to Crater Lake.
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Scottish Rite
Committees
Rtsvpiinu Committee
.las. Taylor, 32nd degree.
II. 11. Mrowu, 32ml degree,
K. M. C. Neil, 3 2nd degree.
K. C. Jerome, 3 2 ml degree.
l-iiteriaiiiiiietit Commit tcv
Chas. A. Wing. 32nd degree.
Hugo M. linge, 32nd degree.
P. S. Anderson, 32nd degree.
S. W. McOuat. 32ml degree.
C. Jerome. 32nd degree.
Class Coitimlitce
fleo. W. Porter, 32nd degree.
K . C. .1 ero me, 3 2 n tl d eg ree.
Walter C. Van Kmou, 32nd
degree.
W. L. Lonigan, 32nd degree.
H. 11. Brown, 3 2 ml degree.
Representatives of the Veuer.
aide Master ami Wise Master
Michael Conrad Suit, Lake
view, Ore.. 32nd degree.
Will Leonard Lonigan, Grants
Pass, Ore., 32nd degree.
Ralph Matt Farmer, Chilo
quin. Ore., 32nd degree.
Walter C. Van Union, Klnm
n t h Ka I Is. Ore., 32nd de
gree. 11. C. Stock, Ashland, Ore.,
32nd degree.
Kmil Brltt, Jacksonville, Ore.,
32nd degree,
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Scottish Rite
Program
Monday
Work by Siskiyou Lodge of
f Perfection.
8:00 a. m. Kourth degreo,
4 Secret Master.
9:00 a. m. Fifth degreo,
) Perfect Master.
10:00 a. m. lxth degreo,
Confidential Secretary.
10:40 a, m. Seventh degree,
Provost and Judge.
11:15 a. m. Ktgtti degree,
Intendent of the Building.
11:30 n. m. Orator's address
by P. G. Rynning,
18:00- noon--L,uncheoh
12:45 p. m. Class photo-
4 gruphs. Photugruphor, K.
A. Peasley.
1:30 p. m. Ninth degree, Elu
of the Nine.
2:45 p. m. Tenth degree,
Klu of the Fifteen.
4:00 p. m. Kleventh degree,
Klu of the Twelve.
Twelfth degree, Master Arch-
Itect.
4 Thirteenth degreo, Royal
4 Arch of Solomon.
4:30 p. m. Orator's address,
Orator, Chas. A. Wing.
0:00 Dinner.
8 :00--Fourteenth degree, I'or-
feet Klu.
' Tuesday
Work by Siskiyou Chapter
Rose Croix.
8:00 a. m. Business meeting.
9:00 a. m. Fifteenth degree,
4 Knight of the Kast, of tho
Sword and of the Eagle.
12:00 noon Luncheon.
4 1:30 p. m. Sixteenth degree,
4 Princes of Jerusalem.
2:45 p. m. Seventeenth do-
gree, Knight of tho East
and West.
6:00 p. m. Dinner.
8:00 p. m. Eighteenth de-
gree. Knight of the Eagle,
Knight uf the Pelican, or
Prince Rose Croix.
Wednesday
Work by Eugene Council of
Kadosh No. 2.
7:30 a. in. Nineteenth do-
4 gree. Pontiff.
Twentieth degree, Master of
the Symbolic Lodge.
Twenty-first degree, Noachlto
or Prussian Knight.
8:00 a. m. Twenty-second
degree, Knights of The
Royal Axe Prince of Ll-
ban us.
Twenty-third degree, Chief of
the Tabernacles.
Twenty-fourth degree, Prlnco
of the Tabernaclo.
Twenty-fifth degree, Knight
4 of the Brazen Serpent.
Twenty-sixth degree, Prince
of Mercy.
Twenty - seventh degree,
Knight Comm. of tho Tem-
pie.
Twenty-eighth degree, Knight
4 of the Hun Adept.
4 Twenty-ninth degree, Scottish
4- Knight of St. Andrew.
9:30 a. m. Thirtieth degree,
4 Knights of Kadosh.
4 12:00 noon Luncheon.
4 WctlnwMlay
4 Work by Eugene Consistory
No. 2.
1:30 p. m. Thirty-first de-
gree, Inspector Inquisitor.
4 0:oo p. m. Dinner.
7:30 p. m. Thirty-second de
4 gree, Master of the Royal
4 Secret.
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Hemls (Yellt Men.
DALLAS. Texas, May 17. (P)
William Eraser, New York City,
has been selected by the National
Association of Credit men a presi
dent of the organization for the
coming year. j
4 !
WASHINGTON, May 17. (A1)
Comi.Qodoncr Ebelo of the cus
toms bureau announced toda? that
a large alcohol consignment from
HoMand hnd been seized at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
State Scottish Rite Leader
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Sovereign Omml I nsiM-otnr
I WE ARE GLAD
Of the privilege of
welcoming the
SCOTTISH RITE
To Medford and the
Rogue River Valley :
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tt,4..j...4,
WE-
Take lots of pleasure
welcoming :
ALL VISITING
SCOTTISH RITE
to Medford and the
Rogue River Valley
"This Is A Great Country"
The Complete Facilities of the
HOTEL MEDFORD
Are at the Disposal
of all visiting
SCOTTISH RITE
Let Us Serve You
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Ceneml In Oregon, 1'orllanil. Oregon.
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