Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-10-29
NTH was its Master, and the lat,

a sortrof connecting link between the char
ter and pM'esent members of the lodge for
when his family came to Staunton, John
Paris was still living on the edge of town,
and he saw the family of William Cham.
bers still in mourning for his recent
death. Mr.. Fuller is an exceedingly we'll
preserved octogenarian. and his mind is
as clear as his memory is active. He is a
great favorite with the members of the
lodge and is to it in the matter of history
sort of second edition of the archives.
THE PRESENT MEMBERSHIP OF sTAUN.
TON LODGE
In contrast with the little band that
one hundred years ago received its charter,
we give below th, complete list of the
present membership Of the lodge, number
ing one hundred and s.-ty Hshree:
0ficns-E. M. Gushing, Master, J. M
Lickliter, Senior Warderx Y F. snapp.
Junior Warden; P. H. Trout, Treas ,rsr: 4 a
Eskridge, Jr., Secretary S. B. PUN. Senior
Deacon; J. J. Prufer, Junior COM,
John G. Dice, Chaplain: L. Rosen<<, s,..s fi6r.
Pat Masters-H M Bell, WI Baltnis, J A
Cochran, J 81 Wayt.
Mem6ers-G A Armentreut, William An
drews, A Beck, W 81 Bailie, Thomas A
Bledsoe, B 7 Bagby, A NJ Bruce, W Burke,
Robt W Burke, Jacob Rumgardner, W Bum
gardner, G Berkeley, A Beirne, J E Black,
Thomas Briley, WmrF Butler, c Cochran,
II r Cawthorne F. r. Cnr+ie I r Clan,n,ar u
Coleman, Join Carlisle, WA Cushing, R
S Clarke. Fl Dickerson, S Davis, r Det-
tor, 4 Dunn, G Dunsmore, J S Denton,
M Daniel, R T W Duke, Jr., j H Drechsler, B
B Eskridge, B F Eakle, E Fulcher, Geo W
| Fuller, J Foster, A A Grubert, W Cru
bert, G G Gooch, J st Gibson, W B Hardy
w Haskins, j Hutchins, M Hamrick H
L Hoover, Ed Hall, Alexander Hart, w Har-
man, ] M Hanger, @ E Hoge, George Harlan, B
J, F Hughes, N H Hotchkiss, Geo Fl Hevener, B
B Houseman, Arista Hoge, E M Jones. John
lesser, E Jones, James Ker, D Kunkle J
M Kunkle, D W Kennedy, g W Koiner, W L
Lushbaugh, Fl J Lushbaugh, s Fl Lushbaugh,
R F Larew, W 81 II Lynn, A Levy, C H Lyn
ham, M Layton, ] Merritt, wv B McChes-
| ney, R Mcintosh. P L Murphy, W McCor-
kle, H P Mason, M A Miller, S L Mcdowell, W
T Mari, S Mandelbaum, Fl M McIlhany, M
Mosely, T Morton, II R Mathews, W W Nc
| Gufin, J W Newman, 0 H Nuchols, M B
Oberdorfer, G H Perrow, R FL Phillips, G G
Phillips, H Price, ] M Quarles 7 D Ran
son, A Robertson, G A Randall, W E Snapp,
r n u A
Shanklin, ] Stinebuck, E Staples F T Strib-
ling, $ Shultz, J M Sicily, W H Sale, Charles
Smails, John F Stuart, J H Snuff, A M Simp-
sou, William Skeen, J W Stout, R W Steven
son, s Shelter, E Shepherd, R J Sweetwood,
Gil Thomasson, John owberman, F M Taylor,
A Turner, S G Thompson, W R Tyree, J F
Tannehill, W Teabo, A M Waltz, Vawter,
L Weaver, A H Weir, S W Wehn, John
Wehn, A Whitlock, W Whitmore, W
Whitmore, j G Wheat, F R Webb, T Wood
ward, Isaac Witt, G Il West, F wayman,
George Wright, W Waddy, John Wilson,
JAS. Wehn, and J Whitlock
The Celebration of the Centennial.
Some months ago tie members deter
mined that the centennial anniversary
should be appropriately marked, by pub
lie celebration at the Opera House, and all
the preparations were made. Last night,
at O'Clock, the members of Staunton
Lodge and many invited guests, assem-
bled In their lodge room. They all wore a
handsome gold-friDged blue silk badge
with the inscription in gold letters
"17S6, Centennial: Staunton Lodge No. 10
A. F. and A. NJ. October %, 1856, Staun-
ton, Va" The procession was formed
under an escort of Knights Templar and
was headed by the Stonewall Band. Sir
Knight W. B. McChesney was Chief Mar
shall, with Brothers Il. M. McIlhany and
John w. Stout as Assistant Marshals.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
On their arrival at the Opera House
they found large audience awaiting
them-a large number of ladies being pres
ent. Suspended from the proscenium was
the mystic 'G'' in gold, and On a table lay
the Bible. Square, and co mpass. After
prayer by Chaplain Rev. j. G. Dice,
Grand Generalissimo W. H. H. Lynn, of
the Grand Commandery, gave brief
sketch OF the history OF the lodge.
Mr., Lynn said that one hundred years
ago to-day, Staunton Lodge was regularly
constituted by charter granted by the
Grand Lodge of Virginia, and it might
not be inappropriate on this centennial
occasion to make a brief mention of those
ubo bod oot;uol1 no RI ioipotod in cvyo hoI,o
Masonry as members as well as Masters
of the Lodge since Alexander Long was
installed as its first Master one hundred
years ago.
1t was list which embraced many dis
tinguished citizens. Along with, and fol-
lowing Alexander Long were VIM. Cham
bers and Michael CARRIER, David and
Joshua Parry. Vincent Jewett Tapp,
Robt. Grattan, Alex. Humphreys, Jacob
Kinney, John Fackler, Benz. II. Brady,
John Wayt, Samuel Clarke 1.-THE first
Mayor of Staunton), Robt. Williamson,
Levi j., Stevenson flor number of terms
Master of this Lodge, also Grand
Master of Masons of Virginia; for seven
teen years Grand Lecturer of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, and for many years
thereafter Grand Lecturer of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. and who handed
down unimpaired the Masonic work receiv-
cd from the lips Of the distinguished
Cushman). David W. Patterson, also
Grand Master as well as Master of this
lodge; Lewis Hartman. the progenitor of
the large family of that name in Staunton
and Augusta; Isaac Collett, John Mer-
rift, John Eagon, Nicholas z. and Jeffer-
son Kinney, the Circuit and County
Clerks of Augusta: Chapman johnson,
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