The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-31

present at une FESTIVITIES, ana une occasion
will be one of great interest 10 Connecticut
Masons
The grand lodge was organized July s,
1889, at New Haven, and Pierrepont Ed
wards who was then 80 years of age and had
served in the Revolutionary army and the
Continental congress, was elected the first
grand master. The twelve lodges which took
part in the organization were Hiram, of New
Haven, which was represented by Grand
Master Edwards; St. Johns, of Middletown;
st. Johns, of Fairfield; st. Johns, of Hart
ford; King Solomon, of Woodbury.; st.
Johns, of Stratford; the Wallingford and
| Danbury lodges, which were then un-
named; Wooster, of Colchester; st. Paul's,
of Litchfeld; Frederick, of Pennington, and
Montgomery, of Salisbury. All of these
lodges, with the exception of old Hiram, of
| New Haven, are still in utilization with the
grand lodge 1t is confidently believed in
the inner Masonic circles that Hiram lodge
will seek reinstatement prior to the CEN
| tenary.
From the twelve lodges of 100 years ago
the fraternity has grown into membership
at present of nearly 5000, with ITO lodges
| in good standing in the state. With the re-
| instatement of Hiram lodge the total mem
bership in the state would approximate 10000
William E. Sanford, of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
the oldest of the surviving grand lodge mas
tiers of the Connecticut grand lodge, and the
Hon. David Clark, of this city, now past 50
years of age, is next Mr.. Clark is one of
| the leading members of the order, and the
! Knights Templar commandery at Water
| bury was named in his honor. Howard B.
Ensign, of Baltimore, president of the Balti-
more Steamboat company, is the third in the
list of surviving grand masters,
The remaining Masons who have held the
| high honor of serving at the head of the Con-
necticut grand lodge are the Hon A. P.
! Hyde of Hartford, Elias Quintard of New
| Haven, Asa Smith of Norwalk, James L.
Gould, editor of the Bridgeport Farmer;
! William Wallace Lee of Meriden, Luke A.
! Lockwood of Greenwich, John II. Barlow
of Birmingham, Edward B. Rowe of Boston,
| Dwight Phelps of West Winsted, James Nc
/ Cormick of Windsor, Frederick H. Waldron
| of New Haven, Dwight Waugh of Stamford,
| Henry H. Greene of Danielsonville, and John
| w. Mix of Galesville. J. II. Swartwout of
| Stamford it the present grand master.
The Rev. DR.. Anderson of the Baptist
church at Stamford has been selected for or
ator at the centenary, and the historical ad-
dress will be delivered by Grand Secretary
]. <. Wheeler, of Hartford. Mrs Ella
| Wheeler Wilcox has been invited to write
the centennial poem, but has been compelled
| to decline the honor on account of literary
engagements Mrs. Wilcox was the choice
of the order on account of an anniversary
poem which she prepared two years ago for
! the Masons in Meriden. Albert Pike, of Bos-
ton, one of the most noted Masons in New
England, has also been compelled to decline
| the place of poet at the centenary because of
old age and infirmity. The preparations by
| the New Haven Masons for the anniversary
will be elaborate in character, including a
brilliant and costly banquet in honor of the
dignitarieS of the order.