The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12

| Grand Lodge for the establishment oe the
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home
He was elected junior grand warden IN
| 1892, and successfully filled the offices of
senior warden and deputy grand master
in the natural order until called this
session to occupy the grand masters chair.
Deputy Grand Master-elect Thomas
| Lucas is one of the best-known Masons in
| the State. He is a practicing physician Of
! Santa Maria Santa Barbara County, where
| he has lived for the last sixteen years, and
| is a member of Guadalupe Lodge No. 237.
| He passed through all the chairs of the
| subordinate lodge and the wardens chairs
| in the Grand Lodge.
Senior Warden-elect Thomas Flint Jr. is
| a prominent member of the Masonic ano
| Native Sons organizations, having filled
! the presiding chairs in both orders. He
is a resident of San Juan and member OF
Texas Lodge No. 46.
| Grand Treasurer Edward Coleman has
| served in this office for three consecutive
terms and was unanimously reelected.
He is resident of this City, but until a
few years ago lived in Grass Valley, where
| he was prominently identified with
! Masonry. His great popularity in the
brotherhood made opposition to his re-
election impossible and his election was
| assured.
Grard Secretary George Johnson was
unanimously elected to Office for the fifth
| time. He is considered TO be one of the
most al le Masons in the order, as evi-
| denced BY his repeated election. He filled
all the chairs in California Lodge No.
and has bsen q Mason for a quarter of a
! century, though comparatively a young
| man.
The office in which contest always oc-
! ours is that Of junior grand warden, as it is
the first step in the succession to the chair
! of grand master. Judge +. Nj. Angelotti
of Marin and Harry c. Bush of Alamed a
were the candidates. The popularity OF
! these young men was SO equal that in the
| first two ballots they stood only one vote
ahead of the other. On the third ballot
| however. Judge Angelotti received an elec.
| tive majority. The new Junior warden
who will be grand master three years
| hence, is a native of California, having
! been born in the county where he ably
| presdes as Superior Judge. He is Ma
| tive Son of the Golden West as we'll as a
! prominent member of the Masonic broth
! erhoOd
The forty-sixth session of the Grand
| Lodge will close to-day after the election
of the remaining officers. About 400 dele
| gates are in attendance, somewhat larger
number than ever met before, From the
grand secretary's report it is learned that
| the order in the State numbers 1880 in
| 261 lodges. There have been 1922 degrees
| conferred and 391 new members initiated.
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southern portion of the State, where three
new lodges have been organized, namely
| In Whittier and Corona, Los Angeles
County, and in Consuelo, San Diego
County. All official reports show the order
| to be in fiourishing condition throughout
the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge and q
greater interest manifested by the individ-
ual members of the order.
G.. B. Ackers, master of Rising Star
| Lodge of Placer County, expressed himself
as wonderfully pleased with the work oi
the Grand Lodge. Il represent" he said,
"a lodge which, though small in member
ship, is strong in fraternity and is on a
most prosperous footing. 1t is an old
lodge, having been instituted over forty
years ago at the time when the need OF q
fraternal society was most strongly felt
Through the trying period of the gold
fever the little lodge remained true and
steadfast and the hardy spirit it thereby
gained remains with us to-day"
| Alexander Dalt also represents lodge Of
the mining district. 81 am master of one o1
the most f1ourishing lodges in the State, .
he said at is Michigan City Lodge No
AZ, and though having only thirty-twc
mem bers it is extremely prosperous and it
is constantly gaining prestige"
Liberty Lodge No. 299 OF Santa Clara was
represented by its present master, J. r
Shields Mr.. Shields is genial soul, and
though he represents one of the newest
lodges in the order he seemed to know
everybody and was universally known
He spoke very enthusiastically of the
growth of Masonry in his section. Liberty
| Lodge" he said, sis young lodge, but il
is worker. 1t was organized in 1890 with
! just thirteen members. In spite of the
| unlucky number Liberty grew and is grow
ing to-day. 1t is the only lodge in Santa
Clara. at present we have forty members,
with brilliant prospect before u.s."
General C. F. A. Last, master of Los
Angeles Lodge No. AZ, says Masonry is
having boom down that way. "The
lodge which represent" he said, lis the
oldest one on the southern coast 1t was
instituted in 1854. and at present has a
mem bership of 225. Last year was par
ticularly prosperous with US. Our finan.
cial condition is very good, and we have a
nice sum on hand. The board of relief, oil
which l am president, last year spent be-
tween $4,000 and $3500 for charity, besides
| what the lodge spent
There are five other lodges in Los An
! geles and all of them are prosperous