The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-23
FETED IN HIGH MASONRY
Installation in the Presence OF
Members of Oriental
Lodge.
Officers Who Will Serve for the En-
suing Masonic Year-Presentatien
of a Jewel.

The thirty-seventh installation of the
officers elected and appointed by Oriental
Lodge No. 144, Free and Accepted Masons,
for the ensuing year, was held in st.
Johns Hall, Masonic Temple, last even
ing, in the presence of large mum Der of
the membership and visitors. The in
stallation, which was not a public one,
was conducted by Frank Bacon Laid, the
retiring worshipful master, who was as
sisted by Past Master Charles Bone, filling
the Office of marshal. The charges were
delivered with that impressiveness which
always marks ceremony of this charac-
ter to the following named: Rev. Edward
Bently Church, worshipful master; Will
liam Rheinhard Jost, senior warden; Rob-
ert Head Morrow, junior warden; George
Howard Thompson, treasurer; Adolphus
Skinner Hubbard. secretary; Rev. George
Edward Walk, chaplain; James Morris
Trout, senior de aeon; Frederick Summer
field Hughes, junior deacon; Clarence
Barstow Sloan and George Willis Jost,
stewards; James Hargrave Wallace, mar
shall and William Frey burg Flick, tyler.
Ire asurer Thomp son's installation was
the fourteenth and Secretary Hubbard s
he fifth. The lodge was opened under
dispensation from N. Greene Curtis, grand
master of Masons in California, on the
26ih OF May, 1860, with John b. Newton,
W. Nj.
The music during the ceremony was
rendered by Benz amin Clark first tenor,
f. w. Whittich second tenor, J. R. Jones
first basso, and w. E. Campbell second
basso.
At the close of the ceremony the Rev.
George E. Walk, on behalf of the lodge, in
a very touching speech presented to retir-
ing Master Frank Bacon Laid a massive
gold past masters jewel, after which there
was banquet In the upper hall, where
covers were laid for more than one hum
dred. There was no set programme, but
after the good things provided had been
disposed of there were volunteer toasts
and music, the festivities being kept until
a late hour.
Among the members of the lodge are:
R. H. Lloyd, F. H. Porter, D. Fairchild, C.
Jost ST., Thomas Kyle, w. C. Wright, George
Sloan, David G. Smith, Roger Johnson, George
]. Smith, F. S. Hughes, Austin Walrath, w. c.
f fnmpps John 9 H 4Is T. Judge ID warne M
George 81: Siebe, George B. Crooks,
Ferdinand Westdahl Rev. George E. Walk,
L. w. Smith, J. Tonningsen, Charles Jost Jr.,
d. ID. Shattuek Z. e. Lindquist, c. w. Wilkin-
son, II. J. Smith, DR.. M. T. Wilson, S. G. Muir
ply, f. Z. Bridges, James S. Angus, C. F. Bas-
sett, Thomas H Nichols, George Habernicht,
Walter S. Brown, James Boyes, f. B. Laid,
Rev. Ed B. Church, G. Howard Thompson, A.
S. Hubbard, Robert H. Morrow, James n.
Wallace, Benjamin Clark. Ed P. Cole, C. S.
Crittenden Z. L. Cutten, James MaeMullen,
Dorrance, Barlow Dyer, W. F. Empey, W. NJ.
Fitzhill Samuel Foster, A. ]. Gunnlson. Mont
gomery Goldly, ]. II. Gray, DR.. NJ. S. Giberson,
Robert Hodge. ". D. HORDE, Charles Jost Jr.,
NJ. J. Lindsay, H. E. Lang. Charles F. Metzner,
George McCloskey, Dr. Thomas Morfew, w. H.
Milestone, Rasmus Nelson, A. ]. Pinkstone.
Thompson, S. C. Thomson. F. ]. Venn, D. w.
Boyd, Ben jamin Clark.
The visitors were:
Z. c. Bonner,W. F. Green, H. ]. Burns, Harry
f. Chace, George A. j. Jewell, Captain George
H. Whitman, A. H. Kayton, ]. P. Fraser, DR.. E.
w. Westpnal E. A English, D. w. Boyd. E. K
Chapman, William Curlett, W. I. Perkins. W.
A. Zollner, w. w. Stocker, H. c. Firebaugh, ].
R. Jones, E. c. Hare and R. H. Country man.