The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-21
MEETING OF GRAND LODGE
MANY Prom INENr I4SONS or THE
STATE PRESENT.


Largest Attendance in the History of the
Lodge-Reports of Grand Master Welsh
and Grand Secretary Barlow-o hiceI s
Elected Last Evening.
The annual session of the Masonic
Grand lodge convened in Masonic hall
Church street, at 1890 a. M, yester-
day. There was the largest attend
ance in the history of the lodge over 300
delegates and alternates being pres
ent.
James II. Welsh, grand master, oc-
cupied the chair and there We're pres
ent Past Grand Master Lockwood of
Riverside, Vice Grand Master George
A. Kies of Norwich, Grand Senior
Warden Frank w. Mavers, Grand
Junior Warden George G. McNall.
Grand Senior Warden Frank w. Har-
ems, Grand Treasurer Miles w. Graves,
Grand Secretary John H. Barlow, Hart
ford; Assistant Grand Secretary e. j.
Keller Grand Senior Deacon John O..
Rowland, Grand Junior Deacon Fred S.
Sterens Grand Chaplain A. c. Hubbard,
Grand Marshal Asa Z. Fitch Grand
Senior Steward Arthur G. Wheeler,
Grand Junior Steward L. M, Woodford,
Grand Tyler John Mccarthy.
The report of Grand Master Welsh
showed that the lodges had been in a
flourishing condition the past year, and
the calls for relief had been heartily
responded to by them.
Among the prominent members who
have died during the year are M. w.
Past Grand Master Edward B. Rowe
of Boston, Worshipful Brother William
w. Story, past grand marshal, of Nor
walk; John Sherman Castle of Water
bury.
The grand masters report also in
corporated the reports of the district
deputies of the several counties of the
state for the past year.
Dispensations have been granted by
the grand master to fourteen lodges,
and eleven lodges have been visited by
the grand master.
Visitors to the Masonic home in Wal
lingford have been very gratifying.
| There have been great Improvements
made in the buildings and grounds.
The report of Grand Secretary John
II. Barlow shows that the work of the
lodge for the past year has been as
| follows: Initiated 691, passed sol, rails
| ed 693, reinstated a. stricken from the
roll 2O4, died PSI; total number of men,
bers 1858; exempted from grand lodge
1 dues 1889; gain from last year 1871.
The lodges which have done the larg-
est amount of work are: Hartford No
So, which has raised thirty-seven;
| Hiram No. /, New Haven, thirty; St
Johns, Norwalk, thirty three; Harmony
/ No. 20, twenty-nine; Wooster No TO-
! twenty-five; Brainerd twenty five;
1 Union twenty-one.
! Nine lodges have not done any work
Thirty-six report an increase in men,
ship and fourteen lodges report the
same number of members as last year
The lodges having the largest num-
! Der of members are Hiram No. l. 752;
st. John No. 8, 531; st. John No. 4, and
Wooster, 51; Hartford No. SS, $50. The
average lodge membership is 1853.
During the year 26S volumes had
been added to the grand lodge library.
The report of the grand treasurer
Miles w. Graves, was not submitted
as he was not present.
| The reports of the grand trustees
| showed that 81, 06471 Is invested
Committees were appointed ON juris.
/ prudence, charters, finance, appropria.
ton, grievances and delinquencies.
THE ELECTION LAST EVENING.
Toe n rr,a
necticut Grand lodge of Masons the
following officers and committees were
elected: Grand master, George A
Kies of Norwich; deputy grand master
Frank w. Havens of Hartford; grand
4 senior warden, George G. Mcneil OF
| Greenwich; grand junior warden John
0. Rowland of Fair Haven treasurer
I Miles w. Graves of Hartford; secreta-
ry, John FL. Barlow of Shelton; grand
senior deacon, Fred S. Stevens OF
Bridgeport; grand junior deacon, Ar
Nelson G. Hinckey of Hartford. Ed
mund Tweedy of Danbury, William r
Highly of Bridgeport; committee on jul
risprudence, L. A. Lockwood OF
| Greenwich James Mccormick of Hart
ford; on charter, w. w. Lee of Meri-
den, John Pearce of Middletown, Ed
gar N. Sloan of Norwalk; on finance
/ Hugh Sterling of Bridgeport, L. J
Nicholson of West Cornwall, Joseph T
Elliott of MiGdletown; on appropria-
tions, Clark Buckingham of Walling-
ford, John G. Keigwan of Willimantic
Edgar A. Topper of Hartford; on griev.
ances, James Mccormick of Hartford
Henry Watwood of Waterbury, Free
III. Ward of Meriden; on delinquencies
A. J. Hallock of Bethany, Frank M
Scott of Danbury, Benjamin f. Turner
of Middletown. The appointive officers
will be named to-day.
To-days session will be mainly taker
up by hearing reports from the Mason.
ic home at Wallingford, and of Presi.
dent Lockwood of the board of mana.
gers of the home. new board OF
managers will also be elected.
| MILFORD.