Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-06

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as senior warden and Bro. Charles w.
Vincent as Junior warden. The form OF
petition was read and approved and
1t was resolved that the word "Hawa-
iian" should be inserted as the name
of the lodge. As Bros. Lyon and Pen
hallow were appointed committee to
wait upon the Grand Master with the
petition and they were given full pow
er to exercise their own judgment in
the furtherance of the wishes of the
brethren here.
The next meeting was held February
II, 1852. at the residence Of Bro Meek,
when the names of Bros. Joseph Irwin
and J. G. Sawkins were added to the
original roll. At this meeting, Bro.
Lyon having just returned from the
Coast, presented the dispensation
granted by X. ". Benjamin d. Hyam,
deputy grand master of the Grand
Lodge of California to Hawaiian Lodge,
: to work on probation as lodge OF Mas.
ter Masons.
This dispensation was dated January
~, 1852.
It was voted to accept thankfully
Bro. John Meek's kind offer of the
room previously occupied by the breth.
rem of Lodge lie Progress de fOceanie
as a lodge ROOM and which | have al
ready described. Thus was Hawa
iian Lodge provided with a cradle.
Hawaiian's First Meeting.
The first regular meeting of Hawa-
iian Lodge under dispensation was held
in that lodge room on the evening OF
February 10, 1852, at 7o'clock.
Here an election for membership was
held and the following brethren were
declared as forming Hawaiian Lodge
| L. D.: Lemuel Lyon. ID. p. Penhallow,
+. w. Thompson, John Meek, VIM.
Wond. A. J. Cartwright, Charles w.
Vincent. J. @. Sawkins, Jos. Irwin, +.
NJ. Stokes. An the list of officers was
made complete as follows: Lemucl
Lyon, w. NJ; Jno Meek, s. W.; Chas.
w. Vincent, ]. W.; Jos. Irwin, Treas;
A. J. Cartwright, Secy.; VIM. Wond, 5.
D.; F. w. Thompson, ]. d.
Petitions for degrees were received
,
came well known in the business as
we'll as Masonic circles OF our commun-
ity. They were Michael Harvey, Henry
McFarlane, Richard Coady, james Dean
and John Montgomery; and at the sec
ond regular meeting held March Is,
1852. two of these applicants, Michael
/ Il. Harvey and Richard Coady, had the
distinction of being the first to be ini-
, tiated in Hawaiian Lodge.
, On the 9Th day of May, 1852, the
a Grand Lodge of California granted the
I charter which authorized Hawaiian
, Lodge to work as a regularly COnsti-
Q tuted lodge under its jurisdiction. And
a thus was born into full fellowship Ha'
U waian Lodge No. Il. of Free and AC'
: cepted Masons and the first lodge Great
ed beyond the territorial limits of the
n United States by the Grand Lodge Of
California.
y First Masonic Celebration.
i The first local celebration of q Ma
= sonic occasion of note was on Thurs
IS day. September 4. 1852 the centennia
d anniversary of the initiation of Georg,
h Washington into the mysteries of Free
IS masonry, which occasion was general!
p observed by the Masonic orde
10 throughout the United States.
RI At that day Hawaiian Lodge wa
y convened at o'clock p. m, and accom-
S, panied by large number of visiting
"a brethren and preceded by a band o
music, marched in procession to tn
l. Seaman's Bethel, at the corner of Kin
i and Bethel streets; where an ORATOR
le suitable to the occasion was delivered
l. by Brother the Rev. Lorrin Andrews.
III After the services, the brethren agal
IL formed in procession and again march
N ed through the several streets Of tn
~ city, returning to the lodge for its for
VI NAL closing
" The first annual election Of officer
5, under charter was held at a specia
~ meeting, on Friday evening, DeCembe
~ 81, 1852. Those elected were charlie
~ w. Vincent, W. NJ; William Wont
S. W.; F. w. Thompson, j. W.; A.
=" Cartwright, S, D.; NJ. X. Harvey, d
NO X. Coady, treas; Jos. Irwin, seCy.
'o will be noticed that some of the preseI
VS. appointiye officers were then elective
Nv The appointment at that time of
standing committe to care for the sic
and the destitute, with disCretionaI
~ powers as to expenditure; the purcha'
Of burial lot in Nuuanu cemeter
S and an order given for substanti
- iron fence to enclose the same, are an
go pie evidence that the lodge was full
"a alive to the duties imposed by its Nj
81 sonic obligations and the brethren we
n quietly but diligently endeavoring
soothe calamity, alleviate misfortun
a. compassionate sorrow and in 9th
ar- ways exemplify those tenets of the
nd profession: Brotherly love and relief
'od In that City of the Dead" in o.
beautiful valley Of Nuuanu, where r
,or pose the ashes Of many OF Honolulu
,od pioneers, whose names are Inseparaf
.bo from its early history and where al
N, lie the remains OF many strange
loo whose life journey ended here, is
M Gated this our burial plot, secured
Inc one of the first thoughtful, fratern
a. acts OF our lodge, for the interment
such brethren as might have no bur