The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-13
GRAND MASONIC LODGE.
ANNUAL COMMUNICATION IN
 THIS CIIY, JAM I6 AND D17.

Grand MaSteTs Report NHi SnOW
 Large Increase of Members All Over
 the State.
 Hartfopl, Dec 1.-The annual com munication of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Connecticut will be held in New Haven on January IS and 17, Grand Master Benjamin F. Turner of jMiddletown will preside and will deliv
 CT the annual address. Andrew J., Hallyock of Bethel, whose business is located in Danbury, will be advanced from the position of deputy grand mas ter to the grand mastership of the or der, The year under Grand Master Turner has been successful from every point of view. The accession of new members this year will be larger than was the case in 1905. It is expected that the increase in the lodges throughout the state will not fall much below one thhousand for the year This will run the totl membership of the or der in the state of Connecticut up to twenty thousand in round numbers. The Grand Lodge has lost one promi- nent member during the year, Past Grand Master Fred s. Stevens of Bridgeport Grand Master Stevens was was in office through 1901. The small Masonic lodges in Connecticut furnish an interesting study, especially from the public service focus. Two of these lodges, St. Marks of Simsbury and Jerusalem of RRidgefeld, have each furnished a governor of the state, George P. Mclean and Phineas C., Dounsbury. George L. Rockwell, who was a member of the House in 1905, and is a nephew of Governor Lounsbury, is also member of Jerusalem lodge, Railroad Commissioner w. o. Seymour belongs to this body and Is one of its most successful representatives in pub lie life, United States Consul Erastus s. Day, the executive secretary of Gov ernor Roberts, Edward M. Day and Representative David s. Day of Col chester, father and two sons, are mem bers of Wooster lodge of that town. Heman o, Averill, commissioner on domestic animals, is on the roll of Ris- ing Sun lodge of Washington Depot. The attorney y-general-elect, Marcus H. Holcomb, is a member of the Southing- ton lodge. One of his associatesiin that body is Theodore H. Mckenzie, of the state board of health. St. Marks lodge of Granby is signalized by having the names of ex-Senator T. M. Maltbie, State Librarian George s. Goddard and the sheriff. f-elect of Hartford county, F. w. Dewey on its roster. Ex-Senator Charles Coffey is also member of that lodge. Secretary Charles D. Hine of the state board of education, and Dr. George A. Bowen belong to the South Woodstock lodge. Thomas A. Lake, the father of Iieutenant-G Governor electEverett J. Lake, is also member of that body. Virgil F. McNeil, of New 1 Haven, Conn, member of the Connect icut Grand Army, is member of St Luke's lodge in Kent States Attorney Arthur F. Eggleston, of Hartford county belongs to the Suffield lodge The membership of this body also in- cludes the names of Charles l.. Spen- cer, president of the Suff1eld National bank, Clinton Spencer, who has the clerkships of the house and senate, and Alfred Spencer, IT,, president of the Aetra National bank of Hartford President Charles L. Spencer is one of the foremost directors of the Travellers Insurance company, succeeding his father, the late Hon. I. Luther Spencer in that capacity. Judge A. T. Rora- back, of the superior court, belongs to the lodge in Canaan, and L. J. Kicker son, one of Litchfield county's widely known lawyers, is a West Cornwall past master Senator Howard A. Mid dleton is past master of the lodge in Broad Brook and Senator Ralph M Grant is master of the South Windsor lodge Dairy Commissioner John B Noble is a member of Senator Middle tons lodge in Broad Brook The lodges that have been referred to are small ir point of members, but they hold im- portant places in the political annals of the state. United States Senator Morgan G. Bulkeley is a member of St Johns lodge of Hartford; Congressman 10. Stevens Henry of Fayette lodge of Rockville; Congressman N, D. Sperry of Wooster lodge, New Haven, and Congressman E. J. Hill of St. Johns of Norwalk This roll which comprises some of the principal political leaders in the state, shows the influence that Free Masonry exerts in public life.
 The Governors Staff association, which is composed of staff officers, will hold its annual meeting at the Hart ford club on Inauguration day. Ed ward E. Bradley of New Haven, is the president of the association, serving now on his second term. General Bradley was an ideal staff officer and the esprit de corps of the association is largely due to his influence.
 The commission on uniform charters in the state will hold an important meeting in Hartford before the assem- bling of the general assembly. The subcommittee, consisting of Charles F. Thayer of Norwich, George D. Wat rous of New Haven, Wesley U. Pearne of Middletown, Charles Phelps of Rockville and Mayor William F. Hen- ney of Hartford, chairman ex-Officio, is still at work on the report, which will be submitted to the entire commission before going to the legislature. The town of Manchester will appear before the general assembly at it's approach uos,t,,, fo, fo,-,,, ,ro,,os,,