Sharp County record., 1906-11-30
ANNUAL SESSION GRAND LODGE
F. AND A. MASONS.
Royal Arch Masons and Order of
Eastern Star.

The Grand Lodge of Masons of Ar
kansas has closed its annual session
in Little Rock after most successful
meeting. There were more than 500
delegates in attendance to mark the
sixey-fourth annual session. On the
evening OF the first days session the
Master Mason's Degree" was confer
red on a candidate at the Scottish
Rite Consistory by Magnolia Lodge
No. 60, C. E. Rosenbaum, w. NJ, sew
eral members of Western Star Lodge
No. 2, assisting.
This was complimentary to the Off
GERS and members of the Grand Lodge
and was particularly impressive on
account of the costuming and magni-
ficent stage effects available in the
Consistory building
Among the many questions of i'm
pOrtance before the body, that Of
the sale of the Masonic Temple in
Little Rock attracted the greater in
terest. This building not only affords
a place for the grand lodge and other
Masonic bodies, but has a great
amount of floor space which has been
rented out. A committee was appoint
ed to act in conjunction with the
Board of Control, and will report at
the next session of the grand lodge.
The Board of Trustees of the Ma
sonic Orphans Home reported the
work incident to the proposed build
ing of the home, progressing favor
ably. A site has been offered at
Batesville for the home, and the lodge
has empowered the committee to go
ahead and erect the building as soon
as it has funds at its disposal to pay
for the building upon completion. In
this connection the committee may use
the funds of the grand lodge except
$4,000, which is set aside to care for
the bonded Indebtedness on the Ma
sonic Temple Following a custom
prevalent in the Arkansas jurisdiction,
the new officers were elected by being
advanced from their several stations
and are as follows:
Grand Master-Jacob Trieber, Lit
tie Rock.
Deputy Grand Master-M. w. Gree
son. Prescott.
Grand Lecturer HI Oathout,
Bonneville.
Grand Orator-W. S. Chastain, Yell.
vile.
Grand Senior Warden-E. A. McCol-
lock, Little Rock.
Grand Junior Warden-A. J. Witt,
Pocahantas.
Grand Treasurer-C. E. Rosenbaum,
Little Rock.
Grand Secretary-Fay Hampstead,
Little Rock. 49,.
Grand Chaplain-Rev. Geo. B. Nor
ton, Newton.
Grand Tyler-Edmund Metcalf, Lit
tie Rock
The Grand Chapter Of the Eastern
Star also in session at the time, closed
with the election and installation Of
the new officers. The following were
installed.
Worthy grand matron, Mrs Ella
Leonrad, Gravette. worthy grand pat
ron, w. B. Sexton, Mansfield asso-
ciate grand matron, Mrs. Minnie Simp-
son, Conway; associate grand patron,
E. E. AmmOns, Jasper; grand treasur-
er, Mrs. Cora Westerfeld; grand sec
retary, J. Frank Hopkins, Mablevale;
grand conductress, Mrs. Lillian Lee,
Benton; associate grand conductress,
Miss Nola Eastwood Ross, Pine Bluff;
grand lecturer, Miss Mollie Morgan,
Weeks; Ada, Miss Sue Williamson,
Winchester; Ruth, Miss Sue Baynham,
Fort Smith; Esther, Miss Louise Ken
nard, Jonesboro; Martha, Mrs. Mol
lie Hotchltiss, Hot Springs; Electa,
Mrs. L. A. Chestnut, Saline; grand
warder, Mrs. Lon Williams, Elkins;
grand sentinel, F. C. Bartlett, Conway;
grand marshal, Mrs. Anna Treadway;
grand organist, Miss Maude Havener;
grand chaplain, Mrs. Esther Schimmel,
pfennig, Little Rock
During the last days of the week
the Royal Arch Masons convened in
the Masonic Temple, with practically
every chapter in the Arkansas jurisdic.
tion represented. This meeting marks
the fifty-seventh annual session, and
was devoted to the transaction of bust
ness pertaining strictly to the order.
During the sessions there were ad-
dresses by prominent members, replete
with things instructive and entertain
Ing to this branch of Masonry, while
on the evening of the first day, the
Order Of the High Priesthood was con-
ferred on a class of twelve candidates.
Before adjournment the new officers
were elected and installed and are as
follows
Grand High Priest-John T. Hicks,
Little Rock
Deputy Grand High Priest-Sam II.
Davidson, Evening Shade.
Grand King-R. B. Higgins, Russell
vile.
Grand Secretarv-John G. Rome