Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-23
MASONS EN-
C0NVOCATION.
Officers Elected Yesterday al the
Annual Convention Held
in Trenton.

TRENTON. Mar Z3.-The grand
lodge oil New Jersey. Free and Accep-
red A8s0u-. concluded its annual COM
munica'ion Yesterday afternoon with
The election of officers and district
deputies. Waller Chandler, OF Eliz-
aUetb, succeeds Benjamin f. Wake
field. of Newark. as grand master.
THE other officers elected were as
follows. Deputy grand master. Austin
MacGrcseoI. Newark. senior grand
warden. William $. Wofst. Newark;
grand treasurer, Charles Bechtel,
Trenton grand secretary, Thomas H.
r. Roadway. Trenton, deputy grand
seeretary. ". d. Rutan. Newark:
grand chgplains. the Rev. W. H. Nor
gan. Newark: the Rev. A. 0. Glaze
brook. Newark; the Rev. DR.. Stuart
Hamilton, Newark: the Rev. W. Stro-
ther Jones. Trenton; the Rev. John
NJ. Thomas. East Orange; the Rev.
Charles N. Bowden. BOrdentown:
grand instructor, H. II. Haines. Bur
liugton; senior grand deacon. Leslie
A. Bennett; unions grand deacon.
John A.. Cooper; grand marshal.
Charles p. Rees; senior grand stew
ard. j. Z. BIackman; Junior grand
steward. Herbert Trapwell. Airing
ton: sword bearer, Alexander Kauf-
man. grand pursuivant. Henry j. Re
nald grand organist. Powell G. FL
THAN. Camden; grand TYLER. Luther
s. Skillman, Trenton.
District deDuties-First district
4. 49, H. d -
ton: second, Howard L. Marrick. l30.
ton Newark; third. William + Burk
40 Trenton: fourth. I Clarence Com
over 16. Freehold: fifth
r. Townsley. SO. Elizabeth: sixth
Harry ". Brous. I1S Newark. sey-
enfh. William Richie 10 Jersey
Citv: eighth. Robert J. Harmed %
Paterson: ninth. edward NJ Sear-
ing. 90. Dover. tenrh Charles r
RoVd. s Newton. eleventh William
Van Erde ia Patterson. twelfth
I Jesse G. Harmer. II Atlantic Citv.
thirteenth. George c Warren. 150
Barnegat: fourteenth. Cooper G
PricEeff. 80 High Bridge. fifteenth
Clark A. Hevdon. .Jr. 70
sack: sixteenth. joseph Porter. l57.
/ Arlington; seventeenth John Zulaif
4G. somerville.
Walter Chandler. the head of the
fraternity in the state. is beginning
TO reap some Of he rewards of his
labors in Masonic fields. He has
haen one of the busv Nasons of the
Jurisdiction of New Jersey o~ccunvinr
difficult and important positions in
the various Masonic bodies. particu-
larlv as an instructor of thu esoteric
ritual. He was the originator of the
district lodges for instruction as~sE
held. having been commissioned by
w. NJ. Grand Master Gongdon in
1855 a d. d. G. NJ. and has been
prominently identified with the work
of the A. A. :. R.. particularly as II.
w. and P. NJ. of Jersey City chapter
of Rose Croix.
He is a member of Orient lodge.
of Elizabeth. where he was entered,
passed and raised in 1876. filling all
the chairs and becoming worshipfnl
master in 1882. He became most
excellent high priest of Washington
chapter. r. A. NJ. in 1883, eminent
commander OF St. Johns command
cry. X. T.. in 1888; received the thir-
t~y-second degree in the A. A. S. R..
Valley OF Jersey City. in 1896. and
most wise and perfect master in Jer-
sey city chapter of Rose Croix, De
H. r. d. NJ. in 1903.
He was also district deputy grand
master of the fifth Masonic district of
the grand lodge of New Jersey for
the term 1857: representative of
the grand lodge of the island of Cuba
to the grand lodge of New Jersey.
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