Arizona republican., 1908-11-20
ANNUAL SESSIONS MASONIC FRATERNITY
JUDGE DOAN ELECTED GRAND MASTER-FRANK SHERMAN,
 DEPUTY GRAND MASTER.
Pleasing Addresses and Social Festiv- ties Marked the Meetings Held This Week in Prescott.

The Masonic grand bodies of Ari-
 zona have been holding their annual | sessions in Prescott, the business ses-
 sions being on Wednesday and Thurs ! day. An incident that will be of news | interest to those outside the order as well as those within it was the chang | ing of the date of the annual gather | ings from the fall until spring and the setting of the date of the next | sessions in February, 1908. and the place. Tucson. This was done for a variety of reasons, chief among them being that the territorial fair and vari- Ous of the court sessions meet in No vember and many of the leading mem bers of the order are interested in
 the latter in one way or another. while
 the entire territory is interested In the former event. It was decided, there fore, that if the events were not con flicting in dates. there would be great
 CT satisfaction all around.
 At the Wednesday session an inter | esting address on early Masonry was | delivered by L. J. owen. grand orator | and the subsequent election, according to the Journal Miner. resulted in the
 naming of the following:
 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. .,- Grand master.
 Frank Thomas of Phoenix-Deputy grand master.
 Henry A. Morgan of Willcox-Senior grand warden.
 Thomas s. Bunch of Saford-Junior
 grand warden.
 R. \. Fredericks of Prescott was re- elected grand treasurer; Geo. J. Ros- kruge of Tucson, grand secretary, and
 F. A. Shaw. grand lecturer.
 The Journal-Mine gives the follow ing brief biographical sketches of the new grand master and deputy grand
 master:
 Judge Doan. who for the past twelve years has been associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona, is promi- nent in the fraternity of the territory. being four years worshipful master of the Gila Valley Lodge, No. 9. and at present a past master of that lodge in Florence He is a member of the Tombstone Chapter of Royal Arch Ma sons, of the Phoenix COmmandery of Knights Templar. and of the Fl Zari- bah Temple. order of the Mystic Shrine. In 'O6 and 'O7 he was junior grand warden, and in '07 and '0S was deputy grand master. Aside from this MT. Doan has come regularly through the chairs, having served one year each as junior grand deacon, junior grand warden, senior grand warden and deputy grand master.
 Twenty years ago Mir Doan came to this territory and moved his Masonic and Blue lodge membership from Curryville, No. 333, Pike county. Missouri, lodge, to Gila Valley lodge. at Florence, about five years after his coming.
 A few years later he transferred his Royal Arch membership from Pike Chapter. No. 9. R. A. M., of Missouri, to Cochise Chapter, No. 4. at Tomb stone. and his Knight Templar mem bership from St. Aldemar Command cry. No. 1, of St. Louis Mo- to Phoe- nix Commandery, No. l.
 Frank Thomas for five years has been city recorder at Phoenix He is past grand master of Arizona lodge. No. 2. at Phoenix; is secretary of the Masonic Temple Association of Phoe- nix; last year was elected to the posi- tion of senior grand warden at Moren- ci and this year has been advanced 70 deputy grand master.
 THE GRAND CHAPTER.
 The grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons chose the following named of- ficers to serve during the ensuing term:
 s. J. Michaelson of Phoenix-High priest
 H. M. Wood of Bisbee--Deputy high priest.
 w. J. Martin of Prescotr-King
 George N. Luhrs, Phoenix-Scribe
 J. NJ Ormsby of Tucson was relect- ed grand treasurer; c J. Roskruge of . Tucson. grand secretary: Rev F.. Ben nett of Prescott. grand chaplain. and 1 Francis A. Shaw Of Phoenix, grand | treasurer.
 Wednesday evening was given over | to social festivities. while the Grand | Commandery of Knights Templar held 1 a short session. the result of which l has not been learned here The ladies | of the Order of the Eastern Star were | the hostesses at d progressive five | hundred party in another apartment l and later a large number 0f the Tenn plars joined the Jolly party. The room 1 was gaily decorated and souvenior | spoors were given to the prize win ners The festivities closed with re- treatments served in the banquet hall. |
 LOST IN FIRE--A three-room box | house in he east end of town was en- tirely destroyed by fire, together with | Its contents, about II o'clock yester- day morning The house belonged to | a man named Felipe Aguilar, who | moved to Tucson some time ago, and | it was occupied by an aged Mexican | couple. whose loss is practically tCtal. | They were given their meals yester- day ly Mrs. $. H. Mitchell and last | nj ght caTped on the premises with | tAe few effects they have left. They | eft .he house in the morning and it | Is supposed the fire caught from the | stove. The house was not far from ] the stable of the street car company | and that structure was in danger but | did not catch fire. though MT. Mitchell took the precaution to let out the horses and the family COW. The fire d department responded and rendered |