The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-01-04
DEDICATION OF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE.

SONIC leUlple AT fariHlnRtOn. lnere
were present members from the
lodges of the adjoining communities
and the expressions they gave were
congratulatory to the Pennington
lodge upon the character of building
that had been erected.
Dedication exercises are always
under the direction OF the Grand
Lodge of Missouri. Therefore, a
specific Grand Lodge was organized
In the former meeting place, the
hall of the Odd Fellows, with the
following officers: Most worshipful
Grand Master, George A. Nees Of
Bonnie Terre, Deputy Grand Mas
ter, J. j. Bowman, Bonnie Terre;
Grand Senior Warden, Ed Hender-
soil, Pennington; Grand Junior
Warden, j s. Carmical, Bismarck;
Grand Senior Deacon, George l..
Weber; Grand Junior Deacon, ?. G.
Tucker, Bonnie Terre; Grand Stew
ards, Hon. +. =. Graves and Judge
John Marshall; Grand Chaplain,
Rev. G.. f. Hickok; Grand Sword
Bearer, William London; Grand
Tyler, Isaac Weile.
After the organization and open
ing of the Grand Lodge "A procession
was formed to the new building.
There the ceremony of dedication
was had after the regular form pre-
scribed for such events. This con-
sisted of the above Grand officers
forming procession, passing about
the lodge three times, after each
circuit the pouring of corn upon the
lodge, dedicating it to Freemasonry;
the pouring of wine and oil dedicat-
ing 1t to Virtue and Universal Be-
nevolence. Appropriate music was
rendered by a quartette consisting
OF Messrs. William X. Taylor, Rob-
ert Forsyth, w. NJ. Harlan and c.
T.. Hickok.
After the dedication exercises the
Grand Lodge was closed and Farm
ington Lodge opened with the visit
ing brethren in most Of the stations.
The third degree was then conferred
upon MIR. Alfred j. Butteriield.
Following the meeting Of the
lodge u buffet luncheon was served
on the first floor, the social rooms.
Visitors to the Exercises.
1t was impossible to get COM
plete list of the visirt0r who attend.
ed these interesting exercises and
ceremonies. The following, how
ever, is II partial list of these:
lrondaIe-w. NJ. o'Neal. j. -. Robinson.
Flat River, Ionic Lodge-J. J. Green. g..
II Reeves, j. l.. Norris.
bismarck, No. -. :. Carmlcal, Lynn
Matkin, George Blspinghof. \. u. Hinzo, n,
II. CoNey, G. Dlstell Robert ward. John
Frank.
Frcdericktown. Marcus Lodge No. 10
Philip Cohen, Val Schesslnger. John 4.
chapman. j. +. Chiffon, T.. W. Sender, j
". Andrews. G. +. undwine. j. -. sharp
II. u, Benedict, Brownie Perrine. George
". Ianpher, Leslie H. Davis.
Ironton. star OF the West Lodges. ",
Andrews, ". Trauernicht, MIR. Roolvoy.
Bonnie Terre, samaritan LodRe--George
a. Nees, j. j. bowman, George T.. smith,
George l.. Weber, &. n. Fake. l.. o. Ross.
John Marshall. ". j. Hobbs, T.. &, Tucker,
Il. A. Tucker. II. u. Massey, G, g. Woodside
Leadwood-D. Appleberry. l.. II. penDer-
thy, W. n, Blankenship.
Doe Run-ilon. =. +. Graves. Frank l..
Lang. William London.
Libertyvllle-IIenry Mckenzie.
". ID. Parks. Hastings, Neb.; Il. II. Mich
OILS, Ilopkinsyille, Ky, Dr. j. \. water.
man, breckenridge, Mo-. q. G.. vandoyer
and ". l.. Tomlinson, Morley, Mo-, j. y.
Eaton. Bellegrade. Mo.
The following residents OF Pennington
With membership elsewhere also registered
as guests of the Pennington lodge-K, e.
Tucker, ". /. NIT, Albert wulfrrt ana
George X. Wllliams.
The Temple.
We expected to give picture Of
the building, but the cut failed to
arrive from the engravers: 49, Editor.
Some time prior to March, 1911,
the members of Pennington Lodge
had discussed the erection of II Tenn
pie. At that time, to carry this IN
to effect, they organized themselves
into Masonic Building Associa-
tion and elected the following com
mittee to assume full charge and di-
rection of the erection and care for
the proposed Temple: NJ. =. Caycc,
Rev. G. f.. Hickok, To- serve for
three years; J. 5. Clay and Herman
Trauernicht, to serve for two years,
and X. NJ. Talbert and Ed Hender-
son, to serve for one year. On the
same day, March u, 1911, this board
of directors organized with NJ. 7.
Cayce as president and &. T.. Hickok
as secretary and treasurer. In May,
1911, Mr.. II. II. Hohenschield was
requested to prepare plans and spec
iflcations for the building and the
contract for the erection of same,
with some notifications, was let to
the Mccarthy Construction Co on
August I'D. The contract for the
erection of the structure was entered
into on September b, 1911, and the
building was practically completed
on December ~, 1911. There re-
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