Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-23

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BY John L. Thompson, 9. N.
NV last official visit for this Mi
sonic year was with Doric lodge, N
g. Of East Des Moines, last Thurs
day, April 18th. We met the larges
4 DER cent Of their home membership
and after the regular business we ha
! splendid meeting. After deliverin
my lecture on "Our Symbols an
Tenants' we had splendid talks b
various members Of the order.
This lodge is one Of the most pro
gressive and active lodges in gu
state. My old frater, w. H. Hum
bard, is worshipful master and ne i
doing nicely with the lodge. They arr
buying property in which they arr
holding their lodge meetings in tn
second story Of the house and rent
ing the first floor to tenants. Within
q few years they will be paid out and
will own nice piece Of property
and / hope every lodge will take the
same opportunity before it is too late
and do likewise.
On Tuesday evening, April goth, !
went to Waterloo, Iowa, accompanied
from Des Moines by the following
craftsmen. H. E. Jacobs, P. G. J.
W.; Atty. ]. B. Rush, P. NJ. DR.. A. J.
Booker; B. J. Hack, P. NJ; James b.
Mitchell, w. M. and E. G.; V. L.
Jones, oui popular undertaken, and
his assistant, Leslie Williams. AT
Waterloo we were met by l.. D. Low
rev, r. w. G. ]. w., and E. C. Thorn
rs, P. s. w., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
John L. Brooks, P. G. NJ. and w. G.
patron Of the Electa grand chapter Of
the Eastern Star Of Burlington, Iowa;
Brother Atkinson Of Waterloo, No.
los; John C. Wells, w. NJ; G. c. Nc
Gregor, P. NJ; Harry Rose, Jr., Asst.
G. c.; T. Mitchell, w. Madison, OF
Dubuque, Iowa.
Assisted by /. w. Bess, VIM. Amen
and C. A. Sims of Waterloo, we open
ed an occasional lodge and entered
passed and raised twenty-four men to
the sublime degree of Master Masons
and constituted new lodge of twen-
ty-seven members, under the name OF
st. Johns lodge, U. D. Of Waterloo,
Iowa. This is the largest lodge that
has ever been organized and set up in
the history of the Iowa grand juris-
diction and it was the general express
sion of all those present that this
new lodge bids fair to become splen-
did organization and tower of
strength among theother lodges OF
Iowa. J~
The newly created officers are l. w.
Bess, w. NJ; C. r. Cheatham, S. w.;
Calvin Clayton, ]. Nv; ]. D. Hopkins,
treasurer; Frank Bright, secretary;
w. G. Smith, S. D.; Lewis Mosby, ].
d.; C. "A. Sims, S. S.; Fred Countess,
j. S.; E. ] Burton, chaplain, and VIM.
Amen, tyler, and with sixteen other
borthers the lodge was constituted.
IA very fine banquet was given that
night, which was one Of the finest
and most enthusiastic receptions and
meetings ever held in that part Of
the state. There were representa-
tiyeS present from seven different To-
cal lodges and two grand lodges,
making the event very suspicious
and unique.
On Wednesday evening, April Fl,
the worthy grand patron, John L.
Brooks, Of Burlington and the worthy
grand matron, Mrs. Ruth B. Bright,
Of Davenport, grand officers Of the
Electa grand chapter Of the Eastern
Star, opened there a chapter and in
itiated eighteen ladies and men into
the order and consecrated new
chapter, known as Queen Of Sheba,"
u. d. Mrs. Richardson is the worthy
matron and Mrs. Haughton, as
sistant matron. The other officers I
could not remember. After they had
been initiated into the order and con-
situted lodge a fine banquet was
served and q very splendid meeting
was held. The new chapter starts
out with much enthusiasm and de-
sire to become q strong branch Of
The @. E. s. HI