Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-10
THE MASONIC GRAND
LODGE SESSION ENDS.
AppOindve Officers Named
and Portland Selected for
Next Meeting

Albany, Ore, June l0-After a sue
cessful session Of three days the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge of Oregon completed
the work of its 66th annual convention
and adjourned at noon yesterday. 1t
will meet next year in Portland.
Rev. J. R. n. Belt, of Corvallis, was
appointed grand chaplain of the grand
lodge for the 40th consecutive year.
! His appointment was the first an
nounced by Grand Master-elect Moore
and was received with prolonged
cheering. Grand Chaplain Bell then
made brief talk and when he con
cluded Grand Master Miller, followed
by the other officers of the grand
lodge, walked down and congratulated
him. Every man in the hall then fell
in line and walked past and congratu,
lated the veteran chaplain, now 10
years of age, while he stood with tears
streaming down his cheeks in apprc.
citation of the remarkable ovation.
w. j. Kerr Grand Deacon.
William j. Kerr, president Of the
Oregon Agricultural lollege and who
served the past year as grand orator,
was appointed senior grand dea-
con the highest appointiye office. 9th.
er appointments were announced by
Will Moore, the new grand master, as
follows: Junior grand deacon, Frank
$. Bailee, of Baker; senior grand stew.
ard, George G.. Brown, of Salem; Junior
grand steward, George 7. Cochran, of
La Grande; grand orator, H. c. Duns.
more, of Independence; grand standard.
bearer, R. D. Myers, of Redmond; grand
sword-bearer, W. H. Schroeder, of Can.
yon City; grand marshal, Hayne
Holmes, of McMinnvile; grand pursui,
want, S. H. Forshaw, of Pendleton
grand tyler, d. G. Tomasini, of Port.
land.
Past Grand Master David p Mason,
of Albany, was reappointed foreign
correspondent of the grand lodge. Past
Grand Master William T. Wright, Of
Union. was reappointed chairman of
the committee on appeals and griev.
ances, and Past Grand Master George
H. Burnett, of Salem; Past Grand Mas.
ter 5. $. Spencer, OF Eugene; H. G..
Barnes, of Milton, and w. r. Lampkin,
of Ontario, were appointed as the other
members of the committee.
]. B. Cleland Rechosen.
The committee on Jurisprudence met
this morning and reelected John b.
Cleland, of Portland, chairman of the
committee. He was reelected member
of the committee yesterday for term
of five years. The holdover members
of the committee are T. NJ. Baldwin, of
Prneville; William f. Grace, of Port.
land; Silos NJ Yoran, of Eugene, and
Charles L, WolvertOn, of Portland.
Portland was chosen this morning as
the meeting place of next years con.
yention in connection with Salem,
Pendleton and Roseburg. Until this
year the Grand Lodge had met con.
tinuously in Portland for ~ years and
at this session a number of the dele.
gates presented resolution asking
that " the wheels placed under the
Grand Lodge this year be removed -
and the Grand Lodge returned to its old
meeting place in Portland.
As the concluding feature of the ses-
sion the Officers chosen for the ensuing
Masonic year were installed. Frank ].
Miller, retiring grand master conducted
the installation with Past Grand Master
william c. Bristol, of Portland. acting
rs grand marshal.