The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-12-05
Two Hundred and Fifty
Members of the Lodge
Have Part in Notable
Ceremonial Monday.
JUDGE RANDALL PREslDES
Informal Dinner Follows Rituahstic
Work and High Tribute is Paid to
Prominent Men Who Have Built
Up Masonry in Kenosha

Members OF kenoSha Lodge NO. 81
Free and Accepted Masons paid a
notable tribute to their Past Masters
at the temple on Monday evening
when more than two hundred and fifty
of the members OF the order attended
the annual observance of Past Mas
ter's Night. The Sublime Degree of
Master Mason was conferred upon
Charles Borkenhagen the work being
in charge of the Past Masters of the
Lodge under the leadership Of Judge
Clifford e. Randall who presided in
the East.
The work was put on in most i'm
pressive, manner the special musical
numbers attending the degree being ar
ranged by James Bailey, organist of
the lodge.
The Past Masters who occupied the
chairs for the evening included Wor-
shipful Master Clifford e. Randall;
Senior Warden, Lynn T. Hannahs; Jun
Tor Warden Ralph Z. Cooper; Senior
Deacon Samuel G. Newman, Junior Dea-
con William FL. Parry Jr; Senior Ste
ward George Wallis, Junior Steward
James S. Barr, and Secretary Frede-
rick H. Hannahs. Assisting with the
work on the floor were Past Masters
Edward lei. Hollister, Frank A. Marx,
Henry j. Hastings; Curtis FL. Gep-
hart, Walter J. Frost: John B. Ma
loney and Wenzel A. Matzke. With
single exception every living Past Mas
ter Of the lodge was present and had
part of the work for the evening.
After the comforting of the degree
was over an informal dinner was sery-
ed in the dining rooms and club rooms
at which covers were laid for more
than two hundred of the members.
There were no speeches following the
dinner.
Many of the most prominent men
of Kenosha have served Kenosha lodge
in the capacity of Worshipful Master
and the honoring Of the memory of
these men is always made one of the
principal events on the calendar for
the Masonic year. The list of men
who have served Kenosha lodge in this
capacity is as follows:
*Bullen, John 1s45-S-50, willis,
George S. l846-51-2, *Hale, Samuel
1s47, *Towslee, Henry B. 1s49, Sos
ter, Orlando 1S53-4-5-6o, *Yates, John
L. V. 1856, *King, Lucius F. 1857,
*West, Henry T. 1867, Thompson,
Alexander Il. 1859, *Ludlam, James W.
1861. *Stebbins, James M. 1862 3-4-5-
s1-1-72-T. Unexpired portion of rs,
80-6, ~Calkins, Orla M. 1868, *Acker-
man, Theodore NJ, 1867, *Pettit, Milton
Fl. 1869-70, Blood Chas. FL. 1871, *Reed,
William E. 1s73-9-S3-S-9, *Davis, An
son w. 1874-75, Stevens, John W.
1876, adams, James First Portion Of
1878, adams, Henry L. 1882, MILLER,
David w. 1884-5, Wallis, George 1887,
'Mahoney, Daniel A. 1890, *Pettit, Os-
sian M. 1922, Hollister, Edward Fl.
1898, Rogers Henry NJ. 1894, Barr,
James s. 1895, Hastings, Henry j. 1896
y, Williams, Joseph A. 1889, NAL
oney, John B. 1900, Moth, Robert FL.
1901, *Cheever, William R. 1908, Han
nahs, Frederick G. 1904, Frost, Walter
J. 1905, Marx, Frank A. 1906, Gail,
Chas. FL. 1907, Newman, Samuel G.
1909, Cleveland, Fernando NJ. 1910,
Parry, VIM. H. Jr. 1911, Gephart, Cur
It's Fl. 1912, Chester, John I. 1913, Han
nahs, Lynn T. 1914, Randall, Clifford E.
1915, Matzke, Wenzel A. 1915, Cooper,
Ralph 1917.
*naenoscd