Connecticut western news., 1920-02-12
GRAND OFFICERS
 CHOSEN BY MASONS
Charles C. Perkins of New London Elected Master at
 Hartford Session

Charles Clark Perkins of New Euu--. don, was elected grand master of ther grand lodge of Connecticut, to sue ceed Wallace s. Moyle, of New He- ven, at the meeting of the grar6 lodge yesterday afternoon in Masonic Temple. The report of the grand ses- retary showed that the lodges in tnr state had 31,298 members and tlsax 2,562 new members had been raised during the year. The lodges nearly all filled their quotas for the Masonic Home in Wallingford and the tota6 amount contributed was s114,37f-sI,
 Grand Master Moyle in. his speech opening the morning meeting paid tribute to the prominent Masogfc dead. He said that the home in Wal lingford was a monument which was surpassed nowhere in, a small juris- diction and that every Mason shoul& aim to build up the permanent fund to at least the quarter million msrk-
 The report of the grand secretary George A. Kies of Hartford, showed there were 112 lodges in the jurfsdfs- ton with total membership of 8fy- 298. The largest lodge in the state. is the Hartford lodge, with 1,fgG members, while the next three win. their membership are as foIlows= Hiram of New Haven, 1888; Sk Johns of Hartford, 1,0s0; Woostkr of New Haven, 1,006. At the e8cr- ,tion in the afternoon the following officers were chosen by the grand lodge: Grand master, Charles C Perkins, New London; deputy grand master, Charles W. Cramer, HaE- ford; grand senior warden, Frank ". Wilder, Bridgeport; grand junt&r warden, Charles M. Beach, New M1I- ford; grand treasurer, Joseph Buths~ Hartford; grand secretary, George "A. Kies, Hartford; grand senior deacon Arthur Nj. Brown, Jewett City; granM junior deacon, Winthrop Buck, wekk- ersfeld; grand trustees, Willis 1s- Mix, New Haven; Isaiah Baker, jx-~ Hartford; Albert s. ComstocR. Nor, wich. 4ge.t
 After the election Grand Marrer- Perkins appointed the following coun- mittees to serve for the coming tefm-
 Charters-Arthur c. Whee16f.- Norwalk; Robert s. Walker. wat<p- bury; Joseph c. Shapiro. BridgeppFk--
 Appropriations-Weston c. GrHn- ness, Litchfeld; Ivan. H. BradIey- Bridgeport; Chauncey RI. Clements New Haven.
 Finance-Andrew J. H Mock Bridgeport; Charles M. Gerdenier Bridgeport; Joseph Buths, Hartford
 Grievances--Edward E. FuIAex, Holland; James L. Noble, HartfordsI Albert F. Austin, Greenwich
 Delinquenciss-Clarence R. Aus tin, Dahbury; Albert w. Kraft, New Haven; William F. Kirkpatrick Mansfield.
 Memorials-Rev. Dr. William F. English, Hartford; Rev. Charles "A Marks, Wilton; Rev. Worthy F. May lott, Derby, and Rev. J. Ronhevn Bamforth, New London.
 Grand Master Charles Clark pess kins was the first president of tk@ New London Business Mems Asseeia-- 'tion and secretary of the committees which drew up the constitution ap2 bylaws of the Connecticut S&fo Business Mems Association, now tha Connecticut Chamber of Commerre.
 He is secretary of the New London Building and Loan Association treasurer of the Morris Plan Bank. and director of the Kelley Tire ana Rubber Company of New Haven. He was alderman from the First Ward of New London six years and chairnan. of the finance committed He Is a member of the New London Cham Der of Commerce, the AutomobIlo Club of Hartford and the Rotary Club.-Courant.