The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-30

Mr.. Waterman and myself. OF the
107 suspended, % were restored. Thus
we find S4S membership enrollments
were made, from which deduct the 2e
lrestorations and an estimated read
mission of a barely possible 10 of the
l172 admitted members, and we there
by find that approximately and safely
at least 500 Masons have belonged to
this lodge. OF this number four were
expelled and 109 have died. On March
III. 1920, the membership was AIS
go per cent of it's entire membership.
Only Two Are Living.
OF the eleven petitioners whose
names appeared on the two petitions
and who never became members, only
III. K, Lapp of Los Angeles and c. w.
twenty-five who became members,
only two, C. L. Haywood and myself.
are living. Of the 47S who mad re-
ceived the third degree by this lodge
up to March II last, we must pass to
the nineteenth-F. H. Parkhurst of
Butte, Mont, for the first surviving
members, and the second one is III: G.
Bowen of Topeka, the thirty -eighth
one to be raised, which completed the
first ten years of lodge work.
More than half of the combined
thirty-tWo petitioners held DENTS
from, or had been membexs OF, In
dianola lodge No. "a previous 20 It's
removal to Silver Lake in october,
1868. Indianola and its lodge misht
have prospered if the plans and ex-
pectations of Indianola to have the
Kansas Pacific railroad build directly
westward from Calhoun Bluffs thru
Indianola, missing Eugene, or NORTH
Topeka, had not failed. This was re-
garded as a triumph Of the lanti-slav-
Ferry town of Topeka over pro-sraVery
Indianola.
Only ESQ Members I'm County.
: Fifty years ago the four Masonic
lodges of this county had only a Few
over $50 members, half OF them pc
ahont Z. 900 in the state. Now there
| are over Sc, 900, of which upwards OF
| 2 600 are in Shawnee county. Inc
first lodge organized in TINS county
zTas Tecumseh No. Is. early IN 1907,
foIIowed BY Topeka No. II, with La
Eayette No. 16, at Manhattan. inter
vening. The fourteen earliest lodges
| ~ This state were: Southton NO. /,
| Iowa Point, now Highland; Leareilo
worth No. 2, LeavenWorth; WyaIiuoSIIt ~
No. 8, now Kansas city; klckapo1 ~.
| A Potter. Atchison county; Wasnlns-
ton No. 5, Atchison; Lawrence NO: .,
lawrence: Union No. Z, Junction CITY
| Bonrbon No. 8, Fort Scott; Shawnee
tNo. 8, Big Springs, Douglas coIn.s,
now Acasia No. 8, Lawrence hne
solomon No. 10, Leavenworth; GUM
20 No II. Otumway, Coffey county
row Jewell No. IL, Jewell City; EN-
noria No. T., Enfporia; Lecompton
lNo ia. Lecompton, now Nemana ~
liza. Corning; and Oskaloosa NJ
| Oskaloosa.
| An Interesting Feature.
The very interesting feature Oh .lnk
| 1914 lodge history relating 10 sire a,u
| Gov, can be amended by reason OF ne"
SSoar1bers for the six years ending
4 NIorch II. 1920, by placing Aaron
Greet along with Samuel Dolman as
| havine three sons in the lodge, tho nc
arandsons as had Mr.. Dolmar. 4. z.
S1;l,er and w. B. Whitehead had two
sons each. G. w. Betz, G. .. Cnanoer
lain. J. ]. Hanlon. Fred Hess, Geo
| IJutton. w. C. Opperman. a. NJ. retro,
| NJ Priddy. w. H. Rutter, F. a
Seville. W. e. Schlicter, Ell. Whit
low and perhaps others, have one son
Zach This would be larger II we
were including the seven months since
March II, last. s.,,a.-
During the past six years the follow
ling members have served as masters.
i A. e. Andrews, F. Noiland, Georss
\ Young, f. Badsky, r. 9. Oaldweu any
4 our present master. ]. H. Murreil, VINO
IL the fhirty-ninth member to serve as
master. So far death has not invaded
the East
Samuel DoIman exceeded all others
by serving six terms. S r. IRWIN ano
LII. c. Miner served three years eacn
IA. w. Parks, H. c. Bowen and w. p
II Pagan served two terms each AL
X others served one term. c. l.. Hey
wood is the senior past master.a
on August %, 1918, this lodge
named as life members the three Their
surviving organizing members of tbs
lodge, viz: Samuel Dolman. c. L. Hey
wood and Joseph w. Priddy. Mr.. Dol
man died in September, 1919
Finally, Golden Rule can well con
graduate itself. in being one of the few
lodges in the state owning its Owl
dedicated hall, possessing a harmon
ious body of men who labor togethel
without friction, and fully enjoy thu
fraternal, social and benevolent bene
fits of our order