The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-10-28
INSTITUTION Of
MASONIC LODGE
A GREAT SUCCESS

Il uilLHI OUUuLOO
The hopes Of Masons in this county
fer an accredited lodge Of their own
was fully realized Saturday night
when it was instituted with ritualistic
ceremony by Hon. Henry c. Smith of
Miles City. grand master of the a. F.
& A. M. in Montana. Included in this
ceremony was installation of the local
lodge officers who have functioned the
past year under special dispensation
from the grand lodge. The lodge char
ter, allowed at the recent session of
the grand lodge and assigning to
Powder River lodge the number Of 1876.
was delivered to the custody Of the
| worthy master, s. A. Holt.
| The local Masonic hail was taxed to
| its seating capacity by the local and
visiting Masons. The Miles City dele
cation alone numbered over forty; ten
| Masons came from Ekalaka and other
| localities had representation and sew
cral past masters from other subcrdi-
nate lodges were present
Hon. George f. Slack OF Missoula, a
past grand master, assisted Grand
| Master Smith in the lodges institution.
Had the hall been sufficiently commO-
dious the public would have been well
come as spectators.
| About II o'clock the Masons repaired
| to the Powder River hotel where a
| sumptuous banquet awaited them.
| Long tables were arranged in both
the dining room and lobby and seated
iseventy-six Mascns. Both the banquet
itself, served in five courses, and the
efficiency in handling it ELECTED quite
favorable comment. Never before had
such IL repast been served in Broadus
by Mine Host Lewis and his wife or
any other The banquet resolved itself
into Il smoker and then a songfest.
An unexpected feature of the program
was marshalled in about 1880 o'clock
when th. local Masons' wives and 9TH
er ladies of the town appeared and
turned the festivities into danciNEss
They had been eatertained during sls
evening by Mrs. NJ. n. wiley atm "gllAk
party" The "jollitication" tSNInatA
about 5 o'clock in the an6rnins.% EAe
; hotel and F1anerys resfanTa1t accom-.
! modated most of the visitors with
sleeping quarters and a few others
were entertained in private homes.
1t was IA big night for the Masons
and will be long remembered by them.
Officers Installed
! The officers of Powder River Ledge
Tho. 1856. iiIststilt,is bsf ~sil'and ASstar
Henry a. Smith were as follows:
stephen A. Holt, master.
Ralph Blenkner. senior warden
!, n. A. Burkey. Junior warden.
NJ. T. Wiley, treasurer.
w. #. Waite. secretary.
Charles S Einsel. senior deacon.
\. w. Heidel, junior deacon
:. Charles &. Lewis. senior steward.
> Hugo Caluplin. junior steward.
II. L. Straiton marshal.
G. c. Craw. organist.
= w. T.. Sutter. tyler.
List of Visitors
An incomplete list OF Master Masons
% from other lodges who attended the
institution of the local lodges was as
follows.
Miles City.~-Il. & Smith, w. y
Smith r. +. Hayes. F.. B. Winter, II
=. Farnum. Bob oglidie. II. Il. Darnall
- ThCs T. Hysham, y. c. Peters, D.
$. c. kinch, II. i. Day. a. II. Dixon
j. +. Ackers, a Berg. A. S. Freeberg
w j. Estman. L. a. Heron A. +. Quin
tin. J. y. Kimmel, w. II. OConnel
q. q. A. J. Schmumpf. G. l.. Hickman. All
; thur G. schmpf. y, w. Harris. c.
ID Funstron, II. X. pcane. Fred Budd'
p, r. II. Michae,s, II. G. Hickman w.
IS Edwards G. v. Silvers. John X. WI
a oughy, c. Montgomery, II. K. Doan
co Missoula--Geo. r. Slack.
Ekalaka-N. L. Albert. Carl
Burch. Marion Armstrong, Septo
cady r. II. Kiscw, Q. A. Dahl, T.
Nickerstend. Il. Nelstead,
iE ..lzada---W. L, Gilleland.
Helcna--R. II. Hart.
~ SO Charter Members
:. The first meeting of Powder Riv
y, Lodge A. T. Il \. NJ, working und
no special dispensaton, was held en- Sc
10 tember IS, 1920. At its recent sessi'
80 the grand lodge of Montana grant
-" a charter to the local lodge and a
signed to it number, 1876 and una
date OF August Is. 1921.
There are SO names enrolled as cha
ter members of Powder River lod
OD Nc. 1856, and they are: w. NJ. Benefie
Edwin A. Blenkner, Ralph I. Blen
us ner James r. Blenkner, n. A. Burke
ker NJ. H.. Camplin, c. c. Craw. A.
ere pevashier, Chester Dolin, Charles
cen Einsel w II. Goodspeed. Andrew
eet. HALEY, A. w. Heidel, stephen A. He
mi Charles II. James, Charles Johnston
VIM Kent, c. Il. Lewis, IL. A. Loob
Arnold Ii. Meyer, Charles II. Mill
Harry s. Mowry, William W. Palm,
,ON Edward Prchal. Leonard Riebe, T..
Serruys. Jno. L. Scofield. l. ID. Sn'
on grass, II. r.. Straiton, VIM. Il. SUIT
on G. w. Taylcr. Wofford Taylor, Fl
six ~ r.,n w r. Waite F.
White, NJ. T, Wiley.