The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-02

Kinder, junior steward, and Mr.. !
Tharp, tyler.
The three original trustees were
continued in office. Following the
installation ceremonies Mr.. Orbison
was elected an honorary member.
Among the notable events in
Englewood's history was the meet
ing at which former Mayor Samuel
Lewis Shank was raised to the mas
ter Mason degree. On this occasion
the lodge had 148 visitors and more
than 200 were turned away for
want of space.
The lodge had many ups and
downs in its early days, but was
progressing nicely with the mortgage
on the building paid and the lodge
hall remodeled and refurnished;
when on May Is, 1927, the build
ing in which the members took such
pride was demolished by tornado
which swept the east side of the
city The lodge paraphernalia was
all that was salvaged.
The only life lost in the storm
was that of a young man who, TAX
ing shelter in the lee of the build
ing, was pinned beneath it when it
collapsed.
TINE lodge, like most property
u owners, was caught with in
sufficient tornado insurance. and
when the members met on May "a
in the rooms of Monument lodge at
the Masonic temple to discuss the
future, it was faced with the fact
that from a financial standpoint it
was starting all over again. I'm
daunted however, Englewood in
Structed its trustees to submit plans
for rebuilding the old or purchasing
a new building.
Meetings during June, July and
August were held in the Irvington
Masonic temple. During this time
the trustees had submitted several
possible alternatives to the lodge,
and they finally were instructed to
purchase the property at 2714 East
Washington street, tho present 10
cation Of the lodge
This was the original building
which had been erected for Engle-
wood in 1914. Funds soon were
found for remodeling and refurnish-
ing the new home, and on Sept. 6,
| 1927. the lodge held its first meet
ing there.
During the same month Engle-
wood conducted what was probably
the largest Masonic funeral in the
history of Indianapolis when it adj
ministered the last rites for Samuel
| Lewis Shank, former mayor.
1t is the boast of Englewood lodge
/ that never a member or child Of a
| member has sought succor from the
Indiana Masonic Home at Franklin.
/ oldest member of the lodge is
~ Mr.. BaylesS, who is 80 and for
! fifty-three years has been a Mason.
Despite his age he is active in lodge
affairs and takes pride in his pro-
/ ficiency in ritualistc work.
Present officers are Lloyd M.
Thompson, worshipful m aster;
Charles F. Baier, senior warden;
Lee P. Hargon, junior warden; Carl
| T. Hawkins, treasurer; Chester
/ Ward. secretary; Harry E. Mavity,
+ senior deacon; James E. Mcclure,
junior deacon: Richard R. Speitel,
/ chaplain: James Mccormick, senior
steward; Ralph F. Oliver, junior
steward Virgil v. Hamilton, mar
shall; William P Hargon, tyler; Roy
w Alfred, Edward Hinton and
Richard R. Speitel, trustees.
The fourteen past masters all liv-
ing are: John E. Baless, James P.
Carter, Roy Mawson, Lloyd M.
Thompson. Donald E. Christie. John
/ S. Cross, Chester Ward, Clarence
I Ward Fred w. Kahn, Richard R.
/ Speitel. Virgil V. Hamilton, Robert
1 L. Treon, Roy w. Alfred and Ben
jamin F. Blake.
/ Present committees members are:
Masonic relief board representative,
Richard R. Speitel; relief commit
tee, Lloyd NJ. Thompson, Charles
F. Baier and Lee P. Hargon;
( Masonic home committee, Lloyd NJ
4 Thompson. Chester Ward and Ben
jamin F. Blake; finance committee,
Virgil v. Hamilton, Chester Dicker-
son and Harry E. Mavity; I'M
employment committee. Richard R.
Speitel, Charles F. Baier and Roy
Mawson: examination Of visitors.
Benjamin F. Blake. Robert L. Treon
and John E Bayless; examination
Of candidates, James A. Mccormick
and Ralph F. Oliver.
Refreshment committee, Carl T.
Hawkins, chairman: Peery E. Ship
man, James Holland, Claude King
and Chester Dickerson; entertain
ment committee, Roy w. Alfred,