The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-12

. w ""''' period were Jacob
Watts. past master of Marion lodge,
worshipful master; August G. Flick,
senior warden: John w. Riley, jun
Tor warden; Arthur Cobb, treasurer;
Charles L. Bockus, secretary; Lucien
A. LOwden. senior deacon; John
Foudray. Junior deacon; Frank Jen-
kins and Matthew H. Camden, stew
ards. and Aaron Watts, tyler.
Besides the first officers, other
signers of the petition were Jasper
N. Guion, Jasper U. Gunder, Harry
MAYHEM. Charles G. Davis, william
H-4Guion, Fred T. Loftin, Charles
F. %utz. ]. B. Chester, S. A. How
ard. j. S. Turner, j NJ Bowers, S
Hollingsworth, Ezra Hamilton, H. 2.
Hewitt, Edward G. buddy, A. 3.
Hensley, James Carter and Enos
Lackey.
North Park held its first meeting
on the second floor Of a frame
building at the corner of Udell and
Clifton streets and there it was that
the lodge raised it's first petitioners
to master Masons. Those initiated
during the eleven months that the
lodge operated under diSpensation
were James L. Adams. James Bran
non, Davis F. Fox, John G.. Dunn,
Edward DeGroot, Alexander B.
Gauld, William ]. Gates, Edward L.
Hawley, B. Frank Hollingsworth,
Robert NJ. Irwin, William F. LandeS,
Henry w. Moesch, Howard H. Phil
lips, Ernest c. Phillips, Frank Ter
willegar, Axel A. Wise, Matthew P.
Woody, Charles E. Beatty, Henry M.
Wing. Carl A. Gunder, Onas w.
Brooks and Jasper N. Butterfield.
OF these, Alexander B. Gauld was
the first petitioner to receive the
master Mason degree from the
lodge.
ON May 81, 1908, with William
~ B. Mcdonald acting as grand
master in the stead of William E.
English, the lodge was duly inSti-
tuted and given the number, 646.
First officers under charter we're
Mr. Watts, who served during 1902,
1903 and 1904, as Worshipful mas
ter; Mr.. Flick, senior warden; Mr..
LOwden. junior warden; Mr.. Cobb,
treasurer; Mr.. Bockus, secretary;
Mr.. Hollingsworth, senior deacon;
Mr. Foudray, junior deacon: Mr..
Jenkins. senior steward; Mr.. Gun
der, Junior steward, and Mr. Watts,
tyler.
North Park grew rapidly in its
early days and was soon compelled
to consider taking larger quarters.
At that time the indianapolis Street
Railway Company owned a wooded
tract of ground with a two-story
brick house which was called Arm
strong park after the original own
ers. This North Park purchased in
1911. while John N. Cullum was
master, and in due time as the
streets were laid out the property
was definitely located at Thirtieth
and Clifton streets.
For three years the Armstrong
homestead served the lodge as its
temple and then in 1914, on motion
Of Ad Vance, the house was over
hauled and entirely rebuilt into
what is today North Park Masonic
temple.
The step had been a radical and
brave one for a lodge so young and
small, but today all the borrowed
money has been repaid. the lodge
is out of debt and the building stands
as a testimonial to the courage and
foresight Of the members of North
Park.
It is worthy of note that Marion
lodge. from which North Park drew
its first master, presented the new
lodge with its first furniture.
Il SPECIALLY proud is North
L Park of its Help. Aid and As
SiSt Club. an organization within
the lodge which was formed in 1919