The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-06

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Twelve Past Masters of Utica
Lodge were present and intro.
duced, also the Utica officers
and visiting Master, John Ed.
wards of Macomb Lodge No. "a
- The oldest Mason in tho
'frQunty, Addison G.. Summers
\ op Utica, aged 81, was present
and was awarded particular dis.
tinction in the introduction
Beauchamp stated that Summers
attended lodge whenever pos
Slble, and displayed unusual in
tereSt in the work and welfare
of his brothers.
Worshipful Master Harold Ash
of the local lodge, through whose
untiring efforts the dedication
was made possible was called
upon the Master of Ceremonies
telling of his exceptional ability
and perfect ritualiStic work.
Ash remarked that this was
the first visit Of the Grand Off
GERS in a body TO Utica in 80
years, the first dedication being
held Feb. Is, 1856, at a meeting
held on the fourth floor of the
old Exchange Hotel which stood
at the southwest corner Of CaSs
ard Auburn avenue main
street,. Later the lodge rooms
were moved to the third floor
Of the Summers & st. John
building just across the corner.
REV. DONALD SPEAKS
ASKS words Of welcome to
the Grand Officers were re-
sponded to by J. K. Lyons, of
Jackson, Most Worshipful Grand
Master. William RosSow, presi-
dent of the Masonic Temple AS
ISOLATION, spoke in humorous
vein regarding the housing prob
lens of the past.
At this time, Ed HaWn, of De-
troit, a member of the Utica
Lodge, approached the speakers
table and handed Beauchamp an
envelope which was found to
contain two fifty dollar bills
which he said was his dedication
present. Earl j. Mcclellan also
presented a gift of $500.
Address Of the evening was
given by William Clyde Donald,
Right Worshipful Grand Chap
lain. Briefly Rev. Donald said
that today all men are thinking
of the postwar world, of re-
conversion in industry, politics
what this world will be, but de-
finItely it is up TO the individual.
Master Masons believe in de-
mocracy and practise it in their
lodge halls, he said. There they
meet on a common level, TO
teach and practise the principle
of love.
With a world so full Of hate,
love should be put in action Rev.
Donald said. People of the world
need human sympathy, human
love and human understanding
and in Masonry love expresses
itself in action.
Il say 10 a sorroWing world
Put your trust in God, the
source of human liberty, for
wherever God marches the
Shackles Of the slaves are drop
ped. We must bring back faith
IN God if His plan is to be re-
allied in this world" He sad
before concluding his talk with
the closing stanza of America"
TEMPLE DEDICATED
Music was furnished by Doro-
thy Cummings and Doris White
in several duets and Mrs. Rich
ard Z. Green in solos. Mrs. Will
liam Erwin and Clifford Nor
gan were the accompanies.
Adjournment was taken to
the Temple and the building was
dedicated by the Grand Officers,
as follows:
NJ. w. c.. Master J. Kenneth
Lyons, Of Jackson; r. w. O. G..
Master Paul O. Strawhecker, in
the Armed forces; r. w. S. G..
Warden Roscoe J. Burch, of Ben
ton HarDor; J. Warden Clarence
H. Hooper, Flint; Treas. Hugh
A. Mcpherson, Pontiac; Secre-
tary Homer Newton, Grand Rap
ids. Lecturer Francis Lambie,
Midland; Chaplain Clyde Donald,
Flint; S. Deacon Hazen P. Cole,
Flint; J. Deacon, Hugh j. John
son, Ithica; Marshal Morgan j.
Smcad, Rochester; Tiler Richard
L. Steed, Detroit.
Closing the impressive cere-
mony the building was officially
opened as a lodge. Harold Ash,
Utica Master, is being accorded
high praise for the unusually
fine, smooth program which
moved TO completion without
any confusion.
Visiting Masons were present
from Mount Clemens, Detroit,
Rochester and Macomb.