St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-11-20


Communication in Minneapolis
were held at the Elks Rest. T
James AME church.
National grand lodge officers
were introduced at the opening
session Thursday. They included
the National Grand Master, Will
Der S. Vaughn, ID. d. of st. Louis,
Mo-, National Grand Matron OF
the Heroines of Jericho, Jose
phine Walker of Hackensack. n.
j., National Grand Secretary
Earl D. johnson and the Mime
sofa Grand Master, Rev. r. ].
Simmons of Duluth.
At the Friday and Saturday
sessions at Wheatley House,
higher degrees were conferred on
various candidates and the cleo
ton of officers of various chap
ters and temples was held.
Joshua Chapter No. of the
Royal Arch elected Joseph C. Pat
terson Jr., High Priest; Garfield
Slayton, King and Charles Fisher,
Scribe.
st. Matthew Chapter Consis-
tory: Ira Pettiford, Commander;
Harry Neal, First Lieut.. Com
mander; VIM. Hudley, Second
Lieut.. Commander; Worthy Turn
err, Minister of State; Leon Lewis,
Treasurer; Arie Earl Phillips,
Secretary: James c. James, Sur
geon; Harry Lewis, Grand Master
of Ceremonies; Lyle Wright, Cap
tain of Guard and Charles Fisher,
Tier.
Cato Temple. Ancient Arabic
Order, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine: Grand Potentate, Joseph
c. Patterson Jr.: Illustrious Chief
Rabban, Leon T. Lewis; Illus
trious Assistant Rabban. Lyle A.
Wright Sr.; Aecorder, Garfield L.
Slaton; Treasurer Worthy Turn
er; Oriental Guide, Ira Pettiford;'
Captain of the Guard, Harry
Lewis; High Priest, James c.
James; Outside Guard, Arie Earl
Phillips; First Ceremonial, Robert
Payne; Second Ceremonial Mas
ter, Harry Neal
The following received 32nd de-
gree and made Mobiles of the An
cient Arabic Order of the Mobiles
Of the Mystic Shrine, Joseph c.
Patterson Jr.; Garfield l.. Slaton,
Harry Lewis, William Hudley,
Thomas Lewis, Adgie Allen,
James c. James, Ira Pettiford,
William Taylor. Charles Fisher,
Leon T. Lewis, Lyle A. Wright
Sr. Worthy Turner, Arie Earl
Phillips, Robert Payne. Dixie
Fulson, William Brown and Harry
Neal.
Grand Lodge Officers Elected
Grand Lodge officers were cleo
ted as follows: Grand Master.
Rev. r. ]. Simmons of Twin Ports
Lodge. Duluth, MINI; Deputy
Grand Master Joseph c. Patter-
son Jr, of King David Lodge No.
2, Minneapolis; Senior Warden
Lyle A. Wright Sr.: Junior War
den Ira Pettiford; Recording Sec
rotary Garfield L. Slaton; Treas
ury. Dixie Fulson; Junior Deacon.
Thomas A. Lewis; Pursurvant,
William Brown. Tier, Worthy
Turner, all of King David Lodge
No, 2 of Minneapolis, and Ffnan-
cial Secretary William Harris of
King Solomon Lodge No. s. New
York City; Senior Deacon Dock
wiIburn of St. Johns Lodge, Mil
waukee, Wis; Chaplain c. J. Van
Wrinkle, Milwaukee, Wis.
Elected officers of the Court OF
Heroines of Jericho were as fol-
lows: Allene Neal, Grand Matron:
Earnestine Wright, Grand Senior
Matron: Cecilia Patterson. Grand
Inner Gate Keeper; Mary Hudson.
Grand Secretary; Grand Most
Worthy Joshua, Joseph c. Patter-
son Jr.; Grand Treasurer, Lavinia
Batsel: Grand Outer Gate Keeper,
Nettie Mae Scott; Grand Direc-
tors, Garfield L. Slaton and Ro-
bert Scott.
The installation Of officers and
the closing Sermon were held at
St James Church Sunday. Nov.
IS, at p. m. with the National
Grand Master. Rev. Wilbur S.
Vaughn officiating.
The next Grand Lodge session
viii be at Milwaukee in the month
of July. 1854. The National Grand
Lodge win meet in Chicago. III,
in August. 1854