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I853-I903 
 
 Garden City Lodge, No. 141 
 
 A. F. & A. M. 
 
STANDARD OF THIS LODGE. 
 
i853 1903 
 
 SOUVENIR 
 
 OF THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Garden City Lodge 
 
 No. 141 
 
 A . F. AND A. MASONS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 
 
 CONSTITUTED BY DISPENSATION FROM M. W. G. M., NOV. 23, A. L. 5853 
 BY CHARTER FROM M. W. G. L., OCT. 2, A. L. 5854 
 
 Presented to Brother 
 
 .:ro:...R-HiiMBHHE:v- 
 
 PREPARED BY THE COMMITTEE 
 1903 
 
A ''"in isri 
 
 FROM THE PRESS Of 
 
 Rogers and Smith Co. 
 327 - 329 Dearborn 
 Street :: Chicago 
 
lASONIC TEMPLE. S3-S5 DEARBORN STREET. 1856. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 AT a stated communication of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, 
 ^ A. F. and A. M., held September 9, 1902, Bro. Gil. W. 
 Barnard, P. M., presented the following, which was on vote 
 adopted : 
 
 Whereas, Garden City Lodge was instituted under dispensation on No- 
 vember 23, 1853 ; and, 
 
 Whereas, It is customary and in many ways thought desirable to com- 
 memorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of that important event in the history of 
 this Lodge and its influential bearing upon the past as well as the future 
 of our Ancient Fraternity in this city, be it 
 
 Resolved, That Bros. Nelson N. Lampert, Robert D. Doerle, Robert J. 
 Daly, John D. Maclean and George H. Vaupell be and are hereby appointed 
 a committee for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of 
 arranging for the suitable commemoration of the aforesaid event. 
 
 Resolved, further. That the committee shall have power to obtain all the 
 available material for a Souvenir Volume containing the important events in 
 the history of said Lodge, as well as to make all other necessary arrange- 
 ments needed to carry out the proposed project. 
 
 Bro. Gil. W. Barnard was by subsequent vote added to this com- 
 mittee. The committee, after meeting and consultation, decided to 
 prepare and issue a Souvenir Book containing such historical data 
 as could be obtained and thought to be of interest. 
 
 They also decided to have biographical sketches of the Past 
 Masters of the Lodge with portraits that were available, together 
 with illustrations of other things of historical value, and a list of 
 all those who have been members since its organization. 
 
 The preparation of the following pages was assigned to Bro. Gil. 
 W. Barnard, P. M., and are submitted with the hope that they prove 
 of such interest as to acquit your committee of the duty imposed 
 upon them. 
 
 The roster of members has been prepared by our Secretary, Bro. 
 George H. Vaupell, P. M. 
 
 It is anticipated that the Lodge will further celebrate this epoch 
 in our history by participating in a dinner, at which it is hoped to 
 assemble a large portion of its members, together with distinguished 
 guests, members of our Ancient and Honorable Society. 
 Fraternally submitted by 
 
 The Committee. 
 
OFFICIAL I'AST MASTER S JKWKL tiF THIS LODGE. 
 RelVrrtd to in thu liy-I.aws, Sec 13 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Annual Report of Secretary, 1902 65 
 
 Annual Report of Treasurer, 1902 67 
 
 Freemasonry in Illinois .- 1 
 
 Freemasonry in Chicago 5 
 
 History of Garden City Lodge 8 
 
 Masters, Past, of this Lodge 69 
 
 Members, Honorary 69 
 
 Members, List of Charter 69 
 
 Members, July 1, 1903 69 
 
 Maclean, John D 10 
 
 Richford, Julian W 10 
 
 ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 American Flag - - 96 
 
 Ballot Box 21 
 
 Columns, Wardens - - 27 
 
 Gavel, Ivory 31 
 
 Great Lights 69 
 
 Jewel, Past Master (4) Front 
 
 Jewel, Treasurer 35 
 
 Jewel, Secretary 39 
 
 Lexington Quartette 71 
 
 Maclean John D 11 
 
 Masonic Temple, 1856 (3) Front 
 
 Masonic Temple, 1903 73 
 
 Oriental Hall, 1873 (1) Front 
 
 Officers, 1903 67-69 
 
 Richford, Julian W 17 
 
 Standard of this Lodge (2) Front 
 
 Trowel from Grand Master Cregier (5) - - Front 
 
 MASTERS PAGE PORTRAITS PAGE 
 
 Addy, Edward 14 
 
 Alexander, Leopold 50 Portrait 57 
 
 Barnard, Gil. W 14 Portrait 13 
 
 Bast, Elmer E 47 Portrait 55 
 
 Bateham,Wm. B 13 Portrait 9 
 
 Bent, Thomas B 55 Portrait 59 
 
 Butler, Joseph..- — 16 
 
MASTERS PAGE 
 
 Cheney, Lucian P 12 
 
 Doerle, Robert D 63 
 
 Gleason, Alonzo C 
 
 Hempstead, Charles E 35 
 
 Holcomb, Hiram F 15 
 
 Hudson, Francis 12 
 
 Hurd, Eben C 
 
 John, James 17, 24 
 
 Johnson, Edward L _ 58 
 
 Kleckner, John W 20 
 
 Lampert, Nelson N 61 
 
 Lusk, Peter C 
 
 McCall, Henry 19 
 
 McClellan, George R 
 
 McMillan, William 
 
 McWilliams, George 18 
 
 Norris, John W 
 
 PORTRAITS PACE 
 
 Portrait ^ 
 
 Portrait ^5 
 
 16 
 
 Portrait 47 
 
 Portrait IS 
 
 Portrait 5 
 
 13 
 
 Portrait 19 
 
 Portrait 61 
 
 Portrait 41 
 
 Portrait 63 
 
 13 
 
 Portrait 37 
 
 - 16 
 
 11 
 
 Rogers, Herbert A 37 
 
 Rood, Will C 43 
 
 Russell, Alfred 17 
 
 Sherrard, Francis R 25 
 
 Smith, Robert A 30 
 
 Talmage, Theo. F 18 
 
 Vaupell, George H 40 
 
 Wadsworth, Lewis L 17 
 
 Wilcox, Harrj' M 13 
 
 Portrait 33 
 
 14 
 
 Portrait _ 49 
 
 Portrait _. 53 
 
 Portrait _ 23 
 
 Portrait 43 
 
 Portrait 45 
 
 Portrait 29 
 
 Portrait 51 
 
 Portrait 25 
 
 Portrait 7 
 
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FROM BRO DEWITT C. CKEOIHk, PAST GRAND MASTER 
 
"Industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observa- 
 tion, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records 
 and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not 
 story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time." 
 
 FREEMASONRY IN ILLINOIS. 
 
 EARLY RECORDS. 
 
 AS it appears that this Souvenir Book, in commemoration of 
 our Fiftieth Anniversary, is the first one of the kind issued 
 in this State, we consider it to be proper to make some allu- 
 sion to the earlier history of the organization of Freemasonry in 
 what is now the State of Illinois. 
 
 For this information we shall be indebted to that distinguished 
 Bro. George W. Warvelle, P. M. and P. G. Orator of the Grand 
 Lodge, who devoted a large amount of time and study in the re- 
 search necessary to enable him to prepare the "Compendium of 
 Freemasonry in Illinois," published in 1897. It was the first work 
 of any practical value issued and will probably remain for all time 
 as the nucleus for future historians and writers on this subject. 
 
 We quote from the above as follows : 
 
 "While the fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons had always 
 been well represented among the hardy pioneers who braved the 
 perils of the Western wilderness and participated in the early set- 
 tlement of the Northwest Territory, yet it was not until the year 
 1805 that the first Lodge was organized within the present limits of 
 the State of Illinois. This interesting event occurred at the old 
 French town of Kaskaskia, in the then Territory of Indiana. For 
 many years this ancient city, founded, as nearly as can be ascer- 
 tained, about the year 1673, enjoyed the distinction of being the 
 oldest town in Illinois, or perhaps in the whole Western States, and 
 as the cradle of Freemasonry in the Upper Mississippi Valley was 
 entitled to a high degree of veneration. In the year 1805, however, 
 Kaskaskia was a thriving and enterprising place — the metropolis, in 
 fact, of the Western frontier. Among its population were a number 
 who were bound by the 'mystic tie,' and on March 9th of that year 
 seven of these brethren addressed a letter to the Grand Lodge of 
 
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 Pennsylvania, representing 'that from the growth of population 
 many worthy and respectable brethren have settled, and many more 
 will soon come to this country,' and that the petitioners, 'from a 
 sense of duty incumbent on them as Masons and as men, to promote 
 their mutual happiness, the happiness of their neighbors, and as far 
 as in their power lies, humanize society,' desired a dispensation 
 'authorizing them to hold a regular Lodge in the town of Kaskaskia.' 
 In response to this petition, Israel Israel, Esq., Grand Master of 
 Pennsylvania, under date of September 24, 1805, issued a dispensa- 
 tion to James Edgar, 'a Past Master, Ancient York Mason,' em- 
 powering him to 'call to his assistance a sufficient number of knowTi 
 and approved Master Masons and open a Lodge at the town of 
 Kaskaskia, and then and there initiate, pass and raise Freemasons 
 according to the most ancient and honorable custom of the craft in 
 all ages and nations throughout the known world, and not con- 
 trarywise,' the dispensation to remain in force for six months. Thus 
 was Freemasonry planted on the virgin soil of Illinois. 
 
 "The first meeting, under the dispensation, was held on Saturday, 
 December 14, 1805, when Bro. Edgar 'called to his assistance' Rufus 
 Easton as Senior Warden, Michael Jones as Junior Warden, Robert 
 Robinson as Senior Deacon, Alexander Anderson as Junior Deacon, 
 and William Arundel as Secretary, 'all of whom he found on due 
 trial to be Master Masons,' and an 'Entered Apprentices' Lodge 
 was opened in due form.' It was then agreed that the new Lodge 
 should be known by the name of 'Western Star.' 
 
 "Regular meetings were thereafter had, petitions were received, 
 referred and acted upon, and on February 3, 1806, one Charles 
 Querey was duly initiated, the first person to receive Masonic Light 
 within the present territorial limits of the State. 
 
 "The Lodge was constituted by Bro. Robert Robinson, as proxy 
 for the Grand Master of Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1806, with 
 Bro. James Edgar as Worshipful Master, a 'Past Masters' Lodge' 
 being duly opened for that purpose. Bro. Edgar then installed 
 Bros. Michael Jones and James Gilbraith as his Wardens. 
 
 "The first visitor to the Lodge after constitution was 'Shadrach 
 Bond, Jr., of Temple Lodge, Baltimore, ^Maryland,' who on the same 
 evening, October 4th, petitioned for affiliation. The first person 
 initiated after constitution was 'Capt. James Moore,' who was ad- 
 mitted November 1st. The first election under the charter was held 
 December 6th, when Bro. Edgar was re-elected. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I41. 3 
 
 "For ten years this 'Western Star' diffused its mild radiance over 
 the prairies of Illinois in solitude, for it was not until 1815 that a 
 second Lodge was chartered within the State. It held regular meet- 
 ings, the record of which discloses a faithful attention to Masonic 
 forms and precedents, and generally continued to perform the works 
 of Masonry in a proper and exemplary manner. On one occasion 
 we find that a petition for degrees 'was ordered returned on the 
 ground of insufficient acquaintance with the petitioner ;' on another 
 charges were preferred against a brother who had absconded, 'to 
 the great injury of his creditors generally.' So we find that, where 
 a dift'erence had arisen between some of the brethren, a committee 
 was appointed to endeavor to effect a reconciliation, and later on we 
 find that the committee was successful. The festivals of the St. 
 John seem to have been regularly observed by a procession, an 
 address, and by partaking of a dinner, and, as the records some- 
 times say, 'other refreshments provided for the occasion.' 
 
 "The Shadrach Bond above mentioned is the brother who was 
 subsequently elected the first Grand Master of the first Grand Lodge, 
 which was organized December 9, 1822, at Vandalia, then the capital 
 of the State. Bro. Bond was the first delegate to Congress from the 
 Territory of Illinois, 1812, and the first Governor of the State of 
 Illinois in 1818. 
 
 "In September, 181 5, the second star was added to the Masonic 
 constellation of the State through the institution of a Lodge at 
 Shawneetown by the Grand Master of Kentucky. In August of the 
 succeeding year (1816) it received a charter as Lawrence Lodge, 
 No. 34, Bro. M. W. Fisher being the first Master. Unfortunately, 
 but little can be said with reference to the history of this Lodge. It 
 continued on the register of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky until 
 1824, when it united with the first Grand Lodge of Illinois, but 
 owing to the non-preser\'ation of its own records and the destruc- 
 tion by fire of the records and archives of the Grand Lodge of Ken- 
 tucky, no further information can be obtained concerning it. 
 
 "The above-mentioned Grand Lodge held meetings with more or 
 less regularity until 1828, when the great excitement growing up 
 out of the ^Morgan affair' was such that no further meetings were 
 held and the organization was abandoned. From that time until 
 1835 Freemasonry has practically a blank page in its history in this 
 State. In 1835 the present Bodley Lodge, No. i, at Quincy, was 
 organized under authority from the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. In 
 
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 a few years others were formed, and on the 6th of April, 1840, the 
 second Grand Lodge was formed. Of the history of this great 
 body it is unnecessary to go into details, as it is a part of the lives 
 of more or less of all of us." 
 
 We will now make a brief reference to the history of 
 
 Freemasonry in Chicago. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 
 
 FREEMASONRY IN CHICAGO. 
 
 "History makes haste to record great deeds, but often neglects good ones." 
 
 WHILE it is true that Garden City Lodge was not the first 
 one organized in the city of Chicago, yet, from the active 
 part taken in its organization by some of the earhest 
 Masonic settlers, its history is practically a part of the records of 
 Freemasonry from its beginning here. 
 
 Who was the first Freemason to become a resident of this city 
 cannot be answered with any certainty ; neither is it essential to the 
 history of the fraternity of Chicago. 
 
 The primitive germ, the first "sprig of Acacia" planted here of 
 which we have an authentic record, was when the Grand Lodge, 
 on October 2, 1843, granted a charter to LaFayette Lodge, No. 18, 
 and Bro. L. C. Kercheval, who represented that Lodge under dis- 
 pensation, was admitted to a seat in the Grand Lodge, and was 
 subsequently appointed Grand Steward, being the first Chicago 
 Mason who held an official position in the Grand Lodge of Illinois. 
 
 At its first installation of officers the name of Carding Jackson 
 appears as Junior Warden. He was the first Master, U. D., of 
 Garden City Lodge. He was Master of LaFayette Lodge in 1844, 
 and on November 18th of that year the degrees were conferred, 
 without charge, upon his son, William Jackson, the work being done 
 gratuitously in recognition of the valuable services of the father. 
 
 On December 2, 1844, LaFayette Lodge endorsed the petition to 
 the Grand Master for a new Lodge, Apollo, No. 32. 
 
 At the session of the Grand Lodge, October 9, 1845, charters 
 were granted to Apollo Lodge, No. 32, and Oriental Lodge, No. 
 33, and Chicago was again complimented by the election of Rev. 
 Bro. William F. Walker, of Oriental, as Grand Master, and Bro. 
 William Stuart, of Apollo, Grand Orator. 
 
 In the year 1848 the charter of Apollo Lodge was surrendered 
 and the majority of its members united with Oriental, No. 33. 
 
 We note the fact that on November 8, 1845, the Grand Master 
 
6 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 granted a dispensation to Apollo Lodge to, on that date, "pass and 
 raise" John Wentworth on the same day. 
 
 Another matter which attracted much attention at the time, and 
 which was perhaps the most direct cause of the early demise of 
 this Lodge, was that, as the historian has it, one A. B. Lewis, a 
 musician, genealogically descended from a Cherokee by an African 
 paternal progenitor, for two years or so a resident of Chicago, duly 
 qualified with a diploma from an acknowledged Grand Lodge, was 
 admitted as a visitor. Further, at the communication held May 2, 
 1845, they entertained the petitions for degrees of John Johnson and 
 
 Davidson, barbers in Chicago, of commingled Anglo-Saxon and 
 
 African blood, reputed of free birth, and certainly of good report ; 
 and although the committees were, subsequently, instructed not to 
 report until the Grand Lodge could be heard from on the subject, 
 yet those who remember the bitterness of the pro- and anti-slaver}- 
 factions of those times, will readily comprehend the commotion 
 that such action would create. 
 
 "Apollo was the deit_\- before whom darkness tied, and Apollo, 
 No. 32, made quite an illuminated innovation upon the pro-slavery 
 ideas of that period." 
 
 The first lodge-room in Chicago was in the Harmon & Loomis 
 block, at the southwest corner of Clark and South Water Streets, 
 third story, and subsequently the lodges met in Cobb's building. 
 No. 171 Lake Street ; also at No. 258 Lake Street. 
 
 The first session of the Grand Lodge that was held in Chicago 
 was October i, 1849. On May 18, 1854, the cornerstone of the 
 Masonic Temple, at S3 and 85 Dearborn Street, was laid by the 
 Grand Master, and eloquent addresses were delivered by Dr. J. V. 
 Z. Blaney and Dr. W. B. Herrick. The latter brother was Grand 
 Jilaster at the time of the dedication of the above Temple, St. John's 
 Day, June 24, 1856, which was a grand occasion for the Craft in 
 Chicago. It included a procession, a collation, which was laid under 
 the shade of the beautiful trees which then adorned Dearborn Park, 
 toasts and speeches, and closed with a dance in Metropolitan Hall 
 in the evening. 
 
 Of Oriental Lodge it is not necessary to say more, as it is now, 
 as it ever has been, foremost in the ranks as a strong, conservative 
 Lodge. 
 
 Owing largely to internal dissensions among the members of La- 
 Fayette Lodge, No. 18, the charter was taken up in 1864, and the 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 7 
 
 Grand Lodge gave dispensations to Chicago, No. 437, and Bigelow, 
 No. 438; the membership of these two Lodges was composed of 
 those formerly members of LaFayette, No. 18. Chicago is to-day 
 one of our large and prosperous Lodges. Bigelow, No. 438, sur- 
 vived until 1875 and then united with Ashlar, No. 308. 
 
 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 
 
 Two-score and ten revolving years, 
 
 Full charged with labors, sighs and tears, 
 
 The Craft have brought 
 
 Their tools and wrought 
 Upon this Temple, old and vast, 
 A legend of the mighty past ! 
 Now, brothers, joyfully appear 
 And celebrate our Fiftieth Year ! 
 
 One-half the century is spent; 
 
 But where the faithful ones who lent 
 
 Voice, heart and hand, 
 
 A zealous band. 
 To set aloft their Pillars twain 
 And dedicate the Holy Fane? 
 Not one is spared us to appear 
 And celebrate our Fiftieth Year! 
 
 They sleep beneath the Acacia green ; 
 Their graves in solemn ranks are seen; 
 
 And at the head, 
 
 'Tis joy to read 
 The emblems, full of hope and trust. 
 Which give a glory to their dust ; 
 But yet, their names and lives are here 
 To celebrate our Fiftieth Year ! 
 
 And when the century shall end, 
 And over us the Acacia bend. 
 
 The Craft will come 
 
 Within this home. 
 And speak our names with grateful thrill. 
 The loved, the unforgotten still ; 
 In such belief, dear friends, appear 
 And celebrate our Fiftieth Year! 
 
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141, A. F. AND 
 A. M., CHICAGO. 
 
 "Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an 
 eye and a soul." 
 
 OWING to the destruction, in the great fire of 1871, of all 
 the records of this Lodge up to that date, it is impossible 
 to give much of the details of its early history. 
 In November, 1853, M. W. Grand Master William B. Warren 
 granted his dispensation for several brethren to form Garden City 
 Lodge, U. D., in this city. At the next communication of the Grand 
 Lodge, October 2, 1854, Grand Master Warren was ill and unable 
 to be present. His report is very meager, and no names of the 
 brethren named in the dispensation are given, but at the above-men- 
 tioned communication, October 2, 1854, a charter was granted to 
 this Lodge, under number 141, with Bro. William McMillan as 
 W. M. The record shows that they then had twenty-two members. 
 Among the organizers of the Lodge was Past Deputy Grand Master 
 Carding Jackson, who died during the summer of 1854, before the 
 charter was granted. The report to Grand Lodge for 1855 showed 
 forty-one members, and in 1856, sixty. The membership dropped 
 to fifty-six in 1856, but in 1837 they had sixt\'-six members, and 
 from that time the growth has been steadily increasing except dur- 
 ing the early part of the period of the great rebellion, as tlie annual 
 report of 1862 shows but fifty-two on the roll. 
 
 WHERE MEETINGS WERE HELD. 
 
 It is uncertain where this Lodge first held its communications. 
 It is presumed from the fact that at the time the dispensation was 
 granted there was a Masonic Lodge room at 171 Lake Street that 
 the early meetings were held there. In 1856, when the new Masonic 
 Temple was completed at Nos. 83 and 85 Dearborn Street, tlie 
 Lodge met there and continued to do so on Wednesday evenings 
 until the splendid hall by Oriental Lodge at No. 122 LaSalle Street, 
 in 1867, was completed. We then moved to that place, and the 
 Masonic room in the first Temple was given up to the exclusive 
 use of the Chapter, Commandery and Scottish Rite bodies. 
 
ERO. WM. B. IJATEHAM. 
 
 Master i^f-'>2-4-5. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 9 
 
 Oriental Hall was the finest, largest and best appointed one for 
 Masonic purposes ever erected in this city. After its destruction in 
 the great fire of 1871 we obtained for a short time rooms in the 
 Masonic Hall used by Pleiades Lodge, No. 478, on West Twelfth 
 Street. In time we moved to the hall occupied by Lessing Lodge, 
 at Clinton and Randolph Streets, where we remained until the com- 
 pletion of the new Oriental Hall in 1873, when we again resumed 
 our meetings at that place and continued to occupy it Wednesday 
 evenings for twenty years. When the Masonic Fraternity Temple 
 Association completed their building at Randolph and State Streets 
 we occupied the Corinthian Hall on the seventeenth floor for some 
 time, but finding the accommodations inadeq/uate, arrangements 
 were made for a ten years' lease of our present rooms on the 
 eighteenth floor, and changed our nights of meeting to Tuesdays. 
 It is thought now that other accommodations will have to be se- 
 cured ere long, to afford our large membership sufficient room and 
 an agreeable place to meet. 
 
 Garden City Lodge has long had the title of "Mother of Lodges," 
 more of its members having united with others in forming new 
 lodges fhan from any other Lodge in the city. 
 
 In January, 1856, Cleveland Lodge, No. 211, was organized by 
 Reuben Cleveland, Wiley M. Egan, L. P. Cheney, J. K. Russell, 
 C. D. Fitts and others from Garden City. 
 
 A number more went with Dearborn, No. 310. Past Master 
 John W. Norris, D. A. Cashman and others went out to organize 
 Thomas J. Turner, No. 409, and a large number of petitioners for 
 National Lodge, No. 596, were from us ; the first Master of Na- 
 tional, W. Bro. L. A. Hamblin, being a Past S. W. of Garden City. 
 More recently the same is true of Kenwood Lodge, No. 800, whose 
 first Master, W. Bro. William Stevenson, was a Past S. W. in No. 
 141. This Lodge has always been foremost in promoting the charita- 
 ble work of the fraternity. It gave the first Masonic picnic (now such 
 la popular mode) for charity, it being for the benefit of the then 
 Masonic Board of Relief, thirty-five years ago. Its then Secretary 
 was one of the organizers of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, 
 and was the first Secretary of the Board of Directors of that great 
 charitable institution, to which this Lodge was one of the first to 
 contribute, giving $200, and continuing to give $50 every year since. 
 
10 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 JOHN D. MACLEAN. 
 
 TREASURER SIXCE 1874. 
 
 In man}' old Lodges there are usually some one or more who 
 have a special, and frequently a most interesting and particularly 
 useful, connection with the functions of the Lodge. We have two 
 such characters, one of whom is our Treasurer. 
 
 Bro. John D. Maclean was born in Scotland. April 29, 1836. 
 On coming to this city he engaged in mercantile business, furnaces 
 and heating apparatus, and August 18, 1869. was raised to the 
 Sublime degree of M. M. in this Lodge. In 1874, while serving as 
 Steward of the Lodge in his second term, he was selected to fill the 
 office of Treasurer, and we can all bear witness, and gladly do so, 
 that he has filled that position with the greatest of care, skill and 
 ability ever since. For nearly thirty years he has been a member 
 of Corinthian Chapter and Apollo Commandery. 
 
 A man of integrity who has been honored with offices of politi- 
 cal importance, he has the high regard and respect of every member 
 of this Lodge, as well as that of all who come to know him. 
 
 A\ ith a pleasant famil}' he is approadiing old age with the happy 
 surroundings that he so well deserves. 
 
 He fulfills the following with fidelity : 
 
 " To stretch the liberal hand, 
 
 And pour the stream of gladness 
 O'er misery's withered strand ; 
 
 To cheer the hearth of sadness ; 
 To dr>' the orphan's tear, 
 
 And soothe the heart nigh broken ; 
 To breathe in sorrow's ear, 
 
 Kind words in kindness spoken — 
 This is the Mason's part, 
 
 The Mason's bounden duty; 
 Tliii rears the !\Iason's heart 
 
 In wisdom, strength and beauty." 
 
 THE TYLER. 
 
 The other notable character is our old, faithful and beloved Bro. 
 Julian W. ]\ichford, who was initiated in Garden Citv Lodge, Feb- 
 ruary 14, 1866, and aside from filling some subordinate offices, one 
 year as Secretary, has been for man}- years the faithful guardian 
 of the outer door as Tyler. To aid the distressed, care for the sick, 
 help the needy and bur}- the dead has ever been his constant care. 
 
,1. •/<■ V ■- . "6. 
 
 BRO. JOHN D. MACI.KAN, TREASURER FROM 1874 TO DATE. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 11 
 
 Those who have presided over or have been Secretaries of a large 
 and prosperous Lodge know better than any other of the members 
 how valuable are the services of a good Tyler, and it is very grati- 
 fying to the writer to be able after so many years of official con- 
 nection with the affairs of this Lodge, to bear witness to the valu- 
 able services of Bro. Richford in attending to the multiplicity of 
 details appertaining to the duties of his place. May he long be able 
 to continue the good work is the kind wish of us all. 
 
 THE OLD TYLER. 
 
 God bless the Old Tyler ! How long he has trudged, 
 
 Through sunshine and storm, with his 'Summonses due !' 
 
 No pain nor fatigue the Old Tyler has grudged 
 To serve the great Order, Freemasons, and you. 
 
 "God bless the Old Tyler! How oft he has led 
 
 The funeral procession from Lodge door to grave ! 
 How grandly his weapon has guarded the dead 
 
 To their last quiet home where the Acacia boughs wave ! 
 
 "God bless the Old Tyler! How oft he has knocked, 
 When, vigilant, strangers craved welcome and rest ! 
 How widely your portals, though guarded and locked, 
 Have swung to the signal the Tyler knows best ! 
 
 "There's a Lodge where the door is not guarded nor tyled ; 
 There's a Land without graves, without murmurs or sin ; 
 There's a Master most gracious, paternal and mild. 
 And He waits the Old Tyler, and bids him come in! 
 
 "And there the Old Tyler, no longer outside, 
 No longer with weapon of war in his hand, 
 A glorified spirit, shall grandly abide, 
 
 And close by the Master, high honored, shall stand!" 
 
 " Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain. 
 Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. 
 Awake but one, and lo ! what myriads rise ! 
 Each stamps its image as the other flies!" 
 
 THE FIRST MASTER UNDER CHARTER. 
 
 Bro. William McMillan was formerly a member of LaFayette, 
 No. 18, where his name appears as J. D. in 1850 and subsequently in 
 1853 as J. W. and dimitted in 1854. He was an active business 
 man and citizen, with whom the writer was well acquainted in the 
 business and military affairs of our city. His death was reported 
 in Grand Lodge proceedings of 1856, having died in Chicago. 
 
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 Grand Master Herrick reported to the Grand Lodge in 1856 
 "that he had appointed Bro. McMillan as one of the Grand Lec- 
 turers," and stated : 
 
 "Bro. McMillan sent in his resignation in August last, soon after 
 which he was called by an untimely and melancholy death to render 
 an account of his stewardship to the Supreme Grand Master above. 
 He was a brother enthusiastically devoted to Masonry. 
 
 The first S. W., George E. Pitkin, held no other office and di- 
 mitted in 1858. 
 
 1855-56. 
 
 The second Master, 1855-56, Bro. Lucian Prentiss Cheney, was 
 a physician and came to Chicago about 1851, where he was in active 
 practice until his decease. December I, 1862, he was appointed City 
 Physician, and held that office until 1864, at the time of his death. 
 
 We have no record of where he was made a Mason, as he was 
 not a member of either of the two Lodges in this city at the time 
 of the organization of Garden City Lodge. 
 
 He was married in Vermont in 1837 and practiced his profes- 
 sion in New York State, and it is thought that he must have been 
 a member of this institution before coming to Illinois. He served 
 two years and then dimitted to assist in forming Cleveland Lodge, 
 No. 211, of which Lodge he remained a member until his decease. 
 He was active in forming Washington Chapter, R. A. M., and was 
 a highly respected man, citizen, physician and Freemason. 
 
 1857. 
 
 Bro. F"rancis Hudson was born in London, England, February 
 14, 1812, came to this country in 1840, and having settled in St. 
 Louis, Missouri, was made a Mason in Missouri Lodge, No. i, 
 about 1849. He removed to Chicago in 1854, being at that time a 
 Past Senior Warden, and was affiliated with Garden City Lodge, 
 April 23, 1856. In 1857 he served as Master, having been elected 
 from the floor as a P. S. W. At that time the financial conditions 
 in Chicago and precarious position of this Lodge, owing to a large 
 number of its members having recently gone out to form Cleveland 
 Lodge, made it difficult to keep up an interest in the Lodge. 
 
 Bro. Hudson was a man of great energy and much determina- 
 tion of purpose, which enabled him to keep the Lodge in working 
 order and secure its future success. He subsequently dimitted 
 from us and affiliated at Amboy, Illinois, from which point he was 
 
BRO. GIL. W. BARNARD, 
 
 Master 1S67-S. 
 
GARDEN' CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 13 
 
 frequently present in Grand Lodge, where he was well known as an 
 active, earnest worker for the best interests of the fraternity. 
 
 He lived at Springfield, Illinois, for some time before his death, 
 which occurred December 19, 1888. He was buried in Rose Hill 
 Cemetery, Chicago, by this Lodge. 
 
 1858. 
 Bro. Peter C Lusk, who was the fourth Master, was initiated in 
 1S54, was J. D. in 1856, S. W. in 1857. and W. j\L in 1858. He 
 dimitted in 1859. 
 
 1859-60. 
 Bro. Eben C. Hurd came next, having served as J. W. in 1857, 
 S. W. in 1858, and W. 'M. in 1859-60. He was a painter by trade 
 and was initiated October 31st, passed November 27, 1855, and 
 raised January 2, 1856. He dimitted September 13, 1865. 
 
 1861, 
 
 Bro, Henry }\l. Wilcox received the degrees in this Lodge, being 
 raised to the Sublime degree of blaster ]Mason, December 30, 1857. 
 He was born in Genesee County, Xew York, August 22, 1835. and 
 came to Illinois in an early day, engaging in the lumber business. 
 ^^'hile ^Master of the Lodge, in 1862, he went away to the war and 
 was not a member for several years. On his return to Chicago 
 he again resumed membership, which he now retains. 
 
 Since the above was written Bro. ^^'ilcox was injured by an acci- 
 dent on the street cars in Chicago and died April 25, 1903. His 
 funeral was attended by members of this Lodge and representa- 
 tives of the \'olunteer Fire Department. Of the latter he had 
 been a member in an early day and was a member of its Benevolent 
 Association at the time of his death. 
 
 1862-64-65. 
 Bro. \\'illiam B. Bateham, who was ^Master in 1862-64-65, was 
 born in Rochester. Xew York, in 1S25 and came to Chicago in an 
 early day. He was engaged in the lumber and wood milling busi- 
 ness for many }ears. He was an active man in every respect, and 
 anything that he engaged in received the utmost energetic attention 
 of which he was capable. As one of the Fire ^Marshals in the volun- 
 teer organization, an Alderman from his ward, and an energetic 
 worker in his political party, he commanded attention to his A'iews 
 at all times. He was made an 'SI. ^I. in this Lodsre Tune ^o. i8;S. 
 
14 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 and served in several offices, being elected Master in 1862 and again 
 in 1864 and 1865. During the year 1864, he with others organized 
 Dearborn Lodge, No. 310, of which he was S. D. while U. D. 
 
 His death occurred May 14, 1898, and he received Masonic 
 burial under auspices of this Lodge. 
 
 1863. 
 Bro. John W. Norris was for many years a successful business 
 man in Chicago, until after the rebellion ; he removed to New 
 Orleans : subsequently he returned here and was engaged in the 
 manufacturing and sale of safes. He was raised to the Sublime 
 degree in this Lodge July 6, 1859, served as S. D. in i860, J. W. 
 in 1861, S. W. in 1862, and was elected ^Master in 1863. During 
 1864 he with others from this Lodge organized Thomas J. Turner 
 Lodge, No. 409, of which Lodge he was the first Master. 
 
 It 
 
 Bro. Edward Addy received the third degree in this Lodge July 
 16, 1862, and at once became an active factor in its attairs, although 
 not an officer until 1865, when he was elected S. W. The next year 
 he became }vlaster. serving one year. He was for many years en- 
 gaged in the manufacturing and selling of harness, being the man- 
 ager of several large establishments, finally going into business on 
 his own account. He had dimitted from this Lodge several years 
 before his death. He was a R. A. Mason and Knight Templar. 
 
 1867-68. 
 Bro. Gil. W. Barnard was raised to the Sublime degree Decem- 
 ber 7, 1864, and was appointed Junior Steward at the next meeting 
 of the Lodge, and since that time he has been serving in some one 
 or more offices in the various bodies of Masonic character to the 
 present. In 1865 he was elected S. W., and following two years 
 he was IMaster. Having served as Chaplain for several years, he 
 was elected Secretary in 1880 and served until 1901. He entered 
 the Grand Lodge as S. W. in 1866 and has been present at every 
 annual meeting since, in some official capacity or on committee 
 service. The last twenty-five years he has served continuouslv on 
 the Committee on Finance. In Grand Chapter, R. A. I\I., he has 
 been Secretary twenty-five years, and twenty-six years Grand Re- 
 corder of Grand Council, R. and S. AL, and Grand Commandery, 
 K. T. He was born June i, 1834, at Palmyra, N. Y., and came 
 
BRO H F. HOLCOMB, 
 
 Master i>^6g--;0'S-'^-y. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 15 
 
 to Chicago in March, 1849, being engaged in mercantile pursuits 
 until his election to the Secretariat in the above bodies. 
 
 1869-70-75-76-77. 
 Hiram Frank Holcomb was initiated, passed and raised in this 
 Lodge in February, 1865, and early became an intelligent ritualist 
 and worker in its several degrees. He served as S. W. in 1867-68 
 and Master in 1869-70, 1875-76-77; also as Secretary. He was 
 D. D. G. M. of the First Masonic District in 1871. He was a 
 R. A. M. in Washington Chapter, No. 43, and a K. T. in St. Ber- 
 nard Commandery; also a Thirty-second in Oriental Consistory. 
 He presided over Gourgas Chapter, Rose Croix, as M. W. and P. M. 
 three years. He was made an Odd Fellow in New Jersey in 1859 
 and was subsequently a member of Union Lodge, No. 9, and Home, 
 No. 416, of Chicago. After the great fire in this city in 1871, he 
 was Vice-President of the Masonic Board of Relief, which was or- 
 ganized to dispense that fund accruing from the great outpouring 
 of Masonic charity contributed from almost every quarter of the 
 world for the relief of the distressed and destitute members of the 
 fraternity in Chicago. That Board received and distributed or re- 
 turned to the donors over $go,ooo ; of this amount over $25,000 was 
 given to the Lodges in this city to constitute a permanent fund to 
 be distributed for the relief of Masons from other places when in 
 distress. 
 
 Bro. Holcomb died July 30, 1886, and was buried with Masonic 
 honors by this Lodge. 
 
 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
 HIRAM F. HOLCOMB. 
 
 Bereaved, and by the Master hand 
 
 That doeth all things well, 
 A heart stood still at God's command, 
 
 So gently came this sad death knell. 
 
 Recorded, a birth in the home above, 
 
 In the early dawn of a summer day; 
 While o'er the couch a voice of love 
 
 Gently calls to wake, yet still the sleeper lay. 
 
 Praters, assemble; 'tis the telephone call; 
 
 The watchword "distress" is the message it brings. 
 '■;, A jewel is missing — bring out your black pall; 
 
 ■■■• ',. Spread it over the casket, the gem it took wings. 
 
16 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Craftsmen, look East; the sun kisses the dew 
 And throws its bright halo o'er night's starry veil ; 
 
 From the Royal Arch, God is speaking to you — 
 'Tis the cry of an orphan, the widow's low wail. 
 
 "Garden City" and "St. Bernard's" responded to the call ; 
 
 Count over the links of your mystical chain ; 
 God gave, and has taken, one prized by you all, 
 
 And your bright jeweled circle is broken in twain. 
 
 Sir Knights, witli sad hearts bend your plumes to the breeze; 
 
 Friends, bow your heads low, join the Chaplain in prayer; 
 The casket is hid 'neath whispering leaves ! 
 
 Mourn not for the jewel; it is safe in God's care. 
 
 1871-72. 
 Bro. George R. McClellan was affiliated with us December 27, 
 1865, having been a member of a Lodge in New York before coming 
 to our city. He at once took ati active part in the affairs of this 
 Lodge, and was its Master in 1871 and 1872. He afterwards di- 
 mitted, and after his return from a short residence in the West he 
 affihated with Wilham B. Warren Lodge, No. 209, of which he was 
 a inember at the time of his decease, January 10, 1890. At that time 
 he was the E. C. of Chicago Commandery, K. T., and the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S. 
 
 1873- 
 
 Bro. Joseph Butler, ^vho served in the East in 1873, was made a 
 Master Mason herein Aprili i, 1863, and was for many years a 
 zealous and faitliful member, ever ready to perform any duty 
 assigned to him. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits, guns and 
 sporting goods business, and was highly esteemed by a host of warm 
 friends, who deeph' deplored his death, which occurred January 26, 
 1885. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Butler, liis vridow, was the first Worthy IMatron 
 of Miriam Chapter, No. I, O. E. S., which was the first Chapter 
 chartered in this State. To her labor and care in the Grand and 
 General bodies is greatly due the present successful standing of 
 that useful and beneficent Order. 
 
 1874. 
 
 Bro. Alonzo C. Gleason was initiated, passed and raised in this 
 
 Lodge during the months of May, June and July, 186S. He served 
 
 in many of the lower offices before he became Master in 1874. He 
 
 Vi-as a contractor and builder for several years in Chicago, but re- 
 
YE OI.D TYLER, 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 17 
 
 moved to the West soon after passing the chair in this Lodge, and 
 lost his membership herein. He died some years since. 
 
 1878-91. 
 Bro. James John became a member of this Lodge May 23, 1866, 
 having been initiated on the 6th of February before. He has served 
 as S. W. and Chaplain and two terms as Master, viz., in 1878 and 
 again in 1891 ; also in Grand Lodge as a member of the Board of 
 Grand Examiners and is now one of the Grand Lecturers. His 
 work in organizing the "Standard Team" in Chicago, which be- 
 came so popular some years ago in disseminating the ritual of the 
 Grand Lodge, will always be a great credit to the record of this 
 zealous workman. Subsequently he supplemented the above work 
 with the "Junior Standard Team," which has made more proficient 
 ritualists in Chicago than any other plan ever adopted. Bro. John 
 was born in Monmouth, England, July 5, 1835, came to this city 
 in early manhood, and was for many years engaged in the contract- 
 ing and building business. He and his wife compose all the family 
 and are passing to a comfortable old age with many warm friends to 
 help them enjoy it. 
 
 1879-80. 
 
 Bro. Alfred Russell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 7, 
 1836. He came to Chicago, engaged in mercantile business with 
 success, married and settled down before taking an active part with 
 us, although initiated November 30, 1864, and raised in our Lodge 
 August 22, 1866. He served as S. D. in 1875 and S. W. in 1876, 
 dropped out of line for business reasons, and then again in 1879 
 he resumed interest and was elected Master, serving two years at a 
 period of the most gloomy part of the history of this Lodge. His 
 good business principles and executive abihty were applied strictly 
 in the management of its affairs, and when he left the East, the 
 Lodge was launched on a career of prosperity which has continued 
 to the present day. To him is largely due much of the success that 
 we have attained. Bro. Russell is an active participant in the affairs 
 of other bodies of Masonic character, especially in the A. A. S. Rite, 
 where he has been Commander-in-Chief of Oriental Consistory and 
 is an Honorary Thirty-third degree member of the Supreme Council. 
 
 1881-82. 
 
 Bro. Lewis L. Wadsworth succeeded Bro. Russell and served in 
 the East during 1881-82. He was a Past S. W. at the time of his 
 
18 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 election, but had devoted several years just previous to the duties 
 of Secretary; that service had well qualified him for the position 
 of Master, and he had no difficulty in keeping the Lodge up to the 
 high standard set for him by the efforts of Bro. Russell. 
 
 Bro. Wadsworth was born in Redford, Michigan, April i8, 184^. 
 He was in the army during the War of the Rebellion and then set- 
 tled in this city, where he engaged in wagonmaking and iron-work- 
 ing business, in which he still continues. He has been an active 
 worker in the other Masonic organizations, especially in the drill 
 corps and offices of St. Bernard Commandery, of which he is an hon- 
 ored Past Eminent Commander. As an active participant in his 
 political party he has served as Alderman and in other political posi- 
 tions. 
 
 1883-84. 
 
 Bro. Theodore F. Talmage was born in Sunimerville, New Jer- 
 sey, January 26, 1S36, and on coming to Chicago he engaged in 
 mercantile business in the tea and coffee trade. He joined Garden 
 City Lodge in 1869, being raised July 14 of that year. Having 
 served in several of the subordinate offices, he was elected blaster 
 for 1883 and 18S4. It was under his administration that it first be- 
 came necessary for this Lodge to hold afternoon meetings, a custom 
 that has since become quite common among our Lodges in Chi- 
 cago. Bro. Talmage was an energetic, pushing business man, and 
 the affairs of the Lodge were conducted by him on the same style as 
 he carried on his own business. His death occurred Mav 16, 1889, 
 being caused by an accident from the team he was driving having 
 run away. His funeral was under the auspices of this Lodge, and 
 there was an immense concourse of Freemasons and friends present. 
 His son, John F., is a member of this Lodge at present. 
 
 1885. 
 Bro. George AlcWilliams, who succeeded Bro. Talmage in 
 the Master's chair, was born in Scotland, December 24, 1S44. He 
 was initiated in this Lodge July 3, 1872, passed July 31st and raised 
 August 14th, same year. 
 
 He had a good memory, a very pleasant voice and good delivery, 
 which soon made him a very useful and efficient officer. Taking a 
 deep interest in the work and business affairs of the Lodge, he was 
 soon advanced in line, serving in several chairs until elected Master, 
 and filled that place with credit. Of late years his health has not 
 
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 liRO. JAMES JOHN. 
 Master 1878-91. 
 
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GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 19 
 
 been good, and we seldom see him at the Lodge, except at our 
 annual Past Masters' night ; then he can be depended upon to do 
 the Senior Deacon's work in the same pleasant and old-style manner. 
 
 1886-87-88. 
 
 We come now to the administration of one who from the time of 
 his election as J. W., his first office, has been with us in some official 
 capacity to the present time. Bro. Henry McCall was born in Cham- 
 bersburg, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1841. After serving in the 
 army during the War of the Rebellion, he came to Qiicago and 
 engaged in business that he still continues. He has a wife and one 
 son who is a member of this Lodge, and is also married. 
 
 The father was initiated, passed and raised in this Lodge, re- 
 ceiving the third degree, April 26, 1876. He served as J. W., S. W., 
 and as Master during 1886-87-88, and in 1889 he was appointed 
 Chaplain, in which position he has served to the present. 
 
 The history of his three years' administration of the affairs of 
 the Lodge, as given in his annual address at the close of the term, 
 will show it as one of the most successful in the history of the Lodge. 
 In 1900 he was selected by the Grand Master as District Deputy 
 Grand Master for the First Masonic District, and is now in the 
 fourth year in that office. 
 
 Bro. McCall has many social duties and has been active in other 
 societies, especially so in the ranks and as an officer in the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, being a Past Commander of Grant Post, in 
 which he served with great success and distinction during 1902. Of 
 a naturally quiet and very reserved disposition, he has a most per- 
 sistent way of getting at any objective point or object in view, with- 
 out the least friction, and with the most successful methods of any 
 one who has held the D. D. G. Master's office, and is the third mem- 
 ber of this Lodge that has been honored with that position. 
 
 Bro. McCall adopted a plan at the end of his term which has 
 been followed by each succeeding Master and has proved of inesti- 
 mable benefit in preparing historical matter from his time to the 
 present. It is hoped that it may not fall into disuse in the 
 future. It is the custom of presenting an address containing a 
 synopsis of the matters of more especial importance occurring during 
 the past term of each retiring Master. The following is a portion of 
 the first one of them : 
 
5J0 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 ADDRESS OF W. BRO. HENRY McCALL. 
 
 Brethren of Garden City Lodge: 
 
 I trust you will pardon me for a few remarks, reminiscences and perhaps 
 suggestions at this period, the close of my term of official service. Almost 
 thirteen years ago I was raised to the Sublime degree of M. M. in this Lodge, 
 and although a great admirer of the institution, then as now, yet my busmess 
 engagements and requirements were such that for some years I was but lit- 
 tle more than a casual observer of your work and mysteries. Six years 
 ago to-night, unsolicited and quite unexpected by me, you selected me to fill 
 the Junior Warden's chair. Two years subsequently I was chosen to repre- 
 sent the Column of Strength in the West. Three years ago to-night I received 
 at your hands the highest reward that a Freemason can receive from his 
 lodge, that of promotion to be its Worshipful Master. 
 
 iNIy services as Warden, under the active and efficient management of 
 W. Bros. Talmage and McWilliams, enabled me to take the East well trained 
 for the duties of the management of the Lodge at a time when it was in 
 a most flourishing condition fraternally and financially. 
 
 I am happy to say that now, at the close of my three years' service, pros- 
 perity continues to a most remarkable degree. During the years of 1886- 
 87-88 there have been 204 degrees conferred, and our membership is 317, 
 the largest we have ever had. In three years our net gain in membership 
 is fifty-four. The balance in the treasury at the beginning of my adminis- 
 tration was $3,305.93, and now we have $2,399.37, so it will be seen that 
 notwithstanding our great prosperity in work done and gain of members, 
 our finances have not grown in proportion. A glance at our expense account 
 will explain the cause of this, and I am proud to say that the great item of that 
 account is posted in our ledger under the head of "Charity." In three years 
 it amounted to $3,766.39. The organization in our city of a Masonic Board 
 of Relief during this year has proved of great benefit in ridding the fraterni- 
 ty of a numerous class of persons who were for some time past imposing 
 upon the Lodges here. This is not only a relief to the Masters and Wardens, 
 but assures us that our charity is more justly and properly dispensed. 
 
 As it is now, we have but little, if any, opportunity at our meetings for 
 the enjoyment of the social features which in some Lodges are now so prom- 
 inent. The exemplification of the ritual with us, owing largely to the kind- 
 ness and painstaking care of R. W. Bros. G. W. Barnard and James John, 
 has become a feature worth all the labor it has cost your officers. But this 
 is not all that is needed in a Masonic Lodge. The setting aside of an hour, 
 or an entire evening, once a month, for the exchange of social and fra- 
 ternal greetings, would prove of incalculable value in promoting more real, 
 genuine brotherly love and good Masonic fellowship than any one thing 
 I can think of. I would also suggest that at least one evening during the 
 year be set aside at which our wives and daughters and sweethearts can have 
 the privilege of social intercourse with us. 
 
 The instituting of the life membership plan in our By-Laws two years 
 ago has been the means of reviving quite an interest among our older mem- 
 bers, and while we lose in revenue, I think we are largely the gainers by 
 the renewed interest shown among the older members brought about by this 
 equitable act of ours. In this connection I desire to urge the necessity of 
 investing a portion of our funds in such a manner as to pay sufficient in- 
 terest to make good our outlay for annual dues to Grand Lodge on the life 
 members. 
 
 1889-90. 
 
 Bro. John W. Kleckner was born at Davis, Stephenson Countv, 
 
 Illinois, April 3, 1852, and has been in the employ of the West Chi- 
 
 cag^o Street Railway Company for over twenty years, being one 
 
 of the cash receivers at the present time. 
 
PRESENTED TO GARDEN CM V LCJUGH, No, 141. A. l-' Ji A, M., JUNE ^^^, 1.S9S, 
 
 As the First Prize for selling the greatest number of tickets to the <th Annual Picnic in aid of 
 
 THE ILLINOIS MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME, HELD JUNK 26, 1S97. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 14I. 21 
 
 He was initiated and passed in this Lodge in the fall of the year 
 1884, and received the Sublime degree December 3d of that year. 
 Bro. Kleckner is also a member of York Chapter, R. A. M., St. Ber- 
 nard Commandery, K. T., and Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S., 
 Thirty-second. He was appointed S. D. in 1887 and elected S. W. 
 in 1888, succeeding Bro. McCall as Master in 1889, '^nd served in 
 the East two years. His work as Master was in every way accept- 
 able, but more especially as a ritualist did he excel. He has served 
 as Deputy Grand Lecturer for several years and has, in holding 
 special schools of instruction for officers and members, not only of 
 this Lodge, but those of many others, been a useful factor in pro- 
 mulgating the standard work, forms and ceremonies of the Grand 
 Lodge of Illinois. 
 
 ADDRESS OF W, BRO. JOHN W. KLECKNER, 1889. 
 
 December 18, 1889. 
 To the oncers and Members of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Brethren — Another year is drawing to a close, and we have again as- 
 sembled to choose our officers for the ensuing Masonic year, and to hear the 
 reports of the Treasurer and Secretary as to our financial and numerical 
 standing. And as W. M. I take the liberty of briefly addressing you, and 
 calling your attention to such matters as have most impressed me during 
 my official term of service. 
 
 With a few exceptions my duties have been most pleasant and agreeable, 
 and the happy hours I have spent in the lodge-room can never be forgotten. 
 Neither can the sad scenes which I have been called upon to witness be 
 erased from my memory. 
 
 Death invaded our ranks, and three of our brethren have been summoned 
 to that land from whose bourne no traveler returns. 
 
 On the 27th day of February, after a lingering illness, Bro. Chas. Rohr- 
 bach died. His remains were buried in Oakwoods Cemetery by the Lodge. 
 
 W. Bro. Theo. F. Talmage died on the i6th day of May, after a short 
 illness caused by being thrown from his wagon. His body was conveyed to 
 Oakwoods Cemetery by the Lodge, accompanied by a large concourse of 
 visiting brethren and friends of the deceased, and were there deposited with 
 Masonic honors. 
 
 On the 3rd day of October, Bro. John O'Grady, a captain sailing on the 
 lakes, was wrecked and lost his life in Lake Huron. His body was recovered, 
 and through the fraternal kindness of W. Bro. Duncan Morrison, the mayor 
 of Owens Sound, Ontario, it was placed in a casket and forwarded to this 
 city, where it was received and taken charge of by the Lodge, and on the 
 13th day of October we performed the last sad rites of our fraternity and 
 deposited his remains in Graceland Cemetery. 
 
 Peace be unto them ; and may we ever remember their virtues. 
 
 The past year has been one of great activity and interest to the Craft 
 throughout the grand jurisdiction of Illinois. The Grand Lodge celebrated 
 its semi-centennial communication with exercises which were both instructive 
 and entertaining. 
 
 The Directors of our Masonic Orphans' Home organized a successful 
 basket picnic, inviting all the Masonic bodies to contribute and participate in 
 the pleasures of the day. These are only a few of the events that call forth 
 
22 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 praise for those who make a success of all they undertake. To me the ques- 
 tion arises, Has Garden City Lodge contributed anythmg to those objects 
 which go to elevate Freemasonry, and place it in a more exalted position be- 
 fore the world, or have we contented ourselves by remaining withm the con- 
 fines of our own membership, with no other thought but to guard our treas- 
 ury? I am happy to say that the Lodge has proved herself to be most gen- 
 erous, and has cheerfully responded to all just requests made upon her. 
 For the picnic the Lodge bought one hundred tickets, and our members dis- 
 posed of over three hundred more. W. Bro. Henn,- McCall, as chairman of 
 the Committee on Entertainments, exhibited commendable proficiency, and 
 through his energy eleven of the nineteen prizes contested for on the grounds 
 were donated by individual members of Garden City Lodge, which demon- 
 strates that our members are willing to support the institution which should 
 be the pride of every ?.Iason in the State of Illinois. To the appeal for aid 
 from our brethren suffering from the flood at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the 
 Lodge responded liberally, and the projectors of the monument to the mem- 
 ory of our late illustrious Bro. Rob Morris, of Kentucky, applied to us not in 
 vain. 
 
 The Lodge occupied the post of honor in the grand street parade which 
 preceded the laying of the cape-stone upon the Auditorium building by the 
 Grand Lodge, and by the large number of our members in line proved to the 
 Grand Master that we were as eager to please and assist him in his great 
 undertaking as we were obedient to his edicts. 
 
 The call for charity from our own members in distress has been unusually 
 great, but in every instance the Lodge responded liberally, and none were 
 turned away dissatisfied. 
 
 It is with the greatest of pride I point to the charitable work done by 
 the Lodge in the past, and the achievements of its members in all that per- 
 tains to Masonry. 
 
 Our Lodge furnishes an efficient and zealous officer for the Orphans' Home 
 in the person of Bro. J. J. Badenoch. Our Secretary is agent for the 
 Masonic Board of Relief, an institution which has done much good in 
 relieving worthy, distressed sojourning Masons, and exposing frauds and 
 imposters, and I hope the Lodge will continue its membership therein. 
 
 It is needless for me to refer to the brilliant record of my predecessor, 
 W. Bro. McCall. His interest in the Lodge did not cease on his retirement 
 from the Oriental chair, but on the contrary, he has ever been present to aid 
 and assist the officers in their work; but where he has done the noblest 
 service was looking after the welfare of those who were sick and in distress, 
 never missing the opportunity of visiting a sick brother, and there are many 
 whose hearts were made glad by his presence. 
 
 In closing, I will remind you that we have expended for charity alone dur- 
 ing the past year $1,501.10, and in view of our large and rapidly increasing 
 membership, and our constantly increasing current expenses, I would rec- 
 ommend that the fees for degrees be raised to sixty dollars, and that at least 
 a portion of the money on deposit in the bank be invested in interest-bearing 
 securities. 
 
 Thus, my brethren, I finish my year's labor with pleasant recollections of 
 the past, and with my best wishes for the future prosperity and usefulness. 
 
 I again thank you for your kindness and forbearance towards me, and I 
 now surrender the honor you conferred on me, conscious of the fact that 
 if I have not done well I have at least done my best. 
 
 Fraternallv, 
 
 J. W. KLECKNER, Master. 
 
 W. Bro. Kleckner was re-elected, and the anntial address at the 
 close of liis second term is as follows : 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 23 
 
 ADDRESS OF W. BRO. JOHN W. KLECKNER, 1890. 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 December 17, 1890. 
 To the Officers and Members of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Brethren — I herewith present my second annual report, and on reviewing 
 the field of my labors I find that the past year has been one of activity, and 
 much has been accomplished for the good of Masons and Masonry. And 
 also that the Great Architect of the Universe has seen fit to forcibly remind 
 us that all our labors must sooner or later terminate. 
 
 Bro. Alfred Carlson died on the ist day of June, after a lingering illness. 
 Bro. Robert C. Davis died on the 12th day of July. They were both laid to 
 rest in Oakwoods Cemetery with Masonic honors by the Lodge. 
 
 Bro. Albert J. Melchert passed away on the 27th day of November, after 
 a short illness. The Lodge took charge of his remains and deposited them 
 in Rose Hill Cemetery, in compliance with his last request. 
 
 Aside from these sad services, my duties as Master has been one of 
 pleasure ; perfect harmony and fraternal feeling existing in the Lodge at all 
 times. 
 
 Since our last annual communication the Lodge has invested $1,000 in 
 4 per cent, bonds, and raised the fees for degrees from fifty to sixty dollars. 
 We have also disposed of the ten-acre tract of land at Hinsdale for $5,000, 
 receiving one-third cash, the balance in one and two years at 6 per cent, in- 
 terest. 
 
 The Lodge subscribed for $5,000 of stock in the Fraternity Temple As- 
 sociation, and on the 6th day of November we took a prominent part in laying 
 the comer-stone of that magnificent structure which is now in the course 
 of erection. 
 
 The Lodge has liberally responded to every call for charity. The Or- 
 phans' Home has received material aid from the sale of tickets by our mem- 
 bers for the annual picnic. 
 
 During the past year the Lodge has maintained its prominence for stand- 
 ard work and hospitality. No less than sixty-seven degrees have been con- 
 ferred, and more visitors have been entertained than ever before, some of 
 whom have been as regular in attending our communications as our own 
 workers, and have rendered us material aid on special occasions; prominent 
 among those are Bros. L. J. Amsden and Chas. W. Dietrich, of La Grange 
 Lodge, No. 770. I appreciate their past services and take pleasure in thank- 
 ing them from the East of our Lodge. 
 
 It is a Masonic virtue to recognize true worth wherever found, and more 
 especially among our own fraternity. 
 
 To this end I would recommend that the following brethren be elected to 
 honorary membership in Garden City Lodge : M. W. Bro. Jno. C. Smith, 
 Past Grand Master of Masons of the State of Illinois ; W. Bro. Jno. R. Hod- 
 son, of Landmark Lodge, No. 422, and W. Bro. P. G. Gardner, of La Grange 
 Lodge, No. 770. These distinguished brethren are well known as faithful 
 workers in the Masonic vineyard. They have aided us by their presence and 
 wise counsel, and are deserving of the highest honors we can confer. 
 
 I \vould also recommend that the Lodge extend to Bro. Jno. B. Drake, 
 proprietor of the Grand Pacific Hotel, our fraternal thanks for the unsolicited 
 kindness and generosity which he displayed towards W. Bro. Geo. McWil- 
 liams during his late sickness. 
 
 I thank you, one and all, for your kind and courteous treatment during 
 the past. My reward is the happy reflection that the proudest moments 
 of my life were spent while your Worshipful Master. 
 
 Fraternally. 
 
 JOHN W. KLECKNER, Master. 
 
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 The above address was ordered to be printed and distributed to 
 the members. 
 
 The following resolution was adopted : 
 
 Whereas, In consideration of the suggestions in the address of the W. 
 M., and in view of the further consideration that Garden City Lodge is de- 
 sirous of being foremost in recognizing the merits of all those who, by their 
 earnest efforts to promote the effects and teachings of the great principles 
 of the fraternity, are performing the great, good and true work of Free- 
 masons ; therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That, in appreciation of their faithful services to this Lodge and 
 also to the fraternity, and with high regard for the personal v/orth and 
 merits of M. W. Bro. John Corson Smith, W. Bro. John Raper Hodson and 
 W. Bro. Peter Guy Gardner, this Lodge do place their names on its roll of 
 honorary membership. 
 
 R. W. Bro. Charles A. Fisk, an active and zealous member of the 
 Craft at Globe, Arizona, has been an earnest friend of this Lodge, 
 and has presented it, among other things, with a handsome pair of 
 Warden's columns, made from the native cactus, and a very unique 
 gavel of native wood. As a slight token of the appreciation of the 
 brother's kindness he was elected as an honorary member of this 
 Lodge, June 17, 1891. (See cut of columns.) 
 
 R. W. Bro. James John was again elected Master (he first served 
 as such in 1878) to succeed Brother Kleckner, and during the year 
 1891 the meetings of Garden City Lodge were practically sessions 
 of schools of instruction. 
 
 No other duties were neglected, however, and during this year 
 the Lodge members sold the second largest number of tickets for 
 the picnic held for the benefit of the Masonic Orphans' Home, there- 
 by winning the prize of a fine set of three great lights. (See cut of 
 great lights.) 
 
 The following is the report of his stewardship for the year : 
 
 ADDRESS OF R, W. BRO. JAMES JOHN. 
 
 Brethren — In conformity to the time-honored custom, it becomes my duty 
 to say a few words to you on this occasion. The old adage says that in 
 brevity there is wit. I may not be able to display much wit, but 1 certainly 
 can be brief. 
 
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 It is in compliance with the law of nature that the younger should crowd 
 the older oft' the stage of action, and they themselves to play their part only 
 in time to be crowded off and give way to their successors, and I begin 
 to feel that I am arriving at that age where it behooves me to be at home 
 nights, and be putting my house in order, so that when the grim messenger. 
 Death, calls for me, I will not find the lessons that I have so often taught 
 others in this room on the subject of mortality to have been lost on myself, 
 hence I desire to be free and let others succeed. While I am willing to con- 
 fess that I did want to be Master of Garden City Lodge during the past 
 
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 year, not specially for the additional honors, but because I was vain enough 
 to think I could at least make an acceptable Master. It was, however, mainly 
 to afford myself an opportunity to practice the work of conferring degrees, 
 thereby the better enabling me to discharge the duties devolving upon me 
 as a Grand Examiner of the Grand Lodge, and in so doing reflect great credit 
 on myself and the Lodge to whom I am indebted for the honorable posi- 
 tion I am now holding for the fifth year on the Board of Grand Examiners. 
 ******* 
 
 I have endeavored to gamer our store, and not spend a dollar when it 
 was not necessary, still we have not lost sight of the theme on which we so 
 much dwell, viz., charity. 
 
 Our poor unfortunate brother, George Taylor, who was ever ready to 
 lend a helping hand, lies in the county hospital with a limb 'amputated, and 
 should in this affliction receive the heartfelt sympathy of the Lodge ; such 
 worldly assistance as can be given has been rendered by the Lodge to his 
 family. 
 
 And now, in conclusion, permit me to return my sincere thanks for the 
 honors conferred, trusting that you will give your interest and undivided sup- 
 port to my successor, as you have to me, by your frequent attendance at the 
 stated communications, and at all times doing cheerfully what lies in your 
 power to do to perpetuate the success and good name it is now the privilege 
 of Garden City Lodge to bear. 
 
 JAMES JOHN. Master. 
 
 December, 16, 1891. 
 
 1892. 
 
 Bro. Francis Rae Sherrard was born in Londonderry, Ireland, 
 May 26, 1855, and learned the trade of sign painting, in which busi- 
 ness he was actively engaged in this city for many years and until 
 the time of his decease. 
 
 He was elected to receive the degrees in this Lodge March 2, 
 1887, and was a M. M. April 6th the same spring. He was J. D. 
 in 1888, S. D. in 1889, J. W. in 1890, S. W. in 1891, and Master in 
 1892. Always active, energetic and sometimes aggressive, he was at 
 all times during his membership a most useful and faithful Mason 
 and officer. His death occurred March 17, 1900, and a large attend- 
 ance of loving friends and brethren followed his remains to their 
 last resting place. He left a widow and interesting family to mourn 
 his loss. 
 
 W. Bro. Frank R. Sherrard succeeded R. W. Bro. John, and at 
 once opened up an active campaign in the various ways open to an 
 enterprising Master. 
 
 One feature that he introduced was to organize a series of fra- 
 ternal visits to and from our sister Lodges, which led to many very 
 pleasant and interesting affairs. 
 
 The officers in full evening dress, and as many of the members 
 of the Lodge as could make it convenient, attended these visitations. 
 
 The only drawback to these affairs was when we received our 
 
26 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 visitors ; the room intended to accommodate two hundred was 
 crowded with from four to six hundred. This was notably the case 
 on the occasion referred to in this notice : 
 
 Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M., 
 
 Oriental Hall, No. 122 La Salle Street, 
 Chicago, April 13, 1892. 
 Brother— You are cordially invited to visit this Lodge Wednesday, April 
 20, 1892. Special communication at 2 :30 o'clock p. m. Work on the third de- 
 gree. Stated communication at 8 o'clock, when M. W. Bro. Monroe C. Craw- 
 ford, Grand Master of Masons in Illinois, will be received by the Master, 
 Wardens and brethren of the Ix)dge, to be followed by the conferring of the 
 Sublime degree of Master Mason, under charge of R. W. Bro. James John, 
 Grand Examiner, assisted by R. W. Bro. A. B. Ashley, of La Grange. 
 
 Members of this Lodge are requested to be present and bring their Ma- 
 sonic friends. Fraternally yours, 
 
 Frank R. Sherrard, Master. 
 Attest : Gil. W. Barnard, Secretary. 
 
 Lunch in dining-room at 6 o'clock. 
 Music by Lexington Quartette. 
 
 During that evening the officers and members, in large numbers, 
 of Blaney, Kilwinning, Harlem and Lincoln Park Lodges were the 
 guests of the Lodge. 
 
 And again at the "Past Masters' " night, as it was called, referred 
 to in the following notice : 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, November 23, 1892. 
 
 Brethren — You are most cordially invited to attend a special communica- 
 tion of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M., to be held in Oriental 
 Hall, No. 122 La Salle Street, Wednesday evening, November 30, 1892, at 
 8 o'clock. 
 
 Inclosed find copy of a letter that will indicate the pleasant nature of the 
 entertainment for the evening. 
 
 As this Lodge was organized Nov. 23, 1853, this will be, practically, our 
 fortieth anniversary, which will undoubtedly make it a most interesting event 
 for both old and new members, all of whom we hope to see present. 
 
 Come and bring .your Masonic friends with you. 
 
 Fraternally yours. 
 
 Frank R. Sherrard, ilaster. 
 Attest : Gil. W. Barnard, Secretary. 
 
 N. B. — There will be a special communication of this Lodge at i 130 
 o'clock p. M., Wednesday, the 30th of November, for the purpose of con- 
 ferring the third degree on several Fellow Crafts. 
 
 All are invited. 
 
 Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M., 
 
 Chicago, November 21, 1892. 
 
 W. Brother 
 
 Dear Sir — At the special communication of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, 
 A. F. and A. M.. to be held Wednesday evening, November 30th, next, it is 
 expected that each official chair will be filled by a Past Master of this Lodge. 
 To accomplish the purpose of making this event truly a Past Master's occa- 
 sion, W. Bro. Sherrard desires to make the following assignments : 
 
FROM R. W. BRO, CHARLES A. FISK, GLOBE, ARIZONA, 
 
 TO 
 
 GARDEN CITY LODGE, N'c. 141, A. F, iS: A, M., CHICAGO, 
 
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 W. Bro. Henry McCall, as Master. 
 R. W. Bro. James John, as S. W. 
 
 W. Bro. John W. Kleckner, as J. W. 
 W. Bro. Alfred Russell, as Treasurer. 
 R. W. Bro. Gil W. Barnard, Secretary. 
 W. Bro. Wm. B. Bateham, as Chaplain. 
 W. Bro. Geo. McWilliams, as S. D. 
 L. L. Wadsvvorth, as J. D. 
 H. M. Wilcox, as S. S. 
 . F. R. Sherrard, as J. S. 
 John R. Hodson, ) tit 1 1 
 P. G. Gardner, \ ^^ Marshals. 
 Bro. John C. Smith, as Tyler. 
 The work will commence at 8 o'clock on a candidate for the third degree, 
 and it is expected that the "work" will be fully up to that of the "Standard 
 Team." 
 
 Please advise me at early date as possible of your kind acceptance of the 
 assignment. If you desire any posting, I shall be pleased to meet and re- 
 fresh you in the Ritual of "ye olden time." 
 
 With earnest desire that you will each unite with all in promoting the in- 
 terest of this, the fortieth anniversary of the organization of "Old Garden 
 City." I am, with personal regards. 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 Henry McCall, P. M., 
 
 No. 248 State Street. 
 
 This was indeed an eventful evening in the history of this Lodge. 
 Every living Past Master of this Lodge then a member was present 
 and in the place assigned him. 
 
 The introduction of the officers pro tern, in reverse order, with 
 M. W. Bro. John C. Smith as Tyler, was unique. One of the events 
 or coincidences was that the oldest P. M. and the next elder had not 
 met since the one was Master and the other Senior Warden under 
 him, a period of over thirty years. 
 
 The work of the first section of the degree was a perfect illustra- 
 tion of the standard ritual, while that of the second section was — • 
 well, it was remarkable for showing how much one can forget in 
 fifteen or twenty years. 
 
 The room was crowded to excess, and while all enjoyed the first 
 section, the second was a circus for old and young. It is not prob- 
 able that we (the P. M.) shall all ever meet in like manner again, 
 but none of us will ever forget it. 
 
 Several years ago the Lodge adopted the plan of presenting to 
 each Entered Apprentice a handsome white lambskin apron to be 
 kept as a memento of the event of his initiation. Under the 
 administration of W. Bro. Sherrard this was supplemented with 
 the presentation to the newly made Master Mason of a beautiful 
 silver pin trowel appropriately engraved. This has proved of so 
 much interest that the custom will be continued. 
 
28 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Bro. Sherrard gives a most entertaining account of his year's 
 work, as seen by the following : 
 
 ADDRESS OF W. BRO. FRANK R. SHERRARD. 
 
 Officers and Members of Garden City Lodge : 
 
 It is with some degree of pardonable pride that I arise to address you 
 this evening. One year ago with mingled feelings of awe and delight I as- 
 sumed the great and important duties and responsibilities connected with 
 the administration of the affairs of this ancient and honorable body. Awe that 
 the mantle of my predecessor, a workman "well skilled in architecture," of 
 age and experience, should fall upon the shoulders of one as devoid of ex- 
 perience as myself. But the hearty promises of support and counsel volun- 
 teered me by the veterans of Garden City dispelled the clouds of doubt which 
 enveloped me, and filled with a delight which I cannot express at the pros- 
 pect of occupying this important position, which I never dreamed I could 
 attain, I took on new courage and determined to make as creditable an ad- 
 ministration as my limited abilities would allow. 
 
 The year 1892 opened ominously. The sickness and distress prevalent at 
 the commencement of the year in our city did not touch Garden City Lodge 
 with any too light a hand. The calls of distress were numerous and urgent, 
 and they were not unheeded ; but, thanks be to God, the smiling face of 
 summer dispelled the demons of disease, so that now the close of the year 
 finds the members of the Lodge and their families, with one or two excep- 
 tions, comparatively well and happy. It is not my intention to trench upon 
 the reports of our worthy Secretary and Treasurer by entering into a de- 
 tailed account of the financial or numerical condition of the Lodge at this 
 time, but it has been, I understand, customary for the Masters of this Lodge 
 to deliver to the brethren on the annual communication an account of his 
 stewardship. I will, therefore, briefly call your attention to a few of the 
 principal events, conditions and results of the past year. 
 
 As you will see by the Secretary's report, there has been a considerable 
 gain in our assets, notwithstanding the large amounts expended for various 
 purposes, the amount expended for charity alone being $1,678.85, exceeding by 
 over $600 all other expenses, such as tyling, suppers, music, etc. This, brethren, 
 is a record which few, if any, of the Lodges of tliis Grand Jurisdiction can 
 equal. At the commencement of the year, the Master was the recipient of a 
 little friendly criticism because he did not see fit to provide for the enter- 
 tainment of the brethren more and costlier banquets, socials, etc. Knowing 
 the sickness and distress among the members at the time and the ever 
 constant demands which were being made upon our resources, I was unable 
 to accede to the request, or rather be moved by the criticism. My knowledge 
 of the members of this Lodge was that there was not one of our number 
 who could contentedly enjoy the pleasures of a well-spread table, even 
 if graced with the most gifted oratory, knowing that there was a member 
 of Garden City, or one of his family, in need of assistance. 
 
 The record of the work done during the year has been larger than any 
 similar period since I have been a member. In all, one hundred and nine 
 degrees have been conferred, an average of about four to each communica- 
 tion ; thirty-eight brethren were raised to the Sublime degree; our net gain 
 in membership is fifty-one. From this showing, you may judge your officers 
 have not been idle. 
 
 The summons of the dread messenger of death alarmed our outer door 
 on nine different occasions during the year. The first to answer its unwel- 
 come call was Bro. Lucas Lutkin. He was made a Master Mason in this 
 Lodge March 20, 1889. He left us forever January 13, 1892. 
 
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 The next to answer the dread summons was Bro. Geo. Ernest Wakeham. 
 He was made a M. M. in this Lodge December 4, 1889. He was elected J. 
 W. at our last annual. Died March 12th. We left him in eternal rest in 
 the palace of the dead, on Sunday, March 13, 1892. 
 
 The next to leave us forever was Bro. Daniel H. Cudihee, who was made 
 a Master Mason in this Lodge on the afternoon of April 6, 1887, together 
 with myself and four others. Poor Dan. He crossed the dark valley of the 
 shadow of death May 9, 1892. 
 
 The next to whom we bade a long farewell was Bro. Chas. A. Taylor, 
 a life member of Garden City. He was made a Master Mason in this Lodge 
 November 16, 1865. He died August 3, 1892. 
 
 But a few days after we received the news of a terrible accident 
 near Keokuk, Iowa, which caused the death of Bro. Wm. Burt, who was made 
 a Master Mason in this Lodge December 3, 1879. His earthly troubles and 
 sufferings ended forever August 7, 1892, and through the kindness of the 
 brethren of Keokuk, who took such exquisite care of his remains and the 
 courtesies which they extended, Bro. John McLean was enabled to convey 
 the body back to his home for burial. 
 
 Another life member of this lodge, Bro. Wm. Heap, was the next to 
 leave us. He was made a Master Mason in this Lodge September 14, 1870. 
 He was summoned to a higher sphere September 8, 1902. 
 
 Bro. Gustave F. Dahlgren, who was elected to membership in Garden 
 Citv, December 17, 1890, after an illness of but one day, died September 14, 
 1892. 
 
 The next whose eyes closed forever in that sleep which knows no waking 
 was Bro. James A. Mulford. Bro. Mulford affiliated with us April 2, 1890. 
 He died November 12, 1892. On the following Sabbath morning we dis- 
 patched his remains, in the loving care of his immediate relatives, to his 
 boyhood's home in Newark, New Jersey. 
 
 The last one to be cut down by the all-devouring scythe of time was Bro. 
 David Murray. He was made a Master Mason in Scotland, and affiliated 
 with us March 20, 1892. He was taken sick with lung trouble; his physician 
 told him he could not live. He made a pitiful appeal through me to the 
 Lodge that he might die at home and we were enabled, through the kindness 
 of Bro. Ed Hughes, to send him and his little family back to Glasgow, 
 Scotland, where, surrounded by the friends of his youth, he fell peacefully to 
 sleep forever. 
 
 "Peace to their ashes; eternal rest to their souls." 
 
 I wish also to extend my sincere thanks to several distinguished brethren, 
 not members of this Lodge. At our afternoon specials, when the work is 
 most arduous and I might say monotonous, it has been my pleasure to see 
 on several occasions the Grand Junior Warden of the State, R. W. Bro. 
 Edward Cook. Garden City has but four honorary members, but that Bro. 
 Cook might feel more at home among us, if this is possible, at our last 
 stated communication the Lodge unanimously elected him to honorary mem- 
 bership. 
 
 Every Master of this Lodge, who has preceded me in the last few years, 
 I venture to say, has felt the same debt of gratitude which I feel towards 
 W. Bro. Amsden, of La Grange. He has been so constant and attentive in his 
 work and attendance for the last three years, that several of the old 
 members thought he was a member of this Lodge. I thought if he was not 
 he should be, and the Lodge agreeing with me, he also was unanimously 
 elected to honorary membership. 
 
 A worthy brother, whose face is one of the first I look for at our after- 
 noon specials, dropped into the Secretary's office one day last week and de- 
 manded (in my hearing) and in no uncertain tones a receipt in full for his 
 dues to date. He said he was going to quit us. A bright little Lodge at the 
 
30 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 terminal of the Ogden Avenue cars, called Columbia, weaned him away from 
 us and elected him Master; but the members of the Garden City thought they 
 could not afford to lose W. Bro. Marshall and his valued services altogether, 
 and they elected him also an honorary member. 
 
 Last, but not least, the gratitude of the Lodge found expression when 
 they elected, at the request of the Master, to honorary membership R. W. 
 Bro. Chas. L. Bliss, one of the youngest Deputy Grand Lecturers in the 
 State. I felt I could not go out of office without conveying to R. W. Bro. 
 Bliss this mark of our appreciation of him both as a friend and a Mason. 
 
 * * * 
 
 And now, brethren, I wish to say a few words in regard to the principal 
 business which brought us together this eve — the election of officers. I made 
 the statement a year ago that one year was enough for a Master in a Lodge 
 such as Garden City, and that the officers would not work so harmoniously 
 together as if it was an understood fact, an unwritten law, that e.xcept in 
 extraordinary' cases, the officers were to he advanced every year — your offi- 
 cers in line are all capable, earnest men and Masons. Advance them, 
 then, that I may have the honor of being the first to establish a precedent for 
 this, one of my pet ideas. And now, dear friends, allow me to thank you, one 
 and all, for the consideration with which you have overlooked my mistakes 
 and defects. I assure you that they have been mistakes of the head and not 
 of the heart. I return to you the working tools which you placed in my 
 hands a year ago. and I assure you that though I know not what the future 
 may have in store for me, I shall always consider it the proudest and hap- 
 piest moment of my life the evening I was installed Master of the old Garden 
 City. FRANK R. SHERRARD, Master. 
 
 It will be noticed that Bro. Sherrard carried out his determina- 
 tion to establish the precedent of a one-year term for the Master- 
 ship, and though he could have been re-elected, he absolutely re- 
 fused. Those of us who are intimate with the history of the Lodge 
 during the past ten years since that plan has been adhered to will 
 fully sustain him in his argument in its favor. It has in this Lodge, 
 as it has in all such large Lodges, proved generally to be a great 
 success. 
 
 1893. 
 
 Bro. Robert A. Smith, who was ]\Iaster during the ever mem- 
 orable }ear of 1893, the year of the \Yorld's Fair, was born in 
 Galena, Illinois, April 10, 1857, where he resided until after the War 
 of the Rebellion, when he came to Chicago with his father. Gen. 
 John C. Smith, who was subsequently Grand ]\I aster of Masons in 
 this State. 
 
 Robert was engaged with his father until a few years since, when 
 he went to the city of Fairhaven, Washington, and there established 
 the Sehome Canning Company, of which he is the President. 
 
 He was made a Master Mason in this Lodge December 5, 1888, 
 and was J. D. in 1889, S. D. in 1890, J. W. in 1891 and S. W. in 
 1892. He still retains his membership in this Lodge. For some 
 
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 years before removing from this city he was an active participant 
 in the ceremonies of the A. A. Scottish Rite and was crowned an 
 honorary member of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third degree, Sep- 
 tember 19, 1893. 
 
 The following is from his address to the Lodge : 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, December 20, 1893. 
 Wardens, Officers and Brethren of Garden City Lodge: 
 
 Five years ago, by the "will and pleasure of the Worshipful Master," Bro. 
 John W. Kleckner, I assumed the duties of "carrying messages from the 
 Senior Warden in the West to the Junior Warden in the South," and the 
 next year I was promoted to the right hand of the Worshipful Master in 
 the East. The following year, by the kindness of the Craft, I took my 
 station in the South. Next, I assisted the Worshipful Master to open and 
 close his Lodge, and acted as paymaster, that there might be no strike among 
 the workmen. A year ago you honored me by calling me to the East to 
 occupy the Oriental chair, and to-night, after five years of service as an officer, 
 I rise to address you, and to summarize the work done during the year. 
 
 I feel like repeating the opening of the able address delivered last year by 
 W. Bro. Frank R. Sherrard, in which he tells you of the awe and delight 
 with which he assumed his station in the East. Awe, that the great and 
 important duties and responsibilities connected with the administration of the 
 affairs of a Lx)dge of this Ancient and Honorable Fraternity devolved upon 
 him. Delight, which he could not e.xpress, of being the Worshipful Master 
 of "Old Garden City," second only in number to any Lodge in the Grand 
 Jurisdiction of Illinois. No inan kneels at yonder altar and takes upon him- 
 self the obligation of a Master without feeling that same great awe and de- 
 light. Frank and I also felt that our work would be compared with that of 
 those earnest, efficient and brilliant workers who had preceded us, and with 
 the records of such distinguished workers as Bros. John, Kleckner, McCall, 
 Russell and Barnard, it might well make us fear the comparison. We have 
 done our best and leave the result with the brethren. 
 
 January 4th the newly elected officers were installed by M. W. Bro. Gen. 
 John C. Smith. W. Bro. Sherrard, the retiring Master, was duly clothed 
 as a Past Master, and in token of the esteem and brotherly love of the 
 members of the Lodge was presented with a handsome Templar ring. The 
 work of the Lodge continued without anything worthy of notice until March 
 2gth, when we had the pleasure and honor of breaking the Masonic record 
 of work done in one day. On that day we raised to the Sublime degree 
 of Master Mason twenty brother Fellow Crafts. It was an occasion to be long 
 remembered, and one we can well feel proud of. 
 
 April 19th was the last meeting of Garden City Lodge in Oriental Hall, 
 which had been our home for over twenty years. To us younger members, 
 perhaps, that did not mean much, but to Bros. Barnard, McCall and many of 
 the older members, it was like starting out anew. In fact, the two brothers 
 just mentioned went there several times before they realized we had moved. 
 
 May 3d was the first meeting in this beautiful room, our new home. 
 The occasion was taken advantage of to pass work and spend a pleasant 
 social evening. The Lodge was addressed by M. W. Bro. Smith, R. W. Bros. 
 Barnard and John, W. Bros. McCall, Bateham, Marshall, Sherrard and 
 others. The handsome History of the Lodge was also presented to the 
 members. The first work done after occupying our new hall was at the 
 following meeting, May loth, when we conferred the Entered Apprentice 
 degree, and desiring to compliment that faithful and earnest worker, W. 
 Bro. Henry McCall, I called him to the East. Bro. McCall also conferred 
 
33 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 the first degrees of Fellow Craft and Master Mason in this Lodge in the 
 Masonic Temple. 
 
 June 2ist we worked our first degree of Master Mason in the Temple. 
 Seven Fellow Crafts were raised during the afternoon and one at night. At 
 the close of the work refreshments were served in the banquet hall. We 
 had many of our distinguished visitors with us on this occasion. 
 
 At our meeting July 26th, those handsome book-marks used in the "Great 
 Light in Masonry" were presented to the Lodge by Bro. Secretary Barnard, 
 in the name and on behalf of his daughter, Miss Annie ; the thanks of the 
 Lodge were conveyed to her by direction of your Master. 
 
 Our work continued during the remainder of the year much better than 
 we had reason to expect. I said at the first of the year that we could not 
 look for much more than to finish what work had been left over from the 
 previous year, as I felt that the World's Columbian Exposition would de- 
 prive us of many who might wish to join the Order, but would delay doing 
 so till next year. The financial troubles we have passed through, which 
 were unexpected, also has had their effect, and I think we can well con- 
 gratulate ourselves upon the record we have made. One hundred and fif- 
 teen degrees were conferred ; thirty-six brothers raised to the Sublime de- 
 gree of Master Mason. 
 
 One of the many pleasures I have had was that of making a Mason of Bro. 
 Edward L. Johnson on his birthday, November 8th, when he became twenty- 
 one years of age. He is the son of Bro. Robert ^I. Johnson, an old mem- 
 ber, and a Past S. W. of Garden City Lodge. 
 
 "The badge of a Mason" was presented to Bro. Ed. by our Secretary, and, 
 on behalf of his father and mother, M. W. Bro. John C. Smith presented 
 him with a beautiful gold watch and chain, and I do not believe that Ed. 
 will ever forget the words of good counsel and advice given him by those 
 two old veterans. 
 
 The financial exhibit will be made by the Secretary, and, considering the 
 heavy expense we have been to during the year, caused by the increased 
 number of meetings, the evei- recurring calls for assistance, the printing of 
 the History of the Lodge, etc., we have done well. 
 
 "Leaves have their time to fall. 
 
 And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, 
 And stars to set — but all. 
 Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!" 
 
 On January 2, 1893, the summons came to Bro. Andrew H. Dalton, re- 
 siding at Dalton Station, Cook county. The weather being so cold and 
 stormy at the time, religious services only were held at the house, and the 
 body placed in a vault till spring. Bro. Dalton was an old member of 
 Garden City Lodge, having been raised September 2, 1868. 
 
 December 9, 1872, Bro. George F. Johnson was raised to the Sublime de- 
 gree of Master Mason in Garden City Lodge. He was an active and effi- 
 cient worker in his day, and a Past S. W. Bro. Johnson died at Tiskilwa, 
 Illinois, August 5, 1893. 
 
 Bro. Robert O. Millar was made a Master Mason in St. John's Lodge, 
 N. 153, of New Orleans, Louisiana; affiliated in Garden City Lodge May 25, 
 1878; died August 12, 1893. Bro. Millar was best known by the older mem- 
 bers of the Lodge, as of late years he had not been a regular attendant at 
 our meetings. 
 
 Charles W. Vernon, born May 18. 1853. Made a Master Mason in Olney 
 Lodge, No. 140, Olney, Illinois ; afBliated in Garden City Lodge, March 19, 
 1890; died at his home in Chicago September 19, 1893. Such is the brief 
 history of Bro. "Charlie" Vernon. One of those quiet, earnest workers in 
 Masonry, whose voice is seldom heard in the Lodge, but whose hearty 
 greeting and handshake always made the visiting brother feel at home. 
 
BRO GKORGE MlWI LLIA JIS. 
 Master iSSs. 
 
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GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 33 
 
 Whenever Charlie was present he made it his duty to seek out the visitor 
 and introduce him to the officers and members of the Lodge, and to do all 
 in his power to make the visit a pleasant one. 
 
 The Supreme Tyler, by order of the Grand Architect of the Universe, 
 served the dread summons upon Bro. Vernon, while still in his prime and 
 with many years of usefulness before him. 
 
 On Sunday, September 23, 1893, an emergent communication was held, 
 and the Lodge proceeded to the late home of Bro. Vernon, where, escorted 
 by Chicago Commandery, No. 19, K. T. and Wiley M. Egan Chapter, No. 
 126, R. A. M. and followed by a large number of members of the Royal 
 Arcanum and other Orders, of which Bro. Vernon was a member, we pro- 
 ceeded to the church, where, after the church services, the Masonic cere- 
 monies were conducted at my request by W. Bro. John W. Kleckner, who 
 was an old personal friend of Charlie's. At the close the body was con- 
 veyed to the Illinois Central depot and sent to his old home. Flora, Illinois. 
 
 Again, on October loth, I called the Lodge together in emergent com- 
 munication for the purpose of performing the last sad duties of Masonry 
 over our deceased Bro. Samuel Tomlinson, who had died October 8, 1893. 
 Bro. Tomlinson was born December 29, 1836; affiliated in Garden City Lodge 
 September, 1871 ; at rest in Oakwoods October 10, 1893. He was for many 
 years employed in the shops of the Illinois Central railroad. He leaves a 
 wife and daughter. 
 
 Who of us will ever forget the feeling of horror and surprise with which 
 we heard the news, on the evening of October 28th, that "Our Carter" had 
 been stricken down at his home by the hand of a vile assassin? 
 
 Coming home after having spent a pleasant, happy day at the "White 
 City," enjoying his evening meal, surrounded by his loved ones, retiring 
 to his library for a brief rest, he was called to his door by a visitor, who, 
 without warning, shot him down. Words fail me to express the just 
 anger felt by all. 
 
 Carter Henry Harrison was si.xty-seven years of age, and was made a 
 Master Mason in Garden City Lodge July 31, 1878. 
 
 His history for many years past has been the history of Chicago, the city 
 he was so proud of. He was serving his fifth term as Mayor, and was known 
 the world over. 
 
 The funeral was the largest one ever known in Chicago, and necessarily 
 being a public one, the Craft did not participate. 
 
 November 9th Bro. Barnard received a telegram from East St. Louis an- 
 nouncing the death of John I. Collins, a member of this Lodge, who had 
 been killed the night before. Bro. Collins was made a Master Mason in this 
 Lodge, June 16, 1886. 
 
 And now, brethren, let each 
 
 "So live that when thy summons comes to join 
 The innumerable caravan, which moves 
 To that mysterious realm, where each shall take 
 His chamber in the silent halls of death. 
 Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night. 
 Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed 
 By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave 
 Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 
 About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." 
 
 What can I say to you, brethren, of the visitors we have had with us 
 this year? You all know that Garden City Lodge has been especially favored 
 in this respect, for which we are indebted to that distinguished Freemason, 
 M. W. Bro. John C. Smith, P. G. M., whose extensive acquaintance among 
 the brethren abroad has been the means of bringing them to our Lodge. 
 
34 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Personall}', I am under many obligations to hira for the handsome manner 
 in which he has assisted me in extending to these brethren the hospitalities 
 of our Lodge. One of the great difficulties I have labored under was that 
 of not being able to express myself in suitable words, but upon all occa- 
 sions our brother has spoken for me, so as to leave no doubt in the mmds 
 of our visitors of the warm welcome we gave them. 
 
 We have had with us Masons from almost every part of the world, 
 and to mention them all would be to copy the register. I name a few: Bro. 
 Baron de Bush of London, England ; that Malay Prince, Dato Abdul Rah- 
 man, Johore, Singapore, India: Bro. Robert Levy, Constantinople, Turkey; 
 Bro. Elias S. Farah, Alexandria, Egypt: Bro. H. J. De Forrest, Australia; 
 R. W. Bro. Herbert G. E. Green, Provincial Grand Secretary, Yorkshire, 
 England; Bro. Thos. Robb of Scotland; Brother the Rev. J. A. Lloyd, Past 
 Grand Chaplain, Grand Lodge of England; Bro. Col. George Hicks, Jamaica, 
 VV, L, an old friend and companion-in-arms during the late war of M. W. 
 Bro. Smith; R. W. Bro. Stevens, D. D. G. M., of Canada; R. W. Bro. 
 Jos. Emanuel X. Leon, W. Bro. Alex. Robertson and Bro. E. Haughton 
 Sanguinetti of Jamaica, W. L ; R. W. Bro. Sir Henry Trueman Wood, 
 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Grand Lodge of England; and 
 of the brethren of the glorious old United States of America, we have had 
 Grand Masters, Deputy Grand Masters, Grand Secretaries and Past Grand 
 Officers without number. I will mention : M. W. Bro. W. C. Swain, Grand 
 Master of Wisconsin ; M. W. Bro. G. W. Bolton, Grand Master of Louisi- 
 ana; M. W. Bro. S. Stacker Williams, Grand Master of Ohio; R. W. Bro. 
 Wm. R. Bowen, Nebraska; R. W. Bro. Loyal L. Munn, Illinois. 
 
 Many years ago the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of Illinois and 
 the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of England disagreed, and, while 
 they did not sever Masonic imcrcourse, both withdrew their representa- 
 tives. This year the trouble u.is healed, and both Grand bodies resumed 
 fraternal relations and appointed representatives. We were unable to se- 
 cure a visit from the representative of the Grand Lodge of Illinois near 
 the Grand East of England, Bro. Walter Henry Harris, as his engage- 
 ments were such he could not leave on a Wednesday night, but we did 
 have the honor of being the first to welcome the representative of the Grand 
 Lodge of England near the Grand East of our Grand Lodge. 
 
 Brethren, perhaps some of us do not realize the eiifect that these little 
 acts of courtesy have on the welfare of a Lodge, but I assure you they are 
 appreciated, and many letters have since been received from afar, showing 
 that Garden City Lodge will always be spoken of and remembered. 
 
 At my request the Lodge was pleased to elect to honorary membership 
 R. W. Bro. Walter Henry Harris and Sir Henrj' Trueman Wood, both of 
 London, England. 
 
 "Foot to foot! on mercy's errand. 
 
 When we hear a Mason cry. 
 Hungry, thirsty, naked, homeless. 
 
 Let us heed and let us fly; 
 And whate'er his pain or grief. 
 Bring him full and quick relief." 
 
 We have had many calls for assistance during the year, not only from our 
 own members, but from brethren who came to the city expecting that the 
 Exposition would give employment to thousands, only to find tens of thou- 
 sands to fill the positions. All of them have been taken care of, and such 
 relief given as in the judgment of your officers was proper. Our own sick 
 and distressed are being looked after, and none are allowed to sufifer. I 
 fear the next six months will be a heavy drain on the Lodge, as it will 
 be well into the summer before business recovers. I am pleased to say 
 that whenever the home Lodge of a brother has been notified of the distress 
 of one of its members, it has most nobly responded. One case in particular 
 
■FROM GARDEN CITY LODGE. No, 141, A. F. N: A. M, to JOHN D. MACLKAN. TREASURER 
 
 FROM 1S74 TO \>.q6:' 
 And he is wearing it vet as the Trea-^urer. as he will probably continue to do so Ions- as he 
 
 will accept the office. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I 35 
 
 I wish to refer to, where a Bridgeport, Connecticut, Lodge promptly re- 
 sponded to a call from a member whom they had not heard from in twenty 
 years, and directed me to give him the best attention and care until his 
 family could be notified of his condition. The brother died a few days ago 
 and his remains were sent East to his old home. 
 
 The non-support given by the Lodges of this city to the Masonic Board 
 of Relief, caused that Board to dissolve early in May, since which time the 
 few down-town Lodges have had the majority of the calls. It is not right. 
 In a large city like this the only proper way is for just such an organization 
 as we had where all the bodies should contribute per capita, and where all 
 calls could and would be investigated, the impostors detected, and the 
 worthy looked after. I fear, however, judging from the past, that it will 
 not be done until the Grand Lodge enacts a law recognizing a Relief Board 
 in Chicago, with power to assess the Lodges. 
 
 THANKS. 
 
 I would fail in my duties should I close my address this evening with- 
 out returning thanks to the members of the Lodge, to the officers and to 
 members individually. 
 
 To the members for their kind consideration, their orderly attention at 
 all meetings and the respect shown their Master, and for their patience 
 when sent out night after night on committee work, many of the brothers 
 spending most of the evening examining visiting brethren. I remember one 
 night when we had nearly forty committees out. I wish also to thank those 
 brethren who have acted as Fellow Crafts and Guards when working the 
 third degree. 
 
 To all the officers, for the hearty support they have given me during the 
 year, at their posts every meeting, bright, active and correct workers. It 
 has been my boast that I had the finest line of officers that any Master ever 
 had, even in Garden City Lodge. Every one of them able to open and 
 close the Lodge and confer all the degrees ; this result has been brought 
 about by the labors of R. W. Bro. John and W. Bro. Kleckner, who for 
 years have taken great delight in teaching the standard work. Again I could 
 quote from W. Bro. Sherrard, and, like him, say that W. Bro. Kleckner knows 
 I cannot find words to thank him for the way he has so unselfishly aided me 
 during the piast year. To W. Bro. McCall, for his constant attendance, 
 and his willingness to serve wherever placed. His record of attendance 
 is still unbroken. 
 
 And to that grand old war horse and laborer in the field of Masonry, our 
 worthy and eflScient Secretary, whom we all love and call "Gil," I can only 
 saj', that while I thought I had known him for years, I must confess I only 
 became acquainted last January. He has been the pillar of Beauty, of 
 Strength and Wisdom for me, at all times working for the best interest of 
 the Lodge, and ready for any work whenever called upon by the Master. 
 I always found him pleasant and good-natured, except perhaps when I 
 insisted that one of the prerogatives of the Master was to share the con- 
 tents of that tin box on his desk, or the "ink bottle," now so well known. 
 God bless him; and may he live many years to serve the Lodge and Order 
 he loves so well. 
 
 And now brethren, I am done. In a few days more I shall hand over 
 to my successor the gavel, and take my place in the ranks of Past Masters, 
 and I assure you I will always feel proud of the fact that I presided over 
 old Garden City. Fraternally, 
 
 ROBT. A. SMITH, Master. 
 
 It 
 
 Bro. Charles E. Hempstead was in the East during 1894. He 
 was born in Galena, Illinois, June 6, 1867, and came to this city and 
 
36 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 was employed in the mercantile business. He was made a M. ^I- 
 September i8, 1889, and served in several positions before bemg 
 elected Master. Unfortunate in business and personal relations 
 he lost his membership in this Lodge in October, 1901. He made an 
 excellent officer, as can be seen by the following from his annual 
 address : 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, December 19, 1894. 
 
 Brethren — One year ago you honored me by electing me to the East, 
 and now I rise to give you a brief resume of the year's work. 
 
 Garden City Lodge was organized forty-one years ago, since which time 
 there have been about 2,625 degrees conferred, and we have had in all 
 1,003 members. Of the 165 who joined in the first decade, 1853 to 1S63, there 
 are but thirteen who retain their membership with us. The oldest con- 
 tinuous membership is that of Bro. C. H. Lillibridge,* dating from April 
 29, 1857. Bro. H. L. Cleveland* was made a }iIason in this Lodge ]\Iarch 
 12, 1856, but was not a member for several years. Next to Bro. Lillibridge 
 comes Bro. David Coey, who was raised April 30, 1857 ; then comes 
 W. Bro. H. j\L Wilcox* December 30th of the same year; then W. Bro. 
 W. B. Bateham,* June 30, 1858 ; James Barrell, February 16, 1859, who are 
 all that remain of those who joined previous to i860. 
 
 F. W. Mueller. Henry Neuberger, i860 ; James Wright, 1861 ; J. B. St9rey'* 
 John Snitzer, 1862; John Delap,* P. C. Dickens, 1863, make up the thirteen 
 mentioned above. 
 
 (While it is true that Bro. H. L. Cleveland is the oldest member in the 
 date of initiation , Bro. Daniel Coey has the record of continuous member- 
 ship, since April 30, 1857.) 
 
 Fifteen years ago we had a membership of 200, and there were eight 
 Lodges in Chicago with a larger membership. To-day we have a mem- 
 bership of 484, and there is but one Lodge in the State of Illinois with a 
 larger membership. 
 
 On December 27, 1893, the officers for 1894 were installed by M. W. Bro. 
 J. C. Smith, assisted by W. Bro. Henry McCall as ^Marshal, and Bro. A. M. 
 Stout as Chaplain. Nothing worthy of note occurred until April 4th, when 
 W. Bro. Henry McCall conferred the third degree on his only son, Henrv 
 McCall. 
 
 The night of June 27th, we conferred the third degree before M. W. 
 Grand Master of Masons of the State of Illinois, Bro. Leroy A. Goddard. 
 
 October 3d was a night long to be remembered in Garden City Lodge, 
 as we conferred the third degree before the representatives of the Grand 
 Lodge. There were also present representatives of over two hundred 
 Lodges, numbering in all over five hundred. 
 
 November 7th was one of the most enjoyable nights of the year, it being 
 Past Masters' night. The Lodge was also visited that night bv M. \V. 
 Grand Master of Masons of the State of Illinois, Bro. Leroy A. "Goddard. 
 On the same evening Bro. E. E. Bast was presented with the prize, ofiFered 
 by W. Bro. Sherrard, for the brother selling the greatest number of tickets 
 for the picnic for the benefit of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home. Bro. 
 J. R. Eaton received the prize offered by W. Bro. Barnard for the brother 
 selling the next largest number of tickets. 
 
 On November 14th we had the pleasure of making Masons of sons of 
 three of the old members of Garden City Lodge, namely sons of Bros. 
 Arthur Dixon, G. F. Kolbe and Henry C. Scriba. 
 
 *Died since. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 37 
 
 No Master of Garden City Lodge has had better support from the officers 
 and members than I have had, and no Master has had a corps of oificers 
 who have been more proficient in the work. Every officer from the Senior 
 Warden down to the Marshal, can confer either one of the degrees, and I 
 consider that this capability is due to the precedent started by W. Bro. 
 Sherrard, and continued by W. Bro. Smith, in advancing the line of offi- 
 cers. This policy has also had its good effect on the amount of work done, 
 and it is with pride that I can say that this has been the most prosperous 
 year Garden City Lodge has ever had. 
 
 We have conferred 128 degrees and raised forty-four to the Sublime de- 
 gree of Master Mason, and made a net gain in membership of forty-four. 
 
 For the financial condition, I refer you to the Secretary's and Treasurer's 
 reports, which have been audited by the Finance Committee. Considering 
 the numerous calls for assistance we have had, it makes a splendid show- 
 ing. We expended for charity alone $1,942.60. 
 
 The dread messenger of death summoned five members of Garden City 
 Lodge during the past year : 
 
 On December 15, 1893, Bro. R. W. Reedy. 
 
 On February 23, 1894, Bro. F. C Lomax. 
 
 On June 24, 1894. Bro. J. W. Maurer. 
 
 On August 8, 1894, Bro. J. M. Stiles. 
 
 On November 13, 1894, Bro. W. T, Phelps. 
 
 May their souls rest in peace, "in that house not made with hands, eternal 
 in the Heavens." 
 
 On January 30th Masonry lost a sincere and enthusiastic worker, W. 
 Bro. John R. Hodson, an honorary member of this Lodge. 
 
 I now wish to thank the brethren and officers for the hearty support they 
 have given me. and to especially thank W. Bro. Barnard, W. Bro. Kleckner 
 and W. Bro. McCall for their advice and hearty assistance. 
 
 In a few days my successor will have been installed, and I will take my 
 place in the ranks, always ready to be of service to Garden City Lodge. 
 
 CHARLES E. HEMPSTEAD, Master. 
 
 1895. 
 
 Bro. Herbert A. Rogers, who succeeded to the Oriental chair 
 in 1895, was when in good health one of our most active, energetic 
 Masters. He was born in Strykersville, New York, on the 27th of 
 July, 1857. After arriving in Chicago he was employed in the print- 
 ing and publishing business until the time of his death, October 25, 
 1902. His funeral was under the auspices of this Lodge, and all 
 who knew him regretted the untimely and unfortunate close of his 
 life. 
 
 He joined Garden City Lodge in 1890, received the third degree 
 the 3d of September of that year, and served in most of the minor 
 offices with distinction and ability. He had this to say of his ad- 
 ministration at the close of his services as Master: 
 
 From the East of G.\rden City Lodge, No. 141. A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, December 18, 1895. 
 Brethren— It is with regret that I rise to-night to give vou a short ac- 
 count of the year's work as Master of Garden City Lodge— regret that this 
 evening my successor as Master will be elected and in a short time I will 
 
38 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 be retired to the rank of Past Master, and from this time on I am not to 
 be an active worker in the Lodge. For six years I have been one of your 
 officers — since January i, 1890, when under R. W. Bro. James John I 
 was invested with the jewel of Senior Steward, and from then until now 
 I have been an officer of your Lodge. I cannot say, as some of my 
 predecessors have said, that "they were filled with awe at the thought of 
 having been elected Master of Garden City Lodge." I knew that the time 
 had come when the care and responsibilities of the Lodge were in my 
 hands for safe keeping, and as to the service I have given you for your 
 confidence in me I leave for your judgment. 
 
 I can assure you that my prospects were not the brightest when I took 
 the chair as Master on December 26, 1894 ; the Lodge was opened and one 
 candidate elected, which was all the work in sight with the exception of 
 two petitions on the way. The Lodge then called off for public installa- 
 tion of officers for 1895 by M. W. Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, Grand Master ; 
 W. Bro. Ira J. Mix as Deputy Grand Master ; W. Bro. Wm. B. Bateharn 
 as Grand Chaplain ; W. Bro. Henry McCall as Grand Marshal. There were 
 over one thousand people present. After the installation the evening was 
 passed in dancing and progressive euchre, and all who were present voted 
 the installation a grand success. On January 4th Garden City Lodge lost 
 its oldest living member, Bro. Clark H. Lillibridge. who died at Auburn, 
 California, and was buried with Masonic honors. He was made a Master 
 Mason in this Lodge April 29, 1857. 
 
 Nothing of importance occurred until March 13th, when the third de- 
 gree was conferred on eight candidates. 
 
 On Monday evening, April 8th, on invitation of W. Bro. J. L. Brew- 
 ster, the officers and workers, accompanied by M. W. Bro. Leroy A. God- 
 dard, G. M., and :\I. W. Bro. DeWitt C. Cregier, P. G. M. ; W. Bros. John 
 W. Kleckner, Robert A. Smith, Chas. E. Hempstead, Lyman J. Amsden 
 and some twenty of the members of the Lodge, journeyed northward to 
 Waukegan, where the third degree was conferred in full by the officers 
 and workers of Garden City Lodge, it being one of the largest gatherings 
 held in Waukegan Lodge, and our welcome was a royal one. 
 
 On April 24th we conferred the third degree on four candidates, also 
 May 29th on seven candidates, and again, June 26th, on eight candidates, 
 making a total of twenty-six raised to the Sublime degree of Master Mason 
 the first six months. There were three prizes offered for the sale of picnic 
 tickets for the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, Bro. Jesse R. Eaton re- 
 ceiving the first prize given by the Lodge, Bro. H. C. Scriba receiving the 
 second prize given by the Master and Bro. Finegold receiving the third 
 prize given by Bro. Bast, S. D. 
 
 July 31st was a night long to be remembered by myself, it being the 
 occasion of a third degree, and I had made up my mind that we would not 
 have the quartette or cigars, as had been the custom. Brethren, perhaps 
 you can imagine my surprise when the candidate entered the Lodge to 
 hear the quartette in their usual song at that time, and when the Lodge 
 was called off to see the members of the quartette passing around the 
 cigars. I could not understand it, as I had not ordered either, but a little 
 later it was said it was a surprise party for my benefit, and I can assure 
 you it was a very successful one. The Lexington quartette furnished the 
 music and Bro. Hiram L. Wiltse the cigars, all of which were thoroughly 
 enjoyed. 
 
 On September 25th Garden City Lodge tendered M. W. Bro. John 
 Corson Smith a reception. There were over three hundred members 
 and visitors present. It is not often a Lodge is honored as was Garden 
 City that night by three such distinguished men and Masons as M. W 
 Bro. John Corson Smith, P. G. M. ; M. W. Bro. DeWitt C. Cregier, P. G. M. ; 
 and M. W. Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, G. M., and a more enjoyable evening 
 is seldom passed than was the one of September 25th in our Lodge room, 
 
PRESENTED TO GIL. W. BARNARD BY GARDEN CITY LODGE, No. 141. A, F & A. >L 
 
 SECRETARY 1S79 TO 1.S97.- 
 
 When he retired in 1 901 lie piesented it to this Lodge as the official jewel of the ofiice of Secretary. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 39 
 
 and those who listened to the experiences of General Smith in his tour 
 around the world were well repaid. 
 
 October 2d was another night long to be remembered by the members 
 of Garden City Lodge, when the third degree was conferred before the 
 members of the Grand Lodge, there being between six and seven hundred 
 members present, and about two hundred and fifty Lodges represented. 
 Again we were honored by the distinguished members of the Craft — the 
 M. W., the Grand Master, Bro. Leroy A. Goddard ; the Grand Master- 
 Elect, M. W. Bro. Owen Scott; the Grand Senior Warden-Elect, R. W. 
 Bro. C. F. Hitchcock and the Grand Junior Warden-Elect, R. W. 
 Bro. Geo. M. Moulton, several members of the Board of Grand Exam- 
 iners and a large number of Deputy Grand Lecturers. 
 
 On October 17th the officers and workers of this Lodge accepted the 
 invitation of Thomas J. Turner Lodge and conferred the third degree in 
 full for them. There were about three hundred present. 
 
 On October 30th occurred another of Garden City's many enjoyable 
 occasions — Past Masters' night — and with one or two exceptions every liv- 
 ing Past Master was present. Brethren, when the Lodge was called up 
 to receive them as introduced by R. W. ]3ro. Barnard, few of those present 
 realized that as I welcomed them from the East, that standing at the altar 
 W. Bro. Wm. B. Bateham welcomed others from the East thirty-four years 
 before in this Lodge, before other of the Past Masters at the altar had seen 
 the light of day. It is unnecessary for me to say anything regarding the 
 third degree work of the evening but to quote the records of the event 
 as recorded by Brother Secretary : "The Lodge was then turned over to 
 W. Bro. McCall and his ancients." 
 
 Another enjoyable feature of the evening was the presentation by M. W. 
 Bro. Gen. John Corson Smith, P. G. M., to M. W. Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, 
 P. G. M., a certificate of honorary membership in Garden City Lodge, and 
 I can assure you it was a genuine surprise to him. There were over four 
 hundred present to enjoy the evening. We have conferred 153 degrees this 
 year and raised fifty-one Master Masons, making an average of three 
 degrees for each meeting. There has never been in the history of the Lodge, 
 in any year, as many raised to the degree of Master Mason as in the year 
 1895, we having made in that lime a net gain in membership of thirty-one. 
 We now have a membership of 515. 
 
 The financial statement of the Lodge you will find in the Secretary's 
 and Treasurer's reports. As you are well aware, the last year has been 
 financially a hard one, and the calls for aid have never exceeded those of 
 this year. It has been financially a hard year for the Lodge, there having 
 been e.xpended for charity alone $1,831.90. 
 
 The Messenger of Death has called from earthly cares nine members 
 of Garden City Lodge during the past year, viz : 
 January 3d, John Delap. 
 January 4th, Clark H. Lillibridge. 
 February 5th, Geo. L. Cross. 
 March 28th, Frank W. Sonnenberg. 
 April 17th, Edward A. Harrison. 
 May 13th, Frederick Solomon and Wm. P. Beem. 
 August 26th, Alex. M. Stout. 
 November 30th, Bro. Joseph M. Watte. 
 "May the blessings of heaven be with them." 
 
 I now wish to thank the brethren and officers for the support they have 
 given me, for no Master has been more fortunate than I in a good corps 
 of officers who are most proficient in their work. To my predecessors' ad- 
 vice of advancing your line of officers is due the fact that we have well- 
 posted officers, and I can but echo their advice "advance your line of of- 
 ficers," they are all capable and deserving of advancement. Especially do 
 I wish to thank W. Bros. Kleckner, McCall, Hempstead and Amsden for 
 
40 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 their many kindnesses; but to W. Bro. Barnard, our venerable Secretary, 
 I do not know what to say except "thank you," for his kind advice, which 
 any Master of Garden City Lodge may well feel proud to receive, and it is 
 always readv for him if asked for. It is his words of wisdom that set us 
 all in the right path, and to find words that will bespeak my appreciation 
 of his kindness is an impossibility, therefore I trust he will accept the 
 "two words" as a token of my regard. 
 
 In a short time I will surrender my emblem of authority to my suc- 
 cessor and retire to the honorable ranks, where you will find me ever ready 
 to answer a call to be of service to Garden City Lodge, and I trust that 
 any errors I may have made (and I have made some) you will overlook 
 and forgive. Thanking you, one and all, for your kindness and the high 
 honor you have conferred on me, I am, Fraternally yours, 
 
 H. A. ROGERS, Master. 
 
 1896. 
 
 The successor of Bro. Rogers was one who made a marked im- 
 pression on its members from his first entrance in 1891, having 
 been made a M. M. May 20th of that year. Bro. George H. Vau- 
 pell was born in this county July 15, 1859, studied for and grad- 
 uated as a physician and is now practicing that profession. He is 
 also engaged in the drug business. He has an interesting family of 
 wife and two children. After filling some of the subordinate posi- 
 tions he was elected Master in 1S96 and proved to be a most ac- 
 ceptable and efficient officer. After passing the chair he still con- 
 tinued active in our affairs, being frequently called to preside in 
 conferring degrees. \\'hen the writer retired from the Secretary- 
 ship Bro. \'aupell was selected to fill the place, which he has done 
 most effectually for three years. His address as Master shows the 
 salient points of the Lodge's history during his administration. 
 
 Bro. Vaupell is a "jiner," being a member and officer in York 
 Chapter, No. 148, R. A. IM., a member of Chicago Commandery, 
 No. 19, K. T., Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S., Thirty-second, and 
 a number of fraternities outside of the Masonic family. 
 
 From the E.\st of G.^den City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, December 16, 1896. 
 To the Officers and Brethren of Garden City Lodge, No. 141. — Greeting: 
 
 It is with a peculiar feeling of joy and sadness that I arise this evening, 
 the event of the forty-third annual meeting, to render unto you a short 
 account of my stewardship. 
 
 Unbounded joy is afforded me by the recollection of the unusually great 
 number and the perfect way in which the ritualistic work has been con- 
 ducted during my term of office. The harmony and the enthusiastic support 
 of the officers, the working members and the brethren, also cause your 
 Master much pleasure. An additional source of comfort is found in the 
 pleasing recollection that the "Great Reaper" has dealt kindly with our 
 Lodge during 1896, we having lost less than one per cent of the member- 
 ship roll by death. A final source for congratulation is found in the fact 
 that we have not only paid all our expenses this year, but have even been 
 able to increase our reserve fund. 
 
BRO. JOHN' W. KLECKXER. 
 
 Master i-^^y-oo. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 41 
 
 The retiring Master, being human, is filled with sadness by the thought 
 of his forced retirement and banishment from the scenes of active Masonic 
 work; of his being placed upon the honorable list of Past Masters, a noble 
 and useless mass of bric-a-brac, who, although they lend grace arid dig- 
 nity to the Lodge, are nevertheless considered too good or too dignified to 
 engage in the work. 
 
 Again, I am sad because of my own recognized shortcomings as Master 
 of this peerless Lodge, hoping, however, that the brethren will be charitable 
 to my mistakes and consider the actions in the spirit in which they were 
 intended. 
 
 The year 1896 has been a great and glorious one for Garden City, No. 
 141 — not so large in numerical increase as W. Bro. Rogers' year was, but, 
 considering the great financial depression that has existed during the entire 
 year and the political excitement which proved such a heavy handicap to 
 all industries during the last six months. Garden City Lodge has done 
 nobly. We at this date number 551 members, second to Covenant only in 
 numbers, but without a peer in every other respect. 
 
 We have conferred 143 degrees during the year, of which fifty-one 
 were E. A., forty-seven F. C, and have raised forty-five to the Sublime 
 degree of M. M. Our net gain for i8g6 was thirty-six. 
 
 Financially the year has been a hard one. The calls for aid, charity 
 and other assistance have been both numerous and heavy. We have, how- 
 ever, been careful with the finances, have closely examined every call for 
 charity, and have invariably granted the request when it has seemed just 
 and deserving. Thus we have been able not only to pay all our obligations 
 in full, but to leave a surplus of about $140 over the amount with which 
 we commenced the year. The total assets of the Lodge were increased 
 somewhat over $600 during 1896. 
 
 The members are at the present time enjoying good health, and but few 
 are in need of assistance. 
 
 The individualized matters of membership, charity and expense will 
 be more fully taken up in the Secretary's, Treasurer's and Finance Com- 
 mittee's reports, so I will not burden you at this time. 
 
 "We have been called upon to consider the uncertainty of human life'' 
 but five times during the year, certainly a very kind showing for a body of 
 550 men, most of whom have passed the meridian and are now shuffling 
 down the shady side of life. Almost one-half of my administration had 
 passed before the "Dread Messenger" made his first call on Garden City, 
 No. 141. 
 
 On June 3d Bro. A. H. Mahler passed to "that undiscovered country 
 from whose bourne no traveler returns." He was born in Austria, January 
 7, 1848; affiliated with this Lodge March 28, 1894; was buried at Rose Hill 
 Cemetery, June s, 1896. Bro. Mahler was frequently seen in the Lodge- 
 room, and his genial companionship was sadly missed. 
 
 July 6th Bro. Max Kipley was summoned to join the "innumerable cara-. 
 van." He was born in Germany, January i, 1842; was made an M. M. in 
 Garden City Lodge, October 15, 1879, and was buried at Oakwoods Ceme- 
 tery, July 8, 1896. Bro. Kipley, as a man and Mason, was highly respected. 
 
 October 18, 1896, Bro. C. L. Hulke crossed the "dark valley of the shadow 
 of death." He was born in Hanover, Germany, August 24, 1830 ; was made 
 an M. M. in Garden City Lodge, February 18, 1880, and was buried at 
 Waldheim, October 21, 1896. Bro. Hulke's life for the past few years has 
 been far from^ enjoyable on account of serious illness. Let us hope that 
 he has gone "where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary shall 
 find rest." 
 
 November 27, 1896, Bro. H. E. DeCamp was called to eternal rest. He 
 was born at Livmgston, Michigan, August 30, 1847; was made an M. M. 
 m Garden City Lodge, May 5, 1880, and was buried at Rose Hill Ceme- 
 tery, November 29, 1896. 
 
43 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Bro. James B. Storey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 
 l8, 1838; was made an M. M. June 6, 1862; died November 17, 1896, and 
 buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, November 19, 1896. 
 
 These are our dead! May their souls rest in eternal peace! 
 
 At this point I wish to compliment and thank the brethren who have 
 attended the funerals of the various members during the year. While it 
 is a sacred duty we owe to the deceased, yet it is frequently a hardship 
 on the members of the Lodge to brave the cold and storms and long rides 
 to pay their last tributes, and the spirit that prompts such noble self-denial 
 cannot be too highly commended. 
 
 As a whole, the year 1896 has been a rather monotonous round of de- 
 grees ; the times being too hard and money too scarce to waste very much 
 for visits, entertainments and other not absolutely necessary e.xpenses. 
 
 Garden City made but one official visit during the year, on March 28th, 
 to Matteson Lodge, No. 175, at Joliet. VVe took down 127 brethren, includ- 
 ing brethren from Garfield, Union Park, Dearborn, Home, and Siloam 
 Lodges, and with the officers of Garden City Lodge occupying the stations, a 
 third degree, with all the elegance and eclat that mark the rendering of de- 
 grees in our own Lodge room, was given. After the work was over a most 
 tempting spread was enjoyed. As a royal host and enjoyable entertainer, 
 Matteson Lodge is certainly a most unqualified success. 
 
 Two other visits were made by the officers and brethren of Garden City, 
 No. 141, both of them to Waukegan Lodge, our sister up the lake ; but these 
 were not official visits, and were without expense to the Lodge. A genial, 
 whole-souled Masonic body is Waukegan Lodge, and if the train sen,'ice 
 were only a little more convenient we would go oftener. 
 
 Your Master has made the following visits to sister Lodges, viz. : Two 
 to Garfield, No. 686; three to Siloam, No. 780; four to Union Park, No. 610; 
 two to Home, No. 508; three to Ashlar, No. 308; three to Covenant, No. 
 526; and one to Waubansia, No. 160. At each and every Lodge the repre- 
 sentative of No. 141 was cordially received, showing that old Garden City 
 still maintains her high position among the Craft, 
 
 RED-LETTER NIGHTS. 
 
 On August 26th, by special invitation. R. W. Bro. James John occupied 
 the Master's chair, and kindly e.xemplified the Sublime degree in his own 
 inimitable way. Bro. John's rendering of the degrees carries awe and re- 
 spect with them, and much of your present Master's Masonic enthusiasm 
 is due to the way he received his degrees at Bro. John's hands. 
 
 On November 21st we celebrated Past Masters' night. The officers, 
 under the capable leadership of W. Bro. Harry McCall, did the work on 
 the third degree with the usual high artistic finish that is always observed 
 on Past Masters' night in old No. 141. 
 
 And now, brethren, a few words more and I am done, and I wish to 
 spend the last few moments that remain of my term in this exalted posi- 
 tion in thanking the officers and members for their hearty support, which 
 so materially assisted me in making the brilliant record which has been 
 achieved in 1896. Especially do I express gratitude to our grand old Sec- 
 retary for the kind and courteous assistance he has at all times so willingly 
 shown me. May he live forever and grace the Secretary's position, a bless- 
 ing to succeeding Masters. To our old war horses, Bros. McCall and Mac- 
 lean, am I greatly indebted for their steady presence and guiding assistance 
 during my term of office; also to my deep-voiced predecessor, for his 
 regularity in putting his name on the register and performing odd chores 
 in the Lodge room. W. Bro. Hempstead has also been a regular attendant, 
 and his cheerful assistance and smiling face have been appreciated during 
 our afternoon as well as our evening sessions. To my old friend and 
 sponsor, W. Bro. J. W. Kleckner, are my special thanks due. Bro. Kleck- 
 ner nursed me during my Masonic babyhood; watched over me carefully 
 while I was cutting my Masonic teeth ; stood by me and sorrowed in my 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 43 
 
 tribulations and rejoiced with me in prosperity; and for his kindly and 
 fatherly interest, for the many hours of patient study, for the great service 
 he has been to me during the present year, in and out of the Lodge room, 
 I thank him from the bottom of my heart. 
 
 An expression of gratitude is due to W. Bro. Robt. A. Smith for the kind 
 interest he has shown in your humble servant, and without whose kind 
 services I would never have graced the Master's chair. To Bros. Rood, 
 Bast, Alexander, Bent and Johnson I need say nothing ; they know how 
 deeply indebted I am to them for their steady and consistent support on 
 all occasions. I wish, also, to thank Bros. Lampert, Daly, Doerle, Rough- 
 ton, Hunt, Schumacher and others for their assistance at any and all times. 
 Lastly, a pleasant greeting is extended to all the various brethren that have 
 consented to act as F. C.'s and Guards while working the third degree. 
 
 And now, I am done, and I lay my pleasant burden down, relieved by 
 the thought that the happiest hours of my life were those spent as Master 
 of this great Lxjdge, and that more willing and competent hands will take 
 the work up and carry it forward. 
 
 Wishing my successor the same harmony, the same enthusiastic support 
 and the same measure of joy and success, I remain, 
 
 GEO. H. VAUPELL, Master. 
 
 1897. 
 
 Having been Secretary under many of the Past Masters of this 
 Lodge, the writer feels competent to award the meed of praise 
 where it seems particularly deserving, and in the case of Bro. Will 
 C. Rood, who presided during the trying year of 1897, he feels that 
 it is but just without being invidious, to give Bro. Rood great credit 
 for the very thorough attention given to every detail and the careful 
 consideration of every question presented, where the welfare and 
 prosperity of this Lodge was the subject. 
 
 He was born February i, 1853, in the city of Quincy, Illinois, 
 and was made a Master Mason in that city in Bodley Lodge, No. i, 
 September 6, 1890. After removing to Chicago he affiliated with 
 this Lodge, February 3, 1892. He soon established himself in the 
 good work in which he had so long been active at Quincj' and be- 
 came a great favorite with our officers and members, who placed 
 him in line of promotion as S. S. in 1893. His ability, personal 
 merits and interest in the welfare of the Lodge were awarded with 
 rapid advancement, until elected Master. He received the R. A. in 
 Quincy Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., and was Knighted in Beauseant 
 Commandery, No. 11, in 1891. He is now a member and P. H. P. 
 of York Chapter, R. A. M. ; also a member of Tyrian Council, R. 
 and S. M., of which he is Past Thrice Illustrious Master, and is 
 Grand Marshal in the Grand Council, R. and S. M., of Illinois. He 
 is a Knight Templar in St. Bernard Commandery and was in official 
 line, but business affairs prevented giving further attention to it. 
 
 Bro. Rood was married at Alton, Illinois, February 25, 1880, to 
 
44 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Miss Josie A. Plowman, and three daughters have made his home 
 a happ)' one. A member of the Congregational faith and reasonably 
 successful in business affairs, with a host of warm personal friends, 
 who look to him as one who will always sustain the principles of 
 Freemasonry with credit. 
 
 He reported the following, among other things, at the close of his 
 term : 
 
 From the East of G^vkden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, III., December 15, 1897. 
 To the Officers and Brethren of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 — Greeting : 
 
 Our glorious Masonic ship, Garden City, No. 141, which has so success- 
 fully sailed on the ocean of Time for nearly a half century, has made an- 
 other annual trip, and I. her Captain, now stand before you to give an ac- 
 count of our voyage. It seems to me as if it were but yesterday that I 
 .stood in this self-same spot and received, at your hands, the proud posi- 
 tion, the ancient authority and the distinguished honor of Master of this 
 our beloved ship ; and yet, so swiftly does time fly, the hour is come for me 
 to surrender to you again everything you bestowed upon me one short year 
 ago, except the honor, and that I will keep and treasure in my heart until 
 the angel of Death shall have forever stilled its pulsations. 
 
 A glance over the pages of our log book for the past year shows that 
 we have cast anchor at the ports of Brotherly Love, Relief, Truth, Peace and 
 Harmony many times, while we have been forced to stop at the port of Death 
 only three times. Owing to the dreadful financial storm through which we 
 passed, we were unable to land at the ports of Financial and Numerical 
 Success, but, thanks to our brave old pilot, the R. W. Ero. Gil. W. Barnard, 
 we escaped the dangerous breakers known as Debt. With the exception 
 of this financial storm, our voyage has been peaceful and uneventful, and 
 has, I think, resulted in strengthening the ties that bind us together as 
 brothers. If we had done more work, and thus added more to our mem- 
 bership, I would unhesitatingly pronounce our voyage an unparalleled suc- 
 cess. 
 
 We have held fifty-two stated, four special and three emergent com- 
 munications. We have received forty-five petitions and conferred ninety de- 
 grees, as follows, viz.: Thirty E. A.; thirty F. C. ; thirty M. M., and elected 
 nine to membership. Our net gain for the year is fifteen, and our total 
 membership at this time is 566. The net gain in our assets is $473.99. We 
 have expended in charity the sum of $1,290.97. 
 
 We have not done as much work as was done last year, but as we have 
 conferred the degrees, in due form, on all candidates who have voluntarily 
 presented themselves, and were elected by this Lodge to receive them, and 
 as the decrease in petitions was due to the financial depression and not to 
 any lack of harmony among our members, I consider no apology necessary 
 on this account. 
 
 The officers and members have worked together in perfect harmony, and 
 all have been contented and happy, so far as I could see. We have made 
 lighter the burdens of sorrow and suffering resting on those of our needy 
 brethren, their widows and orphans, by wise and timely assistance. We 
 have devoted many hours to rehearsal and study of the ritual, thus making 
 our working force stronger and more capable, and, judging from the re- 
 marks of M. W. Bro. Cook, made in our Lodge on Past Masters' night. 
 Garden City still enjoys the happy reputation of doing perfect work. Owing 
 to the fact that we were not crowded with work, we have been able to de- 
 
BRO. ROHERT A SMITH 
 
 Master i'^q-;. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 45 
 
 vote more time than usual to the cultivation of the social virtues, which, 
 by the way, is not tume wasted. 
 
 OUR DEAD. 
 
 The day before my installation as Master of Garden City Lodge, Death 
 entered our sacred portals, and my first duty, in my new position, was to 
 perform the solemn rites of our Order over the remains of our brother, 
 Charles Frederick Abel, who, after a long period of sickness and suffering, 
 died at his home, December 29, 1896, and was laid to rest in Rose Hill 
 Cemetery, December 31, 1896. Bro. Abel was bom in Denmark, November 
 14, 1834, and became a member of Garden City Lodge, September 2, 1891. 
 Ever true to the tenets of Freemasonry, quiet and gentle in his manners, 
 congenial and courteous to his brethren, we sadly mourn his loss. 
 
 The next to fall before the all-devouring scythe of Time was Bro. George 
 J. Pope, who died March 8th and was buried with Masonic honors in Rose 
 Hill Cemetery on March 11, 1897. Bro. Pope was raised to the Sublime 
 degree of Master Mason in Garden City Lodge, November 14, 1866, and was 
 a life member at the time of his death. Faithful, strong and beloved in life, 
 with heavy hearts we mourn his death. 
 
 On April 22d the solemn notes again alarmed our outer door, and our 
 beloved brother, John Parks, answered the dread summons. We laid his 
 remains in their narrow home in Rose Hill Cemetery on April 25, 1897. 
 Bro. Parks was initiated, passed and raised to the Sublime degree during 
 the month of April, 1875. A noble man, with a warm, responsive heart, is 
 taken from our midst to an endless existence in the Sanctum Sanctorum 
 above, to which we are all steadily advancing. 
 
 Thus, during the year. Garden City has added to her representation in 
 that Grand Lodge above three shining lights, who will be ready to wel- 
 come us when we shall take the final voyage. They are lost to us here for 
 a short period only, compared to that endless eternity in which we shall 
 forever have their companionship. 
 
 It has occurred to me many times, during the past year, that it would 
 be a grand thing for all of the Masonic Lodges in Chicago if we had a 
 Board of Masonic Relief. It is only the principal officers of the Lodge who 
 fully realize how perplexing it is to be called upon for assistance by a 
 brother in distress who is not a member of their Lodge, whose previous 
 history is unknown, but who appears to be in good standing and needs 
 help, and needs it at once. The Master, in duty to his Lodge, does not wish 
 to use the Lodge's funds unwisely, nor does he wish to do injustice to a 
 deserving brother. These matters are so frequently left to the first three 
 officers, with power to act, and the appeals are usually so urgent, giving 
 so short a time for investigation, that mistakes are very liable to be made. 
 
 If each Lodge in Chicago would donate to the common fund an amount 
 equal to the average thus paid out during the past five years, as shown by 
 their records, it would support such a Board, result in good to the frater- 
 nity, and relieve the Master of an irksome responsibility. If it was gen- 
 erally known that all appeals to Chicago Lodges would be referred to a 
 Board of Relief, which had ample facilities for investigating such claims, 
 there would be fewer appeals made, and the money that was expended would 
 go where it would do the most good. I am disposed to believe that if 
 some of the larger Lodges in Chicago would appoint committees to agitate 
 this matter, that, notwithstanding of failure in the past, such a Board could 
 be organized and pay a fair salary for attending to all requests for charity. 
 I hope to see Garden City take the initiative in this, what appears to me, 
 important work. 
 
 The members of Garden City succeeded in selling about eight hundred 
 tickets to the picnic of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, which is a larger 
 number than we have ever sold in any one year heretofore. I am informed, 
 unofficially, that we have won the first prize. This is a noble work, and 
 
46 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 our members cannot take too great an interest in it. Let us make it one 
 thousand tickets next year. 
 
 We have recently received our first dividends on the stock we hold in 
 the Masonic Temple, and I understand that the Board of Directors expect 
 to pay a regular quarterly dividend of one per cent, from now on. About 
 eighty-two per cent, of the building is now rented, and I see no reason 
 why the expectations of the directors should not be reahzed. 
 
 On Wednesday evening, October 6th f Grand Lodge week;, we rented the 
 large hall that we might accommodate all visitors from the Grand Lodge, I 
 having extended to the M. W. Grand Master and all officers and members 
 of the Grand Lodge an invitation to visit us on that evening. 
 
 We were honored by the presence of M. W. Ero. Owen Scott, Grand 
 Master; R. W. Bro. Charles F. Hitchcock, G. S. W. ; R. W. Bro. William 
 E. Wright, G. J. W. elect, and nearly six hundred members of the Grand 
 Lodge. M. W. Ero. Scott was received with the honors due his high station, 
 and, after a formal introduction, made some very complimentary remarks in 
 his usual happy vein. The third degree was conferred on Bro. Sayles with 
 apparent satisfaction to all present, the Lexington Quartette favoring us 
 with their inimitable music during intermissions. 
 
 On Wednesday evening, November 24th (Past Masters' night), we were 
 honored by a visit from our recently elected Grand Master, M. W. Ero. 
 Edward Cook, who was received with the usual honors, and, after a formal 
 introduction, spoke feelingly of his warm regard for Garden City Lodge, and 
 his long acquaintance with some of its members, naming our venerable Secre- 
 tary, the R. W. Ero. Gil. W, Barnard, and our beloved Treasurer, Bro. John 
 D. Maclean, with whom he had been e,\changing Masonic courtesies for 
 nearly a third of a century. The Past Masters were then admitted and in- 
 troduced by R. W. Bro. Barnard in that easy and graceful manner for which 
 he is so justly celebrated. W. Ero. McCali then took the chair, placing W. 
 Ero. Smith in the W. ; W. Bro. Rogers in the S. ; W. Ero. Sherrard acting 
 as S. D. ; W. Bro. Hempstead as J. D. ; W. Bro. Bateham as Chaplain, and 
 Ero. Mahler was raised to the Sublime degree. M. W. Ero. Cook, M. W. 
 Ero. Goddard and W. Bro. Vaupell assisted W. Ero. McCall in the E., and a 
 very pleasant evening was spent. I hope to see this practice of giving the 
 Past Masters one evening each year long continued in Garden City. 
 
 One of the pleasant features of the year, like a great many good things, 
 was brought about accidentally. Observing an expression of sadness on the 
 usually happy face of my predecessor, W. Ero. Vaupell, and remembering 
 that in his annual address last year he had stated that "he was filled with 
 sadness" by the thought of his retirement from the East, I invited him to 
 take the chair and "open up," which he did with such evident enjoyment 
 and with his usual fidelity to the Ritual that I determined to invite other 
 Past Masters, who had been active workers during my membership in Gar- 
 den City, to do the same, w-ith the following result, viz. : 
 
 On September 29th W. Bro. George H. Vaupell acted as Master during 
 the opening and conferred a degree. On October 6th W. Bro. Henry McCall 
 acted as Master during the opening and conferred a degree. On October 1,3th 
 W. Bro. Herbert A. Rogers acted as Master during the opening. On October 
 27th W. Bro. Charles E. Hempstead acted as Master during the opening 
 and conferred a degree. On November 3d W. Bro. Robert A. Smith acted 
 as Master during the opening. On November lOth W Bro. Frank R Sher- 
 rard acted as Master during the opening and conferred a degree. Where it 
 was possible the officers who acted under these Past Masters, respectively, 
 during their years, filled their old positions. The evening of November loth 
 came near being a Past Masters' night, as W. Bro. Sherrard was W. M. ; 
 W. Ero. Smith, S. W. ; W. Ero. Hempstead, J. W. ; W. Bro. Rogers, S. D. ; 
 Bro. Dr. Tobias, J. D. ; Ero. Henry Wilson, S. S. ; Ero. Bast, J. S., and 
 Ero. Alexander, Marshal. With one exception CEro. East;, these were the 
 regular officers of Garden City in i8{;2, the year I became a member, and it 
 
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 stirred my heart with a feeling of pleasure to see these old officers filling 
 their ancient positions. Many were the compliments given them on the per- 
 fect way in which they did the work after so long a period of inactivity. 
 
 Brethren, my six years of membership in Garden City has been a period 
 of unalloyed pleasure and satisfaction. I came into your midst an entire 
 stranger, and you welcomed me as one of your own and made me so thor- 
 oughly at home that, from the very start, I looked forward to your meetings 
 with longing and anticipated pleasure. You have given me the highest honor 
 within your power, and during my administration have supported me with 
 unswerving fidelity, and my heart would be one of stone did it not respond 
 to all this with a gratitude which I am entirely incapable of expressing in 
 words. I can only say that I do appreciate your kindness to me in all these 
 years, and thank you for it from the bottom of my heart. The past year has 
 deepened and strengthened my love for Masonry, and I do not believe that 
 any man can preside over a Masonic Lodge for an entire year, listen to the 
 confidences of his brethren, sympathize with their sorrows and afflictions, 
 administer to their wants and needs, visit our sick and bury our dead, with- 
 out becoming a better man and Mason. I am constrained to say that if one 
 desires to get the greatest satisfaction out of his membership in this ancient, 
 grand and noble fraternity, let him become well posted and active, for the 
 more he learns and the more he does, the more happiness he will experience 
 and his Masonic duties will become an inspiration to him, lighting his path- 
 way through life, making the journey not only one of safety, but one of joy 
 and happiness. 
 
 I wish to express my earnest gratitude to R. W. Bro. Barnard, W. Bro. 
 McCall, R. W. Bro. Kleckner, W. Bro. Vaupell, W. Bro. Hempstead, and W. 
 Bro. Rogers for the generous assistance they have so freely given me. To 
 my officers, those who have stuck to me through thick and thin, through sun- 
 shine and storm; who have bravely borne their part, early and late, from 
 the S. W. down to the T., I thank you most heartily for your faithful sup- 
 port, earnest co-operation, and the many courtesies extended to me during 
 the past year. You have a warm place in my heart, and you can find it very 
 easily. 
 
 To my successor I wish a happy and prosperous year, and from present 
 indications I believe he will have it. I here pledge him my loyalty and 
 hearty support, and tender to Garden City my services, whenever or wherever 
 needed, to the extent of mv ability. 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 WILL C. ROOD, Master. 
 
 n 
 
 Bro. Elmer E. Bast was born in Frenchtown, New Jersey, No- 
 vember 6, 1861, and was initiated a Freemason in this Lodge May 
 18, 1892, receiving the third degree June 29th the same year. He 
 early took an active part in our work and served as J. S. in 1893, 
 J. D. in 1894, S. D. in 1895, J. W. in 1896, S. W. in 1897, and was 
 Master in 1898. He is also a member of Lincoln Park Chapter, 
 R. A. M., and Apollo Commandery, No. i, K. T. He is engaged 
 in mercantile btisiness and active in the work of his political party, 
 to which he gives the same energetic attention that he did to the 
 affairs of the fraternity when an officer. 
 
 A wife and daughter make his home a pleasant one. 
 
 His official report as Master is as follows : 
 
48 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 Chicago, December 20, 1898. 
 To the Officers and Brethren of Garden City Lodge, No. /^/.—Greeting- 
 
 On the evening of June 29, 1892, I entered upon my career as a Master 
 Mason ; in December of the same year, by the kindness of W. Bro. Smith, 1 
 was placed "in hne" as one of the officers of old Garden City, being ap- 
 pointed Junior Steward, the East appearing so far distant as to be hardly 
 attainable. How time flies ! It seems but yesterday that I entered upon my 
 duties as Master; to-night you elect my successor and consign me to a place 
 among the "has beens," one honor that you cannot deprive us of. 
 
 December 22, 1897, the present officers were publicly installed by M. W. 
 Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, assisted by W. Bro. Henry McCall and R. W. Bro. 
 W. K. Forsyth. After the installation the evening was made enjoyable to the 
 large assemblage through the efforts of W. Bro. McCall, who presented a 
 very interesting musical and literary program. 
 
 The past year has been an eventful one in the history of this great coun- 
 try, and in Garden City as well. The honor of our good old flag has been 
 assailed, but, guided by the hand of Providence, having "right and justice" 
 on our side, the assailants have been vanquished, and to-day "Old Glory" 
 floats as proudly as ever, and over the newly acquired territories of Cuba, 
 Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii. 
 
 In this Spanish-American war Garden City was well represented. Six 
 of our members cheerfully laid aside their business and home ties to take 
 up the cause for "humanity's sake," and to protect the flag they loved so well. 
 I am happy to say that they all returned alive, and while some were stricken 
 with the dreaded fever, to which so many succumbed, our brave boys have all, 
 to the best of my knowledge, fully recovered. The names of our brethren 
 who so gallantly offered their services to Uncle Sam are: 
 
 Bro. William E. Sherwin, Bro. Merrill B. Chase, Bro. O. L. Scalbom, 
 Bro. William H. Beckman, Bro. George C. Keim, Bro. Fred B. Sherwin, all 
 of whom saw service in Cuba or Porto Rico, except Bro. Fred B. Sherwin. 
 
 Being instilled with the patriotism that is in the breast of all true Amer- 
 icans, and believing that our flag should be everywhere, I had a resolution 
 passed authorizing me to purchase and display, at each and every com- 
 munication of Garden City, the banner of freedom and liberty, and which, I 
 trust, will always be seen in this and all other Lodges of Free and Accepted 
 Masons. 
 
 Since my installation as Master to the present time we have held fifty-two 
 stated, nineteen special, and eight emergent communications ; we have re- 
 ceived seventy-one petitions, and conferred 173 degrees, divided as follows: 
 Fifty-nine Entered Apprentice, fifty-seven Fellow Craft, and fifty-seven 
 Master Mason. Thirteen have been elected to membership, making our 
 total membership at this time 599, a gain of thirty-three over a year ago. 
 
 I take the liberty of quoting from the address of our Worshipful 
 Master in 1895, as follows : "There has never been in the history of the 
 Lodge, in any year, so many raised to the degree of Master Mason as in 
 the year 1895." With the kind permission, which I am certain will be 
 granted by my able floor worker, to whom we are indebted for a great num- 
 ber of petitions, I will use the above quotation and substitute 1898 for 1895, 
 and let 1898 be the banner year in the history of Garden City. 
 
 The financial statement you will find in the reports of the Treasurer and 
 Secretary. No comments are necessary from me on that; it speaks for 
 itself. Permit me, however, to call your attention to the fact that during the 
 year we have received three per cent, in dividends on our stock in the Ma- 
 sonic Fraternity Temple Association, and $40 as our share of profits as a 
 member of the Hall Trustees having in charge these rooms. 
 
 May 2d we moved, from the rooms occupied by us on the seventeenth 
 floor for five years, to these beautiful and commodious ones; a change for 
 the better, I am satisfied you are all agreed to. 
 
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 To familiarize all with the change of our night of meeting, and to better 
 acquaint myself, as well as the younger officers and members, with the "old 
 timers," I caused an invitation to be sent to the membership of the Lodge, 
 stating that the third degree would be conferred for their benefit during the 
 afternoon of May 17th, and supper would be served in the banquet hall at 
 6 o'clock. My greatest expectations were realized ; nearly two hundred sat 
 down to break bread with us, a number being present wiio had not been at 
 a meeting of the Lodge for twenty years and more. I hope annual ban- 
 quets for the older members will be made a fixture in the future. 
 
 In July W. Bro. McCall, acting for me, received from the Chairman of 
 the E.xecutive Committee having in charge the picnic held under the auspices 
 of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, the beautiful silver ballot-box, which 
 was awarded to Garden City Lodge as the first prize for the Lodge selling 
 the greatest number of tickets for the picnic held the previous summer. (See 
 cut.) 
 
 On the evening of October 1st the third degree was conferred before the 
 representatives of the Grand Lodge, over two hundred Lodges of this and 
 sister States being represented. At this time Bro. Scalbom, a returned vol- 
 unteer, presented to Garden City an apron and scarf, which were given to 
 him by a native of Porto Rico whom he met while there. This we have 
 had framed and placed in a prominent position in the Lodge parlors. 
 
 On November 22d occurred our annual "Past Masters' " night, the East 
 being occupied by R. W. Bro. James John, nearly four hundred members 
 and visitors being present, among those being M. W. Bro. John Corson 
 Smith, R. W. Bros. Burbank, Hurd and lott, W. Bros. Amsden, Gardner, 
 Marshall, Cromlish, Kehler and Cornell. 
 
 Another "red-letter" night was December 13th, when M. W. Bro. Edward 
 Cook was present and assisted in the work on the third degree. 
 
 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
 The Messenger of Death has not overlooked us during the year, having 
 called from us seven members. 
 
 Joseph L. Charvat, born in Austria, May 12, 1852 ; made a Master Mason 
 in Garden City Lodge, August 2, 1882 ; died February 2, 1898 ; at rest in 
 Rose Hill Cemetery, February 6, i8g8. 
 
 Bruno H. Goll, aged fifty-four years ; made a Master Mason in Garden 
 City Lodge, March 18, 1868; died April 13, i8g8; at rest April 15, 1898. 
 
 John Askwith, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1822 ; made a Master 
 Mason in Garden City Lodge, May 18, 1864 ; died April 29, 1898 ; at rest 
 May I, 1898. Bro. Askwith and his aged wife, who both died by asphyxia- 
 tion, were laid side by side in Graceland Cemetery. 
 
 Ward Fish, born in Saratoga, New York, August 6, 1842; made a Master 
 Mason in Garden City Lodge, September 7, 1881 ; died October 4, 1898 ; at 
 rest in Rose Hill Cemetery, October 6, 1898. 
 
 Albert Schultz, made a Master Mason in Garden City Lodge, October 13, 
 1875; died October 6, 1898; at rest in Graceland Cemetery, October g, 1898. 
 
 W. Bro. Henry Jones, made a Master Mason in Garden City Lodge, June 
 8, 1864, subsequently uniting with Wilmington Lodge, No. 208, Wilmington, 
 Illinois, of which Lodge he was a useful and worthy member, serving as the 
 Worshipful Master ; again removing to Chicago, he reunited with this Lodge 
 January 5, 1881 ; died September 5, 1898; at rest in Rose Hill Cemetery, 
 September 8, 1898. 
 
 W. Bro. William B. Bateham, bom in the city of Rochester, New York, 
 in the year of our Lord 1825. He was raised to the Sublime degree of Master 
 Mason in this Lodge, June 30, 1858, and was an able official herein ^'or many 
 years, filling the Oriental chair during the years 1862, 1864 and 1865. His 
 death occurred May 14, 1898; at rest in Oakwoods Cemetery, May 17, 1898. 
 Until within a few days of his death he was a frequent visitor at our meet- 
 ings, in which he had much enjoyment, and always expressing the deep in- 
 
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 terest in the institution in which for years he had been such an active and 
 useful participant. Few have done more for our fraternity, and none have 
 had a better conception of and admiration for the institution. 
 
 At the request of White Mountain Lodge, No. 3, of Globe, Arizona, on 
 July 15, 189S, we performed the last sad rites of our fraternity over the re- 
 mains of Bro. Joseph Tatton. 
 
 "Peace to their ashes, eternal rest to their souls." 
 
 To use the words of my predecessor, "the officers and members have 
 worked together in perfect harmony," sufficient work appearing to permit all 
 officers, from Senior Warden down to the Marshal, to confer one or more 
 degrees. A better or more efficient corps of oflicers was never before in line, 
 each and every one having conferred all three degrees, and in a manner 
 that could not be criticised by the most critical "Grand Examiner." 
 
 It has been the custom for a number of years in each address of the re- 
 tiring !\Iaster to compliment certain members of the Lodge for the assistance 
 rendered him during his term. You have doubtless heard of or seen the old 
 "14, 13, 15" puzzle that gave so many of us the headache to solve several 
 years ago. Something similar puzzles me now. The assistance rendered me 
 has been so general and universal that I do not know where to commence or 
 where to end. Willing hands I have found on every side. I cannot refrain, 
 however, from extending my heartfelt thanks to W. Bros. McCall, ^'aupell, 
 Rood, Rogers. Hempstead and Sherrard, and R. W. Bros. Kleckner and John, 
 who have always been prepared and ready with their assistance and advice. 
 To R. W. Bro. Bamard I hardly know what to say: he knows my feelings 
 towards him. All credit is due him, jointly with Bro. Maclean, for our ex- 
 cellent financial condition. Let each succeeding Master listen to the kindly 
 advice of Bro. Barnard and he will make no mistake. 
 
 In conclusion I desire to cal' , "iir attention to a very important resolu- 
 tion adopted at the last session .'1 the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of 
 Illinois, which is as follows: 
 
 "Section i. The payment of annual dues is a duty incumbent upon 
 every member of a Lodge, and the neglect or refusal to fulfill this duty 
 shall be (except for good cause) an infraction of Masonic law and a viola- 
 tion of a Masonic covenant, and shall subject the delinquent to Lodge disci- 
 pline, and no Lodge shall authorize or create any form of life membership 
 or in any manner exempt any of its members from the payment of dues : 
 Provided. Iio'cvcvcr. that a Lodge, by a majority vote, may remit the whole 
 or any portion of the dues of any of its members then due. Nothing herein 
 shall be construed to affect any rights heretofore acquired by any member of 
 a Lodge under the By-Laws of any constituent Lodge." 
 
 This necessarily annuls Section 27 of our By-Laws, which reads: 
 
 "Sec. 27. Any member in good standing, who has continuously been a 
 member for twenty-one years, and has discharged all claims due the Lodge, 
 shall become a life member and be exempt from the payment of annuaj dues 
 thereafter, and the Secretary shall furnish him a proper certificate." 
 
 This is a subject that should receive your careful consideration at some 
 future time. 
 
 And now, my brethren, permit me to say the same "as all who have gone 
 this way before": "Advance your line." 
 
 Thanking you, one and all, for the many courtesies extended, and wish- 
 ing you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and Happy New Year, I 
 am. Sincerely and fraternally vours, 
 
 ELMER E. BAST, Master. 
 
 It 
 
 Bro. Leopold Alexander was born in Germany June 11, 1855, 
 and came to this country while quite young and settled in California 
 

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 for several years. On coming to Chicago he engaged as Superin- 
 tendent of a detective agency, a business that he still continues. 
 
 He was made a member of this Lodge in 1892, being raised to 
 the Sublime degree the 17th of February of that year. He has served 
 as S. S., both J. D. and S. D., J. W. and S. W., and as Master in 
 1899, and after passing the chairs he has been just as active in 
 the ceremonies and affairs of this Lodge as before. As he is of a 
 most genial and happy disposition, his attendance at the meetings is 
 greatly desired and of much benefit. He is an active member of 
 and officer in York Chapter, No. 148, R. A. M., Past T. L M. of 
 Tyrian Council, R. and S. M., and a Sir Knight in Apollo Com- 
 mandery. No. i, K. T. 
 
 A happy family of wife and children makes him a pleasant home. 
 
 His annual address contained, among other things, the following : 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 
 To the Officers and Brethren of Garden City Lodge, No. 141. — Greeting : 
 
 It has been customary for the retiring Master of Garden City Lodge to 
 report to its members of his stewardship during the term of his office, and I 
 can assure yoii it is with pleasure that I ain ready and wihing to perform 
 that task, not because I dehght in writing addresses or to make speeches, but 
 because I am able to report to this Lodge such a flattering account of the 
 transactions of the past year, that I am more than pleased to be able to 
 remind the brethren of this Lodge that they made no mistake in the officers 
 they placed in their respective positions to administer its affairs during the 
 past year. I do not want the brethren, however, to think that we have been 
 so prosperous and have done so well, that I myself wish to be recognized as 
 being the cause of the good report I am able to make. All the officers, from 
 the Senior Warden to the Marshal, have always been willing and untiring in 
 their efforts to assist me in the work at any time ; and I must say that there 
 is no Master, as far back as I can remember, that has had any better support 
 from his officers than I have had. * * * 
 
 The year 1899 has been a very remarkable one for Garden City Lodge 
 in many ways. We have raised the largest number to the Sublime degree of 
 Master Mason that Garden City Lodge has ever raised in orLe year. We 
 are now the second largest Lodge in this State and the fifth largest Lodge 
 in the world. 
 
 We also have the pleasure of knowing that every officer of Garden City 
 Lodge is able to confer all three degrees now. And I do not think there is 
 another Lodge in the State that can boast of this, as many Stewards that I 
 have seen, in other Lodges, are not even able to do properly the work that 
 their position requires. * * * 
 
 Garden City has this year been able to save something over $600, above 
 all expenses, from the year's labor. And I understand that at no time has the 
 Lodge had such a large surplus as this in any other year. This is not due 
 to any act of your Master in not dispensing charity where it was needed, 
 but simply by judiciously expending it where it was most deserving. For 
 I will say right here that no man who was a Mason, or a widow of a Mason, 
 who applied to your Master, and was found worthy, went away empty- 
 handed. And it did not matter whether they were members of Garden City 
 Lodge or not. They were all treated alike, if found worthy. I deemed it an 
 indispensable duty, and one of the noblest principles of our institution, to 
 
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 help the deserving needy ones, and I am satisfied that there is no Lodge in 
 our jurisdiction that is more charitable or gives as much and to as many as 
 Garden City Lodge does. And I believe that that is the reason that we are 
 so prosperous. 
 
 We have worked in all 183 degrees, and have raised sixty-three to the 
 Sublime degree of Master Mason, and made a net gain in membership of 
 forty-eight for this year, making the total membership of Garden City Lodge 
 at this date 647 members. 
 
 We have also to thank him who dwells in the Grand Lodge above, and 
 whose All-seeing Eye hovers ever above us, for His leniency m only taking 
 from our fold seven members in the last year. And from a membership of 
 647 we can consider it very fortunate, although it was hard to part with 
 those we have lost. 
 
 It was only a few days after my installation as INIaster that Bro. Carl G. H. 
 Zimmerman was called to the unknown land. He died January 6th, at Ap- 
 pleton, Wisconsin, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery, Januarj- 8, 1899. 
 He was bom in Germany, January 1, 1855; raised in Garden City Lodge, No. 
 141, December 13, 1898. 
 
 Dear brother, may your rest be in peace, and your rising from it be in 
 glory ! 
 
 Bro. Henry Oberndorf died ^larch 6, 1899; was buried at Rosehill Ceme- 
 terj-, March 8th. Born in Germany, April 8, 1S31 ; affiliated with Garden 
 City Lodge, No. 141, October 11, 1865. 
 
 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is 
 in the midst of the Paradise of God. 
 
 Bro. James T. Tonkin died April 5, 1899: buried at Forest Home Ceme- 
 tery, April 9, 1899; raised June 2, i8/5, in Garden City Lodge, No. 141. 
 
 May his everlasting rest be peaceful and blest ! 
 
 Bro. John Wescott Gallup, died April 3, iSgo. Buried at Oakwoods Ceme- 
 tery, May 3, 1899. Born in East Brockfield, Mass., Januar>- 24, 1854. 
 
 So shall we ever be with the Lord. 
 
 Bro. William H. Heegaard died May 29, 1899. He was one of our best 
 members and had the respect of all. 
 
 Bro. Ira Frantz died July 5, 1899, at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Raised 
 in Garden City Lodge, No. 141, June 28, 1892. 
 
 None knew him but to love him, and those who knew him best admired 
 him most. He is waiting for us in the unknown land, and will welcome us 
 when we have finished our toilsome journey here. 
 
 Bro. Louis Victor Enos died September 17, 1S99; buried September 20, 
 1899, at Mount Olive Cemeterj'. 
 
 A noble heart lost to us all. May he rest in peace. 
 
 My year as Master has been a very pleasurable one on account of the 
 willingness of every one to help make it so. And the first "Blow of Joy" 
 given me was by our "Grand Old Man." W. Bro. Gil. W. Barnard, who, on 
 January 24th, assailed me with an appropriate little admonition, holding 
 something behind him out of my sight, and saying something about my 
 having "slain many," and that I had done so well at it that some of the 
 brethren thought it would help me, during my administration, to slay some 
 more, and in their behalf presented me with a delicate little emblem of 
 authority in the shape of a gavel, weighing about fifteen pounds, and told 
 me it was a striking mark of esteem. It was a hard blow to me, but I 
 assured the brethren that I would try to do my best to make a "Hard Hit," 
 and try to "Break" all records with it, and the reports will show that I have 
 kept my word. 
 
 On January 31st was our first raising party. On that day and evening 
 eleven candidates were raised to the Sublime degree of Master Mason. 
 
 On March 28th we worked the third degree, and we had the pleasure of 
 having with us W. Bro. Henry G Gabel, W. Master of Aurora Lodge, No. 
 254, A. F. and A. M., of Aurora, Illinois, and several of the members of 
 
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 said Lodge; also several members of other Lodges. After work in the 
 afternoon we all repaired to the banquet hall and satisfied the inner man. 
 
 On March 28th the officers and members of Garden City Lodge received 
 an invitation from Aurora Lodge, No. 254, A. F. and A. M., to visit them at 
 their hall in Aurora, Illinois, and requested the officers of Garden City Lodge 
 to take charge of Aurora Lodge and exemplify the work for them on a 
 candidate on the third degree on the evening of April 5, 1899. This Lodge 
 accepted the invitation, and the officers and about forty memljers of Garden 
 City Lodge, accompanied by M. W. Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, Past Grand 
 Master of Masons of the State of Illinois, went to Aurora on a late after- 
 noon train, and, on our arrival there, we were met by the W. M., officers 
 and members of said Lodge, and escorted to the Lodge hall, where we were 
 duly welcomed by about six or seven hundred Masons, members of about forty 
 different Lodges from adjoining towns and counties. M. W. Bro. Edward 
 Cook, Grand Master of Masons of the State of Illinois, and other Grand 
 Officers were also present. And after the work on the third degree had 
 been concluded by the officers of Garden City Lodge, the M. W. Grand 
 Master, Bro. Edward Cook, that great ritualist of Masonry and the advocate 
 of standard work, arose and said to the visiting Masters and officers from 
 the dififerent Lodges that if they would do the work in their Lodges as they 
 had seen it done by the officers and workers of Garden City Lodge, that they 
 would all be doing the work that the Grand Lodge required, and which was 
 promulgated by the Board of Grand Examiners through their Deputy Grand 
 Lecturers. 
 
 We had a little surprise for Aurora Lodge that evening. It was a beauti- 
 ful ebony gavel, handsomely silver mounted and appropriately engraved. 
 
 June 27th was a day of pleasure. We had work on the third degree, 
 and took the opportunity to get even with Aurora Lodge. Garden City, 
 having issued an invitation, which was accepted by the officers and members 
 of Aurora Lodge, they were met at the depot by a committee of about twelve 
 members of our Lodge (myself included) and escorted to one of Hebard's 
 spacious tally-hos, and given a drive up Michigan Avenue, where, after halt- 
 ing for a moment, a snapshot picture was taken of all. We then proceeded 
 to the banquet hall of Garden City Lodge, where all sat down to rest and 
 refresh themselves. The members of Garden City Lodge saw that our guests 
 were made happy and comfortable. And the resolution which we received 
 from them after their return home shows that we were amply repaid by 
 their appreciation, sent to us in verse, which is as follows : 
 
 " To express our feeling of surprise and delight 
 Of all the things in store that night 
 Would require one with rapid pen, 
 To write continuously from eight to ten. 
 
 We were met at the depot in all the din. 
 Safely conducted and then tucked in 
 A spacious 'tally-ho,' so grand and wide. 
 That we need not hang our feet outside. 
 
 The ride, the picture, the rapid ascent. 
 
 To the loaded tables near the sky, 
 Are all in the memories of those who went, 
 
 And partook of Mushrooms and Pie. 
 
 Then in the travels of the Tyrean realm. 
 
 Where Solomon and Hiram both appear. 
 We listened, and were near o'erwhelm, 
 
 By the teachings heard there so dear. 
 
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 Gracious 15 he who was claimed by adoption, 
 Though on him we hold quite an option, 
 For his birth in the family brought treasures dear. 
 Of which we are unable to give record here. 
 
 We faithfully hope that our Heavenly Father 
 Will still intiuence us to love one another. 
 And by that ever-beaming Light, 
 Teach us to battle for 'Truth and Right.' " 
 
 The friendly relations which these two Lodges have made only goes to 
 show how little it takes to make us all happy. The last letter I received 
 from the W. M., Bro. G. H. Gable, states that he takes pleasure in notifying 
 me that Aurora Lodge, No. 254, has honored Garden City Lodge by making 
 me an Honorary Member of Aurora Lodge, No. 254, and states that he hopes 
 that the friendship of the two Lodges will continue forever. I would recom- 
 mend that Garden City Lodge make many visits to Aurora and other Lodges, 
 as no doubt it would promote good fellowship among the brethren of the 
 different Lodges, and have a tendency to help some of the officers of such 
 Lodges to learn the work, that they may be able to perform their duties in a 
 manner which would be a credit to their Lodge, to themselves, and for the 
 welfare of Masonry in general. 
 
 On August 15th, on recommendation of your Master, who has had the 
 pleasure of meeting many times with two brethren, and has known the able 
 assistance that they have rendered Garden City Lodge in the past, and, 
 knowing the feeling of good fellowship that e.xisted between them and the 
 members of Garden City, that they be made Honorary Members of our 
 Lodge. Accordingly R. W. Bro. Jay L. Brewster, of Waukegan Lodge, No. 
 78, A. F. and A. M., of Waukegan, Illinois, and W. Bro. William F. Swissler, 
 of L'nion Park Lodge, No. 610, A. F. and A. M., of Chicago, were enrolled 
 on our list as Honorary Members, and on the evening of September 5th both 
 were presented with a certificate of membership, the same being on a solid 
 silver sheet, and encased in an appropriate blue plush-lined box, showing 
 the esteem the members had for them. The idea of a membership certificate 
 being in the shape of a silver sheet surprised both of the old Masonic war- 
 horses so much that they were unable to respond very much to the token, but 
 in a short speech returned their thanks to Garden City Lodge. 
 
 On the evening of October 3d we had, as usual. Grand Lodge night, as it 
 has been the custom of Garden City Lodge every year to invite the officers 
 of the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and the visiting delegates to be pres- 
 ent and witness the exemplification of the third degree. Several Grand 
 Officers and a great many of the visitors availed themselves of the oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 November 21st was a real old-fashioned Past Masters' night, and the 
 work was exemplified by the Past Masters of Garden City Lodge. 
 
 W. Bro. Geo. H. Vaupell presided as Master; W. Bro. Will C. Rood as 
 Senior Warden ; W. Bro. Charles E. Hempstead as Junior Warden, and W. 
 Bro. John W. Kleckner delivered the Lecture ; in fact, all the offices were 
 filled with Past Masters, who did their work as well as the ones mentioned 
 above. 
 
 And now, my brethren, in conclusion, allow me to thank you for the honor 
 you have conferred upon me, in placing me iu this exalted position, the high- 
 est that is in your power to bestow upon any member of this Lodge ; and I 
 can assure you that it has always been my aim, since receiving my first 
 appointment, as Marshal, by W. Bro. Robert A. Smith, up to the present 
 time — and it always will be — to assist any of the officers in the work of 
 Garden City Lodge, in any capacity that I may be called upon, at any time, 
 and will never forget that I had to be and was assisted by the Past Ivlasters, 
 officers and members in the work of the Lodge. I have tried my very best 
 
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 to please every one of the members of this Lodge, and I hope I have done 
 so, for I wish to leave my station with a feeling that I have the good wishes 
 of all. I have made many hearts feel lighter by giving good advice and a 
 helping hand to those that came to me when in distress, and I feel that I 
 am in that position now. I am in distress, for the want of good feeling 
 towards me from all the members of Garden City Lodge, and I will promise 
 to feel ever the same towards all of you. 
 
 I wish to thank \V . Bro. Gil. W. Barnard, our excellent Secretary, for 
 his counsel and good advice ; and I must say that his assistance to any 
 Master of Garden City Lodge is indispensable, for without Gil. what would 
 he do? He would have to go out of his usual business for the term of his 
 office and only attend to the business of Garden City. I hope he will be 
 with us for many years to come. 
 
 To our Bro. Treasurer, John D. Maclean, also a good man to consult in 
 financial matters, I extend very kind thanks for all the assistance he has ren- 
 dered me. 
 
 To W. Bro. Henry McCall, who appears at every meeting to render our 
 devotions to Deity, thanks are also due. For he is always ready to render 
 any assistance, if asked. 
 
 To W. Bros. Will C. Rood, George H. Vaupell, John W. Kleckner and 
 Charles E. Hempstead I tender many thanks for their constant attendance 
 and help, in taking part in the work, at any station or position. 
 
 To the officers, Bros. Tliomas B. Bent, Edward L. Johnson, Nelson N. 
 Lampert, Robert D. Doerle, Robert J. Daly, Charles C. Schumacher, K F. 
 Jackson, August F. Uhe and Julian W. Richford, I also tender many thanks 
 for the able assistance they have rendered ; and I will never forget the kind 
 way and manner their response came and the willingness shown in helping 
 me on every side when requested, and I can assure those that are in line 
 for promotion that when they reach the East, I will, if able, be always ready 
 to assist them in the same manner. 
 
 To the floor workers I also have warm thanks to give, for their prompt 
 attention to duties assigned to them. 
 
 I must also thank those brethren who were present at almost every meet- 
 ing, and assisted in the work and honored the officers with their presence. 
 Also the brethren who taught those of the younger members, so that they 
 might be advanced. 
 
 There is one more request that I have to make to the brethren : That with 
 just a little effort you can make the officers of your Lodge happy, by attend- 
 ing more regularly to the meetings, for it is a great pleasure to the officers 
 to transact business and work degrees when there is a good attendance, and 
 it also assists the brethren in learning the work. 
 
 I hope I have not tired the brethren with this — what is called — the Annual 
 Address. I thank you for your kind attention, and, wishing prosperity to 
 Old Garden City, and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the 
 brethren, I am Fraternally yours, 
 
 L. ALEXANDER, Mastei: 
 
 1900. 
 Bro. Thomas B. Bent was born in Chicago May 2. 1870, and 
 resided here with his parents until a short time since, when he was 
 compelled by failing health to seek a different climate. His resi- 
 dence for a short time in Arizona seems to have had the desired 
 effect, and he is now residing in Los Angeles, California, where with 
 his wife he seems to be meeting with favorable prospects for health 
 and business. 
 
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 He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but hias mostly been 
 engaged in political offices. 
 
 The degrees were conferred on him in this Lodge February ist 
 and 15th and March 29, 1893. His official record is: J. S., 1894; 
 S. S., 1895; J. U., 1896; S. D., 1897; J. W., 1898; S. \V., 1899, 
 and Master, 1900. 
 
 The following is from his address at the close of his year in the 
 East: 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 Brethren of Garden City Lodge: 
 
 Once every year you are called upon to listen to an address, or report, of 
 the retiring Master. I do not know why it is so, for a report from your 
 Master would be but a repetition of the Secretary's and Treasurer's reports. 
 However, every Master, on laying aside his working tools, has treated you to 
 something in the way of an address. So I will ask your indulgence for a 
 few moments longer, that I may comment on the year's work. 
 
 This has been a memorable year to me, and will ever remain in my mem- 
 ory. We started out on a very large scale, and bid fair to break all records, 
 as well in the amount of work done as in every other way, but for various 
 reasons we have not come up to expectations. Still, the fact that we are in 
 the lead in the matter of dispensing charity and performing other Masonic 
 duties is just cause for feeling as well repaid as though we had done twice 
 the amount of work, for I have realized more in the last year that we should 
 pay more attention to the teachings of Masonry than to the amount of work 
 we do. And while we have been engaged in these pursuits we have, of course, 
 had less time to give to the so-called Standard Work. Yet I do not think our 
 reputation for doing good work has been impaired one bit. And, brethren, 
 our work has progressed without the assistance of any of the members of 
 the Ifs-and-Ands-and-But Club, who seem to pay more attention to this so- 
 called Standard Work than they do to those principles which make this 
 Order what it is. So, brethren, let us have more Masonry and less Standard 
 Work. I do not wish it to be understood that I have not been particular 
 about the kind of work done; for, if you will consult any of the officers or 
 workers, you will find that I have insisted that each one should do his best 
 to keep the work up to standard. But it seems to me that it is the tendency 
 of Lodges of the present day to forget their Masonic duties for the so- 
 called Standard Work. Brethren, don't neglect one for the other. Officers 
 of Garden City, do not be afraid to learn the work, "not one part of it," but 
 all of it. There is no reason why any officer of Garden City should not know 
 all the work ; therefore, I do not consider it worth special mention that all 
 the officers can confer any and all degrees. Go further, brethren, leam all 
 the work and be ever ready to do any part you may be called on to perform. 
 We have worked during the last year 145 degrees, and have raised forty- 
 four, with a net gain of twenty-nine, making a total membership of 676. 
 
 Our charity account, brethren, is large, and I am pleased that it is so; 
 and it should be so. We have not wasted any money, for I believe every 
 account to charity was worthy of it, and that should be sufficient. And i'f 
 we have not laid up any money in the vaults, be it said to our everlasting 
 credit that it is on account of our charity. The receipts and expenditures you 
 will find in the reports of the Secretary' and Treasurer. 
 
 One important change was made in our By-Laws — an amendment which 
 provides for nominal dues for members who have been with us for twenty- 
 one years or more, in lieu of life membership. 
 
C-: 
 
 BRO. L. AI.EXANDKR. 
 Master 1S9Q. 
 
GARDEN CITV LODGE, NO. I4I. 57 
 
 The Grand Architect of the Universe has been pleased ■ take from our 
 midst thirteen of our brethren : 
 
 S. S. Johnson, September 14, 1899. 
 
 W. E. Lion, February 12, igoo. 
 
 William McQuinn, February 21, 1900. 
 
 F. R. Sherrard, P. M., March 17, 1900. 
 
 Benno Dienstag, June 18, 1900. 
 
 D. R. Estell, June 30, 1900. 
 
 A. L. Barnett, September 14, 1500. 
 
 H. A. Anderson, January 29, 1900. 
 
 W. E. Sherwin, February 21, 1900. 
 
 John McNulta, February 22, igoo. 
 
 W. D. Saunders, May 14, 1900. ' 
 
 H. R. Burton, June 29, 1900. 
 
 Henry Burgan, August 7, 1900. 
 
 "We knew them here, and with them wept and s- led ; 
 
 Our life was one ; 
 We met and parted, still of each beguiled; 
 
 Their work was done ; ^ 
 
 And they are resting in the morning land. 
 And we are toiling yet with heart and hand." 
 
 In addition to these brethren. Garden City performet he service at the 
 funeral of Bro. Surdan Erickson for Harvard Lodge, No. 309. 
 
 We have had but few red-letter nights in the past. On ; important occa- 
 sion, however, was the visit of the M. W. Grand Master, Bro. C. F. Hitch- 
 cock, June 26, 1900. M. W. Bro. Hitchcock was received with the honors 
 due his position, and found the work of Garden City so interesting and so 
 standard, "though he did not expect to," that he expressed himself in a man- 
 ner highly gratifying to your Master and to the Lodge. i\L W. Bro. Hitch- 
 cock was accompanied by R. W. Bro. Hurd, who delivered the lecture to the 
 candidates of the day and evening. The distinguished brethren were later 
 on rewarded for their interest in Garden City by being made Honorary Mem- 
 bers. 
 
 To Bros. Johnson, Lampert, Doerle, Daly, Schumacher, Jickson and Hart- 
 ney thanks are due for the able and conscientious manner they have at- 
 tended to their duties as officers. I wish also to thank t le floor workers, 
 and others who assisted in the work, for their kindness and courtesy to 
 me, and to compliment Garden City on having such a large number oj mem- 
 bers who are able and willing to do the work. 
 
 To W^ Bro. Alexander I am deeply indebted for the e, rnest support he 
 has given me during the last year. He has been a faithfu, attendant and a 
 hard worker. I have come to consider him as one of my egular officers. 
 
 To W. Bros. Vaupell and Kleckner, for their kindne; 5 in assisting in 
 the work, and for the lectures, I am extremely grateful. 
 
 To W. Bro. F. E. Locke, of L'nion Park Lodge, I wi h to express my 
 appreciation for kindness shown me and an ever ready wi ingness to assist 
 in the work. Brethren, at none of the special communic itions of Garden 
 City has Bro. Locke failed to appear and offer his services, and many a time 
 and oft have I been glad to accept them. 
 
 To Bro. C. C. Schumacher I am especially grateful for his constant and 
 untiring efforts in behalf of Garden City and myself. T e interest mani- 
 fested by him on all occasions has been an inspiration to me — no task has 
 been too hard for him to perform ; no weather too incle lent to attend a 
 funeral; whatever the duty required, Bro. Schumacher f ss never had an 
 excuse for me. but has gone ahead and performed the ser ice, until I have 
 come to regard Schumacher as the Assistant Master. Brc . M. J. Hayes is 
 also to be commended for his zeal and devotion to duty. Bros. Hayes and 
 
58 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Schumacher have attended nearly every funeral of Garden City during the 
 past year. I respectfully recommend these two brethren to succeeding 
 Masters until future generations shall find their equals. 
 
 Bro. Maclean, while not so regular in attendance, has given much service 
 and advice. I congratulate the Lodge on having such an efficient Treasurer. 
 
 W. Bro. McCall's long ser^'ice has at last been rewarded by an appoint- 
 ment as D. D. G. M. So our worthy Chaplain has received his reward in 
 something more tangible than thanks. 
 
 To W. Bro. Gil. VV. Barnard I will say that I refer you to all the nice 
 things said about him by the Masters who have preceded me, and then add 
 to them all the nice things you can say about him yourself, and you will 
 have my sentiments. You cannot realize nor appreciate the value of Bro. 
 Barnard's services to your Master unless you have occupied the position 
 yourself. Therefore I will not attempt to explain — I simply say: God bless 
 you, Bro. Gil., and may your days of usefulness continue on! 
 
 I3rethren, to have been the Master of Garden City Lodge is a distinction 
 and an honor that any man may well be proud of. And I have no doubt 
 that you all know that I have a pardonable pride in having served you as 
 Master. If I have not gained your approbation in everything, I trust that 
 you will do me the justice to believe that my actions were at all times for 
 the best interests of Garden City. I thank you all. 
 
 Fraternally yours. 
 , _ THOMAS B. BENT, Master. 
 
 - ' " " 1901. 
 
 Past Master Robert A. Smith, in his annual address, reported that 
 on November 8, 1893, he had conferred the E. A. degree on Bro. 
 Edward L. Johnson, that day being Bro. Johnson's twenty-first birth- 
 day. The same day his father, Robert M. Johnson, a Past Senior 
 Warden of this Lodge, had taken the young man into business with 
 him, estabhshing the firm of R. M. Johnson & Son. That young 
 man became Master of this Lodge in December, 1900, and served 
 for one year. He had previously filled the several chairs from J. S. 
 to S. W., inclusive. 
 
 Bro. Johnson was born in this city, where he has continued to re- 
 side until within a short time since, when he and his wife removed 
 to Evanston. He is a member of Corinthian Chapter, No. 69, R. A. 
 M., Evanston Commandery, No. 58, K. T., also of Oriental Con- 
 sistory, S. P. R. S. His report to the Lodge at the end of his 
 official term as Master includes the following: 
 
 From the East of Garden City Lodge, No. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 OfUcers and Members of Garden City Lodge, No. 74/.— Greeting : 
 
 "It now becomes my duty, in accordance with an ancient custom adopted 
 by all regular and well-governed Lodges," to present to you to-night the 
 results of my administration as the Master Steward of Garden City Lodge, and 
 I trust ere I close that the officers and myself shall have won from you the 
 ever cherished thought, "Well done, ye good and faithful servants; ye have 
 been faithful in all things committed to your care." 
 
 Unbounded joy is mine this night to be able to present to you such a 
 report as will make every member of this glorious Garden City Lodge feel 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 59 
 
 and respond to such enthusiasm within himself that he will more fully 
 realize the immeasurable greatness of its position in the Masonic Fraternity 
 the world over, for its members are not only scattered all over our own be- 
 loved country, but foreign lands contain many brethren who have taken 
 their vows at our altar. 
 
 The year 1901 has meant much to Garden City and its members, more 
 than you and I can now realize, "for who can tell when he casts a pebble 
 in the water on whose shore the ever increasing eddies or circles will end?'' 
 And so it has been with us, my brethren — we have worked hand in hand 
 and side by side as true men and Masons, and have carried each other's bur- 
 dens many, many times, ever working for the advancement and betterment 
 of our Lodge and brethren and the betterment of mankind in general, and 
 who can tell how much good our work has done or how far its influence 
 has been felt? 
 
 A. D. 1901 has a still greater significance for us, brethren. It has been 
 the greatest year Garden City has ever known in her history, for we have 
 excelled in all things pertaining to her advancement, and have raised her 
 to such a high eminence that she now stands at the head of the Fraternity. 
 Our gains in the number of candidates admitted to our sacred altar, and 
 passed and raised to the Sublime degree of Master Mason; our gains in 
 membership, in financial matters, in the number of degrees conferred, in 
 attendance, and our disbursements of charity, have exceeded all record of 
 former years, and we, the members, should congratulate each other in these 
 tremendous gains ; but I want it distinctly understood I am not trying to 
 cover myself alone with the mantle of glory, but every officer and member 
 is entitled to be covered under its folds for the conscientious manner in 
 which he has performed his work and for the labor and time expended in 
 Garden City's behalf. 
 
 It was always my intention, if I ever had the honor to be elected Master 
 of this illustrious Lodge, to make the social feature of Garden City Lodge 
 a most prominent one, believing that Lodge work without any social features 
 a very dull and uninteresting proposition. With this thought ever in my 
 mind, I have tried to make the brethren feel that Garden City was noted 
 for other things besides work ; that she should be noted in 1901 for her 
 hospitality to her members and guests, and if I judge aright, by remarks I 
 have heard from different quarters, the members and visiting brethren have 
 been more than satisfied. 
 
 A Lodge, brethren, that devotes all its time to labor, and none to re- 
 freshment or social features, fails to realize those true principles which 
 are inculcated in all its teachings, and makes it a dry, dull place, where none 
 are anxious to go, and no interest is shown by any one. 
 
 I take great pleasure in recalling to your minds to-night some of the red- 
 letter nights of Garden City in 1901 : 
 
 On January 2, 1901, the officers of this Lodge were installed by M. W. 
 Bros. John Corson Smith and LeRoy A. Goddard, in all ancient pomp and 
 ceremony, after which ceremony the members, their wives and friends en- 
 joyed a most pleasant evening with cards and dancing. 
 
 February 26, 1901, the Sublime degree of Master Mason was conferred by 
 M. W. Brother Charles F. Hitchcock, who presided in the East, assisted 
 by M. W. Bro. George M. Moulton, who sat in the West, after which a 
 banquet was spread for our guests. There were present at that time about 
 four hundred brethren. A most enjoyable evening was spent by all present. 
 
 March 19, 1901, a lecture on the Holy Land was delivered by M. W. Bro. 
 John Corson Smith, which was illustrated by views, and proved highly enter- 
 taining to the brethren, and much praise is due this venerable brother for his 
 labors in behalf of Garden City Lodge and the Masonic Fraternity at large. 
 
 April 30, 1901, was Past Masters' night, and inasmuch as we had had no 
 such gathering or reunion in 1900, we more fully enjoyed the meeting and 
 welcoming of those brethren who for so many years guided the ways of this 
 
60 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 our beloved Lodge. At this time we decided a most important question for 
 the future welfare of Garden City Lodge, viz. : The proposed amendment to 
 our By-Laws of electing all the officers, from Worshipful Master to that of 
 Marshal, and after a fair and due consideration the proposed amendment 
 was lost by an overwhelming majority. We then proceeded to the banquet 
 hall, where old ties and friendship were renewed. 
 
 June i8, 1901, was a record-breaking day for Garden City Lodge. On 
 that date we raised twenty brethren to the Sublime degree of Master Mason, 
 working from 8:30 A. M. to midnight, many of our own Past Masters and 
 those of other Lodges assisting. W. Bro. Alexander had charge of the Lodge 
 that day, and much credit is due him from the Lodge and Master for his 
 assistance. The evening session was followed by a banquet. 
 
 July 17, 1901, marked a new epoch in the history of Garden City Lodge. 
 Your Master had long been desirous of entertaining the families of the mem- 
 bers of this Lodge, so with this aim in view he secured a large and commo- 
 dious steamboat, and with the members and their families enjoyed a sail on 
 our beautiful lake along the west shore for a period of four and one-half 
 hours. It had been a very warm and sultry day, the temperature ranging 
 about 90 degrees in the shade, and when we left the dock at 4 130 p. M. and 
 steamed out into the lake, the refreshing change became at once apparent to 
 all on board. We returned at 9 p. m. About eight hundred brethren and 
 their wives and families and friends took advantage of this opportunitv 
 for a sail. I am sorry to say we left two hundred or more on the dock who 
 were "unable to obtain a passage," owing to the fact of the boat not being 
 allowed to carry more than eight hundred. I most heartily indorse this inno- 
 vation to my successor, and pray he will revive it in 1902, but I would sug- 
 gest that he secure the Whaleback, for we have found the families of Gar- 
 den City's members are very large. 
 
 October i. igoi, was Grand Lodge night, and indeed it was a grand night 
 for Garden City, all of the stations being filled by Grand Lodge Officers 
 except the station of Worshipful Master: that seat of honor was filled in the 
 first section by W Bro. William Swissler, of Union Park Lodge, and in the 
 second section by R. W. Bro. Jay L. Brewster, of Waukcgan Lidge. About 
 eight hundred brethren were present, and at the conclusion a banquet was 
 spread. 
 
 December 16, 1901, the brethren gathered together with their friends and 
 brethren of other Lx)dges in the Preceptory of Oriental Consistory (which 
 has been so kindly offered for our use so manv times, this and other years, 
 by 111. E. R. Bliss and R. W. Bro. Gil. W. Barnard), and listened to the 
 beautiful remarks and inspiring sentiments of W. Bro. Geo. W. Warvelle. 
 Bro. Sherman. Speaker of House of Representatives, State of Illinois, and 
 Bro. W. S. Elliott, Jr. Their remarks were more than appreciated by the 
 brethren, and to them is extended our sincerest thanks for their efforts in 
 our behalf. 
 
 After a short program rendered by professional artists, W. Bro. Frank E. 
 Locke, of L^nion Park Lodge, who, on November 26th, was duly elected an 
 Honorary Member of our Lodge, for his long and useful service as a worker, 
 was presented his Honorary Membership Certificate, beavttifully engraved 
 on a silver tablet. He responded in his usual happy manner, thanking the 
 Lodge for the honor conferred. The Lexington Quartette were presented 
 with beautiful lambskin aprons, on their tenth anniversary as the official 
 quartette of Garden City Lodge. Their sweet strains have made many hearts 
 in Garden City happy, and we are proud of them. 
 
 OUR DE.\D. 
 
 "And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me. Write, Blessed are 
 the dead who rest in the arms of the Lord, for they have passed from their 
 labors to peace everlasting," 
 
IJRO E, I.. JOHNSON. 
 Master 1901. 
 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 61 
 
 Ten brethren have been called to that undiscovered country from whoso 
 bourne no traveler returns : 
 
 Bro. George A, Bengley, February 19, 1901. 
 
 Bro. Spencer Nash, April 27, 1901. 
 
 Bro. Jacob Bom, April 30, 1901. 
 
 Bro. Isaac Korsoski, May 7, 1901. 
 
 Bro. George G. Ligare, July 23, 1901. 
 
 Bro. Christian Hiorth, July 30, 1901. 
 
 Bro. C. C. Voelcker, August 5, 1901. 
 
 Bro. Frank Traver, September 6, 1901. 
 
 Bro. John McKinzie, September 30, 1901. 
 
 Bro. John L. Foose, November 11, igoi. 
 
 "These have passed through the valley of the shadow of death and are 
 come to life everlasting. Amen." 
 
 My thanks are most justly due to the officers of this lodge for their 
 honest labors in Garden City's behalf, and for their hearty support so freely 
 given me, and I can truly say no Master ever had more loyal friends and 
 workers than my officers have shown themselves to be this year. 
 
 My thanks are also due to the Secretary who has been so willing to assist 
 me at all times with good counsel and advice, and who has so ably filled his 
 office this year ; and then to those brethren who have acted in various sta- 
 tions in the third degree, and the members who have been present and assisted 
 I extend my heartiest thanks. The Past Masters of this Lodge, who have 
 been so regular this year and assisted in the work so often, I thank most 
 heartily also, and those two Past Masters of Union Park Lodge, W. Bros. 
 Swissler and Locke, for their labors performed in our Lodge. 
 
 And now brethren, as I lay my gave! down to-night, I cannot tell you how 
 it affects me within, but my heart swells up in gratitude to the officers and 
 members of this Lodge for this great honor conferred on me, and for the 
 courteous treatment and hearty support I have received from them. I have 
 labored hard and truly for Garden City's advancement, and only hope I may 
 have won the approbation of you all. 
 
 That God — "Our Father in Heaven" — may ever bless and guide Garden 
 City Lodge into the ways of peace and success, is my most earnest desire. 
 
 I thank you all most heartily. 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 EDWARD L. JOHNSON, Master. 
 
 1902. 
 
 Bro. Nelson N. Lampert was born in Newton, Wisconsin, March 
 19, 1872, and after settling in Chicago with his family he engaged 
 as a clerk in the bank, in which he has been rapidly promoted on his 
 merits, until he now holds the important position of Cashier, and is 
 generally regarded as one of the most promising young men in the 
 financial circles of the city. 
 
 He was raised to the third degree in Garden City Lodge, Feb- 
 ruary 26, 1896, and at once he became an active participant in our 
 affairs. He served as J. S., 1897; J. D., 1898; S. D., 1899; J. W., 
 1900; S. W., 1901, and as Master during the year 1902. 
 
 A thorough business man himself, the same strict principles were 
 applied to the Lodge matters, and much credit is due him for its 
 successful management during the immense work and business of 
 that year, the greatest in its history. 
 
62 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Bro. Lampert is also active in the other bodies of Masonry, being 
 a member of York Chapter, R. A. M., Tyrian Council, R. and S. M., 
 of which he is the present T. I. M. He is an officer in Apollo Com- 
 mandery. No. I, K. T. ; also an officer in Van Rensselaer Lodge of 
 Perfection, and active in the work of Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. 
 S., Thirty-second. An energetic man of business and social affairs, 
 his Masonry is but an incident in the multiplicity of public and per- 
 sonal engagements that demand his attention. 
 
 He presented the following annual report : 
 
 From the E.\st of Garden City Lodge, Xo. 141, A. F. and A. M. 
 Brethren of Garden City Lodge: 
 
 In this my parting message to you as your Worshipful Master, I bring you 
 tidings of good cheer. 
 
 The year just closed has been the most prosperous one in the history of 
 this great Lodge — the Lodge we all love. Garden City now has the proud 
 distinction of being the largest Lodge in the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois, 
 having a membership of 816. The year just passed has been one of great 
 activity, as the reports of our Secretary and Treasurer, who follow me, will 
 show. 
 
 I desire to call your attention briefly to a few features in their reports. 
 We have held 106 communications; have conferred 315 degrees; raised 
 102 candidates to the Sublime degree of Master ^lason ; have added $2,741.58 
 in cash to our balance in the bank; and have rejected thirty-two petitions — 
 a record of which every member can justly be proud. 
 
 This vast amount of work has entailed much labor; but the kind and 
 cordial co-operation extended to your Worshipful Master by the officers and 
 members has made these duties a real pleasure. Brethren, every communica- 
 tion of Garden City has been a red-letter night. Our Installation, Past 
 Masters' night, Grand Lodge night will not soon be forgotten. The attend- 
 ance of our members has steadily increased and has been very gratifying and 
 an inspiration to your officers. 
 
 We have entertained visiting brethren from every State in the Union and 
 some from other countries ; men who hold the highest honors in our fra- 
 ternity have honored us by their presence and have participated in our cere- 
 monies ; and every one has expressed in the highest terms his admiration 
 of our good work and the spirit of hospitality shown. 
 
 The one ambition of my administration has been realized ; and that is that 
 during my term as Master, harmony and brotherly love have not only pre- 
 vailed, but have been more strongly cemented in our Masonic family. This 
 was the goal I have striven for from the moment I took my official obliga- 
 tion, and words fail to express my pleasure and satisfaction at the realization 
 of my fondest hopes. This, in my opinion, above all other things, should be 
 our goal. 
 
 OUR DE.\D. 
 
 Brethren, let us record a tribute of affection to those of our brethren who 
 have been called from this earth by Him who doeth all things well. Nine 
 of our brethren have passed to that undiscovered country from whose bourne 
 no traveler returns : 
 
 Bro. Thomas Carson. 
 
 Bro. William F. Ashler. 
 
 Bro. John E. Washick. 
 
 Bro. Jonathan Clark. 
 
 Bro. Richard D. Foss. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 14I. 63 
 
 Bro. Charles A. Katz. 
 
 Bro. Herbert A. Rogers, P. M. 
 
 Bro. Nels Anderson. 
 
 Bro. William H. Hackett. 
 
 "There is no death; 
 
 The stars go down to rise upon some fairer shore; 
 
 And bright in heaven's jeweled crown 
 
 They shine forever more." 
 
 A committee has been appointed to commemorate fittingly during the 
 month of November, 1903, the fiftieth anniversary of the instituting of our 
 Lodge. Let us put forth every efifort to make this event a grand success. 
 
 I have received from you the highest honor that any member can receive 
 from his Lodge — that of electing me Worshipful Master. For this I am 
 deeply grateful, and extend my most heartfelt thanks from a heart filled 
 with gratitude. I have received from all the most courteous treatment and 
 the heartiest co-operation. 
 
 To the officers of the Lodge, who have been ever ready and willing to 
 assist me, words fail to express my appreciation. No Master ever had more 
 loyal support than I have had, and to this I attribute the remarkable suc- 
 cess of Garden City Lodge. 
 
 To the Past Masters and other brethren who have so ably assisted us on 
 all occasions, and especially at our special communications, I am deeply 
 grateful. 
 
 To Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, Past Most Worshipful Grand Master of the 
 State of Illinois (who twice during this year conferred the Sublime degree 
 of Master Mason), I am doubly thankful for his assistance rendered at those 
 times and on numerous other occasions. 
 
 In the discharge of the responsible duties connected with the position I 
 have cheerfully and faithfully put forth my best efforts and contributed my 
 best talents. The results are now a record of the past. 
 Fraternally submitted, 
 
 NELSON N. LAMPERT, Master. 
 
 1903. 
 
 Bro. Robert D. Doerle, the presiding officer in the East of this 
 Lodge, is a man who has made many warm friends among all 
 classes of the men who make up the large membership of Garden 
 City. Naturally of a quiet and reserved disposition, but with it all 
 he has a pleasant, genial way that gets him close to those who asso- 
 ciate with him in the affairs of the Lodge or in the railroad business, 
 in which he has been engaged for a number of years. He makes his 
 home with his mother and two sisters. 
 
 He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on the 29th of February, 
 1868, and received the degrees in this Lodge April 3d, May isth and 
 May 29, 1895, since which time he has been active in all the interests 
 pertaining to the welfare of our Lodge as well as those of York 
 Chapter, No. 148, R. A. M., and Tyrian Council, R. and S. M., of 
 which two bodies he is a member. He entered the official line in 
 Garden City as J. S. in 1897, and has been promoted along the line 
 until elected Master in December, 1902. 
 
64 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 LETTER G. 
 
 That Name! I learned it at a mother's knee, 
 When, looking up, the fond and tearful face 
 
 Beaming upon my eyes so tenderly. 
 
 She prayed that God her iittle son would b'ess ! 
 
 That Name ! I spoke it when I entered here, 
 And bowed the knee, as each Freemason must ; 
 
 From mj' heart's center, with sincerity, 
 I said, "In God, in God is all my trust !" 
 
 That Name! I saw it o'er the Master's chair, 
 "The Hieroglyphic bright," and, bending low, 
 
 Paid solemn homage at the emblem there, 
 That speaks of God, before whom all must bow! 
 
 That Name! In silence I invoked its power. 
 
 When dangers thickened and when death wa^ niih ! 
 
 In solemn awe I felt the death clouds lower, 
 And whispered, "God be with me if I die!" 
 
 That Name! The last upon my faltering tongue. 
 
 Ere death shall still it, it shall surely be 
 The Password to the high celestial throng. 
 
 Whose Lord is God in truth and majesty! 
 
 That Name then. Brothers, always gently speak. 
 Before your father's, mother's name revered I 
 
 Such blessings from His gracious hand we take. 
 O be His honor to our souls endeared ! 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I41. 65 
 
 FOR more than twenty years past it has been the practice of 
 the Secretary to prepare his annual report and have it printed 
 so that a copy might be sent to every member and thus enable 
 them all to have the necessary information of what is the condition 
 of the Lodge, numerically and financially. 
 
 A synopsis of the report of the Treasurer is embodied in each 
 report. We insert here a portion of the report for 1902 : 
 
 FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
 
 To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Garden City Lodge, 
 No. 141, A. F. and A. M. — Greeting: 
 
 I herewith submit for your favorable consideration a brief resume of the 
 most remarkably prosperous year ever enjoyed by any Masonic Lodge m 
 this jurisdiction: 
 
 COMMUNICATIONS. 
 
 Since last report there have been held : 
 
 Stated communications 52 
 
 Special communications 48 
 
 Emergent communications 6 
 
 106 
 
 WORK. 
 
 Petitions for degrees received 150 
 
 Petitions for membership received 10 
 
 160 
 
 DEGREES. 
 
 Entered Apprentice no 
 
 Fellow Craft 103 
 
 Master Mason 102 
 
 Total number of degrees conferred 315 
 
 UNFINISHED WORK. 
 
 For ballot lo 
 
 For Entered Apprentice 7 
 
 For Fellow Craft g 
 
 For Master Mason i 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 150 petitions for degrees @ $10.00 $1,500.00 
 
 10 petitions for membership @ 5.00 50.00 
 
 no Entered Apprentices @ 15.00 1,650.00 
 
 103 Fellow Craft @ 20.00 2,060.00 
 
 102 Master Masons @ 15.00 1,530,00 
 
 Annual dues 3,328.50 
 
66 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Refund charity account 78.10 
 
 Interest 30.52 
 
 Dividend on stock 153.00 
 
 Expense refunded 15.00 
 
 Rebate hall rent 40.00 
 
 $10^35.12 
 
 ACCOUNT WITH TREASURER. 
 
 To balance on hand at last report $ 3.317-65 
 
 Received from Secretary since 10,435.07 
 
 $13,752.72 
 Credit. 
 
 By paid warrants 1580 to 1879, inclusive $7,693.49 
 
 Balance $ 6,059.23 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Charity $ 1,049.46 
 
 Rent hall 947.5° 
 
 Grand Lodge tax 462.60 
 
 Salary of Secretary 550.00 
 
 Petition fees returned 320.00 
 
 Entertainment 1,025.45 
 
 Funerals iii.oo 
 
 Washing 130.85 
 
 Printing and stationery 442.00 
 
 Tyling 406.00 
 
 Organist 225.00 
 
 Regalia, aprons, etc 162.26 
 
 Quartette 240.00 
 
 Lodge furniture 30.OO 
 
 Secretary bills, postage, advertising, etc 291.70 
 
 Services other than Secretary and Tyler 506.00 
 
 Flowers 427.10 
 
 ^Miscellaneous 366.62 
 
 Total $ 7,693-54 
 
 ASSETS. 
 
 Masonic Fraternity Temple Association stock $ 5,100.00 
 
 Cash on hand 6,059.23 
 
 One safe 70.00 
 
 Personal property in lodge-room 600.00 
 
 Personal property in Secretary's office 90.00 
 
 Accrued annual dues 3,831.25 
 
 $15,750.48 
 Assets last report 13,072.65 
 
 Gain for 1902 $ 2.677.83 
 
 MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT. 
 
 Members last report, 1901 737 
 
 Raised since 102 
 
 Admitted 6 
 
 Total for year 845 
 
ii ''w ' i-'ri - 1 ill' f/l'S 
 
 ROBERT J. DALY, S, W. EDMOND I'. JACKSON, J. \V. 
 
 CHAUNCEY J. CORNWELIv, S. D. WILLIAM GOURLAY', J. D. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 67 
 
 Loss. 
 
 Dimitted 13 
 
 Suspended 7 
 
 Died 9 
 
 Total loss 29 
 
 Membership at present time 816 
 
 Gain for 1902 79 
 
 All of which is fraternally submitted, 
 
 GEORGE H. VAUPELL, Secretary. 
 
 REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 
 
 Chicago, December 16, 1902. 
 To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Garden City Lodge, 
 No. 141 A. F. and A. M., Chicago: 
 
 Your Treasurer respectfully reports the following moneys received and 
 paid out from December 17, 1901, to December 16, 1902 : 
 
 1901. 
 Dec. 17. Balance on hand per last report $ 3,317.63 
 
 1902. 
 Dec. 16. Received from Secretary during the year 10,435.07 
 
 Total receipts $13,752.72 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Paid orders from Nos. 1580 to 1879, inclusive $ 7,693.49 
 
 Balance on hand at this date $ 6,059.23 
 
 A net gain in cash of ^ 2741.58 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 JOHN D. MACLEAN, Treasurer. 
 
MICHAEL J. HAYES, S. S, 
 
 EDW. I,. HOLMES, Marsha 
 
 ELMER E. LAMPERT, J. S. 
 
 AUGUST F. UHE. Organist. 
 
LIST OF CHARTER MEMBERS. 
 
 Wm. McMillen, 
 
 Worshipful Master. 
 
 Geo. E. Pitkin, Senior Warden. 
 
 L. P. CheneYj Junior Warden. 
 
 Cheney Reed. Treasurer 
 
 C. L. Watkins, Secretary. 
 C. Sassaman, Senior Deacon. 
 II. H. MerrilLj Junior Deacon. 
 Carding Jackson. 
 A. T. Dusenbuey. 
 
 PAST MASTERS OF THIS LODGE. 
 
 *Wm. McMillen, 1853-4. 
 *L. P. Cheney, 1855-56. 
 *Francis Hudson, 1857. 
 *Petee C. Lusk, 1858. 
 *Eben C. Hurd, 1859-60. 
 *H. M. Wilcox, 1861. 
 *Wm. B. Bateham, 1862-4-5. 
 
 *JOHN W. NoRRIS, 1S63. 
 
 *Ed\\'ard Addy, 1866. 
 
 Gil. W. Barnard, 1S67-8. 
 *H. F. Holcomb, 1869-70-5-6-7. 
 '''Geo. R. McClellan, 1871-2. 
 *JosEPH Butler, 1873. 
 *A. C. Gleason, 1874. 
 
 James John, 1878-91. 
 
 Alfred Russell, 1879-80. 
 
 Lewis L. Wadsworth, 1881-2. 
 *Theo. F. Talmage, 1883-4. 
 
 Geo McWilliamSj 1885. 
 
 Henry McCall, 1886-7-8. 
 
 John W. Kleckner, 1889-go. 
 *Frank R. Sherrard, 1892. 
 
 Robert A. Smith, 1893. 
 *Charles E. Hempstead, 1894. 
 ^Herbert A. Rogers, 1S95. 
 
 George H. Vaupell, 1896. 
 
 Will C. Rood, 1897. 
 
 Elmer C. Bast, 1898. 
 
 Leopold Alexander, 1899. 
 
 Thos. B. Bent, 1900. 
 
 Edw. L. Johnson, igoi. 
 
 Nelson N. Lampert, 1902. 
 
 t" Not now members of this Lodge. 
 
 HONORARY MEMBERS 
 
 Chas. F. Hitchcock, P. G. M. 
 John Corson Smith, P. G. M. 
 Charles A. Fisk, P. i\I. 
 Walter Henry Harris, P. JVI. 
 Sir Henry Truman Wood, P. M. 
 Herbert S. Kurd, P. M. 
 R. W. Beo. Jay L. Brewster. 
 
 LeROY A. GODDARD, P. G, M. 
 Edward Cook, P. G. M. 
 Charles L. Bliss, P. ^\l. 
 Wm. I. Marshall, P, M. 
 Lyman J. Amsden, P. M. 
 William F. Swissleu, P. M. 
 Frank E. Locke, P. M. 
 
 M. Wor. Bro. George M. Moulton. 
 
PRESENTED TO OARDEN CITY LODGE, No. 141, A, F. & A. M. 
 By Trustees 
 
 ILLINOIS MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME, SHCOND PRIZE, 1891. 
 
MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Revised to July I, 1903. 
 
 Abbott, W. W March 29, 
 
 *Abell, Charles F A. September 2, 
 
 Abt, Louis W February 21, 
 
 * Addy , Edward July 16, 
 
 Adis, Herman John February 3, 
 
 Alexander, Leopold February 17, 
 
 Alexander, U. D November 9, 
 
 *Allen, Charles A July 21, 
 
 Allen, Henry A July 23, 
 
 Allison, Smith E September 23, 
 
 Almy, Lemuel C April 14, 
 
 *Alston, John November 23, 
 
 Ambler, Eugene March 2, 
 
 Anderson, Charles P October 5, 
 
 *Anderson, G. A July i, 
 
 Anderson, Harold W June 18, 
 
 *Anderson, Harry June 9, 
 
 Anderson, John L November 21, 
 
 *Anderson, Nils September 19, 
 
 Andrews, Alfred Burritt June 16, 
 
 Andrews, George Milton A. April 4, 
 
 *Appel, Joseph May i, 
 
 *Arbogast, Guy June 27, 
 
 *Archdeacon, William May 12, 
 
 Archer, Daniel W December 3, 
 
 Arens, Otto C A. August 19, 
 
 Armitage, John S A. August 7, 
 
 Armstrong, William Henry May 30, 
 
 Arnold, Oswald J February 24, 
 
 Arthur, William W. W A. June 7, 
 
 *Ashler, William F September 5. 
 
 *Askwith, John May 18, 
 
 *Atkins, William October 30, 
 
 *Atkins, William April 25, 
 
 Atkinson, John M September 29, 
 
 *Atwood, Levi L January 28, 
 
 *Aurner, M. D September 5, 
 
 *Austrian, Leo September 18, 
 
 *Ayers, Frank D October 5, 
 
 Ayers, S. W A, July 26, 
 
 *Bachrach, Abraham September 5, 
 
 Bacon, Frank T September 26, 
 
 Badeaux. Ralph Gaston June 26, 
 
 Badenoch, John J May 5, 
 
 Baecker, Fred C February 3, 
 
 Baker, Danford M June 18, 
 
 Baker, Frank W September 21, 
 
 ♦Baldwin, H. P April i, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodg-e, July I, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
70 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 *Ball, Samuel G December 2, 1891 
 
 Balster, William April 7, i897 
 
 Band, Henry Frederick A. June 15. 1892 
 
 *Banta, J. H December 12, 1866 
 
 *Barber, George P April 4. 1855 
 
 »Barber, Hiram January 27, 1857 
 
 Barber, John May S, 1880 
 
 Barnard, Gilbert Wordsworth December 7, 1864 
 
 Barnes. James R. E August 6, 1901 
 
 *Barnhill, James F April 6, 1898 
 
 *Barnett, Albert L February 16, 1898 
 
 Barlow, Robert W February 6, 1889 
 
 Barrell, James February 16, 1859 
 
 =*Barrell, M. C November 26, 1856 
 
 Barrett, Charles R A. November 7, 188.8 
 
 ♦Barrett, WilUam H A. November 21, 1888 
 
 Barron, Charles T June 30, 1864 
 
 Bartlett, John S June 23, 1897 
 
 *Bartlett. William M May 17, 1865 
 
 Bast, Elmer Ellsworth June 29, 1892 
 
 *Batdorf, Charles S April 6, 1887 
 
 *Bateham, William B June 30, 1858 
 
 Bateman, Edward L September 11, 1900 
 
 Bates, William H October 3, 1899 
 
 *Bateson, Charles C May 7, 1890 
 
 *Bauchwitz, Julius May 5, 18S0 
 
 Bauer, Fred C May 17, 1902 
 
 Baum, C. Frederick October 4, 1882 
 
 Bauld, David A November 16, 1892 
 
 Beadell, George L A. October 14, 1902 
 
 Beadell, Madison August 18, 1873 
 
 *Beck, Charles W March 13, 1895 
 
 Beck, Frank September 29, 1897 
 
 Becker, John December 4, 1867 
 
 *Becker, Paul May 30, 1855 
 
 Beckman, William H A. December 2, 1896 
 
 *Beem, William Pitt March 18, 1891 
 
 Beer, Frederick Armistead July 15, 1902 
 
 Behm, A. G. E April 7, 1897 
 
 Bell. John May 13, 1896 
 
 *Bellington, J, T June 15, 1857 
 
 Bellis. Frank October 30, 1895 
 
 Benedict, George H April 6, 1898 
 
 *BengIey, George Alex September 21, 1877 
 
 Benjamin, Edmond J August 6, 1901 
 
 Bennett, James A. March 2, 1877 
 
 *Benschird, Richard January 29, 1858 
 
 Bent, Thomas B March 29, 1893 
 
 Bent, Thomas J A. June 23, 1873 
 
 Benz. Philip J November 5. 1901 
 
 Benzion. Joseph April 8, 1896 
 
 Benzion, William August 26, 1896 
 
 *Berblinger, William L September 17. 1879 
 
 Berg, Edward April 14, 1903 
 
 Berg, John J. A February 11, 1902 
 
 Berg. Robert December 12, 1899 
 
 Berngen, Fred John May 19, 1903 
 
 "* Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
LEXINGTON QUARTETTE. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 71 
 
 ■*Berry, Francis November 4 
 
 *Berry, John J September 29 
 
 Bertram, Paul M. L April 15 
 
 Bertwestle, John E December 3 
 
 Bessire, Paul A June 18 
 
 Betts, Wilfred E November 1 1 
 
 *Bevier, Orville D A. October 21 
 
 Biddison, Samuel M A. April 20 
 
 Bishop, William C A. January 22 
 
 Black, John B February 1 1 
 
 Black, William C June 3 
 
 *Blaine, Ephraim W October 17 
 
 Blair, Albert January 31 
 
 Blake, Frank September 9. 
 
 Blake, James W June 26, 
 
 *BIatchford, Thomas N September 5 
 
 Blennerhassett, F. F June 27, 
 
 Blettner, Edward F February 6 
 
 Blettner, George A November 25 
 
 *Blower, J. J March 29 
 
 Blum, Julius June 2, 
 
 Blumenthal, Julius May 7, 
 
 Boardman, Charles P November 21 
 
 Bobe, Edward A. December 16, 
 
 Bohner, George August 21 
 
 Boll, Christian May 7 
 
 *'Bolmer, William A December g 
 
 Bonnell, Charles E March 21 
 
 *Boomer, L. B March 17, 
 
 Booth, Frank Hulburd, M. D November 7, 
 
 *Boothroyd, T May 10 
 
 *Born, Jacob March 29 
 
 Bosnak, Samuel February 28 
 
 Bossi, William F June 16 
 
 *Bowen, E. S February 28 
 
 *Bowlby, Charles B June i 
 
 *Boyd, Joseph July 6 
 
 Bradbury, George L September 13 
 
 Bradford, George A. April 2 
 
 Bradford, Geo. William September 9, 
 
 *Bradley, William H September 17, 
 
 Bradwell, Thomas May 26 
 
 *Brandis, Fred H A. February 14 
 
 *Brearly, Charles C December 9 
 
 Brenner, Nathaniel T September 5 
 
 *Brickman. George November 30 
 
 *Bridgeforth, W. H August 9, 
 
 Brightly, Frederick C June 26 
 
 Briot, Charles H A. May 5 
 
 *Broadbent, John H June 21, 
 
 Brockenbrough, Kirby Rich April 20, 
 
 Brown, Edward A March 2 
 
 Brown, Frank Reno June 3 
 
 Brown, George R April g 
 
 *Brown, Henry A April 6 
 
 *Brown, John A November 3 
 
 Brown, John L March 29 
 
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 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
72 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Brown, Lincoln A October 3, 
 
 *Brown, Moses C AugTJSt 29, 
 
 *Brown, W. H. R May 16, 
 
 Brooks, William Herbert September 11, 
 
 Brooks, William Henrv April 14, 
 
 Brownlie, Robert T A. January 23, 
 
 Brumback. Arthur H., M. D A. May 17, 
 
 Brvant, Clifford W September 23, 
 
 Buchanan, William P March 11, 
 
 Buechel, Charles A. March 3. 
 
 Buechel, Charles C March 29, 
 
 Buechel, Henrv David April 6, 
 
 *Buffum, S. S A. August 23, 
 
 Buhman, Charles J May 17, 
 
 ♦Bullard, Elihu R September 22, 
 
 Bulkley, Almon W May 2, 
 
 *Burgan, Henry November 22, 
 
 Eurdick, Fred W A. May 20, 
 
 Burgess, Frank A A. May 2, 
 
 *EurghofTer, J. J. G August 7, 
 
 *Burns, William August 29, 
 
 *Burns, William Kenneth July 17, 
 
 *Burt, William December 3, 
 
 *Burton, Henry R December 14, 
 
 Euschman, Gustavus C June 21, 
 
 Buschman, Frank February 26, 
 
 *Busher, George R June 29, 
 
 *Eussie, Charles J December 5, 
 
 *Butler, Joseph April i, 
 
 Butler, Lawrence P February II, 
 
 *Butler, Matthew J March 2. 
 
 *Eutterworth, E. S February 12, 
 
 Eutterworth, Henry T November 21, 
 
 *Eyron, George B February 26, 
 
 *Caberry, H, R August 7, 
 
 Caldwell, James H A. February 19, 
 
 *Callow, William A. March, 
 
 Campbell, A. A June 24, 
 
 *Campbell, William May 12, 
 
 Card, Edward September 15, 
 
 *Carlson, Alfred September 5, 
 
 Carlson, Edward H December 12, 
 
 *Carpenter, D. C February 18, 
 
 *Cary, Henry C A. February 28, 
 
 *Carson, Thomas August 18, 
 
 *Case, William E June 8, 
 
 *Cashman, David A A. November 13, 
 
 Cass, William E A. June 5, 
 
 Cassriel. Alexander December i. 
 
 Castle, William J A. March 18, 
 
 Castro, William D August 6, 
 
 Cavette, Scott O April 7, 
 
 *Cavin, James M October 20, 
 
 Cay wood, George W March 20, 
 
 Chalmers, Elam L September 9, 
 
 Chamberlain. William B February 26, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodg-e, July i, 1903. A Affiliated, 
 
MASONIC TEMPLE 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 73 
 
 Chapin, Ora E December 15, 
 
 Charlette, Charles B June 23, 
 
 *Chase, Merrill B April 7, 
 
 *Charvat, Joseph L August 2, 
 
 *Cheney, Lucien P C 
 
 Christiansen, Halvor November 21, 
 
 Christiansen, Thorval December 8, 
 
 *Christman, Jno. Carleton, Jr December 2, 
 
 Christopher, P. H August I, 
 
 Chytraus, Axel September 19, 
 
 *Clark, George F December 20, 
 
 *Clark, Jonathan April 2, 
 
 Clark, Robert Samuel September 15, 
 
 Clarke, Arthur M October 4, 
 
 *Clarke, James C May 4, 
 
 Clarke, Leonard V November 25, 
 
 ♦Clay, C. M March 29, 
 
 Clenny, James E November 22, 
 
 ♦Cleveland, H. L March 12, 
 
 ♦Cleveland. Reuben April 14, 
 
 ♦Clucus, William May 3, 
 
 ♦Coburn, John October 20, 
 
 Coe, Lyman B A. August 19, 
 
 Coey, David September 30, 
 
 Cogan, Charles June 18, 
 
 Coles, Fred R A. May 17, 
 
 Cole, James A January 5, 
 
 ♦Cole, Henry A A. July 21, 
 
 ♦Colbum, John W November 15, 
 
 ♦Coleman, James W April 10, 
 
 Collins, Qinton D., M, D November 22, 
 
 Collins, Charles E A. June 23, 
 
 ♦Collins, E. A December 2, 
 
 ♦Collins, Henry Pryor A. April 7, 
 
 ♦Collins, James Isaac January 16, 
 
 Colondro, C. M December 3, 
 
 Colson, Harry G April 24, 
 
 Comstock. Henry F A. December 13, 
 
 Conealy, Michael January 31, 
 
 Connon, William Lowe July 15, 
 
 Conroy, Francis J December 6, 
 
 Conzelman, Carl G December 9, 
 
 Coonely, George Henry September 21, 
 
 ♦Cooke, Elias May 8, 
 
 Cooper, Fenimore I A. February i, 
 
 ♦Cooper, George M December 3, 
 
 ♦Cornell, D. D September 19, 
 
 ♦Cornell, George B June 2, 
 
 ♦Cornwell, Alfred C A. September 19, 
 
 Corn well, Chauncey J - May 30, 
 
 ♦Covey, J. W July i, 
 
 ♦Covey, Herbert S January 21, 
 
 Cowdin, A. W March 29, 
 
 Coxon, Alfred December 12, 
 
 ♦Coykendahl, John F A. February i, 
 
 ♦Grain, Frank R March 20, 
 
 ♦Craft, Delavan July 18, 
 
 * Not noTv member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A AfSliated. 
 
74 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Cramer, L. Charles July i, 
 
 *Crampton, W. R February 29, 
 
 Crantz, Claes Henry December 3, 
 
 Crawley, Cyrus R A. November 18, 
 
 Crass, Edgar W March 20, 
 
 Creamer, John Lewis June 16, 
 
 *Crego, D. R September 14, 
 
 ♦Crider, J. C March 5, 
 
 ♦Crocker, Fred S A. January 7, 
 
 *Cromlish, Thomas February 18, 
 
 *Crooker, E. P March 29, 
 
 *Crosby, William S October 1 1, 
 
 *Cross, George L A. May 17, 
 
 *Crow, John C February 18, 
 
 *Cudahy, Daniel H April 6, 
 
 Culley, Hervey R December 3, 
 
 Culley, William May 30, 
 
 Cumming. William Deas April 18, 
 
 ♦Cutler, John A February 14, 
 
 Cutler, William Seth A. November 28, 
 
 Czarnecki, Anthony February 6, 
 
 Dabbert, Fred W. M December 3, 
 
 ♦Dabney, R. F A. December 6, 
 
 ♦Dahlgren, Gustaf F A. December 17, 
 
 Dahmke, Adolph G April 21, 
 
 Dailey. John K., Jr May 5, 
 
 Daly, Robert J June 26, 
 
 Dalmar, Hugo June 23, 
 
 ♦Dalton, A. H September 2, 
 
 Dalton, G. A November 25, 
 
 ♦Daniels, Charles A May 7, 
 
 Danford. William J September 11, 
 
 Dann, Charles A July I, 
 
 ♦Davenport, Fred D May 13, 
 
 Davidson, William A May 15, 
 
 Davies, Charles Elliott March S, 
 
 Davies, Harry B December 3, 
 
 ♦Davies, John L September 4, 
 
 Davis, Bayard G May 19, 
 
 ♦Davis, Benj. F January 30, 
 
 Davis, Charles J March i, 
 
 ♦Davis, E. R February 10, 
 
 Davis, James December 8, 
 
 Davis, Robert E March 21, 
 
 Davis, William August 6, 
 
 ♦Dawson, William Alex A. May ig, 
 
 Day, Charles M May 21, 
 
 ♦Day, Charles A May 30, 
 
 Deakin, Earl H June 3, 
 
 ♦DeCamp, Harry Eugene May 5, 
 
 ♦Delap, John April 15, 
 
 Deming, H. V., Jr May 29, 
 
 Dempsey, Lewis Michael September 5, 
 
 Dempster. Thomas September S, 
 
 Deneen, Charles S February 26. 
 
 Dennen, J. W A. July 19, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 75 
 
 Denslow, LeGrand N., M. D June 14, 
 
 *Dew, Charles A September 29, 
 
 .Dewey, Noah B April i, 
 
 *Deyo, Henry W December 9, 
 
 ♦Dick, Arnold E December 13, 
 
 Dickens, Philip C February 27, 
 
 *Dickson, James June 8, 
 
 *Dienstag, B A. September 29, 
 
 *Dingey, Peter Spear September 21, 
 
 *Dinnon, William A. November 21, 
 
 Dinsdale, John William A. January 16, 
 
 Dixon, Arthur April 19, 
 
 Dixon, George W November 6, 
 
 *Dixon, Thomas J March 13, 
 
 Dock, Charles F May 6, 
 
 Dods. George D. B., M. D December 9, 
 
 Doerle. Robert D May 29, 
 
 Donnelly, James P A. November 8, 
 
 *Douglas, Charles M August 8, 
 
 Downey, James F A. March 21, 
 
 Doyle, William A April 18, 
 
 Draper, William I April 25, 
 
 *Drake, Albert Gallatin September 18, 
 
 Drinkwater, Fred A April 21, 
 
 Duennes, Charles F September 29, 
 
 *Duffin, Isaac January 30, 
 
 *Duffy, Francis March 8, 
 
 *Duncan, John D October 4, 
 
 *Duncan, Thomas May 30, 
 
 Dunne, L. A December 13, 
 
 *Dunning, Qaude C November 17, 
 
 *Dusenbury, A. T C 
 
 Duwenick, Charles O April 8, 
 
 Dynes, Owen W May 10, 
 
 Earnshaw, E May 13, 
 
 *Eason, James B March 5, 
 
 *Easton, R. P June 2, 
 
 *East, James May 7, 
 
 *Eaton, Jesse R December 13, 
 
 Eberhart. Noble M., M. D October 28, 
 
 Eberle, Theodore F February 11, 
 
 Ecker, Jacob March 29, 
 
 *Edgecomb, James L July 6, 
 
 Edmonds, Nelson O A. April 13, 
 
 Edmondson, James B November 5, 
 
 ♦Edwards, William J March 5, 
 
 *EdzIey, Samuel April 15, 
 
 *Egan, Wiley M September 7, 
 
 *Egan, Charles October 17, 
 
 *Eibertson. Henry December 8, 
 
 Eichler, William A October 7, 
 
 Eisenstadt, Louis May 15, 
 
 *EIlis, Horace S October 4, 
 
 *ElIithorpe, A. C November 22, 
 
 ♦Elston, Daniel T November 5, 
 
 *EIwood, J. L November 7, 
 
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 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A AflSliated. 
 
76 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 *Emerson, R. H December 6, 
 
 Emin, Isaac January 31 
 
 Emmons, John Arthur February 17 
 
 *Emory, Frederick A March 13 
 
 ♦Engle, Francis E March 13 
 
 *Engle, Hugh S A. July 3 
 
 Enlow, Wilfred F March 21 
 
 *Enos, Louis V May 30, 
 
 *Eppenstein, Max C December 7 
 
 *Eppenstein, Solomon C January 2i 
 
 *Epstean, Louis Israel September 5 
 
 Eriksen, Emil A September 23 
 
 Ernst, Conrad J June ey, 
 
 Ernst, George J April 4, 
 
 Ernst, Henry G A. February ig 
 
 Eskilson, J. C April 21 
 
 ♦Estill, David R A. December 2, 
 
 ♦Estrange, Chas. L. L A. July 22, 
 
 Evans, David September 23 
 
 ♦Fahner, Michael A. February 4, 
 
 ♦Fair, Geo. A February 26. 
 
 ♦Fanner, Melvin D April 20, 
 
 Farrar, Edwin T February 11 
 
 Fay ram, Albert B December 8 
 
 Fellows, Allen R December 3 
 
 Fenton, Charles H May 20, 
 
 ♦Ferris, Henry B A. November 16, 
 
 Ferris, Thomas R July 31 
 
 ♦Field, George W August 3, 
 
 ♦Fielder, Harry L November 30, 
 
 ♦Filson, Alfred W A. December 3 
 
 Finegold, Jacob June 23 
 
 Finley, Samuel S February 28, 
 
 ♦Fish, Ward September 7. 
 
 Fisher, Edward A August 25 
 
 ♦Fitts, CD A. March 14 
 
 Fix, Harry F June 25 
 
 ♦Flavell, G W December 11 
 
 ♦Flanders. Samuel December 19, 
 
 ♦Flood, Alfred L ' February 9, 
 
 Flood, John L A. June 5 
 
 ♦Follett, F. A A. September 13 
 
 ♦Follett, Louis A. April 12, 
 
 ♦Forrest, Philip R April 8 
 
 ♦Foose, John L April i 
 
 ♦Forsyth, James April 5 
 
 ♦Forsyth, James Forbes April 20. 
 
 Forsyth, Thomas A December 13 
 
 ♦Foss, Richard D September 25 
 
 ♦Foster, C. H March 3, 
 
 Foster, John A September i, 
 
 ♦Foster, John W April 20, 
 
 Fox, Arthur G April i 
 
 Fox, Henry R A. June 27, 
 
 Frank, Edwin B April 6, 
 
 Frankenstein, Samuel June i 
 
 » Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 14I. 77 
 
 Franklin, Arthur J June i 
 
 Franklin, Elmer S A. July 10, 
 
 *Frantz, Ira June 29 
 
 *Frawnberg', J. W October 28, 
 
 Fraser, Allan McD A. February 2, 
 
 Freeman, Samuel A A. June 18 
 
 Freeh, Philip J December 5 
 
 Frederick, Frank Hill November 25 
 
 Fredericks Charles March 2 
 
 Freiler, Philip February 
 
 Freund, Jacob A February 28 
 
 *Frey, John P December 5 
 
 *Froembling', Arthur March 1 1 
 
 ♦Froiseth, B. A A. February 12 
 
 Frost, Ben Butler April 24 
 
 Fry, George W October 11 
 
 Fuller, Joe Charles May 5 
 
 *Fuchs, Albert April 20, 
 
 *Fulton, Franklin February 8, 
 
 Gaertner, Frederick C September 4, 
 
 *Gag-e, Daniel A September 7 
 
 *Gallup, John Westcott A. February 6 
 
 *Gannett, Isaac March 30. 
 
 Gardner, Thomas James December 5 
 
 Garlick, Charles A February 6, 
 
 Gary, Simon P July ^9- 
 
 *Gaskell, Joseph A. September 26, 
 
 Gaskin. Albert Alexander July 15 
 
 *Gatterdam, Alfred J February 26 
 
 *Geary, Gustavus A, October 20. 
 
 *Geary, John W September 19 
 
 *George, Carl December 13 
 
 *Gest, I. H February 20, 
 
 Gibb, William R June 18 
 
 Gibson, David E March 21 
 
 *Gilbert, Julius L July 20, 
 
 ♦Gilbert. S Morton , April 2, 
 
 *GilIis, James ■?~. . December 17 
 
 Gillispie, Edward W February 26 
 
 Gillispie, Henry R A. April 4, 
 
 *Gillispie, Samuel Tilden, M. D June 18 
 
 *GiIlespie, John J March 17 
 
 Gilman, Jesse Caleb October 3 
 
 *Gilraore, A. R A. January 11 
 
 *GiImore, George March 30, 
 
 *Gilmore, John J December 5 
 
 *Gilmore, R. A March 5 
 
 *Glass, James E February 8 
 
 *Gleason, A. C July 8 
 
 Glen. William C A. April 17, 
 
 Glendening, Louis A. December 29, 
 
 Glendening, Louis W May 19: 
 
 Godfree. Charles Horace November 22 
 
 Goldschmidt, Moses August 22 
 
 *GolI, Bruno H March 18 
 
 Goodman, Milton F June 26, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated 
 
18 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 ♦Goodwin. G. H May 26, 
 
 *Good\vin, J. W A. September 8, 
 
 Goodwillie, Douglas M November 6, 
 
 Gordon, John August 2, 
 
 *Gorman, William H A. March 15, 
 
 *Gould, Nathaniel September 24, 
 
 *Gould, James A. March 4, 
 
 Gourlay, William January 31, 
 
 Gourley, Elmer E February 11, 
 
 Graefenecker, John August 5, 
 
 Grantier. A. W A. February 12, 
 
 Grass. John May 29, 
 
 *Greene, Thomas H August 11, 
 
 *Greene, William Nathan September 18, 
 
 Greene. Guy T A. March 13. 
 
 Greenburg. George G October 7, 
 
 Greenhill, George W A. July 18, 
 
 *Greeno. H. S A. June 4, 
 
 Griffinberg, James E A. August 2, 
 
 *Gronland. Lauritz A August 3, 
 
 Gross, Max December 6, 
 
 Grout, Frank R October 26, 
 
 Griiner, Charles F September 6, 
 
 Gubbins, Henry T February 17, 
 
 Gunther, Arthur April 4, 
 
 *Gyles, Henry J October 21. 
 
 *Haas, Oliver F May 4, 
 
 *Haas, Samuel H February 19, 
 
 Haber, iloritz November 15, 
 
 *Hackett, Charles L February 21, 
 
 *Hackett. William H April 8, 
 
 Hade, John A A. January 6, 
 
 *Hall. Wallace W May 2, 
 
 Hagelgans, George April 30, 
 
 *Halpin, Thomas P A. February 18, 
 
 *Hand, E. W April 19, 
 
 *Hand, William E July 10, 
 
 Halkett, William S June 3. 
 
 *Hally. '\\'illiam March 14, 
 
 *Hanemon. A. C. B June 30, 
 
 Hanna. Warren June 18. 
 
 Hannah, Andrew December 12. 
 
 *Hanney, David June 30. 
 
 Hansen, E. D March 14, 
 
 *Hamblin, Louis A November 30, 
 
 *Hamilton, Adelbert June 27, 
 
 Hamilton. Alexander A. July 18. 
 
 Hardy. Joseph Elmer April 18. 
 
 Hardy, Thomas Craft February 16, 
 
 Hargreaves, John April 8, 
 
 Hargreaves, John A April 8, 
 
 Harmon, George E February 21, 
 
 Harmon, W. C June 21, 
 
 Harmyn, Richard E April 8, 
 
 Harner, George W June 26, 
 
 Harris, A. M A. December 3, 
 
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 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 79 
 
 Harris, Arthur February 18, 
 
 ''Harris, Charles June 21, 
 
 Harris, Henry March 5, 
 
 Harris, Nathan May 7, 
 
 *Harris, George P June 7, 
 
 *Harrison, Carter H July 31, 
 
 *Harrison, Edward Alf October 21, 
 
 Harrison, Thomas February 26, 
 
 Harrison, Wallace K. M.D February 16, 
 
 Harper, Robert Charles A August 17 
 
 *Hart, J. Potter July 19, 
 
 Hartney, William John SeptemlDer 3, 
 
 *Havell, Henry A. March 20, 
 
 Hay, Mark February 11, 
 
 *Hayes, E. P November 6, 
 
 *Hayes, Joseph J January 5, 
 
 Hayes, Michael J September 4, 
 
 Hayes. Robert March 31, 
 
 *Hayes, William B June 17 
 
 *Hazlett. T. M April 15, 
 
 Hazlett, Stewart Morton A. January 20, 
 
 *Heald, C. H April i, 
 
 Heap, Arnold April 4, 
 
 *Heap, James July 6, 
 
 *Heap, William September 14, 
 
 *Heegaard, William H May 21, 
 
 Heifers, Charles February 26, 
 
 Helgo. Samuel March 6, 
 
 "Heller, Augustus R June 24, 
 
 *HeIler, Simon June 18, 
 
 Helms, Otto C May 20, 
 
 Helpman, Martin L A. September 30, 
 
 Helster, H. F February 16, 
 
 *Hempstead, Charles Edw September 18, 
 
 Henderson, A. B April 24, 
 
 Henline, Solomon April 30, 
 
 *Henson, Alfred A. July 6, 
 
 *Herbst, William August 17, 
 
 Herriott, Jerome W November 4, 
 
 Herrman, U. J May 15, 
 
 *Hesselroth, Lawrence September ig, 
 
 Hiestand, Charles W April i, 
 
 ■''Higgins, Frank E November 28, 
 
 *Higgins. Rufus June 17, 
 
 Higgs, Arthur E February 24, 
 
 Higley, Walter F December 2, 
 
 Higley, William Gustavius May 19, 
 
 Hill, Albert D., M.D A. April 14, 
 
 *Hill, Alexander J June 15, 
 
 Hill, Sydnor T August 6, 
 
 *Hill, John W A. October 10, 
 
 Hinckley, George L April i, 
 
 Hines, P. A April 6, 
 
 *Hingley. Thomas January 8. 
 
 Hinton William H., M.D August 18. 
 
 *Hinz, George H March i, 
 
 *Hiorth, Christian June 12, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
80 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 ♦Hirsch, Joseph M September 15, 
 
 Hirtenstein, Charles P September 13, 
 
 Hitchcock, William J November 25, 
 
 Hitz, C. Howard October 28, 
 
 Hoare, William Curtis December 7, 
 
 *Hobson, John S October 18, 
 
 ♦Hobart, De Forest June 18, 
 
 Hoerth, Joseph August 5, 
 
 Hodgson, James November 6, 
 
 Hofeld, Felix S November 4, 
 
 *Hoffman, F January 26, 
 
 ♦Hoffman, George D December 5, 
 
 Hoeppner, Emil A June 18, 
 
 ♦Holcomb, Hiram F February i. 
 
 Holmes, Edward L February 11, 
 
 *Holmes, James G December 16, 
 
 Holmes, Frank W April 25, 
 
 Holroyd. Frederick H May 17, 
 
 Holter, Charles C September 24, 
 
 *Holtzman. Henry November 21, 
 
 Homan, Charles R February 28, 
 
 *Homer. Alfred A. June 4, 
 
 ♦Hopkins, Robert N June 26, 
 
 Hopps, Edward S April 21, 
 
 Hostetter, Harry A September 23, 
 
 Houck, John D September 11, 
 
 ♦Howard, Robert A April i, 
 
 ♦Howard, William Baker December 2, 
 
 ♦Hudson, Francis A. April 23, 
 
 ♦Hudson, Francis Jr A. December 14, 
 
 Huff, William A June 23, 
 
 ♦Hulke, Charles L February 18, 
 
 ♦Hunter, Bertram October 21, 
 
 Hunkins, Darius March 20, 
 
 Hunt, Albert June 24, 
 
 Humphrey, William R May 15, 
 
 ♦Hurd, Eben C Januarj' 2, 
 
 ♦Husbands, William January 17, 
 
 Hussander, Arthur F September 24, 
 
 ♦Hvde, George H September 29, 
 
 Hyde, Willard S. Jr August 5, 
 
 ♦Hyman, IMorris July 4, 
 
 Ingersoll, George W May 5, 
 
 Irrmann, Walter P December 3, 
 
 ♦Irwin, Edward Albert December 5, 
 
 Isaacs, Martin J J.Iarch 2, 
 
 Isador, Irving I August 6. 
 
 Israel, Harry W December 8, 
 
 Ives, Moose A. September 30, 
 
 ♦Jackerman. Jo April 7, 
 
 ♦Jackson, Carding C 
 
 ♦Jackson, C. E July i, 
 
 ♦Jackson, Charles C. Jr June 6, 
 
 Jackson, Edmond F August 26, 
 
 ♦Jackson, Fortesque R February 6, 
 
 * Not uow member of this Lodge, July i. 1903. A Affiliated 
 
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GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 81 
 
 Jackson, John A April 7, 
 
 Jackson, William H November 25, 
 
 ♦Jacobs, Montague I April 16, 
 
 Jacobson, Frank September 5, 
 
 Jacoby, Louis April 17, 
 
 Jaquith, George H February 6, 
 
 ♦Jeffrey, Robert September 5, 
 
 Jennings, F. S August 28, 
 
 ♦Jennings, Henry S September 6, 
 
 ♦Jennings, William R December 16, 
 
 Jenkins, David October 16, 
 
 ♦Jenkins, Isaac R March 13, 
 
 ♦Jenkins, John D March 29, 
 
 ♦Jensen, Andrew P. J A. January 24, 
 
 Jensen, Peter E June 18, 
 
 John, James May 23, 
 
 Johnson, Claes W September 19, 
 
 Johnson, Charles Leo February 3, 
 
 Johnson, Dudley A March 20, 
 
 Johnson, Edgar N June 18, 
 
 Johnson, Edward L December 13, 
 
 ♦Johnson, George F December 9. 
 
 Johnson, Gilbert B February 26, 
 
 Johnson, John E September 24, 
 
 ♦Johnson, J. Henry June 18, 
 
 Johnson, Martin A. September 13, 
 
 Johnson, Nels December 11, 
 
 Johnson, Robert Massie July 12, 
 
 ♦Johnson, Severin Ivertsen December 4, 
 
 ♦Johnson, J. M September 30, 
 
 ♦Johnston, Thomas June 15, 
 
 Jones, Albert Sidney May 19, 
 
 ♦Jones, Edward March 9, 
 
 Jones, Budd J May 10, 
 
 Jones, Charles J February 26, 
 
 ♦Jones, E. W June 11, 
 
 ♦Jones, Henry July 13, 
 
 Jones, Hugh April 25, 
 
 ♦Jones, Hugh R August i, 
 
 ♦Jones, Joseph J A. June 3, 
 
 Jordan, Charles W September 9, 
 
 ♦Joseph, Jacob A. May 17, 
 
 Joy, Byron H February 3, 
 
 ♦Kahn, David A. May 10, 
 
 Kalthoff. Frederick A. January 30, 
 
 ♦Kartens, Henry J January 17. 
 
 ♦Katz, Charles A May 21, 
 
 ♦Kammerer, William H A. April 17, 
 
 Kanter, Joseph March 2, 
 
 Kane, John C August 6, 
 
 Kanzler, Charles A. December 2. 
 
 Kasten. H. A May 23, 
 
 Katzenbach, Frederick H March 2. 
 
 ♦Kauffman, Alexander F December 7, 
 
 ♦Keaton. Frederick Wm June 29, 
 
 ♦Keily, Matthew December 17, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lo'^ge, July I, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
82 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Kehm, John R June 29, 
 
 Keim, George C June 21 
 
 *Keller, Albert March 31 
 
 Keller, Edwin N May 15 
 
 *Keller, Augustus R A. June 17 
 
 Kelle, William G March 21 
 
 *Kelsh, William F August 29 
 
 Kelso, William A. July 18 
 
 *Kemp, Edward S. S April 21 
 
 Kennedy, John L January 31 
 
 *Kenney, Edward H May 20, 
 
 Kent, Henry Robinson April 18, 
 
 *Kern, William Caspar August 5 
 
 *Kershner. J. A May 24, 
 
 *Kimball. J. W May 2& 
 
 *Kimball. "Seth N August 31 
 
 King, John H December 2, 
 
 *Kipley, Max December 3 
 
 *Kirkland, Edwin H August 26, 
 
 Kirwan, Thomas December 13 
 
 *Kissinger, Victor T April 19 
 
 Klauber, Eugene C April 9, 
 
 Kleckner, John William December 3 
 
 *KIein, Jacob November 3 
 
 *Klein, Henry June 15 
 
 Klett, William A. December 16, 
 
 Kleinschmidt, John October 28 
 
 *Knisely, Abraham February 21 
 
 Knisely, George F May 23 
 
 *Knowles, Theodore P June 17 
 
 Knudson, Larry November 30 
 
 Koch, W. C. T April 30, 
 
 Kolbe, George F October 2 
 
 Kolbe, George W December 12 
 
 *Kohn, Max July 3 
 
 Kolman, Edward February 6 
 
 *Korsoski, Isaac A. July 12 
 
 *Kotzum. Wenzel L December 8 
 
 Kraft, John Justus September 3 
 
 Kramer, Carl A. L February 19 
 
 *Krause, Henry December 15 
 
 Krimling, Carl Christian March 18, 
 
 Krueger, William J April i 
 
 Krumpeck, ^Matthew April 25 
 
 Kuehle, William Rudolph December 2 
 
 *Laing, Robert Murray IMay 7 
 
 Laird, Frederick C November 30, 
 
 Lakeman, Edward H February 26 
 
 Lampert, Elmer E December 3 
 
 Lampert, Nelson N February 26 
 
 Lampert, Wilson W May 20 
 
 *Lancaster, Charles L December 12 
 
 *Landon, R. R A. March 2S 
 
 Lane, Elmer C October 28 
 
 Lang, John M, M.D November 4 
 
 *Langtord, Francis Edw October 15 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 83 
 
 Larsen, Ola A. July 2, 
 
 Larson, Lewis E June i8, 
 
 *Lausten, Charles A A. March 20, 
 
 Lawley, James H January 31, 
 
 Lawson, Oscar V May 13 
 
 Lea, Albert June 11, 
 
 Leake, Thomas S May 17, 
 
 *Lederer, Charles A. October 20, 
 
 *Ledger, Edward April 18, 
 
 Lee, Daniel Scott November 15, 
 
 *Lee, Henry H May 16, 
 
 Lee, Harry G May 17, 
 
 Leepy, Edward B September 24, 
 
 *Leoni, George N December 28, 
 
 Leipheimer, Eugene R December 11, 
 
 Leisch, Charles W December 8, 
 
 *Leutke, Henry April 28, 
 
 Levy, Benjamin May 13, 
 
 Levy, James May 5, 
 
 *Lewis, Edmond G February 15, 
 
 Liddell, Parker C July 15, 
 
 Liddell, William C July 15, 
 
 *Liebenstein, Henry A. January 25, 
 
 *Ligare, George G A. April 6, 
 
 *Lillibridge, Clark H April 29, 
 
 *Lindegren, Erick March 29, 
 
 *Lindenberg, Ernest F. C A. November 10, 
 
 Lindsay, Fred W July 26 
 
 *Linker, George O October 6, 
 
 *Linker, John Arthur October 3, 
 
 Lindquist, Joseph E December 6. 
 
 *Lion, William Ed May 2, 
 
 *Link, Christian April 4, 
 
 Lister. Benjamin January 2. 
 
 *Littell, George W A. May 26, 
 
 Little. Edgar J April 9, 
 
 *Lloyd. A A. January 14. 
 
 *Lockhart, Thomas Scott A. August 2, 
 
 Longacre. Harmon J., M.D A. June 6, 
 
 *Lomax, F. C July i, 
 
 *Loverin, Nelson September 21, 
 
 Lovejoy, Thomas H June 18. 
 
 Low. James E A. March 19, 
 
 Lowrie, William Jr February 10. 
 
 Lubbinga. Henry E., M.D February 6, 
 
 Lude, John April 21, 
 
 *Ludwig, Charles Henry October 7, 
 
 Ludwigs, William A January 31, 
 
 Luetke, Richard A June 16. 
 
 Luhrs, John F December 12, 
 
 Lundeen, August S February 17 
 
 *Lutkin. Lucas March 20. 
 
 *Lusk, Peter C February 28, 
 
 Lyon, Alfred Ward May 19, 
 
 Lyon, David T December 12, 
 
 *Lyon, David J December 3. 
 
 *Lyons, Andrew G June 19, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
84 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 *Mackey, James Fitch A. November 17, 
 
 *Mackie, R. W July 8. 
 
 Maclean, John D August 18, 
 
 Macomber, Frank B December 11, 
 
 Macdonald, Alex G November 6, 
 
 Macdonald. Henry E August i, 
 
 *Machery, Joseph December 7, 
 
 Madson, Adoiph H December 3, 
 
 Maddox, Joseph Henry April 20, 
 
 *Mahler, Adoiph H A. March 28, 
 
 Mahler, Louis F November 24, 
 
 *Manly, S. J. J December 14, 
 
 Manny, James H March 2, 
 
 *Manny, John D November 20, 
 
 *Mantonya, Lucius B A. June 20, 
 
 *Marchand, Gustave L A. November 7, 
 
 Margetts, Philip N June 29, 
 
 Margolis, Abraham September 5, 
 
 Marks, Joseph M April i, 
 
 Marks. Moritz June 18, 
 
 Marshall, Albert M November 6, 
 
 *Marshall. William I A. December 4, 
 
 Martin, Alfred January 31, 
 
 Martin, Harry Gilson May 5, 
 
 *Martin, Neal Kennedy August 2, 
 
 Martin, Robert C August 6. 
 
 Martin, Robert L. Jr October 2, 
 
 Martinson, Lauritz April 21, 
 
 Martens, Ernest F June 16, 
 
 *Massey, Wilfred A. December 19, 
 
 Mathews, William March 18, 
 
 Matthews. Will Dennis March 18, 
 
 *Maurer, Jacob W August 30, 
 
 Maurer, Frank A July 15, 
 
 Mayer, Emil lilay 17, 
 
 Mayer, Samuel September 11, 
 
 Maynard, Yuba September 9, 
 
 McCabe, Frank A. September 18, 
 
 ]\IcCall, Henry April 26, 
 
 McCall, Harry E April 4, 
 
 *McCarty John C July 6, 
 
 McCarthy Alex F March 21, 
 
 *McClellan. George R A. December 27. 
 
 McColl, Robert A. August 22, 
 
 *McConnell, C. J Slav 30. 
 
 *McConnell, R. C. A. E September 5, 
 
 *McCormick, John November 15, 
 
 McCracken, C. A. S June 18, 
 
 McCracken, Henry E June 21, 
 
 McCrae, Allen L February' 28, 
 
 *McDonald. William May 13. 
 
 McDougall, Joseph R May 15, 
 
 McElroy, James P December 9, 
 
 McEwen, William J April 8, 
 
 McGarigle, James A June 2, 
 
 *McGeogh, James F September 11, 
 
 *McGinnis, Constantine E December 3, 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 85 
 
 *McGuire, J. Fred April 4, 
 
 ♦Mclndoe, James A. April 22, 
 
 McKeand, Michael M April 15, 
 
 *McKenzie, Donald December i, 
 
 *McKenzie, John September 29, 
 
 McKibben, Thomas N May 29, 
 
 ♦McLaren, James October 20, 
 
 McLauchlan, William A. April 20, 
 
 *McMillin, Thomas October 24, 
 
 *McMillin, William C 
 
 McMahon, Joseph August 26, 
 
 McMichael, James G A. September 3, 
 
 *McQuinn, William February 18, 
 
 *McNulta, John A. October 13, 
 
 McRae, John D September 5, 
 
 McRae, William M September 5, 
 
 McRoberts, William December 4, 
 
 McWilliams George August 14 
 
 Mecracken, Charles A October 2, 
 
 Meineke, William, J June 28, 
 
 *Meister, Jacob S A. March 5, 
 
 *Melchert, Andrew J A. June 12, 
 
 Merrick, Frank W May 5, 
 
 ♦Merrill, A. H C. 
 
 ♦Merrill, George B April 20, 
 
 Merrill, James Soper November 22, 
 
 Merriman, Frank H June 26, 
 
 Metcalf, William C A. May 17, 
 
 Meyer, Ernest November 21, 
 
 Michaels, Joseph May 15, 
 
 Middleton, Edward A. January 10, 
 
 Mielenz, Charles A April 15, 
 
 ♦Millar, Edward H August 18, 
 
 Miller, Henry E November 4, 
 
 Miller, J. B A. July 16, 
 
 ♦Miller, James Martin April 15, 
 
 Miller, Joel A, May 28, 
 
 Miller, Marshall DeHess November 22, 
 
 Miller, Otto C March 18, 
 
 ♦Miller, Robert O A. May 29, 
 
 Miller, William A A. January 4, 
 
 ♦Milligan, William F January 19, 
 
 ♦Millikin, James D August 4, 
 
 ♦Minchrod, Simon A. November 17, 
 
 Mills, Joseph September 24, 
 
 Mitchell, James A December 9, 
 
 Mitchell, James C A. October 13, 
 
 ♦Mitchell, Robert A. October 9, 
 
 ♦Mitchell, William Jr September 21, 
 
 Moe, Henry March 25, 
 
 Moffat, Robert A. May 18, 
 
 Moffitt, John J A. February 19, 
 
 Moore, Alfred April 19, 
 
 ♦Moore, Samuel M A. May 21, 
 
 Morden, Ernest C May 5, 
 
 Morris, Arthur E June 25, 
 
 ♦Morrison, James A. May 26, 
 
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 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Afl&liated. 
 
86 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 *Morrow, William T October 23, 1861 
 
 Moss, Frank S November 22, 1902 
 
 *Moth, E. A A. September 27, 1856 
 
 *MueIler, Frederick W October 17, i860 
 
 Muir, John Thomson April 21, 1903 
 
 Muir, William G July 15, 1891 
 
 ♦Mulford, James A A. April 2, 1890 
 
 Mulholland. Edward J April 25, 1899 
 
 Muller, Emil December 6, 1898 
 
 ♦Mullett, William September 13, 1898 
 
 Mullin, William July 14, 1869 
 
 *Mulvy, F. P December 2, 1863 
 
 Munn, Duncan April 25, 1899 
 
 *Munson, Parnell A. November II, 1863 
 
 Munson, Augustus J June 3, 1902 
 
 Murdock, David November 13, 1867 
 
 ♦Murdock, John February 17, 1867 
 
 ♦Murray, David A. March 2, 1887 
 
 ♦Murray, W. H October 18, 1865 
 
 Mygdal, Gustav T April 7, 1897 
 
 Mygdal, Thorkil October 21, 1896 
 
 Myers, Lew May 10, 1898 
 
 *Norden, Charles C June 7, 1876 
 
 *Nash, Spencer March i, 1865 
 
 *Negus. John R May 19, 1858 
 
 Neill, David September 5, 1894 
 
 Neufeldt, Otto R March 20, 1900 
 
 Newberger, Henry April 11, 1861 
 
 ♦Newton, Joel April I, i860 
 
 Nicholson, James S May 29, 1865 
 
 Nicholson, John September 6, 1882 
 
 ♦Nichelson, Samuel T June 21, 1882 
 
 Nigh, Virgil L March 28, 1901 
 
 Nissen Peter C December 2, 1891 
 
 ♦Noble, G. C January 14, 1857 
 
 Norcross, Ansel D August 26, 1896 
 
 Norris, Duwaine March 11, 1902 
 
 ♦Norris, John W July 6, 1859 
 
 Norvell, Washington R December 3, 1901 
 
 *Nutall, John March 13, 1864 
 
 Nunemaker, Frank December 12, 1899 
 
 Nurnberger, Henry Jr March 29, 1893 
 
 *Oates. Thomas S March 29, 1893 
 
 Obendorf, Henry A. October 11, 1865 
 
 *Ochsner, Charles W March 19, 1890 
 
 ♦Ockerby, Thomas September 23, 1872 
 
 ♦Oertel, A. C April 21, 1858 
 
 *0'Grady, John February 19, 1879 
 
 ♦O'Hara, E. L A. November 7, 1854 
 
 ♦Ohlman, Robert R April 14, 1873 
 
 ♦Olcott, Harry June 10, 1863 
 
 Oldenburg, Adolph C December 7, 1887 
 
 Olson, Albert O March 11, 1902 
 
 ♦Olson, Anton April 18, 1888 
 
 Olson, John June 28. 1898 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A. Affiliated 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 87 
 
 ♦O'Regan, Patrick May 16, 
 
 *Osborn, Jasper J Decamber 5, 
 
 *0'Shaughnessy, John J A. July 22, 
 
 *Osmun, Daniel Condit Jr April 20, 
 
 *Otis, Charles W A. June 23, 
 
 Ott, Jacob Benjamin A. March 3, 
 
 *Ottie, William Edwin A. May 6, 
 
 *Overrooker, Charles E February 3, 
 
 Page, Charles Grafton A. August 17, 
 
 *Page, William R February 18, 
 
 Paine, Logan S November 21, 
 
 Pank, C. Waller September 29, 
 
 Parker, Fred May 5, 
 
 *Parker, F. A March 18, 
 
 Parker, John M A. March 26, 
 
 Parker, William H June 18, 
 
 *Parkes, James Anderson October 21, 
 
 ♦P'arks, John April 28, 
 
 ♦Patterson, Joseph Medell August 5, 
 
 Patterson, Oliver H May 15, 
 
 Patterson, Thomas E April 6, 
 
 Patrick, John November 4, 
 
 Paul, H. F March 2g, 
 
 *Payne, John Barton A. June 6, 
 
 Payne, William R December 13, 
 
 ♦pleabody, Francis H A. April 5. 
 
 Pearman, S. M,, M.D A. March 28, 
 
 Pearson, Andrew June 18, 
 
 Peck, Charles E December 12, 
 
 ♦Pentz, Albert D February 9, 
 
 Perce, Hyde Wallace September g. 
 
 Perkins, George W February 16, 
 
 *Perkins, H. A A. November 6, 
 
 *P'erkins, Thomas G March 27, 
 
 Perry, Frank H February 26, 
 
 Peterson, A. E June 21, 
 
 *Peters, William July 20, 
 
 ♦Peterson, C A. November 25, 
 
 ♦Peterson, H. E. C May 30, 
 
 Peterson, Martin April 30, 
 
 Petersen, P. C. B February 11, 
 
 Petrie, Joseph B September 4, 
 
 Phelps, Walter Knight September 21, 
 
 ♦Phelps, Wallace I June 28, 
 
 Philip, George W. F November 4, 
 
 Phillips, Harry W April 21, 
 
 Pickett, Eugene M A. May 6, 
 
 ♦Pinkham, H. B June 27, 
 
 ♦Pierce, John D April 26, 
 
 Pierson, Murray A February 26. 
 
 ♦Pitkin, George E C 
 
 ♦Place, Nelson Beecher A. November 21, 
 
 Plunkett, James E A. January 8, 
 
 Pogson, Arthur H November 30, 
 
 ♦Pollard, Luther D A. August 20. 
 
 ♦Pook, George H August 3. 
 
 • Not now member of this Lodge, July i. 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
88 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 *Poole, C. J March 29, 1893 
 
 Poole, James E June 27, 1894 
 
 *Pope, G. J December 12, 1866 
 
 Porges, Benjamin May 20, 1902 
 
 Porges, Otto July 15, 1902 
 
 Porter, Breck D March 20, 1900 
 
 *Porter. Thomas A, April 7, 1869 
 
 *Potter, Levi A. October ao, 1875 
 
 *Powling:, Lorenzo March 6, 1872 
 
 Pl-att, Charles N June 26, 1895 
 
 Pratt, George E A. July 31, 1893 
 
 *Pratt, Charles Ezra February 7, 1883 
 
 *Pratt, James June 24, 1874 
 
 *Pratt, Newell April 29, 1837 
 
 Press, Adam J December 13, 1893 
 
 *Price, R. P April 3, 1861 
 
 *Prinn, Philip July 2, 1884 
 
 Prouty, Charles B September 16, 1868 
 
 Purse, Erastus H September 15, 1883 
 
 *Quigley, John A December 15, 1858 
 
 *Quincy, Edward R A. May 5, 1880 
 
 Quirk, Alfred G August 26, 1896 
 
 *Raddin, Charles E A. January 5, 1881 
 
 Randall, Almi L December 3, 1901 
 
 Rankin, Charles Wilson December 7, 1892 
 
 *Rankin, John August 24, 1859 
 
 Rairden. Hiram B A. August 4, 1897 
 
 Rapp. Joseph A January 31, 1899 
 
 Rasell. Claus A A. March 24, 1903 
 
 Rath, William H June 16, 1903 
 
 *Rauch, Andrew !March 9, 1864 
 
 Raynor, Edgar D December 13, 1893 
 
 Read, William Child A. May 5, 1903 
 
 *Reed, Cheney C. M. 
 
 *Reed, David April 27, 1870 
 
 Reed, George W April 4, 1892 
 
 *Reed, Joseph Walter August 2, 1882 
 
 *Reed, Milo B April 20, 1870 
 
 *Reidy, R. W September 8. 1875 
 
 Reiman, William April 15, 1902 
 
 *Reiter, Winfield Scott August 2, 1882 
 
 Reininger, Edward E., M. D February 21, 1894 
 
 Reno, Robert Richford A. February 5, 1896 
 
 Renwick, Frank W A, December 30, 1902 
 
 Retterer, Jacob March 24, 1875 
 
 Revell, Alexander H December 7, 1881 
 
 *Reynolds, Asa Q A. October 31, 1894 
 
 Reynolds, William A June 3, 1902 
 
 *Rhodes, George H December 4, 1867 
 
 Rice, Nathaniel B A, September 18, 1895 
 
 Richardson, Augustus Phelps March 18, 1895 
 
 Richardson, Samuel May 20, 1891 
 
 Richardson, Volney B May 15, 1889 
 
 *Richardson, William John A. December 2, 1891 
 
 Richford, Julian W May 9, 1866 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903, A Affiliated, 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. 141. 89 
 
 ♦Richmond, D. W A. March 5, 
 
 Riggs, William E November 22, 
 
 Riley, James A May 13, 
 
 Rinder, George E March 13, 
 
 Rising, C. L August 2, 
 
 Ristenbatt, J. C March 29, 
 
 Riswig, Jacob February 7, 
 
 Rittenhouse, Louis P March 13, 
 
 Ritter, Emil W March 18, 
 
 *Ritter, John November 16, 
 
 *Ritter, William L March 16, 
 
 ♦Roberts, Francis N March 18, 
 
 Roberts, Fred G June 28, 
 
 ♦Roberts, James September i, 
 
 ♦Roberts, Thomas September 5, 
 
 Roberts, William O September 24, 
 
 ♦Robertson, John S A. July 26, 
 
 Robinson, Clarence May 19, 
 
 Robinson, Harvey December 2, 
 
 ♦Robinson, James A. September 24, 
 
 ♦Robinson, O. L December 5, 
 
 ♦Robinson, Philip October 21, 
 
 ♦Robinson, Thomas April 26, 
 
 ♦Robinson, W. W A. February 14, 
 
 Robson, Thomas B March 20, 
 
 ♦Rodgers, James February 10, 
 
 Rodiger, William February 17, 
 
 ♦Rogers, Herbert Augustin September 3, 
 
 ♦Rohrbach, Charles December 5, 
 
 Rohrbach, Henry J November 17, 
 
 Roller, Fred A September 23, 
 
 Rolland. Fred G August 5, 
 
 Rood, Will Carey A, February 3, 
 
 Rose, George David April 20, 
 
 Rose, Selden Fitzhugh July 25, 
 
 Rosenheim, Bernhard April 29. 
 
 ♦Rotert, John Henry May 2, 
 
 ♦Rothschild, Felix September 5, 
 
 ♦Roughton, Arthur P December 11, 
 
 ♦Rowe, John April 2, 
 
 Rovce, James Lyman June 16, 
 
 ♦Rushton. Fred July 17, 
 
 ♦Russel. John C A. April 26, 
 
 Russell, Alfred August 22, 
 
 Russell, David E April 3, 
 
 ♦Russell, L K April 4, 
 
 ♦Russell. S. J April 11, 
 
 ♦Rust, Ezra February 22, 
 
 Rydin, S. Victor July I, 
 
 ♦Sale, William B May 29, 
 
 Sale, William H October 8, 
 
 Salomon, Mark August 5, 
 
 ♦Sampson, J. A November 29, 
 
 Sanders, John December 3. 
 
 ♦Sanders, S. M November 18, 
 
 ♦Salmon, Benjamin June 7, 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July l, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
90 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Sargent, William A A. May 9, 1877 
 
 Sargent, William S A. November 5, 1879 
 
 *Sassaman, C November 16, 1863 
 
 Sayles, Arthur G October 6, 1897 
 
 Scalbom, Oscar L June 24, 1896 
 
 Schaefer, Charles Joseph June 16, 1886 
 
 Schaefer, Joseph Anthony February 24, 1903 
 
 Schaefer, Peter Joseph September 3, 1890 
 
 Scheiber, Valentine September 24, 1901 
 
 Schildge, George April 24, 1895 
 
 Schmidt, Fred A A. January 15, 1901 
 
 Schmidt, Otto December 9, 1868 
 
 *Schmitz, P. J December 7, 1870 
 
 Schoff, Edward T November 6, 1895 
 
 Schorr, Gottfried F November 22, 1902 
 
 ♦Schumacher, Charles C December 11, 1895 
 
 Schuler, Frank L September 4, 1895 
 
 *Schultz, Albert October 13, 1875 
 
 *Scotchmer, Henry E December 16, 1872 
 
 Scott, Frederick December 2, 1891 
 
 *ScoviIl, George E November 13, 1861 
 
 *Scriba, Fred A December 12, 1894 
 
 Scriba, Henry C A. October 7, 1891 
 
 *Seastrum, Frank May 23, 1894 
 
 Seass, Samuel L June 28, 1898 
 
 Seavey, George L October 7, 1885 
 
 *Seely, Ray December 3, 1901 
 
 Sederholm, Edward T February 6, 1900 
 
 *Selby, C. W April 9, 1862 
 
 Selleck, A. F March 29, 1893 
 
 Selden, Fred J April 21, 1893 
 
 ♦Sellinger, Thomas J June 21, 1893 
 
 *Seward, H. L April 21, 1858 
 
 Seyl, Joseph C February 6, 1900 
 
 *Seymour. Thomas H October 23, 1867 
 
 *Sharpe, H. S April 21, 1886 
 
 Shaver, George Munson February 11, 1902 
 
 ♦Sherk, John A. June 2, 1869 
 
 *Sherman, Richard E December 7, 1887 
 
 Sherrard, Archibald C A. December 5, 1899 
 
 *Sherrard, Francis Rae April 6, 1887 
 
 Sherwin, Frederic B September 13, 1898 
 
 *Shepard, Carlton C September 5, 1888 
 
 ♦Sherwin, William E A. March 20, 1895 
 
 Shetney, Herman April 24, 1895 
 
 Shibley, Byron Wagner A. June 9, 1903 
 
 ♦Short, Edmond G September 18, 1889 
 
 Shugart, Harry C April 15, 1902 
 
 Sillers, Amos May 15, 1900 
 
 ♦Simon, Emil November 6, 1895 
 
 ♦Simon, Harris April 17, 1878 
 
 Simpkin, George B June 26, 1900 
 
 ♦Simpson, A. J July 29, 1892 
 
 Simpson, James P December 8, 1897 
 
 ♦Simpson, John May 29, 1895 
 
 Sincere, Louis September 9, 1902 
 
 ♦Skinner, James R A. April 11, 1899 
 
 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903, A Affiliated. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 91 
 
 Skowbo, Christopher April 7 
 
 *Sleeth, William December i 
 
 Slocum, Eugene B A. March 2 
 
 Smith, Albert H July ig 
 
 *Smith, Benjamin B December 5 
 
 ♦Smith, C. A May 24 
 
 Smith, Edwin Harper September 18, 
 
 Smith, Edson Peter June 3, 
 
 Smith, Chauncey W February 6, 
 
 Smith, Fred O June 18, 
 
 ♦Smith, George C July 29, 
 
 *Smith, George Jacob April 27, 
 
 Smith, George Keystone June 29, 
 
 Smith, John B March 2 
 
 *Smith, John Corson, Jr December 3 
 
 ♦Smith, J. M A. April 19 
 
 Smith. Robert Ambrose December 5, 
 
 Smith, Samuel Haines December 5 
 
 ♦Smith, William November 17. 
 
 ♦Smith, Wilbur Fish A. June i. 
 
 Smith, William James A. August 20, 
 
 Smith, William N October 6, 
 
 ♦Smith, William H. H October 3 
 
 Smith, William Henry June 3, 
 
 Smith, William J May 30, 
 
 Smith, William W October 7, 
 
 Snitzer, John December 17 
 
 Snow, Charles G A. March 26, 
 
 ♦Snyder, F. J December 30, 
 
 ♦Snyder, Henry A November 29 
 
 ♦Solomon, Frederick A. January 10 
 
 Solomon, Joseph December i 
 
 ♦Sonnenberg, Frank W February 28 
 
 ♦Soule, E. H A. Januarj' 24 
 
 ♦Southwood. Edward A. May i 
 
 Sowersby, Francis R April 29, 
 
 Spaids. Walter May 12 
 
 Spate. Willard June 21 
 
 Spalding, DeWitt April 25 
 
 ♦Spaulding, Gustavus L March 30, 
 
 ♦Speitel, Edward December 5 
 
 ♦Spencer, John September 14, 
 
 ♦Spiers, James September 9 
 
 Spiro. Philip April 6, 
 
 ♦Spratt, Charles A A, October 25 
 
 Sprogle, Howard O April 6, 
 
 ♦Squire. W. W December 7, 
 
 Staehle. Fred J January 21 
 
 Stagg. Charles S October 18, 
 
 Stamm, George W June 26, 
 
 Stanton, John W A. September 18, 
 
 Stahl, Nicholas H November 5 
 
 Stahl, William S A. February 2, 
 
 Stahlbeck, F. H. A March 29 
 
 ♦Starring, Henry May 13 
 
 Statler, John J May 23 
 
 Stearns. Charles H January 31 
 
 * Not now member of this I,odge, July i. 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
93 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 *Stein, Bernhard June 26, 
 
 ♦Steitz, Isaac Geo November 30, 
 
 Stender, C. F. G January 31, 
 
 Stephens, Claude D June 18, 
 
 *Stephens, William C July 17, 
 
 *Stetson, Orlando August 17, 
 
 ♦Stevens, J. F October 25, 
 
 ♦Stevens, Jerome K February i, 
 
 Stevens, John March 22, 
 
 Stevenson, Benjamin C A. May 29, 
 
 ♦Stevenson. William A. December 5, 
 
 ♦Stewart, James F August 3, 
 
 ♦Stier, Henry December 29, 
 
 Stiles, Clarence Milton December 9, 
 
 ♦Stiles, John M May 2, 
 
 Stites, Robert N December 12, 
 
 Stockman, Albert Henry May 20, 
 
 Stoddard. Herbert H June 25. 
 
 Stokes, Randolph A November 30, 
 
 Stone, C. L March 29, 
 
 Stone, George A May 15, 
 
 Stonehill, Edward A April I, 
 
 ♦Story, James B June 6, 
 
 ♦Stout. Alexander M A. May 5. 
 
 Stout. Alexander M.. M. D A. November 25. 
 
 Sto we. William E A. December 26. 
 
 ♦Strawbridge. Albert N March 13. 
 
 Stratton, C. J December 8, 
 
 Stratton, Samuel S A. April 2. 
 
 ♦Strauss. Frank A. April 16. 
 
 ♦Streeter. G. D December 5, 
 
 Strclitz, Isaac D June 18, 
 
 Stuart, Herman February 6, 
 
 ♦Sullivan, Benjamin B July i, 
 
 Sullivan, Charles E August 7, 
 
 ♦Sullivan, John June 15, 
 
 Sumcrfield. G. C February 26, 
 
 ♦Sundberg. A. M September 20, 
 
 Sutherland. James W July 25. 
 
 Swain, William P July I. 
 
 S wartz. Abram August 3, 
 
 Swartz. George E ^larch 20. 
 
 Sweig, Edward W February 24. 
 
 Sweetland. Albert M A. May 8. 
 
 Swift. Charles Perry December 7. 
 
 Switzer. Shannon W A. September 12. 
 
 Talcott, Lester Asahel February i. 
 
 Talmagc, John F June 6. 
 
 ♦Talmage. Theodore F July 14. 
 
 Taylor, Amory Emerson November 30, 
 
 *Taylor. Charles A November 16. 
 
 Taylor, Charles S February 15, 
 
 Taylor, George June 2, 
 
 ♦Taylor, Henry November 28, 
 
 ♦Taylor, James F March 2. 
 
 ♦Taylor. Melvin J June 26, 
 
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 * Not now member of this Lodge, July i, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 93 
 
 Taylor, Samuel E November 21, 
 
 Tesley, John O April i, 
 
 Tesmer, Richard C May 20, 
 
 Thackaberry, M. L A. May 18, 
 
 Thomas, Thomas J February 26, 
 
 Thompson, Edward Weed June 30, 
 
 ♦Thompson, John T April ig, 
 
 ♦Thompson, William June 15, 
 
 *Thorp, Henry T July 23, 
 
 *Thorp, William B December 19, 
 
 Thrift, George A. May 14, 
 
 Tilt, David _. July 31, 
 
 Tilt, Frederick .'. February 26, 
 
 Timmins, James June 23, 
 
 Titman, George B September 5, 
 
 Titman, Jesse A. November 17, 
 
 Tobias, Geo. J., M. D October 5, 
 
 Tobias, Simeon October 15, 
 
 *Tonkin, James T June 2, 
 
 *Tomlin, Allan R ^.. .December 5, 
 
 *TomIinson, Samuel September 14, 
 
 *Towles, William B A. February 3, 
 
 Towne, Edward B A. May 10, 
 
 *Towson, Franklin A December 12, 
 
 *Traver, Frank April 8, 
 
 Trotter, James H November 30, 
 
 True, Anthony S A. April 15, 
 
 ♦Tucker. Robert W A. August 14, 
 
 TuUis, Robert Wilson A. November 21, 
 
 Tui bin, Louis M April 4, 
 
 Turton, George, Jr April 21, 
 
 ♦Twitty, Walter G May 15, 
 
 Tyler, Romeyne E December 15, 
 
 *Ubeller, G. C February 28, 
 
 Uhe, August F February 15, 
 
 Uhlemann, Louis H September 23, 
 
 *UpdegrafF, George A April 18, 
 
 Valentine, William G November 22, 
 
 *Van Amberg, E. D August 3, 
 
 Van Auken, Clarence E December 9. 
 
 Van Dyke, Philip J August 6, 
 
 Van Housen, Thomas C November 22, 
 
 *Varian, William August 27, 
 
 Vaupell, George H May 20, 
 
 Velie, Stephen March 1 1, 
 
 ♦Vernon, Charles William A. March 19, 
 
 ♦Voelcker, Charles C September 20, 
 
 Vokoum, John W November 22, 
 
 Vogt, Peter J A. May 26, 
 
 Von der Heide, Claus March 19, 
 
 ♦Von Helmolt, Charles E November 30, 
 
 Vosburgh, Aylward H November 5, 
 
 ♦Waddie, Alfred Gordon A. November 2, 
 
 ♦Wade, J. Thomas January 4. 
 
 * Not now member of ibis Lodge, July l, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
94 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF 
 
 Wadsworth, Lewis L November 17, 
 
 *Wagenknecht. William C August i, 
 
 *Wakeham, George Ernest December 4, 
 
 *Wakerly, Henry J A. August 11, 
 
 Waldron, Ralph Irving February 28, 
 
 *Walker, Harry L A. November 21, 
 
 Walker, Thomas A. April 15, 
 
 *Wallace, John December 7, 
 
 Wallace, John R., M. D May 30, 
 
 Wallenberg, Gustave December 3, 
 
 Walls, James R A. March 16, 
 
 Walton, Ralph June 27, 
 
 ♦Walters, Adolph July 15, 
 
 Walters, Philip March 13, 
 
 Ward, William A July 15, 
 
 Warren, Alfred Clifton February 24, 
 
 Warren, Charles Hobart A. May 20, 
 
 *Washburn, William M August 2, 
 
 *Washick, John E April 25, 
 
 Waterholter, Herman April 2, 
 
 *Watkins, C. L C 
 
 *Watfon, Robert A. October 10, 
 
 *Wattie, Joseph M January 25, 
 
 *Weart, P. C. S A. February 16, 
 
 *Weaver, Charles T A. May 10, 
 
 Weaver, John J A. March 19, 
 
 *Webber, A. E April 12, 
 
 *Weber, Charles April 19, 
 
 Weber, Charles M April 8, 
 
 Weber, Otto G. J May 17, 
 
 Weeks, Harvey T June 7, 
 
 Weidig, George September 18, 
 
 Weir, John B April 20, 
 
 Weiss, Julius September 29, 
 
 Weissenbach, Joseph June 26, 
 
 *Welch. Peter April 6, 
 
 *Weldon, J. G September 26, 
 
 Wells, Asa H A. January 7, 
 
 *Wens, Frank May 23, 
 
 *Wentz, George H April 4, 
 
 *Wessel, Julius A May 7, 
 
 West, Lucas March 31, 
 
 Westerfield, Ethan A A. May 10, 
 
 Weston. William Walter December 5, 
 
 Wettstein, Robert March 29, 
 
 *Wheeler, Rollin A. February 23. 
 
 Whipple, A. Dewey A. September 30, 
 
 *White, Thomas March 4, 
 
 Whitely, William W April 30, 
 
 ^Whitfield, Tohn June 2, 
 
 Whitlock. William A April 6, 
 
 Whyte, George S December 9, 
 
 Wick, John Jacob June 16, 
 
 *Wickery, John Byron June 18, 
 
 Wiechmann, Otto C February 3, 
 
 Wielands, William A A. April 22, 
 
 Wierson, Martin F March 11, 
 
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GARDEN CITY LODGE, NO. I4I. 95 
 
 ♦Wilcox, H. M December 30, 
 
 *Wild, William H September 11, 
 
 Willaman, Edson S December 3, 
 
 Williams, Edward C April 6, 
 
 Williams, James Edgar February 3, 
 
 Williams, Merdo Kenyon May 4, 
 
 *Willis, Josiah October 4, 
 
 Willis, Evend Louis February 24, 
 
 Wilson, Frank W February 21, 
 
 ♦Wilson, George F A. March 26, 
 
 Wilson, Henry L May 20, 
 
 *WiIson, John October i r, 
 
 Wilson, John Blessing July i, 
 
 ♦Wilson, Joseph H June 18, 
 
 Wilson, Joseph Nixon October 21, 
 
 Winkler, William H December S, 
 
 ♦Winters, Alex W June 27, 
 
 ♦Winter, William April 29, 
 
 ♦Wismer, John Everett September 3, 
 
 Wittick, Henry A. April 22, 
 
 Wittstein, Charles T April 4, 
 
 ♦Wolcott, Alexander August 31, 
 
 Wolf, Harry March 13, 
 
 Wolfe, Frank L June 18, 
 
 ♦Wolff, Max October 24, 
 
 ♦Wolf son, Frederick A. February 25, 
 
 Woodcock, Edwin W June 24, 
 
 ♦Woodworth, W. J A. March 28, 
 
 Woods, Francis Z July i, 
 
 Woore, Thomas September 5, 
 
 Wright, James May 15, 
 
 ♦Wright, Samuel October 30, 
 
 ♦Wright, Tbomas August 26, 
 
 ♦Wrigley, Walter April 20, 
 
 ♦ Wyman, Frank December 7, 
 
 ♦Yates, Charles W July 31, 
 
 Yeldham, Harmon Judson July 29, 
 
 ♦Young, Robert Henry July i, 
 
 Zeitler, Charles Frederick February 3, 
 
 Zimmer, Fred Charles February 24, 
 
 Zimmer, Nicholas October 31, 
 
 Zuckerman, Maurice October i, 
 
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 ' Not now member of this Lodge, July 1, 1903. A Affiliated. 
 
IS67-03 
 
THE FLAG OF 01 k LANGUAGE.