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Show TWENTY-SIX MASONS ARE GIVEN HIGH DEGREES & & : THREE-DAY SERVICES CONCLUDED AT THE TEMPLE MASONS given high degree at local temple meeting: Top row, left to right William D. Eiter, Salt Lake; James C. Dick, Salt Lake; Alebrt II. Campbell, Camp-bell, Guthrie, Okla.; Albert M. McPherson, Mllford, Utah; Allen B. Courey, Ruth, Key.; Harold E. Glenn, Salt Lake; Grover F. Summers, Prove Second Sec-ond row Tho Eev. William W. Fleetwood, Salt Lake; Emil H. Salbach, Salt Lake; Howard L. Baldwin, Salt Lake; Thomas A. Janney, Garfield; Ambrose Nord, Salt Lake; John JL Callow, Salt Lake. Third row Robert M. Witherspoon, Salt Lake; Arthur W. Dennison, Hiawatha, Utah; Birges J. O'Connor, Midvale; Ralph W. McNeill, Garfield; Clarence Newton Orr, Hiawatha. Bottom row Dr. Harold Hulme, Salt Lake; William R. Granville, Salt Lake; Harry Coombs, Salt Lake; Lieutenant Arthur A. Bird, Fort Douglas; Joseph E. Jessup, Murray; Osbourne B. Gilson, Ogden; Simon A. Silverberg, Tooele. 7T ' H Thirtieth Annual Session Ends With Conferring of Honors. TWENTY-STX Masons became Masters of the Eoyal Secret and were conferred the privilege of appending 32 degree after their names at Masonic temple last night, when the final work of the thirtieth annual reunion of Scottish Rite Freemasonry Free-masonry was completed with impressive ceremonies. The programme began yesterday morning with the conferring of the thirtieth degree, Knight of Kodash, under un-der the direction of Pred Clement Schramm, sovereign grand inspector general in Utah. He was assisted by Thomas William Charlton, Joseph Marriott, Mar-riott, James W. Ellingson, William G. Churches, George F. Kckstrom, Joseph H. Cook, Charles W. Morse, Emery E. Gibson and the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen. With the conclusion of these ceremonies cere-monies luncheon was served in the banquet ban-quet hall. Just before adjourning for luncheon the "Star Spangled Banner" was sung by a choir consisting of Mrs. N. G. Atkinson, Fred Graham, Miss Edna Dwyer and Horace Ensign. Alfred Al-fred Holmes Peabody was organist and Miss Maud Thorn accompanist. After an hour at luncheon the work was again taken up with a special meeting meet-ing of Utah Consistory No. 1. and at 2 o'clock the conferring of the thirty-first thirty-first degree, that of Inspector Inquisitor, Inquis-itor, was begun under the direction of Charles Wesley Moore, who was aided by Henry Simon, Adolphus D. Williams, Milton E. Lipman, Christian H. Fischer, Arnold E. Smith, the Rev. Elmer T. Goshen, Arris 8. Chapman, Thomas W. Charlton, Earl M. Garrett, Joseph G. Bywater and Ulrie Ulysses Hiskey. Last night the most impressive 'of the entire three days' ceremonies took place when the thirty-second degree, the highest that can be conferred in Masonry, Ma-sonry, was given the candidates under the direction of Dr. Arthur C. Wherry, with the following representing characters charac-ters in the ceremonies: George F. Eckstrom, as Master of Kodash; Thomas W. Charlton, as Prior; Arthur C. Wherry, as Preceptor; the Rv. Elmer I. Goshen, as Primate; Charles F. Barrett, as Marshal of Ceremonies; Cere-monies; Frederic George Sewell, as Master Mas-ter of Guards; Benjamin R. Howell, as Leader of Zend Worshipers; William A. Wilson, as Leader of Vedic Poets, and Milton E. Lipman, as Director of Tableaus. The guards of the camp, all thirty-second thirty-second degree Masons, commanded by Frederick H. Crager, were: Arnold Emery Smith. Charles Cain Criemon, James Samuel Hibbert, Irving Mortimer Higley, Thomas Moore Sur-baugh, Sur-baugh, Adolphus' D. Williams, Earl Mau-derson Mau-derson Garrett, Leon Adelbert Martin, Charles Frederick Pinkerton, Butler Bavard Ramey, David Rodger, Frederick Fred-erick George Sewell and Arthur Augustus Augus-tus Allen. At 10:30 o'clock the ceremonies were concluded with a banquet marking the completion of the induction of one of the largest classes in the history of local Masonic activities. A large number num-ber of visitors from Utah towns were present for the final work, and thirty-two thirty-two visitors registered from nineteen states and one province of Canada. At the banquet Samuel C. Park acted as toastmaster, and speeches were made bv C. W. Morris, W. D. Riter, president of the class, F. C. Schramm and the Rev. J. E. Carver of Ogden. The last music rendered by the choir before adjournment of the reunion was the national air, "America." |
