Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-19 | Page 13 | Sole Lining Charter Member Attends Sessions of Utah Scottish Rite Masons

Sole Living Charter Member Attends Sessions of Utah Scottish Rite Masons Salt Ex-Salt Laker Never Misses Sessions of Order When Utah Scottish Rite Masons h hold old their reunion one member member- is a always present present Ira Ira O. O Rhoades former Cormer f ormer prominent Salt Laker now nowa a resident of San Francisco Mr Rhoades a thirty-third thirty degree degree de de- gree grec Mason explains that he is the o only living Jiving charter charter- member of Utah Scottish Rite bodies Despite his him moving to the coast he never misses a reunion in Salt Lake City Mr Rhoades became a Scottish Rite Mason In Omaha Neb N b. b in 1890 and when the Salt Lake City group was formed in 1903 he and the late F. F C. C Schramm were among the charter members He and Mr tr Schramm became thirty-third thirty degree degree de de- de gree Masons in 1905 Now retired Mr Rhoades wa was purchasing agent for for- forthe the Oregon Short Lino Line railroad from 1897 to tc 1905 He is a past potentate of El EI E Kalah Temple Ancient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Mrs Rhoades accompanied her hei husband to Salt Lake City Cily for the reunion Jordan Lodge of Perfection Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day noon completed conferring oJ of degrees from the fourth to the fourteenth fourteenth four four- as a feature of ot the sixty sixty- sixth reunion of the Utah Scottish Rite of Freemasonry After a a. special meeting at 14 p. p m. m the reunion which opened Monday night was resumed at 2 p. p m. m under direction of James Lowe chapter of Rose Croix Conferring Conferring Conferring Con Con- ferring of degrees from the fifteenth t to ci the eighteenth will be completed by Tuesday night A special meeting will be held by the Salt Lake Lako council of Kadosh Wednesday at 8 a. a m. m to do degree work from the nineteenth nineteenth- to the t thirtieth which is to be completed by p. p m. m The final two degrees the thirty- thirty first f and thirty second will be conferred conferred con con- erred under direction of Utah con con- The thirty-first thirty will be conferred conferred con con- erred at 10 a. a m. m Thursday and the k a J Ira O. O Rhoades San Francisco left only living charter char char- ter fer member of the Utah Scottish Rite Masons 1 signs the register while C. C AV V V. V Morse forse Salt Lake City fellow thirty thirty- third degree Mason lason looks on thirty second designated the Master Master Master Mas Mas- ter ter- of the Royal Secret and the highest highest highest high high- est the Scottish Rite can bestow will be conferred at p. p m. m Hundreds of Masons are arc expected to attend a pageant Masonry and Patriotism at p p. p m. m Thursday The reunion will be climaxed b by a banquet at 10 p. p m. m Visitors from more distant points point s Included O. O T. T Curtis Pueblo Cob Colo W. W E. E Bowen Yankton S. S D D. Frank McNichol Tucson Ariz J. J J. J R. R Brown Oakland CaL Calf and Ira O. O Rhoades thirty-third thirty degree Mason ri from Crom San Francisco