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Show H MASONS HOLD MUFiCATION Rj Fiftieth Anniversary of m Utah Grand Lodge Is 2 Celebrated X SALT LAKE, Jan. 1, Masons Of I -El Utah lust night celebrated the fiftieth H lAnlversary of tho urcrnnixailon of the HH -rr;ind lodge of L'Uli. Free and A - HH . opted Masons, in the Orphcum thea- HlH ire with hun.lreo- m attendance. The mWwm largo building wt crowded to over- j EflB towing with men prominent in nil B (talks of life .nnl on the ro-tnun then- B vvct two veterans of the order who Kw tok part in the organisation of the grand lodge fifty years ago. They h re re Samuel iaui of Salt Lake; past i gr.ind master, and A Toponce of Og- i den. past junior grand warden Rev. s. H. OooSwih. past grand j Ej master, opened the session with i E( prayer Then followed musical selec-j BjB Hona by the. Masonic hand, the solcc- H tons beinc Fortune Teller" and HH 'Greeting Overture.' with a cornet B9 "Victorian Pdlka," By John vis- WW pr. Tin was followed by the march, H Parle) L. Williams, .is ihf dean of J ' past grand rnastt i eni pre- mmEk sided. Those on the BC30 With hlrn Hfl were Dr. AVhon y, p. c. Schramm, the KS Rev. Mr. Goodwin, Geor-e H. Dem, I Es V. R 11;. wood. William J. Lynch. Hamuel Paul; A. C. Emerson, Herbert H3 i:. Macmillan, S. W. Cherry, James H. Ua Urown, Dr s W. Uadcmi, Janiea Mur- KMB dock and R. L. Conely, all past grand . ES masters of the Grand Lodge of I'tuh. j (9 A Toponce. past grand junior warden I HM of tho Grand Lodgo of Utah: M:ir- I shall IJ. Van Fleet, grand ma6ter of ihc Grand Lodge of Colorado; Henry 0. Smith, grand master of the Grand idge of Montana, and the Rev J. E, Carver, of Ogden, most worshipful grand master oi the Grand lxidgc oi Mr Williams made a few introductory introduc-tory remarks He spoke of the pleasure pleas-ure it gave him to preside, at such a gathering) reviewing the fifty years uf hi hu.sinep lite in Salt Like and nearly fifty years BS a Bfasoai, He spoke feelingly of the small beginning with 126 members, the growth in fifteen fif-teen years to 500 members and to the present date whon there are more than 4,000 Muster Masons within the jurisdiction. He also referred in a reverent way to tho only two who were present at the organisation fifty years ago He then Introduced Dr, Carver, who gave a brief address 0(1 welcome. Wisely and well," faid Dr. Carver, did those early Masons build and hey passed on the lighted torch to Ills." The speaker referrod to the beehive bee-hive and its historical significance to Masons and the symbolic meaning that Is attached to It. Then, on behalf or iho Grand Lodg,- of Utah, he urel-K urel-K i corned all present and expressed gi t:- H ' tudc at the huge attendance. EJ Aiibot R. Heywood, pasl grand m H J er, talked on early leaders Maspn- H I ry in Utah and reminiscence of pael Df grand masters in I tan, J h closing his 51 ilk r,n wh'it the Masonfe are doing LWm .uid should do now. Ir. Whelry asked m all to pledge with him to make Mason- B ry tt pulsating, vital reality in deed HB even as the brethren old did. |