SIXTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION,

HELD IN THE

CITY OF DETROIT,

MAY 25-27, A. D. 1909, A. L. 5909.

DETROIT, MICH., May 25, A. D. 1909.

The Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers and Representatives of the constituent lodges of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Michigan, assembled in the Masonic Temple, in the city of Detroit, at high twelve on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of May, A. D. 1909, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and by-laws, for the purpose of holding the sixty-fifth annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Michigan. GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.

Herbert Montague..
Arthur M. Hume..
G. Roscoe Swift.

James E. Dillon.
William Wente

Lou B. Winsor, P. G. M.

M. W. Grand Master .R. W. Deputy Grand Master ..R. W. Senior Grand Warden .R. W. Junior Grand Warden R. W. Grand Treasurer .R. W. Grand Secretary

Frank O. Gilbert, P. G. M. . . . . . R. W. Grand Lecturer

Rev. William H. Gallagher.... R. W. Grand Chaplain

OPENING.

A constitutional number of lodges being represented, the Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by M. W. Grand Master Herbert Montague and his associate Grand Officers.

The Grand Chaplain led the brethren in prayer, and the Grand Master proclaimed the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Michigan opened for the dispatch of the business of the sixty-fifth annual communicaton.

Brother Frank E. Jersey, P. M., was appointed Assistant Grand Secretary during this annual communication.

On motion of the Grand Secretary, the credentials of Brother Charles A. Conover, signed by the Worshipful Master and Secretary of Tyre Lodge, No. 18, were accepted, and he was admitted to a seat in the Grand Lodge as the Representative of said Tyre Lodge, No. 18.

Grand Secretary announced that the Craftsman's Club of Ann Arbor, would give an entertainment in the auditorium of the Masonic Temple, at 8 o'clock this evening, consisting of a representation of an eighteenth century lodge, to which all the members of the Grand Lodge were cordially invited.

The Grand Secretary further announced that a photographer would be in waiting to take a picture of the officers and members of the Grand Lodge, in front of the Masonic Temple, immediately upon Grand Lodge's closing for recess.

RECESS.

The Grand Lodge then took a recess until 2 o'clock p. m.

First Day Afternoon Session.

DETROIT, May 25, 1909.

Grand Lodge resumed labor at 2:00 o'clock p. m., and the Grand Secretary proceeded to call the

ROLL OF HONOR.

"We shall meet, but we shall miss them."

Lewis Cass, Grand Master 1826-9, died June 11, 1866.
Leonard Weed, Grand Master 1842, died June 30, 1848.
John Mullett, Grand Master 1843-5, died January 15, 1862.
Ebenezer Hall, Grand Master 1846, died July 2, 1865.
E. Smith Lee, Grand Master 1847-8, died April 12, 1857.
Jeremiah Moore, Grand Master 1849-50, died July 6, 1854.
Henry T. Backus, Grand Master 1851-3, died July 13, 1877.
George W. Peck, Grand Master 1854-5, died June 30, 1905.
George C. Monroe, Grand Master 1856, died August 16, 1883.
Levi Cook, Grand Master 1857, died December 2, 1866.
William M. Fenton, Grand Master 1858, died November 12, 1871.
J. Adams Allen, Grand Master 1859, died August 15, 1890.
·William L. Greenly, Grand Master 1860, died November 29, 1883.
Horace S. Roberts, Grand Master 1861, died August 30, 1862.
Francis Darrow, Grand Master 1862, died April 11, 1873.
J. Eastman Johnson, Grand Master 1863, died March 14, 1883.
Lovell Moore, Grand Master 1864, died November 24, 1882.
Salathiel C. Coffinbury, Grand Master 1866, died Sept. 20, 1889.
John W. Champlin, Grand Master 1871, died July 24, 1901.
Henry Chamberlain, Grand Master 1872, died February 9, 1907.
Hugh McCurdy, Grand Master 1873, died July 16, 1908.
William L. Webber, Grand Master 1874, died October 15, 1901.
George H. Durand, Grand Master 1875, died June 8, 1903.
Matthew H. Maynard, Grand Master 1876, died Dec. 27, 1907.
William Dunham, Grand Master 1877, died June 30, 1905.
John W. Finch, Grand Master 1878, died April 4, 1906.
Daniel Striker, Grand Master 1879, died April 12, 1898.
John W. McGrath, Grand Master 1880, died December 9, 1905.
Alanson Partridge, Grand Master 1882, died July 7, 1900.
Chas. Fitz Roy Bellows, Grand Master 1883, died April 16, 1907.
Arthur M. Clark, Grand Master 1884, died October 26, 1903.
Michael Shoemaker, Grand Master 1886, died November 10, 1895.
Rufus C. Hatheway, Grand Master 1887, died December 9, 1896.

W. Irving Babcock, Grand Master 1889, died March 31, 1908. John S. Cross, Grand Master 1890, died September 18, 1899. William P. Innes, Grand Master 1892, dated August 2, 1893. George E. Dowling, Grand Master 1893, died March 30, 1896. William H. Phillips, Grand Master 1894, died Feb. 13, 1906. Edwin L. Bowring, Grand Master 1895, died October 26, 1900. Charles L. Stevens, Grand Master 1906, died January 30, 1907.

There was but one addition to the roll of honor since the last annual communication of Grand Lodge.

ROLL CALL.

The Grand Secretary's roll showed the following Grand officers, Past Grand Masters, members of standing committees, Grand Representatives of foreign Grand Jurisdictions, representatives of constituent lodges, and visitors, present and entitled to seats in Grand Lodge:

GRAND OFFICERS.

HERBERT MONTAGUE, M. W. Grand Master.

ARTHUR M. HUME, R. W. Deputy Grand Master.
G. ROSCOE SWIFT, R. W. Senior Grand Warden.
JAMES E. DILLON, R. W. Junior Grand Warden.
WILLIAM WENTE, R. W. Grand Treasurer.
LOU B. WINSOR, R. W. Grand Secretary.
FRANK O. GILBERT, R. W. Grand Lecturer.
WILLIAM H. GALLAGHER, R. W. Grand Chaplain.
JAMES H. THOMPSON, W. Senior Grand Deacon.
FRANCIS D. CLARKE, W. Junior Grand Deacon.
WILLIAM M. PERRETT, W. Grand Marshal.
JAMES F. MCGREGOR, Grand Tiler.

FRANK E. JERSEY, Assistant Grand Secretary.

(All but three of the living Past Grand Masters.)

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Jurisprudence-John J. Carton; Benjamin F. Heckert; Benjamin O. Pearl.

Finance-Seley R. Birchard; Reuben C. Webb; William C. Hovey.

Appeals Andrew B. Dougherty; Hiram A. Savage; Sherman T. Handy.

Lodges John H. P. Hughart; Rudolph A. Heesen; Elmer E. White.

Board of Control, Masonic Home-William Wente; Lucian E. Wood; Wilson R. Andress.

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.

Alberta-William H. Gallagher.

Arkansas-Charles A. Conover.

British Columbia-Reuben C. Webb.

Canada-John Rowson.

Colorado-Charles E. Sweet.

Connecticut-Abraham T. Metcalf.

Delaware-James E. Dillon.

District of Columbia-John J. Carton.

England-Lou B. Winsor.

Florida-Roscoe W. Broughton.

Idaho James F. McGregor.

Illinois-Arthur M. Hume.

Indiana-Neal McMillan.

Indian Territory-George L. Harvey.

Kansas James H. Farnum.

Louisiana-John H. P. Hughart.

Maine William Wente.

Manitoba-William T. Mitchell.

Minnesota-William Wente.

Mississippi-Roscoe W. Broughton.

Montana-Lucian E. Wood.

Nebraska-Frank W. Richey.

Nevada-Frank T. Lodge.

New Brunswick-James H. Thompson.

New Jersey-William M. Perrett.

New Zealand-James Bradley.

New York-Frank O. Gilbert.

New South Wales-Frank H. Williams.

North Carolina-John Rowson.

Ohio-Frank T. Lodge.

Oklahoma-Seley R. Birchard.