The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1930, Page 7

——— ae THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1980 PAST MASTER NIGHT CHOSEN BY LODGE 5 ASSEMI-CENTENARY Ail Living Former Heads of City’s First Masonic-Body to Be in Attendance STATE MASONS INVITED, TOO History Interrupted by Fire in Records Will Be Patched ‘Together by J. L. Bell Masons are set for the of the fiftieth anniversary Bismarck lodge, No. 5, Wednes- , April 2. A committee working e celebration plans has complet- peur q Fosteson, worshipful master and. John A. Graham, ‘Seasting these two men Assisting jwo men . Brainard, senior warden, meral charge of the re- historical committees, ts , HJ. lor, junior warden who charge of the program and pub- committees. . B. Lenhart will be chairman of general reception committee. ‘There will be a number of sub-com- mittees of the general committee, as follows: Refreshments, Worth Lumry, chair- man; L, V. Miller, J. H. Wiley, L. 8. Diehl, L. A. hire historical, J. L. Bell; program, A. J. Arnot, chairman, G. L. Spear, L. K. Thompson, John Parkinson, F. N. Orchard; publicity, Archie Johnson, Jess Melton. To these, composing the remainder of the general committee, are added A. L. Fosteson, worthy master; John A. Graham, past master; A. G. Brainard, senior warden; H. J. Taylor, junior warden; Henry L. Reade, George F. Dullam, W. A. Casselman, R. Berge- son, W. E. Parsons, Oliver Lundquist, F. F. Skinner, Gilbert Haugen, H. 8. Invitations have been extended to Masons all over North Dakota to at- tend this meeting which is planned to be the outstanding event of Mason- ry in the southwestern paft of the state this spring. Masonry’s Program For Celebration of Semi-Centenary Here The program of the semi-centenary celebration of Bismarck lodge, No. 5, Free and’ Accepted Masons, Wednes- day evening, April 2, will be: During the hour 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock there will be music by the Bis- marck High l orchestra under the direction of Claribn Larson, direc- tor. 8:00 p. m. Selection by High school orchestra, Introductory remarks by A. L. Fos- teson, ful. master. Introduction of Grand Master Ro- bert B. Cox, and other Grand lodge officers. Musical selections by members of Bismarck Rotary club male chorus. istory of Bismarck lodge No. 5 by “The Miller's is i i i eli te Bs rot nel tiesits I "ad a4 A. C. BRAINARD Senior Warden BISMARCK MASONIC HISTORY DATES TO . 1874 DISPENSATION ig Gap in Records of Lodge No. 5 Due to Loss of Books in 1898 Fire Chronicled Masonic history in Bis- marck is broken by the destruction of its records in the big fire of August 8, 1898. The minutes of 22 years thus were lost. J. L. Bell has been assigned the task of bridging the gap between the founding of Bismarck lodge and its first meeting following the fire, November. 14, 1898, and he has gathered a mass of notes, news- Paper clippings and other data with which to compile the stery of Mason- ry’s beginning here, but has not had opportunity to turn his material into ® running narrative. He has, how- ever, sketched in brief form a story covering the history of No. 5 lodge and it tells that story in this form: eee - By J. L. BELL Masonic history in Bismarck dates from June, 1874, when Grand Master Charles Griswold of the Grand lodge of, Minnesota granted a dispensation for a lodge at Bismarck. At the meeting of the Grand lodge of Min- nesota on January 12, 1876, a charter GILBERT HAUGEN Secretary [ RobertB.Cox | f G. L. Spear Grand Master A. P. & A.M. District Deputy Grand Master North Dakota 1929-1930 was voted to the Bismarck lodge which thus became No. 120 under the Jurisdiction of the Grand lodge of Minnesota. of Dakota as No. 16. In 1889 the Grand lodge of North Dakota hed and Bismarck wi For several years this jurisdiction C. A. Lounsberry, the pioneer news- | paper man, and first editor of the 5,| Bismarck Tribune, was the first mas- Gr of the lodge, when chartered in pt 6. For some time the lodge met over merchandise Macnider on the site of the Grand lodge, until 1880 when the ‘Minnesota ‘was surrendered tered the Grand lodge | Lean and H. 8. LOBACH ‘Treasurer | Grambs plumbing shop. From here it moved to the Raymond block, now the site of the Winston-Newell office, on the corner of Main and Third Bank building, which was occupied until 1896, when the lodge r Bismarck Masdnry to Celebrate Its ‘Fiftieth Anniversary Splendid temple which Bismarck’s Masonic bodies finally completed in 1913, after ten years planning. first meeting of Bismarck lodge was held here January 29, 1912. cornerstone ERGO ay | | Masonic Bodies Here | @ Bismarck lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M., meets first and third Monday each month. Order of Eastern Star, meets first Twin City council No. 7, Royal and Select Masters, meets at call of offi- cers. Tancred commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, meets first and third Thursday each month. Scottish Rite Bodies Bismarck-Mandan Lodge of Per- fection. Bismarck-Mandan Chapter Rose well appointed quarters on the third | Croix. floor of the old First National Bank building. ‘The great fire of August 8, 1898, en- tailed serious loss to the lodge by quarters and by the destruction of all | the records. Bismarck-Mandan Council of Ka- dosh. Bismarck-Mandan consistery, meets second Wednesday each month. Charles C. Enockson, ‘The firsb meeting after the tire was | 97, Conductor on Soo held November 14, 1808. For several lodge Pythias hall, over the présent J. C. Penney store. i In the meantime, plans for the erection of a temple were maturing ‘and in 1902 the trustees the present site and about three years later the foundation for the temple ‘was built. For some time the prop- erty remained in the unfinished con- dition, but on July 19, 1911, the cor- nerstone of the temple was laid by Grand Master Frank Morrison, of the Grand lodge of North Dakota, and the building was pushed rapidly to completion. The first meeting of the lodge in the temple was held Jan- uary 29, 1912. Here after many wan- derings the craft at last found a per- mtanent home. Dies; It Four Months Charles C. Enockson, 57, conductor on the Soo line out of Bismarck, died at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at his home, 606 Tenth street. Funeral ar- rangements are for services Sunday | afternoon, with interment in Fairview cemetery. He had been ill four months, Mr, Enockson leaves a widow, one sister, Mrs. Amelia Megorder, of River Falls, Wis., and a brother, J. A. Enock- son, of Duluth. He had resided in Bismarck ten years and had been with the Soo Line since 1906. He was chief conductor in the Order of Railroad Conductors, division 615, at the time of death; also a charter member of the Plaza Ma- sonic lodge, No. 104. Mr. Enockson was a native of North Manitou Island, Mich., where he was born July 4, 1872, the same day former President Coolidge was born. He mar- ried Matilda Florence Bye, at Grand Forks, N. D., July 1, 1912. laid July 19, 1911, DISMISSAL OF THREE PROFESSORS FLAYED Release on Modernism Charges Is Called ‘a Grave Academic Wrong’ by Investigators Liberty, Mo., Mar. 27.—()—Dismis- sal of three professors from William Jewell college here on charges of modernism has been called a “grave academic wrong” by a committee from the American association of univer- sity professors. wan Robert Ryland Fleet, Profes- sor Harry George Parker, and Profes- sor Lorenzo Dow Weyland, were dis- missed May 2¢, 1928, by the board of trustees of the school. Among the findings, published in the current issue of the associat bulletin, the committee reported: “That President H. C. Wayman had laid claim to possession of academic degrees to which he was not entitled and had gained professional advan- tages from such claims. “That the charge of modernism was overdrawn; that it possessed validity only for the extreme fundamentalist. partisans, and that in this extreme sense it was not the real ground of the board's action, although it was a weapon used in/ the controversy.” ‘Wayman left the presidency to ac- cept a position at Des Moines univer- sity, which shortly thereafter experi- enced difficulties and was closed as a result of a student revolt. ENGNEER KILLED BY FLYING BRAKE SHOE ‘The site had been bought in 1902, Track Crew Cleans Snow Off and How! Evanston, Mar. 27.—(?)—In frantic ettort to clear ez i ieee gta , WOMAN IS ROPED 70 WHEEL OF HER AUTO Adhesive Tape, Dog Collar and Rope Used by Kidnapers _ of Michigan Autoist JEDEREETE Hina aff sil ile il eeapieil ati Hal celtilie brite j g iH T Biot if itt Ly ii i