Provident Lodge No. 609

Free and Accepted Masons

Organized February 24, 1925

Stated Meeting, First Monday

266 Members

Officers

William H. Briggs, Jr., Master Edwin A. Neiger, Senior Warden Clarence E. Stephenson, Junior Warden Horace T. Wells, Sr., P. M., Treasurer D. Frank Nyrop, P. M., Secretary Herbert V. Clayton, Chaplain

Arthur D. Campbell, Senior Deacon Harry A. Applequist, Junior Deacon W. M. “Med” Nelson, Marshal Robert I. Chadwick, Senior Steward H. Eugene Netherton, Junior Steward William A. Eastburn, Tiler

Chief Lecturer Howard C. Stone Officers Coach Enoch E. Mahon, P. M. Provident Doings Carlyle Van Patten, Editor Auditing Committee J. M. Roberts, Chairman Harry M. Graft, P. M. Harvey A. Miller Sick Committee Clarence E. Stephenson, Chairman All Officers Finance Committee Ben Brown, Chairman John Q. Dever A. Sheldon Raney, P. M. Educational Committee Malcolm P. Murphy, Chairman Dana S. Frame Sam A. Pepper

Refreshment Committee John Stumbas, Chairman Hal Ellis C. E. Fisher Geo. Reed Ben Taylor, Jr. Entertainment Committee Kenneth Kupfrain Attendance Committee Harvey A. Miller, Chairman Stanley F. Wilkening A. C. Williams Vernon Rose E. E. Beers S. B. Hall C. O. Dowell J. W. Watts Reception Committee C. E. Stephenson, Chairman Owen Byers Marvin Q. Stockton H. V. McCall, Jr. Ben Brown

Past Masters

1925- Leslie E. Wood, P. G. M. 1926- Odia Ediler Howe 1927- James Adna Leonard Wells *1928- August Frederick Brinkman 1929- Orson Almon Rosecrans 1930- Harry Miller Graft 1931- D. Frank Nyrop 1932- Roy Van Bailey 1933- Lawrence Gilbert Sidener, Jr. 1934- Theodore Poehler Pendleton 1935- Louis McArthur Gambach

*1936- Cecil Clair Skinner 1937- Frederick William Whitney 1938- Roscoe Loyal Clark 1939- William H. Kay 1940- Isaiah L. Driver 1941- Leo C. Houston 1942- Enoch E. Mahon 1943- Cyril E. Watts 1944- A. Sheldon Raney 1945- Horace T. Wells, Jr.

*Deceased

Living Affiliated Past Masters

Albert Arthur Ede, 1917; Beckwith, Calif. Ernest Marion Kimberlin, 1907; Kingsburg, Calif.

Elvin Otis Brown, 1921; Clayton, Ill.

Harold Ostergard, 1921; Los Banos, Calif. Horace Taylor Wells, 1904; Neosho, Mo.

Master Masons

Abel, Edson C., 2890 California St., San Francisco Aillaud, Emmett R., Rt. 3, Box 3047, Edmonds, Wash. Aker, Robert R., U. S. Navy, Lake Oscawana, Peekskill, N. Y. Amick, H. Spence, 1780 8^th Avenue Anderson, Ernest W., 4501 V Street Anderson, Walter P., 1032 42^nd Street Applequist, Harry A., 2001 7^th Avenue Aurich, Arthur K., 4308 E Street Babcock, Byrl F., 1118 Vallejo Way Babcock, Otis D., Forum Building Balcom, James A., 3530 D Street Bailey, Roy V., P. M., 1630 39^th Street Bates, Fred E., 4225 F Street Beers, Ernest W., 2935 39^th Street Bertagna, Lakeshore A., 1201 2^nd Avenue Belluomini, Paul J., 4232 D Street Betow, Oscar E., 915 30^th Street Bird, Elmond W., Rt. 9, Box 1099 Borchers, William Elton, 2524 D Street Bottorff, Harrison Cecil, Stanford Court Apts., S. F. Bowa, Lawrence, 2323 F Street Brabant, Joseph V., 1740 41^st Street Brenner, Henry, 2609 E Street Briggs, Wm. H., Jr., 1641 40^th Street Brooks, Ben A., 4928 10^th Avenue Brown, Ben, 1436 42^nd Street Brown, Elvin Otis, P. M., 1430 46^th Street Brown, Eugene D., Rt. 1, Box 338, San Rafael Brown, Frank W., 1387 56^th Street Bullock, Richard Holmes, 1909 4^th Avenue Burdick, William LeRoy, 1571 12^th Avenue Burkhard, William J., 707 45^th Street Burnett, Raymond O., 917 McClatchy Way Busch, Paul R., 1521 35^th Street Byers, Owen E., 2550 13^th St., N. Sacramento Byron, John E., 3521 56^th Street Caen, George T., U. S. Army Campbell, Arthur D., 1100 34^th Street Carlson, Ernest J., 332 West Francis Willard, Chico Carmack, Charles Wilbur, 2540 7^th Avenue Carr, Walnoth Fenwick, 2617 T Street Casselman, William Clemens, 1000 47^th Street Cattron, John R., 6717 16 N. W., Seattle, Wash. Chadwick, Robert I., 4880 7^th Avenue Chambers, Richard George, 1200 Marion Way Chapman, Earl W., 2813 27^th Street Clark, Roscoe Loyal, P. M., 4331 Stockton Blvd. Clayton, Herbert V., 3140 2^nd Avenue Cleman, Clarence, Box 193, Bishop Coaplin, Daniel Richard, 2214 N Street Corlett, Clayton W., 719 Cragmont Ave., Berkeley Crittenden, Elmer O., 3949 Downey Way Davies, Marion L., Rt. 9, Box 3074 Dever, John Quenten, 1324 35^th Street Dickson, Edward Hawkins, 1246 Ntl. Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. Douglas, Percy T., Box 1630, Marysville, Calif. Dowell, Carl O., 3090 24^th Street Downey, Thomas Harold, 2712 Florence Place Driver, Isaiah Lang, P. M., 2617 Marshall Way Dunn, Arthur V., 202 Ford Bldg., Vancouver, Wash. Eastburn, William A., 4633 Q Street Ede, Albert Arthur, P. M., 824 20^th Street Egeberg, Loren B., 4100 T Street Ehrer, Marcel Roy, 451 Hill Street, S. F. Ekstrom, Clifford O., 1300 Robertson Way Elliott, Samuel D., 5001 J Street Ellis, Charles R., 1313 Swanston Drive Ellis, F. Page, Rt. 9, Box 1354 Ellis, Hal L., 4401 T Street Ellis, Lawrence, 1400 N Street Engelke, Ray J., 1919 92^nd Avenue, Oakland Esola, Joseph Earl, 4535 Mead Avenue Fisher, Cecil E., 1318 Swanston Drive Ford, Bethel H., 1708 Berkeley Way Frame, Dana S., 2140 Marshall Way French, George Hervey Muller, 1535 38^th Street French, Gerald M., 1707 E. Milton St., Stockton Frost, Charles L., 215 San Miguel Way Gambach, Louis McArthur, P. M., 4817 T Street Garwood, Paul S., Pac. Tel. Co., Chico Gibney, John J., Hotel-Tourain, 16 & Clay St., Oakland Gill, William Smith, Rt. 9, Box 1292 Gillette, Richard P., 2014 2^nd Avenue Girvin, James, 1812 Larkin Way Glenn, Gerald D., 3703 F Street Goodpastor, Herbert E., 3933 V Street Goss, Pierre B., U. S. Army Graft, Harry Miller, P. M., 1036 Dolores Way Graves, William H., 2501 C Street Greaves, Martin F., 2311 23^rd Street Hack, Charles W., 1814 N Street Hager, Adolph J., 2011 Yale Street Hall, Shala B., 2628 18^th Street Harrison, M. Lee, 1280 8^th Avenue Hawley, John B., 2443 Portola Way Hemenway, Hollis C., 701 46^th Street Henderson, John James, 1900 9^th Avenue Henderson, Paul A., 2974 Govan Way Herd, Dolan F., 420 34^th Street Hetherington, Wesley, P. O. Box 1235, Chico Hicks, Robert E., Youngs, P. O. Hill, David C., Jr., 900 Swanston Drive Hill, Leo F., 3448 T Street Hill, Norman T., 4920 15^th Avenue Hochtritt, Leon Charles, 2110 G Street Hoffman, Curtis A., Jr., 902 Donovan Drive, San Leandro, Calif. Holm, Hugo F., 2453 Cordova St., Oakland Hooke, Dana O., 1328 30^th Street House, Joseph H., U. S. Army Houston, Leo Charles, P. M., 2641 6^th Avenue Howe, Leonidas E., 514 J Street Howe, Odia Ediler, P. M., 1120 Marian Way Howell, J. Haines, U. S. Army Huddart, Donald B., 2546 46^th Avenue, San Francisco Hughes, Charles Colfax, Jr., State Board of Equalization, Stockton Hughes, Eric Christopher, Box 15, West Sacramento Hughes, Maxwell B., Box 15, West Sacramento Huntington, James B., Rt. 2, Box 316, Kerman, Fresno Huss, Claude A., 2638 Marty Way Huxtable, Harry L., Box 23, Baxters, Calif. Inks, James J., 1400 Teneight Way Jenkins, Jack J., 2905 Burnett, Oakland Jensen, George Charles, 4901 V Street Johnson, Alfred E., 1225 28^th Street Johnson, Caryl, 1716 42^nd Street Johnson, Manley P., Rt. 2, Box 1755, Del Paso Heights Kay, William H., P. M., 2779 Marty Way Kenworthy, Byron W., 1924 4^th Avenue Kimberlin, Ernest M., P. M., 2627 G Street King, George E., 4935 Drexel Blvd., Chicago Kircher, Clarence Albert, 2025 22^nd Street Kramer, Carlisle Herbert, U. S. Army Krebs, H. Malcolm, Rt. 7, Box 1233 Krueger, Charles C., 2830 3^rd Avenue Kupfrian, Kenneth G., 1740 5^th Avenue

Lacey, John S., 1511 Main Street, Susanville Lake, Frederic W., 2613 17^th Street Larson, Leroy A., 925 E. Walls St., Milwaukee, Wis. Lawrie, Archie Thomas, 1724 Broadway Lawson, F. Melvin, 2704 22^nd Street Leedom, Samuel Reynolds, 1670 8^th Avenue Linebaugh, Daniel Burton, 1233 Bellevue Ave., Burlingame Long, John B., Box 291, Millbrae Lowery, Robert A., c/o Pac. Tel. Co., Stockton Luethge, John C., 2614 Island Ave., San Diego Lutgen, Conrad J., 824 Indian Rock Ave., Berkeley Mahon, Enoch E., P. M., 1525 P Street Malloy, Thomas John, 2796 10^th Street, N. Sacto. Marchand, Louis Clifford, 1916 Argail Way Martello, Don L., 1628 7^th Avenue Matthews, Herbert H., 2541 Montgomery Way McCall, Herbert V., Jr., 1713 26^th Street McClaskey, Laurence S., 1108 Calif. State Life Bldg. McClung, Norman E., 4641 12^th Avenue Meek, G. Arthur, 3833 31^st Street Meigs, Homer Hatfield, 2549 7^th Avenue Meigs, Royal P., Route 5, Box 7757 Mersereau, Charles Joseph, 4103 Berkshire Avenue Meyer, Richard R., 2971 San Jose Way Mihills, Robert M., Rt. 4, Box 4190 Miller, Arthur Leslie, 202 Vista Way, Oceanside Miller, Harvey A., 400 37^th Way Miller, James R., 3991 3^rd Avenue Miller, James Winthrop, 2732 30^th Street Miller, Roland McLeod, 807 N. Mariposa St., Los Angeles Minster, Harold D., 1085 Arcade Blvd., No. Sacto. Moeller, Frederick Adolph, 2714 H Street Mondine, Rene A., 1034 35^th Street Moreland, Frank W., 1809 Verano Way, No. Sacto. Morris, Clendon R., 4609 U Street Murphy, Malcolm P., 1735 11^th Avenue Nash, Albert M., Div. of Highways Neiger, Edwin A., 4529 Ventura Avenue Nelson, Chris W., 2617 V Street Nelson, William M., 3951 Downey Way Netherton, Arlie, 3451 36^th Street Netherton, H. Eugene, Rt. 1, Box 955, West Sacto. Newlove, John R., 4560 Francis Court Nielsen, Albert, 1701 8^th Avenue Nyrop, David Frank, P. M., 592 34^th Street O’Brien, John J., 1123 Teneight Way Oldham, Joseph A., 620 6^th Avenue Olsen, Ralph H., U. S. Army Oser, Stanley Howard, 2217 10^th Avenue Opdyke, Alva J., 524 42^nd Ave., San Francisco Ostergard, Harold, P. M., 1314 Alhambra Blvd. Paoli, Lee A., 632 34^th Street Parish, Leonard Langley, 2117 9^th Avenue Pendleton, Theodore Poehler, P. M., 2939 25^th Street Pepper, Samuel A., 871 42^nd Street Peterson, Paul T. E., 1701 G Street Pollock, Stanley Agnew, 1119 P Street Polster, Arthur H., 1832 44^th Street Proctor, Bernhard Anton, 221 Bonita Ave., Piedmont Raney, A. Sheldon, P. M., Route 7, Box 5888 Reche, Cyril E., 1300 49^th Street Reed, George W., 1217 56^th Street Rehn, John, 921 39^th Street Rhoades, Maurice N., 440 33rd Street Rhodes, Charles T., U. S. Army Rhodes, Henry E., 4321 3^rd Avenue Rhoads, Wallace E., 4231 3^rd Avenue Richards, Lloyd S., 1601 42^nd Street Rickey, John Q., Jr., 1717 42^nd Street Roberts, John M., 2110 21^st Street Rose, Vernon L., 835 Santa Ynez Way Rosecrans, Orson Almon, P. M., 725 33^rd Street Sable, Chas. J., 2901 Land Park Drive Schiller, Carl Milford, 452 Pico Way Sidener, Lawrence G., P. M., Route 9, Box 3400 Sim, George, 3950 H Street Simmons, Frank W., 2745 5^th Avenue Skinner, Cleo F., 3716 19^th Avenue Smith, Deane K., 1344 3^rd Avenue Smith, Herold E., 2130 23^rd Street Smith, H. Lyall, 601 34^th Street Smith, Norman Charles, 2231 G Street Snow, William N., Rt. 1, Box 470, Auburn Spencer, Harold B., 3867 Bartley Drive Stahlberg, Ernest W., 1250 Perkins Way Stephenson, Clarence E., 4501 T Street Stockton, Marvin Q., 2935 24^th Street Stone, Howard Chester, 2652 Harkness Avenue Strand, A. William, 921 Santa Ynez Stumbos, John D., Rt. 8, Box 5780 Summers, Sabert L., 2514 U Street Swift, Earle Morgan, 717 34^th Street Swizer, J. Herman, 1457 51^st Street Swope, Irwin T., 2635 Land Park Drive Tarr, Floyd L., 1369 Vallejo Way Taylor, Ben, 2100 I Street Taylor, Percy R., 838 El Dorado Way Thompson, Carlton J., 2911 Muir Way Titus, Charles Israel, 925 44^th Street Titus, Robert K., 1733 40^th Street Tolle, Frank, 323 Mt. Rose St., Reno, Nev. Trimmer, Earle Ayers, 624 35^th Street Vail, David Earl, 2811 P Street Van Dusen, Philip A., P. O. Box 2036 Van Metre, Byron H., U. S. Navy Van Patten, Carlyle F., 3433 N Street Walsh, Jack W., 2500 S Street Walther, Ernest F., 2232 10^th Avenue Walton, Albert S., 2115 30^th Street Watts, Cyril E., 1236 Perkins Way Watts, Jack W., 1041 Robertson Way Wells, Horace Taylor, P. M., 2686 Donner Way Wells, Horace T., Jr., 2220 23^rd Street Wells, James Adna Leonard, P. M., 5501 Harbord Drive, Oakland Whitney, Frederick W., P. M., 2426 Capitol Ave. Wiley, Clinton W., Route 9, Box 1170 Wilkening, Elmer I., 2084 Alameda Way, Oakland Wilkening, Stanley Fletcher, 3951 12^th Avenue Wilkins, Fred Ellis, 2160 Marshall Way Williams, Arthur C., 1829 8^th Avenue Williams, Harold E., 945 Sonoma Way Wilson, J. Bruce, U. S. Army Wilson, William S., U. S. Navy Winter, Samuel W., Box 125, Sunnyvale Wingard, Emory A., P. O. Box 1685, Boise, Idaho Wirtz, Miles T., 2666 Coleman Way Wittsche, J. Fred, 1748 46^th Street Wogan, James Joseph, Rt. 2, Box 3330, Del Paso Heights Wolcott, Vernon O., 1225 43^rd Street Womack, Roy P., 599 San Mateo Ave., San Bruno Woodburn, Wilson B., 2017 23^rd Street Wood, Leslie E., P. G. M., 1141 Robertson Way Woods, George H., 86 First Street, Woodland Yeager, Edgar William, 534 14^th St., Santa Monica Yount, Harry G., 3751 7^th Avenue

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Necrology

EARL S. KIRTLAN

Died Sept. 23, 1945

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Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

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