THE FIRST 100 YEARS
OF
SACRAMENTO LODGE No.40
Pages 30-33
ROLL OF HONOR ---------
WORLD WAR I
Names of those who served in the
armed forces during World War I while members of Sacramento Lodge No. 40:
Donald
Harvey
ARMSTRONG Jack
"H" LEAM
Albert William
BARBER
Fred William LINKS
Roy Whiteford
BLAIR Samuel
LOVICH
Frank Philip
BRENDEL
Joseph Edgar MAYO
Oree Vest CALLAWAY
Kenneth Elbert McCROSKY
Russell
Lowell
COLEMAN Clarence
Hugh MILLER
Hans Andreas
DAAE Floyd
MORRIS
Thomas Shields DeHAVEN
Jacob Christian NIELSON
Spence
John
DICKSON
George James RAU
Samuel
GLANT
John RESEIGH
John Clarence
HALL
Robert ROBERTSON
Harry
Albert
HANSON
Joseph Archibald SAUNDERS
George John HENLE,
Jr. Arthur
Matt SCHROTH
George Morris HOMANS Ralph William
SMITH Edwin Carmi HOPKINS, Jr Roy
Redell SMITH
Merton Bassel
HUSTLE
Charles Leslie SWANTON
Julian Fontaine
JOHNSON Carl
Glenn WARDEN
John Elmer KENNEDY
Gustav Henry WENDT
William
Paul
LAIS
Harry Corydon WEST
ROLL OF HONOR --------- WORLD WAR II
Frederick Edward
ANDERSON Harry
Mitchell KANNER
Sylvester Moore
ANDERSON
Henry Emil KLEINSORGE Jr.
Clyde Ira
BASKER George Louis LADD
Clarence
Phillip
BEAUCHEMIN Robert
Thadeus McCLELLAN
Joseph David BOITANO,
Jr.
James Eugene McNEIL
James
William BORLAND
Stanley Clyde MORRIS
Harleigh Sage
BRIAN
Kenneth William NAUMAN
Albert Richard
CHAPMAN
Herbert James OEHLER
Orrin Simeon
COOK
Robert Leon PETERS
Thomas
Harrison
COOK
Ernest John PETERSEN
Robert Donald
COSTER
Benjamin Franklin QUIGLEY, Jr.
Henry Jordan
CROWDIS
Walter George REYNOLDS
John Randolph
DAVIDSON
David Willis ROBERTS
Donald Addison
DAVIS William
Valentine SCHMELZEL
Ronald Rex
DAVIS Louis
Harvey SLATER
Joseph Bray
DUNCAN
Francis Waldo SPEARMAN
Rowland Gray
ELE
John Henry Herold SPRIGG
Edwin Alexander
FAIRBAIRN
Robert Elwood STEPHENS
Herbert Gerald
HAMMOND
Carl Heft STEPPAN
Robert Lawrence
HARKNESS
Bert Stanford THOMAS
Emil Carl
HASERT
Fred Burton TRESER
Gunnar Bror
HASSEL
Robert Ian VERNON
Herbert Huber
HOPKINS
Allan John WAGNER
Harvey Leo
HUMASON
Donald Bader WEAVER
George Washington
HUNT
Meredith Lawrence WILSON
John
Alfred
IRELAND
Frank Blair WOODMANSE
During
the second World War, a committee was appointed, headed
by Brother Harry M. BAKER, to assemble, edit and publish a monthly letter to be
sent to those members of Sacramento Lodge No. 40 who were in the service
together with copies of the weekly news letters to service men published in the
Sacramento Union and Sacramento Bee. This service was
rendered for about two years but finally was discontinued due to confusion of
addresses.
MASONIC HOME
The Masonic Home at Decota which provides a home for aged Masons and their
wives or widows was opened for residents on March 1, 1899. Sacramento Lodge No.
40 through nomination has had the following residents:
NAME
BORN
ADMITTED
DIED
John
KING
4/26/1827
4/9/1900 10/28/1909
Wm. A.
STEPHENSON
4/8/1854
7/14/1929
5/19/1931
Adelaide H. IRVINE
2/16/1849
11/4/1931
10/2/1940
Maud H.
BLANK 8/8/1869
9/28/1946
3/1/1952
James W. HOWARD
10/20/1878
2/21/1952
SECRETARIES OF SACRAMENTO LODGE NO. 40
FROM
TO
John Quincy BROWN
........................ 7/26/1853
12/13/1853
Daniel St. Clair
STEEVENS............... 12/13/1853
3/3/1854
William G.
BORNEMAN....................
3/3/1854
9/8/1855
David
FARQUHARSON.................... 9/8/1855
12/26/1856
Charles D.
HOSSACK...................... 12/26/1856
12/10/1858
Judson
HAYCOCK........................... 12/10/1858
9/30/1859
Charles D.
HOSSACK....................... 9/30/1859
9/19/1862
J. H.
EDWARDS................................
9/19/1862
10/3/1862
Prescott
ROBINSON......................... 10/3/1862
1/1/1864
Luther Kurtz
HAMMER......................
1/1/1864
3/1/1867
George Howard
WINTERBURN........
3/1/1867
12/26/1868
Samuel
SIMS................................... 12/26/1868
4/6/1878
Benjamin Kniffen
PLUMB.................. 4/9/1879
12/27/1878
Richard Cutrer
IRVINE
. 12/27/1878 12/27/1872
George Winfield
CONAWAY.............. 12/27/1882
2/29/1884
Richard Cutrer
IRVINE....................... 3/21/1884
12/27/1884
William Durrant
KNIGHTS
12/27/1884
12/27/1886
John T.
GRIFFITS.............................
12/27/1886
7/13/1888
Frank Ellis
LAMBERT........................ 8/3/1888
12/28/1891
John T.
GRIFFITTS............................ 12/28/1891
6/10/1898
Edmund Mansfield
ATKINSON.......... 6/14/1898
12/27/1899
Richard Cutrer
IRVINE...................... 12/27/1899
12/27/1900
James Buchanan
GIFFEN.................. 12/27/1900
12/27/1905
Richard Cutrer
IRVINE
.. 12/27/1905 4/13/1920
Wallace
Hiram RENWICK...................
4/13/1920
12/28/1925
Julian Insco
PRUGH...........................
12/28/1925
12/26/1931
Charles Madison
SMITH..................... 12/26/193
9/1/1950
Harry Murdock
BAKER
.. 9/1/1950 12/8/1950
Ronald Marshall
CATE........................
12/8/1950
12/14/1951
Harry Murdock
BAKER......................
12/14/1951 Date
TREASURERS OF SACRAMENTO LODGE NO. 40
FROM TO
Jefferson
WILCOXSON
7/26/1853 13/12/1853
Jacob
KOHLMAN
13/12/1853
5/18/1854
Thomas
GARDINER
.. 5/19/1854
7/12/1855
Alexander
MAYER
. 12/7/1855 12/3/1858
Hiram COOK
..
12/3/1858 12/6/1867
Henry William BRAGG
. 1858 1875
Luther Kurtz HAMMER
. 1876 1877
William Monroe PETRIE
.. 1878 5/10/1919
Frank TADE
6/6/1919 9/3/1941
Ralph H. Cowing
10/3/1941
27/Dec/1941
Waldo
Emerson SPEARMAN
.. 12/27/1941 Date
FIFTY YEAR GOLD BUTTONS
At the 79th annual communication of
the Grand Lodge of Masons in California, opened at the City of San Francisco
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1928 and terminating Friday, Oct. 12, 1928, it was recommended
by Grand Master Will H. FISCHER that the Grand Secretary be authorized and
directed to prepare a design for and to strike off a sufficient number of
buttons, made from the pure gold of California's hills, and forward to each
Lodge within the jurisdiction, one of the buttons for each fifty year old Mason
on the roll; that the Committee on Ritual be authorized and directed to supply
the Masters of Lodges with a brief ritual or form of ceremony in order that
each of the veteran Masons might be impressively presented with a lasting
evidence of the esteem of the Grand Lodge of California and the love and
affection of his brethren.
The recommendation of the Grand Master was adopted and by resolution of Grand
Lodge the privilege of receiving the token was limited to those who had been
members of Lodges within our jurisdiction for fifty years.
At
the 80th annual communication of Grand Lodge held from Oct. 8 to Oct. 11, 1929,
the privilege of wearing the fifty year token was extended to members of Lodges
in our jurisdiction who have been Master Masons in good standing for fifty
years or more.
© 2007 Sally Kaleta.