Proceedings of the

Fifty-fourth Annual Session

1931

In Memoriam

1930-1931

In Memoriam of Members deceased May 19, 1930-May 18, 1931.

Henry G. W. Dinkelspiel

Grand Organist

Born Feb. 22, 1869

Died April 20, 1931

John Henry Grady

Past Grand President

Born July 23, 1852

Died Jan. 19, 1931

William H. Miller

Past Grand President

Born Feb. 6, 1860

Died Jan. 12, 1931

In Memoriam

George John Henry Sulzberg, California Parlor No. 1

Thomas Laughlin McGovern, California Parlor No. 1

Lipman Leon, California Parlor No. 1

Charles Francis Van Damme, California Parlor No. 1

Theodor Icor Ducruet, California Parlor No. 1

John Henry Grady, California Parlor No. 1

Harry Lachman, California Parlor No. 1

Albert Lawrence Marks, California Parlor No. 1

Albert Franklin Joseph, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

J. J. Buchanan, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Herman Mier, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Arthur Willis Elliott, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Joseph Gianellie, Jr., Stockton Parlor No. 7

George F. Buck, Stockton Parlor No. 7

George H. Murphy, Stockton Parlor No. 7

George Hogan, Stockton Parlor No. 7

E. A. Whale, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Henry Turner, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Elmer R. Murphy, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Joe Smith Lawyer, Placerville Parlor No. 9

James Samuel Campini, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Edward George Atwood, Placerville Parlor No. 9

John Henry Fuller, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Peter Joseph Burke, Placerville Parlor No. 9

George Edwin Pierce, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Charles J. Heggerty, Pacific Parlor No. 10

George R. Butler, Pacific Parlor No. 10

James Duval Phelan, Parlor No. 10

Henry L. Whipple, Pacific Parlor No. 10

William H. Miller, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Preston Plummer, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

L. M. Burnell, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

John Bernardis, Amador Parlor No. 17

Elmer Chasley Graham, Arcata Parlor No. 20

John Augustus Anthes, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Ralph Farnsworth, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Isydor Leopold Koppel, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Henry Mayo Newhall Spring, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Stanley Carl Carlson, San Jose Parlor No. 22

William Andrew Setta, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Fred A. Lagomarsino, Yosemite Parlor No. 24

John Patrick Gagliardo, Yosemite Parlor No. 24

Allan Bosh Martin, Yosemite Parlor No. 24

Richard K. Stewart, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Constantine Alexander Nahl, Sunset Parlor No. 26

George Washington Ogden, Sunset Parlor No. 26

George Henry Burnett, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Horace Chandler, Petaluma Parlor No. 27

Leo Canevecini, Petaluma Parlor No. 27

Malcolm Barnes, Petaluma Parlor No. 27

James Madison McReynolds, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

William H. Pool, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

Jacob Charles Konrad, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Henry Camille Pasquale, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Fred Charles Kracke, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Grant Stanley Gray, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Martin Charles Eichel, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Arthur Lewis Prouty, Ione Runner No. 33

Theodore Gebhardt, Sr., Ione Parlor No. 33

William H. Heffren, Ione Parlor No. 33

John William Cornell, Mission Parlor No. 38

Thomas James McGowan, Mission Parlor No. 38

Percy Chessman, Mission Parlor No. 38

J. J. Sullivan, Mission Parlor No. 38

Daniel Roberts Sewell, Mission Parlor No. 38

Daniel Webster Erwin, Mission Parlor No. 38

Thomas Patrick Dougherty, Mission Parlor No. 38

Charles S. Kilgare Badger, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42

John Edward Dwyer, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45

L. J. Cereghino, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Samuel Harris, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Henry Brandt, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Frederick Schwarze, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Antone Boschetti, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Adolph Wilkes, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Victor Bruzzoni, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

James Reinfeld, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

William Heinz, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Edward William Abbey, Oakland Parlor No. 50

Frank Shattuck Sessions, Oakland Parlor No. 50

James W. Keegan, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Bernard Herzog, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

I. G. Hammill, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Joseph Scherer, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Joseph Smart, Auburn Parlor No. 59

L. R. Weidman, Napa Parlor No. 62

E. B. Martinelli, Mt. Tamalpais, Parlor No. 64

Robert Kappenmann, Mt. Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Herbert Bunt, Mt. Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Abe Costello, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

John Edward Whalan, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Fred Walter Biebrach, Watsonville Pro No. 65

Albert Benjamin Gilman, Watsonville Partner No. 65

William John Smith, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Andrew Desmond Walsh, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Henry Palmer Appiarius, Rincon Parlor No. 72

James P. Bridgewood, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Peter Rowland Kelly, Rincon Parlor No. 72

John Donnelly, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Richard Nelson Walsh, Rincon Partner No. 72

James Henry Quinn, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Eugene Fisk Bayley, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Harrie Chester Morris, Stanford Parlor No. 76

John Lewis Conner, Stanford Parlor No. 76

John W. Rogers, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Cornelius W. Kelly, Stanford Parlor No. 76

James D. Brown, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Joseph F. Cavagnaro, Stanford Parlor No. 76

William F. Dixey, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Lawrence F. Walsh, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Harry M. Kelly, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Wallace Stott, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Stanley G. Scovern, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Fred C. Jaeger, Jr., Stanford Parlor No. 76

Victor A. Caglieri, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Louis G. Harrier, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

John David Maier, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

John Henry Massey, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

James Henry Donnelly, Granite Parlor No. 83

Walter Monroe Butler, Calistoga Parlor No. 86

John Hiltel, Calistoga Parlor No. 86

George Oscar Laws, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

Patrick Joseph Ryan, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

Peter Pedemonte, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Francis J. Sullivan, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Dr. Ambrose Frederick Cowden, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Thomas Patrick Kenna, Georgetown Parlor No. 91

William Bosch, Downieville Parlor No. 92

George Wesley Kausen, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

John Henderson Brown, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

Albert Nelson, Golden Nugget Parlor No. 94

Frederick Campbell, Seaside Parlor No. 95

Herman Daniel Ruter, Last Positas Parlor No. 96

George Abraham Turner, Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97

John Albert Day, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100

William Carmen, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Herman Levit, Bay City Parlor No. 104

H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, Bay City Parlor No. 104

William Edward Carroll, Niantic Parlor No. 105

Casper P. Hare, Niantic Parlor No. 105

Oscar Albert Kish, Niantic Parlor No. 105

Ernest Enos, Selma Parlor No. 107

John Bautisto Campbell, San Diego Parlor No. 108

Henry P. Stelling, San Diego Parlor No. 108

Sebastian Gregorio Ochoa, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Frank George Schumacher, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Walter Scott Maxwell, Sr., Ramona Parlor No. 109

Warren Bradley Bovard, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Perman Carlton Calderwood, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Walter Wellington Wells, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Huley Poppett, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Charles Eugene McElvaine, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

E. H. Brazleton, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Otto Meyer, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Robert Peslen Kleinhans, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

William Henry Rodden, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Roy Warren Poole, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Frank M. Clark, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

John J. Shay, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Arthur T. Shay, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Christopher N. Gading, Eden Parlor No. 113

Otto Frederick Huber, National Parlor No. 118

Jerome L. Regner, National Parlor No. 118

Henry Andrew Ranft, National Parlor No. 118

William Edward Clark, National Parlor No. 118

Louis A. Hufschmidt, National parlor No. 118

Fred T. Martens, National Parlor No. 118

John Z. Barnet, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Frank M. Silva, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Henry John Cruz, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

George Edward Bernard McHale, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Charles G. Parrish, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

John G. Wohlfrom, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Edward A. Brackett, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

George H. Stulz, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Edward J. Hampel, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Willett Winchester Doyle, Quincy Parlor No. 131

Charles W. Jefferson, Gabilan Parlor No. 132

Charles P. Lemoge, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Clarence H. Wallace, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

William D. Moller, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Alexander W. Ehret, Sebastopol Parlor No. 143

John Peter McDonnell, Sebastopol Parlor No. 143

Albert Vernon Clark, Halcyon Parlor No. 146

John Thomas Mitchell, Brooklyn Parlor No. 151

Martin G. Albrecht, Brooklyn Parlor No. 151

George W. Blum, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

James E. Power, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

John J. Greif, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

James H. Beresford, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

James Chesley Haines, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Joseph Reilly, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Bernard Logan, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Edward Henry Steele, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Richard Pontet, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

William Spowart, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Ernest Francis Rogers, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

John A. Hannon, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

William Justin Boyd, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

George Summer Lee, Lower Lake Parlor No. 159

Alexander Robert Imbrie, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

“Ayala” Raymon de Jesus, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Nathan Sherwood Locke, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Frank August Hoppe, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Eugene H. Stevenson, Washington Parlor No. 169

Theodore William Lanzen, Observatory Parlor No. 177

Charles Caesar Navlet, Observatory Parlor No. 177

John Robert Orton, Menlo Parlor No. 185

Harry Carson Finck, Tracy Parlor No. 186

Thomas Frank Ryan, Precita Parlor No. 187

Gregory A. Casey, Precita Parlor No. 187

Diedrich M. Janssen, Precita Parlor No. 187

Duncan Donald McDonald, Olympus Parlor No. 189

Frank J. Murasky, Olympus Parlor No. 189

Daniel James Sheehan, Olympus Parlor No. 189

Joseph L. Crowley, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Thomas Joseph Stanton, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Timothy J. O'Brien, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Herman O.  Rumetsch, Athens Parlor No. 195

Thomas William Blomberg, Athens Parlor No. 195

Eugene Francis Garrison, Athens Parlor No. 195

W. A. Gahan, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200

W. J. Dodge, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200

James Ferrea, Marshall Parlor No. 202

Arthur Milestone, Marshall Parlor No. 202

Frank William Hutchinson, Carquinez Parlor No. 205

Thomas W. Hopper, Dolores Parlor No. 208

Henry A. Reid, Dolores Parlor No. 208

E. H. Fonticella, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

Richard Henry Wulbern, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

Robert T. Welch, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

William Little, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

William Edwards, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Matthew Carolan, Twin Peaks Parlor 214

Louis Trost, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Louis Balz, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Joseph Bacon, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

William Monahan, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Osmund Kramer, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

John Denneen, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Charles Edwin Welch, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

George Charles Heidtmann, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Raymond Holden, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Daniel Leddy, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Isidore M. Roux, Mt View Parlor No. 215

Leo Aloysius Schutte, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216

Alfred Seale, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216

George R. Smith, Kelseyville Parlor No. 219

Timothy Tierney, Estudillo Parlor No. 223

Henry Clay Barton, Estudillo Parlor No. 223

Henry Joseph Bradley, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Thomas Mora, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Eugene P. Fitzpatrick, Castro Parlor No. 232

John F. Hovious, Castro Parlor No. 232

William A. Dubois, Castro Parlor No. 232

Nicholas Joseph Barry, Castro Parlor No. 232

Thomas Hackett, Castro Parlor No. 232

Charles C. Enkle, Castro Parlor No. 232

Charles Michael Rogerson, Castro Parlor No. 232

Thomas Francis Quinn, Castro Parlor No. 232

John Francis Warren, Castro Parlor No. 232

James P. Olwell, Balboa Parlor No. 234

William Aubrey Hafley, James Lick Parlor No. 242

Charles E. St. Clair Jones, James Lick Parlor No. 242

Robert Taylor Swan, Galt Parlor No. 243

Warren George Howard Croxon, Diamond Parlor No. 246

Ebenezer Leo Morris, Columbia Parlor No. 258

Thomas Patrick Pizzotti, Sepulveda Parlor No. 263

A. William McPherson, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Fred A. Preciado, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Richard Robert Tanner, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Sherman Otis Houghton, Cahuenga Parlor No. 268

Proceedings of the

Fifty-seventh Annual Session

1934

In Memoriam

In Memory of Members deceased May 15, 1933-May 21, 1934

Robert Mullins Fitzgerald

Past Grand President

Born Jan. 7, 1858

Died Jan. 3, 1934

Daniel Alphonsus Ryan

Past Grand President

Born Aug. 21, 1873

Died June 11, 1933

Frank Rumhill Wehe

Downieville Parlor No. 92

Born Jan. 16, 1855

Died Sept. 10, 1933

Joseph Kane Hawkins

Pacific Parlor No. 10 (1894-1897)

Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Born October 23, 1870

Died Sept. 29, 1933

Henry Frank Pernau, California Parlor No. 1

Ellis Block, California Parlor No. 1

Edward Ewald, California Parlor No. 1

Peter Francis Dunne, California Parlor No. 1

Aaron Riggs Nathan, California Parlor No. 1

Joseph Basch, California Parlor No. 1

Cornelius James Deasy, Sr., California Parlor No. 1

William Thomas Robinson, California Parlor No. 1

William Martin Joseph, California Parlor No. 1

Howard Herrington, California Parlor No. 1

Joseph Pinto, California Parlor No. 1

John Henry Koch, California Parlor No. 1

Alexander Henry Frank, California Parlor No. 1

John Arthur Drinkhouse, California Parlor No. 1

Richard H. Bawden, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Paul Anthony O'Neil, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Henry Nicholas, Jr., Sacramento Parlor No. 3

John Calvin Scroggs, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

George A. Senf, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

John B. Doty, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

William J. Forbes, Marysville Parlor No. 6

William George Deady, Stockton Parlor No. 7

W. F. Wolleson, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Charles A. Allard, Stockton Parlor No. 7

William H. Hobin, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Dave E. Young, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Jess L. Mollenhauer, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Charles L. Neumiller, Stockton Parlor No. 7

George L. Doll, Stockton Parlor No. 7

James M. Anderson, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Fred J. Yost, Stockton Parlor No. 7

John Walter Schuler, Stockton Parlor No. 7

John William Moore, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Walter Hansel, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Oscar B. Groves, Stockton Parlor No. 7

William J. Campbell, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Clarence Witherow, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Warren Larkin, Placerville Parlor No. 9

William Potts, Placerville Parlor No. 9

John J. Bayne, Placerville Parlor No. 9

John McKay, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Thomas F. Flaherty, Pacific Parlor No. 10

George Albert Green, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Thomas B. Doyle, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Daniel A. Ryan, Pacific Parlor No. 10

George W. McPherson, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Edward Michael Coffey, Pacific Parlor No. 10

A. G. Frank, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Joseph A. Watts, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Charles J. Williams, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Harry B. Leonard, Pacific Parlor No. 10

George H. Cabaniss, Pacific Parlor No. 10

F. v. Pistolesi, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Lawrence B. Soracco, Amador Parlor No. 17

Servino Giuliani, Amador Parlor No. 17

George E. Lawrence, Lodi Parlor No. 18

Frank P. Collins, San Jose Parlor No. 22

William Henry James, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Lucius Powers, Sr., Fresno Parlor No. 25

John W. Cappleman, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Charles Hensley Cobb, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Albert James Watts, Sunset Parlor No. 26

William Conrad Schroth, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Jesse Lee Reith, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Marcus Flohr, Petaluma Parlor No. 27

Thomas Fred Miller, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

Samuel John Hutchinson, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

Thomas Cherry Conmy, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William Samuel Dennis, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Patrick Henry Coyle, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William Hefferman, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

John David Condon, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Adolph Fred Ludemann, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

George H. Collin, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

George Joseph Schmidt, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Jeremiah George Reilly, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

John Edward Gallagher, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Charles Berg, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Fred Henry Siebe, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William A. Anderson, Woodland Parlor No. 30

Edward C. Toothaker, Woodland Parlor No. 30

William O. Kean, Woodland Parlor No. 30

John C. Rader, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

William L. Martell, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Thomas A. Maher, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Harry Wehe, Jr., Mission Parlor No. 38

William J. Ferguson, Mission Parlor in No. 38

Hugh James McGowan, Mission Parlor No. 38

William Francis McKenney, Mission Parlor No. 38

Wallace H. Hewitt, Mission Parlor No. 38

John Adolph Klein, Mission Parlor No. 38

Charles George Bush, Mission Parlor No. 38

William M. Foley, Mission Parlor No. 38

Cassius V. Upton, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41

Charles H. Smith, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42

George A. Corti, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42

William Hayden, Fremont Parlor No. 44

William Bengard, Fremont Parlor No. 44

Julius S. Morris, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45

Frank Andrew Williams, Alameda Parlor No. 47

August Von Glahn, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Joseph B. Lanktree, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Edwin Putman Hodges, Plymouth Parlor No. 48

John Herman Corneps, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Ernest Bacciocco, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Frank Eckelman, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Robert Mullins Fitzgerald, Oakland Parlor No. 50

George M. Stroh, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Louis C. Schonfeld, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Herman A. Moenning, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

George L. Suhr, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Henry C. Schaffer, St. Helena Parlor No. 53

Thomas Andrew McGovern, St. Helena Parlor No. 53

George Coughlan, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

George Hothersolle, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

Walter Grant Watters, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

Fred Warner Phippen, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

Frank Thomas Nilon, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

Richard Albert Eddy, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

Francis Marion Hogan, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

Frank M. Rex, Quartz Parlor No. 58

William Williams, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Milton Carlyon, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Albert H. Mooser, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Daniel O’Donnell, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Rudolph Lopes, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Harry Morris, Napa Parlor No. 62

Jacob Buhman, Napa Parlor No. 62

Thomas Charles Anglim, Napa Parlor No. 62

Thomas Patrick Boyd, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Albert N. Boyd, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Clarence D. Whitaker, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Joseph Kane Hawkins, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Jeff Larry Mann, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

William Graham Ryason, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Gustav John Langerman, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Charles Lincoln Butterfield, Watsonville Power No. 65

Willis W. Beeson, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Charles War, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Horace W. Amphlett, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Selmer Wertenberg, Ukiah Parlor No. 71

John Joseph Davidson, Rincon Parlor No. 72

William A. Regnier, Rincon Parlor No. 72

William Francis Grace, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Daniel Joseph O'Brien, Rincon Parlor No. 72

John Thomas Whelan, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Thomas Francis Egan, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Dennis R. Fitzgerald, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Michael Joseph Cronan, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Charles H. Tichener, Rincon Parlor No. 72

John Joseph Fere, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Edward Ohlerich, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Thomas J. Watson, Monterey Parlor No. 75

Harry A. Greene, Monterey Parlor No. 75

John F. Boden, Stanford Parlor No. 76

William H. Mead, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Thomas W. Connolly, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Harold Henry Burmeister, Stanford No. 76

Joseph E. Barry, Stanford Parlor No. 76

William T. Snow, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Horace W. Orear, Stanford Parlor No. 76

William M. Meeker, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Bernard F. McElroy, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Carl A. Henry, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Charles H. Bell, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Obe Haight Hoag, Jr., Stanford Parlor No. 76

John Francis Lemis, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Albert Casper, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Frank Henry Leonesio, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Michael Cornelius Corcoran, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Frank Bertram Jameson, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Frank Rumhill Wehe, Downieville Parlor No. 92

Henry Jean Rene, Downieville Parlor No. 92

Decimo A. Francis, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

M. H. Donnelly, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

Thomas Colfax Botting, Golden Nugget Parlor No. 94

Arthur Ramke, Las Positas Parlor No. 96

Ward Monroe Jarvis, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100

John Vincent Keefe, Mount Diablo Parlor No. 101

Gustave Weiss, Mount Diablo Parlor No. 101

Simon Louis Licht, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Hugh Joseph Lyons, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Harry Casner, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Ralph Friedman, Bay City Parlor No. 104

George Henry Myers, Bay Parlor 104

Elmer Bergold Edleman, Parlor No. 105

John Reedy, Niantic Parlor No. 105

David Calvin Simpson, Courtland Parlor No. 106

E. B. Zapffe, Courtland Parlor No. 106

George Diamon Easton, San Diego Parlor No. 108

John William Henderson, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Samuel Francis Arthur, Ramona Parlor No. 190

J. Walter Hanby, Ramona Parlor No. 109

George Henry Koch, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William L. Coffey, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Frederick Eaton, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Charles Albert More, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Robert F. Easton, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Porter Elroy Covington, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

George Thomas Brooks, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Charles Lowell Hunt, Jr., Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

William LeRoy Hatherley, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Julius E. Pope, Sonoma Parlor No. 111

Fred A. Lowell, Sonoma Parlor No. 111

Maclovio Antonio Botello, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Winfield B. Metcalf, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Thomas Goux, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Antonio Lotre De la Torre, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Harry D. Barrick, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

George W. Boxton, National Parlor No. 118

Charles W. Coon, National Parlor No. 118

Herman Wilkens, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Gilbert Louis Bennett, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Charles H. Ward, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Charles H. Bock, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Harry L. Head, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Joseph Biddle Haines, Wisteria Parlor No. 127

Robert Henry Martin, Gabilan Parlor No. 132

Arthur P. Mignola, Parlor No. 132

Lawrence D. Frichette, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

James H. Roxburgh, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Charles Thompson, Chispa Parlor 139

Joseph Moore Hampton, Tuolumne Parlor No. 144

William J. Cove, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

Richard H. Andrews, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

Joseph Mc Tanney, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

George W. Schneider, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

Charles Casper Taube, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Joseph Hagerty, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

William Edward Linsley, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Charles A. Gould, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

James Joseph Naughton, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Robert William Otto, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

John S. Ferrier, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

William Washington Waters, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Louis Charles Pistolesi, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Alvin Thomas Drew, Observatory Parlor No. 177

Anthony Paul Toscano, Observatory Parlor No. 177

Henry Edward Hoff, Observatory Parlor No. 177

Cornelius Yeager Pitman, Observatory Parlor No. 177

Henry Branderman,  Tracy Parlor No. 186

Timothy P. Minehan, Precita Parlor No. 187

Henry R. Tiegeler, Precita Parlor No. 187

Daniel J. Wren, Precita Parlor No. 187

Frank J. Splaine, Precita Parlor No. 187

John J. Reagan, Precita Parlor No. 187

Charles L. Ave, Precita Parlor No. 187

Harry P. Evans, Etna Parlor No. 192

Henry Young, Etna Parlor No. 192

Louis Kappler, Etna Parlor No. 192

George Francis Bigelow, Liberty Parlor No. 193

William Albert Kaiser, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Louis Pastorino, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Martin P. Bruton, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Thomas Edward Hayes, Athens Parlor No. 195

Luke Aloysius Doyle, Athens Parlor No. 195

James Albert Andersen, Athens Parlor No. 195

John P. Mulhearn, Athens Parlor No. 195

George E. Gross, Athens Parlor No. 195

Raymond Biven, Athens Parlor No. 195

Leon Herman Rewig, Athens Parlor No. 195

David W. Edelman, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

Charles S. Simpson, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

Boyd William Amberson, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

David Lewis Dodge, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200

Frank Frederick Aulin, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200

John William Parry, Marshall Parlor No. 202

Daniel L. Pedroni, Los Banos Parlor No. 206

George L. Murphy, Dolores Parlor No. 208

Rudolph Bertrom Kaupert, Dolores Parlor No. 208

John J. Neilan, Dolores Parlor No. 208

Edward C. Bartlett, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

William Francis Winkler, Twins Peaks Parlor No. 214

Chester Sayles, Twins Peaks Parlor No. 214

Albert James Rogers, Twins Peaks Parlor No. 214

Joseph Broderick, Twins Peaks Parlor No. 214

James B. Riehl, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216

J. C. Jordan, Estudillo Parlor No. 223

Manuel Phillips, Sr., Estudillo Parlor No. 223

Harry J. Lewis, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

John Joseph McKenna, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Frank Jackowski, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

William Francis Murphy, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

James Ralph, Castro Parlor No. 232

William Riedel, Castro Parlor No. 232

James Joseph McCook, Castro Parlor No. 232

William George Duncan, Castro Parlor No. 232

Thomas Leo O'Brien, Castro Parlor No. 232

Philip Lea Campbell, Rocklin Parlor No. 233

William Stoddard Scott, Balboa Parlor No. 234

George Anton Haley, Balboa Parlor No. 234

Louis Costa, Sutter Fort Parlor No. 241

Price Cottle, Sutter Fort Parlor No. 241

William T. Botzback, Galt Parlor No. 243

Jack Leo Soares, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Lawrence Highstreet, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Lester Manning, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

James P. Reighley, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Frank E. Fraights, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Robert D. Savage, El Carmelo Parlor No. 256

Fred Augustus Peralto, Sepulveda Parlor No. 263

Thomas Benton Morrow, Santa Ana Parlor No. 265

Roger B. Cornell, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Frederick Elmer Barnes, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Louis Williams Menges, Utopia Parlor No. 270

Proceedings of the

Fifty-eighth Annual Session

1935

In Memorial

In Memory of Members deceased to May 21, 1934-May 20, 1935.

Frederick Henry Greely

Past Grand President

Born July 5, 1856

Died Aug. 28, 1934

Frank Leslie Coombs

Past Grand President

Born Dec. 27, 1853

Died Oct. 5, 1934

William Isham Traeger

Past Grand President

Born Feb. 26, 1880

Died Jan. 20, 1935

Frank I. Gonzalez

Past Grand President

Born July 10, 1875

Died June 18, 1934

John William Bankhead

Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Born March 9, 1857

Died Aug. 1, 1934

Frank Barnett

Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Born Aug. 26, 1866

Died March 19, 1935

Ambrose Branch Barker

San Jose Parlor No. 22

Born June 22, 1863

Died May 16, 1935

William Francis Buckley, California Parlor No. 1

Edward Francis Baraty, California Parlor No. 1

Alfred Christian Gehret, California Parlor No. 1

Frank Wheeler Marston, California Parlor No. 1

Louis Cames, California Parlor No. 1

Selig Mendelson, California Parlor No. 1

Oscar Aaren, California Parlor No. 1

George Edward Baraty, California Parlor No. 1

Renschler Leavitt, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Fred H. Greely, Marysville Parlor No. 6

Joseph Eugene Strief, Marysville Parlor No. 6

John L. Murphy, Marysville Parlor No. 6

Thomas J. O'Connor, Marysville Parlor No. 6

Frank Edward Smith, Marysville Parlor No. 6

Herman M. Manthey, Stockton Parlor No. 7

William J. Campbell, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Sam C. Beane, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Frank W. Barber, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Raymond D. Dorcey, Stockton Parlor No. 7

James Gianelli, Stockton Parlor No. 7

William Herbert Lyons, Stockton Parlor No. 7

John Williams Moore, Stockton Parlor No. 7

George S. Owings, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Isaac H. Robinson, Stockton Parlor No. 7

E. N. Parker, Stockton Parlor No. 7

J. L. Friedman, Stockton Parlor No. 7

G. F. Thompson, Stockton Parlor No. 7

George John Carr, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Gordon H. Nisbet, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

John Emery Sutherland, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Lloyd M. Hancock, Placerville Parlor Parlor No. 9

George C. Rolleri, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Stephen J. Weymouth, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Louis A. Le Febvre, Placerville Parlor No. 9

John M. Dixon, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Frank I. Gonzalez, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Edwin F. Taber, Pacific Parlor No. 10

George Byron Shelton, Pacific Parlor No. 10

William H. Roden, Pacific Parlor No. 10

John Francis Cannon, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Henry L. Currie, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Thomas W. Cullen, Pacific Parlor No. 10

John McHenry, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Grover Winter Galvin, Modesto Parlor No. 11

Louis Harris, Modesto Parlor No. 11

Thomas K. Carr, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

E. L. Fitzgerald, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

Joseph Lagomarsino, Amador Parlor No. 17

James L. Carroll, Lodi Parlor No. 18

Mitchell Susman, Visalia Parlor No. 19

Howard Barter, Arcadia Parlor No. 20

Wallace Everett Feenaty, Arcata Parlor No. 20

Joseph Boutelle Tilley, Arcata Parlor No. 20

Herbert R. Tripp, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Edward Younger, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Louis O.  Dossee, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Charles Joseph Fitts, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Ambrose B. Barker, San Jose Parlor No. 22

William Rose, Yosemite Parlor No. 24

Edward Lee McLeon, Yosemite Parlor No. 24

Homer Prindle, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Burt B. Lamkin, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Sidney J. Shannon, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Joseph Edward Terry, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Julius Theodore Blauth, Sunset Parlor No. 26

George H. Nethercott, Sunset Parlor No. 26

William Henry Young, Sunset Parlor No. 26

John Phillip Brendel, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Alexander H. Meeker, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

William Thomas Spridgen, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

Louis A. Schonfeld, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Ernest Alexander Elmore, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William M. Cane, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Fred Grote, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William Joseph Siebert, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Henry Clay Schmitt, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Andrew Mocker, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William Michael Regan, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Theodore Nicholas Koening, Golden Gate No. 29

Joseph William Glaser, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Samuel Brooks Alden, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

George Albert Roeben, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

John W. McQuaid, Woodland Parlor No. 30

Albert Paramino, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Ruel Parker, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Victor Frank Rocco, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Melvin Ratto, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

William Daugherty, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

William Stark, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

John P. Holtz, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Charles Fitzsimmons, Mission Parlor No. 38

Francis Ignatius McCarthy, Mission Parlor No. 38

Fred Wrede, Mission Parlor No. 38

Howard Hildebrandt, Mission Parlor 38

James Francis Lane, Mission Parlor No. 38

Theodore Peter Hanson, Mission Parlor No. 38

John F. Egan, Mission Parlor No. 38

Paul Frederick Lemp, Mission Parlor No. 38

George P. Neppert, Mission Parlor No. 38

Thomas M. Welch, Mission Parlor No. 38

Alexander Dijeau, Mission Parlor No. 38

Robert Lee Sewell, Mission Parlor No. 38

Edgar Ernest Long, Solano Parlor No. 39

John O. Hart, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42

Louis Lemucchi, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42

Ernest Hougton White, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42

Albert G. Harper, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45

Louis C. Lenz, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Robert Tappan, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Robert Perry White, Plymouth Parlor No. 48

Lawrence Burke, Plymouth Parlor No. 48

Thomas Benson, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Albert J. Gilbart, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

John H. Nelson, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

William E. Cosgrove, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

John C. Vahey, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Arthur William Odlum, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Emil C. Mervy, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

DeWitt Briggs, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Henry John Seitz, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Augustus Barbieri, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Thomas H. Doane, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

August Tepping, St. Helena Parlor No. 53

Harry G. Phillips, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Richard T. Rowe, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Fred Morgan, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Edward A. Bennetts, Quartz Parlor No. 58

A. John O'Donnell, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Henry Williams, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Fred Frank, Quartz Parlor No. 58

George Miller Jefferson, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Louis Armbruster, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Charles H. Walsh, Auburn Parlor No. 59

George Keehner Walsh, Auburn Parlor No. 59

William Thompson, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Ernest Stratton Birdsall, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Maxie Schwarz, Napa Parlor No. 62

Thomas Adams, Napa Parlor No. 62

Henry Brown, Napa Parlor No. 62

Sterling M. Kyser, Napa Parlor No. 62

John Chris Hendricks, Napa Parlor No. 62

Walter Henry Jacobsen, Napa Parlor No. 62

Frank L. Coombs, Napa Parlor No. 62

Charles A. Steere, Napa Parlor No. 62

James S. Nalley, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Augusto F. Pacheco, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Salvadore A. Pacheco, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64

Davis Frank Ring, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Edward Richmond Tindall, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

George Peter Hansen, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Charles M. Zills, Watsonville Parlor No. 65

Adolph Ammann, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Frank Carroll, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Edward Reardon, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Harry R. Peterson, Rincon Parlor No. 72

William Joseph Wynn, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Adolph Williams Stahl, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Frank O'Neill, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Henry W. Philpott, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Frederick Beck, Rincon Parlor No. 72

William H. Dunphy, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Frank H. Kerrigan, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Caesar C. Bossi, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Thomas F. Noonan, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Carl E. Grunsky, Stanford Parlor No. 76

George Lewis Smith, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Walter H. Minner, Stanford Parlor No. 76

William H. Whitney, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Lawrence Voden Kennedy, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Lionel August Saviez, Calistoga Parlor No. 86

John William Dockery, Mount Bally Parlor No. 87

Michael William Dockery, Mount Bally Parlor No. 87

James Judson Flagg, Mount Bally Parlor No. 87

George Washington Tinsley, Mount Bally Parlor No. 87

George Robert Gray, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

James Henry Stow, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

John Edward Davenport, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Martin A. Towne, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

William Theodore Vahlberg, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Clarence D. Hotchkiss, Georgetown Parlor No. 91

Harry Ellsworth Hulburt, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

Michael CorneliusMulqueeney, Las Positas Parlor No. 96

Cheri Zephrin Hebert, Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97

Michael Vincent Kane, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100

John Edward Mortoza, Mount Diablo Parlor No. 101

Charles Nau, Glen Ellen Parlor No. 102

Philip Isaac, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Augustus David Abrams, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Thomas Richardson Hamilton, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Herman Lewis Polack, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Peter Harrison Luttrell, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Milton Glass, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Alexander Peiser, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Emmett Eugene Cahill, Niantic Parlor No. 105

Lohman J. Price, Selma Parlor No. 107

Louis Hulet Valentine, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Leonardo De La Cuesta, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Joseph Bernard De Soto, and Ramona Parlor No. 109

Daniel Griffith Davies, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Otto Weid, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Charles Joseph Prudhomme, Ramona Parlor No. 109

John Williams Maldman, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William Richard Buckley, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Charles Stivers, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William Isham Traeger, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Frederick Isaac Oderkirk, Ramona Prior No. 109

William Taylor Kendrick, Jr., Ramona Parlor No. 109

Charles Edward Rice, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Thomas Bullock Sloan, Ramona Parlor No. 109

John Mascarel Stahl, Ramona Parlor No. 109

John R. Poppett, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

John Barth Smithson, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Walter E. Byrne, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Frederick J. Hansen, Sonoma Parlor No. 111

Joseph A. Keechler, Sonoma Parlor No. 111

George Ellsworth Felix, Eden Parlor No. 113

Percy Monroe Stafford, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Andrew Antonio Lopez, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Bruno Ulplano Orella, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Edgar Nelson Snook, National Parlor No. 118

John W. Kelly, National Parlor No. 118

Harry A. Eliason, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

John William Bankhead, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Daniel A. O'Brien, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Frank Barnet, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Benjamin Brown, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

James Rolph, Jr., Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Leonard C. Fossas, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Edward R. Nickel, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

William Nelson, Chispa Parlor 139

Henry Charles Beckman, Sebastopol, Parlor No. 143

Alfred Morgenstern, Halcyon Parlor No. 146

Charles Edward Overmyer, McCloud Parlor No. 149

James Orland Osborn, McCloud Parlor No. 149

Leslie Engram, McCloud Parlor No. 149

Tony Sebastian, Cambria Parlor No. 152

Harry S. Burke, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

Ozias J. Danis, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Fred Ferrogiaro, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Herman Frederick Zimmerman, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

John Harold Adams, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

James D. Lovett, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Thomas F. Stack, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Arthur Sullivan, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Peter Bordenave, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

George Bernard Meffley, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

Lucas Zaro, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

Frank Brookins, Lower Lake No. 159

Henry Schalchli, Lower Lake Parlor No. 159

William Edward Haley, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Daniel Thomas Haley, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Joseph Soito, Washington Parlor No. 169

George W. Bond, Washington Parlor No. 169

James Porteus, Observatory Parlor No. 177

James Joseph Donovan, Observatory Parlor No. 177

John Ohm, Jr., Tracy Parlor No. 186

Walter F. Tillman, Precita Parlor No. 187

Charles D. Quigley, Etna Parlor No. 192

Hudson G. Reynolds, Etna Parlor No. 192

George Bennett, Liberty Parlor No. 193

Nothe Nathan, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Frank Lyons Deering, Presidio Parlor No. 194

George Althausen, Athens Parlor No. 195

Albert J. Duffill, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

James J. Regan, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

John G. Aylward, Alder Glen and Parlor No. 200

Joseph J. Caen, Marshall Parlor No. 202

George W. Ringen, Marshall Parlor No. 202

Augustus A. Einselen, Dolores Parlor No. 208

Rupert Rivas, Dolores Parlor No. 208

Henry C. Philpott, Dolores Parlor No. 208

William S. LaChapelle, Dolores Parlor No. 208

Frank Charles Reno, Big Valley Parlor No. 211

Frederick Nobman, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Martin Thomas Fahey, Twin Peaks Parlor 214

Andrew Balbontin, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

John A. Martin, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

John Franklin McDevitt, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Thomas Hurson, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Thomas Sullivan, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

John H. Merkel, Mountain View Parlor No. 215

Richard Natal McDonald, Mountain View Parlor No. 215

Jacob Samuel Mockbee, Mountain View Parlor No. 215

Patrick A. Crowley, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216

Joel A. Snell, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216

E. E. Richards, Estudillo Parlor No. 223

Alfred Winifred Woodhams, Pebble Beach Parlor No. 230

James McCormick, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Alexander McDonald, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Gabriel Cuneo, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Charles T. O'Connor, Castro Parlor No. 232

William C. Mackintosh, Castro Parlor No. 232

William Thomas Ryall, Castro Parlor No. 232

Frederick Illing, Castro Parlor No. 232

Robert H. Adamson, Castro Parlor No. 232

Charles J. Stillian, Castro Parlor No. 232

Harvey W. Lowell, Rocklin Parlor No. 233

George C. West, Rocklin Parlor No. 233

Clifton Bell, Balboa Parlor No. 234

Grover C. Fitch, Balboa Parlor No. 234

Alfred Butts, Claremont Parlor No. 240

John Fletcher Bain, Claremont Parlor No. 240

Barry Alden, Claremont Parlor No. 240

Edward H. Whyte, Sutter Fort, Parlor No. 241

Charles Edward Rudolph, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Charles A. Calhoun, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Howard L. Bacon, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Thomas Henry Duignan, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

Edward F. Van Alstine, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252

William Henry Carpenter, Sepulveda Parlor No. 263

Proceedings of the

Fifty-ninth Annual Session

1936

In Memoriam

1935-1936

In memory of members deceased May 20, 1935 – May 18, 1936

William Dennis Hynes

Stanford Parlor No. 76

Born Dec. 5, 1862

Died July 13, 1935

James William Barlett

Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

Born May 15, 1862

Died March 15, 1936

Max Edward Licht

Bay City Parlor No. 104

Born Aug. 22, 1869

Died Aug. 6, 1935

Joseph David Norris

Washington Parlor No. 169

Born Nov. 3, 1858

Died Feb. 26, 1936

Charles Henry Durham, California Parlor No. 1

Edward Dubois, California Parlor No. 1

Henry Hamilton, California Parlor No. 1

John Robert Matches, California Parlor No. 1

George Beanston Lowe, California Parlor No. 1

Melquicide Joaquin Rodriguez, California Parlor No. 1

Peter Frank Angonnet, California Parlor No. 1

James Beatty Stovall, California Parlor No. 1

William George Wreden, California Parlor No. 1

Arthur Murdock, California Parlor No. 1

George Washington Hammond, California Parlor No. 1

Jules Auraden, Jr., California Parlor No. 1

Thomas Richard Jones, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Wesley Rose, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Edward R. Lee, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

John Thomas Stafford, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Joseph Francis Woods, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Henry E. Sleeper, Sacramento Parlor No. 3

Charles E. Manthey, Stockton Parlor No. 7

F. J. Corcoran, Stockton Parlor No. 7

E. J. Viebrock, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Ray Friedberger, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Walter J. Owens, Stockton Parlor No. 7

H. P. Pierpoint, Stockton Parlor No. 7

Talbot J. Powers, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Harold Joseph Marks, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

William Henry Hibbard, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Alvin Edison Faul, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

John Bean, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Charles Francis Belding, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

James Edward Rutherford, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

Gerrett Earl Middlehoff, Argonaut Parlor No. 8

George Rieber, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Edmund Everett DeLory, Placerville Parlor No. 9

John W. Reynolds, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Thomas Rust, Placerville Parlor No. 9

John Charles Fehnemann, Placerville Parlor No. 9

William F. Montgomery, Placerville Parlor No. 9

Carl O. Ryden, Pacific Parlor No. 10

T. F. Tracy, Pacific Parlor No. 10

John Joseph Lyons, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Matthew J. Killilea, Pacific Parlor No. 10

Ezra Benjamin Wood, Modesto Parlor No. 11

Lewis Turner Carr, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

Arthur Edward Dalton, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

John Christian Hansen, Humboldt Parlor No. 14

Oscar Smith Lester, Amador Parlor No. 17

Lawrence Solari, Amador Parlor No. 17

James Jeffery, Amador Parlor No. 17

W. J. Thomayer, Lodi Parlor No. 18

William T. Hughes, Lodi Parlor No. 18

Carl Lars Miller, Arcata Parlor No. 20

William H. Gavin, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Francis Aloy Schilling, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Thomas Nesle Lewis, San Jose Parlor No. 22

James D. Mulve, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Dolores Perfecto Narvaez, San Jose Parlor No. 22

Ray Waldo Baker, Fresno Parlor No. 25

Lewis Moreing, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Lester Spurgeon, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Joseph Lewis De Costa, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Walter Judson Taylor, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Harry Roger Chalmers, Sunset Parlor No. 26

Arthur S. Newburgh, Petaluma Parlor No. 27

Robert Henry Ward, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

Peter Joseph Guidotti, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28

Paul Xavier Reichlin, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Peter John Whelan, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

John Ginocchio, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William Henry Mara, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Edward Martin Boyson, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William John Hatch, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William Charles Gunther, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Johanes William Emil Koch, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Rudolph Maxwell, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

William P. Shanahan, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29

Peter I. Jonas, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Ceaser B. Arditto, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Thomas A. Hedgpeth, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

John Martin Francis, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Theodore Joseph Beauchemin, Excelsior Parlor No. 31

Edward Biebold, Ione Parlor No. 33

Paul John Winter, Ione Parlor No. 33

Arthur J. Lane, Ione Parlor No. 33

James A. Amick, Ione Parlor No. 33

William F. Mullins, Mission Parlor No. 38

Daniel John Dunne, Mission Parlor No. 38

Richard Beatty Young, Mission Parlor No. 38

Edward Andrew Buck, Mission Parlor No. 38

Charles Henry Linn, Mission Parlor No. 38

Warren Edwin Derr, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41

Andrew Eliott, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41

Daniel Deronda, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41

Harry L. Coffman, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45

Josiah Flagg Lyon, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45

Joseph Henry Peterson, Alameda Parlor No. 47

Andrew Jackson Crain, Plymouth Parlor No. 48

John Burke, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

William Conniff, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

James Griffin, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Charles Reinfeld, Sr., San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Harold Louis Winter, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Egisto Canepa, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

James William Viner, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Joseph Fasano, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

George Lorenzetti, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Henry P. Arata, San Francisco Parlor No. 49

Henry Edward Dempsey, Oakland Parlor No. 50

William Benjamin Hamilton, Oakland Parlor No. 50

Albert Olsen, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

Eugene Patrick Egan, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

George William Murphy, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

William J. Hawkins, El Dorado Parlor No. 52

George H. Graff, St. Helena Parlor No. 53

David Whilden, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56

James W. Hammill, Quartz Parlor No. 58

William Torpie, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Edward F. Whiting, Quartz Parlor No. 58

James E. Manion, Quartz Parlor No. 58

Daniel S. Collins, Quartz Parlor No. 58

George A. Colwell, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Charles Glenwood Johnson, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Patrick Andrew Monaghan, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Arthur R. Dobbas, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Charles H. Slade, Auburn Parlor No. 59

Jack Daniel Bohen, Napa Parlor No. 62

James A. Daly, Napa Parlor No. 62

John F. Flanagan, Napa Parlor No. 62

Edwin B. Gardner, Mt. Tamalpais, Parlor No. 64

William D. Leahy, Mt. Tamalpais, Parlor No. 64

Thomas Francis Mulhern, Mt. Tamalpais, Parlor No. 64

James Samuel Ryason, Watsonville, Parlor No. 65

Jerome Stephen Dondero, Watsonville, Parlor No. 65

Fred George Schanbacher, Watsonville, Parlor No. 65

Herman William Schaberg, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Albert Henry Michael, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Kenneth T. Murray, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Richard B. O’Farrell, Redwood Parlor No. 66

Charles Gavin Duffy, Rincon Parlor No. 72

John Francis Finn, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Charles W. Suckow, Rincon Parlor No. 72

George Adolph Racouillat, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Louis Herman Anixter, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Henry Carl Klein, Rincon Parlor No. 72

William C. Disse, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Thomas Henry Vivian, Rincon Parlor No. 72

Lawrence P. Chavoya, Monterey Parlor No. 75

Robert E. Dollard, Stanford Parlor No. 76

William D. Hynes, Stanford Parlor No. 76

August A. Drossel, Stanford Parlor No. 76

Alexander Guffy, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Levi Cornell Mallett, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Albert Joseph Castello, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Arthur G. Rounds, Vallejo Parlor No. 77

Henry Larkin Lowden, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

James William Bartlett, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

John Nicholas Lorenz, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

John William Shuford, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

Charles Edwin Clement, Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87

Willie William Peery, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Robert Emmett Williams, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Romeo A.  Rodriguez, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

Albert Edward Rostron, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90

William A. Heuser, Georgetown Parlor No. 91

Silverinus G. Aggeler, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

George R. Christeen, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

Joseph Antone Slissman, Ferndale Parlor No. 93

Robert Babb, Golden Nugget Parlor No. 94

Norman Joseph McLeod, Las Positas Parlor No. 96

David Wallace, Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97

Henry Adolph Pfister, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100

William N. Jones, Mt. Diablo Parlor No. 101

Harry Nordman, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Emanuel Levy, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Max Edward Licht, Bay City Parlor No. 104

Charles Theodore Collins, Parlor No. 105

Stanford B. Brown, Courtland Parlor No. 106

Jacob B. Miller, Courtland Parlor No. 106

Harry B. Staley, Selma Parlor No. 107

James Bowers, San Diego Parlor No. 108

Ernest B. Burchard, San Diego Parlor No. 108

Jacob Karl Lobdell, Ramona Parlor No. 109

John Harvey McCarthy, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William James Variel, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Richard Edward Barry, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William Henry Wilshire, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William Walter Ashe, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Lewis Emery Whitehead, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Leon Wesley Batcheller, Ramona Parlor No. 109

George Alma Long, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Raymond Leon Rehart, Ramona Parlor No. 109

William Toomey, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Lewis Bunch Littlefield, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Andrew Frank Lindenfeld, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Horace Bell Hall, Ramona Parlor No. 109

Lester George King, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Emery Brainerd Tyler, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

John Wadworth Marshall, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Manuel Joseph, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Miles Edwin Benson, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Walter Rockingham Davies, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Charles Herbert Clapperton, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Charles William Viall, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

William Jefferson Courtney, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Fred S. Rowan, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110

Edward Hevey, Eden Parlor No. 113

Samuel Curtis Pinkham, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

J. Frank Regis Arellanes, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116

Robert Winthrop Watrous, Broderick Parlor No. 117

Samuel Carlton Hunter, Broderick Parlor No. 117

John J. Corbett, National Parlor No. 118

Charles W. Thumler, National Parlor No. 118

Adolph Huber, National Parlor No. 118

Joseph Dixon, National Parlor No. 118

Charles M. Kottinger, National Parlor No. 118

William H. L. Hynes, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Joseph Bernard Donnelly, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Antone Weiss, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Charles D. Cobb, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

William D. Sagehorn, Piedmont Power No. 120

Dennis N. O’Day, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Daniel I. Walde, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

Louis Siegler, Piedmont Parlor No. 120

William Henry Rankin, Piedmont Par No. 120

Sumner S. Foster, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Robert I. Moore, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

George P. Theller, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Adolph H. Bahr, Hesperian Parlor No. 137

Edward M. Hampton, Tuolumne Parlor No. 144

John Henry Nobmann, Halcyon Parlor No. 146

William Fountain Southern, McCloud Parlor No. 149

William Barrett, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

David F. Foley, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

Henry Edward Poehlman, Alcalde Parlor No. 154

J. Christopher Quirk, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Paul Bertelsen, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Edward Bordenave, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Joseph Hallinan, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

William Thomas Ford, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Frank Condrin, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157

Frank McPhillips, South San Francisco No. 157

Arthur Rowen Noyes, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

Mose W. Morgan, Sea Point Parlor No. 158

James Hugh Donohoe, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

William Granville Hedrick, Sequoia Parlor No. 160

Louis H. Eggers, Washington Parlor No. 169

Joseph David Norris, Washington Parlor No. 169

Walter William Hoffman, Byron Parlor No. 170

Thomas R. Dougherty, Observatory Parlor No. 177

William A. Beasly, Observatory Parlor No. 177

John David Woodall, Tracy Parlor No. 186

Joseph Miguel Silveria, Tracy Parlor No. 186

Walter August Anderson, Precita Parlor No. 187

Christopher Joseph Ryan, Precita Parlor No. 187

Manuel Edward Lewis, Presidio Parlor No. 194

William Repetto, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Charles Allen Ryerson, Presidio Parlor No. 194

Herman Wetzel, Athens Parlor No. 195

James Harrison Skaggs, Athens Parlor No. 195

Robert Emmett Dunleavy, Athens Parlor No. 195

Silas Masters, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

Daniel F. McSweeney, Hollywood Parlor No. 196

Harry S. Babcock, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200

Albert L. Copertini, Marshall Parlor No. 202

Philip A. Bill, Marshall Parlor No. 202

Mathew Lawrence Carroll, Carquinez Parlor No. 205

George Kittler, Dolores Parlor No. 208

George Conlon, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

Richard J. Garrett, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

Connie E. Rowe, Berkeley Parlor No. 210

James G. Beaty, Parlor No. 210

Charles McQuillian, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Arthur Stanley Acton, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Lawrence Keane, Twin Peaks Parlor 214

John Dunne, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214

Lawrence D. Kelly, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216

Joseph Patrick Sheridan, El Capitan Parlor No. 222

William Arthur Taylor, El Capitan Parlor No. 222

Mose Uri, El Capitan Parlor No. 222

Edgar Alfred Shaw, Pebble Beach Parlor No. 230

William Alexander Moore, Pebble Beach Parlor 230

Thomas Douglas, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

John J. O’Meara, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231

Joseph F. Castagnetto, Castro Parlor No. 232

Charles Benjamin Anderson, Castro Parlor No. 232

Joseph William Teeling, Castro Parlor No. 232

Frank Sembertrant, Castro Parlor No. 232

Michael J. McLaughlin, Castro Parlor No. 232

Thomas James Code, Castro Parlor No. 232

Walter Zambelli, Castro Parlor No. 232

Michael J. Ryan, Castro Parlor No. 232

Leo A. Murasky, Castro Parlor No. 232

Edward Marcellus Bixby, Castro Parlor No. 232

Thomas E. O'Connor, Rocklin Parlor No. 233

Joseph I. Costello, Balboa Parlor No. 234

Everett Baker Johnston, Sutter Fort Parlor No. 241

Claude W. S. Moger, Niles Parlor No. 250

Champion D. Stivers, Niles Parlor No. 250

George C. Barlow, Sepulveda Parlor No. 263

John Andrew Tafoya, Sepulveda Parlor No. 263

Robert Hoffman, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Raymond C. Honeywell, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

William H. Carter, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267

Charles A. Whitey, Utopia Parlor No. 270

John Eugene Mulholland, Manteca Parlor No. 271

William Phillip Geary, Lakemont Parlor No. 275