Native
Sons of the Golden West
Grand
Officers’ Reports
1937-1940
| 1885-1916 | 1917-1924 | 1931-1936 |
Proceedings of the
Sixtieth Annual Session
1937
In Memoriam
1936-1937
In memory of members deceased to May 21, 1936-May 17,
1937.
Thomas Monahan
Past Grand President
Born July 4, 1866
Died Aug. 6, 1936
Thomas Flint
Past Grand President
Fremont Parlor No. 44
Born May 29, 1858
Died Nov. 19, 1936
Henry J. Angelo
Grand Outside Sentinel
Born July 13, 1859
Died March 29, 1937
George F. McNoble
Stockton Parlor No. 7
Born July 29, 1866
Died Dec. 13, 1936
Frank M. Lane
Fresno Parlor No. 25
Born Nov. 3, 1864
Died April 13, 1937
James A. Devoto
Alcalde Parlor No. 154
Born July 26, 1869
Died Dec. 29, 1936
John C. Smith
Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
Born Sept. 24, 1866
Died Nov. 24, 1936
William E. Foley
Rincon Parlor No. 72
Born Nov. 22, 1862
Died Sept. 9, 1936
James L. Foley
Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Born Dec. 25, 1879
Died Jan. 13, 1937
Elmer Walter Bruce, California Parlor No. 1
Louis Frank Enz, California Parlor No. 1
William Henry Staniels, California Parlor No. 1
John Joseph McGovern, California Parlor No. 1
Frederick Louis Amark, California Parlor No. 1
Bernard Angonnet, California Parlor No. 1
William Patrick Carroll, California Parlor No. 1
Joseph Thomas Cavanaugh, California Parlor No. 1
Edward Ralph Galland, California Parlor No. 1
Walter Franklin Mails, California Parlor No. 1
John Sullivan Phillips, California Parlor No. 1
Charles B. Jones, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
George W. Young, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
James Riley, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
George Henry Menke, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Rudolph H. Lackmann,
Fred N. Renschler, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Charles F. Hartmeyer, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Bernard Joseph Dolan, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Elmer J. Boost, Marysville Parlor No. 6
Arthur H. Brannan, Marysville Parlor No. 6
John E. Brooks, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Frank Eshbach, Stockton Parlor No. 7
L. L. Collins, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Robert M. Haas, Stockton Parlor No. 7
George F. McNoble, Stockton Parlor No. 7
T. E. Connolly, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Henry W. Chase, Stockton Parlor No. 7
George Pritchett, Stockton Parlor No. 7
William Burke Ross, Argonaut Parlor No. 8
George Foster Jones, Argonaut Parlor No. 8
Carleton Rosier, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Benedick Ries, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Robert E. O'Neil, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Sol H. Mierson, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Frank W. Rohlfing, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Frank Milton Ayers, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Albert B. Kyburz, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Benjamin Caesar Celio, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Harry Allison Williams, Placerville Parlor No. 9
James A. Mierson, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Robert Lee Kenny, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Chancellor Kiddell Grady, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Emil A. Groezinger, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Daniel C. Deasy, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Al Latham, Pacific Parlor and No. 10
Everett D. Philbrick, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Robert Groezinger, Pacific Parlor No. 10
J. J. Meyer, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Thomas John Murphy, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Charles William Gill, Modesto Parlor No.11
Thomas C. Vreeland, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
John Bernard McManus, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
James Pat Mahan, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
Henry W. Daneri, Amador Parlor No. 17
Frank J. Payne, Amador Parlor No. 17
Joe C. Horne, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Thomas Monahan, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Cipriano C. De La Cruz, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Emile J. Coffee, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Nicholas Spinetti, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Daniel Haley, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Charles Pfau, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Thomas Charles Hogan, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Donald R. Graham, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Amos Edward Howard, Yosemite Parlor to No. 24
Danton T. Doggett, Fresno Parlor No. 25
Frank M. Lane, Fresno Parlor No. 25
Edward Thomas Johnson, Sunset Parlor No. 26
William Henry Harrison, Sunset Parlor No. 26
John Henry Nicholson, Sunset Parlor No. 26
John W. Andrews, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
John Calhoun Smith, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
William M. Irvin, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
James M. Jamison, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
Adelbert Grant Quigley, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
Otto Lemcke, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Julius Max Eppstein, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Fred Saxton Frank, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
George Seekamp, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Frank Bacigalupi, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
James Edward Wilson, Golden Gate No. 29
John Baptist Campodonice, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
George Parker McKay, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Eugene Francis Walters, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Oscar C. Holtz, Excelsior Parlor No. 31
Bert L. Turner, Excelsior Parlor No. 31
Edwin Cloug Wooster, Excelsior Parlor No. 31
Thomas Kennington Norman, Excelsior Parlor No. 31
John Sylvester Garbaraini, Excelsior Parlor No. 31
Richard Thomas U’Ren, General Winn Parlor No. 32
William George Lahusen, Mission Parlor No. 38
Thomas Cruz Fry, Mission Parlor No. 38
John Doherty, Mission Parlor No. 38
Emil Schmitt, Mission Parlor No. 38
Charles Edward Wilson, Mission Parlor No. 38
Seth Artis Wilton, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41
Samuel Plummer Allen, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42
Albert L. Cron, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Alfred J. Downs, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Willard Fillmore Herrill, Plymouth Parlor No. 48
David Harrison, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Robert J. Hallenbarter, San Francisco, Parlor No. 49
Henry K. Depangher, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
James H. Cosgrove, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Peter Burns, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Andrew Devoto, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Alexander Griffith, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Otis Berge, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
George McGrath, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Modesto Torre, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Charles F. Gombia, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Thomas Irving Miller, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Charles Harrison Lanyon, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Fred Manning, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Henry Philip Dalton, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Frederick Williams Snook, Oakland Parlor No. 50
James Carroll Ewing, Oakland Parlor No. 50
William C. Hacke, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Thomas J. Murray, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Louis Schumacher, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
George Youngman, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
John C. McIntyre, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Louis Albert Rossi, St. Helena Parlor No. 52
Edward R. Bellani, St. Helena Parlor No. 53
Lafayette Stice, St. Helena Parlor No. 53
Frank McCutchan, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Charles Guenther, Sr., Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
G. L. Covey, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Robert J. Frank, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Chester Francis Bowman, Auburn Parlor No. 59
Hans Jorgen Peterson, Auburn Parlor No. 59
Charles Phillip Huestis, Auburn Parlor No. 59
William Lulwes, Napa Parlor No. 62
Cammillus R. Smith, Napa Parlor No. 62
Henry Farley, Napa Parlor No. 62
George Agnew, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Eugene Joseph Connell, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Thomas Lovering Wishard, Watsonville Parlor No. 65
Edward Benjamin Harlan, Watsonville Parlor No. 65
Robert John Mathews, Watsonville Parlor No. 65
Edward K. Cage, Colusa Parlor No. 69
John Joseph O'Rourke, Colusa Parlor No. 69
Henry Dayton Calvin, Colusa Parlor No. 69
William Edward Foley, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Lloyd Matthew McCaffery, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Walter Charles McCreagh, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Christopher Kearse, Rincon Parlor No. 72
James Cadematori, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Edward Martin Wolff, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Frederick Weisgerber, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Grant Towle, Monterey Parlor No. 75
Henry Haman, Stanford Parlor No. 76
George T. Poultney, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Charles Hendee Stanyan, Stanford Parlor No. 76
William Kennedy White, Stanford Parlor No. 76
William R. Daingerfield, Stanford Parlor No. 76
William Smith O'Brien, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Joseph A. Gendotti, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Henry J. Angelo, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Philip Hirleman, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Joseph J. Feehan, Stanford Parlor No. 76
George Weniger, Vallejo Parlor No. 77
George Herman Stevens, Vallejo No. 77
Charles Henry Debolt, Vallejo Parlor No. 77
John A. Brown, Vallejo Parlor No. 77
Charles Paulsen, Mount Bally Parlor No. 87
Lyman Foster Young, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
James E. Farley, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Harry Maurice Grover, Georgetown Parlor No. 91
John Wakefield, Georgetown Parlor No. 91
John Morgan McMahon, Downieville Parlor No. 92
Harry Samuel Tibbey, Downieville Parlor No. 92
Henry C. Blum, Ferndale Parlor No. 93
Mike Rodoni, Ferndale Parlor No. 93
Manuel Phillip Dutra, Seaside Parlor No. 195
Harmon Thomas Holley, Las Positas Parlor No. 96
Martin W. Joost, Mount Diablo Parlor No. 101
John L. Beard, Mount Diablo Parlor No. 101
C. H. W. Bruning, Glen Ellen Parlor No. 102
Samuel Wolf Lasky, Bay City Parlor No. 104
James Aloysius Mullally, Bay City Parlor No. 104
William Henry Harvey, Niantic Parlor No. 105
Michael Claraty, Niantic Parlor No. 105
George Ehrman, Niantic Parlor No. 105
Joseph Silver, Selma Parlor No. 107
Walter Hollie Franklin, Selma Parlor No. 107
Virgilio Bruschi, Sr., San Diego Parlor No. 8
Arnold Christian Von Der Lohe, Ramona Parlor and No. 109
Fred Alexander Stephenson, Ramona Parlor No.109
Thatcher John Kemp, Ramona Parlor No. 109
William Kurtz, Ramona Parlor No. 109
William F. Engler, Ramona Parlor No. 109
George V. Holcomb, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Lloyd Arthur Dixon, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Gerald Lincoln Beehler, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Henry Tompkins, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Jul Maamum Hopperstead, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
David J. Eradi, Sonoma Parlor No. 111
Hartley William Gottenberg, Sonoma Parlor No. 111
Charles Schilling, Eden Parlor No. 113
William F. Knightly, Eden Parlor No. 113
Henry Schilling, Eden Parlor No. 113
George Grant Leslie, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116
Dave Williford, Broderick Parlor No. 117
John G. Joy, National Parlor No. 118
John Walde, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Daniel Guthrie Hughes, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
George Williams Craddock, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
George W. Fountain, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Farley B. Granger, Wisteria Parlor No. 127
Ralph Vandepeer Richmond, Wisteria Parlor No. 127
Joseph Matthews Silva, Gabilan Parlor No. 132
Frank T. Doolan, Hesperian Parlor No. 137
Henry Sims, Tuolumne Parlor No. 144
Albert Bernard Charles Dohrmann, Halcyon Parlor No. 146
Herman Allari, Alcalde Parlor No. 154
Maurice Gamma, Alcalde Parlor No. 154
James A. Devoto, Alcalde Parlor No. 154
James W. Barry, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Walter Barnard Malloy, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Charles Labrut Hagerty, South San Francisco Parlor No.
157
Edmond Ignatius Keating, South San Francisco Parlor No.
157
William M. Giblin, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
William Reichstetter, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Joseph Amaral, Sea Point Parlor No. 158
Manuel Ernest Menotti, Sea Point Parlor No. 158
Henry Frank Ebbinhausen, Lower Lake Parlor No. 159
Fred T. Dusterberry, Washington Parlor No. 169
William Henry Johnston, Byron Parlor No. 170
Alonzo Monroe Plumley, Byron Parlor No. 170
Arthur Burr Langford, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Eutrope Joseph Louis, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Joseph E. Hancock, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Perley F. Gosbey, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Alfonso Anthony Arellanes, Menlo Parlor No. 185
George E. Russell, Menlo Parlor No. 185
Dennis James Looney, Tracy Parlor No. 186
Andrew J. Granville, Precita Parlor No. 187
David Francis Roche, Precita Parlor No. 187
Edward J. Lynch, Precita Parlor No. 187
Daniel Francis Dougherty, Precita Parlor No. 187
Thomas Frank Vincent, Precita Parlor No. 187
Fred E. Schober, Precita Parlor No. 187
August Schneider, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Alexander W. McDonald, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Frank J. Haley, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Fred H. Wessel, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Robert Andres Parker, Athens Parlor No. 195
Charles V. Tupper, Hollywood Parlor No. 196
Ferdinand Yovell, Hollywood Parlor No. 196
George W. Haight, Hollywood Parlor No. 196
Thomas Jefferson Simpson, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200
Edward Lippold, Marshall Parlor No. 202
Edward H. Kroenke, Marshall Parlor No. 202
Eugene Michael Horgan, Carquinez Parlor No. 205
Joseph Soares, Carquinez Parlor No. 205
George Henry Ward, Carquinez Parlor No. 205
Albert Vierra, Los Banos Parlor No. 206
Thomas J. McDermott, Dolores Parlor No. 208
Harold Meyer, Dolores Parlor No. 208
George Laurence Flaherty, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
William Fennessey, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
William Richard Maloney, Twin Peaks Parlor 214
Harry Kluver, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
John Cummings, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
James Laurence Foley, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Raymond Crotty, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
John Reilly, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Charles Furlong, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Harry A. Jackson, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
Joseph Garduilo, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
John L. Luttringer, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
Charles Augustus Ryan, Castro Parlor No. 232
William LeRoy McNulty, Castro Parlor No. 232
Andrew J. Minaker, Castro Parlor No. 232
Albert R. Hageman, Castro Parlor No. 232
William Henry Dowd, Castro Parlor No. 232
John Edward Sullivan, Castro Parlor No. 232
Louis Joseph Reardon, Castro Parlor No. 232
Alfred Francis Sullivan, Castro Parlor No. 232
John Joseph Mitchell, Castro Parlor No. 232
Elliott C. Broyer, Rocklin Parlor No. 233
John Francis Kavanaugh, Claremont Parlor No. 240
Fred Harry Holt, Claremont Parlor No. 240
Alfred Diswell Leroy, Claremont Parlor No. 240
George T. Phillips, Claremont Parlor No. 240
Lessman J. Mendes, Galt Parlor No. 243
David Andrew Gatto, Diamond Parlor No. 246
Ralph Encinas, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252
Nicholas Joseph Carva, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252
Joseph E. O'Brien, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252
John P. Colford, Sutter Parlor No. 261
Adolphus Miner Fay, Stephen M. White Parlor No. 263
James Wallace Dripps, Stephen M. White Parlor No. 263
David Levi McCharles, Santa Ana Parlor No. 265
George William Burnett, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267
Thomas Joseph Rourke, Utopia Parlor No. 270
Proceedings of the
Sixtieth-first Annual Session
1938
In Memoriam
1937-1938
In memory of members deceased May 20, 1937-May 16, 1938.
Henry Clay Gesford
Past Grand President
Born June 19, 1856
Died Feb. 4, 1938
Robert Thomas Devlin
Sacramento No. 3
Born June 13, 1859
Died Feb. 24, 1938
Walter L. Chrisman
Former member of Garden City Parlor No. 82
San Jose No. 22
Born May 7, 1872
Died Sept. 27, 1937
Joseph Clabo
Vallejo Parlor No. 77
Born Sept. 25, 1868
Died July 26, 1937
George N. Van Orden
Precita Parlor No. 187
Born Oct. 29, 1869
Died Jan. 18, 1938
Andrew Snow Groth
Mission Parlor No. 38
Born Sept. 23, 1865
Died Jan. 1, 1938
Robert Graham Lawson
Woodland Parlor No. 30
Born Sept. 13, 1864
Died March 5, 1938
Leon Victor Navlet, California Parlor No. 1
John Bald Charleston, California Parlor No. 1
William Pfaff, California Parlor No. 1
Sol Adler, California Parlor No. 1
Herman Julius Karl, California Parlor No. 1
Charles Maginnis, California Parlor No. 1
Oscar Lemuel Blackman, California Parlor No. 1
Daniel Joseph Twomey, California Parlor No. 1
Martie Davis, California Parlor No. 1
Adolph Henry Anton Meyers, California Parlor No. 1
Elmer Joseph Weldon, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Clifford Albert Russell, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Scott Freeman Ennis, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Douglas H. Gillis, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Percy David Reese, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Frank J. Hickey, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Robert Thomas Devlin, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Walter Van Guelder, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Mathew A. Williams, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Charles Jarvis, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Charles Conrad House, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Carl Oser, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Joseph J. Breiderbach, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Thomas W. Hummel, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Fred E. Potter, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Webster Curnow Prater, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Robert Krenz, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Adolph L. Salback, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Maximillian Marks, Argonaut Parlor No. 8
James Goldie Nisbit, Argonaut Parlor No. 8
Jesse Hunter Penny, Argonaut Parlor No. 8
William Edgar Ober, Placerville Parlor No. 9
James Dixon, Placerville Parlor No. 9
George Alderson, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Max Meierson, Placerville Parlor No. 9
William Louis Toombs, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Theodore Lunstedt, Pacific Parlor No. 10
William J. Brennan, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Alonzo Mason, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Frank J. Klimm, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Thomas H. Morris, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Charles William Fay, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Henry Dederky, Pacific Parlor No. 10
August L. Fourtner, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Vincent S. McClatchy, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Alvin Henry Turner, Modesto Parlor No. 11
Henry P. Weyer, Modesto Parlor No. 11
John Baptiste Fiscalini, Modesto Parlor No. 11
Guy F. Berry, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
George Armstrong, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
William L. Lambert, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
John Farley Phipps, Amador Parlor No. 17
William A. Burres, Amador Parlor No. 17
Christopher C. Bidwell, Lodi Parlor No. 18
Charles Ignatius Jones, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Walter L. Chrisman, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Henry Murgotton, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Fred Marcus Stern, San Jose Parlor No. 22
George Washington Moody, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Charles A. Tierney, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Daniel Webster Zirker, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Albert Henricks, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Charles B. Cavagnaro, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Patrick Henry Griffin, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Russell Uhler, Fresno Parlor No. 25
Presley Beauregard Johnson, Sunset Parlor No. 26
Bert Brookman Meek, Sunset Parlor No. 26
Oscar William Goepel, Sunset Parlor No. 26
Cornelius Emmet Mahoney, Sunset Parlor No. 26
Arnold Walter Dado, Petaluma Parlor No. 27
James Wilson Ramage, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
Henry T. Stone, Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
Edward Gustave Ostendorf, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Edward McDermott, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
William Henry Lunsmann, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
John Cherry Conmy, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Herbert Farrell, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Harvey Jerome Crowe, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Thomas Green Hughes, Woodland Parlor No. 30
Robert Graham Lawson, Woodland Parlor No. 30
William Gibbert, Excelsior Parlor No. 31
Ferdinand Stamm, General Winn Parlor No. 32
Richard Rains Veale, General Winn Parlor No. 32
Richard Heidorn Trembath, General Winn Parlor No. 32
Joseph Patrick Mulhare, General Winn Parlor No. 32
Eugene George Woolsey, Ione Parlor No. 33
William Chesley Brown, Mission Parlor No. 38
Frederick Carl Schaertzer, Mission Parlor No. 38
Harry Joseph Quentin, Mission Parlor No. 38
Charles Laveau, Mission Parlor No. 38
Andrew Snow Groth, Mission Parlor No. 38
Thomas Jones Stewart, Mission Parlor No. 38
John Milford Keema, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41
John Lyman Golden, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41
Herbert C. Stauss, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42
Jay David Hall, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Jay Levy, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
John L. McGonigle, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Lee L. Payne, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Mark H. Levy, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Adolph Charles Leu, Alameda Parlor No. 47
Albert Schumacher, Alameda Parlor No. 47
Frank Finley Johnson, Plymouth Parlor No. 48
Henry Abram Myers, Plymouth Parlor No. 48
Thomas B. Evans, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Fred Severance, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Arthur Suarez, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Frederick Bebergall, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Charles Francis Kinsey, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Edward Stinson Reed, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Heber Byron Churchill, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Charles Henry Carson, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Carl J. Stengel, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Daniel J. Murphy, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
John D. Batteax, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Dennis Daly, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Frank A. Smith, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
James C. Martin, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Leonidas Marion Rex, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Edward William Schmidt, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
William Peter Cline, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Albert Henry Craig, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Patrick Steven Walsh, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Edward Nathan, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Frank H. Bredimus, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Joseph T. Blight, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Walter E. Parsons, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Elmer H. Armstrong, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Lester Edward Whitburn, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Francis Colvin, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Clarence Deeds McKinley, Auburn Parlor No. 59
Mathew Chalder Langstaff, Auburn Parlor No. 59
Edward Francis Bryant, Napa Parlor No. 62
Frank Trubody, Napa Parlor No. 62
Lee Beckley, Napa Parlor No. 62
John Flaherty, Napa Parlor No. 62
Nicholas E. Brennan, Napa Parlor No. 62
Henry Clay Gesford, Napa Parlor No. 62
Robert P. Dixon, Silver Star Parlor No. 63
George H. Crigler, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
James Watson, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Arthur W. Todt, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Walter Stephen Smith, Watsonville Parlor No. 65
Carl J. Stalter, Redwood Parlor No. 66
Harry Eugene Moore, Redwood Parlor No. 66
Walter Leland Tomlinson, Redwood Parlor No. 66
Wilbur Floyd Glennan, Redwood Parlor No. 66
Ernest Weyand, Colusa Parlor No. 69
Clifton T. Irvin, Ukiah Parlor No. 71
Charles H. Wheeler, Ukiah Parlor No. 71
Francis Edward Jones, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Joseph Michael Toner, Rincon Parlor No. 72
William Joseph McMahon, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Joseph Edward Finn, Rincon Parlor No. 72
James Michael McNamara, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Thomas Francis Finn, Rincon Parlor No. 72
John H. Kernan, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Justin Thomas Shaylor, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Thomas F. Moran, Stanford Parlor No. 76
James M. Creamin, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Harry Bishop Hambly, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Benjamin F. Shelly, Stanford Parlor No. 76
William H. Crocker, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Edgar Henry Howell, Stanford Parlor No. 76
George W. Lippman, Stanford Parlor No. 76
George O. Rich, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Peter Hansen, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Francis A. Cavagnaro, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Joseph Clavo, Vallejo Parlor No. 76
George F. Barenchi, Vallejo Parlor No. 77
Philip Kelly, Calistoga Parlor No. 86
Charles Edward Butler, Calistoga Parlor No. 86
George P. Dennett, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
William H. Steiner, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Albert T. Jennings, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Joseph H. Aram, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
William Albert Schroeder, Downieville Parlor No. 92
Joseph Francis Rose, Las Positas Parlor No. 96
Eugene James Volponi, Las Positas Parlor No. 96
Henry William Hupers, Las Positas Parlor No. 96
George Sinclair Miller, Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97
Luis Alfred Wanderer, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Marcus Michael LaVelle, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Harold John Emig, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Hugh Dennis Fallon, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Harry Jesse Frank, Bay City Parlor in No. 104
Samuel David Packscher, Bay City Parlor No. 104
Harry Peter Braig, Niantic Parlor No. 105
John James Murphy, Niantic Parlor No. 105
Herbert E. Crew, Courtland Parlor No. 106
Archie Gilliam, Courtland Parlor No. 106
Edward Schmidt, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Harry Frederick Emme, Ramona Parlor No. 109
William Tell Aggeler, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Howard Earl Dorsey, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Herman H. Schrader, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Joseph Louis Willis, Ramona Parlor No. 109
William Alexander McNeil, Ramona Parlor No. 109
John Castera, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Trotwood Dwight Crittenden, Ramona Parlor No. 109
William Herman Burroughs, Ramona Parlor and 109
Richard Reeder, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Harry Hanson, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Harry Walter Herkelrath, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Charles Waldemor Hanson, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
John Alexander Henderson, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Mark B. Templeton, Eden Parlor No. 113
Frank Watson Stronach, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116
Dwight Faulding, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116
Joseph Cogorno, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Alfredo Kirkaldie, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Thomas Francis Farrell, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Edward Lee Haines, Wisteria Parlor No. 127
Edward William Griffin, Gabilan Parlor No. 132
John DeFoor, Chispa Parlor No. 139
August Gerber, Tuolumne Parlor No. 144
John Walter Giles, McCloud Parlor No. 149
Anton Feliz, Cambria Parlor No. 152
Paul Lawrence McEvoy, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Edward A. Keenan, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Frederick William Buckenmeyer, South San Francisco Parlor
No. 157
Francis George Regan, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Joseph D. Lacey, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
William Edward O'Reilly, South San Francisco Parlor No.
157
Willard Stephen Fleming, Sea Point Parlor No. 158
Samuel Allen White, Sequoia Parlor No. 160
David Joseph Carr, Sequoia Parlor No. 160
Arthur D. Chloupek, Donner Parlor No. 162
Bert William Silveria, Washington Parlor No. 169
William John Livingstone, Byron Parlor No. 170
Paul Humbert Maggi, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Charles Augustus Hunt, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Cornelius F. Maloney, Menlo Parlor No. 185
William Horton Lasswell, Tracy Parlor No. 186
John E. Heilmann, Precita Parlor No. 187
Joseph F. Yates, Precita Parlor No. 187
Benjamin J. Dowd, Precita Parlor No. 187
Albert George Meyer, Precita Parlor No. 187
John William Smith, Precita Parlor No. 187
William F. Neuman, Precita Parlor No. 187
George N. Van Orden, Precita Parlor No. 187
William C. Mahoney, Presidio Parlor No. 194
John C. Sweeney,
Presidio Parlor No. 194
Cornelius Brosman, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Philip Sheridan Gratto, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Angelo Grondona, Athens Parlor No. 195
Leonard Frederic Rose, Athens Parlor No. 195
Edward J. Reilly, Hollywood Parlor No. 196
Isaac Jacobs, Marshall Parlor No. 202
Albert J. Carstensen, Dolores Parlor No. 208
John F. Davis, Big Valley Parlor No. 211
Vern Ferdinand Iverson, Big Valley Parlor No. 211
Herbert Edward Vincent, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
John Fitzgerald, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
James Keane, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Joseph Burnley, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
William Larsen, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Henry James Thompson, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
Frank Jackson, Mt View Parlor No. 215
Fred Pluns, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216
Harry Lesser, El Capitain Parlor No. 222
James Edward Commins, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
Harold P. Nelson, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
James Begley, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
Albert M. Broderick, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
Charles Francis Taylor, Castro Parlor No. 232
Edmond John Robinson, Castro Parlor No. 232
Aaron Davis Lobree, Castro Parlor No. 232
Warren Cleveland Herman, Castro Parlor No. 232
Manuel Frank Sylva, Castro Parlor No. 232
Edward Herbert Behan, Castro Parlor No. 232
Joseph Daniel McGrew, Castro Parlor No. 232
George Staton, Claremont Parlor No. 240
Walter Criswell, Sutter Fort Parlor No. 241
Arthur William Lee, Pleasanton Parlor No. 244
Francis Joseph Haggerty, Diamond Parlor No. 246
Oscar L. Anderson, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252
Samuel Thornally, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252
Perry Foster Welch, Sutter Parlor No. 261
Marvin J. Redmond, Stephen M. White Parlor No. 263
J. E. Lopez, Stephen M. White Parlor No. 263
Herman Tietz, Jr., Stephen M. White Parlor No. 263
Henderson C. Chenery, Santa Ana Parlor No. 265
Joseph M. Backs, Santa Ana Parlor No. 265
Edward James Roach, University Parlor No. 272
Wallace R. Palmer, Compton Parlor No. 273
Proceedings of the
Sixtieth-second Annual Session
1939
In Memoriam
1938-1939
In memory of members deceased to May 16, 1938-May 15,
1939.
Charles M. McLaughlin
Past Grand President
Born February 2, 1861
Died June 8, 1938
W. B. Nutter
Stockton Parlor No. 7
Born Dec. 15, 1859
Died April 11, 1939
W. Bernard O'Brien
Alameda Parlor No. 47
Born March 3, 1890
Died Nov. 14, 1938
Conrad Trieber, California Parlor No. 1
Frank Conrad Staib, California Parlor No. 1
Charles Ferdinand Ducoing, California Parlor No. 1
Arthur William Tuggey, California Parlor No. 1
Joseph Coleman, California Parlor No. 1
James Daniel Whalen, California Parlor No. 1
Adolph Charles Lutgens, California Parlor No. 1
Desere Henry Schulze, California Parlor No. 1
Homer E. McKee, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Carl G. William Noack, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Arthur E. Miller, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
John W. Daroux, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Henry O. Tubbs, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Howard K. Johnson, Sacramento Parlor No. 3
John Lyon Sullivan, Marysville Parlor No. 6
Vincent A. Watson, Stockton Parlor No. 7
W. B. McCarthy, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Fred W. Rothenbush, Stockton Parlor No. 7
S. W. R. Langdon, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Thomas J. Keys, starting Parlor No. 7
John W. Willy, Stockton Parlor No. 7
W. B. Nutter, Stockton Parlor No. 7
Thomas B. Ryan, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Fred T. Hale, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Joseph Scherrer, Placerville Parlor No. 9
Louis Clarence Galgani, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Terence P. Martin, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Eugene A. Mullaney, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Edwin L. Forster, Pacific Parlor No. 10
Thomas F. Griffin, Modesto Parlor No. 11
Joseph McLain Cross, Modesto Parlor No. 11
James Richard Broughton, Modesto Parlor No. 11
John A. Price, Humboldt Parlor No. 14
Louis Canepa, Amador Parlor No. 17
Elwood Jay Poinsett, Arcata Parlor No. 20
Dave J. Curin, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Roscoe A. Anderson, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Fred L. Thomas, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Thomas J. Gavin, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Charles A. Tompkin, San Jose Parlor No. 22
Robert C. Biederman, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Joseph J. Trabucco, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Patrick Joseph Thornton, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Winslow Tinney Clough, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Rafael Barcroft, Yosemite Parlor No. 24
Harry Coffee, Fresno Parlor No. 25
William Clay Guard, Fresno Parlor No. 25
Lilbourne Alsip Winchell, Fresno Parlor No. 25
Louis Waldeck Nickell, Sunset Parlor No. 26
David Gaddi, Sunset Parlor No. 26
Robert Louis Granlees, Sunset Parlor No. 26
George Frederick Geils, Petaluma Parlor No. 27
Charles A. White, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Louis Leon Alexander, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
John Grant Miller, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
James Sumner Coleman, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Philip Patrick Sheridan, Golden Gate Parlor No. 29
Elbert W. Perkins, Ione Parlor No. 33
William A. Springer, Mission Parlor No. 38
Amos Peter Chessman, Mission Parlor No. 38
John Fred Schwartz, Mission Parlor No. 38
Julius Philip Neppert, Mission Parlor No. 38
Elmer Augustus Pearl, Mission Parlor No. 38
Frederick Carsten Gerdes, Mission Parlor No. 38
John R. Henney, Mission Parlor No. 38
Thomas Leo McKeon, Mission Parlor No. 38
Harry Davis Johnson, Mission Parlor No. 38
Walter Dennis Burke, Mission Parlor No. 38
Thomas Howard Derby, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42
David M. Steel, Bakersfield Parlor No. 42
George W. Perdue, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
Joseph E. Burke, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45
W. Bernard O'Brien, Alameda Parlor No. 47
Robert Henry Putzman, Alameda Parlor No. 47
Olie Emil Herrill, Plymouth Parlor No. 48
Dario Grondona, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Charles Bianchi, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
Alfred Thomas Watts, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
William Robert Noonan, San Francisco Parlor No. 49
George Phillip Clough, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Gustav Frederick Reinle, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Henry Trevor, Oakland Parlor No. 50
George John Rice, Oakland Parlor No. 50
James Henry Ames, Oakland Parlor No. 50
Frank P. Jacobson, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
Howard Thurber, El Dorado Parlor No. 52
George Herdle, St. Helena Parlor No. 53
Carl Klubescheidt, St. Helena Parlor No. 53
Joseph Brock, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Thomas Wayman, Jr., Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Walter Henry McLeod, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Joseph Weller Hartman, Hydraulic Parlor No. 56
Alexander Sauvee, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Patrick J. Riley, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Joseph Benoit, Quartz Parlor No. 58
Lewis A. Duryea, Auburn Parlor No. 59
William Isaac May, Auburn Parlor No. 59
Emil Locarnini, Napa Parlor No. 62
Forest Kelton, Napa Parlor No. 62
Zollie S. Israelsky, Napa Parlor No. 62
David Wilson, Napa Parlor No. 62
Marquard Kroning Pearch, Napa Parlor No. 62
Peter Hansen, Napa Parlor No. 62
Edward Charles Kather, Napa Parlor No. 62
Joseph Schuppert, Napa Parlor No. 62
Alfred Eugene Clark, Silver Star Parlor No. 63
General Halleck Blake, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
George Murray, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Thomas Francis Filey, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Thomas Montgomery Day, Tamalpais Mount Parlor No. 64
Howard Broderick Rodgers, Watsonville Parlor No. 65
Frank David Oliver, Watsonville Parlor No. 65
Reinaldo Carlos Lombardi, Redwood Parlor No. 66
Herman G. Fleishman, Redwood Parlor No. 66
Bernard Patrick Sharon, Redwood Parlor No. 66
William E. Gibsen, Redwood Parlor No. 66
J. Joseph Handley, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Theodore M. Waller, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Joseph Feig, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Phillip Mack, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Thomas J. Winship, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Byron J. Slyter, Rincon Parlor No. 72
Herbert C. Schmidt, Stanford Parlor No. 76
George M. Geiman, Stanford Parlor No. 76
J. Howard Park, Stanford Parlor No. 76
George A. Desenfant, Stanford Parlor No. 76
James M. Cunningham, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Edward F. Franks, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Charles T. Lucey, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Daniel S. O'Brien, Stanford Parlor No. 76
Jordan Powell Silberhorn, Granite Parlor No. 83
Wallace C. McCeath, Granite Parlor No. 83
Raymond Dudley McFarland, Granite Parlor No. 83
Samuel Dowdin, Granite Parlor No. 83
Bruce Hihn Younger, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Cornelius J. Crowley, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Elmer Dakan, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Robert Melville Whidden, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
Louis Frank Perez, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90
James Valentine Kenna, Georgetown Parlor No. 91
Frank G. Williams, Ferndale, Parlor No. 93
Charles Dubordien, Jr., Golden Nugget Parlor No. 94
George Anton Sangmaster, Las Positas Parlor No. 96
Andrew Collen McLeod, Las Positas Parlor No. 96
Joseph James Coogan, Las Positas Parlor 96
John Alexander Anderson, Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97
George Amos Rowling, Santa Lucia Parlor No. 97
Augustus John Walsh, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Clarence Clevenger, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Horace J. Blackmar, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100
Thomas Barrett, Bay City Parlor No. 104
Harry Madruga, San Diego Parlor No. 108
Fred Kaland, San Diego Parlor No. 108
Daniel E. Feeler, San Diego Parlor No. 108
Daniel Francis Kelly, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Louis Lichtenberger, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Albert O.
Richardson, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Robert Lawrence Hanley, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Frank Rosenell Cummings, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Frank Stonewall Adams, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Percival Franklin Schumacher, Ramona Parlor No. 109
Frank Dennis Keller, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
John Charles Hoffman, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Perre Leonard Holmgren, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Levi Alvin Bemis, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
William H. Thayer, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
John C. McElvaine, Arrowhead Parlor No. 110
Julius Joseph Sassenrath, Sonoma Parlor No. 111
Albert A. Peters, Sonoma Parlor No. 111
Anthony J. Marshall, Eden Parlor No. 113
Andrew Dudley Terwilliger, Eden Parlor No. 113
Juan E. Camarillo, Cabrillo Parlor No. 114
Fernando Tico, Cabrillo Parlor No. 114
Daniel McGuire, Cabrillo Parlor No. 114
C. Bertrand Donlon, Cabrillo Parlor No. 114
Louis Felipe Ruiz, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116
Florentine Leslie Kellogg, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116
Robert Curran, Santa Barbara Parlor No. 116
Archer Herbert Richardson, Broderick Parlor No. 117
Edward A. Zimmerman, Broderick Parlor No. 117
Samuel H. Palmer, National Parlor No. 118
August Lamerdin, National Parlor No. 118
Manuel Souza, National Parlor No. 118
Frederick Glocker, National Parlor No. 118
John Milton Barr, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
William Arthur Cameron, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Leslie F. Brow, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
George Maggio, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
John Edward Oberg, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
James Wesolo, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Donald Bill Young, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Alexander Rodani, Piedmont Parlor No. 120
Henry May, Wisteria Parlor No. 127
John Matthew Kingdon, Quincy Parlor No. 131
Charles E. McLaughlin, Quincy Parlor No. 131
George Rodriguez, GabilanParlor No. 132
Joseph W. McTeague, Hesperian Parlor No. 137
Charles Curieux, Hesperian Parlor No. 137
George B. Bennett, Chispa Parlor No. 139
John Shepherd, Chispa Parlor No. 139
William Bethel Allen, Sebastopol Parlor No. 143
James Noble Hatch, Halcyon Parlor No. 146
Will C. Wood, Halcyon Parlor No. 146
William Farragut Chipman, Halcyon Parlor No. 146
Joseph Clement Bates, Halcyon Parlor No. 146
Edward Mitchell Shaw, Halcyon Parlor No. 146
Harry Donnelly, McCloud Parlor No. 149
William James Lewis, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Gustave Ernest Bauman, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Victor Lawrence Fitzpatrick, South San Francisco Parlor
No. 157
Charles O. Zahn, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Joseph S. Meeley, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
John Leon Lauberge, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
William Henry Ford, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Mario Romeo Perpoli, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Albert Peters, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Henry Jahn, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
James W. Carr, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Daniel Harrington, South San Francisco Parlor No. 157
Albert McAdams, Sea Point Parlor No. 158
Albert Francis O'Connor, Sea Point Parlor No. 158
Joseph Wright, Sequoia Parlor No. 160
Edward Samuel Batten, Sequoia Parlor No. 160
William as Rowlison, Donner Parlor No. 162
Lewis D. Stoppel, Washington Parlor No. 169
Garrett Ignatius Norris, Washington Parlor No. 169
William H. Jung, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Frank Charles Domianovich, Observatory Parlor No. 177
Frank B. Rodgers, Nicasio Parlor No. 183
Edward Christian Merz, Tracy Parlor No. 186
Charles Wagner, Precita Parlor No. 187
Charles F. Wachter, Precita Parlor No. 187
Edward John Foppiano, Precita Parlor No. 187
Henry K. Develey, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Charles J. Welch, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Jules S. Grovers, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Edward Roger Douglas, Presidio Parlor No. 194
Milton Alexander Goodenough, Presidio Parlor No. 194
George Eugene Kleeman, Athens Parlor No. 195
Bernard Francis Roberts, Athens Parlor No. 195
Joseph Plumer Sproul, Hollywood Parlor No. 196
Alfred H. L. Ducommun, Hollywood Parlor No. 196
Oliver D. Ayers, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200
Irvin W. Sallinen, Alder Glen Parlor No. 200
Frank Pimentel, Los Banos Parlor No. 206
Luke D. Bolger, Dolores Parlor No. 208
Robert Valerga, Dolores Parlor No. 208
John Francis Weightman, Dolores Parlor No. 208
William Thomas Healey, Twin Peaks Parlor No. 214
James John Dale, Mountain View Parlor No. 215
Wellington Cobb, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216
George E. Hall, Palo Alto Parlor No. 216
Edward Joseph Didier, Guadalupe Parlor No. 231
William Henry Reilly, Castro Parlor No. 232
Frederick Edward Mullen, Castro Parlor No. 232
Edward J. McCarthy, Castro Parlor No. 232
Venantius Denis Collins, Castro Parlor No. 232
Robert Edward Coffey, Castro Parlor No. 232
Hippolytus Paul Maher, Castro Parlor No. 232
Russell Lewis Wolden, Castro Parlor No. 232
Patrick William Meherin, Castro Parlor No. 232
Antonio C. Iacona, Castro Parlor No. 232
Joseph Sabin, Castro Parlor No. 232
Henry Louis Schmidt, Rocklin Parlor No. 233
Eugene Charles Cunningham, Claremont Parlor No. 240
Thomas P. O’Donnell, Fruitvale Parlor No. 252
Anthony Solari, Columbia Parlor No. 258
Mathew Francis Brady, Columbia Parlor No. 258
Perry Onstolt, Sutter Parlor No. 261
Harvey Wisner, Sutter Parlor No. 261
Lawrence Dinsdale, Sutter Parlor No. 261
Jack Laventhal, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267
John H. Cummins, Santa Monica Bay Parlor No. 267
Proceedings of the
Sixty-third Annual Session
1940
In Memoriam
1939-1940
In memory of members deceased to May 16, 1939-May 20,
1940.
Emmet Seawell
Past Grand President
Born April 2, 1862
Died July 7, 1939
Charles Oliver Dunbar
Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28
Born May 24, 1871
Died Nov. 4, 1939
William H. Langdon
Modesto Parlor No. 11
Born Sept. 25, 1873
Died Aug. 10, 1939
John Straub
Sacramento Parlor No. 3
Born Oct. 8, 1871
Died Jan. 16, 1940
John Joseph Naegle
Oakland Parlor No. 50
Born Nov. 4, 1857
Died Sept. 9, 1939
Monroe Label
Mt. Tamalpais Parlor No. 64
Born March 28, 1902
Died Jan. 3, 1940
SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL SESSION
Grand Parlor N. S. G. W.
IN MEMORIAM
CALIFORNIA PARLOR No. 1
Henry Seekamp
Otto Francis Westphal
Bernard Beau Galland
William Henry Wilson
Herbert James Wright
SACRAMENTO PARLOR No. 3
John Thomas O'Toole
Louis Hilliard McMurtry
John Ross Morrill
MARYSVILLE PARLOR No. 6
Albert Alphonso Kimball
STOCKTON PARLOR No. 7
William A. Barth
William R. Thresher
Arthur H. Wright
Al S. Russell
Arthur L. Levinsky
Joe A. Adams
Harry B. Love
Harry F. White
E. C. Wagner
A. F. Harrison
M. S. Arndt
ARGONAUT PARLOR No. 8
George Hunter Strang
William Knox Palmer
William Ashby Ward
PLACERVILLE PARLOR No. 9
William Wax
Harry Ziesz
Joseph Emile Cola
Carrol Ashbury Pitchford
Harry A. Harper
John Witmer
John Blair Alderson
Christian Thomas Uhklenkamp
PACIFIC PARLOR No. 10
Joseph A. Barrett
Arthur Thomas McQuaide
Edward Cyril Wynne
MODESTO PARLOR No. 11
William H. Langdon
William Thomas Wallace
AMADOR PARLOR No. 17
John M. Williams
Peter Garibaldi
Leo Williams
SAN JOSE PARLOR No. 22
George August Koerber
Henry Blasius
Stephen L. Worden
Burnett Thomas LeGue
YOSEMITE PARLOR No. 24
William Robinson Bibby
FRESNO PARLOR No. 25
John Marion Cartwright
Irving Winters
James Ellis Strahan
SUNSET PARLOR No. 26
Charles William Frazier
Charles Ernest Lausser
John Straub
Earl Lloyd Martin
Frederick Samuel Knott
PETALUMA PARLOR No. 27
Edward E. Marion
John W. Murphy
SANTA ROSA PARLOR No. 28
Charles Oliver Dunbar
Emmet Seawell
GOLDEN GATE PARLOR No. 29
James William Fitzsimmons
Frank Hildry Welch
Christopher F. Ward
William Pellissier
Louis Seibe
Stephen A. Murphy
Lawrence Orth
John Thomas Rudden
Edward J. Barton
Franklin K. Lane
Herbert Spoerer
WOODLAND PARLOR No. 30
James W. Monroe
EXCELSIOR PARLOR No. 31
George Durham Calvin
IONE PARLOR No. 33
William Norris Prouty
MISSION PARLOR No. 38
John Francis Jewell
August Morlock
Gustav Morlock
Charles Frank Wilder
LOS ANGELES PARLOR No. 45
Bert L. Farmer
Henry Brodek
ALAMEDA PARLOR No. 47
Louis F. Fischer
George Ortiz
John Cavanaugh
William George White
PLYMOUTH PARLOR No. 48
Stephen Kane Davis
Robert Francis Allen
George Lee Clark
Thomas Earl Wilds
SAN FRANCISCO PARLOR No. 49
Frank DeMartini
Carlo Rafello
John Edward Rigney
Natale Bacigalupi
OAKLAND PARLOR No. 50
Charles David Bates
John Joseph Naegle
Frank Cooper Jordan
Eugene Salter Van Court
Charles Edward Snook
EL DORADO PARLOR No. 52
William J. Kenneally
Adolph Knaus
Richard J. Brewer
Henry J. Krill
John J. Crowley
Samuel Folk
George J. Simpers
ST. HELENA PARLOR No. 53
Christopher Mills
HYDRAULIC PARLOR No. 56
Benedict Alexander Post
William J. Fischer
QUARTZ PARLOR No. 58
Austin Richard Curneen
William Phillip Fox
Michael Joseph Brock
David C. Waite
Fred C. Salisbury
John Frank
Charles H. Frisk
AUBURN PARLOR No. 59
William F. Knief
NAPA PARLOR No. 62
John L. Brown
Antone N. Ferrogiario
Ralph E. Wilson
Jule Banchero
Roy E. Lochman
Edward Louis Webber
MT. TAMALPAIS PARLOR No. 64
Joseph Patrick Williams
John W. Gormon
Monroe Label
Ernest E. De Rosa
John C. Redmond
WATSONVILLE PARLOR No. 65
Fred Dodd
REDWOOD PARLOR No. 66
Daniel P. Flynn
Arnold Joseph Hess
COLUSA PARLOR No. 69
Isaac C. Totman
George W. Kirkpatrick
RINCON PARLOR No. 72
Jacob Christian Anderson
Thomas Francis Gavan
John J. Barnett
STANFORD PARLOR No. 76
Gerald A. Griffin
Frank P. Clark
William Zobel Tiffany
Leslie C. Tubbs
Harry Paul Repetto
Peter J. Martenstein
Joseph George Cox
Frank T. Keogh
Robert Schord
VALLEJO PARLOR No. 77
Gustaf A. Bergwall
George Grant Halliday
GRANT PARLOR No. 83
Ray Vallet Anderson
Thomas Henry Mc Derby
CALISTOGA PARLOR No. 86
Walter Leroy Blodgett
MT. BALLY PARLOR No. 87
Robert Lee Carter
SANTA CRUZ PARLOR No. 90
Leonard C. Winkle
Henry Joseph Kinsley
Frank Kitridge Hannah
Nathan N. Knapp
Benjamin C. Wise
GEORGETOWN PARLOR No. 91
Albert C. Beattie
Robert Cyris Meade Berriman
DOWNIEVILLE PARLOR No. 92
Joseph Christian Latreille
Henry H. Meyer
FERNDALE PARLOR No. 93
William Wallace Williams
William Morgan
David O'Rourke
SANTA LUCIA PARLOR No. 97
Jesse Jansen
SANTA CLARA PARLOR No. 100
Thomas Francis Graham
Joseph W. Doan
John Venegas
BAY CITY PARLOR No. 104
Michael Savannah
Irving Isaac Pollak
Selby Mohr
Leon Ephraim Morris
Southard Marcus Modry
NIANTIC PARLOR No. 105
Gustave T. Zowasky
Frank T. Koopman
Charles W. Welch
Joseph Frederick Edelmann
RAMONA PARLOR No. 109
Alfred Henry Wilcox
Willis Ogden Stamps
Daniel Benjamin Martin
Roscoe Wadsworth Griffin
Louis Henry Livermore
Adolph G. Rivera
Fred J. Fischer
ARROWHEAD PARLOR No. 110
Ira Poppett
Joseph Warren Catick
John H. Dodson
Joseph G. Scherman
Marion LaFayette Aldridge
Frank Leslie Cooley
Nathan Monroe Swarthout
SONOMA PARLOR No. 111
Newton Dal Poggetto
EDEN PARLOR No. 113
John M. Nipper
Harry J. Meyer
Joseph G. Vieira
Andrew J. Powell
SANTA BARBARA PARLOR No. 116
Joseph Roffetto, Jr.
Charles Bennett
Fred Millet
NATIONAL PARLOR No. 118
Charles Hufschmidt
Stephen Andrew Gill
Edward J. Maher
PIEDMONT PARLOR No. 120
Elliot A. Whitehead
Eugene V. Fitzsimmons
Harry J. Nolan
HESPERIAN PARLOR No. 137
Oswald Wallace
CHISPA PARLOR No. 139
George F. Pache
SEBASTOPOL PARLOR No. 143
[No one listed.]
TUOLUMNE PARLOR No. 144
Walter E. Baker
Alfred Williams Rozier
MCCLOUD PARLOR No. 149
Jesse Claus Livermore
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PARLOR No. 157
William Harrington
George Westphal
Alexander Waldman
Henry Langer
Walter Emile Grandi
James Steele, Jr.
Joseph Daniel Malough
Charles E. Johnson
Francis Joseph Miller
John Sullivan
Robert Morris
Fred Nickelson
Eugene Sarthou
SEA POINT PARLOR No. 158
Daniel Joseph O'Connell
SEQUOIA PARLOR No. 160
Alexander Christopher Gibbons
Louis Henry Geissberger
George Walters Swan
WASHINGTON PARLOR No. 169
Dan Green
James Drennan Cyran
Joseph Lewis Paise
OBSERVATORY PARLOR No. 177
James B. Leaman
William Albert Sherman
Edward W. Pratt
TRACY PARLOR No. 186
Frank Oliver Housken
Edward James Shields
PRECITA PARLOR No. 187
Charles Tighe
Joseph T. McGrath
William Henry Janes
Rudolph A. Sierck
Maurice Hayes
Walter Jefferson Butler
PRESIDIO PARLOR No. 194
Allen T. Pope
Charles Rudolph Bartels
William Arthur Wynne
Rudolph W. Schmidt
Andrew J. Glover
George H. Schmidt
ATHENS PARLOR No. 195
George William Reier
ALDER GLEN PARLOR No. 200
Henry W. Tripplett
William Edward Jokela
DOLORES PARLOR No. 208
John P. Smith
Joseph Patrick McAuliffe
TWIN PEAKS PARLOR No. 214
John Patrick O'Keefe
Arthur Fitzgerald
Charles Gibeau
Edwin McAuliffe
Frank Mattulich
Frederick Peter Dugan
Daniel Sandoval
Arthur Nagel
Christopher Connell
MOUNT VIEW PARLOR No. 215
Otis M. Fellows
ESTUDILLO PARLOR No. 223
William G. Muntz
GUADALUPE PARLOR No. 231
Peter Emmett Commins
Charles Madison Nelson
Denis J. Nolan
CASTRO PARLOR No. 232
Thomas J. Bowen
Frank Nathan Davidson
Joseph Howard McCarthy
Charles Frederick Moock
James Burton Storey
Adolph Frederick Noethig
Charles Devencenzi
Robert M. Reilly
Michael J. Garretty
CLAREMONT PARLOR No. 240
Mike Indelicato
William Cruz
William Elmer Gray
SUTTER FORT PARLOR No. 241
Charles A. Otto
PLEASANTON PARLOR No. 244
Frank Joseph Rogers
George Trimingham
EL CARMELO PARLOR No. 256
Lewis R. Baily
STEPHEN M. WHITE PARLOR No. 263
James Hillsey Dodson
SANTA MONICA BAY PARLOR No. 267
Stephen Thomas Garey
UTOPIA PARLOR No. 270
Joseph H. Cassidy
LAKEMONT PARLOR No. 275
Robert F. Sainsot
Transcribed by Elaine Sturdevant & Nancy Pratt Melton.
© 2005 Nancy Pratt Melton