When is a man a Mason?

    When he can look out over the rivers, the hills, and the far horizon with a profound sense of his own littleness in the vast scheme of things, and yet have faith, hope and courage--which is the root of every virtue. When he knows that down in his heart every man is as noble as himself, and seeks to know, to forgive, and to love his fellowmen.

    When he knows how to sympathize with men in their sorrows, yea, even in their sins--knowing that each man fights a hard fight against many odds. When he has learned how to make friends and to keep them, and above all how to keep friends with himself. When he loves flowers, can hunt the birds without a gun, and feels the thrill of an old forgotten joy when he hears the laugh of a little child.

    When he can be happy and high minded amid the meaner drudgeries of life. When star-crowned trees, and the glint of sunlight on flowing waters, subdue him like the thought of one much loved and long dead. When no voice of distress reaches his ears in vain, and no hand seeks his aid without response. When he finds good in every faith that helps any man to lay hold of divine things and sees majestic meanings in life, whatever the name of that faith may be.

    When he can look into a wayside puddle and see something beyond sin. When he knows how to pray, how to love, how to hope. When he has kept faith with himself, with his fellowman, with his God; in his hand a sword for evil, in his heart a bit of song--glad to live, but not afraid to die! Such a man has found the only real secret of Masonry, and the one which it is trying to give all the world.

----Joseph Fort Newton---

 

 
† Robert D. Sutherland 1850 † W. H. Cleveland 1851
† Daniel Goos 1852 † John Brown 1853
† James Ferrel 1854 † John L. Henley 1855
† James Ferrel 1856 - 59 † John D. Howard 1860 - 61
† 1862 - 64 † James W. Elder 1865
† John L. Hanley 1866 - 67 † John D. Howard 1868 - 69
† John L. Henley 1870 † Eugene Meaut 1871
† John L. Henley 1872 † Eugene Meaut 1873 - 74
† William Gorenflo 1875 † Eugene Meaut 1876
† F. W. Elmer 1877 - 78 † S. B. Holley 1879
† William Gorenflo 1880 - 81 † L. B. Holley 1882 - 85
† W. K. M. Dukate 1886 † L. B. Holley  1887
† William Gorenflo 1888 - 89 † H. H. Meaut 1890 - 91
† W. K. M. Dukate 1892 † W. A. White 1893 - 94
† G. Edward Park 1895 - 96 † Ebenezer Thompson 1897
† H. T. Howard 1898 † T. H. Gleason 1899
† G. Edward Park 1900 - 01 † Lewis R. Bowen 1902 - 03
† Charles Redding 1904 † John C. Bradfor 1905
† George W. Grayson 1906 † James B. Chinn 1907
† J. Lewis Jorda 1908 † Josiah C. Clower 1909
† Lewis R. Brown 1910 † Thomas H. Gleason 1911
† Orsini G. Swetman 1912 - 13 † W. S. McIntyre 1914
† Charles W. Wachenfe  1915 † James C. Tyler 1916
† Herman J. Schneider 1917 † Charles W. Wachenfeld 1918
† Edward L. Suter 1919 - 20 † Lyman Bradford 1921 - 22
† William T. Lacey 1923 † Edward L. Suter 1924 - 25
† John Thomas White 1926 † Edward Hypolite Tardy 1927
† E. A. DeMiller 1928 - 29 † Emery Farish Sadler 1093
† Walter J. Wadlington 1931 † Lawrence C. Corban 1932
† James Otis Coleman 1933 † Alney Austin 1934
† John George Hengen 1935 † Flournoy C. Goodman 1936
† John Marshall Bleuer 1937 † Conrad Jos. Dantagnan 1938
† William H. Burgess 1939 † Louis Hengen 1940
† William O. Parker 1941 † William Harold Burgess 1942
†Guy William 1943 † George Clem Wentzell 1944
† Christopher C. Freeman 1945 † Darius Hengen 1946
† J. O. Coleman 1947 † Albert Bosarge 1948
† Edgar Byrd 1949 † Elliott Foretich 1950
† Carlyle Abel 1951 † Henry Terry 1952
† Stephen Whetstone 1953 † K. C. Young 1954
† Eldon Cobb 1955 † Dudley Powell 1956
† N. B. Soucier 1957 † Jason T. Jermyn 1958
† G. W. Scarborough 1959    L. P. Bishop 1960
  Lyle M. Page 1961 † Ernest Melvin 1962
† Norman W. Schauer 1963 † T. R. Stewart 1964
  Lerry C. Corban 1965 † Bowman Brodnax 1966
  James H. Garner 1967 † Russell R. Lunstrum 1968
† Max Blackman 1969 † Russell R. Lunstrum 1970
  William J. Monk 1971 †  Sam Tindell 1972
† Grover B. Garner 1973   Peter J. Quave 1974
  Oliver C. Arnold 1975   Rodney B. Dolson 1976
† Carlyle B. Abel 1977 † Joseph N. Sullivan 1978
  Harry B. Williams 1979   Broderick C. Bilancich 1980-81
  Jonh  T.  Shuman 1982 † Louis V. Wallis 1983
  James Rodriguez 1984   Robert D. Nielsen 1985
† Host J. Hessbruegge 1986   R. P. (Pat) Byrd 1987
  Laurence Byrd 1988 † Henry S. Manuel Jr. 1989
† Claude H. Harrison 1990   Ronald H. McCravey 1991
  Roy Beddingfield 1992   William J. Stock 1993
  Nello F. Battaya 1994   Elvin J. Battaya Jr. 1995
  Andrew J. Tucker 1996   Michael T. Schauger 1997
  William T. Howard 1998   John D. Byrd 1999
  William T. Howard 2000   Michael T. Schauger 2001
  Larry Hayden 2002   Paul  Davis 2003
† George L. Clemenes 2004   Harry "Lex" Lamey, Jr. 2005
  Joseph W. Freeman 2006   Joseph W. Freeman 2007
  Harold Windom 2008   David T. Gray 2009
  Neil  Wood 2010   Gregory White / Jimmy Rodriguez 2011
  2012   2013
  2014   2015
  2016   2017
  2018   2019
  2020   2021
  2022   2023
  2024   2025
  2026   2027
  2028   2029

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