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VALLEY of EUGENE

INTRODUCTION

The site of the present city of Eugene attracted early

settlers in the mid-1800 1 s due to its 'being at the head of

Willamette River navigation' possibilities. The area was no-

table also for its rich forestry products and agricultural po­

tential. It is the County Seat of Lane County which was so

named for the first Governor of Oregon Territory , Joseph Lane.

Organized Freemasonry began, officially, in Eugene with

the granting of a Dispensation for Spencer Butte Lodge, U.D .

by Deputy Grand Master Alfred M. Belt September 15 , 1855.

This was announced at the Sixth Annual Connnunication in Port-

land June 9-11, 1856; John C. Ainsworth was Grand Master, and

Oregon Grand Lodge voted to issue a Charter as Eugene City

Lodge #11 June 10, 1856 .

Blue Lodge Masonry has continued to expand in this Dis-

trict (#20) to include five additional Lodges: Thurston Lodge

#28, Harrisburg [Chartered September 18, 1860); Junction City

Lodge #128, Junction City [Chartered June 14, 1906]; McKenzie

River Lodge #195, Eugene [Chartered June 16, 1927] ;Wayfarer

Lodge #213 , Eugene [Chartered June 11, 1953); and Emerald

Lodge #222, Eugene [Chartered June 11, 1964].

Although evident in the upper Willamette River Valley

much earlier , organized Scottish Rite Freemasonry began Oc­

* tober 22, 1915, 44 years after Eugene Lodge #11 was Chartered .

SECTION 2 . VALLEY of EUGENE

A. F0UNDERS

*The word, City, was dropped in 1894.

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The names of five Brethren are connected with the very

earliest days of each of the four Bodies in this Valley; they

are not consistently found with each Body, but are connected

with two or more with one exception. The Brethren were: Sam-

uel Reemsnyder Mosher, 32°, first Master-of [then] Willamette

Lodge of Perfection #2, elected in 1914; John Bell Patterson,

32°, second Master, elected in 1921; Charles George Wiltshire,

32°, fourth Master, elected in 1926; Lark Bilyeu, 32°, first

Master of [then] James C. Richardson Chapter of Rose Croix #2,

elected in 1915 and r e-elected in 1922; Samuel R. Mosher, 32°,

KCCH, f irst Conunander, Eugene Council, Knights Kadosh #2, el­

ected in 1922; Charles G. Wiltshire, 32°, KCCH, fourth Comman­

der, elected in 1935; Lark -Bilyeu, 33°, first Master of Ka­

dosh, Eugene Consistory, elected in 1923; Samuel R. Mosher,

33°, second Master of Kadosh, elected in 1924; Charles G. Wilt­

shire, 32°, KCCH, third Master of Kadosh, elected in 1930;

and Benjamin Elbert Bede, 32°, KCCH, fourth Master of Kadosh,

elected in 1933.

B. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

1915-19 - Samuel R. Mosher, 3 3 ° 1920-19 -58 - Paul D. Green, 33° 1959-71 - Worth Harvey, 33° 1972-78 - William A. Lush, 33° 1978-85 - Lyman F. Coburn, 33° 1985-cont Wayne D. Musgrove, 33°

C. SECRETARIES

1915-21 - Septimus s. Spencer, 32~,KCCH 1921-22 - Alex W. Sims, 32° 1922-25 - C.W. Freeland, 32°,KCCH 1925-35 - C.H. Young, 32° 1936-42 - J. Ernest Field, 32° 1942-44 - J.E. Luckey, 32° 1945-46 - H.G. Crouse, 32°

1914-20 -1921-23 -1924-25 -1926-28 -1929-30 -1931- -1932-33 -1934- -1935 - -1936- -1937- -1938-39 -1940- -1941- -1942- -1943- -1944- -194 5 - -

1947-62 - Worth Harvey, 33° 1962-66 - Jay Hewitt, 32°,KCCH 1967-77 - Linley Lutz, 33° 1977 -7 9 - F. Robert Findt ner, 32°,KCCH 1979-80 - A. Ray Barlow, 32° 1980-82 - Harold Draper, 32 0

0 1983 - 85 - Harry E. Knesal, 32

0 1985-88 - A. Ray Barlow , 32 ,KCCH 1988 - cont Maurice A. Lupini , 32°

D. EUGENE LODGE OF PERFECTION

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a. Chartered as Willamette Lodge of Perfec tion #2

October 22, 1915~- the name was changed to Eugene Lo dge of Per­

fect ion October 22, 1947.

b . The first officers _were :

Venerable Master----- S amue l R. Mosher, 32°,KCCH Senior Warden -------- John E. Patterson, 32° Junior Warden -------- Robert McM u rphy, 32° Secretary ----- -- ----- Sept imus s. Spencer, 32°, KCCH Treasurer ------------ Darwin Bristow , 14° Captain of the Host -- Hugh B. Rankin , 18° Orator -- - ------------ Henry E. Slattery, 32° Almoner -------------- Alexander W. s ~ms, 32° Master of Ceremonies - Ches ter F. Freeland , 18° Expert ---------- - -- -- Samu el L. Lowery, 32° Assistant Expert ----- Floyd E . Booth, 32° Sentinal ------------- David L. Cartmell, 32°

[NOTE: Charter Member list to .be inserted here from page 101-B]

c. Venerable Masters

Samuel R. Mosher , 32° , KCCH 1961- - Sam c. Bond, 32°,KCCH J . B . Patterson, 32° 1962- - J . Ray Chapman, 32°,KCCH Samuel L. Low e ry , 32° 1963- - Roy M. Crawford, 32 °,KCCH C . G. Wiltsh ir e, 32 °, KCCH 1964- - William A. Van Nuys, 32° Paul o. Green , 33° 1965- - Ira D. Leake , 32° Howard N. Coleman, 32 ° 1966- - Raymond E. Miller, 3 2 ° Theodore Harmon, 32° 1967- - Edward p. Bridge, 32° A. Ray Mart in, 32°,KCCH 1968- - Claude A. Nichols, 32° Es ton B . Humphrey, 1 8 ° 1969 - - Terry D. Toy, 32° Sam B . Curdy, 32°,KCCH 1970- - Clarence A. Clark, 32° Ira o . Stewart , 33° 1971 - - Charles c. Gundy, 32° Frank L. Jones, 32°,KCCH 1972 - - Lloyd c . DeLess, 32° , KCCH Elmer T . Helms, 32° 1973- - Wendell c. Spriggs , 32° ,KCCl Harry H. Hobbs, 33° 1974- - B. Dot Dotson, 33° Milton D. Koupal, 32° 1975- - A. Ray Barlow, 32°,KCCH C . E. Lombard, 32° ,KCCH 1976 - - E . Lynn Harris, 32° J. J. Chiaramonte, 32°,KCCH 1977- - Harry E. Knesal , 32° J .J. Kennedy, 32° , KCCH 1978- - James D. Ward, 32°

Chartet\ Members

1. Abrams, Cliff, 2. Anderson, Martin H., 3. Bartell, Cory Allen, 4 . Bean, L.E., 32° 5. Bingham, Is a ac s., 32° 6. Booth, Floyd E . , 32° 7. Bristow, Darwin, 14° 8. Cannon, C.H., 32

0

9. Cartmell, David L. , 32° 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

Cheshire, W.P., 0

Day , F • M • , 3 2

32°

Dunn, F . E., 32° Finlayson, Robert L . , Freeland, Chester S., Friendly, S.H., 32° Glass, Raymond Ed~ar, Hammond, c.c., 32 Harvey, wo rth, ,

0 Hobbs, J.W., 32 Hulin, Lester G., Hyland, Ernest E.,

32° 18°

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24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 3 3. 3 4. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 4~.

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Kinkaid, Webster, 32° Knight, George E., 32° Liebe, Henry, 32° Lombard, Atmer,

' 0 Lowry, Samuel L., 32 Matlock, J.D., 32° McGeorge, W.R., 32° McMurphy, Robert, 32° Mosher, Samuel R., 32°,KCCH

· Osburn, William F., 32° Patterson, John B., 32° Rankin, Hugh B., 18° Rorer, c.o., 32° Siefer, Francis M., 3 Sims , Alexander W., 32° Slattery, Henry E., 32° Spencer, Septimus s., 32°,KCCH Wade, D.S., 32° Warner, M.D., 32° Yoran, Silas M., 32°

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1947- -1948- -1949- -1950- -1951- -1952- -1953- -1954- -1955-56 -1957- -1958- -1959-60 -

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C . E . Williamson , 32 ° 1979 - - Clair L. Finlayson, 32° , KCC Will i am H. Lush, 33 ° 1980 - - Ivan D. Rinck, 32° Byr le H. Hunter, 32 ° 1981-Willard E. Lounsbury, 33 ° 1982-

- Wayne D. Musgrove, 32°,KCCH - Oran W. Brown, 32°

Willard E. Hunter, 32° 1983- - Orv ille K. Rholl, 32° Prentice L. Gross, 32° 1984 - - F. Robert Findtner , 32°,KCCH Arthur c. Mahany, 32 ° 1985-Newell L. Hopkins, 32° 1986-T .A. Balzhiser, 32°,KCCH 1987-

- George D. Robinson, 32° - Harold F . Draper, 32° - Melvin L. Gowing, 32°

Robert F. Stehn, 32 ° ,KCCH 1988- - Burt E. Eaton, 32° ,KCCH Edwin . 0

1989-C. Huntington, 32 0

R . E. Marshall, 32 ,KCCH 1990-- Maynard c. Pless,32°,KCCH - A. Warren Cate, 32°

Robert c. Rhoads, 32° ,KCCH 19 91 - - Howard M. Woods, 32 °

E. EUGENE CHAPTER, ROSE CROIX

a. Chartered October 22, 1915 as the James C. Rich-

ardson Chapter of Rose Croix :/f2; the name was changed October

16, 1923 to Eugene Chapter, Rose Croix .

b. The Firs~ Officers were:

Wise Master -------­Senior Warden -----­Junior Warden -----­Secretary ---------­Treasurer ------ - --­Ora tor ------------­Almoner -----------­Master of Ceremonies Expert -- -- --- --- --­Assistant Expert ---Sentinal -----------

Lark Bilyeu, 32 ° Samuel E. Lowry, 32° Alexander W. Sims, 32° Septimus S. Spencer, 32°,KCCH Alexander Martin, Jr ., 32°

0 Henry E . Slattery, 32 Frank E. Dunn, 32 ° John E. Patterson, 32° Floyd W. Booth, 32° James L. Page, 18

0

David L. Cartmell, 32°

Tnere were 40 Charter Members.

[NOTE: continue with listing of Wise Mas ters as on page 103)

13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Cheshire, W.P., 3

c . Wise Masters

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31. Mosher, Samuel R., 32~-~ 3 2 . 3 3. 18°

B. I 32° Siefer, Francis M., 3 Sine, Alexander w., 32° Slattery, Henry E., 32°

encer, Septimus S., 32°,KCCH Wade, a D.S., 3

40. ~

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1915-18 - Lark Bilyeu, 33° 1959- - Bietuurd ! ~. ~)Marshalt,,3J~,KCCH": 1919-20 - Frank J~ 2Hard1 . 32°,KCCH 1960- - JayJ B. Hewit~, 32°,KCCH. 1921- - B l E~ + sl,~tdr,, , 32~ 1961- - s~ i ~ot.Dbtson~ , 33° 1922-23 - Lark Bilyeu, 33° 1962- - Harry W. Clausen, 32° 1924- - Fred L. Beard, 32° 1963- - Robert F. Stehn, 32°,KCCH 1925-26 - Daniel E. Hewitt, 32° 1964- - Edward P. Bridge, 32° 1927-28 - Fredericks. Dunn, 32°,KCCH 1965- - Jerry D. Toy , 32° 1929- - C.G. Wiltshire, 32°,KCCH 1966- - Lyman F. Coburn , 33° 1930- - Alexander L. Williamson,321. 1967- - Burton M. Williams, 32° 1931- - Clarence E. Lombard,32°,KCCH1968-69 - Harold F. Draper, 32° 1932-33 - Samuel R. Mosher, 33° 1970- - Wendell C. Spriggs,32°, KCCH 1934- - Frank w. Seabert, 32° 1971- - Ivan D. Rinck, 32° 1935- - Fred Terrill, 32° 1972- - Billey E. Lanman, 32° 1936- - Ira O. Stewart, 33° 1973- - Murray D. Adams, 32° 1937- - A. Ray Martin, 32°,KCCH 1974- - William B. Crow, 32° 1938- - Louis H. Jessen, 32° 1975- - Floyd F. Angelo, 32° 1939 - - Harry H. Hobbs, 32° 1976- - C.L. Finlayson, 32°,KCCH 1940- - Lynn J, Crouch, 32° 1977- - Wayne D. Musgrove, 32° ,KCCH 1941- Paul D. Green, 33° 1978- - Roy M. Crawford, 32°,KCCH 1942- - Frank L. Jones, 32°,KCCH 1979 - - Rex H. Brown, 32° 1943 - - Harold J. Wells, 33° 1980- - Donald L. Caton, 32° 1944- - John J. Kennedy, 32°,KCCH 1981- - William N. Kernan, 32° 1945- - Floyd A. Lengacher, 33° 1982 - - Goerge W. Reed, Jr. ,32° 1946- - William H. Lush, 33° 1983- - A. Ray Barlow, 32°,KCCH 1947- - J.J. Chiaramonte, 32°,KCCH 1984- - Harold F. Draper , 32°,KCCH 1948- - Charles E. Hunt, 32°,KCCH 1985- - Maynard C. Pless, 32°,KCCH 1949- - Charles E. Williamson, 32° 1986- - A. Warren Cate, 32° 1950- - Lester B. Kimble, 32°,KCCH 1987-88 - Maurice A. Lupini , 32° 1951- - J. Ray Chapman, 32°,KCCH 1988-89 - Howard M. Woods, 32°,KCCH 1952-53 - Frederick A. Henry, 32° 1989-90 - Charles O. Burgess, 32° 1954- - Lloyd C. DeLess, a2°,KCCH 1990-91 - LeRoy L. Erdmann, 32° 1955-56 - Sam C. Bond, 32°,KCCH 1~91 - 92 - Howard V. Dauntless, 32° 1957-58 - Charles G. Craig1 32°

F. EUGENE COUNCIL of KADOSH

a. Chartered October 20, 1921 as Eugene Council of

Knights Kadosh #2; that name was changed to its present status

at a l.ater date.

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The First Officers were:

Commander ------------------­First Lieytenant Commander --

Samuel R. Mosher, 32° ,K~CH ' .. . 0 John B. Patterson, 32 Harrold Jesse Wells, 32° Lark Bilyeu, 32°,KCCH David Herve y Leech, 32° Percy W. Brown, 32°

Second Lieutenant Commander -Chancellor ----------------- -Orator ---------------------­Almoner ---------------------

Alex W. Sims, 32° Recorder --------------------Treasurer ------------------- John Wesley Hobbs, 32°

i~rams , Faye, 3 2. A s, Charles, 3 3. Adams, William W., 3 4. Anderson Martin H., 3 5. Bangs, Abra m, 3 6. Bartell, Cory 3 7. Beard, Fred L., 8. Blenkhorn, James L., 9. Bond, Robert B., 3

10. Brown, Percy w., 3 11. David, Oren c., 3 12. Eddings, Glenn W., 3 13. Fish, Gordon B., 3 14. Gallagher, James A., 15. George, Lawrence 16. Glass, Raymon dgar, 3 17. Green, Pau w. 3 18. Hansen hris Fred, 3 19. od, Alfred C., 3 20. rvey, Worth, 3

Hulin, Lester G., 3 22. Huntington, Charles A., 3

c. Commanders

1922-25 - Samuel .R. Mosher, 33 8

1926-32 - WatOl9 J. Wells, 33° 1933-34 - Oren c. Davis, 32° 1935-37 - C.G. Wiltshire, 32°,KCCH 1938-40 - Theodore D. Harmon, 32° 1941-43 - Frank w. Seabert, 32° 1944-46 - Earl S. Beeson, 32°,KCCH 1947-49 - Milton O. Koupal, 32°

23. 24 . 25. 26. 2 7. 28. 29.

36. 37. 3 8. 39. 40. '·41 ~ 42. 4.3.

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including five from Roseburg and two from Coos Bay.

Korschgen, Roland F.,~ Legg, Frank, 3 Lind, Herman L., 3 Lombard, Atmer, 3 McKellip, Lester E., 3 Mosher, muel R., 32° ,KCCH Newb , Gus, 3 S llen, Herman A., 3 Siefer, Francis M., 3 Stickels, Frederick G., 3 Stout, Arthur David, 3 Swope, Charles A., 3 omlitz, Lionel w., 3

Vo , Edward George, 3 Gerre on, William H., Jr., 3 (Rosebu Helbig, rnW., 3 (Roseburg) Weiss, Carl (Roseburg) Wells, Harold (Roseburg) Wyatt, Filmore Dale, 3 (Roseburg) Coke, John S., 3 (Coos ay) Howard, Charles A., 3 (Co~)

1969-70 - Claude A. - Nichols, 32° 1971- - William A. Balzano, 32° 1972-1973-1974-1975-1976-1977-

0 - Wayne D. Musgrove, 32 ,KCCH - Alvan P. Parker, 32° - William P. Lightfoot, 32° - Leonard M. Bowman, 32° - Robert F . Findtner, 32°,KCCH - Harold F. Draper, 32°

1950-51 - A. Ray Martin, 32°,KCCH 1952-53 - Lester B. Kimble, 32°,KCCH 1954-55 - Charles G. Craig, 32° 1956-57 - J. Ray Chapman, 32°,KCCH 1958- - Arthur C. Schaefer, 32° 1959- - Frederi ck A. Henry, 32° 1960- - Lloyd C. DeLess, 32°,KCCH

0 196 1- - Roy M. Crawford, 32 ,KCCH 1962- - Harold K. Lounsbury, 33° 1963- - Arthur B. Stillman, 32° 1964- - Ira D. Leake, 32° 1965- - Raymond E. Miller, 32°

0 1966-1967-1968-

- Sam C. Bond, 32 ,KCCH - Robert F. Stehn, 32°,KCCH - Robert c. Rhoads, 32°,KCCH

G. EUGENE CONSISTORY

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1978- - Lonnie D. Penney, 32° 1979- B. Dot Dotson, 33° 1980- - Charles H. Hill, 32 ° 1981- - Ivan Currin, 32° 1982- - Ivan D. Rinck, 32° 1983- - William N. Kernan, 32° 1984- - Howard M. Woods, 32°,KCCH 1985- - William V. Wrightson, 32° 1986- - Burt E. Eaton, 32°,KCCH 1987-88 - Richard A. Anderson, 32° 1988-89 - E. Alton Schroeder, 32° 1989-90 - James H. Stephens, 32° 1990-91 ~ - Alanson K. Cleveland, 32° 1991-92 - James D. Ward, 32°

a. Chartered October 16, 1923.

b. The First Offi~ers were:

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12. 13.

Abrams, A ams, Adams,

Venerable Master of Kadosh --- Lark Bil y eu, 33° Prior ----------- - ------------Samuel R. Mosher, 33 ° Preceptor --------- ---- - --- - --Paul Douglas Green, 32°

. 0 Chancellor - - --- - - ·· -----------George Wesley Monroe, 32 Minister of State -- ----------Lynn Jerome Crouch, 32° Almoner---------- - - - --------- John Weston Hobbs, 32°,KCCH Registrar ---------- - ---------Chester S. Freeland, 32° Treasurer --- - - - ----- - -------- Darwin Bristow, 32 °

There were 50 Charter Members including two from 'b . Gh:a:rter Hember-s Roseburg and two from Coos Bay.

Cliff, 3 26. Faye, 3 27. Hulin, Lester G. ,

Charles, 3 28. Huntington, c rles A• , 3 a m w. , 3 29. Korschge oland F.' 3

Anderson , Mar L. ' 3 30. Legg Bangs, Abraham, 3 Bartell, Cory Allen, Beard, Fred L • , 3 3 Blenkhorn, James L., Bond, Robert R. ' 3 Gus, 3 Brown, Percy w., 3 Daniel G. , 3 Carroll, Emil , 3 37. n, Herman A. I 3 Colman, Ho d N. ' 3 38. Siefer, ncis M. , 3

aymond E. I 3 39. Stickels, Fr rick G. , 3 5 I Oren c • I 3 40. Stout, Arthur o av-.Ld , 3

Eddings, Glenn w. , 3 41. Swope, Charles A., )-..__

ish, Gordon B., 3 Galla 3

42. 43.

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3 H., Jr., 3 (Rosebur

19. 2 0. 21. 22. 23. 24.

Helbig, Vern (Roseburg) Coke, John s., 3 (Co )

3 SO. Howard, Charles A., 3

c. Venerable Masters of Kadosh

1923- - Lark Bilyeu, 33° 1924-29 - Samuel R. Mosher, 33° 1930-32 - C.G. Wiltshire, 32°,KCCH 1933-35 - B. Elbert Bede, 33° 1936-38 - Paul D. Green, 33° 1939-41 - Harold J. Wells, 33°

1970-1971-1972-1973-1974-1975-

1942-44 - Charles A. Huntington, 32° 1976-1945-47 - Ira D. Stewart, 33° 1977-1948-5 0 - Harry H. Hobbs, 33° 197~-1951- - Clarence E. Lombard,32~,KCCH1979-

o 1952- - Frank L. Jones, 32 ,KCCH 1980-o

1953- - J. Ray Chapman, 32 ,KCCH 1981-1954-56 - William H. Lush, 33° 1982-1957-58 - J.B. Hewitt, 32°,KCCH 1983-1959-60 - Carroll c. Roberts, 33° 1984 -1961- - B. Dot Dotson, 33° 1985-

o 1962-63 - Robert c. Rhoads, 32 ,KCCH 1964- - Frederick A. Henry, 32°

0 1965- - Harold K. Lounsbury, 33 1966- 0 - Robert F. Stehn, 32 ,KCCH

1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90

0 - Lyman F. Coburn, 33 1990-91 - F. Robert Findtner, 32°,KCCH1991-92

1967-1968-1969- - Dale C. Hollingsworth, 32°

- Cyril H. Thompson, 32°,KCCH - Roy M. Crawford, 32°,KCCH - Lucien H. Noah., 32° - Harry E. Knesal, 32° - David A. Centers, 32° - Lloyd C . DeLess, 32°,KCCH - Sterling H. Shaffer, 32° - George M. Currin, 32° - Leo F. Young, 32° - John J. Feuerbach, 32° - Clifford Payton, 32° - Ivan D. Ri n ck, 32° - Orville K. Rholl, 32° - George D. Robinson, 32° - Wayne D. Musgrove, 32°,KCCH - Tom Reynolas, Jr., 32° - E. Alton S c hroeder, 32° - Alvin L. Sorseth, 32° - G. Donald Sando, 32° - L. Kenneth McKenzie, 32° - John Smigelski, 32° - B. Glenn Trimble, 32°

dT First Class Picture [here]

e. Meeting Places/Temples

Until 1926 the Eugene Scottish Rite Bodies met in a build­

ing at 45 West Eighth Street; this was its first 'home'. The

building housed the U.S. Post Office on the ground floor, and

Eugene Lodge #11 owned the building and occupied the entire

second floor.

Eugene Lodge #11 owned a second building located at

Tenth and Olive Streets, and rented space in it to the Scottish

Rite Bodies from 1926 to its final meeting in that locat ion on

June 6, 1972.

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During the interval between June and September, 1972,

Eugene Lodge 1fll moved into a building located at 2777 Gen-

tennial Boulevard, and the Scottish Rite Bodies met here be-

ginning with the meeting of September 5, 1972, and continued

meeting here until December 13, 1973.

Bro. Richard E. Marshall, 32°, KCCH was Master of the

Lodge of Perfection when he appointed a Building Committee

December 16, 1958 to search for a suitable building to pur-

chase and remodle to its own needs.

The Committee, later named the Eugene Scottish Rite As­

sociat ion; with the Lodge of Perfection and the Moose Lodge

in a joint meeting in December 1973, determined that the

Moose Lodge Building at 1635 West Thirteenth Avenue could,

with numerous changes and improvements, become a satisfactory

Temple and 'permanent home' for the Scottish Rite Bodies. A

sale was negotiated.

The building was purchased and extensive changes were made;

some ~f which are: it was repainted outside; an overhead, modern.

fire-extinguishing sprinkler system was installed; the in­

side was completely remodeled and painted. It is now the ex­

cellent Temple expected and deserved by its hardworking, for­

ward-looking Brethren. Much of the planning and execution of

the refurbishing of the facility was accomplished by Bro. Ly-

man F. Coburn, 33°, who was Personal Representative in Eugene

many years - following this time period. The first meeting in the new Temple was January 8, 1974.

[Temple picture to be inserted here}

a. Historical/Anecdotal

A State-wide Reunion through the 14th Degree was held in

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Eugene April 24, 1930.

Grand Master Thomas E. Lampkin, 33°, conducted a Masters

and Wardens meeting in Eugene February 3, 1954.

Tne Eugene area encompassing the Valley of Eugene, has

had 18 Grand Masters of Masons, many of whom were very active

in the Scottish Rite.

Avery A. Smith was Oregon's 12th Grand Master, serving

in 1867-69 prior to any Scottish Rite activity in Oregon.

The 20th Grand Master, George McD Stroud, served in 1881-82.

David Patterson Mason served in 1884-85 as Oregon's 23rd

Grand Master. John Fullerton Robinson served in 1890-91 as

Oregon's 29th Grand Master.

John Milton Hodson, 32°, KCCH, was Grand Master in 1899-

1900, being the 38th . He was born August 24, 1839 near New

Vienna, Ohio and graduated from National Normal University

in Lebanon, Ohio. He taught school in Indiana until 1872,

then entering the newspaper business and moving to Eugene in

1883 where he founded the Eugene Register. He moved to Port­

land and was Deputy Collector of Customs from 1888 through

1893. He became a partner in the Irwin-Hodson Company, a

printing establishment. He was invested with the K.C.C.H.

January 11, 1899 and coroneted a 33°, I.G.H. February 8, 1902.

The 42nd Grand Master was Silas M. Yoran, 1903-04. He

had moved to Eugene in 1883 from Monticello, Iowa and was in

partnership with Bro. Hodson in the Eugene Reg ister. The 52-

nd Grand Master was Septimus Stovin Spencer, serving in 1913-

14. He was Secretary of the Eugene Scottish Rite from 1915

to 1921, and was made a K.C.C.H . in 1909.

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Frank John Miller was the 54th Grand Master, serving in

1915-16 . Percy R. Kelly was the 64th Grand Master in 1925-26,

and was invested a K.C . C. H. December 29 , 1943. He was born

June 13, 1870 in Arlington, Iowa and was eight years old when

his parents moved to Albany . He attended public schools in

Albany and graduated from Albany (now Lewis & Clark) College

in 1887. He practiced law in Albany from 1892 to 1911 when

he was elected Judge for the Third Judicial District, and was

appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1930, being Chief

Justice in 1941 and 1943.

Rex W. Davis was Oregon's 67th Grand Master serving in

1928-29. Oregon's 74th Grand Master, Harry Wayne Stanard,

served in 1935-36 . He was born October 22, 1884 in Browns­

ville and attended public schools there . He graduated from

McMinnville (now Linfield) College in 1905 and joined his

father in the mercantile business in Albany in 1908. He be­

came quite active in the Rite, being invested a K.C . C.H . De­

cember 29, 1943 and was coroneted a 33°, I.G . H. December 29,

1949.

The 86th Grand Master was Walter Milton Ransom, who ser­

ved in 1947-48; he had been appointed as Senior Grand Deacon

(to fill a vacancy) by Grand Master Kenneth Mervyn Robb, 33°,

just prior to Grand Lodge in 1944, and was elected Junior Grand

Warden at that time. The 89th Grand Master, Worth Harvey,

was active in the Rite - being invested with the K. C. C. H. De­

cember 29, 1949, and served as Grand Master in 1950-51. He

obtained his grade school education in Medford (where he was

born) and graduated from Southern Oregon State Normal School

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(now S.0 . S.C.) in 1905. He was elected principal of the Cot­

tage Gruve Grade Schools, but in 1907 he entered the better

salaried position of banking. He was on the Cottage Grove

School Board for 25 years, and was quite active in civic af­

fairs. He was coroneted December 28, 1957.

Lyman C. Palmer was the lOlst Grand Master serving in

1962-63. The 109th Grand Master, Bertrand Dot Dotson, 33°,

served in 1970-71 . He was very active in the Scottish Rite

and in business affairs in Eugene. He was made a K. C.C.H .

December 29, 1961 and coroneted a 33°, I.G . H. December 29,

1967 .

Lyman Franklin Coburn, 33° was the 117th Grand Master

in 1978-79, an extremely active man in the Scottish Rite. He

served seven years as the Personal Representative of Inspec­

tor Johnson in the Valley of Eugene , and was very helpful in

gathering the information reported in Eugene's part of this

historical sketch . He was invested a K. C.C.H. December 29,

1967 and coroneted a 33 ° , I.G . H. December 1, 1973. The 122nd

Grand Master , Claire Finlayson, 32°,KCCH served in 1983-84.

He was invested a K. C. C. H. November 29, 1975 and coroneted a

33°, I.G.H. November 9, 1985. He was very active in the Scot­

tish Rite and in many other members of the Masonic Family .

The 130th Grand Master, Ivan Dale Rinck, 33°, served in 1991-

92, having been invested a &. C.C . H. November 5, 1983 and co­

roneted a 33°, I.G.H. (while in office as Grand Mas ter) Novem­

ber 30, 1991 . He is a retired 'railroad engineer', and has

been one of Eugene's most active men in the Masonic family.

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Bro . Rinck was made a Master Mason April 28, 1960 in

McKenzie River Lodge #195 , and was Master of Resea~ch Lodge

of Oregon #198 in 1968, and Master of Progressive Lodge #225

in 1990. He was ~igh Priest in Eugene Chapter #10 , R. A.M.

and elected Grand High Priest for 1985-86 . He was Master of

Hiram Council #7, Cryptic Masons in 1970 and Grand Master in

1984-85; Northwest Regional District Deputy of the General

Grand Council in 1987-90 . He served as Commander of Ivanhoe

Commandery #2, Knights Templar in 19J6, and General General­

issimo in 1991. He has been Master of each of the four bodies

of the Scottish Rite in the Valley of Eugene .

Companion Rinck earned the K.Y.C . H. and was Eminent

Prior in 1990, and Sovereign of the St. Janus Conclave, Red

Cross of Constantine in 1990. His memberships in other allied

and/or appendant Masonic Bodi es are extensive - being a member

of Al Kader Temple, A.A . O.N.M. S. , Past Worthy Patron

of Blue River Chapter, O.E.S . , Past 'Rpyal ~atron of Wil-

lamette Court #2, Order of the Amaranth and Past Watchman

of the Shepherds of Bethlehem Shrine #4. White Shrine of Jeru­

salem.