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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.
'
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.