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Proceedings

of the

Grand Lodge

of

Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of

Wyoming

at the

One Hundred Forty-Fifth Annual Communication

Held at Sheridan, Wyoming

August 11, 12, 13

2019

Officiating

Kenneth M. Badget (21,30,35), Grand Master

Beynon St. John (2), Grand Secretary

Elected and Installed

Thomas F. Hamm II (54,49), Grand Master

Beynon St. John (2), Grand Secretary

____________________________________________ Published by Order of

The M. W. Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Wyoming


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Thomas F. Hamm II

Born 1957, Territory of Hawaii

BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1981 BS Secondary Education, Coaching, Physics, Math, & Science, Uni-versity of Wyoming,1991

Other Education:

Kindergarten - Laramie

Elementary - Utah, Ohio, Maryland

Junior High – MacArthur Junior High, Fort Meade, Maryland

High School – Cheyenne Central 1975, Cheyenne, Wy

University – Air Force Academy, 1975 - 1978

Military:

June 1975 to December 2009 (with a few breaks) Active Duty & Air

Guard

Staff Officer School

Command and Staff College

Air War College

Freemasonry: Applied: March 13, 2004 Capital Lodge No. 54

Accepted: March 19, 2004 Capital Lodge No. 54

Initiated: March 19, 2004 Capital Lodge No. 54

Passed: May 21, 2004 Capital Lodge No. 54

Raised: September 17, 2004 Capital Lodge No. 54

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Master: Capital Lodge No. 54, 2009-10

Secretary: Capital Lodge No. 54, 2010-17

Masonic & Concordant Body Member:

• Capital Lodge No. 54, Cheyenne, WY (Home Lodge)

• Guernsey Lodge No. 49, Guernsey, WY (Affiliation)

• Scottish Rite, Cheyenne Valley

• Korein Shrine, Cheyenne Shrine Club, Laramie Peak Shrine Club

• Appointed to the Grand Lodge Officer Line by Most Worshipful

Grand Master Clarence Vranish (2012-2013)


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RECORDED PROCEEDINGS

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OFFICE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY

LANDER, WYOMING I, Beynon St. John, Grand Secretary of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming, do hereby certify that the following pages contain a journal of the proceedings of the One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Annual Communication of said Grand Lodge, held in the city of Sheridan, commencing on Sunday the 11th day of August, A.L. 6019, and terminating on Tuesday, the 13th day of said month, being a record of all transactions of the Grand Lodge at such communication proper to be written, and a rec-ord of proceedings in the interim, since the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Annual Communication according to custom, together with the necessary Masonic statistics, as required by the General Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereon applied my official signature and affixed the seal of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge.


Kenneth M. Badget Grand Master


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The One Hundred and Forty-Fifth

Annual Communication

SHERIDAN, WYOMING

AUGUST 11, 12, 13, 2019

Kenneth M. Badget Beynon St. John

GRAND MASTER GRAND SECRETARY

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Registration of Delegates

Committee Meetings

Grand Lodge Endowment Fund

Masonic Education Committee

The Davis Roberts Scholarship

Committee on Returns and Work

Workshops

Published Resolutions Review

2019-2020 Budget Review Meeting

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MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2019

Kenneth M. Badget Beynon St. John GRAND MASTER GRAND SECRETARY

MONDAY MORNING SESSION

The Public Session was called to order by Past Grand Master, Gary D. Skillern.

Introductions: Past Grand Master, Gary Skillern, introduced Most Worshipful Grand Master, Kenneth M. Badget and his lady Di-ane and then introduced the other Grand Lodge Officers as follows:

Deputy Grand Master Thomas F. Hamm II and lady Cindy; Senior Grand Warden Wayne E. Christensen and lady Judith; Junior Grand Warden Michael J. McGrady; Grand Treasurer John F. Nunley III; Grand Secretary Beynon St. John and lady Midge; Senior Grand Dea-con Matthew J. Ramey and lady Lisa; Junior Grand Deacon Thomas G. Needham; Senior Grand Steward Scott A. Kitchner; Junior Grand Steward Gregory K. Shiek and lady Cheri; Grand Chaplain James L. Sturdevant and lady Debralee; Grand Orator Kenneth R. Humphrey; Grand Librarian Gary D. Skillern; Grand Historian Mark S. Young; Grand Tyler Robert M. Melonuk and lady Beth. Grand Lecturer Jared M. Pierson, Grand Marshal George G. “Gil” Curry, and Grand Or-ganist Luke L. Sherman were absent.

Visiting Dignitaries from other Jurisdictions were introduced as follows:

Craig Gross, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Arizo-na and lady Lynda; David Coberly, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Colorado and lady Jean; John Egan III, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Colorado and lady Pamela; Kent McCandless, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Idaho and lady Rosalyn; Michael Hill, Grand Master’s Representative of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Minnesota; Lewie Fletcher, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Montana; John Ferguson, Grand Junior Deacon of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Nebraska and lady Liz; Ron Stites, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Nebraska; Harold Ireland, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of South Dakota; Daniel Lawes, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Utah; George Seghers, Executive Director of the George Washington Masonic National Me-morial.


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Heads of the Concordant and Appendant Bodies of Wyoming were introduced as follows:

Natalie Ramirez, Miss Wyoming Job’s Daughters, Wyoming Job’s Daughters; Indica Gallo, Grand Bethel Honored Queen, Wyoming Job’s Daughters; Jessica Blackman, Grand Bethel Guardian of Wyo-ming Job’s Daughters; Marge Christiansen, Grand Guardian of Wyo-ming Job’s Daughters; William Neumiller, Wyoming DeMolay; Jon Sellars, Executive Director of Wyoming DeMolay; Tom Smith, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Wyoming and lady Tammy; Wayne Long, Illustrious Grand Master of the Cryptic Masons of Wyoming and lady Donna; Amber Ma-thisen, Worthy Grand Matron of Wyoming Order of Eastern Star; John Kenfield, Worthy Grand Patron of Wyoming Order of Eastern Star; Barbara Cipolla, Worthy President, Sheridan Assembly No. 131, Social Order of Beauceant; Rebecca Sutphin, High Priestess of Kheta Court #59, Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America; Johnny Mote, Potentate of Korein Shrine Temple and lady Kathryn; Riley Cooke, Potentate of Kalif Shrine Temple.

Colors were posted by the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Wyo-ming. The pledge of Allegiance was said and the National Anthem was sung.

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Kenneth M. Badget call upon the Mayor of Sheridan to say a few words.

Roger Miller, Mayor of Sheridan:

Welcome everyone, and thank you for attending this fine meeting here today. It’s an honor and privilege to be here today. I apologize for my tardiness. That seems to be a common thing for a Mayor in any city, but we thank you all for being here and hosting this wonder-ful meeting here in Sheridan, Wyoming. Thank you all for spending your time and doing all the great and wonderful things that you do. We very much appreciate you spending your time here in Sheridan, and hopefully you can enjoy your stay here in Sheridan. If there is anything we can do to assist you, please feel free to get ahold of us and we’ll do everything we can to help you out. Thank you very much and have a great day.

Thomas F. Hamm II, Deputy Grand Master:

Mayor Miller, on behalf of Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ma-sons in Wyoming, and the Brothers that are here for this Annual Communication in Sheridan, the gateway to the Big Horns, we’d like to thank you and the good people of Sheridan for your hospitality. The Masons of Wyoming have had several opportunities to visit Sheridan recently, especially for Cornerstone Ceremonies. We’ve had the Senior Center, Sheridan Memorial Hospital, and YMCA. In addi-

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tion, our Annual Communications have been held here twice in the last six years. Again, thank you for your hospitality, and we hope this event puts a positive spike in spending for Sheridan.

Grand Master Badget thanked the Mayor and Deputy Grand Master Tom Hamm for their remarks, and then proceeded to call upon each of the Concordant and Appendant Body representatives to speak to the assembly.

Barbara Cipolla, Worthy President, Sheridan Assembly No. 131, Social Order of Beauceant:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Officers of the Grand Lodge of Wy-oming, Brothers and Sisters, on behalf of the Social Order of Beauce-ant, Sheridan Assembly No. 131, I bid you welcome. Our Assembly is one of two in the State of Wyoming, and we are proud to be a part of the organization that will be celebrating 100 years next year in Denver, Colorado. We have adopted the Commandery’s Knights Templar Foundation as our official charity. Since that time, our or-ganization has donated over $1½ million to the Eye Foundation. Our Assembly is honored to serve you in the hospitality room, and we thank you for this opportunity. We wish you a good session.

William Neumiller, Wyoming DeMolay:

Grand Master, Grand Wardens, Brethren all: I would first like to say what an honor it is to speak to you today. My name is William Neumiller, I am the acting State Master Councilor of Wyoming De-Molay. Wyoming DeMolay is part of DeMolay International, which is well on its way to its third consecutive year of positive growth. Just this past year, we brought in over 2,600 members. We are on four continents, 19 countries, and we share our work in nine different lan-guages. But today I would like to bring you up to date as to what we have been doing and the great strides we’ve taken in Wyoming De-Molay in just the last eight months. Our rosters and books are much more organized than we have seen recently. We’ve opened up three Squire Manors, the first Squire Manors opened up in Wyoming histo-ry. These Squire Manors are important to us as the young men learn about DeMolay, move up the line and become active DeMolay, and hopefully one day become Wyoming Masons. Throughout our beauti-ful state, we only have three Chapters. With your help and our hard work, we can have many more, but our Chapters cannot survive with-out active Advisors, role models and mentors. Your are our role mod-els, and you are our mentors, and we hope to be your future, the fu-ture of the country and the future of the Craft. Thank you very much for this opportunity to speak to you today.

Grand Master Badget thanked William for all that DeMolay does, and pre-sented a check to Treasurer Tim Forbis on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.


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Jon Sellars, Executive Director of Wyoming DeMolay:

I usually don’t have a lot to say. I let the boys do the speaking. They’re the best salesmen for this organization. I would like to say to the Grand Master, thank you for the support you’ve given me over the last eight months. We’re really taking some strides and getting some momentum with DeMolay, so I think it will only get stronger.

William presented a gift from Wyoming DeMolay to Grand Master Badget.

Indica Gallo, Grand Bethel Honored Queen, Job’s Daughters of Wyoming:

Grand Master Ken and members of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming for the year 2019-2020, I am the Grand Bethel Honored Queen for Wyo-ming. To have the privilege of receiving this title, I had to make a two year commitment. Last year, I put in for Grand Bethel Senior Prin-cess, and I had to write a letter of intent and take a Grand Bethel Sen-ior Princess test. After being pulled from Grand Bethel Senior Prin-cess, I had the opportunity to travel around the state, and fund raise for my year as Grand Bethel Honored Queen. This year, I have the privilege of coming here and speaking to you all. Last night at the banquet, I enjoyed visiting with all of you and I thank you for the wonderful food. It was delicious. Thank you for having me here with you today. I also want to thank all of the Wyoming Masons for all you do for Wyoming Job’s Daughters because without you, we wouldn’t be able to have girls for this organization, so thank you all so much for all your help and support for the Job’s Daughters.

For my year as Grand Bethel Honored Queen, my goal is to be full of happiness and positivity. My mascot is the hummingbird, and my motto for the year is “home with happiness”. With that being said, I would like everyone to stay positive and hum like a hummingbird with happiness. Again, thank you for having me here today. It was very enjoyable. I can’t wait to see what this year will bring and hope for continued success for all the Masonic bodies. Thank you, again.

Natalie Ramirez, Miss Wyoming Job’s Daughter:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, all officers and guests, good morn-ing. Remarks are always hard for me, especially at events like this. I always wonder what are they going to want to hear from a Job’s Daughter. I came to Grand Lodge a couple of years ago, and I have to be honest, I wrote my remarks the night before. After dinner that night, I wrote my remarks, and I can tell you it wasn’t my best work. When I got the invitation for Grand Lodge this year, I thought, “oh, no, I have to make remarks.”

I said one phrase quite a bit leading up to today. That phrase is “What should I talk about?” I got one answer from my mom that I absolutely

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loved. She said, “Talk about your motto.” So here goes.

On February 12, 2018, all Masonic organizations lost an incredible man. His name was Charlie Moore. He was involved with Job’s Daughters for many years as Master of Ceremonies for our Miss Wy-oming Pageant. When the day of his funeral came, I realized he wouldn’t be there to watch me compete for Miss Wyoming. I told myself that if I won, I would do something to honor him throughout my year. At his funeral they told a story about a woman who had a terminal illness, and as she was making her arrangements, she told her Pastor she wanted to be buried with a fork. Obviously, the Pastor was confused, but honored her wishes. She explained to him that no matter what dinner she ended up at, it was inevitable that someone would lean over and say, “Keep your fork.” It always reminded her that the best was yet to come.

A week or two after his funeral, I decided that if I win, my motto will be “Keep your fork, the best is yet to come.” It will be a great tribute to the man that Charlie was. June 14, 2019, the day of the Miss Wyo-ming Pageant, after countless hours of hard work and dedication, I won the title of “Miss Wyoming Job’s Daughter.” Not only was my motto dedicated to him, but I realized he had the best seat in the house for that Pageant.

The Job’s Daughters of Wyoming want to congratulate all of you on a fabulous year and hope the year to come brings many victories and happiness. And as times pass through your life, and we carry on with these extremely busy times, I hope the next time your reach down for your fork at dinner, it will remind you, oh so gently, of Charlie, and that the best is yet to come. Thank you and Jobie Love.

Marge Christiansen, Grand Guardian, Wyoming Job’s Daugh-ters:

Grand Master and Masons of Wyoming, I normally let the girls talk, but I decided I need to talk to all of you about something. Terry Wiekhorst is the Associate Grand Guardian, and I am the Grand Guardian, and we’ve already done it once, so we’re on another road this year with the girls which is both of our loves. What we’re trying to do this year, the Supreme Guardian’s year, she is really working on membership. We are working very hard to try to get more Bethels open. It looks like we will again open a Bethel in Lander, and I talked to some people last night about maybe Guernsey/Wheatland. If you have any girls on your area that you think would like to be in Job’s Daughters, please contact me because we want to grow Job’s Daugh-ters. It’s been a while since we’ve opened any new Bethels, and we think it’s time. The youth need to have an organization like Job’s


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Daughters, and we need your support as Masons. Please contact me if you have girls anywhere in Wyoming. They do not have to be related to a Master Mason anymore, they can be sponsored. That makes it better for the girls that do not have the Masonic heritage. Thank you so much for having us here, and have a wonderful Session. Thank you.

Grand Master Badget thanked the ladies for their remarks, and presented a check on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.

Rebecca Sutphin, High Priestess, Kheta Court #59, Ladies Orien-tal Shrine of North America:

Good morning Most Worshipful Grand Master, thank you so much for having us. This is my second year coming to your Grand Opening and I really appreciate the opportunity to speak. My name is Becci Sutphin, and I am the High Priestess of Kheta Court #59 in Casper. We were institutionalized in Casper in 1952, and that’s been our home ever since. We partner with Shriners International to support the philanthropy of the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Not just the one in Salt Lake, we support all of them of course. Over the years, Ladies Oriental Shrine has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the hospital as has the Daughters of the Nile. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak because I’m the daughter of a Mason and the wife of a Mason. I’m very proud of that. When I was 12 years old, my dad became a Mason. He’s now a Shriner and Past Potentate, but he’s always a Mason first. I appreciated the foundation that the Masons have laid for the rest of the Masonic family and Shriners Internation-al. I hope you have a great Session, and thank you for having me.

Wayne Long, Illustrious Grand Master, Grand Council of Cryp-tic Masons of Wyoming:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, distinguished East, I wish to say thank you to everyone here for allowing me to address this public opening of this 145th Grand Session of the Grand Lodge of Wyo-ming. I wish to say thank you to all the distinguished guests here to-day for your support in this event. I add thanks also to the Holiday Inn and staff that gives us a pleasurable stay here in Sheridan while we do our work.

I asked myself what I could say to help make your stay in Sheridan more memorable. Well, when all else fails, talk about local history, past and present. When all else fails, those things are what most inter-est you. Have you ever been to the Sheridan Inn? It was build in 1892-93. It was the center of many cultural and social events in the com-munity. Famous guests included Buffalo Bill Cody and the ghost of Miss Cate.

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King’s Rope and Saddlery, famous among the ranching lifestyle of Wyoming and around the world with a Museum with a variety of sad-dles, hats and a display for your viewing, and of course, for your pur-chasing. King’s Rope also have the Don King Days here on Labor Day weekend, which is coming very soon. You’ll have polo, of all things, steer wrestling, bronc riding, and a world-famous horseshoe-ing and blacksmithing contest.

If the idea of the “old west” and cavalry interest you, take a short drive to Fort Phil Kearny and enjoy the life and times of the early Wyoming life-style in the 1860’s, Chief Red Cloud, the Fetterman massacre, and the ride of Portuguese Phillips.

Sheridan was home to the ninth Governor of Wyoming, John Kendrick. He served as Governor from 1915 to 1917. He also was a U.S. Senator from 1922-1928. His home is now a period museum.

Ladies, a visit to the Trail End Historical Site is well worth your time and the small expense that it takes to see it.

If you are interested in a specialty beer, visit the Black Tooth Brew-ery Co. and enjoy a bomber ale, which I have not had yet, but intend to try.

Again, to all here this morning, let us all enjoy what Sheridan has for us to offer. Most Worshipful Grand Master, may you have a very suc-cessful 145th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Wyo-ming.

Tom Smith, Grand High Priest, Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Wyoming:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, distinguished guests, Sisters and Brothers, I want to thank you for the opportunity to be here today, and for inviting me and my lovely wife, Tammy. I would like to talk about some of the things I tried to do this year. I offered to do the first degree in the Royal Arch, the Mark Master, to any Mason to give them an insight as to what is going on in the Royal Arch. I would like to continue that offer. If there are any Lodges that would like to have this degree done in their Lodge, please get with me and we can see what we can do to help you do that.

As Royal Arch Masons, we realize that we would be nowhere without the support of our Blue Lodges. At this time, I would like to have everyone who is a Royal Arch Mason to please stand up. Now all the Brothers who are still sitting down, I would strongly encourage you to get a petition from one of these Brothers that are standing up, and join us in York Rite Masonry. Thank you Brothers.

Amber Mathisen, Worthy Grand Matron, Wyoming Order of


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Eastern Star:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Past Grand Masters, Grand Lodge Officers: Most Worshipful Grand Master Badget, thank you for bring-ing remarks to the Grand Chapter, Wyoming Order of Eastern Star. It was a pleasure to welcome you to our informal opening last week in Cheyenne. We enjoyed your remarks regarding the membership of our organizations. We wish you the best of luck for success in your Annual Communication as you conduct the important business of this Grand Lodge. We enjoyed the participation of four Past Grand Mas-ters in our opening ceremony, and we appreciate the support your Lodge give to our organization. To the members of the Grand Lodge, it is critical to all Masonic organizations that we help each other build our memberships. May the strength of one help build the strength of all. Our membership is comprised of Master Masons, and has recently been opened up to include females with any Masonic relationship by birth, marriage or adoption where before, it had relationship re-strictions. If you have a female relative who would be interested in joining our organization, please connect her with an Easter Star Chap-ter in your area.

Wyoming is particularly honored this year as the Most Worthy Grand Matron of the General Grand Chapter is Sister Marianne Schenefelt, a Wyoming Past Grand Matron from Cheyenne. Her enthusiasm and dedication to Eastern Star is spreading good will for our order throughout the world. Our primary charity is service dogs, and we’re working to connect our image with the powerful impact that service dogs make on people’s lives. The funds that each jurisdiction raises stay in that jurisdiction. The Grand Chapter Service Dog Committee will distribute the funds to applicants within that jurisdiction. Brother John and I are supporting service dogs, and also the Wyoming Alz-heimer's Association as our charities. My maternal grandfather, Rich-ard Williams, who was an active Mason, Shriner, York Rite member, and Eastern Star member, suffered from Alzheimer’s, and I am pain-fully aware of the impact the disease has especially on family mem-bers. Deputy Grand Master Hamm, congratulations on your pending installation. I wish you safe travels, and hope that our paths may cross during our terms. I hope that we can work together to promote our respective organizations. Thank you.

Riley Cooke, Potentate, Kalif Shrine Temple:

I’m a Shriner, and I’m here to congratulate the Grand Master, my friend, and all Masons. Welcome to all Masons again to Sheridan, home of Kalif Temple. As Potentate, I welcome you all. Grand Mas-ter and I came from the same Lodge, not one of the big ones, Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35, where we are both Past Masters. I am,

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without a doubt, the worst ritualist ever. I appreciate the tutelage and effort made by Kenny to improve me. Once in Lodge when Kenny was Worshipful Master, and I was a lowly Junior Deacon, we were having a Grand Master’s visit. The Worshipful Master decided to close the Lodge on the EA degree. Whereas the Senior Warden whis-pered to me, “You have more lines.” Oh, hell, and whereas the Wor-shipful Master proceeded to ask me “Where was I made a Mason?” I said, “Billings”. Grand Master Kenny is a minimalist, whereas I am a hoarder, collector, extraordinaire. Kenny requires very little and wants for nothing materialistic. On that note, (presents a hitch pin) yes, a hitch pin. The very pin that holds every horse trailer to a truck in the state of Wyoming, and saves countless lives. In a more Mason-ic meaning to me, Masonry is a hitch pin that holds me together mor-ally. In my real world of carnival, there are literally thousands of these that holds our show together. We call them our keys. I give this to the Grand Master to continue to hold our friendship together, re-minding us not to forget the small things.

Johnny Mote, Potentate, Korein Shrine Temple:

Most Worshipful, Brothers all, and distinguished guests, thank you for inviting me to this 145th annual Session of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. First, I would like to say thank you, Most Worshipful Grand Master for supplying good leadership and having a good year this year. This year, as Potentate of the Korein Shrine Temple, we have been visiting our Shrine clubs all over the state, and we have really enjoyed ourselves. We have met new friends; we’ve had fun and fellowship wherever we have gone. I would like to say thank you to all the Nobles who have made this possible. Recently, we went to Nashville and attended the Imperial Session for the Shriners. Here we passed legislation to hopefully keep this Shrine boat afloat for the next year, and have elected a new Imperial Potentate. His name is Jeff Sowder. He is a good ol’ farm boy from Kansas, and he is the first Grand Master to be elected Imperial Potentate for our organization. In his speech, he introduced a membership program, which I would like to mention because I think it is very fitting, and we are all in need of new members: Just One. I have a pin here to pass out for this pro-gram. This year, he has asked all Nobles to find just one new mem-ber. I say that giving all Masons a warning that we have petitions and we’re looking for new members. So if you are so inclined, find a local Shriner, and he has a petition for you. In closing, I’d like to say Brother Tom, we hope you have a good year, and we’re here to sup-port you.

Ken Humphrey, Grand Orator:

Most Worshipful, may I deviate for thirty seconds? I would like, on


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behalf of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, bring greetings to you, your officers, and this Grand Lodge and visitors from the Valleys of Sheridan, Cheyenne, and Lander.

Grand Master Badget, Deputy and Grand Master Elect Hamm, Grand Lodge officers, Masters, Wardens, Secretaries, Treasures, Past Mas-ters and brothers of Wyoming constitute lodges, visiting brothers and ladies and other guests. The words you are about to hear my make some uncomfortable and may make some laugh. These are my words and though I am a Grand Lodge Officer it doesn’t reflect any official Grand Lodge of Wyoming stance. I am following the Grand Masters order to make us think.

My favorite movie is Casablanca. In the opening of the movie a per-son is shot and killed and the police commander played by Claude Rains, issues the order round up the usual suspects. Well, hello usual suspects. This is Grand Lodge but it could very well be Grand York Rite or a state wide Scottish Rite gathering many of the faces would be the same and many in leadership rolls. In Wyoming we are the usual suspects. I suspect many of the visiting brothers are the usual suspects in their home jurisdictions.

Let’s have some fun. How many here are born in 1945 or earlier? Stand up. You are the Traditional Generation or The Greatest Genera-tion. You suffered the Great Depression as kids and fought WWII and Korean War. You are eight percent of the work force and your num-ber one complaint is that no one askes your opinion. You value hard work. Remember old dogs can still have tricks to share. You can sit down.

How many here were born 1946 to 1964? Stand up. You are the Ba-by Boomers of which I am one too. We value loyalty. We are 30 per-cent of the work force and 70 percent of us will stay on the job past retirement age. We work well with others and want to make a differ-ence. We are the generation that coined don’t trust anyone over thirty and our number one complaint is age discrimination. We are also the generation that coined tune in a drop out and have also been accused of being the generation that have screwed up everything we have touched. We spend now and maybe save later. We also love recogni-tion, awards and love to have meetings. Remember they brought you into this world and they can take you out. Please sit down.

How many were born 1965 to 1980. Please stand up. You are Gener-ation X or the latch key generation. You value work and life balance. You are seventeen percent of the US population. Tell me what you want. Give me the tools. Leave me alone. There is “I” in teamwork.

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The number one complaint is office politics. Remember, you micro manage them you will lose their loyalty. Please sit down.

How many were born 1981 to 1995? Please stand up. You are Gener-ation Y or more commonly known as the Millennial Generation. You value innovation and change. You are 25 percent of the US popula-tion. No news is bad news. Feedback is essential. Technology lets work life and personal life to overlap. Number one complaint is hear-ing said when I was your age. Many millennials also get involved in something and after a while become bored and move on to something else. Remember, they cannot imagine being old as you are. Please sit down.

Anyone here born here after 1995? Stand up. You are the Linkster Generation. You are eighteen percent of the world population. You need to ask them to reverse mentor the older team members. Give structure and organization to interact with full time employees. Their number one complaint is being grounded. Remember, most are still in school, so work with their schedules, they are our future. Please sit down.

The synopsis of the generations comes from the father a baby Boomer and Daughter Generation X team of Larry and Meagan Johnson who for a living help train businesses and corporations on how to deal with the generational differences in the work place. I have had the pleasure of having Meagan as a keynote speaker twice at the annual confer-ence I attend as part of my job. Yes, these observations are general but I have found them in dealing with my employee’s pretty spot on.

I have just presented to you five generations we have in our lodges. The Traditional Generation is dying off rather quickly and we need their stories and words of wisdom before we are at the cemetery with them. I asked my own dad why he joined the lodge. He answered his dad was a Mason, great grandpa Leo was a Mason and his bosses were Masons and several family friends were Masons. He saw some-thing in them he wanted to be a part of.

Us baby boomers are running around like chicken little crying the sky is falling worrying about will the lodge survive and what is this Medi-care B and D. Some of us are just interested in picking up titles and wall decorations. We are also guilty of saying the younger guys need to take over and then keep the reigns. I get that. I complained about the same thing when I was younger and now, I am older I am finding myself wanting to holds on to those reigns. One night I didn’t go to lodge and my wife asked me are you ill? I replied no but tonight the lodge is dealing with a couple of issues and it doesn’t need this grumpy Past Master to muddy the waters. They will figure it out and I will live with it. I didn’t trust myself to be quiet.


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Generation X is busy is in the middle of raising families and their work careers and going to son or daughter’s game or recital win out over lodge every time as it should be. Spouses are also jealous of time spent at the lodge which can cause tension at home. Some of us in Sheridan 8 often say something like my Masonic ticket is punched and it’s time for being at home to fill the wife – family card. One of the better memes I have seen on a Masonic Facebook page is a room full of roses and a young woman walking in to the room and uttering OMG he has joined another lodge. The other meme is a picture of actor Ray Liotta laughing at another guy and the caption reads they told me it was only one night a month.

The Millennials are starting families or not and figuring out careers or their place in the world. For some Millennials who have joined the lodge it was a good experience, or it wasn’t National Treasure, or the minutes are boring so I think I will go explore something new.

Recently I read an article on the Midnight Freemason that asked one to go back and read the minutes of your lodge 100 years ago and most likely you will find the number attending lodge is pretty much the same. Yes, membership had numbers but who was attending lodge? The usual suspects.

One day collecting mail at the Scottish Rite post office box there was a news magazine from the Valley of Pittsburg. I enjoy reading about other Scottish Rite Valleys. When I came across the membership report I was awe struck and horrified at the same time. Six thousand members for the Valley of Pittsburg that’s twice as many as the Ma-sons’ in all of Wyoming. The Sheridan Valley has 265 members and deaths are coming on strong. That is when it hit me that population has a lot to do with membership. Wyoming with our base population of just over 500,000 we just don’t have a large pool to draw from.

There are some sad facts that some lodges especially in smaller towns are going to shut its doors as membership will no longer support the operation of the lodge and the usual suspects die or move away. Merging lodges doesn’t always work either. One issue that will face us is keeping a member affiliated with a lodge after a lodge closes its doors. Grand Masters I do not envy your job when you have to deal with closing a lodge.

What do we do to keep the usual suspects supplied? I offer the Ma-sonic Number of Seven.

First never use the phrases “we have never done it that way before” or “remember when”. Futility is doing the same thing over and over ex-pecting a different result. Remembering when usually steers the con-versation to the past. A past full of nostalgia and foggy memories. Words like what has happened to us. Why can’t we be like the past.

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Productive conversation come to a full stop when remembering be-gins. The remember when days may not be all that good. Life changes constantly, organizations have to change and adapt all the time. Learn to embrace life changes so too does the lodge need to embrace change as change is going to happen.

Second somewhat ignore the landmark about not making innovations in Masonry. Masonry has been innovating since day one. Operative to speculative, depending on the Masonic Scholar you read we had one degree, then two degrees and then three degrees. Then came the ap-pendant bodies with the so-called higher degrees. Was it not innovat-ing when the experiment of the one-day classes and reduced profi-ciencies?

Third take pride in doing your work. Respect the opening and closing of the lodge. The Scottish Rite has been talking about the membership experience. When you take a man in to your lodge are making an im-pression on the new brother. Degree work needs to be sharp; dress needs to be sharp and you need to make the evening about the candi-date not the degree presenters. As a grumpy old Past Master don’t make him wait for a business meeting the candidate is the business of the meeting. The candidate is the business of the meeting.

Fourth mentor brothers just not new brothers but all brothers need mentors. Even this grumpy old Past Master and past everything else needs a mentor. Mentoring is where friendship is built.

Fifth Masonic Education which is more than a brother giving a paper downloaded off the internet which is usually full of misinformation for those of us who read and study Masonic books or read from a short talk bulletin. Discuss a degree, discuss symbolism, have a book group to read and discuss what others have to say about our great fra-ternity.

Sixth don’t forget fellowship time. Make the Junior Warden and Stewards do their job. Food and refreshment. I have seen fellowship time last longer than the meeting. This is where generational differ-ences may play a little. Us older guys like pie and cake and ice cream and the younger guys like chips and salsa. Mix it up. Yes, it is work but the value of return is high.

Seventh don’t forget the traditions of your lodge. Things like Past Masters Night, Table Lodge, Fisherman’s night, awards night and so on. Miss one of those traditions once and you may have lost it to time. Instill these traditions and the importance of them to the younger members and officers as they progress.

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with brotherly love and affection. Our ritual is the binding force its lessons are timeless. That is what we pass on. The ritual is what we all experience who knocks on that door of the perpetration room. That is what makes us Masons using our symbolic working tools to make ourselves better men. How we do the other elements of lodge are changeable to adapt to changing times they always have been. We have to change or be swallowed up and consigned to the dust bin of history. We may have to sell lodge buildings and rent meeting rooms. Grand Lodge may have to scale down in size and operation. Appen-dant bodies in Wyoming may disappear or operate very differently than they do today.

The last time I heard Meagan Johnson speak she had the room divide up by generations and had us baby boomers come up with complaints about the millennials. She had us baby boomers list our complaints on a white board. She then projected on the screen a list of complaints that looked very similar to our list. She then revealed her list came from a 1960 Look Magazine survey and it was complaints from the Tradition Generation about us Baby Boomers. It was a gotcha mo-ment!

Her point was people are people. The older generation will always complain about the younger generation. I was taught early in my Ma-sonic career the lodge was a scared or set aside place where we for a time you disregard status and the things of life that press down upon us. It is why our English Brothers ware white gloves so the brother who works with his hands in construction is equal with the brother who uses a scalpel.

What is in the future? I wish I had a crystal ball but I don’t. I can make observations. I think we will have smaller lodges and moveable lodges, yet stronger lodges and smaller but effective Grand Lodges. For Wyoming the York Rite and the Scottish Rite may become state wide bodies with annual degree events. I suspect we will keep on do-ing what we are doing right now until a crisis event happens that forc-es change upon us. We seem to be stuck in the futility of doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Perhaps the Millennials value of innovation and change should become our man-tra. Like the man’s prayer from the Red Green Show “I can change if I have too”, the have to should be embraced.

As our ritual says we don’t know if you will ever become a Master Mason. My oldest grandson who was ten at the time on a fishing trip told me grandpa you are a master fisherman. I said I don’t know about being a master fisherman but I have been fishing a long time and just know more than you do. You keep fishing with grandpa and sharing what I know with you and you will become a better fisher-

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man. I think this is a lesson for the lodge that will make for more usu-al suspects.

Let us now return to the Mythical State of Absoroka and the Lodge of Constant Sorrows.

Jack DeLay pulled in to his driveway and muttered to himself “I need to learn to say no”, he had just driven three hours through some of the worst roads in his life coming back from a Royal Arch Grand Chapter officers meeting. Thankfully he didn’t let A.E. Newman drive seems he wasn’t over their last trip’s mishap on the pass when they were going to visit Wyoming’s Grand Masters Winter Reunion. As he walked thru his kitchen door and after kissing his bride, she informed him that Quill had called and left a bizarre message. “Now what” he mutters and pulled a cold one from the Frigidaire. He grabs the phone and dials voice mail and hears “Worshipful, Worshipful, Worshipful, St Jude called me, we need a computer, printer, innerweb and and and I have to do reports on-line and what the hell is on-line and and and I am too old for this nonsense. Grand Lodge is out to get me. I think I’ll quit, call me.” Jack took a long pull from his long neck, pushed 7 and looked at his watch and muttered “tomorrow”.

After hitting his office, the next morning, he placed a call to the Grand Secretary St. Jude and got the lay of the land seems Grand Lodge finally has decided to enter the modern age and is going on line with membership and grand lodge reports and lodges need to get on board ASAP as per the Grand Master edict. “Email me the hard-ware specs” he told St Jude and hung up the phone. The Lodge of Constant Sorrows 1313 AF & AM had always been a bit slow to adopt modern technology as secretary Quill had inherited a most im-pressive rolodex card system and found it sufficient and the old IBM select worked just fine and had a 20-year plus supply of ribbons and spare type globes. The lodge did once try computers with an Apple IIE picked up at a school district auction until Quill killed it with a cup of spilled coffee, he says it was an accident other say it was be-cause the computer beat him at cribbage. Jack called Quill next and told him things will be all right and that he would take care of what was needed. Quill thought the lodge should discuss it but DeLay said “we haven’t got a year or two to discuss it. I am making an executive decision”. Quill slowly said “It’s your hanging” and hung up. DeLay though yea right and then made another phone call before checking his work email.

After getting St. Jude’s email Delay wandered down to Angry Ones and Zeros to see the young Mr. Wiz, whose real name is Joshua Smith but everyone calls him Wiz short for Wizard, who had joined the lodge three years ago. Wiz had not been too active but did show


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up to play an important part in the MM Degree second section. At the last MM Degree, his bright green hair sure made his character come to life as well as a few raised eyebrows. Delay thought perhaps that all those characters needed colored hair for added flare.

“Wiz” Delay called out as he entered the shop. “I have a list of items the lodge needs”. Wiz came out for the back sporting blue hair “nice Masonic Blue” DeLay said nonchalantly and handed the list to Wiz. Wiz looked it over and said “Yea I can fix the lodge right up and I’ll throw the set up in for free”. “Are you sure you can afford to do that” Delay replied. “Yea, its handled, but I think we will need Brother Sparks to run Cat 5 and maybe some power and who is going to be the ISP?” replied Wiz. Delay thought for a moment and said “who do you recommend?” “Hocus Pookas cable TV has the fastest speed or there is the local phone company ACME Phones and Data a bit slow-er, cheaper but reliable” Wiz replied. Damn thought Delay this is get-ting complicated. “I can set up with ACME and Sparks if that is help-ful?” Wiz offered. “Sold” said Delay remembering Hocus Pookas took forever to install his cable TV and internet and the office used ACME. After some discussion the coming Friday afternoon equip-ment delivery and installation could be accomplished. Delay called Quill and told him be at the Lodge Hall Friday at noon and he would treat him lunch at the Majestic before the arrival of the new computer and then made another phone call.

Just before noon on Friday DeLay met Quill in front of the lodge hall just as Sparks was coming out of the lodge entrance. “Hey Worship-ful and Brother Quill “Sparks shouted, “got the Cat 5 and power all run and while I was here, I made the exit sign an LED sign it should work for 20 years. I’ll be back to meet Norton from ACME after lunch to install modems and WIFI routers and finish what’s needed in the office once you figure out where you are putting the computer.” “Great” Delay replied and Quill asked “why do we need 5 cats?” “Cat 5 is computer wiring” explained DeLay as they walked into the Ma-jestic. The lunch counter was full so they headed for a table and on the way, Delay made eye contact with the occupant at seat number six who returned a discreet sign that DeLay well understood. Quill was oblivious as to who was sitting at number six as he just knew his time as secretary was over.

After lunch was finished Wiz showed up with a mountain of boxes which was quickly carried to the secretary’s office. As they stared unpacking the boxes Wiz looked around the office an exclaimed “this is so cool, this room is great it’s just like I imagined it would be”. This got Quill’s attention. It was determined the new computer would go on the side desk as they didn’t want to cut holes in 150-year-old

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rolltop. While they waited for Sparks to finish up the power strip and hook up the network cable Wiz started rolling thru the Rolodex la-beled past members in good standing and shouted with excitement “hey there is my great grandfather Jedidiah Smith”. Quill was quickly beside the young man and started explaining his great grandfathers Masonic record after going to file cabinet and pulling out a file. De-Lay and Sparks moved in too listening to Quill’s every word. No one noticed the man who was on stool number six was now standing in the office doorway. “My is this a great sight four different generations engrossed in history” the man spoke. Three of the four brothers jumped and Delay spoke “Professor so nice of you to join us” Profes-sor was Brother CJ Robinson PhD in history and 40 years at Montana State, but like most everyone in Parmenter they were never called by their real name. “Brother Quill I have two gifts for you” and the Pro-fessor handed him a top of the line laptop and then stated “my young grandnephew Wiz blue hair and all is the second gift. He will tutor you to use this laptop and that desk top computer and in turn you mentor the boy as he will be your replacement someday”. Quill just stood there and Wiz said “say yes and thank you”. Quill chokingly said “thanks and I guess an assistant would be helpful.”

“Why the generosity” Sparks asked as Professor had already instruct-ed Sparks to send his bill to him. The professor replied “I have been mooching the Majestic’s spotty WIFI while using the library since I came back to town and told the Master we needed our own WIFI to be on the level and I would help out. When he called and told me the lodge had to get a computer to be in compliance with Grand Lodge, I told Jack move forward and look what this little project did a Silent Generation, a baby boomer, a Generation x and a millennial all work-ing for the betterment of our lodge and getting a history lesson to boot. Ah brotherhood at its finest. All different but still all the same because of the initiation, passing and raising.” He just smiled and stood there holding his old saddle bags stuffed with a laptop, note books and books. DeLay wanted so bad to tell the group about the Professors distinguished Masonic career in Montana but he will keep his word.

A little later the computer was up and running and logged into the database Quill and Wiz side by side like two kids on Christmas Day. Norton from ACME came asked for a petition which caused a short scuffle as to who would sign the top line. The Professor was deep in research with a strong internet connection in the library, complete with a Tootsie Pop in his mouth a replacement for the old pipe. Sparks was fixing that frayed electrical cord on the Eastern Star sig-net he spotted while in the storage room running cables. Master De-


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Lay was just smiling taking it all in until the stewards Cook and Baker tapped him on the shoulder “hey Worshipful we got water in the kitchen” Cook and Baker exclaimed together. DeLay was be-mused and the Lodge of Constant Sorrows 1313 AF &AM goes on. “I guess we better call Brother Wrench he bellowed as he headed to the kitchen pulling out his phone. Just then Jr Warden A. E. Newman pulled up and saw water running down the back steps and in his usual dry humor stated “who me worry” as Senior Warden West came around the corner in his 67 Ford F-100 with his wet vac bouncing all around the box.

Most Worshipful Grand Master, your order has been obeyed.

Mark S. Young, PGM, Grand Historian:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, Brothers all: I wish to thank Most Worshipful Brother Ken for appointing me as Grand Historian. It has truly been an enjoyable office for me this year. I took to my studies immediately as I wanted to find a little gem here and there that maybe previous Grand Historians who had pub-lished books on Wyoming Masonic history had not found due to the availability of so much more information now with the internet than what they had access to previously.

I look for angles they had not taken that may be of benefit to all be-cause they didn’t have access to the information I do today. The things that I did find in some cases left me with a greater understand-ing of the thought that there were probably many things known to these two honorable Brethren that they chose not to report. Such as the involvement in the Spring Creek raid, which was the last big bat-tle between the sheepmen and the cattlemen in Wyoming in 1909. Of the actual big players in this fray, about a dozen were Masons on both sides of the fray. One of the men killed was a member of Temple Lodge No. 20. All of the prosecuting attorneys were Masons, along with most of the defense lawyers. One of the prosecuting attorneys, W. L. “Billy” Simpson of Shoshone Lodge No. 21, who was a father to Brother and Governor Mel Simpson, and the grandfather of Broth-er and Senator Al Simpson. The Governor of Wyoming was a sheep-man, himself, Brother Bryant Brooks, of Ashlar Lodge No. 10. He sent in the State Militia to contain the area, and the Sheriff who was sent to keep track of the Brothers of the various Lodges who had been captured, was Felix Alston of Temple Lodge No. 20.

The most famous statement of the whole piece of history came from prosecutor Will Metz of Sundance Lodge No. 9 who is credited with a quote in the newspaper when asked if the trial was important to Wy-oming stated “It is significant to a new era where lawlessness in any

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form will no more be tolerated in Wyoming than in more densely set-tled communities of the east.”

The main thing I learned was that these two Grand Historians, Alfred Mokler, who wrote the 50-year history in Wyoming from 1874-1924, and Walter Reusser, who wrote the Centennial edition, were both phenomenal historians. Due to their hard work and diligence in pro-curing information, I think we should learn a little more about these two Brothers.

Alfred Mokler was born May 21st, 1863 in Wilmington Illinois to Frank and Elvina Mokler, just 10 months after the first Masonic meet-ing in Wyoming on Independence Rock.

Mokler’s father, Frank, supported the family by working as a black-smith, a trade that he mentored his son Alfred also, as in 1880, Broth-er Alfred was living In Putnam County Illinois at the age of 17, work-ing as a local Blacksmith himself.

By the 1880’s he started moving west, and by 1889, he was living in Omaha, Nebraska, where he met and married Estell May Black on December 21st, 1890 in Fremont Nebraska.

While they were living at this location, they had two boys, Victor and Verne Mokler. Brother Mokler continued west, and by 1892 he found a new home in Wyoming. This couple had three more children, all daughters, all born in Casper. Viola born in 1897, Alfa born in 1899, Edness born in 1903. By this time in his life, Brother Mokler had picked a new trade, that of being a publisher.

He moved to Wyoming somewhere between 1894 & 1897, petitioned Casper Lodge #15 in 1898, was initiated on 5/11/1898, passed on 5/25/1898 and raised on 6/8/1898. He would later become a Past Master of Casper Lodge #15 serving his term in the east in 1907 & 1908. Brother Mokler had a deep love of history and Lodge. Through his study of Masonic History, learned that the first Masonic meeting held in Wyoming was that of Independence Lodge No. 1 which was held on Independence Rock on July 4, 1862. He found and studied the written work by those who had attended this first meeting, and went in search of the location where it was held. Brother Mokler soon had thoughts that this location would be a wonderful place to get the vari-ous Lodges of the state of Wyoming together and get a feel for how Masonry began in Wyoming. He soon organized through the Grand Lodge of Wyoming the very first re-enactment of that first meeting, hoping that others would love the history as much as he did himself. The first re-enactment of this meeting took place on July 4th, 1920 when Brother Mokler was 57 years old. On that day, he acted as Grand Tyler for the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. At least 200 Masons


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were present on that day, along with 300 non-Masons who came along to help the group celebrate.

Alfred Mokler was appointed as the very first Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming by Grand Master William A Riner in 1922 at the age of 59. He was reappointed as Grand Historian by Grand Master James Stuchell in 1923 and with the help of Grand Secretary Joseph Lowndes, was able to complete the first History of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Wyoming by 1924 and continued to hold the of-fice of Grand Historian until 1935.

In Mokler’s History published in 1924, at the beginning of the book he explains the following, which, if listened to closely, may make each of you think about the phrase, “the more things change, the more they stay the same” – Mokler writes:

At the 34th annual communication of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Wyoming, held at Sheridan in September 1908, the Grand Master (PGM Frank S. King) in his annual address recommended:” That steps be taken through a committee, or through the Grand Secretary, to secure the facts regarding the early history of the Masonic Order in this state. Old members are quickly falling by the wayside, and are taking with them memories of incidents that that ought to be of use in compiling a history of this jurisdiction. We all know how entertaining it is to listen to the tales told by these pioneers, but, alas! They will soon all have passed away and if no one means is taken of recording their experiences we shall have allowed the early history of our lodg-es to fall into oblivion”.

The recommendation of the Grand Master was evidently overlooked by the Grand Lodge at this session, or at least no action was taken in regard to it, and at the next Grand Lodge communication, the Grand Master (PGM Marion P. Wheeler) in his annual address recommend-ed “that a committee be appointed to compile a history of the order in this jurisdiction”.

Another year passed without the recommendation of the Grand Mas-ter being headed, it appearing that the time was not yet ripe for Histo-ry, or there was no one to be found in the Jurisdiction who was will-ing to spare the time to collect the data and prepare the manuscript.

At the Grand Lodge session in 1910, a resolution was adopted to the effect “that the Grand Secretary be and is hereby directed and em-powered to ascertain and gather together all facts obtainable relating to the early history of Freemasonry in Wyoming and of its lodges in particular. To collect such relics, documents etc., as he may deem of historical value and interest of the fraternity, and he is hereby author-ized and empowered to expend a sum not exceeding $500 in the work

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contemplated by this resolution”. ($500 in 1910 is equivalent to $13,481.21 in 2019, which is a sizable amount allotted for this pur-pose which means the Craft understood the need for this kind of ef-fort).

The next year had rolled around and nothing had been done toward the “gathering facts and data relating to the early history of Freema-sonry in Wyoming that was of historical value and of interest to the Fraternity” and once more the Grand Master, in his annual address (PGM Hugh Hynds), referred to the matter thusly: “ Realizing that to many of the Craft the sun has almost set in the West, I would recom-mend that the Master of each lodge in this Jurisdiction be instructed to gather whatever information may be obtainable regarding the early history of his lodge, with all reminiscences the older members can furnish; that the same be forwarded to the Grand Secretary to be used in the Masonic History, as per resolution of last year”.

At the time of convening the 40th annual communication in Septem-ber 1914, the “sun had set in the west to many of the Craft”. Six years had passed since the Grand Master had recommended that “Steps be taken to secure the facts regarding the early history of the Masonic order in the state” much of the material and many of the incidents that would be of interest to the craft had passed out of reach of the histori-an with the passing of the pioneer Masons who had been summoned hence; not a line of data had been collected; the pages of the “History” were blank; much of the early history in Masonry in our state had fallen into oblivion.

Once more it was “ordered that a committee of one be appointed by the Grand Master to begin the preparation of a History of Wyoming Masonry”, The Grand Master (PGM William H. Dickenson) there-upon appointed Joseph M. Lowndes as such committee. Brother Lowndes took up the work conscientiously and systematically; he sent letters and forms to every local lodge in the state requesting co-operation; a few, very few, of the lodges responded to his appeal for assistance in the grand and glorious work, but he labored on until March 1915, when through the death of Grand Secretary Kuykendahl, the heavy responsibility of the Grand Secretary fell to his lot, and his time was taken up with that office.

The seeming apathy and lethargy on the part of the members of the subordinate lodges was no incentive for a historian to continue with the work, as nothing could be done without the co-operation of the members of the local lodges, and the small spark of interest that Brother Lowndes started, smouldered and was finally smothered until the 1915 session of the Grand Lodge when he reported that “several of the lodges have sent in some data, but it will take some time to get


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together the material for the history” and he recommended that “The representatives of the lodges who have not sent their histories, on their return to their homes, urge their lodges to comply with the re-quest sent to them, to have the lodge history properly written and sent to the historian, in order that the work not be delayed”.

At this meeting, Brother Adrian J. Parshall was selected by the Grand Master “To secure all the information he could on the history of Ma-sonry in Wyoming” but Parshall did not undertake the work, probably on account of the fact that he was aware of the experience of his pre-decessors, and the subject of “History” was forgotten, or neglected until the Grand Lodge communication of 1922. (A period of seven more years)

At that session, the recommendation of the finance committee regard-ing the appointment of a Grand Historian was adopted. Grand Master William A. Riner appointed your Grand Historian (Mokler). One year was spent in an attempt to collect data and prepare manuscript. The work was not half finished, on account of many local lodges failing to co-operate.

Grand Master Stuchell re-appointed your Grand Historian (Mokler) at the Grand Lodge session of 1923, and with the assistance of many Brethren, and especially the great help of Grand Secretary, Joseph M. Lowndes, the work herewith submitted is the result of his two years of Labor, which has been a pleasant task, although not altogether an easy one.

This was written by Grand Historian Mokler. His wife, Estelle, died on March 10, 1951 followed by Brother Moker who died on Decem-ber 30, 1952 at the age of 89.

Walter Christian Reusser was born June 30, 1892 in Postville Iowa to Fredrich and Emma Reusser.

He attended public schools in the area followed by several years at the Upper Iowa University from which he graduated with a bachelor of Arts degree in 1920. He was awarded his Master of Arts degree in 1923 and a doctorate of philosophy degree in 1929, both of these de-grees were awarded from the University of Iowa.

He served with the US Army during WWI, his service being state-side, first with the Medical Corp stationed at Camp Dodge in Iowa and later in the Chemical Warfare Service stationed at American Uni-versity in Washington DC.

After the war he held positions in teaching and administration when the opportunity arose to take a position with the University of Wyo-ming in 1924, where he taught courses in Teacher Education, school

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administration and in his specialty School finance. He served as the head of the department of Educational Administration and as Dean of the Division of Adult Education and Community Service.

Dr. Reusser taught courses in his specialty, school finance and ad-ministration in a number of colleges over the years including the Uni-versity of Oregon, the University of West Virginia, Cornell Universi-ty, Syracuse University, Emporia State Teachers College, the univer-sity of Washington and Northern Illinois University.

He directed many school surveys for the University of Wyoming and assisted in the school surveys in Washington, Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico.

He was the author of several textbooks, and pamphlets on different topics of education and over 40 magazine articles.

He was made a Mason in Independence Lodge #87 AF&AM in Inde-pendence Iowa, May 21st, 1921 and later affiliated with Laramie Lodge #3 where he served his year in the East in 1951, two years later in 1953 becoming the Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge AF& AM of Wyoming, a position he held to the honor of the fraternity for the next 21 years until 1975, being awarded on the motion of Past Grand Master J.C Morris and a resounding unanimous vote of the craft, the status of Grand Historian Emeritus for his work over that time frame bringing together the information to compose the History of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming – 1874 – 1974.

These two wonderfully engaged and educated Brothers put in count-less hours to collect and write down the Masonic history of Wyoming in the manner that we know it to be today. Without their efforts, the items that we know now, would only be a collection of individual knowledges of Brothers who have traveled the state over the years, and know bits and pieces of the things that they were told by those Brothers who were present at communications with them.

These two men made the effort to compile as much as they could, about the history of each of your lodges, and place this information in one book, so that we today, can pick up either one of their books, and understand how Masonry advanced within our state and within your own lodges up until the point that the book had its endings, which in these two cases was in 1924 (50-year history) and 1974 (100-year history).

Since the time of Brother Reusser, attempts have been made by Grand Historians here and there to collect information, but these requests often fell on deaf ears as many of us are too busy creating the history of tomorrow, rather that submitting the history of yesterday to be


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compiled in a history book that may not see the light of days for years to come.

But let me tell you a little, both good and bad, about what we have done since Brother Reusser last published his History in 1974.

As a state we been to Independence Rock for 5 more celebrations, one being the sesquicentennial celebrated on July 4th, 2012 with Allen Pierce as Grand Master and a sixth that will be held on July 4th of this coming year.

We have elected 45 New Grand Masters at this point in time, all with a story that must be told, We have come to recognize Prince Hall Ma-sonry; we have become a Grand Lodge that operates without an actu-al Grand Lodge Building; we have lowered our initiation age to 18, we have lost 13 lodges to consolidation; we have held an annual meetings at South pass city; Heart Mountain, Big Horn Masters Club, Black Hills Masonic Club (Which is now a century old); Central Wy-oming Masonic Club; Conference of Grand Masters; Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference; Grand Masters winter reunions. We have raised our per capita payments from $2.50 a member in 1974 to $27.00 a member in that timing and may be changing that history again in this Grand Communication. We have held countless local communica-tions, parades, cornerstones, developed the Master Builder program, held several years of one day conferrals, visited with distressed weary Brethren, taken care of our widows and orphans, paid relief to the Masonic Services association, helped to support the George Washing-ton Masonic Memorial at Alexandria and every lodge in this state has done something individually beyond meeting, paying bills and going home after a cookie or some pie in that time, every single one has seen great Masons come and many who have gone due to the passage of time. Every single lodge in the state of Wyoming has done their job well over the last 50 years. Yet not many have recorded it so that others may know their lodges and be proud of their accomplishments as they are themselves.

I personally, do not know every lodges history for the last 50 years since Brother Reusser’s work was published. I don’t know what you are proud of as a lodge in that timeframe, or what you did that made a difference, or who it was that, over the last 50 years has brought your lodge to the point that it is today, nor do you probably know this about the lodges that I regularly attend, but if we can work together and produce a sesquicentennial history book in 2024, like Brother Moekler and Brother Reusser did, I will know these things, and if they are interested, so will my children and grandchildren as will yours. Because it really isn’t for ourselves that we collect these histo-ries and write them down, it is for those that follow us in the years to

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come.

I would like to repeat a phrase from Brother Mokler’s work that I have already read to you, but I think bears repeating as it could well be the saddest statement made in this book:

“ much of the material and many of the incidents that would be of interest to the craft had passed out of reach of the historian with the passing of the pioneer Masons who had been summoned hence; not a line of data had been collected; the pages of the “History” were blank; much of the early history in Masonry in our state had fallen into oblivion.

Brothers, the History of Masonry in Wyoming for the past 50 years, is a subject that only you and the members of your lodge can collect and tell. No one else can or will do this for you. This is your story, that all of Wyoming Masonry can share in, and once compiled with other lodges in the state, will paint a phenomenal portrait of Masonry within Wyoming that will educate generations to come.

Don’t let YOUR lodges History’s pages be blank, with your history falling in to oblivion out of the reach of the Historian. Teach your children and grandchildren what you have done here in your time in lodge so that they can share in your pride and understand why the lodge meant so much to their great grandfather and possibly in that distant future, be writing a page of their very own to sit next to yours.

Most Worshipful Grand Master, thank you for this opportunity to ad-dress this Grand Lodge.

Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master (Grand Master’s public ad-dress):

Brothers, Visiting Dignitaries, Ladies and Gentlemen: With humble heart I welcome you to the 145th annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.

I am not going to stand here in front of you and pontificate on what it means to be a Mason. I’m not going to stand up here and talk about seeking the light; of the symbols we hold so dear; nor of the guiding principles that make us Brothers. You men know these things - you live them in your daily lives, and you do it well. Each lady in this esteemed assembly is also well aware of the caliber of the man she calls “honey”. This speech isn’t about membership or money. That is more appropriately discussed in the tyled Lodge. This is just one Master Mason talking over a stout cup of coffee with his Brothers, men I have come to know and those I have yet to know as well.

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glorious pinnacle of success – it was just beyond my grasp but grow-ing nearer. I was young and ambitious, just 26 years old when I earned that promotion. Diane patiently packed, unpacked, and re-packed year after year. We raised three kids who were uprooted from schools and friends but who bore it all with good humor and a sense of adventure. It was during my naval career that I found Mason-ry. Obviously at that time I could not be active - there are few Lodge meetings thousands of miles out at sea - but Masonry was always there, ready to welcome me when I returned home, and I continued to climb that pinnacle as a member in the U. S. Navy.

That elusive pinnacle was never as close as it seemed. Every time I thought I had reached the top, I’d look up and there was still some-thing more always waiting. I loved what I did for my country, my shipmates, and my family. And I truly believed that when I retired as a Lieutenant Commander off the battleship USS Wisconsin that I had climbed the final pinnacle in an honorable 26 year career.

Truth is, I was so far from that self-imposed pinnacle, that I hadn’t yet progressed much past sea level. This past year has proven that to me tenfold over. For you see, what I had to learn in order to scale the peak was that I had yet to be humbled. You, my Brothers, have hum-bled me. Serving as the Grand Master of the great state of Wyoming has been the most profound experience of my life. From the begin-ning of this journey, I felt strongly that when it was my year to serve, I would focus my energies and attention where I felt they would have the most I’m impact - right here at home. I’ve tried to do that. If I have had any successes, they were because of you. Any failures are mine alone.

Lodges struggling to pay utility bills, yet still finding a way to get through one more tight month and hold their meetings taught me that times are never too hard when Brothers have the desire to keep go-ing. Troubled Lodges, those with internal struggles due to personality conflicts (and yes, it does happen), tested my patience at times, and I learned that I need to work harder on the art of diplomacy to help re-store harmony. I took the loss of any member - whether through de-mit, suspension, or someone just walking away before they truly start-ed walking forward - as a personal loss that I was too often powerless to prevent. I had to swallow my frustration and continue to do the best I could to limit those losses and to encourage a Masonic rebuilding in Wyoming, one Lodge at a time. There were times when I had to get past that “not on my watch” mentality and do what had to be done, regardless of how unpleasant that might be, in order to uphold the Code that guides us.

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I had to come to understand that I am a man, an ordinary man tasked with an extraordinary responsibility, and that I am not infallible. That lesson was a bit painful - I guess we all like to think that we have the only “right” answers. In order to do justice to the Apron and Jewel, I reached out to our Past Grand Masters and my Masonic Brothers, and without exception they offered advice, support, and an occasional kick in the hiney. Our Grand Secretary, Beynon St. John, proved his worth over and over again, coming through on short notice at times. He makes it all come together so seamlessly. As Grand Re-corder/Grand Secretary for Council and Chapter, I know full well that there is no crystal ball. It’s hard work. So much is done behind the scenes, and it’s working well when people think things just magically appear. Well, they don’t. Thank you, Brother Beynon, for your skill in making me look better on paper than I may have been in practice.

Without exception, every Lodge in the state has welcomed me warm-ly and made me feel much more important than I really was. I may have walked into a Lodge as the Grand Master enjoying a visitation, but I invariably walked out feeling like a friend. You can all be ex-tremely proud of that, for that is exactly how any member or visitor should feel at the end of a gathering of Brothers.

Diane and I just visited a few events out of the state. We thoroughly enjoyed the welcoming kindnesses and courtesies extended to us at Grand Lodge Communications in Idaho, Utah, South Dakota, Arizo-na, and Montana. Thank you. I learned from visiting other jurisdic-tions, and I hope I may have passed along some ideas as well. I am also grateful that the same courtesies were extended to my representa-tives in Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. Thank you DGM Tom Hamm, for representing Wyoming so well. I’d like to take a mo-ment as well to thank MWPGM T. Mark Mickelson for representing me at the Grand Communication of the Eastern Star in Florida and at the Great Plains Rendezvous, and MWPGM Mike Johnson for being Wyoming’s Representative at the World Conference of Grand Mas-ters in Panama. A bitterly cold 4 days in Rapid City greeted Tom Hamm, his lady Cindy, Wayne Christiansen and Lady Judith, Beynon St. John with his Lady Midge, Mike McGrady, Lady Emily and their daughters, MWPGM Al Pierce and lady Jackie, and MWPGM Clar-ence Vranish and MWPGM Mike Johnson at the Conference of Grand Masters of North America, along with my Lady Diane and my-self. Those cold days underlined the most difficult thing I learned along the way - that no Grand Master can be in two places at once! I was torn between my obligation to be at that Conference, when where I felt I really should have been was at the services saying goodbye to MWPGM Charlie Moore. How Charlie would have loved to know


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that Grand Masters and their Grand Officers from around the world were gathered in Masonic brotherhood as he was laid to rest!

I do have concerns about the future and I’ve expressed those con-cerns strongly during my travels. But what I am not concerned about is our present. While perfect opening, closing, and ritual work is a always joy to behold, so is effort. We need to recognize and accept that steps aren’t always certain or steady. I know mine aren’t as mili-tarily precise as they were in my youth. Blessed are those who lend a supporting arm. Memory doesn’t come easily to some and even those who usually know the work flawlessly can have occasional moments when the words just float off to Neverland. Blessed are the prompt-ers! But the heart - the beating heart of Masonry - is alive and well in every man I’ve met. So rather than chastise for imperfect work, I’d far rather say these words, and believe me, they come from my heart - I’m so proud of all you. It doesn’t matter if you are meeting in the finest edifice in the state, or in a building that is crumbling around your ears.....what motivates me is that you are still meeting....that you are still strong. You are the Grand Lodge. We, the officers, are mere-ly the caretakers of that Grand Lodge.

I don’t come from a long history of Masonic Connections. I didn’t even know about Masonry until Diane took a job working as a secre-tary for the Recorder of Al Bahr Shrine Temple in San Diego. There I met the man who would change my life forever, Brother William Rife. My familial connections to Masonry came later, when my fa-ther, Spike, little brother Michael, and my son Kenny followed my path and took their obligations. Dad and Mike are gone now, and with work and critical family obligations Kenny can no longer be active. I believe that while a man may remove the ring, retire the dues card, and pack away the apron, he is still a Mason. He may put away the physical signs of the Craft, but what he learned within the walls of the Lodge has become an unconscious part of him that cannot be erased. Therefore I ask that in addition to welcoming new Brothers into our fold, we reach out to those who have drifted away. Let’s find out why they left us and how we can help them feel again that quickening of the heart they felt when they were first raised. And let us not fall into the trap of giving lip service in place of Masonic Service.

Diane always jokes that her primary job as the Grand Master’s Lady is to ride along, keep me awake, and pay for the McDonalds. What Diane has really done behind the scenes is create a private Facebook page just for our Masonic Ladies. Known as the Blue Slipper Bri-gade. It’s a page where the ladies share information about upcoming events.....those pesky little details we he-men don’t seem to pass on. They set up meeting times and places so they can run roughshod over

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shops and malls while we’re in our meetings. Our ladies can also complain about us and we don’t have to hear about it, which is always a bonus! The goal is to include ladies from around the country as Bri-gade Members and friends. It’s so much easier to walk into an unfa-miliar Lodge or jurisdiction and spotting those friends instantly pro-vides a connection even if they’ve never met face-to-face. They can approach each other immediately find common ground. and offer congratulations on new babies, graduations, etc, because they’ve al-ready established common ground. There’s an added bonus for us as well, gentlemen. Now instead of having an irritated wife at home when we go off on Lodge business, the ladies simply post on the Blue Slipper page to ask who will be going to an event. If there will be others there that they can spend time with, our ladies want to be there. That has already - and repeatedly - proven to mean higher attendance at our scheduled events because ladies wanted to go and get together. We had a fantastic turnout at the Grand Masters’ Winter Reunion, in no small part because the ladies wanted to get together as well. We’ve always acknowledged our ladies’ contributions with gratitude Now we have another way to offer them the same support they extend to us by promoting the Blue Slipper and the Blue Slipper Brigade. The Bri-gade has shown itself to be a valuable tool, with members from Wyo-ming as well as many other states participating, and I have offered Diane all the encouragement and support she deserves after her many years of providing the same to me during my Masonic journey. I would encourage your continued support. Guernsey Lodge No. 49 has taken it one step further with what may be best plan to include new Master Masons’ ladies. When a newly raised Master Mason receives his Masonic Bible, his lady receives her Blue Slipper pin. I commend the Brothers and ladies of Guernsey Lodge for this innovation, and I encourage other Lodges to follow suit. If you aren’t familiar with the significance of the Blue Slipper, let me remind you of the 1st Lecture of the Entered Apprentice Degree where a man plucks off his shoe to confirm all things. The Blue Slipper, then, is every Mason’s promise to care for our wives, sisters, daughters, widows and orphans. And the Blue Slipper Brigade is our ladies’ promise of continued support and friendship.

And so I’ve finally found that elusive pinnacle, but I’m still looking up at it rather than down from it. I’ve come to accept that I’ll never reach the top because this year I’ve learned that there is no top, no lofty peak, no “finest hour”. There is just the never ending quest to keep learning and teaching, to assist where I can, and to rely on my Brothers to carry on. Being your Grand Master was an honor and an experience that so transcends any other in my life that it defies mere words. Wherever we go from here, we go together, bound in our fra-


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ternity by the words of JRR Tolkein, who said, “It is the small, every-day deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay”. Thank you, Brothers, for this humbling and most gratifying year of service, for your support, your respect, and above all for your trust in this one, ordinary man. To Tom, walk in Faith. Wyoming’s Masons walk with you and the Great Architect will lead you.

One more note that gives me great pleasure to share: After 51 years, I get to tell Diane that she can finally unpack. Thank you.

James L. Sturdevant, Grand Chaplain:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, distinguished guests, Brothers and guests, it has been my honor to serve your Grand Lodge as Grand Chaplain this past year. My most important duty is to extend condolences to the next of kin of our departed Brothers. At times this wasn’t an easy duty, especially as I have personally known some of the Brothers who have gone to be with the Great Architect of the Universe. We have Brothers who have lost loved ones over the past year, and I ask that you please accept our sincere sympathies and know that you are in our prayers. During the year, we lost one of our oldest Masonic Brothers at age 98. Our youngest member was 40. As you can tell by the list of deaths, we have lost approximately 92 mem-bers this past year.

The Grand Chaplain proceeded to read the names of those who had passed during the year, asking members of the Lodge of those decease members to stand while the names were read. A full list of reported deaths can be found starting on page 154.

James L. Sturdevant, Grand Chaplain:

Those are the names of the members we’ve lost. I ask that we all stand for a moment of prayer. Great Architect of the Universe, as we remember our departed Brothers, thank You for allowing their Broth-ers to know them during their time on earth. We ask that You watch over the families of our departed Brothers and console them during their time of morning. One day, may we be united with You and our Brothers at the gate of eternal life when you call upon us. Amen.

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Kenneth M. Badget Beynon St. John Grand Master Grand Secretary

FORMAL OPENING - 10:00 AM

The 145th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge AF&AM

was called to order by Brother Bryan Baird, PM of Tri-Mountain

View Lodge No. 35.

The One Hundred and Forty-fifth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming was opened in ample form with all the Grand Lodge Officers in their stations, except for the following: Grand Lecturer Jared Pierson, Grand Marshal George G. “Gil” Curry, and Grand Or-ganist Luke L. Sherman. Brother Dave Hough (21) served as Grand Marshal Pro-Tem.

Grand Master Badget directed Senior Grand Deacon Ramey to conduct the Past Grand Masters to the East where they were given the Grand Honors. Those Past Grand Masters present and introduced were:

Joe Boster II (15) ................................... 1997-1998

Steve “Kit” Carson (7,43) ..................... 2001-2002

Phil Buchholz (14,53) ............................ 2003-2004

Gary Skillern (54) ................................. 2004-2005

Don Porter (13,3) ................................... 2006-2007

Tom Nance (8) ....................................... 2007-2008

John Farmer (41) .................................. 2010-2011

Al Pierce (10) ......................................... 2011-2012

Clarence Vranish (4,33) ........................ 2012-2013

Richard Lewis (16) ............................... 2014-2015

T. Mark Mickelson (31,33,47,48) ......... 2016-2017

Mark Young (28,9) ................................ 2017-2018

Following the Grand Honors, Grand Master Badget seated the Grand Lodge and directed the Grand Secretary to call the roll of Lodges. The following Lodges had a representative present at the time:

Cheyenne #1

Wyoming #2

Laramie #3

Evanston #4

Mt. Moriah #6

Anchor #7

Sheridan #8

Sundance #9

Ashlar #10

Acacia #11

Rock Springs #12

Newcastle #13

Saratoga #14

Casper #15

Wheatland #16

Malta #17

Temple #20

Shoshone #21


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Glenrock #22

Chugwater #23

Harmony #24

Wind River #25

Riverton #26

Gillette #28

Absarokee #30

Gate City #32

Kemmerer #33

Tri-Mtn. View #35

Upton #38

Burns #41

Pathfinder #42

Big Horn Mtn. #43

Tower #44

Big Piney #47

There being a quorum, Grand Master Badget set the hour for voting at 11:15 am.

Deputy Grand Master Hamm then made the following motions:

That the registration be closed;

To seat all present Master Masons;

To suspend the reading of all published Resolutions;

To accept the Proceedings of the 144th Annual Communication as present-ed;

To accept all published reports with the exception of the report of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Resolutions.

That all visiting dignitaries be awarded honorary membership in the Grand Lodge of Wyoming;

All motions were 2nd from the floor and all motions passed.

Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master: (Report to the Craft)

Grand Lodge Officers, Distinguished guests and Brethren all. My report is in the Pre-prints and I move that this report be accepted and printed in the Proceedings.

It was moved and 2nd that the report be accepted. Motion carried.

Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master:

Brethren, in my recommendations I have recommended that this Grand Lodge review on an annual basis, its continued support of the Conference of Grand Masters. This Conference is expensive for the Grand Lodge and the benefit gained from it is questionable at best. I have recommended that this Grand Lodge continue supporting the Masonic Service Association and the George Washington National Masonic Memorial. Currently we are supporting the Rocky Mountain Conference and I recommend we continue this worthwhile endeavor. The long-term funding of this Grand Lodge must be monitored very closely, and to that end I am recommending that the Investment Com-mittee and the Endowment Committee meet jointly once a quarter. The Master Builder/Builder program should be maintained but I rec-

Jackson #48

Guernsey #49

Capital #54

Independence Rock #56

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ommend a tightening of the requirements. Lodges are chartered be-cause they can Initiate, Pass, Raise and educate Masons and if they cannot do that then why reward them with a special award. The loss of good Masons due to demit and NPD’s needs to be slowed or re-versed. I recommend that each Brother seeking a demit be inter-viewed as to his reasons and see if there isn’t some common ground upon which he might be willing to stay, and I recommend that all Brothers in arrears be contacted and find out if there is any way that the Lodge may be able to help him retain his membership. Further, Brothers, I recommend that a more professional Grand Lodge web site be developed and maintained. Our society is becoming more at-tuned to getting information on-line and Lodges need access to infor-mation such as Masonic Education and upcoming events and all of these require timely input and maintenance of the website.

I began this year with a goal of increasing awareness of how this Grand Lodge is funded, and in ensuring that all the Brothers of this Grand Jurisdiction realize that they are the Grand Lodge. I believe that these goals were achieved. The Grand Master’s Winter Reunion in Riverton was seminar based, and I believe the Grand Lodge offic-ers put on very respectable topics and instigated group involvement. Debate and discussion are key to better understanding and that was achieved during these seminars. A presentation on the funding of the Grand Lodge was well received and an eye opener for many. The Brethren who attended that presentation came away with a much bet-ter understanding of how the Grand Lodge is funded and what it is expending funds on. Brothers when finances are brought up, the shad-ow of the IRS is also in play. Lodges need to ensure that they have filed with the IRS annually. Three years of inattention to this filing results in the loss of your charitable status and no longer being tax exempt. The loss of an EIN is very difficult to get corrected requiring filings with IRS to reestablish the tax-exempt status, and a considera-ble amount of time, effort and finances will also be required. It would be much easier for the Lodge to just file annually as is required.

Membership is always an issue, discussed in many forums, but here in Wyoming it is quite telling. Brothers over seventy percent of our total membership is in the 60-100 plus age groups. The average age of death is 83 years of age. There is no silver bullet to overcome these numbers and we cannot stop death. Hard work and emphasis on what we have to offer is how we draw many of these younger men into our great fraternity. Our website coupled with local Lodge involvement can go a very long way into showing growth. In 1963, there were 13,000 Masons in this jurisdiction and from that high water mark we have been on a steady downward slope. An average of 135 Masons a year are lost through death, suspension or demit, and that is beginning


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to take quite a toll on some of the smaller Lodges. I suspect that with-in the next five years, that loss rate will go up to 140 per year aver-age. There is a Lodge in this jurisdiction that the average age is 74.9 years, while the Lodge with the lowest average age is 56.6 years. These numbers are your challenge and your goals are quite clear – reverse our current downward trend.

Another major issue is the deterioration of the lodge infrastructure. Many of our Lodge structures were built during the times of prosperi-ty. Members were plentiful and funds readily available. Today these buildings have become a noose around the necks of these very Lodg-es. Heating systems are failing, building structures are failing and cost of overcoming these deficits along with usual maintenance and utili-ties are bleeding our Lodges dry. Lodges will need to re-evaluate their current building status and begin to look at other options. Can the building be sold – is there possible rental capability? Can the Lodge get out from under the maintenance/repairs by renting space versus owning the space? These are questions that will become more and more prevalent over the next few years.

Some Lodges have had trouble submitting reports in a timely manner. Is this a Lodge Secretary issue, or is it an issue involving the dynam-ics/culture of the Lodge. Is the Worshipful Master and other Officers truly in tune with what is going on, or are they just filling seats. The requirements are the same every year, yet inevitably the Grand Secre-tary is chasing down reports and per capita checks that should have been submitted weeks before. Brothers, this must also stop, and we as a Fraternity need to realize that when we accept election and installa-tion, we have put our integrity on the line and that of the Lodge. If officers are not doing the job, don’t just complain. Be part of the solu-tion, and to be part of the solution go to the Lodge, impart your ideas and solutions, and make your Lodge stand out. Positive leadership and forward thinking are what will be necessary for this Grand Lodge and the local Lodges to survive.

Brothers, never in my widest dreams did I ever expect to stand before you as the Grand Master. It has been a privilege that very few attain but having done so I can say it has been a high point, not only in my Masonic career but also in my personal life. Many mentors come to mind. I was blessed to know a Mason’s Mason. His name was Broth-er William Rife of San Diego, Ca. Brother Rife was the WM in all three of my degrees and his sage advice has kept me on the straight and narrow throughout my Masonic life. I went back to sea after my degrees and was unable to attend Lodge but once I retired, I was able to get back into attending Lodge and begin learning the true aspects of being a Master Mason. I thought being appointed as Junior Dea-

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con was quite the step up, but once I was elected as Junior Warden the reality of responsibility really set in. As WM I really began to un-derstand the weight of leading the Lodge. I fell back on my experi-ence as a Naval officer with the understanding that these Brothers were volunteers - not sailors. The basic principles of leadership still applied, and the Lodge perked up. We did things – we had fun and we grew. I have tried to take a page from those years and apply them to this past year. Brothers will do anything you ask of them if they are backed up and respected for who they are. I have asked many of you to step up and you have, and for that I am eternally grateful.

Finally, Brothers, it has been my privilege to serve you and I hope that I served you well. I could not have fulfilled my duties without the support that I have received from each one of you. The sage advice given by PGM’s and the hospitality and honors given me by all of you has humbled me and is greatly appreciated. The support I have received from my family - especially my Lady Diane - has been a driving force in my desire to keep going and to her I am so thankful for her being there as a sounding board and as a companion to keep me awake on those long drives and to calm me down when things got a little out of hand.

Once again Brothers, thank you for your time and your encourage-ment and for making this year a most memorable one for me. As old sailors say – “May each one of you enjoy fair winds and following seas”.

I move this address be accepted and printed in the Proceedings. 2nd from the floor and motion carried.


Do I have a final report from the Credentials Committee?

Tom Harmon (7,28), Chairman Credentials Committee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers and Brethren all, the number of Lodges we have reported is 37. The number of Worshipful Masters registered is 21; the number of Senior Wardens registered is 11; the number of Junior Wardens registered is 7; the number of Past Masters registered is 59. The number of Worshipful Master proxies is 8; the number of Senior Warden proxies is 10; the number of Junior Warden proxies is 14 for a total of 131 votes. I move for acceptance of the report. 2nd from the floor and carried.


Thank you, Brother Tom. Brothers, it’s time for the election of offic-ers. Please mark your ballots. Teller Committee, perform your duty.


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Has everyone balloted who is entitled to ballot? Seeing that all ballots have been collected, I declare the ballot closed. Teller Committee, retire and when you come back, give us the results. Brother Secretary, read the list of Worshipful Masters. Brothers, as your name is called, line up west of the Altar. Worshipful Masters present were:

Beynon St. John (2)

David Moon (4)

Virgil Poulsen (6)

Benjamin Nieman (9)

Steve Pacheco (12)

Johnny Mote (16)

Lawrence Snyder, Jr. (20)

John Kenfield, Sr. (22)

William G. Teter (23)

Jacob Z. Stetler (25)

Cory G. Rota (26)

Grand Master Badget was informed that the Teller Committee was ready to give their report. He ordered that they be admitted and give their report.

Bryan Baird (35), Chairman of the Teller Committee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, there were 131 votes cast, of which a simple majority of 66 elects. The results are as follows:

Grand Master .............................................................. Thomas F. Hamm II

Deputy Grand Master/Grand Master Elect ......... Wayne E. Christensen

Senior Grand Warden ............................................... Michael J. McGrady

Junior Grand Warden .................................................. Matthew J. Ramey

Grand Treasurer ........................................................... John F. Nunley, III

Grand Secretary................................................................. Beynon St. John

All Officers elected accepted their election and thanked the Brothers.

Grand Master Badget then instructed the Grand Secretary to read the list of Lodge Secretaries, and instructed them to assemble west of the Altar. Those present were:

Calvin Van Zee (3)

Clarence J. Vranish, PGM (4)

E. Ray Leeman, (9)

Donald L. York (10)

Richard N. Lewis (16)

James E. Davis (26)

Mark S. Young (28)

Bryan G. Baird (35)

Christopher Wooten (28)

David E. Northrup (30)

Dale L. Hicks (33)

James A. Woody (35)

Jesse V. Sutphin (42)

Larry McFarland (43)

Stephen McNeil Watson (48)

Christopher Martinez (49)

Harry L. Furrey (54)

Weston G. Hubele (56)

John L. Farmer (41)

Sidney V. Anderson (42)

Christopher P. Schroeder (48)

Robert M. Melonuk (49)

Doniv L. Feltner (54)

Bradley D. Neumiller (56)

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Grand Master Badget then called upon Kent McCandless, Grand Master of Idaho to address the audience.

Kent McCandless, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Idaho:

Most Worshipful Grand Masters, Brother all, it is an interesting morning, because so often that I come up with something after I have already determined what I should say. My wife corrects me on that all the time. Last night, I was seated with a bunch of DeMolay juniors and seniors, and in this year, I have had several conversations about DeMolay. We didn’t have DeMolay in the town I was raised in. I did-n’t know what DeMolay was until I became a Master Mason. The thing that I see is that there is so much with these young people that we should be proud of. We’ve had some really great people come through DeMolay. I am an honorary member of a couple of DeMolay Chapters and I have been presented awards. As I listened to the awards being presented, I was struck by how much we can learn from these young men. I had the pleasure of being up to Cascade Lake last week for the Conclave of DeMolay, and like I say, you learn from these kids. My wife was able to sit in for some of the ritual, and she was surprised to see how determined they were to do their work cor-rectly. It was an honor to watch them.

I also learned from the DeMolay how much appreciation you have for those who came before you, those that work with you, and for those who are coming up after you. I thought afterward about my relation-ship with members of the Wyoming Grand Lodge. The first Grand Lodge I visited was down in Evanston where PGM Clarence Vranish was installed as Grand Master. I still consider him a close personal friend, not someone I met one time. Now, I have another friend in you Most Worshipful. I realize that those kids taught us so much about how we treat our Brothers. When I look around this room, I see so many Past Grand Masters who I have sat in Lodge with, and sincerely appreciate the friendship I have with each of you. Thank you.

Grand Master Badget thanked MW Brother McCandless, and then called upon Harold Ireland, Grand Master of South Dakota to come forward.

Harold Ireland, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of South Dakota:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, as MW Brother McCandless said it’s great to see a lot of familiar faces that you meet at a lot of these con-ferences. Wherever we go, we get to experience these friendships. Last year it was with MW Brother Mark, and Ken’s always been a friend. He comes to our Grand Lodge almost every year since I’ve been a Mason, I think. It’s great to see all of you, so from the Grand


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Lodge of South Dakota, it’s 71 Lodges and nearly 5,000 members, greetings. We have a lot of things going on in all of our states. We have followed suit with what some of the states around us are doing. We’re going back on the history side, Mark you would appreciate this, we have a couple of Lodges approaching 150 years this year. We’ve done a number of re-dedications, and we plan to do several more. That just highlights the history in our area, and the develop-ment of the area and our part in it.

Recently, on July 6th, we celebrated the Roosevelt Friendship Tower, and that was a dedication to Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt and Seth Bullock met on the prairie during the territorial Dakotas, became life-long friends, and when serving in the military together, Bullock served as a Captain under Roosevelt. Both of those men were real visionaries, and had a lot of impact on the development of Deadwood, the Dakotas and this part of the country. So, we did a re-dedication of Friendship Tower. After Roosevelt’s passing, Bullock worked with the Black Hills Pioneer Association to erect the Tower. We were hon-ored to be a part of that 100 year anniversary.

We have another coming up at what we used to call the Soldiers Home. It is the Veteran’s Home in Hot Springs, where we will cele-brate the 130th Anniversary of that facility on September 20. If any-one is available to attend that, please come and participate. We will hold a Cornerstone Ceremony and re-dedication.

It’s great to be here, and thank you for all the hospitality. Best wishes on your Session. Thank you.

Grand Master Badget thanked MW Brother Ireland, and then asked Dan Lawes, Senior Grand Warden of Utah to say a few words.

Dan Lawes, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Utah:

Most Worshipful, what time is lunch? I had a nine and a half hour drive, and had twenty minutes of remarks prepared, so I will have to tighten that up a little.

Good morning Brothers, it’s always a pleasure to have the pleasure to come up to Wyoming. I was commenting to my wife on the way up here, it’s probably been since high school that I’ve had an opportunity to come to Sheridan. I wish I could say that it was five years ago, but it’s in double digits now. I bring fraternal greetings from Most Wor-shipful Brother Jeff Hamilton and the roughly 1800 members in Utah across 28 Lodges. It was great a couple of weeks ago to share some knowledge and practices at the Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference in Denver. We always look forward to the opportunity to exchange ideas and do some other funs things there.

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I had to chuckle this morning at the Grand Orator’s reference to the National Treasure because that was the spark that got me involved in Masonry. My Masonic career actually got started here in Wyoming. I married into a very heavily involved Masonic family from Rock Springs. Knowing nothing about the Fraternity, they started dragging me along to installations, picnics, OES and Jobies’ activities, and what not. So, for a number of years, that was my exposure to the Fra-ternity. Then Nicholas Cage came along, and through all the friend-ships I had made in the Fraternity - I think one of them is here, Paul Blount, presented my lambskin at my Entered Apprentice Degree in Salt Lake sixteen years ago. So, it was in Wyoming where my heart was first prepared to be made a Mason, and it’s always a pleasure to come up here and share some fellowship with you. I thank you for your hospitality, and am looking forward to the rest of the Session this weekend. Brother Lawes presented a gift to Grand Master Badget.

Grand Master Badget thanked RW Brother Lawes, and then called upon Craig Gross, Past Grand Master of Arizona to come to the podium.

Craig Gross, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Arizona:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master, Brothers and friends, extinguished and distinguished visitors, it is a pleasure to be here to represent my Grand Master, Most Wor-shipful Brother Greg Vasquez. He sends his greetings and thanks for everything that you have done. He was tied up, unfortunately we had to bury our Senior Past Grand Master over the weekend. He was Grand Master in 1976, so Brother Greg felt he needed to be there to honor him. It’s a delight to be here in the great state of Wyoming. We thank you and your lovely wife, Diane, for all of the hospitality you’ve given us and for everyone. It’s nice to see the smiling faces that are out there. I bring you greetings from Arizona and the 7,000+ members. We are doing well and going down a different pathway, which I want to briefly share with you. That is instilling pride in all of our membership. PRIDE is Personal Responsibility In Delivering Ex-cellence. We have PRIDE pins that we have ordered that we will give out to our members to wear. We’re teaching what I call “Elevator Speeches”. It’s like a salesman. If you’re a salesman you know all about this. You have about three minutes to sell your product to any-one you see, and if you stutter and stammer and don’t do a whole lot, your going to lose them. We have one of the greatest products in the world - Masonry. We should be out there selling our product to the world, because Masonry will provide far more than they think they’re purchasing. As we know, you get more out of it the more you put into


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it. That’s Arizona, we’re doing well. We’re thinking this may be the first year coming up that we will actually show positive growth in the state of Arizona. Now, it may not be very many. I’ll be absolutely thrilled if the positive growth is one, but it’s positive growth. It’s all because we’re out teaching the Brethren, getting them back into Lodge, teaching the new kids on the block that are coming in, some-thing to really believe in and something to be really proud of. That’s what we need. Grand Master, so far it’s been a great Session, and we look forward to the rest of the week, and it’s been a thrill to be here in Wyoming.

It being High Twelve, Junior Grand Warden, Michael J. McGrady, called the 145th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons from labor to refreshment.

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AFTERNOON SESSION

At one hour past High Twelve, the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming was called from refresh-ment to labor by Junior Grand Warden, Michael J. McGrady.

Grand Master Badget asked for a report from the newly appointed Grand Lecturer, Ken Thorpe.

Ken Thorpe, Grand Lecturer, Pro-Tem:

Good afternoon, Brothers, Ken Thorpe, Sheridan Lodge No. 8. RW Deputy Grand Master, Tom Hamm, has asked me to serve as Grand Lecturer for the upcoming 2019-2020 Masonic year. I am speaking today in the absence of Grand Lecturer Jared Pierson since he was unable to make the trip. On Brother Pierson’s behalf, I would like to take a moment to recognize the Brothers who have served the Grand Lodge of Wyoming this past year as District Lecturers. I ask the Dis-trict Lecturers to please stand who have served this past year. Those in attendance were: Bill Orvosh Dist. 3; Ken Struble Dist. 4; Tom Smith and Jake Stetler Dist. 5; Weston Hubele Dist. 6; Robert Melonuk Dist. 7; Ray Leeman and Stan Dodson Dist. 8; Chris Wooten, Dist. 9; Dave Hough Dist. 11.

And while he could not make it, I think it would be appropriate to recognize Brother Jared Pierson for his years of service as the Grand Lecturer.

How many of you have stopped to think about some of the ques-tions…interrogations... you were hit with prior to the first time you stepped into a Lodge room as a candidate? If you have ever served as SD you remember them, because you had to memorize them, right…

…the “do you seriously declare upon your honor” questions…Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, that unbiased by the improper solicitation of friends and uninfluenced by mercenary motives, you freely and voluntarily offer yourself a candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry? Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, that you are prompted to solicit the privileges of Freemasonry by a favorable opinion conceived of the institution, a desire for knowledge, and a sincere wish of being serviceable to your fellow-creatures? Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, that you will cheerfully conform to all the ancient usages and established customs of the Fraternity?

And your answer to all three of those questions…” I do.”


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Then the SD went on to explain that “Freemasonry consists of a course of ancient hieroglyphic moral instruction taught agreeably to ancient usages by types, emblems, and allegorical figures.”

I don’t know about you, but right about then I wasn’t sure what I was cheerfully conforming to…

Making Good Men Better.

Now that is something I understand. And within this little book are a lot of lessons and ideas that can be used to help make good men bet-ter.

How?

Well let’s look at how the SD describes freemasonry: ancient hiero-glyphic moral instruction taught agreeably to ancient usages by types, emblems, and allegorical figures.

Ancient…self-explanatory…means something that is even older than the members of the jurisprudence committee.

Hieroglyphic – is synonymous with symbols, signs, ciphers, code…

Moral – virtuous, good, righteous, upright, upstanding, high-minded, …

Types – Categories…in this case of men perhaps?

Emblems – signs or symbols visible to the eye.

Allegorical Figures – a character that serves two purposes…first they are an important person in the story in their own right, and, second, they represent abstract meanings or ideas…perhaps our GMHA.

In other words, we teach ancient virtuous and good, symbols, signs and ciphers agreeably by categorizing men (good and bad), using signs or symbols visible to the eye, and characters that serve two pur-poses.

And this book is full of types, emblems and allegorical figures. It just takes a few minutes to root out the meaning behind the hieroglyphs.

Or not…Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. These are easy concepts that we run into only a few more pages into our ritual.

So Masonic Education can be deep and take some time to get to the point, or we can take the low hanging Masonic Fruit and still learn how to be a better man.

Low hanging Masonic fruit…???

Okay…

In the first Degree, the candidate is caused to kneel and attend pray-er…the WM prays for him to “endue him with a competence of Thy

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divine wisdom, that by the secrets of our art he may be the better ena-bled to display the beauties of Brotherly love, relief and truth . . .”

During the Apron Lecture the newly made EA is told to (in reference to his apron) “let its pure and spotless surface be an ever-ready re-minder of a purity of life and rectitude of conduct, a never ending argument of higher thoughts, nobler deeds, and greater achievements . . .”

We learn from those passages that the secrets of our craft are to better enable us to display the beauties of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. Our aprons are to remind us to be upright men. And all of that hap-pens and can be discussed in length before we even get to the lec-tures…in the EA Degree…the very first degree.

My point? We have brothers the world over that have spent their lives studying Masonic Ritual. I have read articles and heard presen-tations that I don’t understand. I am black and white when it comes to reading and understanding what I am reading…if the ritual tells me to be a better man, I take I at face value. You see, there are not only alle-gorical figures, but also allegory in abundance in this ritual book. It doesn’t mean that you have to look for the hidden meaning to learn the lessons…more power to you if you can, and please share if you do, but we can also take the lessons as I do…at face value. That is the low hanging Masonic Fruit.

How many of us do this in Lodge? How many of you review the les-sons that are given…at face value…how many of you are harvesting this fruit?

Let me tell a story. I mentioned a minute ago that when I was being asked at the door if I would cheerfully conform, I did not really know what I was agreeing to cheerfully conform to…after a few years into my Masonic Journey I figured out that I could actually live up to that promise made at the door…and as I moved through the chairs, I memorized my work, and I learned where to stand, when to turn, and what line to take.

My first time sitting in the East I had agendas prepared prior to the meeting, I had regular officer meetings, and my meetings were effi-cient and well-run events. There was no time for idle chit chat…we were running a business!

After my time in the East I had a job for few years (Tyler, Trustee, etc…) and then I found myself sitting on the sidelines. Okay…here it is…this is when I get to learn about Masonry. But…they were run-ning a business meeting. They too were doing a good job of running the meeting, but business meetings are boring…I wanted to learn about Masonry…my solution, it turns out, was that I stopped going to Lodge on a regular basis. I wasn’t turning my back on my Lodge, I


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just wasn’t interested in a business meeting.

Two to three years passed, and I started attending Lodge 43 to help. Their SD had stepped down and a good friend of mine was joining their Lodge…I had a job again! I had been periodically stopping by my Lodge and was asked to sit in for our JW who was stepping down for family reasons. Next thing I know I am being elected SW…I have two jobs! Life is good.

My second time as WM I swore would be different. I am going to teach our brothers about Masonry this time! Lodge is going to be fun! We filled the year with degree work, opening in different degrees, had several cornerstone ceremonies, and had the Oklahoma Cowboy Degree team come to town! This is what Masonry is all about!

When it was all said and done, I realized that once again I had run a great meeting. Thanks to Brother Moseley and his team’s effort the Oklahoma Cowboy Degree was great. Thanks to Brother Nance and Brother Baird’s work the cornerstones were precision events. And our officers performed superbly that year.

But thanks to my short sightedness I still had not learned any more about Masonry. And consequently, neither had any of my Brothers…unless they were learning outside of our Lodge. Second time is a charm, right?

Brothers I concentrated on the wrong prize. I was running the busi-ness side of our Lodge. I failed to see the human side of our Lodge…the Brotherly side of our Lodge. You see there are two Lodges that we discuss. The Lodge in which we meet…the building. Then there is the Lodge that consists of my Brothers of Sheridan Lodge #8. I took good care of our Lodge that is a building, and not so good care of my Lodge of Brothers.

Now Masonry finds itself at a crossroads. Many of us have Lodges (buildings) that are in disrepair as we have allowed our Lodges (our Brothers) to also fall in disrepair. You see Lodge is a business…it is a business to Make Good Men Better…to pick through the maze of an-cient hieroglyphic moral instruction to make ourselves better first…and then to Make other Good Men Better.

So, this year, instead of focusing on a Builder or Master Builder award, we are going to focus on Making Good Men Better.

How do we do this? Well let’s start with the low hanging Masonic Fruit…pick out some of the lessons in this book and discuss them in Lodge. Get back into the lectures on a night other than degree night so that you can discuss what the lecture is teaching us…perhaps that discussion will bring up some of the allegory contained within. And if

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not, that’s okay…there is still a lesson to learn without being Profes-sor Word Smith.

Masonic Education does not have to be difficult. I would venture a guess that each Brother in attendance today could take his ritual book right now and start a discussion on something he either had questions about or had some insight into.

I would venture to guess that if you started talking about Masonry in your Lodge you would get a conversation going. Wouldn’t that be cool. Talking about Masonry in Lodge.

So, for this year, I have asked each one of the eleven District Lectur-ers to reach out to each Lodge in their District and find out what we can do to help them. I have a very simple list of items that may help start conversations in your Lodge…a list of items to practice in your Lodge. This list is not rocket science…it is a simple list to start pick-ing some of the low hanging Masonic Fruit.

“My Lodge is going strong…I don’t need a list.” Great, then visit some of your neighbors and share the fruit you have already picked. Share your Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, remembering that your Apron is to remind you to be upright. What does “Upright” mean?…strictly honorable or honest.

Or go deeper. Explore some of the allegory. Pick some of the fruit that is harder to get to.

If you prepare a lecture or have a great conversation in your Lodge, share this with your District Lecturer, so he can share it with the other Lodges in his district, and the other Lecturers in the state. We need to build a new library so that we can share the harvest of Masonic Edu-cation…of the low hanging Masonic Fruit. This may lead some of you into the deeper meaning of our ritual…the allegory. When you do, lets share.

When it comes to offering advice and corrections to your Lodges and your Lodge officers, I have asked our District Lecturers to “whisper good instruction” in your ears.

We may be Grand Lodge Officers and / or field staff, but first and foremost we are Master Masons and we are Brothers. We are to give good and timely council in order to ward off all incoming dangers. We are to contribute to the relief of a Brother Master Mason, their widows, their orphans. This does not always need to be in the form of money…it can be timely advice or instruction, but it needs to be done with respect.

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to be recognized for the work they have done in their Lodge and com-munity to Make Good Men Better.

For those of you that have meet the requirements of the Builder or Master Builder this year and in years past, I congratulate you. It took a tremendous amount of work to achieve that award. I am not saying that a program like that will not come back in the future, but this year’s award recipients may be the last for a few years, as we are put-ting that program on the shelf.

We need to get back into the business of Making Good Men Better. We need to choose the path that leads us there. And that path will be different for each Lodge in our State. A one size fits all program no longer fits.

I firmly believe that if we start talking about Masonry in Lodge, if we start focusing on Making Good Men Better, instead of how to pay the bills, or how to gain new members, our membership will grow, and our monetary woes will decrease. We need to focus on our Lodge of Brothers.

Remember, “membership in a Masonic Lodge or the wearing of a Masonic emblem does not make you a Mason. Membership in a Ma-sonic Lodge can no more make you a Mason than membership in a scientific organization can make you a scientist. It is the involuntary thoughts of your heart and the voluntary acts of your life which deter-mine your character as a man and a Mason.”

Let’s work together to build our Lodge of Brothers.

Thank you Most Worshipful Grand Master Badget, Most Worshipful Deputy Grand Master Hamm, for the opportunity to be here today. I move this report be received and printed in the Proceedings. 2nd from the floor and carried.

Grand Master Badget thanked Brother Thorpe and then called upon Dave Coberly, Deputy Grand Master of Colorado to speak to the Brothers.

Dave Coberly, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Colorado:

Greetings, Brethren from the 6,000 plus, 115 Lodges of the Grand Lodge from the great state Colorado. I bring you greetings from Most Worshipful Brother Ralph E. Newby, our Grand Master. I want to thank you, Grand Master, and Deputy Grand Master Hamm for the hospitality and courtesy shown to my wife and myself. We’re having a great time. I admit that being asked to speak after lunch even with the buffer of the Grand Lecturer, it’s a challenge. I’ve been thinking, RW Brother Tom is going to precede me by about five months, so I figure I can get a lot of insight into the journey from him before I’m

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installed in January if my Brethren so will. What I’ve been thinking about, Brethren, is what’s right with Masonry; what we should be focusing on, and what we should be continuing to do with all due de-liberation. Your Grand Lecturer touched on some of it. He touched on Brotherhood and not forms. This phrase is not original to me, but we have an edifice complex. We’re worshipping the buildings we own, and we fear for them falling down, and we fear for selling them, and we fear for losing them. Are the buildings the Lodges? Who is the Grand Lodge of Wyoming? I want to see a show of hands who are the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. If you’re a Wyoming Mason and you’re in this room, your hand should be up. That’s a tough lesson for some of us who wear the purple. But we live by your will and pleasure to serve the Craft, and that’s what we want to be about. We want to be about the future of Masonry, whether it’s in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, North and South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arizona, any jurisdiction around, or even California. We want to see the future of Masonry bright. Masonry is not only about numbers. Yes, numbers matter, but what is most important is knowing your Brethren, supporting your Brethren, providing mentorship, allowing yourself to be mentored - there are men in my jurisdiction who are my mentors and I’m a 48-year Mason. So, I’m just getting started. My email address is “rough ashlar” because I’m still a rough ashlar. I’m not going to take any more of your time, Most Worshipful, Right Worshipful. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak. Breth-ren, if you have the opportunity, come visit us in Colorado. Some of you were able to come down for the Rocky Mountain Masonic Con-ference. We were able to host that. I hope it was an enjoyable time for those who were able to be there. RW Brother Dave presented gifts to MW Brother Ken and RW Brother Tom.


Grand Master Badget directed SGD Matt Ramey to conduct Brothers James Woody (35) and Larry McFarland (43) west of the Altar. Due to the fact that they were serving on the Teller Committee when the Constituent Wor-shipful Masters were introduced, he wanted to make sure they were recog-nized. Grand Master Badget then called upon George Seghers, the Executive Director of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial to address the Brethren.

George Seghers, Executive Director, George Washington Masonic National Memorial:

Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Wardens, my Brethren, I bring warm fraternal greetings from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. Thank you for affording me the hon-or and privilege of attending your Annual Communication. First and


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foremost, I send our sincere thanks for your support of the Memorial in the past, present, and into the future.

George Washington, the father of our country, and is surely our First Citizen and foremost Freemason. Washington was a Freemason his entire adult life from the time he joined Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia at age 20 in 1752 until his untimely death in 1799. I’ll begin with a quote from the Grand Master of Massachu-setts, Melvin Johnson, at the dedication of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in 1932, where he stated, “George Washington was not great because he was a brother of our Craft. He was great because his natural abilities, willed into action, were guid-ed and inspired by the fundamental principles which Freemasonry inculcates, and which so saturated every fiber of his being that he thought them, spoke them, and lived them.”

George Washington Masonic National Memorial, therefore, was not dedicated to Washington because he was a Freemason, but because, more than any other American, he exemplified what every Mason ought to be - a just, upright, and virtuous man.

America and Washington are intimately connected. The character of George Washington was, in many ways, formed and influenced by his membership and experiences in Freemasonry. America was in many ways formed by the thoughts and words of Washington. Through his life, he worked on the Temple of his character, and maintained his Masonic connections and activities. Through the years of the Revolution, he attended Lodges, often in tents, and he fre-quently visited Lodges in areas and cities that he traveled throughout the colonies. Washington did not hide his Masonry - he was openly and actively involved. George Washington Masonic National Memo-rial honoring the legacy of Washington is a valid, meaningful, and inspiring contribution to the betterment of mankind. The physical structure of the monument is symbolic of the greatness of the charac-ter of the man that it memorializes, and it must be preserved. De-signed in the classical fashion, symbolizing the classical reference and model of the new nation created by Washington and our found-ing fathers. Built of granite, symbolizing the strength, courage, and perseverance of Washington, and erected on the highest hill in the area, pointing to the Divine guidance of Providence that Washington believed was guiding his efforts in creating our nation.

The Memorial was conceived and constructed as a physical represen-tation of the admiration and respect that Freemasons hold for him, and in his honor and memory it was erected - our first President, our first Citizen, and most surely our foremost Freemason. It was his courage, his strength of character, his integrity, his perseverance, and

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his belief in Divine Providence that guided and were the deciding fac-tors in the American revolution and the founding of the United States of America. We must not allow his name, his legacy, nor his memory to fade away. We must keep him as our example and model of what a citizen and a Freemason should and can be. The character, virtues, and vision of Washington must be preserved and transmitted to this and future generations.

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial, erected to hon-or the memory of our greatest citizen and Freemason, belongs to all the Grand Lodges of the United States, and thus to all the Freemasons of the United States. Our task today, is not only to preserve the memory and legacy of Washington, but to preserve, promote, and perpetuate the Masonic beliefs and ideals upon which this great na-tion was founded.

Brethren, in 2009, we began a complete restoration of the Memorial. To date, we have invested about $5 million into it. We launched a landmark century campaign which has raised about $1.5 million. We still need to raise another $5 million in order to complete the restora-tion by 2023, which will be the centennial of the laying of the corner-stone of the Memorial.

The Memorial Association will re-enact the laying of the cornerstone with the support and participation of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, the Conference of Grand Masters, and the city of Alexandria. A commit-tee has been established, and planning has begun. Keep that in mind, it will be in February of 2023.

Gentlemen, the greatest gift George Washington gave us was our freedom. The Memorial was built by our Masonic forefathers to acknowledge not only that gift, but all that he gave and all that he did for us. Now it is time to do our part for the eternal perpetuation of the memorial, and the memory and legacy of George Washington. Thank you Brothers, and please come visit your Memorial.

Brother George then presented a plaque to Grand Master Badget in appreci-ation of the support for the Memorial of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. Grand Master thanked Brother George for the honor and then called upon Deputy Grand Master Ron Stites of Nebraska for some words of wisdom.

Ron Stites, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Nebraska:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, Brethren all, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I want to, first of all, congratulate all the officers who were elected to their positions. It is a big step on their Masonic journey, and I know they are looking forward to it. I’m sure the appointees will be ready for the task as


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well. I bring you greetings from Most Worshipful Grand Master of Nebraska, Bob Moninger. He couldn’t be with us today. For those of you who do not know, we in Nebraska are not only members of the Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference, but we are also members of the Midwestern Conference of Grand Lodges, and it just so happens that this Friday kicks off the first day of that gathering. So he is back there trying to put on all the bows and ribbons to make the conference a success. I do bring you his greetings, as well as greetings from the nearly 10,000 Masons in Nebraska and 120 Lodges.

I want to relay just one quick story about something that really hits a lot of people hard. Most of you are aware that Nebraska suffered a severe flood and is still suffering from that flood back in March. We had a number of Brothers that not only lost parts of their farms and animals, but also lost their homes. There is no way that we as Masons with the amount of relief we have can replace it. So we appealed to the Masonic Service Association and they went out with an appeal. Between the Masonic Services Association and the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, over $140,000 was raised.

Now the point I want to make, it just so happens that one of the Brothers in my Lodge broke down thanking the Brothers of the Lodge. That’s a testament to what we do, day in and day out, as Ma-sons. We should all be proud of that, whether we contributed or not, we are all members of the world’s greatest Fraternity there is.

I want to thank you, Most Worshipful, for your hospitality. I was kind of a last minute substitution for the dinner last night. The Grand Sec-retary, despite putting himself down, does a fantastic job. He man-aged to get our tickets rearranged, and instead of possibly having to dodge raindrops last night at the Delegates’ picnic, we were able to enjoy a fantastic meal. We thank you for your courtesies, and we thank you for your effort with that.

Brother Ron presented a gift to Grand Master Badget, who then called upon Lewie Fletcher, Grand Master of Montana to say a few words.

Lewie Fletcher, Grand Master, Grand Lodge AF&AM of Mon-tana:

Most Worshipful, Right Worshipful, Brothers all it is a pleasure to be here. This is kind of a new saddle for me, I’ve formerly represented my Grand Master, and now I’m representing me, and that’s spooky. It is an honor to be here today, and having listened to some of the points made today, it runs parallel to what I did as I took over. I gave all my officers a little bag of goodies. They started digging through it, and one guys brings out a toothbrush. He says, “What’s this for, my teeth?” I said, “Well if it has black all over it, don’t use it on your

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teeth. Dig a little deeper.” So they brought out a can of black shoe polish and a shoe brush. I said, “Alright, you guys have been moaning and groaning. You want positive leadership. We’re going to lead by example.” It goes back to some of the old Navy training, we’re going to organize, deputize, and terrorize as necessary. The first time I said that, they said, “It’s a volunteer organization.” I said, “Well so is the military.” They say, “Yeah, but . . .” I said, “There’s no difference between their obligation and you’re obligation. You took it on the Altar, you swore that you would do this, you swore that you would do that. Now I’m holding you to what you swore to. So we’re upping the game. You were all moaning and groaning about leadership. You said the standard was too low, it’s been ankle high. Now, it’s as far as you can reach above your head. I set it there. So I’m holding you to a higher standard. Lead by example.”

That is their task this year - to lead by example. As a military officer, I had three classes of uniform. I said, “You guys are lucky, you have one, and you wear it year-round.” Before when we had a function, they didn’t know what to wear. Some would show up in t-shirts, some would show up in shorts. So, class A is tuxedo, black tie, black shined shoes. Class B is a dark suit, either my tie or a black tie. Class C is whatever is comfortable. When you represent Grand Lodge, be in at least Class B (suit and tie) or Class A. If you installing be in Class A. One guy, you could see the gears grinding. He said, “You mean I have to wear a tuxedo?” I said, “It’s just clothes. It’s no different than going out in your t-shirt and shorts. It’s a suit of clothes.”

Grand Master can attest to this, down in the engine room a lot of times, the Chief is dressed in his blues, and going down working in 100° heat in the engine room while it’s breaking down, you’re trying to come into port or get underway. It’s just a suit of clothes, guys, and some of them have a hard time getting their head wrapped around that. The task and focus I hope for a lot of them is to up their game, hold their Lodges accountable. What did we take that obligation for, what did we decide we were going to do? How are we going to do it? The standard you set, of course, is the standard you get. I hope that it continues on and flows over. A lot of the Past Grands are sitting out there saying, “You’ve got one year and you’re two months into it so you have 10 months. You’re not going to make a whole lot of big changes, so good luck.” And I say good luck to you Right Worship-ful.


And the moral of that story is you never get Lewie started on a “sea story” on Hong Kong. Grand Master Badget then asked Wayne Long, Wyoming Masonic Service Coordinator to come to the podium.


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Wayne Long (16), Masonic Service Coordinator for Wyoming:

Brothers all, it is the year 1919. The end of the war is coming for the U. S. in Europe. We had the establishment of what we call the Ma-sonic Services Association. It was put together by all the states into one central organization. At that time, the guidelines were basically for our Veterans. Our guidelines have changed since - it is not only our Veterans, it is our own Brothers, as you have just heard a story here a moment ago, and it is a story of helping around the world. We are not just oriented to the United States.

The Grand Lodge of Wyoming, and your generosity as Masons in Wyoming have contributed immensely to MSA. At this time, I wish to present a plaque to Ken Badget for serving as Grand Master of the state of Wyoming, for his dedication and support of MSA.

Grand Master Badget thanked Brother Wayne and then called for the report of the Endowment Committee.

Nathan Clark (15), member of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming En-dowment Committee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, thank you. I was expecting to give this report tomorrow, but I can give it now. It’s been a busy year. We started the year with about $1.2 million, and it’s grown to a little over $1.3 million. Because of the Investment Committee, Most Worshipful Grand Master Badget, and the Endowment Fund Committee working together, we’ve come up with a more clear and concise mission poli-cy. We’ve actually set a number that we are shooting for instead of this floating number that it could be this or that. We now, at $2 mil-lion, consider the fund fully funded. That gives us light at the end of the tunnel. Now this year, because of about $7,600 from a trust that paid out, and $3,000 in contributions from the Brothers, and the rest from investment income, we gained about $75,000. We have done pretty good from our investments. I think we can do better. I know we can do better with our contributions. I would like to encourage every-one to kick in a little more, especially since we now have this set amount. We know what the goal is. The sooner we reach the $2 mil-lion, the sooner the Endowment Fund will start helping this Grand Lodge.

This year we have two members who have “termed out” of their ser-vice. One is our President, Brother Eldon Triggs, and myself. This is the last time I’m going to get to talk to you as an Endowment Fund Board member.

Now, I hit on things that we’ve really accomplished this year, but I want to hit on what my experience over the last six years has been. In this six years, we’ve accomplished quite a bit. We moved all of our

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investments from a fund manager that wasn’t performing very well to Edward Jones in Cheyenne, who has done a very good job for us. We broke the $1 million barrier, and we’ve now revised the policy state-ment so we know where we’re at. In my six years on this Board, I have learned a lot. I was by no means the best choice for the Board with my financial knowledge - I learned everything I know over the last six years. I have come to respect all the Brothers who have sat on the Board over the last six years. They are truly looking after your investment. They are passionate. We’ve had meetings - they are al-ways schedule for an hour at Grand Lodge. Yesterday, we went a few minutes over that which isn’t too bad, but we’ve had meetings that have been over two hours discussing how best to take care of your money. This year, Brother Tim Forbis from Cheyenne, and Brother Steve Brown from Basin are coming on to the Board. There are still a few openings on the Board, and I encourage you, if you have any in-terest in seeing what this fund does, contact your Board members. They’ll let you know when their meeting; they’ll let you know what their doing. We have transparency. One thing I forgot to mention about this year - we are not only working with the Investment Com-mittee, but our intention is to work closely with the Investment Com-mittee and Grand Lodge going forward. It’s an exciting time. The efforts will only make the Endowment Fund and this Grand Lodge stronger. I would like to thank everybody for their help and support, and thank Most Worshipful Grand Master for his encouragement this year.


Brothers, for the first time in the history of this Grand Lodge, the Strategic Planning Committee, which was established this year, the Investment Committee, and the Endowment Committee met at the same place at the same time and they all got on the same page. Now there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I encourage you to keep sup-porting the Endowment Fund. Let’s get it up to the $2 million mark and let’s get some help going into the funding of this Grand Lodge.

Grand Master Badget then called for the report of the Lodge Insurance Committee.

T. Mark Mickelson PGM, Chairman, Lodge Insurance Commit-tee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, and I have to say this, I’ve been hanging out with the Eastern Star - “protocol having been estab-lished” - everyone that gets up and talks says that. A couple of years ago, we had a discussion in this room about the liability that the Grand Lodge is exposed to in all of our various Masonic facilities. It was decided and Past Grand Master Mark Young asked me if I would


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head up an effort to bring together some information and perhaps find a blanket liability policy. So, I’ve received a few responses to the kinds of insurance our Lodges have and I brought it up again last year and received a few more. But I have to tell you, Brothers, that I don’t have enough information to even come to square one. I’m going to say your name: Rock Springs, Newcastle, Glenrock, Kemmerer, Ev-anston, Cody, Lusk, Saratoga, Big Piney, Pinedale and Jackson. Those are the Lodges that I have some information from. If you are confident that you sent me information, and I haven’t said your name here, I apologize. I did retire and moved out of my office, and then we moved into a different house. So there’s a chance if you mailed it to me, it got misplaced, but that’s not very many. I think that’s 14 out of 42. I have wanted to do this - I have never been one who appreci-ates the Grand Lodge digging into the business of the Constituent Lodges - and I continue to have that opinion, however, if we are to truly address this issue, I’ve got to have some information. I have asked permission of Grand Master Elect, Tom Hamm, and he’s grant-ed it, for me to contact the Lodges directly to talk about this issue. I may come to your Lodge directly, or I may call your Secretary or Worshipful Master on the phone, but the bottom line is we’ve got to do something about this. I know nothing has happened, but something could happen, and I’ll give an example of the Pinedale Lodge build-ing. We have a plan, but nevertheless, the second story is settling in on the first story, and if we’re having an Easter Star gathering there with out of town people and that thing settles in, there you have it. Pinedale has insurance, but I’m sure there are some buildings in this Grand Lodge that do not. So, with your indulgence with this intru-sion, it has a purpose of mitigating the liability to this group. I will appreciate your cooperation as we go through this next Masonic cy-cle, and hopefully this time next year, I can stand up here and give you some ideas as to what this might look like and what it might cost. Thank you Most Worshipful Grand Master, I move this report be ac-cepted. 2nd from the floor and motion carried. Grand Master Badget thanked Most Worshipful Brother Mark and then asked for the report of the Fraternal Correspondence and Recognition Committee.

Harry Furrey (54), Chairman of the Fraternal Correspondence and Recognition Committee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, distinguished visitors, distinguished East, Brethren all. Your committee on Fraternal Recognition report is as follows: We have had requests for fraternal recognition from Leba-non and Italy. Having done due diligence, and having verified the legitimacy of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Leb-anon, and the Regular Grand Lodge of Italy, and investigated their requests, we have determined there is not enough information availa-

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ble to grant their requests at this time. It is further recommended that any future requests from any Grand Lodges for the succeeding com-mittees, thoroughly review the protocols and established customs for recognition.

Respectfully submitted,

Harry Furrey (54) Robert Melonuk (49) Tim Forbis, (1)

I move this report be received and printed in the Proceedings. 2nd from the floor and motion carried.

Junior Grand Warden, Michael J. McGrady, called the Craft from labor to refreshment at 2:30 pm.


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INSTALLATION OF THE

2019-2020 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Installing Grand Master ..................... Clarence Vranish (4) PGM

Installing Grand Secretary .................Gary D. Skillern (54) PGM

Installing Grand Chaplain ................... John L. Farmer (41) PGM

Installing Grand Marshal ...................Thomas R. Nance (8) PGM

The Grand Lodge Officers, both elected and appointed were presented, obli-

gated, invested with the jewel of their respective office, and conducted to

their stations by installing Grand Marshal Thomas R. Nance.

Elected

Thomas F. Hamm II (49,54) .................................... Grand Master

Wayne E. Christensen (13) ...... Deputy Grand Master/ GM Elect

Michael J. McGrady (1) ............................. Senior Grand Warden

Matthew J. Ramey (7) ................................ Junior Grand Warden

John F. Nunley III (11) ........................................ Grand Treasurer

Beynon St. John (2) ..............................................Grand Secretary

Appointed

Thomas G. Needham (48) ........................... Senior Grand Deacon

Scott A. Kitchner (12) ................................. Junior Grand Deacon

Gregory K. Shiek (8) .................................. Senior Grand Steward

Howard P. Hill (14) ................................... Junior Grand Steward

Dwayne Kenneth Thorpe (8) ................................ Grand Lecturer

William T. Elmore (56) ........................................ Grand Chaplain

Ken Struble (48) ........................................................ Grand Orator

Doniv L. Feltner (54) ............................................. Grand Marshal

Gary D. Skillern, PGM (54) ................................ Grand Librarian

Mark S. Young PGM (28) .................................... Grand Historian

Luke L. Sherman (8) ............................................. Grand Organist

Christopher L. Martinez (49) ..................................... Grand Tyler

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Thomas F. Hamm II, Grand Master Elect:

First off, I would like to thank the installing team. These are the guys who make us look good when we come up here. Brothers and guests, please give our Grand Lodge team for 2020 a big hand. I’d also like to say that we are really lucky to have this gallery of ladies who will keep us straight this year. Please thank them. I would like to thank the Craft for this opportunity, to Past Grand Master Clarence Vranish for believing in me enough to begin this journey, to the preceding Grand Masters William Townsend, Richard Lewis and Michael Johnson, for my appointments, and to Past Grand Masters T. Mark Mickelson, Mark Young, and Ken Badget for their support in my elected office positions.

I want to thank my parents for preparing me with the foundation to become a Freemason. That was very important. A special thanks to my wife, Cindy, for supporting me and allowing me the time and money to travel to do my duties at the various functions. I would also like to introduce my daughter, Erica, who I affectionately refer to as “kiddo”. Finally, I want to thank the Brothers, and from the Most Worshipful Past Grand Masters to the Entered Apprentices, I appreci-ate your counsel and support. So let’s have a great year and thank you.

Grand Lodge Officers introduced their ladies and guests, and gifts were pre-sented to Grand Master Elect Hamm from representatives of various Juris-dictions.


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TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019


TUESDAY MORNING SESSION

The session was called to order by Ralph Handy Levi, Senior Warden, Sheridan Lodge No. 8.


Good morning Brothers, and thank you for being here. I know it says 8:30 on the registration, but we have a lot of deliberations to get through this morning, and that’s my last official thing to change so we’re starting at 8. I did say we were starting at 8 yesterday, right?

Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden, Michael J. McGrady, called the Craft from refreshment to labor at 8:15 am. The Pledge of Allegiance was given.

Grand Master Badget called upon Michael Hill, Grand Master’s Repre-sentative from Minnesota to say a few words.

Michael Hill, Grand Master’s Representative from the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Minnesota:

Most Worshipful Ken, Grand Lodge Officers, distinguished guests, Brethren all: I bring you greetings from the 10,500 Masons of Minne-sota, and our two Grand Masters, Steven D. Johnson, who served from April 13, 2019 to April 21, 2019, and Ethan A. Seaberg, who allowed me to come here and join you this morning. Grand Master Steve died on a Sunday. I was with him the preceding Friday night at a Table Lodge and an Entered Apprentice Degree. It was there that he told us how he was introduced to Freemasonry. But before I go fur-ther, I was gone yesterday for a couple of hours, and it was to help a loved one. It was based on part of the experience that I had with Steve that we as men, tend to ignore our health conditions, and it’s some-thing that we actually need to listen a little better to. When I saw Steve at the Table Lodge, he didn’t look good. So I asked the Brethren what was going on with him, he doesn’t look well, is he scheduled to see the doctor, and yes, he was scheduled to see the doctor on Monday. He passed on Sunday before the doctor’s appointment. I later found out that his health, the previous three weeks, had really been going down-hill. But he was so focused on getting ready for the Annual Commu-nication that he put off something that would have taken a couple hours of his time. So one thing I would really encourage us, as men, to think about is listen to family members. If they say, “Hey, get in and see a doctor.” Take a couple of hours out of your time.

Now, I was gone yesterday for a couple of hours, and I was doing just that. I was with a loved one who had been ill for four days, and it

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seemed like it was going to be a little bit longer than it should be, not eating much, not drinking much, and so the decision was to take her out to urgent care and get her checked out. At least we will know if there is something that needs to be done. Like most men, she said, “I’m not going to urgent care.” Sound familiar? I said, “You have a choice, you can go with your pants off or with your pants on.” Point made.

Getting back to Grand Master Seaburg, one of the things he did was he talked about how he became a Mason. He worked for the Universi-ty of Minnesota in the communications department, and one of the things he did on the side was a video production company. It was at that company that he made Masonic charity videos. They were made to be really heart-touching. They would actually engage with people’s stories about Masonry or the funds that Masonry had provided to their families in one way or another and how it touched their lives. He in-dicated that after making several of these videos, it finally came to him: how could he not be a Mason? Thus, he asked, and was raised in 2005. The point of this is not about his journey, but about making the point of making the most of yours. Everyone touches someone’s heart, intended or not. The impression may be minimal or more, de-pending on the circumstances. As you know, Masonry touches both men and women in many ways. Our works are not bound by the spin-ning of a compass, but by that of making a difference in the world. While a Masons life may be fairly short, it creates ripples, like the splash of a rock in a lake.

I want to thank you for the opportunity to be here today. It is always like a homecoming to me. Thank you very much. Brother Hill then made a presentation to Grand Master Badget.

Grand Master Badget then called upon Gary Skillern PGM, Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence to give his report.

Gary D. Skillern, PGM, Chairman of the Committee on Jurispru-dence:

Good morning everyone. To the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Wyoming, your Committee on Jurisprudence respectfully reports as follows:

We have received a listing of the proposed officer appointments from Grand Master Elect Thomas F. Hamm II, as required by the Grand Lodge Standing Resolution 07 adopted August 29, 1939. We do here-by approve each and all of these appointments.

We have followed the activities of Most Worshipful Brother Kenneth M. Badget from the time he was appointed as Junior Grand Steward in August 2012. He has served diligently and well during that tenure.


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In accordance with Section 200 of the Constitution and By-laws of this Grand Lodge, we will now examine the reported activities occur-ring during his term as Grand Master. As our report will provide only an overview of his activities, we invite you to review the Grand Mas-ter’s report included in the pre-printed proceedings to grasp the scope of his involvement.

GRAND LODGE COMMUNICATIONS

The Grand Master personally attended and represented Wyoming at the following Grand Lodge communications:

Grand Lodge of Idaho at Lewiston: Sept. 19-22, 2018

Grand Lodge of Utah at Salt Lake City: Feb. 1-2, 2019

Grand Lodge of Arizona at Tucson: June 6-8, 2019

Grand Lodge of South Dakota at Sioux Falls: June 20-22, 2019

Grand Lodge of Montana at Billings: June 27-29, 2019

He appointed the following Grand Lodge Officers to represent the Grand Lodge of Wyoming at the Grand Lodge communications of other jurisdic-tions:

Grand Lodge of Nevada: Nov. 12-13, 1018 by DGM Thomas F. Hamm II

Grand Lodge of Colorado: Jan. 25-26, 2019 by DGM Thomas F. Hamm II

Grand Lodge of Nebraska: Feb. 1-2, 2019 by DGM Thomas F. Hamm II

Grand Lodge of New Mexico: Apr. 11-13, 2019 by DGM Thomas F. Hamm II (Unable to attend due to a blizzard closing the highways)

Grand Lodge of North Dakota: Jun. 14-15, 2019 by DGM Thomas F. Hamm II

Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming: Aug. 10-13, 2019 by PGM Harry W. C. Oberg III.

SPECIAL MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES

Most Worshipful Brother Badget personally attended the following events:

The annual meeting of South Pass Lodge No. 1, hosted by Wyoming Lodge No. 2, held in South Pass on August 18, 2018.

The 150th Anniversary Celebration of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 held in Chey-enne, Wyoming on September 29, 2018.

He presided over the Grand Master’s Winter Reunion held in Riverton, Wy-oming on January 19, 2019.

The annual Conference of Grand Masters and Grand Secretaries in Rapid City, South Dakota, February 16-19, 2019

The Table Lodge hosted by Burns Lodge No. 41 located in Burns, Wyoming on March 25, 2019.

The Kennedy Ranch Outdoor Meeting hosted by Wheatland Lodge No. 16, on July 13, 2019.

The annual Rocky Mountain Conference held in Denver, Colorado, 18-20 July 2019.

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The Heart Mountain Outdoor Meeting hosted by Shoshone Lodge No. 21 on July 27, 2019.

He appointed the following Grand Lodge Officers to represent him at the events indicated:

SGW Wayne Christiansen as his representative to the Newcastle Lodge No. 13 Mortgage Burning ceremony held on September 20, 2018.

PGM T. Mark Mickelson to represent him at the 49th Triennial Assembly of the General Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, held in Orlando, Florida, October 25 thru November 2, 2018.

PGM Michael B. Johnson to represent him at the World Conference of Grand Masters held in Panama City, Panama, November 11-18, 2018.

DGM Thomas F. Hamm II to represent him at the Grand Bethel of Job’s Daughters International assembly held in Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 13, 2019.

PGM T. Mark Mickelson to represent him at the Great Plains Rendezvous held in Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 29, 2019.

CORNERSTONE ACTIVITIES

One of the very best means we have available to present ourselves before the public is during the laying or dedication of a cornerstone. Grand Master Badget had that opportunity during his tenure in the East as follows:

April 13, 2019: Conducted the cornerstone dedication ceremony for the YMCA located in Sheridan, Wyoming.

June 2, 2019: Conducted the cornerstone dedication ceremony for St Luke’s Lutheran Church located in Buffalo, Wyoming.

June 26, 2019: Conducted the cornerstone dedication ceremony for Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35 located in Lovell, Wyoming.

July 10, 2019: Conducted the cornerstone dedication ceremony for the Wyo-ming State Capitol located in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

August 3, 2019: Conducted the cornerstone dedication ceremonies for two schools located in Basin, Wyoming.

BLUE LODGE VISITATIONS

There is nothing dictating that the Grand Master visit each Blue Lodge during his year in the East. This visitation to each Blue Lodge is accomplished as he advances up through the progressive officer line, whereby he makes an official visit to each one. In the recent past we have we have witnessed previous Grand Masters making such official visits to every Wyoming Blue Lodge during their year in the East. Considering their already heavy attendance obligations at nu-merous events within and outside of this grand jurisdiction, this is a weighty task that they place upon themselves. Most Worshipful Brother Badget accomplished that additional task and visited each Wyoming Blue Lodge at least once during his year in the East. As to


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the lodges of which he is a member, he visited Shoshoni Lodge No. 21 on four occasions; Absarokee Lodge No. 30 on four occasions; and Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35 on three occasions. On three on those visitations, Grand Master Badget was put to work doing parts in the scheduled degree.

CONCORDANT/APPENDANT BODY ACTIVITIES

Most Worshipful Brother Badget has been very active in the various bodies of Wyoming Freemasonry. As a member of these various or-ganizations, he attended meetings as his busy schedule allowed, and participated in some instances, in the officer line of the body. Most notably of these was the fact that he was the Grand Secretary of both the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Wyoming and the Grand Council Cryptic Masons of Wyoming during his entire tenure as our Grand Master. Anyone who has performed the duties of an organiza-tion’s secretary can readily identify with the degree of time expended in that capacity.

One can assume that in many instances, travel time to and from a lo-cation is not accounted for in the Grand Master’s visitation report. Additionally, time spent doing computer work, letter writing, record keeping, etc. associated with his positions, both in the Grand Lodge and in the Grand York Rite, are also not identified. Considering these factors and the actual activity dates he reported, your Grand Master has had a very busy year.

SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to the Blue Lodges of this jurisdiction, authorizing them to wear Masonic clothing in all public processions as prescribed in Section 394 of the Wyoming Ma-sonic Code.

The Grand Master received twenty-one (21) requests for special dis-pensation during the year. He denied two of these requests. The dis-pensations approved are as follows:

To elect and install officers at a time other than that required by our Masonic Code (Section 375):

Ashlar Lodge No. 10 Burns Lodge No. 41

Upton Lodge No. 38 Basin Lodge No. 20

Pathfinder Lodge No. 42 Wyoming Lodge No. 2

Glenrock Lodge No. 22

To elect and install officers when an elected officer position becomes vacant (Section 471): Sheridan Lodge No. 8, Riverton Lodge No. 26

To move their charter and place of meeting to a different location.

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(Section 335):

Upton Lodge No. 38 Wyoming Lodge No. 2

Evanston Lodge No. 4 Glenrock Lodge No. 22

Pathfinder Lodge No. 42 Wheatland Lodge No. 16

Wind River Lodge No. 25 Shoshone Lodge No. 21

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 to allow Denver Lodge No. 5, Grand Lodge of Colorado, to open their lodge on the Entered Apprentice degree at the Cheyenne Masonic Temple in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the formation of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1.

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to Tower Lodge No. 44 to conduct the Black Hills Masonic Association meeting on Febru-ary 9, 2019 in Hulett, Wyoming.

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to Glenrock Lodge No. 22 to conduct an outdoor meeting referred to as the “Meeting on the Rock” to be held outside of Glenrock on June 6, 2019.

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to Wheatland Lodge No. 16 to conduct an outdoor meeting at the Kennedy Ranch on July 13, 2019.

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to Shoshone Lodge No 21 to conduct an outdoor meeting at Heart Mountain on July 27, 2019.

The Grand Master issued a special dispensation to Wyoming Lodge No. 2 to hold an annual meeting at the South Pass City lodge site on August 17, 2019.

The Grand Master denied a request from Pathfinder Lodge No. 42, asking that they be allowed to move their regular meeting date of Jan-uary 1, 2019 to January 7, 2019 so as to have a joint meeting with Independence Rock Lodge No. 56. (Section 333)

The Grand Master denied a request from Riverton Lodge No 26, ask-ing that they be allowed to move their regular meeting date of June 11, 2019 to June 12, 2019 so as to have a joint meeting with Lander Lodge No. 2 and Wind River Lodge No. 25. (Section 333)

We, the Jurisprudence Committee, do hereby approve all of the Grand Master’s actions in connection with dispensations. We respectfully refer the matter of fees paid to the Committee on Finance.

CONSTITUENT LODGE BY-LAW CHANGES

Sundance Lodge No. 9 asked the Grand Master to approve a by-law change establishing a regular communication on the 4th Wednesday of the month if such a meeting is needed; establishing an Affiliation fee


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of $45.00; and establishing an exemption for fifty year members to not pay annual dues.

Wheatland Lodge No. 16 asked the Grand Master to approve a by-law change which increased their annual dues from $68.00 to $98.00.

The Grand Master being duly satisfied that the requirement of Sec-tion 450 of our Code had been met, approved both requests.

We, the Jurisprudence Committee do hereby approve of the Grand Master’s actions.

AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Grand Master Badget signed fourteen (14) 50-year membership cer-tificates for Brothers of this grand jurisdiction who had attained that milestone in their Masonic journey. He personally made one of those presentations to Brother Robert M. Zakotnik of Kemmerer Lodge No. 33 on April 17, 2019.

The Grand Master was represented by DGM Thomas Hamm II at the presentation of a 70-year pin to Brother William Greene who was raised as a Master Mason in Natrona Lodge No. 51 in 1948. The presentation was made by the Brothers of Independence Rock Lodge No. 56, and took place in Weston Lodge No. 22, located in Littleton, Colorado.

PROCLAMATIONS

Most Worshipful Brother Badget issued seven proclamations during his tenure, all of which were within his authority as Grand Master:

Each lodge to commemorate Armistice Day on or near the 11th day of No-vember 2018.

Observation of George Washington’s Masonic birthday.

Observance of the Feast of St John the Evangelist.

Recognition of the Wyoming DeMolay.

Recognition of the Wyoming Jobs Daughters.

Observance of National Flag Day.

Observance of the Feast of St John the Baptist.

DECISIONS

During the course of his year in the East, Grand Master Badget made the following decisions as identified in his report:

After convening a Grand Lodge meeting of inquiry to investigate the irregularities which reportedly took place during an outdoor meeting of Riverton Lodge No. 26, Grand Master Badget removed the 2018-2019 Worshipful Master of that lodge for cause. Citing the violation of Landmarks No. 15 and 23; the Ancient Charges No. 3 and 6.4; the Wyoming Masonic Code Section 456, subsections l, t, and u; along

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with the Brother’s oath of office as Worshipful Master and other binding charges; the Grand Master felt such action to be warranted. We, the Committee on Jurisprudence, feel that Grand Master Badget was fair in his decision and approve of his action.

Grand Master Badget denied a request from Evanston Lodge No.4 requesting authorization for them to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop. Cit-ing Sections 11c, 397, and 459b(1), a constituent lodge is not allowed to expend its funds in support of an unrecognized organization. We, the Committee on Jurisprudence, concur with this decision.

Most Worshipful Brother Badget denied a request for a member of Sheridan Lodge No. 8 to have dual membership in Big Horn Lodge No. 43, both located within the city of Sheridan. Although the request was being made for commendable reasons, the Grand Master cited Section 643(e) of our Masonic Code, which states that such dual membership is not allowed. Your Committee on Jurisprudence con-curs with the Grand Master’s decision.

Kemmerer Lodge No. 33 accepted a petition from an individual who resided in the jurisdiction of Evanston Lodge No. 4. Additionally, the individual had previously petitioned Evanston Lodge and had been rejected. Although the proper waiting period between petitions had elapsed, Kemmerer Lodge had not requested a waiver of jurisdiction from Evanston Lodge. Grand Master Badget cited Sections 515, 522, 523, 524, and 526 as applying to this situation., with Section 515 tak-ing precedence. Kemmerer Lodge mistakenly received a petition, and they must return the petitioner’s fee. The Committee on Jurisprudence agrees with this decision.

ADDITIONAL ACTIONS

Grand Master Badget initiated the following actions as a result of the Grand Lodge meeting of inquiry held on October 27, 2018, to address the issue of the July 6, 2018 meeting of Riverton Lodge No. 26:

The sitting Worshipful Master of Riverton Lodge No. 26 was re-moved for cause.

The sitting Junior Warden of Riverton Lodge No. 26 was appointed as Worshipful Master Pro-Tem and instructed to request a Special Dispensation to elect officers out of order.

A Letter of Admonition was issued to Riverton Lodge No. 26 for holding a clandestine lodge.

The removed sitting Worshipful Master would not be allowed to have the title of Past Master.

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During the months of December 2018 and January 2019, Grand Mas-ter Badget had some conversations and communications with Brother Boyd Patterson, the current Grand Master of DeMolay International, and Brother Jon Sellars, the current Executive Officer of Colorado DeMolay, concerning Wyoming DeMolay. An overview of what tran-spired during these interactions, follows:

Brother Boyd Patterson informed Grand Master Badget that due to the lack of membership and involvement in the Wyoming DeMolay Chapters, he was dissolving Wyoming DeMolay and placing them under Colorado DeMolay and Executive Officer Sellars. Grand Mas-ter Badget understood the reasoning behind this move, but was con-cerned about what would be the disposition of the funds currently controlled by Wyoming DeMolay.

In a conversation with Brother Jon Sellars, Grand Master Badget again voiced his concern over the sovereignty of Wyoming DeMolay if it were moved under Colorado DeMolay, and the disposition of the Wyoming DeMolay funds. Brother Sellars assured our Grand Master that the funds would not be touched, even though he had full authori-ty to do so. Grand Master Badget informed him that if that happened it would become an issue, and asked that the Grand Master of DeMo-lay International provide him with written order concerning his ac-tions.

Grand Master Badget later received a written communication from Brother Sellars, letting him know that the funds currently held by Wyoming DeMolay would be used for Wyoming DeMolay only. In a later conversation with Brother Sellars, Grand Master Badget was informed that Brother Sellars had met with Brother Roger Means, the Executive Officer for Wyoming Demolay, and they were working on issues that needed to be resolved to bring Wyoming DeMolay in to compliance. Brother Sellars stated that he hoped to have Wyoming DeMolay restored by June 2019.

Understanding the past experience this Grand Lodge has had with DeMolay International, the Committee on Jurisprudence appreciates the proactive stance of Grand Master Badget concerning this matter, and recommends continued close scrutiny.

Grand Master Badget called a special meeting of the Endowment Fund Committee to consider a proposal which would require the En-dowment Fund to begin making contributions to the annual operating budget of the Grand Lodge sometime in the near future. This proposal was agreed upon and is a part of the overall Grand Lodge Strategic Plan.

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begin working on the plans and policies relating to the future finan-cial positioning of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. Appointed to this committee was DGM Hamm, SGW Christensen, JGW McGrady, SGD Ramey, JGD Needham, and PGM’s Mickelson and Lewis. Members of the Budget and Finance Committee, the Investment Committee, and the Endowment Fund Committee were also included.

The Grand Master received a letter from the law offices of Prehoda, Edwards and Rampulla, LLC of Laramie, Wyoming concerning the trust of Mr. Ralph E. McWhinnie. The letter advised the trust recipi-ents to agree to a liquidation of the trust through a one-time payment. As the Grand Lodge is one of the recipients, the Grand Master had JGW McGrady review the letter and refer it to the Investment Com-mittee. The Investment Committee agreed that we should follow the recommendation in the letter. Grand Master Badget instructed the Grand Secretary to send a communication to the above named law offices letting them know that we concur with their recommendation.

All of these additional actions are within the overall purview of the Grand Master and as such, are approved by the Jurisprudence Com-mittee.

Most Worshipful Grand Master, I would move that this portion of the Jurisprudence Committee report be accepted and printed in the Pro-ceedings. 2nd from floor and motion carried.

At this time I would be remiss if I did not remind the Brothers of the fact that they, along with the Grand Lodge officers and the Past Grand Masters, constitute the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. We all have an equal responsibility to insure that this Grand Lodge continues on a proper course in the future. Therefore, be mindful of your ballot and ballot for the good of Wyoming Freemasonry.

RESOLUTIONS

Six resolutions have been submitted to the Grand Secretary to meet the requirements of Section 901 of our Code. Although they were distributed to the constituent lodges prior to this Grand Lodge Com-munication, not all were available to be distributed prior to the con-stituent lodges going dark for the summer. They are all contained within the pre-printed publications. Each of them is in proper form to be accepted upon the floor of this Grand Lodge. In accordance with Section 902 (b) of the Wyoming Masonic Code, when called for, a signer of the resolution must make the motion to place the resolution on the floor for discussion. If the motion is seconded, discussion and action can be taken. It no signer is present to make the motion, or if the motion is made and no second occurs, no further action will be taken.


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Two of the proposed resolutions, namely No. 1 and No. 3, are in con-flict with each other. Likewise, the two standing resolutions, namely SR28 and SR28R, are in conflict with each other. We encourage your review of them prior to voting. If Resolution No. 1 passes, then Reso-lution No. 3 will not be considered. If Resolution No. 1 fails, then Resolution No. 3 will be considered. Likewise, if SR28 passes, then SR28R will not be considered. If SR28 fails, then SR28R will be con-sidered.

RESOLUTION NO. 1 ------------------------------------------ FAILED

Resolution No. 1 is presented by Grand Master Badget along with twelve other members, some of whom are Grand Lodge Officers and some who are representatives of the Wyoming Strategic Planning Committee. This resolution addresses Section 227(d) of the Wyo-ming Masonic Code. If this resolution passes, it would change the annual per capita paid to the Grand Lodge by each individual mem-ber, increasing it from the amount of twenty-six dollars ($26.00) to the amount of thirty-one ($31.00) dollars. Resolution No. 1 will re-quire a two-thirds majority vote for passage.

This resolution is in conflict with Resolution No. 3.

Michael McGrady, Junior Grand Warden:

Thank you Past Grand Master Skillern. As a member of the Strategic Planning Committee, I was nominated to come up and put this on the floor, so I will move to place Resolution No. 1 for consideration and discussion. 2nd from floor.


Brothers, there will be three speakers for and three against. There will be three minutes for each person to speak. At this time the motion has been placed on the floor, it has been 2nd, it is now time for anyone to stand and speak either for or against.

Michael McGrady, Junior Grand Warden:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, I will start with “For”. My name is Mike McGrady, Past Master of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 and sitting Junior Grand Warden and member of the Strategic Planning Commit-tee. As you can see in the pre-printed reports, there has been a num-ber of discussions about the Strategic Planning Committee developed by Grand Master Badget, and if you were at the Winter Reunion, you were involved in half of the discussions that we were involved in that dealt with Masonic Education and what can we do to address mem-bership.

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sessing what we have in existence now, what we will have in the fu-ture, what’s going to be happening with membership, what adjust-ments, and what we see has been happening over the last fifty years.

That committee came together to try to identify a number of ways that we could better improve this Grand Lodge going forward into the fu-ture. We came up with a lot of really good ideas around Masonic Ed-ucation, moving into the 20th century with the website, however, a lot of those things cost money. We did an assessment of the various funds that are involved with funding this Grand Lodge, whether it the Benevolent Fund, the Endowment Fund, and the Investment Commit-tee. We also considered the fact that dues had not been raised since 2006. After having several committee meetings and looping in vari-ous folks who have responsibility on the Investment Committee and the Endowment Fund Committee, we came up with essentially a three legged stool proposal. The first portion of that is to consider whether there is a better way to pool our current investments; one is to raise dues for the coming years given the fact that we’ve seen cutbacks in the number of dollars available for the budget; and the third leg was to determine at what point in time the Grand Lodge Endowment Fund would be ready to contribute. This Resolution No. 1 deals with the raising of the dues. You’ve already heard from the Endowment Fund Committee that they have committed to the $2 million mark. They have stepped forward and said they are willing to do that, and they should be commended for that. So, we have one of the legs of the stool available. This second leg of the stool is an important compo-nent, and the significant question I have received is what are you go-ing to do with the money. Well, I would point you to the pre-printed reports and on the budget lined out, and in there is a suggestion from the Budget and Finance Committee as to how those dollars will be spent.

Don Porter PGM:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, I’m Don Porter of Newcastle Lodge No. 13 and Laramie Lodge No. 3. I rise to speak against this Resolu-tion. I first of all would commend this committee for trying to get our finances straightened out and to get us more money. However, I think they have overlooked a couple of important points, some being histo-ry. Many years ago, it was decided that each member of this Grand Lodge would be assessed $1 every year to for the purpose of purchas-ing a building, which we were able to do under Grand Master Boster. It was later found that it was not a workable situation and it was sold. We have a Building Fund from that one dollar assessment, which is now about $250,000. That Building Fund is supposed to pay for the Grand Secretary’s facilities which they are now taking out. In the past, the Budget and Finance Committee has said they don’t need to


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use that money and have not used it. Currently it is being used. That is one leg of that. That is the purpose of the one dollar, which you are still being charged for. It is my opinion, if that money is moved over to the general fund, it will disappear. It has a specific purpose. Mov-ing forward, if this Grand Lodge decides to do that, and there will be no Building Fund, then those monies will just be used, and they have not said where or how.

The second part is, if you look at the total in the operating budget, the operating budget has CD after CD after CD because in 2006 and 2007 your dues were raised, and that money has not been spent. We work on a $0 based budget, so instead of using monies that were not uti-lized in the previous year into the budget, those funds, like the $5,000 this year, will go into that capital account. Those funds need to be re-allocated so that they can be used. If that $5,000 is used every year, it will be several years that we will have the same amount of funding. Thank you, Grand Master.

Seeing debate had ceased, Grand Master Badget directed the Teller Com-mittee to collect the ballots. While the Teller Committee was counting the votes, Grand Master Badget asked for the following committee reports:

Howard Hill (14), Chairman of the Courtesy Committee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master Badget, Grand Lodge Officers, Breth-ren all:

Congratulations! We, the Committee on Courtesy, are of the opinion the 145th Annual Communication of Wyoming Grand Lodge has been extremely successful and we thank all of you for being here.

We thank Roger Miller, Mayor of the City of Sheridan, for the ad-dress of welcome to Sheridan. We also thank Right Worshipful Thomas F. Hamm II, Deputy Grand Master, for his response.

We thank Sheridan Lodge No. 8 and Big Horn Mountain Lodge No. 43 for their hospitality in hosting this Grand Lodge. We congratulate everyone who contributed to the success of this enjoyable Annual Communication.

We have been honored by Distinguished Guests from many other Grand Jurisdictions. We take this opportunity to thank you and ex-press our gratitude for your presence and contribution to Masonic Brotherhood.

Grand Master Elect, Tom Hamm, we are looking forward to working with you next year. Best wishes for a rewarding and successful year.

Respectfully submitted:

Howard P. Hill (14) Wayne Long (16) Otto Uecker (26)

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I move this report be accepted and printed in the Proceedings. 2nd from the floor and motion carried.

David Darlington (12), Chairman of the Visiting Members Com-mittee:

M.W. Grand Master Badget, Grand Lodge Officers, and Brethren all:

We are pleased to report to the 145th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming that brotherly love and friendship has prevailed. As of this time, we have been called upon to perform 0 examinations. It was a pretty easy assignment.


David Darlington, (12) Dave Hough (21) Harry Furrey (54)

I move this report be received and printed in the Proceedings. 2nd from floor and motion carried.

Brad Neumiller (56), Chairman of the Returns and Work Com-mittee:

Most Worshipful Grand Master Badget, Grand Lodge Officers, Breth-ren:

Your committee on Returns & Work met with Grand Secretary St. John on August 11, 2019 and reviewed his accounting of the Annual Returns received by him as of that date. We respectfully report as fol-lows:

Initiated: ................... 65 Dimitted: ................... 30

Passed: ...................... 34 Died: .......................... 87

Raised: ...................... 25 Suspended: ................ 65

Affiliated: ................. 25 Expelled: ..................... 0

Reinstated: ................ 11

Plus Errors: ............... 5 Minus Errors: ........... 17

Total Gain: ............... 66 Total Loss:............... 199

There was a net loss of 133 members for the 2018-19 reporting year based on the Annual Returns. Based on these findings, the Grand Sec-retary estimates the total number Master Masons as of June 30, 2019 at 2,557.

The following eleven Lodges reported the same number of Master Masons as was reported on June 30, 2018: Cheyenne #1, Sheridan #8, Ashlar #10, Harmony #24, Wind River #25, Absarokee #30, Gate City #32, Upton #38, Tower #44, Guernsey #49, and Capital #54.


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The following five Lodges reported a gain for the reporting year: Ev-anston #4, Rawlins #5, Newcastle #13, Temple #20, and Torrington #29.


Brad Neumiller, Secretary Independence Rock Lodge No. 56 Bryan Baird, Secretary Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35


The Teller Committee returned and reported that the Resolution failed. Fol-lowing the report of the Teller Committee, Gary Skillern, PGM Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence continued to work through the Resolutions.



Resolution No. 2 is presented by the Master and Senior Warden of Evanston Lodge No. 4, and the Master of Kemmerer Lodge No. 33. This resolution would make changes to Sections 333 and 352 of our Code, and remove Section 360 entirely. All of the proposed changes address the ability to allow the Worshipful Master to decide what de-gree he wishes to open Stated or Special Communications on, and to allow him to conduct the lodge business in that degree. This would allow for Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Masons to attend lodge when the lodge was opened on the appropriate degree, and to be in-volved with lodge activities. If it was necessary to conduct business reserved only for Master Masons, the lodge would be purged and raised to the higher degree, the business conducted, and then dropped back to the lower degree so as to allow the EA/FC Brothers to rejoin the lodge meeting. This Resolution will require a two-thirds majority vote for passage.


Do we have a presenter?

Bill Orvosh (4):

I move that this Resolution be placed on the floor for consideration. 2nd from the floor.

Most Worshipful Grand Master, this resolution does not suggest any innovation but rather a return to the ancient ways of this Fraternity where all Brethren were allowed to sit in Lodge as Brothers, which is what we state to an Entered Apprentice when he first takes his obliga-tion. Three of these objections to this Resolution are as follows: One, that it somehow violated the ancient landmarks in the Ancient Consti-tutions. Quite the contrary it does not. There is not a word in either of

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these documents that requires that any office in order to be occupied requires that office holder to be a Master Mason. On the contrary it states in the ancient landmarks and the Ancient Constitutions that in order to be a Master, a Warden or even a Grand Master, one need on-ly attained the degree of a Fellow Craft. I will refer you these docu-ments, and since they have been used to remove a Master of a Lodge in this jurisdiction, then those stand as official reasons for accepting this particular motion.

The second objection is - this is the way is always has been. Well, that is not true. As we know, 1826 saw the murder of William Mor-gan, ostensibly by Masons, which was proven to be false. He was a gangster and was probably killed by his fellow gangsters. But that resulted in what we see today, the requirement of Master Masons in order to conduct a business meeting. That resulted from a congrega-tion of Grand Lodges who, in a moment of panic, decided that was the way it should be. Here we stand today.

Objection number 3 - I went through it, and so should everyone else. That is completely illogical. Since we now know what we do today is, itself illogical, and in clear violation of the ancient landmarks, which state the Lodges as they are today an innovation. Read it for yourself. So this fact that I’ve always done it means I always want to do some-thing that is illogical, in violation of the landmarks and of the Ancient Constitutions. But because I did it, I’m going to make everyone else do it and prevent anyone else from even considering an alternative.

Brethren, when we obligate an Entered Apprentice, we say “My Brother, for by this sacred appellation I now address you.” He then is entitled to sit with us in Lodge as it was in the beginning until some time I think in the 1830’s or 40’s when they had that panicked con-gregation of Grand Lodges who decided that we would proceed to conduct business only on the Master Mason degree, which I think is an aberration. Thirty-eight Lodges of the fifty-one now allow this to be done. We are among a dwindling minority. I think we should join the flow and see the light. Most Worshipful Grand Master, I yield the floor.

Tom Nance, PGM:

Tom Nance, PGM, Sheridan Lodge No. 8. I do want to commend the authors of this amendment, but I rise to speak against the adoption of this amendment. There are multiple broad-scope statements made in this resolution that I feel must be called into question. I haven’t trav-eled in foreign countries, worked and received wages as such, and I certainly respect Masonic traditions in Europe, around the world, and as a Wyoming Mason, I do not feel compelled to duplicate how they


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conduct their business. If thirty-eight of our fifty-two American Grand Lodges that have reverted to conducting business on the first degree universally, meaning by everyone by every case, report im-proved attendance, participation, retention, and increased member-ship, that implies that thirty-eight Grand Jurisdictions are all experi-encing membership gains rather than losses which I find difficult to believe. In proposed text under section 333, it is offered that at the discretion of the Worshipful Master, Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts may participate in debate and occupy appointed stations other than the Tyler on a Pro-Tem basis. In conflict to this in my findings Sections 456(d) and (f), and Section 471 provide that a Worshipful Master may appoint officers and fill vacancies, but there are specific rules that may be found in Section 369 which states, “Any member of a lodge qualified to vote in the election of officers and who has passed a satisfactory examination on the Master Mason lecture, in open lodge, shall be eligible to hold any office in the lodge except that of Worshipful Master, . . .”

Under Rationale the statement is made that approximately 60% of Entered Apprentices in Wyoming have been suspended for failure to advance. I do not doubt that number, but the percentage of Fellow Crafts is likely the same. I think this is an arbitrary statement, and in my experience and in talking to others, your Entered Apprentices that have passed that proficiency, are so involved and so prideful that it is not that big of a job. I doubt very seriously that there is such a high failure rate. I firmly believe that every stated and special communica-tion can be and should be a lodge of instruction. It does not require a change of by-laws. It does require planning, effort, and creativity by the Constituent Lodge’s education committee. I do agree that it is im-perative to include our Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts at eve-ry opportunity, but to consider legislation that changes the aspects and business practices of [cut off due to time].

Rod Kennedy (15):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, I’m Rod Kennedy, Past Master of Casper Lodge No. 15, and currently Lodge Historian. I would offer that this is less about how we conduct business, and more how we educate our Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts. One of the first questions in the EA proficiency is “What come you here to do?” The response is to learn to subdue my passions and improve myself in Masonry. When we boil that down, it becomes “I come here to learn.” That implies that if I am here to learn, I am seeking a teacher.

Allow me to give an analogy because I am an educator - I teach as-tronomy. If someone came to me and said “I want to learn astrono-my”, and I gave him a speech about how I’m proud you want to learn

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this and I’m grateful that you’re going to be among a group that has preceded you in history, and give him a flowery speech about all the great things you’re going to learn, and then I say the fee is this, and they write me a check, and then I give them a telescope and a star chart and say go forth and learn, there’s going to be an awful lot of them that will become very angry and frustrated. Some of them might fumble through and learn a few things, but then they turn their back on it and say this isn’t what I wanted after all.

So, I believe that if we live up to what we say our stated purpose is, to take good men and make them better, we are obligated to help them every step of the way. Not because we care whether they know how we spend our money, how we plan a widows dinner, but to know why we take care of the widows and orphans, why we use the symbols we do. Learning is something that can be done on your own, but is best if you have a qualified teacher. Thank you, Most Worship-ful.

Gary Skillern, PGM, Chairman, Committee on Jurisprudence:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Gary Skillern, Past Master, Capital Lodge No. 54, I rise against this Resolution for a number of reasons. I guess I have to look at things really black and white. To me, this Res-olution is a lowering of our standards. If we’re worried about in-structing Fellow Craft and Entered Apprentice Masons, the Worship-ful Master can call a meeting every night of the week if that’s what he wants to do. He can have as many Entered Apprentice Lodges as he wants, as many Fellow Craft Lodges as he wants. He doesn’t have to mess with the regularly scheduled meetings. He can do all the in-struction they want.

The other part I look at is we’re talking about an Entered Apprentice. An Entered Apprentice has to look at having a goal of becoming a Master Mason. If you let him come to your meetings and eat cookies and listen to business, he may never become a Master Mason. I just have a problem with that. I really do. Especially in Lodges that meet once a month, and I know every Lodge is different, every individual is different, but assuming we are picking the very best and brightest out of our community, and they are coming to us, we’re not going to them but they are coming to us, and asking us to join, and we investi-gate them, they understand what they have to do to prove up, then why do you have EA’s and Fellow Crafts sitting around? If you meet once a month, you would EA the guy at one meeting, the next month he would give back his proficiency. Give him the Fellow Craft de-gree. The next month he proves up on that. Give him the MM degree. You don’t have EA’s and Fellow Crafts. Now I realize there’s some issues that sometimes that’s not going to happen because of a guy’s


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job or whatever, but I just think if you have good quality people, you have a good coaching team that is dedicated, that process just takes care of itself. That’s just my opinion, but I am against this Resolution.

Ronald Yates, (6,22):

My name is Ronald Yates, dual member of Mt. Moriah #6 and Glen-rock #22. I rise to speak in favor of the Resolution. One of the most disappointing moments of my Masonic life was when I returned my Entered Apprentice proficiency. They said I did very well and I passed because my recitation was good, but I couldn’t come into the meeting because I wasn’t a Master Mason. If a person really wants to find out what’s really going on in the Lodge meeting, we should al-low him to attend that meeting, but to understand that you can’t vote until you’re a Master Mason. But please, don’t send someone away from Lodge. Thank you.

Weston Hubele, (56):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren all, Weston Hubele, Inde-pendence Rock Lodge No. 56. I would just like to reiterate and re-emphasize the following point. Any Lodge is free to open on the En-tered Apprentice degree, and the things they are not allowed to do on the Entered Apprentice degree is to conduct essential business. Now the things that make a man better, and the educational points that we're talking about in regard to an Entered Apprentice, how we edu-cate them and bring them up to the standards of a Master Mason are not related to the business of the Lodge. A Lodge can open on the Entered Apprentice degree, and put on beautiful lessons of Masonic Education. They can do many things to improve that man, but none of the business items that we wouldn’t do on the Entered Apprentice degree contribute to that. Thank you, Brethren.

Ken Badget, Grand Master:

Brothers, that is three for, and three against. Mark your ballot either yay or nay.

While the Teller Committee was counting the ballots, Grand Master Badget called for the Time and Place Report.

Michael J. McGrady, Junior Grand Warden:

Most Worshipful as the sole member of the Time and Place Commit-tee, I can report that all members were excellent in their duties. So, Brothers, the Time and Place Committee simply reminds you where to go next year for Grand Lodge.

The 146th Annual Communication will be held August 9-11, 2020 in Laramie at the Hilton Garden Hotel.

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The 147th Annual Communication will be held August 8-10, 2021 in Casper at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center.

The 148th Annual Communication will be held August 7-9, 2022 in southeastern Wyoming (Cheyenne or Laramie).


Grand Master Badget thanked Brother McGrady and then asked if there were any more reports. Seeing none, he asked if anyone had anything for the good of the Order.

Matt Ramey, Senior Grand Deacon:

The Bible that’s on the Altar for this Grand Lodge Session, Brother Ken asked the Brothers of Anchor #7 if they could use it. That is our original Bible from 1885. We are pretty proud of that particular piece of Lodge furniture. On the Bible is a set of silver square and com-passes, and if you look on the back of the square, and you read the history books of Wyoming, the only time a Grand Master, as one of his prerogatives, has made a Mason on sight occurred in Buffalo by Frank J. Myers, Grand Master. It was his son, whom the Brothers of Anchor Lodge had requested to be made a Mason. He was on his death bed, and so, many members of the Grand Lodge came up to Buffalo, and they performed that particular act. Brother Frank Myers as a memorial gave this square and compasses to Buffalo, and we’ve used that ever since 1947. Again, two interesting pieces of Wyoming Masonic history, and I meant to bring Proceedings of that particular meeting of Grand Lodge, but if you have any questions, please talk to me later. Thank you.




Since Resolution No. 1 failed, we will consider Resolution No. 3. Resolution No. 3 is presented by Deputy Grand Master Thomas F. Hamm II. This resolution addresses Section 227 (d) of the Wyoming Masonic Code. If this resolution passes, it would change the annual per capita paid to the Grand Lodge by each individual, increasing the amount over a five-year period by three dollars ($3.00) each year, beginning in 2019, for a total per capita increase over the five-year period of fifteen dollars ($15.00). Resolution No. 3 will require a two-thirds majority vote for passage.


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Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Tom Hamm, Capital Lodge No. 54. I would make a motion that Resolution No. 3 be placed on the floor for adoption. 2nd from the floor.


I am for this because I took the time to write it. I have had discussion with some who have said that no Lodge will vote for this because they will have to change their by-laws for five years. There is a solution, in your by-laws, instead of having a dollar amount, just state “plus Grand Lodge Assessment.” If this is the case, you would in theory only have to change your by-laws once instead of five times.

That’s been a contention brought up, whether it was just a heated top-ic to stir me, but it is a fact that you would have to change your by-laws. You would only have to change it once if you’re smart. Thank you.

Thomas Harmon (7,28):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Tom Harmon, Gillette Lodge No. 28. I rise to support this Resolution based on my experience as Lodge Secretary. In my first year, we revised our by-laws. They had been printed in 1980. The dues for that year were $5.00. Looking through the dues records, I found that the Lodge hadn’t raised dues until the late 1970’s. The 1970’s, I don’t think I need to remind you, was a ra-ther scary period with inflation when the price of gasoline rose as well as everything to make our lives better. Dues were something that was within our control, and that probably was on the minds of many who were reluctant to raise dues in the 1970’s. Consequently, that same reluctance has been at work when considering raising dues since then to try to keep up with expenses. I think that reflects also how we look at the Craft. When it became too expensive, we just walked away. It is my belief that not being willing to pay for dues has affected the cul-ture of the Craft. It has affected our performance toward the work and our overall attitude toward the Craft. Thank you for your time.

Donald York (10):

Donald York, Ashlar No. 10. I rise to speak against this resolution. What we are trying to do with this resolution is we are trying to short circuit normal business, and trying to put finance on auto-pilot. That limits communications in our Lodges, that limits innovation in our Grand Lodge Investments Committees and that sort of thing. I don’t believe that we as a Craft are doing justice to the Investment Commit-tee and the Finance Committee what their going to be doing four years from now. If we’re going to do a dues increase, we need to do it for today, for this year’s stuff. None of us have a crystal ball to look

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into the future and to say that $3.00 four years from now is needed, wanted, or sufficient. I am against this due to the long-term, auto-pilot, self-driving cars technology. Thank you.


Tom Hamm, Capital Lodge No. 54. So, what I understand is that what you guys would want it to be $10 this year? Anything that is in the resolution this year can be changed next year. So, if Brother Don doesn’t feel that $3.00 is not enough to catch up, we can make it more next year. The idea I had visiting with people is that most people would not stomach a $10 or $15 single year jump. That’s why we did it this way, but if you want bigger numbers, count on that next year in a resolution.

Larry McFarland (43):

Larry McFarland, Big Horn Mountain Lodge No. 43, Past Master and current Master. I rise to speak against this resolution. Three times as Past Master, I have had to deal with dues increase requests, and how it affects the Lodge. In 2003, we did change our by-laws to accommo-date the increases in Grand Lodge assessments, so we don’t have to change our by-laws again.

These increases affect the membership in our Lodge. I am also a member of the Building Committee of our Lodge. We share the build-ing with Sheridan Lodge No. 8, the Valley of Sheridan Scottish Rite, and the York Rite. So I’m involved in running the Lodge as well as the building and I know how increases affect our membership. We get our income to do all those things from our membership in their dues. Every time we increase it, we have a member who can’t pay his dues and we lose that income. Any time we increase dues and lose a mem-ber in any of the four Bodies that run our building, it’s affecting the overall income Lodge and of the building corporation and makes it more difficult to run the Lodges, the Rites and our building. I am against this resolution, and am for conservative expenditures for the Lodges, the Rites and the Grand Lodge.

Seeing debate had ceased, Grand Master Badget instructed the Teller Com-mittee to collect the ballots.

Bill Orvosh (4):

I’m Bill Orvosh, Past Master of Evanston Lodge No. 4 and Yocosuka Lodge No. 20 and this is personal. In July of last year I was diagnosed with stage four metastatic prostate cancer. I had tumors in my spine, I was losing the feeling in my foot, unable to walk. I had, if those of you who know what prostate specific antigen is, it’s normally 0-4 and mine was over 10,000. They had never seen a living person with a PSA like that, and I had circulating tumor cells.


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I got to that point because I had been neglectful, and here’s what I’m going to suggest to each and every person here today: every year, go and get a digital rectal exam, and check get your PSA checked. When you have an elevated PSA and an enlarged prostate, the doctor can then take steps to determine if you have prostate cancer or not. I have been castrated, there are two forms, one is physical and one is chemi-cal. I chose the physical. I didn’t want to take hormones for the rest of my life. For those who would feel uncomfortable having a doctor stick his finger in your backside for two or three seconds, think about the one year I had to endure, and what I lost.

I made a remarkable recovery, my PSA is now zero, I have no tu-mors, and I have no circulating tumor cells, but the cost has been hor-rific. So, every year, no matter what your doctor says, insist on get-ting a PSA check and insist on getting a digital rectal exam. Your life depends on it. If you live long enough, you’re going to get prostate cancer. That’s a medical fact. The other diseases that kill us do so before the cancer gets to us. When they to autopsies of men who have died of other causes in their 70’s and 80’s, they find that 90% of them had prostate cancer. It’s just that something else killed them before the cancer got them. So, for God’s sake, don’t suffer what I’ve done by my own failure to get these examinations. Two or three seconds of embarrassment is nothing compared to what I’ve gone through, and I would not like to see a single person here experience what I’ve had to experience - chemotherapy, radiation, and castration. Please, in the name of God, go and do it. Thank you.



Alright, Brothers, we are on to Resolution No. 4.

RESOLUTION NO. 4 ------------------------------------------ PASSED

Resolution No. 4 is presented by Past Grand Master Vranish, along with a PM of Evanston Lodge No. 4, and an officer of Wyoming Lodge No. 2. If passed, this resolution creates Section 598, titled His-toric Lodges, to our Wyoming Masonic Code. It goes on to detail which sections of our Masonic Code would apply to such a lodge, and which would not. It establishes the rules and policies which would apply to such a historic lodge and the individuals who become its members. This Resolution will require a two-thirds majority vote for passage.

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Toby Errickson (2):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Toby Errickson, Senior Warden, Wyoming Lodge No. 2. I submit Resolution No. 4 and moved for its passage. 2nd from floor.

Toby Errickson (2):

The Code changes here are just enabling us to preserve some of the otherwise potentially abandoned Masonic history. The Lodge at South Pass is not the original lodge, but it’s a re-creation that was built by Masons, and it would be a shame to see it go. This purely let’s us form a historic Lodge for the preservation of fixtures and oth-er things like that which otherwise might be abandoned, and save them for all Masons and their use. This resolution is not limited to South Pass, which is of course where I have my interest. Other situa-tions may arise where these changes will enable people to form a his-toric lodge for the purpose of saving the facility. Thank you.

Sid Anderson (42):

Sid Anderson, Past Master and Secretary Pathfinder Lodge No. 42. Not an against, but a point of inquiry. Regarding insurance require-ments for a historic lodge, assuming there would be visitors to this lodge, and someone falls or gets injured and initiates a suit, is the suit against the Grand Lodge, or is the lodge required to carry liability insurance?


That’s an interesting question, Most Worshipful Grand Master, but I think that if a historic lodge is set up, it would have its own policy.

Larry McFarland (43):

Larry McFarland, Past Master and current Master of Big Horn Moun-tain Lodge No. 43. Where does the funding come from for this? Is it going to come out of funds of the Grand Lodge, or will it be a sepa-rate entity funded on its own?

Clarence Vranish PGM (4):

Clarence Vranish, Secretary, Evanston Lodge No. 4. I’ve been one of the major pushers for this and the reason for doing the funding that you see in one of the “whereas” there, Montana has their Bannack Lodge 3-7-77, and they funded it entirely by life memberships. We have a set of petitions up here, and if this resolution is successful, I request that they all be distributed. You can buy a charter life mem-bership or a life membership. A life membership is $50.00 and a char-ter life membership is $100.00 and you get your name on the Charter.


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I’ve got a pocket full of applications already. That’s how it’s going to be funded. Montana has raised almost $300,000 from their life mem-berships for its Bannack Historical Lodge. It’s open to any Mason in a recognized jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. Thank you.

John Nunley III Grand Treasurer:

John Nunley, Past Master Acacia Lodge No. 11. I have a point of in-quiry for the sponsors of this resolution. I understand the desire to protect some of the historic facilities in Wyoming. My question in this particular case is, why is it so important for this particular build-ing if it’s not the original building, but a replacement building? I’d like to hear some comments on that.

Bill Orvosh (4):

Bill Orvosh, Past Master of Evanston Lodge No. 4. I’m for this be-cause I’ve actually gone there and experienced the magical and mysti-cal happening that I don’t think you can duplicate anywhere else. The fact that it’s a replica is irrelevant. It’s a unique experience there, and if this building goes, you’ll never have that experience again. To sit in that old wooden lodge with those old wooden beams, and to be there and experience that sense of Fraternity and wonder is something that is worth paying for, and I’m for it. Most people don’t know that the store below it was where John Browning set up his very first gun-smith shop from what I understand. So it has historical significance beyond what we hear in this venue regarding Freemasonry. I tell you, one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had with some of the most wonderful people is to be in that little wooden room with those candles, and the wind blowing, and experience Freemasonry as it re-ally is, and that is Brotherly love. I doubt that I’ve ever had a more wonderful experience in my time in any of my Masonic experience, but particularly in Wyoming. This thing represents an idea, and the fact that it’s a replica is something I don’t even think is a considera-tion. It’s the idea we want to preserve and ideas are history. When you do away with history, then you have nothing.


Weston Hubele (56):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, I would like to remind everyone that the Independence Rock meeting on Independence Rock that we are required to hold every ten years is coming up next year. The committee currently consists of RW Deputy Grand Master Hamm, Past Grand Master Allen Pierce, Bill Biggs of Casper Lodge No. 15 and myself. Planning is underway, and I would just like to

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remind everyone that it will be held on July 3, 4, and 5, 2020. It will be a great time. The day before and the day after in case anyone would like to camp out. Thank you.

Nathan Clark (15):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Nathan Clark, Casper Lodge No. 15, “Old Has Been”. One of the glories of Grand Lodge is we get to sit here and listen to presenters. A lot of times, we have the same prob-lems throughout the country. One of the things we’ve talked about at this Grand Lodge is history. Our Strategic Planning Committee came up with the fact that historic education is what people really want to see.

I came up with some different ideas that I don’t know if everyone agrees with, but what is our history? Normally, we concentrate on famous Masons, what the Lodges have done in the past, and now we’re starting to bring it into the last 50 years. But what about the stories of the members in our Lodges that are currently here. That’s what we like to hear, at least I do. I enjoy listening to a Brother talk about what his Masonic experiences are. I’d like to put it out there for people’s thoughts, when you’re doing Masonic education, maybe find a Brother in lodge who is a good presenter to offer his thoughts on his experiences in Masonry. It doesn’t have to be someone famous, but someone who you sit next to. We’re losing a lot of guys and we’ll lose those stories. Maybe some of these guys have interesting stories, but they’re not good presenters. In that case we can interview them and get their stories, and have someone present it in an entertaining way to the Lodge. Thank you.

Toby Errickson (2):

Toby Errickson, again Wyoming Lodge No. 2. I’m a fairly new Ma-son, I was raised on 8/20/2015. The annual South Pass meeting that year was held two days later on Saturday. So I sat in Lodge for the first time I sat in any Lodge as a Master Mason, and there were a lot of people from all over sitting in that Lodge. We went around and were telling everyone how many years we’d been in Masonry, some of them were forty, fifty, even sixty year members, and when it got to me I introduced myself and said I’d been a Mason for 48 hours. The place guffawed like crazy, not laughing at me, but laughing with me. It’s like the Brother back there said, there is something magical about that place, and maybe it’s because that’s where my first meeting took place. Sitting in that little wood building with the wind whistling through the walls give you pause what older Masons, original Masons endured. In fact, I makes me think about an article I read in one of the short stories about Masons today. We are living on the backs of Ma-


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sons from times past. We are eating fruit from the trees we didn’t plant and drinking water from the wells we didn’t dig. We need to remember that and honor that.



Most Worshipful Grand Master, I have a question. The Resolution passed authorizing in the Code, the authority to establish a historic lodge. Doesn’t the process now have to be in place to create one?


It would seem so, yes.


I would think so. To do that would be an entirely new process alto-gether.


There has to be a request for a Charter.


I just thought I’d bring that up. I don’t want to be a wet blanket.


You can’t really petition something that doesn’t exist.


That’s kind of what I thought.

Alright, Brothers, we are up to Standing Resolution No. 28.

STANDING RESOLUTION NO. 28------------------------- FAILED

Standing Resolution No. 28 is presented by Grand Master Badget along with twelve other members, some of whom are Grand Lodge Officers and some who are representatives of the Wyoming Strategic Planning Committee. This standing resolution, if adopted, would re-sult in the following actions:

It would revoke Standing Resolution No. 17, adopted in August 1992, thus removing the requirement for the constituent lodges to collect one dollar ($1.00) per each member to be used for the purpose of in-creasing the Grand Lodge Building Fund corpus.

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It would revoke Standing Resolution No. 27, adopted in August 2008, which authorized the sale of the Grand Lodge Office building located in Casper, placing the funds from that sale in the Grand Lodge Build-ing Fund under the management of the Investment Committee.

It would take the funds currently held in the Grand Lodge Building Fund and move them into the General Fund to be used as needed for the operation of the Grand Lodge. Any monies in the General Fund that are in excess of current needs could then be invested.

Standing Resolution No. 28 will require a simple majority for adop-tion. This standing resolution is in conflict with SR28R.

Mike McGrady, Junior Grand Warden:

Good morning, Mike McGrady, Past Master, Cheyenne Lodge No. 1, sitting Junior Grand Warden. I move that the Resolution be placed on the floor for adoption. 2nd from floor.

As mentioned before, the Strategic Planning Committee identified three legs of a stool in order to shore up the finances looking long-term into the future. One of the legs was, as I mentioned, a combina-tion of new funds to make sure that we are investing and deriving the best rate of return with the lowest fees possible. The second leg was to raise revenues in terms of dues increases. Those two have failed. The third leg was to grow the money in the Endowment Fund to the point where it would be fully endowed and be able to contribute to the funding of the Grand Lodge.

The idea was that we would raise dues now to get us into the future until the point in time in which the Endowment Fund would pay out in about ten years. The combination of funds, the concept was that we would have a better investment rate of return that could be poured into the general fund to get to the point where the Endowment Fund would kick in. The Building Fund has restrictions on it right now in regard to what can be done with those funds. The theory is that if those funds could be pooled together, we would have more resources available. While there’s no prohibition in there for using those funds for the Secretary’s office, or for the Grand Lodge Library, its just part of the budget. The funds aren’t specifically earmarked there. In my opinion, that’s the difference between Resolution 28 and Resolution 28R is just that do we want to continue to have the money earmarked for two things, or do we want to take the money and pool it with the resources we have to use it for those things and everything else. That’s where I see the difference, and there was a question previously about the 0 based budget. The Investment Committee is, in fact, aware of those funds and are going to take steps to invest those appro-priately for use as needed and approved through the budget system


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that the Craft approves. That is being addressed and looked at. We request your support. One last thing, whether you voted for or against the dues increase, or have an opinion about it, please notify one of the members of the Strategic Planning Committee so we can understand why. Is there something different that you want to see so we can bring it up next year. Thank you.

Harry Furrey (54):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Harry Furrey, Past Master, Capital Lodge No. 54. I rise to oppose this Resolution. I was here when we sold the building, and we have x number of dollars from that. I under-stand that there’s a little more money in there that I thought there was. I do believe that the intention of the money was to assist the Grand Lodge as far as defraying any increases in dues. I would suggest to you that the money could be used in a different vane in that we could maybe put the money into the Endowment Fund for the possibility of attaining the $2 million goal where we could be self sustaining. Thank you.

Bill Orvosh (4):

Bill Orvosh, Evanston Lodge No. 4. I have a technical question. It would seem to me that by revoking SR27 that you also ex post facto revoke the authority to sell the building in the first place. Maybe it’s just a matter of wording. Thank you.


It’s already been sold.

Bill Orvosh (4):

I understand it’s already been sold, but wording in SR27 authorized you to sell it, and now you’re saying by revoking it that there is no authority to sell it. It’s just a matter of wording. I don’t know legally what it means, but when you revoke permission of something that has been given in the past, it constitutes an ex post facto revocation of that authority.

Tim Forbis (1):

Tim Forbis, Past Master, Cheyenne Lodge No. 1. I rise in opposition to this resolution because of the way it’s written. It says the money is going to go into the General Fund in order to offset expenses, but it doesn’t say what the intent was. What we heard was that is was to go to the Investment Committee to be invested a little bit better and wis-er. As I read it, I don’t see it that way. I do agree that these were our building funds. They were suppose to be held for the purposes of helping our buildings, or for the purposes of having another building when it was originally sold, and I was here when that happened.

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If we’re going to take and move these funds to offset our expenses, if you look at the $1.9 million we currently have in the stocks and bonds in the Treasurer’s report, and then you look at the Endowment report, we’re making more from the Endowment Fund than we are from the $1.9 million in the Grand Lodge investment funds with less money in the Endowment Fund. We need to look at our strategic investments, not necessarily adding to the pool in the general fund. Once that mon-ey goes into the general fund, it’s gone. It’s able to be allocated into the budget. This resolution says nothing about this money being able to be transferred from it’s original intent into investments that would be more lucrative. It says it will be transferred into the General Fund. So, I rise in opposition and yield the floor.

Scott Kitchner, Senior Grand Steward:

Scott Kitchner, Past Master, Rock Springs Lodge No. 12. I am for this, and we felt that we needed to reply to Brother Furrey’s and Brother Forbis’ comments. I am on the Endowment Committee and on the Investment Committee. We did speak to the idea of putting the funds into the Endowment Fund for the purposes that have been stat-ed, but we felt we wanted to keep that money available to the Grand Lodge and under Grand Lodge control. If it goes into the Endowment Fund, it wouldn’t be under the control of the Grand Lodge anymore. So, those things have been discussed, and right, wrong or indifferent, those things have been considered. Thank you.

Bill Porter (15):

Brothers, my name is Bill Porter, Past Master of Casper Lodge No. 15 a couple of times. I was involved back when they bought the building, and I was involved with Clarence Darling when they sold the building and they set all of this up. There’s one thing that my father told me way back when I was a young man. He was a blacksmith, and he tink-ered with a lot of different things, and he told me, “Son, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

What we’ve got right now is not broken. If you try to tinker with it, what we’re going to lose is that $1 per person that goes into the Building Fund and that will quit growing. Sure the money will be moved, but what we have now is working for us well, and there’s no need to change things and make it not quite as good for some peo-ple’s benefit. If it’s not broke, we don’t need to fix it. Thank you.


Lewie Fletcher, Grand Master of Montana:

If your Lodges operate like ours, when you get a new Charter, you have to have so many members apply with that. So, here’s my money


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and my business card for the Historic Lodge, and I’ll give it to the Grand Secretary here.

How many of you remember when you stood outside the door, not a Mason yet, and what was going through your mind? I signed my peti-tion, and I was on a salvage ship stationed in Pearl. We got some new people on board and got underway for a tow, and I noticed this new kid had a ring on his finger, and I asked him, “Are you a Mason?” And he said, “Yes I am, Chief.” I said, “Well, tell me about it.” And true to his God, he said, “I can’t tell you much about it, other than I am a Mason.” Back then, you didn’t say “no” to the Chief. So I start-ed riding this kid pretty hard. For about 30 days we were underway, I don’t think I gave him much slack. Rode him hard and put him away wet. They changed my orders - I was supposed to go to San Diego to join the Lodge of my father-in-law.

They changed my orders and sent me to Denver. My father-in-law said not to worry, they’d take care of it, so California sent my paper-work out to Colorado. I got a letter about three months later, stating that I needed to report to this lodge at this address. I take this letter to the Lodge and tell the man standing outside I was supposed to report there, and being a good sailor, I was all squared away and ready to go. He said, “Just a minute.” and he went inside, and a man comes out and introduces himself as Tom Sullins. We start shaking hands, and he asked what I did, and I told him I was in the Navy stationed out at Federal Center in the engineering department. We kept making small talk and finally I said, “Sullins - that name sure is familiar. I just left a ship about four months ago, with a kid by the name of Terry Sullins.” He said, “Yes, that’s my son, and he said you rode him hard and put him away wet. Well, guess what, now it’s my turn and I’m sitting in the saddle.” That was my introduction into Masonry, and he was real-ly a neat fellow, and took me through all three degrees. So, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it and there’s nothing about Hong Kong in that one.

The Teller Committee returned and reported that the resolution failed. Fol-lowing the report of the Teller Committee, Gary D. Skillern, PGM, Chair-man of the Committee on Jurisprudence continued with the final resolution.


Brethren, with the failure of Resolution No. 28, we can now consider Resolution No. 28R.

STANDING RESOLUTION NO. 28R ---------------------- PASSED

Standing Resolution No. 28R is presented by Past Grand Master John L. Farmer. This resolution, if adopted, will revoke Standing Resolu-tion No. 27, adopted in August 2008, which authorized the sale of the

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Grand Lodge building and placed the proceeds from that sale in the Grand Lodge Building Fund under the control of the Investment Committee. If this resolution passes, the funds currently in the Grand Lodge Building Fund will remain under the control of the Investment Committee. Annually, the necessary funds needed to pay the Grand Lodge Office lease and the Grand Lodge Library rent will be moved from the Grand Lodge Building Fund into the General Fund.

Standing Resolution No. 28R will require a simple majority for adop-tion.

John Farmer, Past Grand Master:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, John Farmer, Past Master of Burns Lodge No. 41. I move Resolution No. 28R be placed on the floor for consideration and adoption. 2nd from floor.

Harry Furrey (54):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Harry Furrey, Capital Lodge No. 54. I am opposed to this as with the previous resolution in regard to the use of the Building Fund. My question, if we are to leave it where it’s at, and we’re suppose to supply the revenue for the office and the li-brary, how long is that money going to last? We seem to end up with the same outcome as Resolution 28 as we do with this particular one. If we keep paying that, and I don’t know if there is enough money in there, where we can draw enough interest to pay for the office and library. So, ultimately, that money will also go back into the General Fund, and I don’t think that is necessary right now. I think it could be put to better use. Thank you.

Don Porter, Past Grand Master:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Don Porter, Newcastle Lodge No. 13 and Laramie Lodge No. 3 and Past Master. I speak in favor of this resolution. As I stated before, the money secured by this resolution, will remain in the Building Fund, which is now managed by the In-vestment Committee, so we get the most out of it. This is Grand Lodge money, not the Endowment Fund money. We already have this money and it should not be turned over to a committee that is not con-trolled by this Body.

The Endowment Fund I have a little problem with personally, and that is because I was there when we started the Endowment Fund. It was started with just a few thousand dollars to build up and help pay for the per capita of the Grand Lodge. When they reached $500,000 they would begin to support the Grand Lodge from the Endowment Fund. This is a separate entity, not part of the Grand Lodge. At that point, they said, “Well, costs have gone up, it’s now going to be $750,000.” “Well, no, it’s going to be $1 million before we support


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the Grand Lodge.” “Well, $1.5 million should do it.” Now we’ve got a guarantee that they’re going to do it at $2 million. But we have nothing but their word. They’re a separate organization that can do what they want with the money in that Endowment Fund. If it looks like in five years, that it won’t be enough, they can raise that number again as it’s been done four times before. We cannot count on that money right now to run our Grand Lodge. We can count on making sure that we have money, as we all planned, to take money from the Building Fund and continue to use it to support the office structure of this Grand Lodge. If it turns out that it’s even better some times, we may be able to alternate that so that it would help support the office of the Grand Secretary. So we have other options. Thank you.

Donald York (10):

Donald York, Ashlar Lodge No. 10. I rise against this, partially be-cause of the observation Brother Orvosh made when he stepped up earlier when we were discussing the previous resolution. This resolu-tion voids Resolution 27 so does that mean we now have the Grand Lodge building back? Resolution 27 actually gives us some guide-lines as to how that Building Fund money should be used, how much can be collected, and how it will be spent. Resolution 28R is carte blanc however they see fit, and does not protect the integrity of the Building Fund. I believe that that the guidelines of 90 and 10 as we see in Resolution 27 is good for the Craft and probably ought to stay there for the time being. To take that directive out of the use of the money means that, as somebody spoke, how long will it last if we just start spending it all. There are some controls in Resolution 27 that there are not in Resolution 28R. I am against this proposal.

John Farmer PGM (41):

Most Worshipful Grand Master, John Farmer, Past Master of Burns Lodge No. 41. The simple numbers are if you read the financial state-ment, it that the fund made $7,800. If you collect one dollar from eve-ry member, that would be $2,557 for this year. It costs $8,400 to sup-port the Grand Lodge Library and the Secretary’s office. The math is fairly simple. You’re not losing money, you’re actually making a lit-tle money. With the outstanding leadership and guidance of this Grand Lodge, especially with the men coming up, I don’t think you need to worry about that, because this Resolution says you can take money from that fund to pay those two bills. Money keeps coming in, one dollar per member, and couple that with interest, I don’t think you have to worry about the money. Thank you.


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Mike McGrady, Junior Grand Warden:

Brethren, there were previous invitations for folks to talk, so I’m tak-ing liberty to talk. As a member of the Strategic Planning Committee, I appreciate the vote of the Brothers. We need you to know, though, that a yes or no vote doesn’t tell us why. So, please make sure you let us know what you’re thinking and why you went in certain ways. We had to come up with a plan and a process to address concerns we had identified. I know we saw the same problems, it’s just a question of is there a different way to come up with solutions. I would love to have input from you as long as I remain on the Strategic Planning Commit-tee. What can we do to make things better in the future? Thank you Most Worshipful Grand Master.

Kenneth Humphrey, Grand Orator:

Most Worshipful Brother Lewie, you are also my Grand Master be-cause I hold membership in Rimrock Lodge No. 149 in Montana. So, when I cross the border, I’m yours.


Yeah, but you’re here now.

Richard Lewis, Past Grand Master (16):

Richard Lewis, Past Master, Wheatland Lodge No. 16 current Secre-tary. Brothers, I am also Ambassador to Wyoming of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. Brother Seghers was here yesterday, and he asked me to find four young volunteers to be Asso-ciate or Junior Ambassadors for Wyoming spread out across the state so we can get the word out to maybe get more interest in the Memori-al and try to generate some more funds. I’m pleased to report that Brother Tim Qualheim from Newcastle Lodge No. 13, Brother Wes-ton Hubele from Independence Rock Lodge No. 56, Cory Rota from Riverton Lodge No. 26, and Chris Schroeder from Jackson Lodge No. 48 have accepted those assignments for the upcoming year. There will be a one-day training session for those four Brothers, and hope-fully we will be able to get out to more Lodges with more infor-mation. This past year, I made a few presentations as I was requested to do so. Brothers, the Memorial is your Memorial. It is a beautiful monument, and is a wonderful place to visit. I want to encourage you to go there. It is an experience you will never forget. It costs a lot to maintain that building as it does with any building, especially an older building. If you go, tell them you are from Wyoming. I guarantee you they will roll out the red carpet for you. There are things there that you will never see any other place. I remember a few years ago, Brother Mickelson and I were there with our wives, and I showed Brother Mark his grandmother’s Eastern Star jewels on display there at the permanent display of Eastern Star stuff. There are things there


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from all the Appendant Bodies and Grand Lodges all over. It is well worth-while to support and visit that Memorial. Thank you Most Worshipful Grand Master.

The Teller Committee returned and reported that the resolution passed. Fol-lowing the report of the Teller Committee Gary D. Skillern, PGM, Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence continued with his report.

Gary D. Skillern, Chairman, Committee on Jurisprudence:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, we’re getting close to the end now.

This Committee acknowledges that the Grand Master has made nine (9) recommendations in his report.

Most Worshipful Grand Master, I move that this report of the Juris-prudence Committee be approved in its entirety and printed in the proceedings of this Grand Lodge. Respectfully submitted,

Gary D. Skillern, PGM, Chairman Committee on Jurisprudence All Past Grand Masters

2nd from floor. Motion carried.

Grand Master Badget then asked for the report of the Budget and Finance Committee.

Matt Ramey, SGD, Chairman, Budget and Finance Committee:

Matt Ramey, Anchor Lodge No. 7, Past Master. In the printed reports, there were several options as to what the budget may or may not look like. If you turn to page 48 in the printed reports, I would move that the far right column Budget 2019-2020 no resolutions passing, with total revenues and expenses totaling $102,225.00 be adopted. 2nd from floor, and motion carried. Grand Master Badget called the Lodge at recess until the sound of the gavel in the East.

The Grand Lodge was called to order, and Installing Marshal, Thomas R. Nance, made the usual proclamation that the 2019-2020 Grand Lodge Of-ficers, elected and appointed, were duly installed.

Past Grand Master, Clarence J. Vranish invested Grand Master Thomas F. Hamm II with his apron. Past Grand Master, Clarence Vranish, also pre-sented Past Grand Master, Kenneth M. Badget, with his PGM Jewel.

T. Mark Mickelson, PGM:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, I rise to speak to the plea from our now Senior Grand Warden as to why, perhaps, the Craft rejected all the funding proposals that came before us at this meeting. I applaud Past Grand Master Ken Badget and this committee for all the work they put into building this three-legged stool as it’s been referred to. I also see that perhaps they’ve taken a sideways approach to this in looking at the money first and the value second. I think the Craft need

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to understand, and need to recognize and see the value that this Grand Lodge brings to them. I know we all say it’s all of our Grand Lodge and all of that, but we are the leaders. To simply go to the Craft and say we need more money to lead, I don’t believe it set very well, and, in fact, it was totally rejected. Again, I applaud you all for the work, and Grand Master Tom has said he is going to continue this work, and I believe that if you bring value, the Craft will pay for that value. Thank you, Grand Master, and good luck in your year.

Thomas F. Hamm II, Grand Master:

Brethren, thank you for sticking around, and again, thank you. During my visits, I tried to persuade you to do the right thing for Masonry in Wyoming, and you chose to let me continue through the Progressive Line. So, since you let this happen, and I’m standing here before you, it’s your fault. Since you let me come this far, you led me to believe that you would help the Fraternity in this state. So I look forward to your support throughout the year.

I’ve also found that our Masonic Bronc pin is a great symbol to me. For whatever reason, it rings a tone. My theme this year is “Ride the Brand”. It’s based on the pin that we wear. It turns out it ties in with the state code and the code of the west. It also ties in, because I’m always looking for free publicity, with the University of Wyoming’s promotional campaign, “The World Needs More Cowboys” which runs through 2022.

Initiation never did and never will make a man a true Mason. It gives you the key, and it is for you to complete the work, and in this I sin-cerely hope you will not be found wanting. (from our Entered Ap-prentice Address)

My Brothers, you are now, technically speaking, a Freemason, but whether or not you will be a Freemason in reality rests entirely with yourself. (Master Mason’s Address) It is the involuntary thoughts of your heart and the voluntary acts of your life which determine your character as a man and as a Freemason. (Master Masons address)

Some of this goes back to what Brother Ken Thorpe said yesterday. We are going to have a program, but each of us has to want to make ourselves better. The State Code of Ethics goes something like this: live each day with courage, take pride in your work, always finish what you start, do what has to be done, be tough but fair, when you make a promise - keep it, ride for the brand, talk less - say more, re-member that some things are not for sale and remember to draw the line. I know I can do these things better, and I will endeavor to do so.

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to Freemasonry and the things that we believe in. This Code of Ethics and the tools of Freemasonry are tools to help us become better peo-ple and better Masons. This leads to try to be a perfect Mason. A goal each of us should wake up every morning and try to achieve. A never-ending journey while we are able to grasp the working tools of life. We should always endeavor to be better, to better ourselves, and to present ourselves in the best light in all times. We need to believe we are Freemasons 25 hours a day, eight days a week, and 366 days a year. Just as a side note, I get leap year, so I really get 366 days.

Of course, these words do not fall on those who need them because they’re not here. For those of you who are here, again, I thank you, and I only say this because I know it strikes a chord in each of us how important it is. The image of what and where I would like us to be in twelve months, approaching and trying to be more perfect Masons.

The Education Program, and I would like to call it an Enlightenment Program this year, because when I read something that is meaningful to me, I feel enlightened. I don’t just feel educated. It’s not like a two plus two is four, but it’s like the first time you actually pass an alge-bra test. The Enlightenment Program goes back to portions of the EA Address, which I left out, “with such assistance as amongst Masons can always be obtained by seeking it in the proper place.” Brother Ken and his team of District Instructors and Assistants, though still in its infancy, I think we’ll have a good program, and hopefully a poten-tially good program that I can hand off to Brother Wayne.

I would like to have a committee on civility, which I think goes with becoming a perfect Mason. Some of you heard of Masonic Civility Organization. It’s a concept that I think is good in an effort to better ourselves, and I’m going to look at their programs. We do not have to invent programs for that. I’ve talked to Brother Jerry Orr from Wheat-land Lodge No. 16 to be the Chair for that, and if anyone would like to serve on that committee for your district and for your Lodge, please get with Brother Jerry Orr and we’ll get you information on that program.

We’re trying to improve our Grand Lodge webpage. We need every Brother to help us keep it up to date, error free, and informative. I will visit Lodges this year in an effort, again, to see our Freemasonry throughout the state. I won’t have a published schedule.

Brother Weston spoke about the Independence Rock meeting. Again, as a reminder, that will be 3, 4, 5 July in 2020. There will be camping on the 3rd and the evening of the 4th. We’re looking at entertainment. Were looking at a Family in Open Lodge meeting, because we really can’t block off the Memorial to everyone in order to have a Tyled

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Lodge. There will be forthcoming registration and more information.

To close, I’m truly humbled by the opportunity afforded me. I ask that when you come to me with issues and concerns, please include some solutions. I will listen to each of you who reach out, but that does not mean that I will act in a manner that most pleases you. I look forward to a positive year. I ask the Great Architect to see that we have no broken columns in our Fraternity this year, which would re-sult, I believe, in our gains exceeding our losses. So mote it be.

The 145th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming was closed in ample form at 11:30 am by the 2019-2020 Grand Lodge Officers, peace and harmony prevailing.


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PUBLISHED REPORTS

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REPORT OF THE GRAND MASTER Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Appointments

Grand Lodge Officers:

Matthew J. Ramey (7) ........................... Senior Grand Deacon

Thomas G. Needham (48) ...................... Junior Grand Deacon

Scott Kitchner (12) ............................... Senior Grand Steward

Gregory K. Shiek (8) ............................. Junior Grand Steward

Jared M. Pierson (2)......................................... Grand Lecturer

James L. Sturdevant (7) .................................. Grand Chaplain

Kenneth H. Humphrey (8) .................................. Grand Orator

George “Gil” Curry (21) .................................. Grand Marshall

Gary D. Skillern, PGM (54) ........................... Grand Librarian

Mark S. Young, PGM (9,28) .......................... Grand Historian

Luke L. Sherman (8) ........................................ Grand Organist

Robert M. Melonuk (49) ....................................... Grand Tyler

District Lecturers:

District #1 ........................................ Albert “Syd” Martin (41)

District #2 ....................................... Bradley D. Neumiller (56)

District #3 ............................................. William T. Orvosh (4)

District #4 ...................................................... Ken Struble (48)

District #5 .................................... David “Tom” Smith (17,28)

District #6 .................................................Weston Hubele (56)

District #7 ............................................... Robert Melonuk (49)

District #8 .............................................. E. Ray Leeman (9,44)

District #9 .................................... Christopher D. Wooten (28)

District #10 ................................................... John Brooks (17)

District #11 .................................................. David Hough (21)

STANDING COMMITTEES

JURISPRUDENCE:

Sub-Committee on Jurisprudence:

Gary D. Skillern, PGM, (54) Chairman; Philip G. Buchholz, PGM, (14), Vice-Chairman; Thomas R. Nance, PGM, (8), Secretary All Past Grand Masters

BUDGET AND FINANCE:

Matthew J. Ramey, (7), SGD, Chairman; Thomas Hamm (49,54) DGM Co-Chairman; Scott A. Kitchner, (12), SGS; Gregory K. Shiek, (8), JGS;


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INVESTMENT:

Thomas G. Needham, (48), JGD, Chairman; Scott A. Kitchner, (12), SGS; Gregory K. Shiek, (8), JGS; John Nunley III, (11), Grand Treasurer, ex -officio

CHARITY:

John F. Eaton, (33), Chairman; David Hough, (21); James Rader (8); Grego-ry K. Shiek, (8), JGS ex-officio

AUDITING:

Scott A. Kitchner, (12), Chairman, SGS; David Tom Smith (17,28); James L. Sturdevant, (7), Grand Chaplain; Matthew J. Ramey (7), SGD ex-officio

APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES:

Clarence J. Vranish, PGM, (4), Chairman; T. Mark Mickelson, PGM, (31,33,47,48); Mark S. Young, PGM, (9,28); Wayne E. Christiansen, (13), SGW Ex Officio

FRATERNAL RECOGNITION AND CORRESPONDENCE:

Harry Furrey, (54), Chairman; Robert Melonuk, (49); Timothy D. Forbis (1); Scott A. Kitchner, (12), SGS, ex-officio

FRATERNAL DEAD:

James L. Sturdevant, (7), Grand Chaplain

SPECIAL COMMITTES:

YOUTH:

Allen L. Pierce, PGM, (10), Chairman; Roger L. Means, (15); Ronald E. Siekert, (41); Charlie H. Moore, PGM, (11), Youth Committee Emeritus

TIME AND PLACE:

Michael J. McGrady, (1), JGW

MASONIC SERVICES ASSOCIATION COORDINATOR

Wayne Long (16)

MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION HOSPITAL VISITORS:

Cheyenne Lodge No. 1; Anchor Lodge No. 7; Sheridan Lodge No. 8

GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORI-AL REPRESENTATIVE:

Richard N. Lewis, PGM (16)

WEBMASTER:

James Taylor (32)

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Thomas F. Hamm II, DGM, (49,54); Wayne E. Christensen, SGW, (13); Michael J. McGrady, JGW, (1); Matthew J. Ramey, (7); Thomas G. Need-

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ham, (48), T. Mark Mickelson, PGM, (31,33,47,48); Richard N. Lewis, PGM, (16)

RITUAL AND FLOORWORK COMMITTEE:

Robert Melonuk, PM, (49), Chairman; Thomas R. Nance, PGM, (8); Gary D. Skillern, PGM,(54); G. Gil Curry PM, (21);Ronald Van Ekeren, PM, (3); T. Mark Mickelson, PGM, (31,33,47,48)

LODGE INSURANCE COMMITTEE:

T. Mark Mickelson, PGM, (31,33,47,48)

Thomas F. Hamm II, DGM, (49,54), is Ex-Officio to all Grand Lodge Committees

DECISIONS:

October 27, 2018 The Worshipful Master of Riverton Lodge for 2018-2019 was removed for cause. He opened a Lodge of Entered Ap-prentices with a woman present. This Worshipful Master violated Landmarks #15 and #23, Ancient Charges 3 and 6.4, Masonic Code 456 (l, t and u), the Standard Ritual of the Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Wyoming, His oath of Installation as Worshipful Master, the charges of all three degrees and not adhering to all the Laws rules and edicts of the Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Wyoming.

December 3, 2018 Received a request for Dispensation from Evans-ton Lodge #4 requesting authorization to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop. In reviewing the Wyoming Masonic code, the decision listing under LODGE FUNDS 8 (page 188) “A constituent Lodge cannot use its funds to contribute to the Boy Scouts or to the Thomas A. Edison Me-morial” dated 3-1936 and citing Code Sections (397) and (459-b) leads me to believe that sponsoring a Boy Scout Troop is not allowed. Sections 459-b.1 (pages 74-75) states “A duly constituted Youth Group as recognized by this Grand Lodge in Section 11(c), Sover-eignty and Jurisdiction; (Amended August 9,2011) does not list the Boy Scouts as a recognized youth group. Therefore, the request for Evanston Lodge #4 to receive a dispensation to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop is denied.

February 6, 2019 Received a phone call from the RW Grand Secre-tary regarding a request from Brother Ken Thorpe of Lodge #8, Sheri-dan, WY, seeking to have dual membership with Big Horn Lodge #43 in Sheridan, WY. In accordance with section 643 (e) 0f the Wyoming Masonic Code dual membership cannot be held in concurrent juris-dictions and therefore Br. Thorpe’s’ request – though commendable – had to be denied.

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had submitted a petition to Kemmerer Lodge # 33. This petition was received. The petitioner resided under the Jurisdiction of Evanston Lodge #4 and had previously petitioned Evanston #4 and had been rejected. Sections 515, 522,523,524 and 526 apply to this situation. Kemmerer Lodge # 33 received the petition without a waiver from Evanston being granted therefore Section 515 takes precedence in that Kemmerer Lodge # 33 received a petition by mistake and there-fore the petitioner’s fee must be returned. A request for waiver of Jurisdiction must be made to Evanston Lodge #4 and once granted, the petition can be accepted in the normal fashion.

EXECUTIVE ACTIONS and LODGE CONSOLIDATIONS:

October 27, 2018 Conducted Grand Lodge Meeting of Inquiry to in-vestigate irregularities of an outdoor meeting conducted by Riverton Lodge No. 26 on July 6, 2018. The Worshipful Master of Riverton Lodge No.26, Brother Wayne A. Davidson, was removed for cause for violations of Masonic Landmarks, the Ancient Charges, the Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Wyoming Masonic Code, oath of office, obliga-tions, the charges given all Masons and his personal disregard for the above-mentioned Masonic rules. The Outdoor Meeting (1838 Ma-sonic Rendezvous) was conducted on July 6, 2018 in or near Riverton Wyoming. The meeting was clandestine as there was a woman pre-sent during the opening and subsequent work. Based on these facts, Worshipful Master Wayne A. Davidson was held accountable and removed from office. Brother Otto Uecker (Junior Warden of River-ton Lodge No. 26) was appointed Worshipful Master Pro-tem of Riverton Lodge No. 26 until an election and installation of a new Worshipful Master can be held. A letter Admonishing Riverton Lodge No.26 was written. It was directed that no meeting of the 1838 Rendezvous meeting planned for 2019 would be approved. Grand Lodge Officers present were Kenneth M. Badget, MWGM; Thomas Hamm II, RWDGM; Wayne Christensen, RWSGW; Beynon St. John, RW G Secy; Thomas Needham, WJGD; Jared Pierson, WG Lect; T. Mark Mickelson, MWPGM; and Mark S. Young, MWPGM.

Minutes of Special Inquiry:

Grand Lodge of Wyoming

Special Meeting Board of Inquiry October 27, 2018

Riverton, Wyoming


Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master Beynon St. John, Grand Secretary

Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM Jared M. Pierson, Grand Lecturer

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Wayne E. Christensen, SGW Wayne Davidson, WM Riverton Lodge No. 26

Thomas G. Needham, JGD Cory Rota, SW Riverton Lodge No. 26

T. Mark Mickelson, PGM Otto Uecker, JW Riverton Lodge No. 26

Mark S. Young, PGM Jake Stetler, SW Wind River Lodge No. 25

Grand Master Badget called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm to discuss two issues. One being the turmoil between the Worshipful Master and Senior Warden of Riverton Lodge No. 26, and the other the circumstances sur-rounding the 1838 Rendezvous Special Communication of Riverton Lodge No. 26 on July 6, 2018. After taking testimony from all parties involved, the Grand Master handed down the following decisions:

Worshipful Master, Wayne Davidson was removed from office.

Junior Warden, Otto Uecker was appointed Worshipful Master Pro-Tem and was instructed to request a Special Dispensation to elect officers out of order.

Issue a letter of admonition to Riverton Lodge No. 26 for holding a clan-destine lodge.

Recommend all references to Wayne Davidson as a Past Master be re-moved.

Direct that any planned meeting of the 1838 Rendezvous for 2019 be denied a special dispensation.

The meeting was closed at 1:30 pm.



APPROVED BY-LAW CHANGES:

October 21, 2018 Approved By-Law change for Sundance Lodge No.9. Changes were as follows:

Article VI

Fees and Dues

Section 1. The Lodge shall not confer the three degrees for a less sum than seventy-five dollars ($75), which must be paid in full before the petition can be received. A petition for Affiliation must be accompanied by a sum of not less than forty-five dollars ($45).

Section 2. The annual dues of this Lodge shall be a sum of not less than one-hundred dollars ($100) and shall be due and payable in advance on or be-fore December 27 of each year. The dues shall be uniform, each member paying the same amount. A fifty (50) year member is exempt from paying yearly dues.

Article VIII

Meetings

Section 1. The regular communication of this Lodge shall be held on the second Wednesday of each month, with the fourth Wednesday reserved as a


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meeting night as needed. The Lodge may suspend its regular communica-tions during the months of July and August.

Section 2. The hour of meeting for regular communications shall be Seven o'clock p.m.

Section 3. The Lodge shall meet in regular communication at 613 Cleveland Street, Sundance, Wyoming.

11/5/2018 Approved By-Law change for Wheatland Lodge No.16. Bylaws changed to reflect a dues change from $68.00/Annum to $98.00 per annum.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS:

10/27/2018 Letter to Riverton Lodge No. 26 admonishing them for attending a clandestine meeting on July 6, 2018.

10/27/2018 Letter to Brother Wayne A. Davidson, Worshipful Master of Riverton Lodge No. 26, removing him from said posi-tion for failures on July 6, 2018 and presiding over a clan-destine meeting.

10/27/2018 Letter to Otto Uecker, Junior Warden Riverton Lodge No. 26, appointing him as Pro-Tem Worshipful Master until a new officer can be elected and installed.

GRAND LODGE WORKSHOPS:

PROCLAMATIONS:

8/20/2018 Each Lodge to commemorate Armistice Day to honor the young men who served and helped end this tragic World event on or near the 11th Day of November 2018

9/30/2018 Proclamation to observe George Washington’s Ma- sonic birthday

10/1/2018 Proclamation to observe the Feast of St John the Evangelist

1/22/2019 Wyoming DeMolay Proclamation

1/22/2019 Job’s Daughters International Proclamation

4/15/2019 Proclamation to observe our National Flag

4/15/2019 Proclamation to observe the Feast of St John the Bap- tist

50 YEAR RECOGNITION AWARDS:

8/28/2018: Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation forBrother Charles L. Frost, Raised 4/23/1968 member of Riverton Lodge No. 26.

10/21/2018 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Floyd K. Smith Raised 6/6/1968 a member of Temple Lodge No. 20.

11/7/2018 Represented by RWDGM Thomas Hamm, II at a 70-year

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pin presentation by Independence Rock Lodge #56 in Lit-tleton, CO to Brother William Greene who was raised a MM in Natrona Lodge No. 51 in 1948. The ceremony was hosted by the Brothers of Weston Lodge No. 22 in Little-ton, CO.

12/15/2018 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Rob-ert E. Lyons, PM of Gate City Lodge #32. Raised Decem-ber 3, 1968 in Gate City Lodge #32.

12/26/2018 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Ed-ward E. Chase, of Torrington Lodge No. 29. Raised June 1, 1961 Torrington Lodge No. 29.

2/6/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Ken-neth S. Watts of Riverton Lodge No. 26. Raised February 15, 1969 in Riverton Lodge No. 26.

2/13/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Guy X. Beardsley of Wheatland Lodge No. 16. Raised Decem-ber 22, 1960 in Right Angle Lodge No. 303 in Omaha, NE.

2/13/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Earl R. Detwiler of Riverton Lodge No. 26. Raised February 17, 1969 in Fayette Lodge No. 47 in Fayette, MO.

2/20/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Ken-neth H. Behrens of Franklin Lodge No. 31. Raised Octo-ber 1, 1968 in Franklin Lodge No. 31.

3/3/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Billy D. Hagerman of Upton Lodge No. 38. Raised April 2, 1969 in Upton Lodge #38.

3/192019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Rob-ert T. Bryant of Acacia Lodge No. 11. Raised October 27, 1969 in Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 40 in Cheyenne, WY. Past Master of Acacia 83-84 and 97-98.

3/19/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Da-vid A. Robblee of Acacia Lodge No. 11. Raised June 17, 1969 in Euclid Lodge No. 58, Great Falls, Montana. Past Master of Acacia Lodge No.11 79-80 and 84-85.

3/29/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Rob-ert M. Zakotnik of Kemmerer Lodge No. 33. Raised March 19, 1969 in Kemmerer Lodge No.33. Past Master of Kemmerer Lodge No.33 1983 and 1986.

3/29/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Ger-ald D. Teuscher of Kemmerer Lodge No. 33. Raised March 19, 1969 in Kemmerer Lodge No.33.

4/17/2019 Presented 50 Year certificate and pin to Brother Robert M. Zakotnik of Kemmerer Lodge No. 33.


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5/10/2019 Signed 50 Year Membership Presentation for Brother Richard Replogle of Laramie Lodge No. 3. Raised May 10, 1969 in Gem City Lodge No.52 in Laramie, WY.

5/28/2019 Assisted Basin Lodge No. 20 in presenting a 70 Year Pin to Brother Gene Anderson. Pin presented at Brother An-derson’s home in Ten Sleep, WY.

VISITATIONS and ACTIVITIES:

2018:

18 August South Pass #28 (Wyoming #2) Annual meeting

4 September Franklin #31, Pinedale, WY

6 September Evanston #4, Evanston, WY

7 September Jackson #48, Jackson, WY

11 September Dubois #53, Dubois, WY

12 September Absarokee #30, Powell, WY

19-22 September Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Idaho, Lewiston, ID

25 September Saratoga #14, Saratoga, WY

26 September Rawlins #5, Rawlins, WY

29 September Cheyenne #1, Cheyenne, WY Special event – 150th celebration

1 October Laramie #3, Laramie, WY

2 October Acacia #11, Cheyenne, WY

3 October Guernsey #49, Guernsey, WY

4 October Wheatland #16, Wheatland, WY

5 October Capital #54, Cheyenne, WY

8 October Burns #41, Burns, WY

9 October Gate City #32, Pine Bluffs, WY

10 October Casper #15, Casper, WY

11 October Tri-Mountain View #35, Lovell, WY

15 October Independence Rock #56, Casper, WY

16 October Pathfinder #42, Casper, WY

23 October Big Piney #47, Marbleton, WY

24 October Wind River #25, Shoshoni, WY

1 November Rock Springs #12, Rock Springs, WY

5 November Mt Moriah #6, Green River, WY

6 November Torrington #29, Torrington, WY

7 November Upton #38, Upton, WY

8 November Tower #44, Hulett, WY

13 November Harmony #24, Lusk, WY

14 November Sundance #9, Sundance, WY

15 November Sheridan #8, Sheridan, WY

19 November Anchor #7, Buffalo, WY

20 November Ashlar #10, Douglas, WY

27 November Gillette #28, Gillette, WY

5 December Big Horn #43, Sheridan, WY

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6 December Newcastle #13, Newcastle, WY

12 December Temple #20, Basin, WY

13 December Malta #17, Thermopolis, WY

14 December Conducted Special Meeting of Tri-Mountain View #35 to resolve Lodge issues

29 December Participated in EA Degree in Absarokee #30, Powell, WY

2019: 3 January Shoshone #21, Cody, WY

8 January Riverton #26, Riverton, WY

9 January Absarokee #30, Powell, WY

10 January Tri-Mountain View #35, Lovell, WY

17 January Attended Shoshone #21 and acted as WM for EA Degree

19 January Grand Master’s Winter Re-Union, Riverton, WY

19 January Attended GL Endowment Committee meeting in Riverton, WY

1-2 February Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

7 February Shoshone #21, Cody, WY – Past Master’s Night

13 February Absarokee #30, Powell, WY

16-19 February Conference of Grand Masters, Rapid City, SD

18 March Held meeting with the Grand Secretary and the Holiday Inn in Sheridan, WY to finalize the 145th Grand Commu-nication in August

21 March Attended FC degree as WM in Shoshone #21, Cody, WY

25 March Attended Table Lodge for Burns #41

4 April Glenrock #22, Glenrock, WY

13 April Conducted Cornerstone Ceremony at the Sheridan, WY YMCA

17 April Kemmerer #33, Kemmerer, WY

18 April Wyoming #2, Lander, WY

23 April Chugwater #23, Chugwater, WY

2 May Shoshone #21, Cody, WY

8 May Absarokee #30, Powell, WY

9 May Tri-Mountain View #35, Lovell, WY

Presented a Citizen of the Year award and a Mason of the Year award

22 May Attended Awards presentation for Wind River #25

Presented a 25 Year citation and pin

2 June Conducted Cornerstone Ceremony for St Luke’s Lutheran Church in Buffalo, WY

6-8 June Grand Lodge of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

20-22 June Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD

26 June Conducted Cornerstone Ceremony at Tri-Mountain View #35 in Lovell, WY


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27-29 June Attended the Grand Lodge A.F.&A. M. of Montana in Billings, MT

10 July Conducted Cornerstone Ceremony for the Capital Building in Cheyenne, WY

13 July Attended Kennedy Ranch Outdoor meeting of Wheatland #16, Wheatland, WY

18-20 July Attended Rocky Mountain Conference in Denver, CO

27 July Attended Heart Mountain Outdoor meeting of Shoshone #21, Cody, WY

3 August Conducted Cornerstone ceremony for two Basin, WY schools

Other Masonic Visitations: 13-16 September WY York Rite Sessions, Casper, WY

13 October Attended meeting of Clontarf Council #69 Knight Masons, Benton City, WA

17-20 October York Rite NW Reg Conf, Boise, ID

4 November Attended Job’s Daughter function in Gillette, WY

9 November Attended Devil’s Brigade #558 Sojourners Meeting in Billings, MT

12 November Attended Mt Lebanon #11 Commandery, Thermopolis, WY

2 December Attended St Deny’s Red Cross of Constantine in Sheridan, WY

11 December Attended Shoshone Lodge #21 and Constantine Com-mandery combined Christmas

Observance in Cody, WY

15 December Attended the joint Installation of Job’s Daughters Bethel #28 and Darius DeMolay Chapter in Casper, Wyoming

11 January Attended Sojourners Devil’s Brigade Chapter #558 So-journers Meeting in Billings, MT

12 January Attended Recognition dinner put on by Alcoyne Chapter Order of the Eastern Star

16 January Attended Zabud Council #6, Cody, WY

12 February Attended Darius Chapter #10 RAM, Cody, WY

20 February Attended Zabud Council #6, Cody, WY

23 February Attended the second phase of the York Rite Festival in Riverton, WY

26 February Attended Constantine Commandery #9, Cody, WY

2 March York Rite Festival in Sheridan, Wyoming

9 March Conducted a video conference with the Strategic Planning Committee, Investment Committee and Endowment Com-mittee

12 March Attended Darius Chapter #10 in Cody, WY

17 March Attended the HRAKTP and Red Cross of Constantine meeting in Casper, WY

20 March Attended Zabud Council #6 in Thermopolis, WY and Mt.

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Lebanon Commandery #11 in Thermopolis, WY

26 March Attended Constantine Commandery #9 meeting in Cody, WY

30 March Attended Scottish Rite meeting – Valley of Sheridan, Sheridan, WY

9 April Attended Darius Chapter #10, Cody, WY

10 April Attended Absarokee Lodge #30, Powell, WY

11 April Attended Tri-Mountain View Lodge #35, Lovell, WY 14 April Attended St Denys Red Cross Constantine

18 April Attended Maundy Thursday Scottish Rite services in Lander, WY

26-27 April Attended the Lander Scottish Rite Reunion in Lander, WY

4 May Attended Equality York Rite College #72, Riverton, WY

10 May Attended Sojourners Devil’s Brigade Chapter #558 So-journers Meeting in Billings, MT

14 May Attended Installation of the officers for Darius Chapter #10 and Constantine Commandery #9, Cody, WY

15 May Attended Installation of officers for Zabud Council #6, Thermopolis, WY

18 May Attended the 100th Year Celebration of St Denys Red Cross of Constantine, Sheridan, WY

12 June RWDGM Thomas F. Hamm II to Opening of the Grand Bethel Job’s Daughters International in Cheyenne, WY

29 June MWPGM T. Mark Mickelson represented the Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Wyoming at the Great Plains Ren-dezvous held in Cheyenne, WY

GRAND MASTER’S REPRESENTATIVE AT OTHER LODGE SPECIAL FUNCTIONS:

9/20/2018 Newcastle Lodge #13 Mortgage Burning ceremony. Rep-resented by RWSGW Wayne Christiansen

GRAND MASTER’S REPRESENTATIVE IN OTHER JURIS-DICTIONS:

16 August 2018 Appointed MWPGM T. Mark Mickelson to represent MWGM Kenneth M. Badget at the 49th Triennial Assem-bly of the General Grand Chapter, Order of The Eastern Star in Orlando, Florida October 25 through November 2, 2018

11-18 Nov. 2018 MWPGM Michael B. Johnson to the World Conference of Grand Masters in Panama City, Panama

12-13 Nov. 2018 RWDGM Thomas F. Hamm II to the Grand Lodge of Ne-vada

25-26 Jan. 2019 RWDGM Thomas F. Hamm II to the Grand Lodge of Colorado.


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1-2 Feb. 2019 RWDGM Thomas F. Hamm II to Grand Lodge of Nebraska

14-15 June, 2019 RWDGM Thomas F. Hamm II to Grand Lodge of North Dakota

10-13 Aug., 2019 MW Harry W. C. Oberg, III represented me at the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming Grand Communication

SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS: GENERAL:

Aug. 17, 2018 Authorized wearing of Masonic clothing in all public pro-cessions as prescribed in Section 394 of the Wyoming Ma-sonic Code.

LODGE SPECIFIC:

Aug. 15, 2018 Sheridan Lodge #8 To fill vacancy in the Junior Warden Office as outlined in Section 471 of the Masonic Code.

Aug. 15, 2018 Ashlar Lodge #10 To Install officers at a time other than prescribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Sep. 8, 2018 Upton Lodge #38 To Install officers at a time other than prescribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Sep. 8, 2018 Upton Lodge #38 To move their Charter and conduct a Moon Light Meeting at Devils Tower National Park on 24 September 2018 as prescribed in Section 335 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Sep. 8, 2018 Pathfinder #42 To install officers at a time other than pre-scribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Sep. 8, 2018 Glenrock #22 To install officers at a time other than pre-scribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Sep. 12, 2018 Burns #41 To install officers at a time other than pre-scribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Sep. 27, 2018 Cheyenne #1 To allow Denver Lodge #5, Grand Lodge A.F. & A. M. of Colorado, to open on the EA Degree for Masonic education in conjunction with the 150th year Cele-bration of the formation of Cheyenne Lodge #1.

Oct. 11, 2018 Basin #20 To install officers at a time other than pre-scribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Nov. 2, 2018 Riverton Lodge #26 To elect and install the Worshipful Master and any other officer necessary after removal of the Worshipful Master for cause as outlined in Section 471 of the Masonic Code.

Nov. 10, 2018 Wyoming #2 To install officers at a time other than pre-scribed as per Section 375 (d) of the Masonic Code.

Dec. 26, 2018 Pathfinder #42 To move their Regular meeting date from January 1, 2019 to January 7, 2019 for a Joint meeting

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with Independence Rock #56. This request was denied, and fee returned. Section 333-a of the Masonic Code re-fers and under Appendix of Decisions – Communications-1 “Regular meetings of a Lodge cannot be postponed or adjourned to another date. Special meetings may be called when meetings are to be held on other than regular dates.” 4-1924 353-391 (333).

Feb. 2, 2019 Tower #44 To conduct the meeting of the Black Hills Ma-sonic Association meeting on 9 February 2019 in Hulett, WY.

Feb. 7, 2019 Evanston #4 To move their charter to hold an annual joint meeting with Golden Spike #6, F.&A.M. of Utah in Og-den, Utah on 21 March 2019.

April 22, 2019 Pathfinder #42 To move their Charter and conduct a joint meeting with Ashlar #10 in Douglas Wyoming on 4 June 2019 as outlined in Section 335 (a) and (d).

May 6, 2019 Wind River #25 To move their Charter and conduct a joint meeting with Lander #2 and Riverton #26 in Riverton Wy-oming on 12 June 2019 as outlined in Section 335 (a) and (d).

May 7, 2019 Lander #2 To move their Charter and conduct a joint meet-ing with Wind River #25 and Riverton #26 in Riverton Wyoming on 12 June 2019 as outlined in Section 335 (a) and (d).

May 20, 2019 Glenrock #22 To move their Charter and conduct an out-door meeting referred to as “Meeting on the Rock” to be held in Glenrock, WY on 6 June 2019 at or about 6:00 PM. This is in accordance with Section 335 (d) of the Wyoming Masonic Code.

May 20, 2019 Riverton #26 To move their Regular meeting date from June 11, 2019 to June 12, 2019 for a Joint meeting with Lander #2 and Wind River #25. This request was denied, and fee returned. Section 333-a of the Masonic Code re-fers and under Appendix of Decisions page 168 of the Wy-oming Masonic Code – Communications-1 “Regular meet-ings of a Lodge cannot be postponed or adjourned to an-other date. Special meetings may be called when meetings are to be held on other than regular dates.” 4-1924 353-391 (333).

June 10, 2019 Wheatland #16 To conduct an Outdoor meeting at the Kennedy Ranch on 13 July 2019 in Wheatland, WY.

June 30, 2019 Shoshone #21 To conduct an Outdoor meeting at the Heart Mountain Site on 27 July 2019 in Powell, WY.

July 8, 2019 Wyoming #2 To conduct an Annual meeting at the South Pass City Site on 17 August 2019 in South Pass City, WY.


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OTHER COMMUNICATIONS:

Dec. 26, 2018 Received call from Br Boyd Patterson, MWPGM Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Texas and current Grand Master DeMolay Itn’l. He called to let me know that he was tem-porarily dissolving Wyoming DeMolay and placing them under Colorado. He cited lack of membership and in-volvement regarding Wyoming’s DeMolay Chapters and a better leadership in the adult area. He stated that if there was growth – better than two a year – he would reconsider reinstating Wyoming control over their DeMolay Chap-ters. My concerns: the current funding of the Wyoming DeMolay and what happens to that when Colorado takes control.

Jan. 3, 2019 Phone conversation with Br. Jon Sellars, Colorado Execu-tive Officer of DeMolay in Colorado. Discussed the recent move by Br. Boyd Patterson, Grand Master of DeMolay, Itn’l, to move the Wyoming DeMolay into the Colorado DeMolay on an interim basis. I discussed my concerns in reference to Sovereignty and in the use of the Wyoming DeMolay funds. He assured me that he would not touch those funds but as EO of Colorado and based on the order of the Grand Master of DeMolay, Itn’l he would have eve-ry right to do so. I told him this would be a trigger point for me. I requested in writing that this order of the Grand Master DeMolay, Itn’l would not impact Wyoming DeMo-lay funds. Br Sellars believes that this interim order will be over shortly.

Jan. 7, 2019 Received letter from Br Jon R. Sellars, Executive Officer, DeMolay of Colorado, stating that all funds in the Wyo-ming DeMolay bank account will be for Wyoming DeMo-lay only.

Jan. 11, 2019 Received phone call from Br Jon Sellars, Executive Of-ficer, DeMolay of Colorado. He has met with Brother Roger Means, Executive Officer in Wyoming DeMolay and discussed the Wyoming DeMolay Situation. The Wy-oming DeMolay paperwork was in very bad shape and has been corrected in all Chapters. Rawlins DeMolay Chapter has been legitimized and is functioning. Squire programs are being introduced.

Jan. 19, 2019 Br Jon Sellars, Executive Officer of DeMolay in Colorado addressed the Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming with his plans in reference to the Wyoming DeMolay. He hopes to have Wyoming restored By June 2019.

March 9, 2019 Minutes of the March 9 video conference with the Strate-gic Planning, Investment and Endowment Committees.

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Endowment Committee

Will call for a special meeting of the Endowment Fund Committee to con-sider a proposal to do the following: Grow the fund until it reaches $2 mil-lion. There is currently approximately $1.2 million in the fund. Based on a projected growth of 5% with no additional outside contributions, the fund is projected to reach $2 million in about 12 years. When the fund reaches a value of $2 million, it will make approximately 5% of its value, or $100,000 available to the Grand Lodge for its operating budget. Monies not used by the Grand Lodge will be re-invested into the Endowment Fund to allow for further growth.

Strategic Planning Committee

Will propose a resolution to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming at the 145th An-nual Communication to do the following:

1. Raise the per capita tax on each Constituent Lodge by $5/member Master Mason

2. Combine the CD’s (approximately $230,000) in the General Fund with the savings account (approximately $38,000) and investment account of the Building Fund (approximately $329,500); remove the restrictions currently placed on the use of the Building fund, and pos-sibly remove the name “Building Fund”; place the control of the combined monies under the direction of the Grand Lodge Investment Committee; make those monies available to the Grand Lodge to sup-plement its operating budget, using some of the corpus if necessary.

May 14, 2019 Received an email from the Grand Secretary with an at-tached letter from the Law Offices of Prehoda, Edwards and Rampulla, LLC of Laramie, Wyoming concerning a Trust established by a Mr. Ralph E. McWhinnie. The let-ter advises the Trust recipients, of which we are one, to agree to a liquidation of the Trust through a one-time pay-ment. The letter was reviewed by RWJGW Michael McGrady and he referred it to the Investment Committee. The Investment Committee has reviewed the letter and agree that the recommendations should be followed. I instructed the Grand Secretary to generate a letter to the above-named Law Offices stating that we agree with their recommendations.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Review continued support/attendance of the Conference of Grand Masters and Grand Secretaries of North America.

2. Continued support of the Masonic Service Association of North America.

3. Continue to support the George Washington National Masonic Memorial.

4. Continued support of the Rocky Mountain Conference.

5. That the Endowment Committee and Investment Committee meet once a quarter and that this meeting be held jointly.


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6. Continue the Master Builder/Builder Program but tighten the require-ments to receive the award. Lodges are given a Charter because they have been deemed qualified to Initiate/Pass/Raise and Educate Masons. The award should be given for excellence in doing these things not just for doing them.

7. More attention needs to be made in contacting members seeking demits and those being suspended for NPD and determine if there is a way to keep these members in good standing.

8. More emphasis on a more professional Grand Lodge web page. Current web page is substandard and in need of serious overhaul. Current web-master is a volunteer and a very busy businessperson and does not have adequate time to upgrade the web page as often as necessary. The Grand Lodge should investigate a professional web design and upkeep of same.

9. I recommend that the current method of doing Education workshops be done away with and more emphasis on training the District Lecturers and they in turn educate the Lodges. They know their Lodges the Grand Lecturer usually does not. The District Lecturers would then send in a report on each Lodge to the Grand Lecturer.


Kenneth M. Badget Grand Master

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REPORT OF THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Kenneth M. Badget, Officers and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-sons of Wyoming.

It was my privilege and honor to corroborate with, serve and represent MWGM Badget and the Craft as Deputy Grand Master for the 2018-2019 Masonic year.

Although our numbers are lessening, the core in the State is still strong, aging, but still strong. With pleasure, I am glad to report that we are still gaining new members. Some Lodges have found fresh wellsprings to draw new Brothers from. Our Jurisdiction is not alone with our problems. An advantage to traveling to other Jurisdictions is sharing ideas, experiences, and solutions with some very brilliant Brothers.

Below I have listed most of my Masonic activities for this year:

18-Aug-18 South Pass Meeting

23-Aug-18 Cornerstone Casper

5-Sep-18 Guernsey #49

7-Sep-18 Capital #54

19-Sep-18 Guernsey #49

21-Sep-18 Capital #54

23-Sep-18 Sojourners

29-Sep-18 150th Cheyenne #1 Celebration

1-Oct-18 MWGM Visit Laramie #3 Laramie

2-Oct-18 MWGM visit Acacia #11 Cheyenne

3-Oct-18 MWGM visit Guernsey #49 Guernsey

4-Oct-18 MWGM visit Wheatland #16 Wheatland

5-Oct-18 MWGM visit Capital #54 Cheyenne

6-Oct-18 SE Quad Workshop Guernsey

12-Oct-18 Scottish Rite Reunion Cheyenne

28-Oct-18 Sojourners

2-Nov-18 MM degree Capital #54 Cheyenne

11-13-Nov-18 Grand Lodge of Nevada **

7-Dec-18 EA degree Capital #54 Cheyenne

16-Dec-18 Sojourners

15-Jan-19 EA Torrington

16-Jan-19 Guernsey #49

19-20-Jan-19 GM Winter Reunion Riverton

24-26 Jan-19 Grand Lodge of Colorado **


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31-Jan-2-Feb-19 Grand Lodge of Nebraska **

9-Feb-19 MM Degree Capital #54 Cheyenne

16-20 Feb-19 North American Conference of Grand Masters, Rapid City

12-Mar-19 Cornerstone, Sheridan

14-17-Mar-19 Grand Lodge of New Mexico (CNX Blizzard)*

25-Mar-19 Burns Table Lodge

12-Apr-19 GM Official Representative visit Chugwater #23

13-Apr-19 Cornerstone, Sheridan

18-Apr-19 Maundy Thursday Cheyenne (SR)

23-Apr-19 GM Visit, Chugwater

1-May-19 EA Degree, Guernsey

10-May-19 Scottish Rite Reunion, Cheyenne, 17th Degree

2-Jun-19 Cornerstone, Buffalo

10-Jun-19 Joint Installation Cheyenne #1, #11, & #54

12-Jun-19 Job’s Daughters Grand Bethel Installation Cheyenne **

13-16-Jun-19 Grand Lodge of North Dakota Bismarck

19-Jun-19 Installation, Guernsey

23-Jun-19 Sojourners, Installation, Ft Collins, CO

26-Jun-19 Lovell Cornerstone

27-30-Jun-19 Grand Lodge of Montana, Billings

2-Jul-19 Independence Rock Meeting, Casper

6-Jul-19 FC Degree #54 Cheyenne, Scottish Provincial GM

10-Jul-19 Capital Cornerstone, Cheyenne

13-Jul-19 Wheatland Outdoor meeting at Kennedy Ranch

18-20-Jul-19 Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference Denver, CO

25-Jul-19 Budget Committee

28-Jul-19 Audit Committee Meeting, Casper

3-Aug-19 Cornerstone, Basin

** MWGM Official Rep * Blizzard

Again, it has been a pleasure serving the Craft and MWGM Badget. With the help of the GAOTU and the Craft, I look forward to this coming year.


Thomas F. Hamm II Deputy Grand Master GL A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming

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REPORT OF THE SENIOR GRAND WARDEN Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Marbleton

December 11,2018 Dubois

Kemmerer

Rock Springs


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REPORT OF THE JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget, Officers, and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-sons of Wyoming, it was a pleasure to represent you in the Southeast Quadrant of Wyoming for the Masonic year 2018 – 2019.

In general, I found the Lodges in the Southeast Quadrant to be well represented at the scheduled visitation meetings with camaraderie and brotherly love prevailing. While these visitations provide only a snap-shot into the workings of the Lodge, it was evident that the brothers are striving to improve themselves and their respective Lodges in Ma-sonry. The reading of the minutes and discussions during the Lodge meetings demonstrated that each are active in both degree work and their community. Each Lodge has its own character and personality and I enjoyed experiencing the variety of ways that each Lodge goes about their work. I even had the pleasure of participating in some of their degree work. My challenge to each Lodge was for the members to think about what they are doing with the gifts that their fore-brethren gave them all those years ago by setting up and growing their Lodge. It is my hope that each Lodge will plan for the future so that their Lodge is part of the future of Masonry in Wyoming, the United States and the world.

Below were my visitation dates:

October 4, 2018 Wheatland Lodge No. 16, Wheatland, Wyoming;

October 8, 2018 Burns Lodge No. 41, Burns, Wyoming;

October 9, 2018 Cheyenne Lodge No. 1, Cheyenne, Wyoming;

October 17, 2018 Guernsey Lodge No. 49, Guernsey, Wyoming;

October 23, 2018 Saratoga Lodge No. 14, Saratoga, Wyoming;

October 24, 2018 Rawlins Lodge No. 5, Rawlins, Wyoming;

January 15, 2019 Acacia Lodge No. 11, Cheyenne, Wyoming;

April 16, 2019 Torrington Lodge No. 29, Torrington, Wyoming;

April 19, 2019 Capitol Lodge No. 54, Cheyenne, Wyoming;

April 23, 2019 Chugwater Lodge No. 23, Chugwater, Wyoming;

May 6, 2019 Laramie Lodge No. 3, Laramie, Wyoming;

May 14, 2019 Gate City Lodge No. 32, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming;

May 16, 2019 Wheatland Lodge No. 16, Wheatland, Wyoming; and

June 11, 2019 Gate City Lodge No. 32, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.

In addition to the visitations listed above, I participated in Grand Lodge events on the following dates:

September 29, 2018 150th Anniversary of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 in Cheyenne, Wyoming;

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January 19, 2019 Grand Master’s Winter Reunion in Riverton, Wy-oming;

February 16-18, 2019 Conference of Grand Masters in North America, in Rapid City, SD;

March 25, 2019 Burns Lodge Table Lodge Celebration in Burns, Wyoming;

April 13, 2019 Cornerstone Ceremony at the YMCA in Sheridan, Wyoming;

July 10, 2019 Cornerstone Ceremony at the State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyoming;

July 13, 2019 Kennedy Ranch outdoor lodge meeting hosted by Wheatland Lodge No. 16.

I would like to thank the brethren for trusting me with the elected po-sition of Junior Grand Steward this year. And, I would like to thank the Grand Master for his mentorship this past year. I would also like to thank Past Grand Master Richard Lewis for accompanying me on a few of my visits and trips.

Respectfully and Fraternally Submitted,

Michael J. McGrady Junior Grand Warden

Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming


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REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Wardens, and Brethren of the Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Wyo-ming:

Per the requirement of the Grand Treasurer as set forth in Section 132 of the Grand Lodge Code of Wyoming, I submit my annual report to you covering the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This report shall state the condition of the finances of our Grand Lodge, and will summarize the activities of the Grand Treasurer for the past year.

Please note the accompanying detailed accounting statements by our CPA, Brother Charlie Prill, are an important part of this report.

All funds duly received by the Grand Lodge were deposited in the proper bank accounts, and have been accounted for. All requests for payment submitted to the Grand Lodge have been duly paid following established procedures. Total receipts and expenditures related to the GENERAL FUND, which is the operating account for the Grand Lodge, are as follows:

Budget Actual Variance

Revenue: $104,335.00 $101,820.64 $2,514.36

Expenditures: $104,335.00 $ 95,316.53 ($9,018.47)

Surplus: $ 6,504.11 $6,504.11

Revenue for this year was slightly above the budget. Grand secretary St. John and I have tried to be diligent in looking for opportunities to grow the cash accounts held by the Grand Lodge. With the current economic environment all accounts continue to be maintained in banks where the funds are 100% insured by the U.S. government. For the most part, Federal Reserve policies have resulted in continued low interest rates for this past fiscal year. As rates are changed in the future all cash accounts will be reviewed in order to find higher rates if available.

Brother Prill has provided details within his reports showing the line item differences. Expenditures were 9% less than the budget repre-senting the diligence which Grand Secretary Beynon St. John contin-ues to display in managing the Grand Lodge expenditures and pur-chases.

Funds on hand as of June 30, 2019 in the GENERAL FUND are as follows:

General Fund Checking Account $ 13,717.11

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General Fund Savings Account $ 9,527.47

First Interstate Bank General Fund CD (11 mn) $ 50,604.66

First Interstate Bank General Fund CD (11 mn) $ 30,000.00

Platte Valley Bank CDs (3)

Platte Valley Bank CD (12 mn) $ 51,289.55

Platte Valley Bank CD (12mn) $ 50,730.13

Platte Valley Bank CD (6mn) $ 30,738.36

Total: $ 236,607.28

In September 2018 a $50,000 CD at First Interstate Bank ma-tured. The principle and interest were reinvested in a new 11 month CD. It will mature on August 18, 2019. On January 23, 2019, $20,000 was removed from the General Fund savings account and $10,000 was taken out of the General Fund checking account and placed in a 11mn CD at First Interstate Bank so it too could generate a higher rate of return than the savings account. This CD, which is listed above, will mature on December 23, 2019. The three CDs listed at Platte Valley Bank, in the order shown above, reach maturity on January 22, 2020, January 22, 2020, and August 8, 2019.

The following is a recap of the BENEVOLENT FUND Investment Account held with Morgan Stanley, along with a comparison of last year’s figures:

June 30, 2018 June 30, 2019 Pct Change

Morgan Stanley Acct: $2,367,348.51 $2,525,379.64 6.675%

The values shown above are market values as of June 30, 2019. If you compare this value with those in Brother Prill’s reports, you will see a variance. This variance is because Brother Prill’s reports show figures at cost rather than at market value. His reports also separate the funds into three separate categories consisting of a cash or money fund (shown as a current asset on the balance sheet), Stocks, and Bonds (both shown as investments on the balance sheet). It was de-termined in 2017 by the investment committee, on the advice of ClearBridge Investments, that the Benevolent Funds be invested in different funds than had been used in previous years. It was thought this would result in a larger return. This did not prove to be the case for the 2017-2018 year. However, the changes have been very bene-ficial this year with a significant return on our investments when compared to last year’s return.

The Benevolent Fund Checking Account is held at the First Interstate Bank. The figure shown below is the balance as of June 30, 2019.

June 30, 2019

First Interstate Benevolent Fund Checking Acct: $11,451.00

This account was moved from a different institution some time ago in


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order to take advantage of electronic fund transfer of monthly pay-ments to our widows/retired employees and has proven itself to be an efficient and a less costly way to pay these ladies compared to our previous check payment system.

The BUILDING FUND accounts continue to be composed of a Building Fund savings account with First Interstate Bank (previously a checking account when the Grand Lodge owned its building in Cas-per) and an investment account held with Morgan Stanley (proceeds from the sale of the building in Casper). The following is a recap of these accounts along with a comparison of last year’s figures:

June 30, 2018 June 30, 2019 Percent Change

First Interstate Building Fund Savings Acct: $42,402.44 $37,970.76 <10.451%>

Morgan Stanley Building Fund Investment Acct: $318,835.52 $343,253.01 7.658%

Regarding the BUILDING FUND Investment Account, the Morgan Stanley report represents market value of the funds while Mr. Prill’s report is listed at cost. As with the BENEVOLENT FUNDS, Brother Prill’s reports separate the funds into three separate categories con-sisting of a cash or money fund (shown as a current asset on the bal-ance sheet), Stocks, and Bonds (both shown as investments on the balance sheet).

Interest accrued for the First Interstate Bank BUILDING FUND Sav-ings Account for the fiscal year was $193.32. In November 2018, $7,325 was transferred out of the Building Fund savings into the Gen-eral Fund Savings which resulted in the lower total at the end of our fiscal year. When the Grand Lodge building in Casper was sold some years ago, by resolution it was decided that 90% of the income gener-ated by these funds could be transferred into the General Fund for use in offsetting the cost of renting the Grand Lodge office. The funds projected to be available for the 2018-2019 year were $7,325.00.

In closing I wish to again express my thanks to the Brothers who have provided me with the opportunity to serve the craft as the Grand Treasurer and I again want to thank Grand Secretary Beynon for his help in providing me in a timely fashion with the data I require in or-der to fulfill my duties and responsibilities. I hope I have met or ex-ceeded everyone’s expectations during this past fiscal year as Treas-urer and I hope I continue to do so in the future.

Fraternally Yours,

John F. Nunley III Grand Treasurer

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CENTER STREET PRACTICIONERS OF ACCOUNTING

CHARLEY PRILL, CPA

A.F. AND A.M. GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

BENEVOLENT FUND - UNAUDITED

AS OF JUNE 30, 2019

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

1020 Cash in Bank - First Interstate $ 11,451.00

1180 Cash - Morgan Stanley 121,546.08

1300 Stocks and Bonds 1,845,762.00

1301 Unsettled Stock Purchases -1,338.99 Total Current Assets 1,977,420.09

Total Assets $ 1,977,420.09

EQUITY

3000 Fund Balance 1,886,196.49

3000 Retained Earnings - Current Yr. 91,223.60

Total Equity 1,977,420.09

1301 Total Liabilities & Equity $ 1,977,420.09

A.F. & A.M. GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019

BENEVOLENT FUND - UNAUDITED

REVENUE Year to Date % of Rev.

4010 Interest Income $ 34,862.19 23.12

4020 Dividends 24,506.57 16.26

4130 Contributions 6,867.51 4.56

4140 Capital Gains and Losses 84,525.95 56.07

Total Revenue 150,762.22 100.00

Gross Profit 150,762.22 100.00

EXPENSES

5010 Scholarships 21,735.00 14.42

5015 Youth Programs 1,000.00 .66

5035 Investment Fees 16,263.50 10.79

5040 Pension Payments 18,468.12 12.25

5990 Excused NPD’s to General 2,072.00 1.37

Total Expenses 59,538.62 39.49

Net Income From Operations 91,223,60 60.51

Earnings Before Income Tax 91,223.60 60.51

Net Income (Loss) $ 91,223.60 60.51


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CHARLEY PRILL, CPA


BUILDING FUND - UNAUDITED

AS OF JUNE 30, 2019

Assets

Current Assets

1020 Cash - Morgan Stanley $ 37,970.76

1025 Savings First Interstate 18,413.86

1200 Due from General Fund -1.00

1300 Stock and Bonds 241,539.06

Total Current Assets 297,922.68

Total Assets $ 297,922.68

Equity

3000 Retained Earnings - Current Year 7,346.66

3000 Fund Balance - Beg. Of Year 290,576.02

Total Equity 297,922.68

Total Liabilities & Equity $ 297,922.68

A.F. & A.M. GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019

BUILDING FUND - UNAUDITED

REVENUE

Year to Date % of Revenue

4010 Interest & Dividend Income $ 7,822.24 46.38

4020 Building Fund Assessments 3,709.24 21.99

4030 Donations 10.00 0.06

4090 Gain (Loss) on Sale of Inv. 5,324.57 31.57

Total Revenue 16,866.05 100.00

Gross Profit 16,866.05 100.00

EXPENSES

5020 Investment Fees 2,194.39 13.01

5600 Transfer to General Fund 7,325.00 43.43

Total Expenses 9,519.39 56.44

Net Income From Operations 7,346.66 43.56

Earnings Before Income Tax 7,346.66 43.56

Net Income (Loss) $ 7,346.66 43.56

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CHARLEY PRILL, CPA


GENERAL FUND - UNAUDITED

AS OF JUNE 30, 2019

Assets

Current Assets

1020 Checking First Interstate $13,717.11

1021 Savings First Interstate 9,527.47

1060 CD First Interstate 30,000.00

1061 CD Platte Valley Bank 51,289.55


1063 CD First Interstate 50,604.66


Total Current Assets 236,607.28

Fixed Assets

1800 Land 1,000.00

Total Fixed Assets 1,000.00 Total Assets $ 237,607.28

Liabilities & Fund Balance Current Liabilities

2100 MSA Contributions from Lodges -

2110 GWM Contributions from Lodges (1.00)

2111 Due to Endowment Fund -

2112 Life Print Program 5,078.09

2115 Grand Lodge Book Sale 2,108 .17

2130 Due to Independence Rock 2,395.50

2200 Due to Building Fund (1.00)

21980 Due to Demolay -

Total Current Liabilities 9,579.76

Total Liabilities 9,579.76

Fund Balance 3198 Beginning Fund Balance 221,523.41

Current Year Revenue Over Expenses

6,504.11

Total Fund Balance 228,027.52

Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 237,607.28


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A.F. & A.M. GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 GENERAL FUND - UNAUDITED

Budget Actual Description 2018-2019 2018-2019 Variance

4010 Interest Income 800.00 1,399.66 599.66 4060 Percapita Tax 71,000.00 67,730.00 (3,270.00) 4070 Initiation Fees 2,000.00 1,590.00 (410.00) 4090 Sale of Supplies 2,500.00 1,877.98 (622.02) 4092 Lodge Ins. Reimb. 1,260.00 1,320.00 60.00 4125 From Bldg. Fund 7,325.00 7,325.00 0.00 4120 Charters & Disp. 250.00 210.00 (40.00) 4150 Other Income 0 73.00 73.00 4160 Ben. Fund Excused 2,200.00 2,072.00 (128.00) 4165 Ann. Communication 17,000.00 18,223.00 1,223.00 4170 Rocky Mtn. Conf. 0 0 0.00 Total Revenues $ 104,335.00 $ 101,820.64 $ (2,514.36) 1. Administration Expenses SALARIES 5021 Grand Secretary 30,000.00 30,000.00 0.00 5022 Office Secretary 0 0 0.00 Total Salaries 30,000.00 30,000.00 0 RENT 5081 Grand Sec. Office 6,200.00 5,985.89 214.11 5082 Grand Lodge Library 2,200.00 2,200.00 0.00 Total Rent 8,400.00 8,185.89 214.11 OFFICE SUPPLIES 5101 Grand Secretary 2,000.00 1,914.09 85.91 5102 Grand Treasurer 100.00 0 100.00 5103 Grand Master 150.00 145.26 4.74 5104 Grand Librarian 215.00 76.29 138.71 Total Office Supplies 2,465.00 2,135.64 329.36 PRINTING 5111 Gr. Lodge Proceedings 500.00 485.12 14.88 5112 Dir. Gr. Lodge Officers 100.00 98.84 1.16 5113 Grand Lodge Code 400.00 141.33 258.67 5114 Education 400.00 200.61 199.39 5117 Wyoming SR Pub. 0 0 0.00 5118 List of Lodges 560.00 560.00 0.00 Total Printing 1,960.00 1485.90 474.10

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POSTAGE AND EXPRESS 5131 Grand Lodge Postage 1,500.00 1,388.68 111.32 Total Postage 1,500.00 1,388.68 111.32

TRAVEL 5151 Grand Master 6,500.00 6,462.72 37.28 5152 Grand Secretary 1,500.00 1,373.68 126.32 5153 Deputy Gr. Master 3,200.00 3.200.00 0.00 5154 Gr. Master’s Reps 6,200.00 3,849.72 2,350.28 5157 Dist. Lecturers 900.00 0 900.00 5159 GWMNM Travel 0 0 0.00 Total Travel 18,300.00 14,886.12 3,413.88

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 5161 Accounting Services 3,800.00 3,780.00 20.00 5162 Computer Technical 1,995.00 1,702.75 292.25 Total Professional 5,795.00 5,482.75 312.25

OTHER 5120 Bonds & Insurance 1,600.00 1,850.00 (250.00) 5140 Telephone 650.00 626.76 23.24 5180 Repairs and Maint. 950.00 514.89 435.11 5190 Payroll Taxes 2,500.00 2,398.66 101.34 5200 Supplies for Resale 1,800.00 1690.85 109.15 5210 Dues & Subscr. 700.00 673.63 26.37 5230 Honorariums 450.00 450.00 0.00 5250 PGM Jewel 2,800.00 2,392.00 408.00 5260 Gr. Master Apron 450.00 417.19 32.81 5269 Gr. Lodge Aprons 370.00 351.00 19.00 5270 Bank Charges 20.00 28.00 (8.00) 5290 Awards & Plaques 1,200.00 1,030.01 169.99 5300 Furniture & Equip. 200.00 0 200.00 5310 Equip. Lease 0 0 0.00 5403 Gr. Master Cont. Fund 500.00 0 500.00 Total Other 14,190.00 12,422.99 1,767.01 Total Administrative Exp. 82,610.00 75,987.97 6,622.03 FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES CHARITABLE PROGRAMS 5011 Life Print Program 0 0 0.00 5012 GWMNM 0 0 0.00 5013 Masonic Service Assoc. 1,250.00 1,250.00 0.00 5015 Remembrances & Mem. 500.00 300.00 200.00 Total Charitable Prog. 1,750.00 1,550.00 200.00

ANNUAL COMMUNICATION 5173 Ann. Communication 17,000.00 15,775.56 1,224.44 5174 Winter Reunion 75.00 0 75.00 Total Ann. Comm. 17,075.00 15,775.56 1,299.44


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ROCKY MTN. MASONIC CONF. 5221 Printing of Proceedings 0 0 0.00 5222 Travel Reimbursement 0 0 0.00 5201 RMMC 0 0 0.00 Total RMMC 0 0 0.00

GRAND MASTERS’/GRAND SEC. CONF.

5291 Gr. Master’s Travel 500.00 441.00 59.00 5292 Gr. Sec. Travel 500.00 500.00 0.00 5293 DGM Travel 500.00 500.00 0.00 5294 Registration 400.00 400.00 0.00 5295 JGW Travel 500.00 0 500.00 5296 SGW Travel 500.00 162.00 338.00 Total GM Conf. 2,900.00 2,003.00 897.00 Total Fraternal Activities 21,725.00 19,328.56 2,396.44 Total Expenditures $ 104,335.00 $ 95,316.53 9,018.47 Revenue over Expenses $ 6,504.11

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REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Wardens, and Brethren of the Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Wyo-ming:

This year marks the first year that the Grand Lodge has offered the MMS database as a tool for the annual reporting of the Constituent Lodges. There are a few Secretaries who have fully embraced using the database and your efforts are truly appreciated. It makes the An-nual Reporting process much easier, I think, for both the Lodge Sec-retary and for me. I condensed the annual reporting forms into one spreadsheet this year as an option for reporting, and sent it out to the Secretaries along with the traditional report forms. Seventeen Lodge Secretaries returned the spreadsheet electronically for me to audit. One Lodge Secretary simply sent a confirmation that his database roster was current including the officers. After auditing those reports, I sent a full report back to the Lodge Secretary for him to sign, seal and return with the check. It has resulted in fewer discrepancies in the amount owed to Grand Lodge. If any Lodge Secretaries would like to be trained or re-trained in the database, please contact either Brother Sturdevant or me. We can do training in person or through video con-ferencing.

I appreciate the efforts of Brother Jim Sturdevant in helping to train Lodge Secretaries on the database. He has also been a real asset in the position of Grand Chaplain as he is very good about scanning news-papers for obituaries, and often learns of a Brother’s death even be-fore the Lodge Secretary hears of it.

Regarding the budget, we again were able to show a surplus at the end of the year. Most of the credit for that should go to the Quadrant Representatives, Field Staff, and other Grand Lodge Officers. Those dedicated Masons crisscross the State and beyond largely at their own expense. Of the $6,445 surplus, $4,310 of that can be attributed to funds not claimed for travel. In addition, we send the Grand Stewards to give the Grand Lodge of Wyoming’s presentation to the Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference each year, and there has been no mon-ey in the travel budget for that expense for the past two years. On a related matter, I was doing some research last night and read in the 1997 Proceedings that the Grand Lodge of Wyoming was paying $6,000 per year in office rent prior to buying the Grand Lodge build-ing in Casper. Based on the rate of inflation, that would translate into paying over $9400 in rent in today’s dollars. Total rent for my office and the Grand Lodge Library last year was $8,186, well below infla-


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tion. I mention these facts because you will be voting on Resolutions this year to raise revenues to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. I can honestly say that the leadership of the Grand Lodge tries very hard to be a good steward of the funds under its care.

My travels this year included the following:

September 29 Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 - 150th Anniversary

October 6 Grand Lodge Education Workshop in Guernsey

October 20 Grand Lodge Education Workshop in Marbleton

January 19 Grand Master’s Winter Reunion in Riverton

February 17-19 Grand Secretaries’ Conference in Rapid City, SD

April 13 Cornerstone Ceremony in Sheridan

June 26 Cornerstone Ceremony in Lovell

July 10 Cornerstone Ceremony in Cheyenne

August 3 Cornerstone Ceremony in Basin

I would like to thank MW Brother Ken Badget for really keeping me on my toes this year. He has, by far, been the most punctual Grand Master I have had the pleasure of working with. He has had his lists, duties, orders and other business dealings done weeks, if not months, ahead of their deadlines. It has been hard to keep up with him. I would also like to thank Brother John Nunley, III, Grand Treasurer for all his assistance and advice this year. We have taken advantage of rising interest rates, and have placed a large amount of the savings in the Grand Lodge savings account into higher interest bearing CD’s. It showed in the budget as we were nearly $600 over budget on inter-est revenue. Finally, I thank my wife, Midge, for always being ready to lend a helping hand with anything I undertake.



Grand Lodge AF&AM of Wyoming Special Meeting Board of Inquiry October 27, 2018

Riverton, Wyoming


Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master Beynon St. John, Grand Secretary

Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM Jared M. Pierson, Grand Lecturer

Wayne E. Christensen, SGW Wayne Davidson, WM Riverton Lodge #26

Thomas G. Needham, JGD Cory Rota, SW Riverton Lodge #26

T. Mark Mickelson, PGM Otto Uecker, JW Riverton Lodge #26

Mark S. Young, PGM Jake Stetler, SW Wind River Lodge #25

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Grand Master Badget called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm to discuss two issues. One being the turmoil between the Worshipful Master and Senior Warden of Riverton Lodge No. 26, and the other the circumstances sur-rounding the 1838 Rendezvous Special Communication of Riverton Lodge No. 26 on July 6, 2018. After taking testimony from all parties involved, the Grand Master handed down the following decisions:

1. Worshipful Master, Wayne Davidson was removed from office.

2. Junior Warden, Otto Uecker was appointed Worshipful Master Pro-Tem and was instructed to request a Special Dispensation to elect officers out of order.

3. Issue a letter of admonition to Riverton Lodge No. 26 for holding a clandestine lodge.

4. Recommend all references to Wayne Davidson as a Past Master be removed.

5. Direct that any planned meeting of the 1838 Rendezvous for 2019 be denied a special dispensation.

The meeting was closed at 1:30 pm.



Grand Lodge A F & A M of Wyoming

Special Communication Grand Master’s Winter Reunion

January 19, 2019, Riverton, Wyoming


A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accept-ed Masons of Wyoming was opened in ample form at 9:30 am in the River-ton Lodge No. 26 Lodge Room, Wyoming for the purpose of holding the Grand Master’s Winter Reunion.

Ken Badget (21,30,35), GM Jim Sturdevant (7), Gr. Chaplain

Tom Hamm II (49,54), DGM Ken Humphrey (8), Grand Orator

Wayne Christensen (13), SGW Gil Curry (21), Grand Marshal

Mike McGrady (1), JGW Mark Young, PGM (9,28), Gr. Hist.

John Nunley III (11), Gr. Treasurer Robert Melonuk (49), Gr. Tyler

Beynon St. John (2), Grand Sec.

Matt Ramey (7), SGD

Tom Needham (48), JGD

Scott Kitchner (12), SGS

Greg Shiek (8), JGS


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There were 70 Master Masons present according to the Tyler’s Log.

The Grand Lodge Officers marched in procession to the front of the Lodge room, where they were introduced and then took their stations. Grand Master Badget thanked everyone for attending. He then asked Senior Grand Deacon, Matt Ramey, to conduct the Heads of the Appendant Bodies to the Altar. Tom Smith (17, 28), Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Wyoming; Wayne Long (16), Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of Wyoming; and Greg Shiek (8), Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming were introduced and given a hearty welcome. Senior Grand Deacon Ramey was then directed to conduct the Past Grand Masters who were present to the Altar. Past Grand Masters Philip G. Buchholz, (14, 53); Harry W. C. Oberg, III (4, 33); Clar-ence J. Vranish (4, 33); Michael B. Johnson (53); and Mark S. Young (9, 28) were introduced and conducted to the East where they were given the Grand Honors.

Junior Grand Warden, Michael J. McGrady, then called the Craft from labor to refreshment at 10:30 am. Break-out Sessions were held on the subjects of Diversity and Strategic Planning. The afternoon session included the follow-ing:

Addresses by Grand Orator, Ken Humphrey, and Grand Historian, Mark Young.

Brother Jon Sellars, Executive Officer of DeMolay in Colorado and Wyo-ming instructed the Craft on changes that had occurred in the Wyoming lead-ership of DeMolay, and what steps were being taken to restore the leadership in Wyoming.

Senior Grand Deacon, Matt Ramey, led a discussion on Grand Lodge fund-ing.

Past Grand Master, Harry Oberg, gave a report of his visit to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah Annual Communication. It was the first time a representative of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming had at-tended their Annual Communication as it occurs on the same dates as our Annual Communication.

Brother Toby Errickson (2) presented a proposal to amend the Grand Lodge of Wyoming Code to allow the formation of Historic Lodges.

Junior Grand Warden McGrady called the Craft from refreshment to labor at 4:15 pm. Grand Master Young thanked Riverton Lodge No. 26 for their hos-pitality in hosting the Winter Reunion and thanked all the Brothers for their participation. He then closed the Grand Lodge in ample form at 4:30 pm, peace and harmony prevailing.


Beynon St. John, Grand Secretary

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Grand Lodge A F & A M of Wyoming Special Communication

April 13, 2019, Sheridan, Wyoming


A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accept-ed Masons of Wyoming was opened in ample form at 1:00 pm in the Sheri-dan Lodge Building for the purpose of a Cornerstone Ceremony to commem-orate a new addition to the Sheridan YMCA Building.

Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master

Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM Steve Schlenker (8), Gr. Lect. Pro-Tem

Ken Thorpe (8), SGW Pro-Tem James L. Sturdevant, Gr. Chaplain

Michael J. McGrady, JGW G. Gil Curry, Grand Marshal

John F. Nunley, III, Gr. Treas. Mark S. Young PGM, Gr. Hist.

Beynon St. John, Gr. Secretary Robert M. Melonuk, Grand Tyler

Matthew J. Ramey, SGD

Thomas G. Needham, JGD

Scott A. Kitchner, SGS

Gregory K. Shiek, JGS

There were 28 Master Masons present according to the sign-up sheet includ-ing the honorable US Senator, Michael B. Enzi (8,28). Brother Enzi was conducted west of the Altar, introduced and given a hearty welcome.

MWGM Ken Badget welcomed all in attendance and thanked the Brothers of the Sheridan Lodges for inviting the Grand Lodge to commemorate another public building in Sheridan. Junior Grand Warden, Mike McGrady, called the Lodge from labor to refreshment at 1:30 pm, and the Brothers traveled to the YMCA building to perform the Cornerstone Ceremony. Brother Stanford Baird (8) served as Grand Architect, MW Brother Tom Nance, PGM (8) served as Master of Ceremonies, and Brothers James Rader (8), Spencer Morris (8), and Chip King (8) formed the Color Guard for the ceremony. Items placed in the time capsule of the Cornerstone are listed on a separate sheet.

Junior Grand Warden, Mike McGrady, called the Craft from refreshment to labor at 3:15 pm. MWGM Ken Badget thanked Brothers Tom Nance, PGM and Sandy Baird for organizing another successful Cornerstone Ceremony. The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons was then closed in ample form at 3:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted, Beynon St. John, Grand Secretary


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June 2, 2019 Buffalo, Wyoming

GRAND LODGE AF&AM of WYOMING

Special Communication-Cornerstone Resealing

Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth Badget opened the Lodge in due form in the MM Degree at 1:00 PM. With the following officers present:


Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM

David Guyton (7), SGW Pro-Tem

Michael Strahan (7,8), JGW Pro-Tem

Ron McPhee (7), Gr. Sec. Pro-Tem

Matthew J. Ramey, SGD

The Grand Lodge Officers were assisted by Brothers from Anchor Lodge #7, Sheridan Lodge #8 , and Big Horn Mountain Lodge #43 to aid in the cere-mony to reseal the cornerstone of the Lutheran ELCW Church in Buffalo, Wyo.

There were 14 Master Masons present according to the signup sheet.

There were six Grand Officers, one Past Grand Master, one Brother from Sheridan Lodge #8, and six Brothers from Anchor Lodge #7.

Dakota Ramey (7), JGD Pro-Tem

Gregory K. Shiek, JGS

James L. Sturdevant, Gr. Chap.

George “Gil” Curry, Gr. Marshal

Eric Bowers, Gr. Tyler, Pro-Tem

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Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth Badget called the Lodge to recess to have the Brothers practice the lineup procedure for the ceremony at the Church. Since there were some non MM Brothers to help, Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth Badget closed the recess and resumed Labor in the MM Degree. He then called the Lodge to Refreshment.

We then proceeded to the Lutheran Church and Dedicated the Cornerstone. We were served refreshments in the Church basement following the cere-mony.

We then reassembled at the Masonic Lodge. Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth Badget closed the refreshment and resumed Labor in the MM De-gree.

Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth Badget thanked the Brothers for their efforts in assisting with the Cornerstone Ceremony.

Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth Badget closed the Lodge in due form at 4:00 PM.


Brother Ron McPhee, Grand Secretary, pro temp.

List of Items placed on June 2, 2019 in the St. Luke’s Lutheran ELCW Church Cornerstone.

Original items from 1948; Pictures of Church, Members, and Pastors. Membership list in 1948. New

Testament of Minister. Synod magazines. The Sheridan Press and Buffalo Bulletin from 1948. New Items added: Pictures from todays, 06/02/2019 service. Membership directories. Lutheran Magazine. 2018 annual report of St. Luke’s. History from 1948 until 2019. Flip cell phone Buffalo Bulletin 2019. Grand Lodge AF&AM of Wyoming Special Communication Attendance

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June 26, 2019, Lovell, Wyoming

Kenneth M. Badget Beynon St. John

Grand Master Grand Secretary

A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accept-ed Masons of Wyoming was opened in ample form at 5:00 pm in the Lovell Lodge Building for the purpose of a Cornerstone Ceremony to commemo-rate the 100th Anniversary of Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35.


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Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM James L. Sturdevant, Grand Chaplain

Thomas R. Nance, PGM (8), SGW Pro-Tem G. Gil Curry, Grand Marshal

Bryan Baird (35), JGW Pro-Tem Ross Fuller (35), Grand Tyler Pro-Tem


Dave Kannard (35), Senior Grand Deacon Pro-Tem

Jack Bassett (35), Junior Grand Deacon Pro-Tem

Keith McIntosh (35), Senior Grand Steward Pro-Tem

Gregory K. Shiek, Junior Grand Steward

There were 16 Master Masons present according to the sign-up sheet.

MWGM Ken Badget welcomed all in attendance and thanked the Brothers of Tri-Mountain Lodge No. 35 for inviting the Grand Lodge to commemo-rate their 100th Anniversary. Junior Grand Warden Pro-Tem, Bryan Baird,

called the Lodge from labor to refreshment at 5:30 pm, and the Brothers marched in formation outside the Lodge to a waiting crowd to per-form the Cornerstone Ceremony. Brother Stephen Howe (21) served as Flag Bearer for the Ceremony. Worshipful Master James Woody (35) gave the welcome address and a detailed explanation of the cor-nerstone monument. Items placed in the time capsule of the Corner-stone are listed on a separate sheet.

Junior Grand Warden Pro-Tem, Bryan Baird, called the Craft from refreshment to labor at 6:30 pm. MWGM Ken Badget thanked the Brothers for organizing a successful Cornerstone Ceremony. The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons was then closed in ample form at 6:45 pm.



Time Capsule Contents

Newspapers Lovell-Kane Museum Insert May 23, 2019 Issue May 16, 2019 Issue June 23, 2016 Issue June 28, 2018 Issue August 2, 2018 Issue June 26, 1986 Issue Lovell-Kane Museum Calendar, 2019 September 20, 2018 Issue All 50 US State Quarters Widows Sons Masonic Riding Association Package Two Hats Mountain Electric Widows Sons Wooden Spoon 100 Year Commemorative Box of Sugar

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Photo of Great Western Sugar Plant (historic) Bottle of Crown Royal LHS Bulldogs Tote Bag 100 Years of LHS Graduates book Queen Bee Gardens Bag O’Goodies Bee’s Wax Candle Bottle of Honey (8 oz) Background History of Queen Bee Gardens $25 Gift Card Hyart Theatre Goodie Box Historical Summary of the Theatre and two Movie Tickets Star Wars: The Last Jedi Drink Collectible Drink Cup The Incredibles Popcorn Bucket Star Wars: Rogue One Collectible Drink Cup and Popcorn Bucket Marquis Posters Staff T-Shirts 2016 and 2017 Stage Props from “A Christmas Carol” Community Play from 2017 Letter from Bryan Baird relating story of the production DVD of the Play Commemorative Christmas Ornament autographed by “Scrooge” - Stan Hedges; and “Marley” WM Jim Woody The Lovell Chronicle November 23, 2019 Issue (with story on the Play) Town of Lovell Historic Photo of downtown Lovell from ca 1917 Photos brochure Tourist information book Local pamphlets Rose stickers and Rose City pin Big Horn Basin (Lovell area) Travel Brochures and local information pamphlets Pryor Mountain Horse Range Mustang Center Travel Brochures, maps, etc. Commemorative Coin (50 year anniversary) Postcards Lodge Package Grand Lodge Website photo of the Lodge Autographed Photo of MWGM Ken Badget Lodge Officers and members’ photos Photos of construction of the monument Historic Document of Big Horn Basin Masters Club History of Big Horn Basin Masters Club Programs of meetings including Lovell 1945; Powell 1936; Powell 1929; Basin 1960; Lovell 1923 Two return receipts from USPS, 1933 Bottle of Huckleberry Jam Postcards (2) Commemorative Coin Travel Brochures from Big Horn County, Big Horn Canyon National Recreation

Area Lodge Bundle Old Hoodwink Old Cable Tow Secretary Stamp from Lovell Lodge #36 2018-19 Directory of Lodges and Officers EA and FC Study Materials


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Welcome to a Mason’s Lady brochure Why the Confusion in the Temple brochure Further Light brochure Masonic Code Book 2015 Grand Lodge Proceedings 2018 Masonic Bible and Ritual Book of Jener La Fleiche with Mourning Band placed

in MM Scripture

Piece of Glass and Historic Photo of the Lovell Glass Plant Piece of original Main Street from Lovell Photos of Historic Lovell (from 1963) Piece of Main Street Median (installed 1980) and photo of Median Brick from Lovell Brick and Tile and historic photos of factory from Jan. 6, 1931 Commemorative Pin from the town of Deaver


July 10, 2019, Cheyenne, Wyoming


A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accept-ed Masons of Wyoming was opened in ample form at 4:00 pm in the Chey-enne Lodge Building for the purpose of a Cornerstone Ceremony to com-memorate the re-dedication of the State Capitol Building.

Kenneth M. Badget, GM Jared Olson (1), Gr. Chaplain Pro-Tem Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM Wayne Long (16), Gr. Marshal Pro-Tem Wayne E. Christensen, SGW T. Mark Mickelson, PGM, Gr. Orator Pro-Tem Michael J. McGrady, JGW Gary Skillern, PGM, Grand Librarian John F. Nunley, III, Gr. Treasurer Mark S. Young PGM, Grand Historian Beynon St. John, Gr. Secretary Robert M. Melonuk, Grand Tyler Tim Forbis (1), SGD Pro-Tem Thomas G. Needham, JGD Scott A. Kitchner, SGS Gregory K. Shiek, JGS

There were 34 Master Masons present according to the sign-up sheet includ-ing visiting Masons from South Dakota, Nebraska and Illinois.

MWGM Ken Badget welcomed all in attendance and thanked the Brothers of the Cheyenne Lodges for inviting the Grand Lodge to commemorate the public re-opening of the State Capitol Building. Junior Grand Warden, Mike McGrady, called the Lodge from labor to refreshment at 4:30 pm, and the

Brothers marched in procession to the south end of the Capitol building to perform the Cornerstone Ceremony. Brother John Ferguson, Grand Junior Deacon of Nebraska, served as Grand Architect, Brother Howard Hill (14) served as Flag Bearer, and MW Brother Allen Pierce, PGM, served as Bible Bearer. This was a re-dedication only. There was no time capsule place in the Cornerstone at this ceremony.

Junior Grand Warden, Mike McGrady, called the Craft from refreshment to labor at 6:00 pm. MWGM Ken Badget thanked all the Brothers for attending and helping to make the Ceremony a success. The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons was then closed in ample form at 6:15 pm.

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August 3, 2019, Basin, Wyoming


A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accept-ed Masons of Wyoming was opened in ample form at 1:15 pm in the Temple Lodge No. 20 Building in Basin for the purpose of a Cornerstone Ceremony to commemorate two Cornerstones: one for the Elementary School and one for the Middle/High School of Big Horn Basin School District No. 4.

Kenneth M. Badget, Gr. Master Thomas G. Needham, JGD Thomas F. Hamm, II, DGM Scott A. Kitchner, SGS Wayne Christensen, SGW Gregory K. Shiek, JGS Lawrence Snyder Jr., (20) JGW Pro-Tem James L. Sturdevant, Gr. Chaplain Beynon St. John, Grand Secretary James Whipps (20), Gr. Marshal Pro-Tem Matthew J. Ramey, SGD Jim Willis (20), Grand Tyler Pro-Tem

There were 17 Master Masons present according to the sign-up sheet.

MWGM Ken Badget welcomed all in attendance and thanked the Brothers of Temple Lodge No. 20 for inviting the Grand Lodge to commemorate an-other public building. The two Cornerstones today would make six for the year. Junior Grand Warden Pro-Tem, Larry Snyder, Jr., called the Lodge from labor to refreshment at 1:40 pm, and the Brothers traveled to the High School building to perform the Cornerstone Ceremonies for the Elementary School and the Middle/High School buildings. Brother Clint Mosely (8) served as Grand Architect for the ceremony. It was fitting that he serve as Grand Architect since he was the construction foreman on the project. Broth-er James Woody (35) served as Flag Bearer for the ceremony. Items placed in the time capsule of the Cornerstone were not available for the ceremony, but if available at a later date, will be published in the 2019 Proceedings.

Junior Grand Warden Pro-Tem, Larry Snyder, Jr., called the Craft from re-freshment to labor at 3:00 pm. MWGM Ken Badget thanked the Brothers for an impressive ceremony. The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons was then closed in ample form at 3:15 pm.




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REPORT OF THE SENIOR GRAND DEACON Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget, Officers, and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-sons of Wyoming, it was my distinct pleasure and honor to represent you in the Northwest Quadrant of Wyoming for the Masonic year, 2018‐2019.

Additionally, I participated in several Grand Lodge activities and events throughout the state.

I found the Northwest Quadrant to be active and well attended in terms of both Masonic Fellowship and degree work. The lodges in the Northwest come in all sizes and shapes. Regardless of size, I wit-nessed quality degrees take place, and met several newly raised men. There were several lodges who set a high standard of Masonic educa-tion and mentorship for new Master Masons and “old‐timers” alike. Most of these lodges have existed for a century or more. The chal-lenge I posed to the Northwest was to take immediate action to en-sure that Masonry will be alive and well in their communities, 100 years from now.

Following are my activities:

Grand Lodge Communications:

2018 Annual Communication ‐ Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming – Gillette, Wyoming

Grand Master’s Winter Reunion – Riverton, Wyoming

Cornerstone – Sheridan YMCA – Sheridan, Wyoming

Cornerstone ‐ St. Luke’s Lutheran Church ‐ Buffalo, Wyoming

Cornerstone – Bighorn County School District 4 – Basin Wyoming

Grand Lodge Meetings:

Grand Lodge Strategic Committee – Multiple Audio & Video Conferences

Joint meeting of Grand Lodge Strategic Committee & Endowment Fund Board – Video Conference

Grand Lodge Budget Committee – Video Conference

Grand Lodge Audit Committee – Casper, Wyoming

Quadrant Visits Representing The Most Worshipful Grand Mas-ter Kenneth M. Badget:

Temple Lodge No. 20 – Basin, Wyoming

Anchor Lodge No. 7 – Buffalo, Wyoming

Shoshone Lodge No. 21 – Cody, Wyoming

Tri‐Mountain View Lodge No. 35 – Lovell, Wyoming

Absarokee Lodge No. 30 – Powell, Wyoming

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Sheridan Lodge No. 8 – Sheridan, Wyoming

Big Horn Mountain Lodge No. 43 – Sheridan, Wyoming

Malta Lodge No. 17 – Thermopolis, Wyoming

Other Quadrant Related Travel:

Sheridan Lodge No. 8 – Installation of Officers (Installed Deacons)

Northwest Quadrant Education Session – Buffalo, Wyoming


Matthew J. Ramey Senior Grand Deacon Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming


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REPORT OF THE JUNIOR GRAND DEACON Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget, Officers, and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming, it was my distinct honor and pleasure to represent you Most Worshipful Grand Master in the Northeast Quadrant of Wyo-ming for the Masonic year, 2018-2019. Acting as your representative to the Craft I shared your message to challenge each lodge to update their lodge audits to be in compliance with:

Section 347 of our Code, Books, to verify each lodge is in full com-pliance with keeping a proper set of books of record of finance, with other such books as may be provided by law.

Sec. 482. The Committee on Finance shall consist of three members, to be appointed by the Worshipful Master, the first named member to be the Chairman. Its duty shall be:

a) To examine the books, vouchers, etc., of the Treasurer, Sec-retary and Board of Trustees, and make a detailed report in writ-ing at the first regular meeting in September of each year. (Approved, August 14, 1990)

b) To audit all bills, accounts and claims that may be re-ferred to them from time to time, and report thereon in writing.

This section does not apply to the appropriations for Grand Lodge dues and Benevolent Fund assessments, as the amounts thereof are fixed by law.

In case of absence of any of this committee the Master shall make Pro-Tem appointments at regular communications.

To reiterate and encourage use of the docket system with each lodge, to observe the general condition of each lodge and to listen to sugges-tions and concerns as well as share and exchange ideas on what each lodge may do to make Masonry there more sustainable. To help fa-cilitate the growth of philosophical discussion in the lodge among brothers so each may gain further light and perhaps discover reasons why men may wish to be in lodge rather than fall into the classifica-tion of suspended for NPDs.

My first activity after attending the 144th Annual Communication of Grand Lodge was to attend the South Pass Meeting on August 18, 2018 in South Pass City, Wyoming.

At each lodge I visited I was always welcomed and shown courtesies provided some very good meals and friendships. Many of the lodges

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provided lodging which is genuinely appreciated.

The outline I worked off of for my visitation began with this: “Greetings from Most Worshipful Grand Master, Kenneth M. Badget Grand Master of Mason of the Grand Lodge AF & AM of Wyo-ming.”

I then proceeded to explain there were no new programs, instead the focus was on continued work on the programs underway for the last several years. I did encourage lodges to implement the Docket Sys-tem as a way to expedite to education. I then spoke about the Lodge financial Audit compliance requirements. NPDs and how are per-ceived, how we represent ourselves as Masons, reminding the broth-ers we are each the face of Masonry. Tracking deaths and reporting to Grand Secretary.

I inquired the following, is someone writing down your lodge histo-ry? Who is the historian? I referenced

“HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF WYOMING 1874-1974”.

This is the last time the history was updated, 2024 marks the sesqui-centennial and it would be appropriate to get the histories updated and a new book published. I then reminded and invited everyone to attend the Grand Master’s Winter Reunion Saturday, Jan 19, 2019 at Riverton.

I found each Lodge with its own personality and character though by and large the work in the Northeast Quadrant is uniform with some individual variance within lodges. Many of the lodges are busy with degree work and working to educate new members. A spirit of com-radery and brotherhood was found in each Lodge. By far the most difficult task I faced was to pick the Quadrant Mason of the year and the Quadrant Lodge of the year. These choices are subjective, it is not a competition as there are a great many men who meet the high stand-ard. For me to pick one man out of the hundreds I interacted with was a challenge. The same is true for the Lodge of the year, there was ex-cellent work and activity throughout the Northeast. These choices are not simply black and white there is no check list to quantify or meas-ure, often it is a subjective opinion based on a snapshot in time, and with successive snapshots the scenery constantly changes.

Lodge Visitations by the Worshipful Junior Grand Deacon, Tom Needham, as representative for Most Worshipful Master Kenneth Badget were as listed.

1: Pathfinder Lodge No. 42 Casper, Wyoming October 2, 2018


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2: Glenrock Lodge No. 22 Glenrock, Wyoming October 4, 2018

3: Harmony Lodge 24 Lusk, Wyoming October 9, 2018

4: Sundance Lodge No. 9 Sundance, Wyoming October 10, 2018

5: Tower Lodge No. 44 Hulett, Wyoming October 11, 2018

6: Independence Rock Lodge No. 56 Casper, Wyoming October 15, 2018

7: Ashlar Lodge No. 10 Douglas, Wyoming October 16, 2018

8: Upton Lodge No. 38 Upton, Wyoming October 17, 2018

9: Newcastle Lodge No. 13 Newcastle, Wyoming October 18, 2018

10: Gillette Lodge No. 28 Gillette, Wyoming October 23, 2018

11: Casper Lodge No. 15 Casper, Wyoming October 24, 2018

On Saturday the 27th of Oct at 1:00 PM, I attended a meeting of In-quiry at the Riverton Lodge.

On January 19, 2019 I attended the Grand Master’s Winter Reunion.

I served on the Budget and Finance Committee, Investment Commit-tee and strategic planning committee. I accepted an appointment to serve until our August Communication as representative for the Grand Lodge AF & AM of Wyoming on a new subcommittee for the Masonic Renewal Committee of North America.

On April 13, 2019 I assembled with the Grand Lodge A.F. &. A.M. of Wyoming at Sheridan, Wyoming for Cornerstone Ceremony dedi-cation for YMCA, and on July 10th I participated in the Cornerstone Ceremony in Cheyenne to re-dedicate the Capitol Building.


Thomas G. Needham Junior Grand Deacon Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming

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REPORT OF THE GRAND CHAPLAIN Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, Distin-guished Guests, Brothers, and guests it has been an honor to serve as your Grand Chaplain this past year. My most important duty has been to extend condolences to the next of kin for our departed Broth-ers. At times this wasn’t an easy duty especially since I personally knew some of our Brothers who have gone to be with the Great Ar-chitect of the Universe. We have Brothers who have lost loved ones over this past year and I ask that you please accept our sincere sym-pathies and know that you are in our prayers.

During the year we lost one of our oldest Masonic Brothers at 98. Our youngest member was 40 years old. As you can see by the list of deaths we have lost approximately 92 members this past year.

As I read the names by lodge of our passed Brothers, I ask that any members present from that lodge please stand so you lodge may be recognized. (Read Names of passed members)

Please stand. I offer this prayer: Great Architect of the Universe as we remember our departed Brothers, thank You for allowing their brothers to know them during their time on earth. We ask that You watch over the families of our departed Brothers and console them in their time of morning. One day may we be united with you and our Brothers at the gate of eternal life when you call upon us. Amen.

Respectfully Submitted:

James L. Sturdevant Grand Chaplain


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Charles H. Moore Grand Master 1988-1989

Charles H. Moore was born in Curtis, Arkansas on October 3, 1928, son of Charles and Bertha Moore. He spent most of his younger years on a farm and after completing high school, worked in the building industry until drafted into the US Army in 1951. After serving in the Army for two years, he moved to west Texas and continued his career in the construction business. In August 1957, he moved to Cheyenne as manager of a residential construction firm. In September 1957, he married Frances Boggs of Rison, Arkansas.

He was active in community affairs, serving as President of the Southwest Homebuilders Association, on the Board of Directors for Goodwill Industries, on the Cheyenne Construction Board, and on the Ticket Committee of Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Most Worshipful Brother Charlie began his Masonic career in 1959 when he was initiated into Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 40 in Chey-enne. After working his way through the offices of the Lodges, he served as Worshipful Master in 1965-66. He served the Lodge as Sec-retary for 12 years. He was elected as Building Board Representative of the Lodge in 1966 and served on the Cheyenne Masonic Building Association for nine years. Eight of those years he served as Secretary-Treasurer for the Board. When Rocky Mountain Lodge consolidated into Acacia Lodge No. 11 in 2013, he affiliated into that Lodge.

He became a member of Wyoming Consistory in 1965. He served as Wise Master of Rose Croix and as Master of Kadosh. In 1975, he was invested with the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour. In 1979, he was coronated In-spector General Honorary, 33°. He served as Secretary of the Scottish Rite Foundation and member of the Sovereign Grand Inspector Gen-eral’s Advisor Conference. In 2004 he was awarded the Grand Cross of Honor for extraordinary contributions to the Scottish Rite and the Cheyenne Language Clinic.

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He served as Scribe Advisor for Cheyenne Chapter Order of DeMo-lay from 1963 to 1969. He served as Deputy to the DeMolay Execu-tive Officer in Wyoming from 1970-74. He served on DeMolay Inter-national Supreme Council Staff at Leadership Workshops in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In DeMolay, he has been presented with the “Hats Off” award, the Medal of Appreciation, the Honorary Legion of Hon-or and the Cross of Honor. In 1986, he organized a Legion of Honor Preceptory for the State of Wyoming and served as Secretary/Treasurer.

He was a member of the York Rite Bodies in Cheyenne. He was a member of Eusebius Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine in Rawlins and served as Puissant Sovereign in 1983. He was a member of Oakleaf Chapter No. 6, Order of Eastern Star, a member of Korein Shrine in Rawlins, being active in the Cheyenne Shrine Club and Le-gion of Honor in Cheyenne. He was also a member of the LOH Rid-ers.

Other Masonic Orders in which he participated included Chapter No. 5, National Sojourners serving as President in 1974; Commander of Heroes of ‘76; Missouri Lodge of Research; and Secretary/Treasurer of the Davis Roberts Scholarship Fund.

He served as District 1 Education Counselor in 1977-78. In 1979, he was appointed Grand Marshal by Grand Master James R. Daley, where he continued up the Line to serve as Grand Master of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming in 1988-1989.

Most Worshipful Brother Charlie was preceded in death by his wife in 1999.


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Last Name First DOB DOD Age Lodge #

Bigelow Robert J. 8/19/1926 4/23/2019 92 Cheyenne 1

Flynn Dennis S. 2/2/1941 12/28/2018 77 Cheyenne 1

Mathews Robert C. 1/16/1924 9/11/2018 94 Cheyenne 1

Pendarvis Robert H. 2/8/1930 11/14/2018 88 Cheyenne 1

Williams, Jr John F. 3/2/1940 5/18/2018 78 Cheyenne 1

Merryman William W. 1/24/1926 6/8/2019 93 Wyoming 2

Brito Silvester J. 9/26/1937 10/7/2018 81 Laramie 3

Miner Terry L. 4/9/1949 4/1/2019 69 Laramie 3

Rechard Paul A. 6/4/1927 2/4/2019 91 Laramie 3

Riedl Richard R. 12/14/1942 10/16/2018 75 Laramie 3

Ellsworth Douglas G. 10/26/1932 3/6/2019 86 Evanston 4

Wolfe William H. 5/29/1941 4/3/2019 77 Evanston 4

Snively Harold M. 10/28/1926 5/20/2017 90 Rawlins 5

Corell James A. 8/12/1928 3/7/2019 90 Anchor 7

Foust Edwin N. 1/22/1951 9/15/2018 67 Anchor 7

Kilts Jimmie D. 8/3/1938 9/22/2018 80 Anchor 7

Penwell Kenneth G. 8/20/1928 7/1/2018 89 Anchor 7

Wagner Robert M. 5/18/2019 5/18/2019 94 Anchor 7

Campbel Myrl J. 2/3/1938 9/13/2018 80 Sheridan 8

Nickerson Julius B. 12/23/1934 2/17/2019 84 Sheridan 8

Rader Richard A. 5/30/1943 3/13/2019 75 Sheridan 8

Sharp Steven D. 6/14/1954 9/1/2018 64 Sheridan 8

Shelton Richard L. 5/5/1935 12/4/2018 83 Sheridan 8

Beaudoin Robert L. 6/28/1936 3/7/2019 82 Sundance 9

May Leamon V. 1/16/1933 4/2/2019 86 Ashlar 10

Bennett Robert K. 3/15/1932 12/5/2018 86 Acacia 11

Benson Kenneth L. 1/30/1936 3/8/2019 83 Acacia 11

Moore Charles 10/3/1928 2/12/2019 90 Acacia 11

Pette Edward P. 2/19/1941 4/2/2019 78 Acacia 11

Rounds Keith 10/8/1942 10/22/2018 76 Acacia 11

Jensen Robert L. 11/18/1934 2/8/2019 84 Rock Springs 12

Wenneborg William Z. 5/19/1924 3/14/2018 93 Rock Springs 12

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Ament Richard 7/11/1925 4/24/2019 93 Saratoga 14

Bennett Richard O. 7/9/1928 4/11/2019 90 Casper 15

Bowman Dennis W. 3/19/1950 4/21/2015 65 Casper 15

Dockham Roscoe O. 1/6/1937 2/21/2019 82 Casper 15

Dunlap Lee C. 9/1/1937 3/1/2019 81 Casper 15

Kelley, Jr John T. 4/14/1930 12/7/2017 87 Casper 15

Kennedy George M. 6/21/1935 2/12/2019 83 Casper 15

Scarborough Daniel P. 3/29/1926 2/10/2016 89 Casper 15

Terwilliger James M. 12/28/1978 4/18/2019 40 Casper 15

Johnson Delbert K. 7/11/1937 3/2/2019 81 Wheatland 16

Wilhelm Ronald R. 1/27/1931 4/21/2019 88 Wheatland 16

Woirhaye Fred D. 11/8/1934 4/19/2019 84 Wheatland 16

Anderson Timothy W. 8/28/1944 11/26/2018 74 Malta 17

Willson Howard T. 12/3/1934 5/8/2019 84 Malta 17

Barling Lloyd E. 7/20/1925 10/21/2018 93 Shoshone 21

Koehler Donald R. 5/2/1930 12/26/2018 88 Shoshone 21

Turnell Jack T. 11/13/1945 7/2/2019 73 Shoshone 21

Haynes Maurice L. 10/24/1927 9/20/2018 90 Glenrock 22

Hill Robert T. 4/25/1925 1/25/2019 93 Glenrock 22

Faber Kenneth E. 11/27/1925 3/22/2019 93 Chugwater 23

Jarvis Michael M. 2/14/1953 10/14/2018 65 Wind River 25

Byrne Lael W. 2/27/1938 6/8/2019 81 Riverton 26

Good Wesley R. 5/2/1931 7/9/2018 87 Riverton 26

Verhoeven Loral D. 6/23/1931 2/21/2019 87 Riverton 26

Watt Harmon H. 7/2/1926 3/26/2019 92 Riverton 26

Biggerstaff Harold J. 6/18/1922 11/22/2018 96 Gillette 28

Dickey Donald H. 10/24/1933 4/4/2019 85 Gillette 28

Jones Kenneth R. 6/29/1938 7/4/2019 81 Gillette 28

Lowell Roy W. 10/23/1945 10/21/2018 72 Gillette 28

McCann Ivan M. 2/19/1928 5/28/2019 91 Gillette 28

Ritchie Clifton J. 2/25/1924 10/11/2018 84 Gillette 28

Schaffnerr Mark E. 2/7/1934 11/20/2018 84 Torrington 29

Streenan William K. 5/15/1918 2/2/2008 90 Franklin 31


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Julian Truman D. 4/18/1945 12/5/2018 73 Kemmerer 33

Vinzant Robert A. 1/23/1935 1/11/2019 83 Tri Mountain View 35

Masek John A. 9/14/1932 6/1/2018 85 Upton 38

Bastian Theodore B. 12/9/1925 4/5/2019 93 Burns 41

Rhodes Everett R. 7/22/1921 4/3/2019 97 Burns 41

Clapp Russell O. 8/6/1930 9/16/2018 88 Pathfinder 42

Holcomb Robert E. 5/17/1930 3/6/2019 88 Pathfinder 42

Morton Gerald L. 10/11/1925 6/5/2019 93 Pathfinder 42

Rorabeck Raymond T. 4/13/1931 11/9/2018 87 Pathfinder 42

Ross Thomas E. 12/1/1934 6/20/2019 84 Pathfinder 42

Young Duane E. 9/29/1943 75 Pathfinder 42

Creswell Vaughn F. 10/27/1920 11/15/2018 98 Big Horn Mountain 43

Keller James W. 6/23/1940 5/18/2017 76 Big Horn Mountain 43

Kinnison Thomas D. 8/30/1947 7/1/2018 70 Big Horn Mountain 43

Puett Bruce M. 11/16/1949 11/22/2018 69 Big Horn Mountain 43

Salveson Robert A. 8/13/1939 3/16/2016 76 Big Horn Mountain 43

Dennis Earl B. 3/12/1965 7/17/2019 Tower 44

Bennett, Jr Rodney 8/27/1942 5/8/2019 76 Big Piney 47

Mickelson James S. 5/5/1947 12/30/2018 71 Big Piney 47

Martin Sherman L. 10/12/1934 1/16/2019 84 Guernsey 49

May Richard J. 1/27/1928 2/23/2018 90 Dubois 53

Wells John A. 10/28/1928 6/3/2019 90 Dubois 53

Garner John W. 4/13/1932 9/8/2018 86 Capital 54

Holman Jack W. 4/25/1927 2/2/2016 88 Independence Rock 56

Hoshaw Walter B. 9/20/1925 3/2/2019 93 Independence Rock 56

Mosley Demmie L. 7/28/1947 4/21/2019 71 Independence Rock 56

Stiles John D. 7/6/1934 11/15/2018 84 Independence Rock 56

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REPORT OF THE GRAND LECTURER Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

2018-2019 Master Builder Awards: Glenrock Lodge No. 22, Richard L. Blakely, Worshipful Master Upton Lodge No. 38, Steven J. Juhala, Worshipful Master


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REPORT OF THE GRAND LIBRARIAN Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

TO: Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Lodge Officers, and Brethren All

SUBJECT: 2018-2019 Grand Lodge Library Annual Report

This has been a relatively quiet year in the Grand Lodge Library. No great issues were in need of research, and the normal Tuesday night visitors were always present to offer up information on their activities and those of the various Masonic organizations in the southeast part of the state. As always, they stop by and visit, waiting for the time when their Masonic meeting starts. It is during these short periods that one can hear the woes of the world discussed, hashed over, kicked around, and finally, given up on until the next Tuesday night.

A few of the items I worked on this year are as follows:

• In September of 2018, I was contacted by Laurie Patrick of Man-hattan Beach, CA. She was in the process of doing some genealo-gy research on a Homer Donald Walsh, who was born in 1897 and died in 1973. Her information showed that Mr. Walsh lived in Laramie from 1920 to 1961, and that he was a 32nd degree Mas-ter Mason. In my research I found that Brother Walsh took all of his degrees in Laramie Lodge No. 3, beginning in 1936. He re-mained a member of that lodge until in death in 1973. He was a member of the Alpha Chapter No. 1, O.E.S. from 1941 until his death. He married a Eastern Star lady named Mae who was a member of the Alpha Chapter from 1938 until her death in 1961. Although Brother Walsh was a member of the Cheyenne Valley of the Scottish Rite, I could not get any further details. I could not find any mention of him belonging to the York Rite. I also found the name of a Brother John V. Walsh as a member of Laramie No. 3, and a Mrs. Eileen Walsh of the Alpha Chapter. I do not know if they were related in any way.

• In February 2019, I worked on getting display items ready for shipment to Washington, D.C. for inclusion in our planned Grand Lodge of Wyoming display at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial during the month of March 2019. Brother Tim Forbis of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 was also involved with this effort as our display included several items associated with the 150th Anniversary celebration of Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 which took place in September 2019.

• At the Scottish Rite Reunion held in Cheyenne on May 10, 2019, I received four large boxes of books belonging to Brother Robert

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Bigelow who had recently passed away. The number and subject matter of the books covered all facets of Masonry and will be a great addition to the Grand Lodge Library.

• At the Scottish Rite Reunion held in Cheyenne on May 10, 2019, I met Brother Jim Hoerricks from California. He was in Chey-enne doing some negotiating relating to his planned move of his business from Nevada to Cheyenne. As he was a member of the Scottish Rite in California, he decided to attend the reunion. Brother Jim has a PhD, and is a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason in the California bodies. He presented the Grand Lodge Library with a copy of his book titled, “Leadership in the Lodge of Per-fection”. Brother Jim stated that he was very pleased with his vis-it to Cheyenne and was looking forward to moving his business and family to Cheyenne as soon as practical.

• I received an envelope from Ms Claudia See of Rio Vista, Cali-fornia. A short hand written note stated that the contents be-longed to her grandfather, and she did not wish to keep them and was forwarding them to see if we wanted them. The items in the envelope belonged to Harry S. Ross, and consisted of several dues cards. There is a dues card for Wyoming Council No. 1/Crptic Masons located in Casper; a dues card for Cheyenne Val-ley Scottish Rite; a life membership in Knights Templar Com-mandery in Montana; and a dues card for the Arden Trowel Club, no location shown. More interestingly, there are dues cards from the Philippine Islands. Brother Ross was a member of Luzon Chapter No. 1/Royal Arch Masons and a life member of Manila Lodge No. 1. There was also a card stating that Brother Ross was a fifty-year member of Luzon Chapter No. 1, which was issued in August 1962. That would mean that he was a member of that Masonic body during the time when General John “Black Jack” Pershing was in charge of the United States military personnel stationed in the Philippines. Lastly, there is a dues card which is made from a brass plate, No. 396, which recognizes Brother Ross as a life member of the Grand Lodge F. and A.M. of the Philip-pine Islands. An interesting collection. Looking at the dates on the local dues cards, it looks like Brother Ross was back in Wyo-ming during the middle 1960’s.

As in the past, the library has had lots of visitors and a good number of donations made by families of deceased Brothers. These donations come in various forms, but are made up primarily of Masonic aprons, bibles, books, and other Masonic items of interest. Sadly, with the limited space available, we are able to display only a portion of the many items available.


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The Grand Lodge Library is open every Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 PM during the months of September through June, and by special request or for any special occasion, such as Scottish Rite Re-unions and Masonic Temple open houses, etc. We do get requests from individuals wishing to use the library resources for research and I am always more than willing to make the library and myself availa-ble for those purposes.

I have conducted a number of tours of the library this year. All visi-tors seem to be intrigued by the contents of the library and the history of Masonry in Wyoming. Some request a private tour at a later date so that they can spend more time looking through the contents.

As always, I would encourage the brethren to visit their Grand Lodge Library when they are in Cheyenne. I look forward to another year of inquiries and research!

GARY D. SKILLERN, PGM Grand Librarian

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REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers and Brethren all:

The Auditing Committee met on July 29th, 2019 in Casper, WY. Those present were John F. Nunley. III, Grand Treasurer, Scott Kitch-ner Chairman and Senior Grand Steward, James Sturdevant Grand Chaplain, Tom Smith District #5 District Lecturer. Matt Ramey Sen-ior Grand Deacon, and Thomas F. Hamm II Deputy Grand Master.

The Committee reviewed the Grand Treasurer’s General Fund. All of the funds, AOP’s, checks and statements for the account were correct. The reports of the Certified Public Accountant for the Grand Lodges’ savings, building, benevolent funds and the client statements from Morgan Stanley Smith were in agreement with the CPA. This com-mittee is satisfied that the Grand Lodge of Wyoming’s Books are in order.

The Committee would like to thank Grand Treasurer John F. Nunley, III and Grand Secretary Beynon St. John for their commendable ser-vice to the Grand Lodge in maintaining the accounts and books in such meticulous order.

Fraternally,

Scott Kitchner (12), Chairman John Nunley III (11), Grand Treasurer James Sturdevant (7), Grand Chaplain Tom Smith (17,28), District #5 Lecturer Matt Ramey (7), Senior Grand Deacon Thomas F. Hamm II (54, 49), Deputy Grand Master


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REPORT OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Lodge Officers, and Brethren all:

Your Investment Committee reports the changes and activities of the past year. The committee has met quarterly either in person or via video conference. An area of focus this past year has been to work closely with the Budget and Finance Committee along with the En-dowment Fund Board of Directors and the newly appointed Strategic Planning Committee in an effort to identify and develop a forward look with regards to Budget, Finance, and Investments with the goal of meeting the needs of the Grand Lodge funding in future years.

We can estimate based on our current membership and projected re-cent trends that by 2023 there will only be approximately 1100 Ma-sons creating approximately a $55,000 deficit in Grand Lodge fund-ing. The Investment Committee is working in conjunction with Stra-tegic Planning, Finance and Budget Committees to modify strategies to mitigate the shortfall in projected Grand Lodge Finances. Of neces-sity the Grand Lodge Endowment Fund plays a key part in the future of the Grand Lodge Funding. That Board is working to more clearly define and state the goals and purpose of the Endowment Fund.

Cris Lamdin, our investment advisor with ClearBridge Investments, LLC, has retired he is replaced by George Neofytidis and Pegeen Fitzpatrick who are charged with managing our accounts. A brief syn-opsis on these account fund managers resume is herein provided.

George is a private client portfolio manager whose responsibilities include creating customized portfolios to meet the specific needs of private clients and institutions and give them access to Clear Bridge’s diverse lineup of equity strategies, as well as fixed income invest-ments.

George has 22 years of investment industry experience and joined a predecessor organization in 1997. He previously served as a research analyst at Citigroup Asset Management.

George earned his BS in Finance from St. John's University.

Pegeen Fitzpatrick serves as a Portfolio Manager and Trader on the ClearBridge Investments Taxable Bond Management team. She joined a predecessor firm in 1986 and has 32 years of investment in-dustry experience.

She previously served as a Trader at Citigroup Asset Management and as an Equity Portfolio Associate at Smith Barney Capital Man-agement. Prior to that, Pegeen was a member of the Charter Client

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Services team at Smith Barney, Harris, Upham Co.

Pegeen is a member of Women in Public Finance. She earned her BA in economics at Stony Brook University.

Consistent with section 202.2 of Grand Lodge By-Laws in order to assure this Grand Lodge our funds are being properly managed we use the services of financial investment advisors, professionals who are paid for professional advice. Professionals who are monitoring the market and our portfolio, and making needed changes within the guidance we authorize. ClearBridge Investments is a leading global equity manager committed to delivering long-term results through active management. ClearBridge has followed this approach for more than 50 years and continue to offer investment solutions that empha-size differentiated stock selection to move clients forward. Their in-vestment decisions are supported by a robust research platform that conducts in-depth fundamental analysis of individual securities.

As specified in Section 202.2 of the Wyoming Masonic Code, On July 15,2019, the Investment Committee met to review the annual Statements for the Benevolent Fund and the Building Fund. The fol-lowing is a report of the funds as of June 30, 2019:

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Lodge Officers and Brethren all:

It has been our pleasure to serve as your Investment Committee for the past year as specified in Section 202.2 of the Wyoming Masonic Code. On July 15, 2019 the Investment Committee met via a video conference call with George Neofytidis Managing Director, Private Client Portfolio Manager ClearBridge Investments, LLC our invest-ment advisor with ClearBridge Investments, LLC, to review the annu-al statements for the Benevolent Fund and the Building Fund which he had prepared. All members of the Investment Committee were pre-sent and participated in the conference call. The following is a report of the funds as of July 15, 2019:

Benevolent Fund Portfolio Investment Guidelines and Re-strictions as of July 11, 2019

Guideline % Current Allocation (%)

Equities – International ADR 10.00 Equities – International ADR 10.50

Equities – Large Cap Growth 20.00 Equities – Large Cap Growth 20.23

Equities – Large Cap Value 25.00 Equities – Large Cap Value 25.16

Fixed Income – Taxable 45.00 Fixed Income –Taxable 44.10

Restrictions: None

Grand Lodge AF & AM of Wyoming Benevolent Fund July 11, 2019

June 30, 2018

Beginning Market ............................................................... $ 2,367,348.51


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June 30, 2019

Ending Market Value $ 2,525,379.64

Change in Value $ 158,031.13

Total Income Received July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 $ 63,047.42

Total Account Withdrawals July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 $ (52,432.20)

Details of Withdrawals:

Management Fees $ (16,242.14)

ADR Custody Fees $ (190.06)

Wire Transfer Requests $ (36,000.00)

Total of fees and transfers $ (52,432.20)

Fiscal Year Performance Summary to June 30, 2019 Year Ending Year Ending 6/30/2018 6/30/2019

Portfolio

Total ................................................ 2.69 .............................................. 8.97

Equity .............................................. 5.39 ............................................ 12.53

Fixed Income .................................. 0.06 ............................................. 6.31

Index

Blended Benchmark ......................... 6.77 .............................................. 7.75

S&P 500 ........................................ 14.37 ............................................ 10.42

Bloomberg Barclays Int.

Gov’t/ Credit .................................. -0.58 ............................................ 6.93

Grand Lodge AF & AM of Wyoming Building Fund Portfolio Guidelines and Restrictions as of July 11, 2019

Guideline % Current Allocation (%)

Equities – Large Cap Value 55.00 Equities – Large Cap Value 55.33

Fixed Income – Taxable 45.00 Fixed Income –Taxable 44.67

Restrictions: None

Grand Lodge AF & AM of Wyoming Building Fund

June 30, 2018

Beginning Market Value ........................................................... $ 318,835.52

June 30, 2019

Ending Market Value ................................................................ $ 343,253.01

Change in Value ........................................................................ $ 24,417.49

Total Income Received July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 ............. $ 9,065.09

Total Account Withdrawals July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 ...... $ (2,217.70)

Details of Withdrawals:

Management Fees ..................................................................... $ (2,212.02)

ADR Custody Fees ................................................................ $ (5.68)

Total Fees $ (2,217.70)

Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming Building Fund Fiscal Year Performance Summary to June 30 2019

Year Ending Year Ending 6/30/ 2018 6/30/2019

Portfolio

Total 3.00 8.42

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Equity 5.41 12.57

Fixed Income 0.71 5.19

Index

Russell 1000 Value 6.77 8.46

S&P 500 14.37 10.42

Bloomberg Barclay

Int. Gov’t /Credit -0.58 6.93

As in previous years money from the Benevolent Fund is used in pen-sion payments, excused NPD’s to the Grand Lodge General Fund, scholarships as well as the Investment management and ADR custody fees. Up to 90% of the interest earned on the Building fund is into the Grand Lodge General Fund to help fund the rental expense of the Grand Lodge office for the ensuing year.

NOTES

It is noted that the investment mix of asset classes is consistent with current guidelines and also the funds have performed well over the last 12 months under the guidance of our investment advisor who has acted in a fiscally responsible manner to maximize earnings on the funds in this investment cycle with a watchful eye on the future fore-casts and trends. The result is we have seen actual increases interest income earned as well as unrealized gains in market value. The annu-al statements for the Benevolent Fund and the Building Fund as pre-pared and presented to the Investment Committee have been reviewed by the committee. It is noted also that should proposed resolution to change how the Building Fund money may be used in the future, it could also have a direct effect on how such funds are managed and invested by ClearBridge Investments, LLC. Our advisor is unable to specifically address concerns until such time as a change is adopted at which point, he would be provided with better information with which to answer questions and concerns.

Respectfully Submitted

Thomas G. Needham JGD (48) Chairman Scott A. Kitchner SGS (12) Gregory K. Shiek JGS (8) John Nunley III, Grand Treasurer, (11) ex-officio


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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

PROPOSED BUDGET 2019-2020

Description Budget

2018 / 2019 Actual

2018 / 2019 Budget

2019 / 2020

A. Receipts: 4010 Interest 800.00 1,399.66 3,000.00

4060 Percapita Tax 71,000.00 67,730.00 66,690.00

4070 Initiation Fees 2,000.00 1,590.00 2,000.00

4090 Sale of supplies 2,500.00 1,877.98 2,500.00

4092 Lodge Ins. Reimburse. 1,260.00 1,320.00 1,260.00

4120 Charters and Disp. 250.00 210.00 250.00

4125 From Building Fund 7,325.00 7,325.00 7,325.00

4150 Other Income - 73.00 0.00

4160 Ben. Fund -Excused 2,200.00 2,072.00 2,200.00

4165 Ann. Communication 17,000.00 18,223.00 17,000.00

4170 Rocky Mtn. Conf. - - 0.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 104,335.00 $ 101,820.64 $ 102,225.00

B. Disbursements:

1. Administration Expenses

SALARIES 5021 Grand Secretary 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00

5022 Office Secretary 5029 Total Salaries $ 30,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 30,000.00

RENT 5081 Grand Sec. Office 6,200.00 5,985.89 6,200.00

5082 Grand Lodge Library 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00

5089 Total Rent $ 8,400.00 $ 8,185.89 $ 8,400.00

OFFICE SUPPLIES 5101 Grand Secretary 2,000.00 1,914.09 2,000.00

5102 Grand Treasurer 100.00 - 100.00

5103 Grand Master 150.00 145.26 150.00

5104 Grand Librarian 215.00 76.29 200.00

5110 Total Office Sup. $ 2,465.00 $ 2,135.64 $ 2,450.00

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Description Budget

2018 / 2019 Actual

2018 / 2019 Budget

2019 / 2020

PRINTING 5111 GL Proceedings 500.00 485.12 500.00

5112 Dir. Gr. Lodge Off. 100.00 98.84 100.00

5113 Grand Lodge Code 400.00 141.33 400.00

5114 Education 400.00 200.61 0.00

5117 WY SR Magazine - - 0.00

5118 List of Lodges 560.00 560.00 0.00

5119 Total Printing $ 1,960.00 $ 1,485.90 $ 1,000.00

POST. & EXPRESS 5131 Grand Lodge Postage 1,500.00 1,388.68 2,000.00

5130 Total Post. & Exp. $ 1,500.00 $ 1,388.68 $ 2,000.00

TRAVEL 5151 Grand Master 6,500.00 6,462.72 6,000.00

5152 Grand Secretary 1,500.00 1,373.68 1,500.00

5153 Dep. Grand Master 3,200.00 3,200.00 3,000.00

5154 Gr. Master's Reps. 6,200.00 3,849.72 5,000.00

5157 District Lecturers 900.00 - 750.00

5159 GWNMM Travel - - 0.00

5160 Total Travel $ 18,300.00 $ 14,886.12 $ 16,250.00

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 5161 Accounting Services 3,800.00 3,780.00 4,000.00

5162 Comp. Tech. Services 1,995.00 1,702.75 2,000.00

5169 Total Professional Services $ 5,795.00 $ 5,482.75 $ 6,000.00

OTHER 5120 Bonds and Insurance 1,600.00 1,850.00 1,600.00

5140 Telephone 650.00 626.76 650.00

5180 Repairs and Maint. 950.00 514.89 1,000.00

5190 Payroll Taxes 2,500.00 2,398.66 2,500.00

5200 Supplies for Resale 1,800.00 1,690.85 1,425.00

5210 Dues and Subsc. 700.00 673.63 700.00

5230 Honorariums 450.00 450.00 450.00

5250 PGM Jewel & Collar 2,800.00 2,392.00 2,800.00

5260 GMApron/Case 450.00 417.19 450.00

5269 Grand Lodge Aprons 370.00 351.00 370.00

5270 Bank Charges 20.00 28.00 30.00

5290 Awards and Plaques 1,200.00 1,030.01 1,200.00

5300 Furniture and Equip. 200.00 - 200.00


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Matthew J. Ramey (7) SGD, Chairman Thomas F. Hamm, II (49,54) DGM, Co-Chair Scott A. Kitchner (12) SGS Gregory K. Shiek (8) JGS

Description Budget

2018 / 2019 Actual

2018 / 2019 Budget

2019 / 2020

5310 Equipment Leases: - - 0.00

5403 GM Contingency 500.00 - 250.00

TOTAL OTHER $ 14,190.00 12,422.99 $ 13,625.00

Total Administrative Expenses $ 82,610.00 $ 75,987.97 $ 79,725.00

CHARITABLE PROGRAMS 5011 Life Print Program - - 0.00

5012 GWMNM - - 0.00

5013 MSA Fund 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,000.00

5015 Memorials 500.00 300.00 300.00

5019 Total Charitable $ 1,750.00 $ 1,550.00 $ 1,300.00

ANNUAL COMMUNICATION 5173 Ann.Communication 17,000.00 15,775.56 17,000.00

5174 Winter Reunion 75.00 - 0.00

5179 Total Ann.Comm. $ 17,075.00 $ 15,775.56 $ 17,000.00

ROCKY MTN. MASONIC CONF. 5221 Proceedings - - 0.00

5222 Travel Reimburse. - - 1,000.00

5201 Rocky Mtn. Conf. - - 0.00

5220 Total RM Conf. $ - $ - $ 1,000.00

Gr. Master/Gr. Secretary Conference 5291 GM Travel 500.00 441.00 500.00

5292 Grand Sec. Travel 500.00 500.00 500.00

5293 DGM Travel 500.00 500.00 500.00

5294 Registration 400.00 400.00 700.00

5295 JGW Travel 500.00 - 500.00

5296 SGW Travel 500.00 162.00 500.00

5299 Total GM/GS Conf. $ 2,900.00 $ 2,003.00 $ 3,200.00

Total Fraternal Activities $ 21,725.00 $ 19,328.56 $ 22,500.00

Total Expenditures $ 104,335.00 $ 95,316.53 $ 102,225.00

Revenue Over Expenses $ 6,504.11

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REPORT OF THE APPEALS AND GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

Sheridan, Wyoming August 12, 2019

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, Breth-ren:

Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances has received no notices of appeal or grievance during the 2018-2019 Masonic year therefore we have not met. We respectfully report that an acceptable level of peace and harmony must exist in this grand jurisdiction.


Clarence J. Vranish (4), PGM, Chairman T. Mark Mickelson (47) PGM, Member Mark S. Young (9,28) PGM, Member Wayne E. Christensen (13) SGW, Ex-officio


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REPORT OF THE CHARITY COMMITTEE Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, and brethren all:

Claims for Relief

The Committee on Charity is unaware of any application for Masonic relief at the time of the writing of this report.

Bequeath

The Committee is unaware of any bequeaths this year.

Budgetary Recommendations

The Charity Committee of John Eaton (4,33) Chairman; James Rader (8); Dave Hough (21); Greg Shiek (8) JGS, and Beynon St. John (2) GS met on May 22, 2019 on a conference call to consider the requests for funds from the Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund for the 2019-2020 year. Considering the requests for funds and financial obligations of the Benevolent Fund the committee submits the following recom-mended budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

18/19 Actual 19/20 Proposed

Pension Fund Payments $18,468.12 $18,469.00

Inv. & Management Fees $16,099.37 $17,000.00

Remitted Dues $2,044.00 $2,100.00

Masonic Relief $0.00 $1,000.00

Youth Programs $1,000.00 $1,000.00

Scholarships $22,875.00 * $14,220.00

$60,496.49 $53,789.00

*Includes a $5,000 donation for scholarships

Morgan Stanley Calendar Year End Statement reported a net interest and dividends receipts for the 2017 calendar year of $63,281.55 – 85% of which equals $53,789.32. The committee elected to set a budget of $53,789.00; the committee kept $1,000.00 in the Masonic relief line item. The committee thought that although Masonic Relief does not occur on an annual basis it is prudent to have some signifi-cant amount in the budget for that line item. The Committee budgeted $500.00 to both the Job’s Daughters and DeMolay, although the De-Molay funds will be withheld until a DeMolay Executive Officer is appointed from Wyoming. The Committee allocated the remaining funds of $14,220.00 to scholarships.

An anonymous donation has been received in the amount of $5,000.00 for scholarships again this year. That has not been included

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in the budget listed above. Therefore, the total amount for scholar-ships available for the 2019-2020 fiscal year will be $19,220.00.

Respectfully Submitted,

John Eaton (4,33), Chairman James Rader (8) Dave Hough (21) Greg Shiek (8), Junior Grand Steward, ex-officio Beynon St. John (2), Grand Secretary


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REPORT OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Wardens, and Brethern of the Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Wyoming:

The Grand Lodge Youth Committee met Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Wheatland, Wyoming, at the Masonic Lodge. Members present included Committee Chairman, Allen L. Pierce PGM(10), Ronald Siekert,PM(41)-member, Wayne Long PM(16) and William Walker PM(49) pro-tems. Absent were members Brian Boaz PM(16) and Roger Means II PM(15). The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 3:00 PM. The first order of business centered around the passing of PGM and long time Youth Committee chairman Charlie Moore. PGM Moore was an ardent supporter of our Masonic Youth and he will be missed.

Next, was the discussion of the current state of our Youth Groups. There was a brief discussion concerning the current state of Interna-tional Order of DeMolay in Wyoming. Currently, the Executive Of-ficer for DeMolay in Colorado is the acting Executive Officer for Wyoming DeMolay. This is per the International Grand Master. This is expected to be a temporary situation until some matters in Wyoming can be cleared up. International Order of Job’s Daughters in Wyoming continues to function in a normal manner with tradition-al membership numbers issues. Please see the attached letters from the leadership of Job’s Daughters and DeMolay which are a part of this report.

Next, we discussed scholarships. The Charity Committee has budgeted $14,220.00 for the 2019-2020 scholarships. In addition, we have a $5,000.00 donation, giving us a total of $19,220.00 to work with. The number of scholarships to grant was discussed and it was decided to review the applications and see how many were considered deserving before deciding on the value of each award. Before reading the scholarship applications, we had a brief discussion of the criteria for selection which includes: scholarship, community activities, and need. Scholarships were reviewed by the committee in groups, which included: those that did NOT meet the requirements, applications from current recipients who reapplied, followed by new applicants. The committee selected thirteen (13) applications to receive awards of $1,475.00 each. The list of successful applicants follows.

Ian M. Arnold Glenrock, WY 82637 South Dakota School of Mines

Sara M. Clark Byron, WY, 82412 NWCC

Texi G. Herrick Douglas, WY 82633 Casper College

Kullin K. Lindbo Douglas, WY, 82633 Western Dakota Tech

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Kendra F. Lewis Green River, WY 82933 Univ. of Wyoming

Gabrielle A. Lundberg Powell, WY 82435 Sheridan College

Taylor S. Myers Evanston, WY 82930 Black Hills State Univ.

Molly K. O'Connor Sundance, WY 82729 Dickinson State Univ.

Scott D. Orr Cheyenne, WY 82001 Univ of Wyoming

Noelle A. Peterson Encampment, WY 82325 Univ. of Wyoming

Jezebel G. Rubis Laramie, WY 82070 Univ. of Wyoming

Taylor A. Russell Laramie, WY 82072 Univ. of Wyoming

Korey E. Smith Thermopolis, WY 82443 Univ. of Wyoming

At the conclusion of the selection process, we discussed if any changes need to be made to the application, and it was decided that the application was basically fine. We discussed if there was some-thing that could be done to encourage the applicants to follow the di-rections on the application. The Chairman, while not changing what the application asks for, will add some BOLD TEXT and/or under-lining to bring more attention to the most often overlooked require-ments. The Chairman also inquired if there was anything that the members thought would improve or make easier the selection pro-cess. Nothing came to mind. The committee expressed satisfaction with the current preparation and presentation of the scholarship appli-cations.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM.


Allen L. Pierce PGM (10), Committee Chairman Ron Siekert PM (41), Member Wayne Long PM (16), Member-Pro Tem William Walker PM (49), Member Pro-Tem

Grand Lodge Youth Committee Report Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Report of Wyoming DeMolay

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Wardens, and Brethren all:

Thank you for the opportunity to work with you, the advisors, and the young men of Wyoming. We have been very busy this year. We cur-rently have three active Chapters across the state, and we are working on opening Chapters in Evanston and Torrington at this time. It is vital, especially during times of growth, that we give of our time to lend a hand and support our youth groups. If a young man joins De-Molay and has a good experience, he will reach out with pride to his


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friends, and naturally, the local chapters will grow. If his experience continues to be positive, he will be much more likely to take the next step and petition for the degrees of Masonry. This falls back on us as adult leaders and role models to roll up our sleeves and help out in these DeMolay Chapters. These young men are not just our future members, and brothers, but they are, in fact, our future. We desperate-ly need to support our Masonic youth organizations, provide our young men and women with financial support, organizational skills, leadership experiences, and most importantly, a strong moral founda-tion that is so essential to their success as adults.

We have opened three Squires Manors within our existing chapters this year. The first two Squires in the History of Wyoming DeMolay where Inducted into Orange Sands Manor in Rawlins. Just as many of our DeMolay members go on to join Masonry, the squire program has proven to be very beneficial for DeMolay, over 90% of Squires go on to join DeMolay in most Jurisdictions. A Squire Manor is basically the same thing to a young man in a DeMolay Chapter except what they learn is geared to their age group, which is for young men ages 9-11 years old. It is my hope that following their time in a Manor, at the age of 12 a squire would go on to join a DeMolay Chapter.

DeMolay in Wyoming received the Frank S. Land award this year from DeMolay International; this is an award given for membership growth. Wyoming currently has two Squires, fifty DeMolay, and thir-teen very active Advisors across the State. We have appointed a new State Master Councilor this year, his duties will consist of but are not limited to public speaking engagements, boosting morale across the state, traveling to the other Chapters to speak about membership and to promote new State programs. State Master Councilor William Neumiller is very active in DeMolay, and I am sure he will do an out-standing job promoting DeMolay across the State. I’m hopeful that we see substantial growth and success throughout the state and I’m confident that with your help and William’s enthusiasm, we are on the right track.

Fraternally,

Jon R. Sellars Executive Officer, Wyoming DeMolay

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Grand Lodge Youth Committee Report Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Wyoming Job’s Daughters Grand Guardian’s Report 2019

The youth are our future and from what I have seen in our Job’s Daughters in Wyoming this past year, we are in good hands. Our girls can plan projects, run meetings, voice their opinions, and listen to all sides of the issues and learn to think for themselves. They are com-petitive yet enjoy spending time together and with the adults who are around them.

We have 10 bethels in Wyoming. We will be closing Bethel #2 in Laramie due to lack of interest. It was the only grand visit that there was not at least one Mason in attendance. On the bright side, we have interest in Lander and hopefully we can open a bethel there. All of the other nine bethels are either holding their own, number wise, or growing. Torrington and Cheyenne are growing greatly!

We started our year at summer camp in Story. We had competi-tions, pranks, smores by the fire and crafts. Then we went to Supreme Session in Utah. We had a fall gathering we call Fallapolooza, Winter Fest which was also a Supreme Visit, and spring Fling. These were our statewide events. Each bethel also has had fun events, recruiting events, sleepovers, etc. They have reached out to Eastern Star and also Masons in their areas to attend events also. Several bethels assist their Masons and/or Shriners regularly.

Our numbers remain steady. We had good growth, but we also aged out a few members and lost a few. The adults work hard to keep the older girls engaged and active in the bethels. We also try to get the information about scholarships into the hands of the older girls and try to keep referring to them as the younger girls grow to get them to think about them when they are old enough.

Also, this year we had a joint installation of DeMolay and Job’s Daughters in Casper. I think that is a great way to support each oth-er’s organizations.

Thank you for all you do to support the Job’s Daughters in your area. Please encourage the young girls around you to check us out. The girls who stay with us to their majority are successful adults. We appreciate all that you do.


Linda Cole, PGG 18-19


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REPORT OF THE DAVIS-ROBERTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND, INC. Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

TO: The Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers and Brethren of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming:

During 2019, this Fund was able to grant four scholarships to our Wyoming Masonic youth, amounting to a total of $7,500.00. The ap-plications came from across the state and we were able to grant a schol-arship to each applicant. Since the beginning of our scholarship pro-gram in 1968, this Fund has granted 468 scholarships in the amount of $205,555.00.

Each year we notify our Masonic youth groups across the state, en-couraging them to make application. The last few years has witnessed a drop in the number of applications we receive due primarily to the statewide loss of membership in these bodies. We all hope that we will see this trend reverse itself in the coming years.

We extend a special thanks to Brother Tom Long who provided us with his expertise on matters relating to the Internal Revenue Service, and accomplished the Fund’s annual income tax return.

This fund is always open to financial support that will help us in-crease our permanent fund. We are able to accept gifts, bequests and legacies for use in our program. All contributions are tax deductible, and there are several ways that charitable gifts can be made. If you are interested, please consult your attorney or bank trust officer about plan-ning your estate so that you may help this fund grow, and as a result, help more of our Masonic Youth with their education.

Sadly, we lost one of the original board members with the passing of PGM Charlie Moore earlier this year. Brother Charlie was one of the Wyoming Masons involved with the establishment of this scholar-ship fund, and served as its Secretary/Treasurer until August 1996, when I assumed that position. He then served as the Chairman of the Board until his health required him to give up that position in August 2014. Brother Charlie remained an emeritus member of the Board of Directors until the time of his death. His smiling face and sense of hu-mor will be sorely missed.

If you would like more information on our program, don't hesitate to contact us.


GARY D. SKILLERN Secretary/Treasurer

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GRAND LODGE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT


Preface:

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Kenneth M. Badget, Officers and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Ac-cepted Masons of Wyoming.

Most Worshipful Grand Master Kenneth M. Badget appointed me as chair of the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC).

I am of the opinion that Strategic Planning looks to the future, five years, ten years, etc. Since I am, at the time, one year out I thought that it would be more prudent to have the potential Line Of-ficers of the future doing the Strategic Planning. Therefore, the actual actionable chairmen of the SPC have been RWSGW Wayne Christen-sen and RWJGW Mike McGrady. Worshipful Brother Mike has writ-ten the report for the SPC.

I find Worshipful Bro. McGrady’s report to be informative and actionable. I therefore believe that the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming should continue having a Strategic Planning Com-mittee. It is my recommendation that the principle players of this committee should be the future Line Officers. I would recommend that the actioning Chairman should be the RWJGW and committeed by the Officer of the potential progressive line. I also recommend an infusion of other committee members, to include Grand Lecturer, Budget, Investment, and others as deemed useful.

It has been a pleasure to watch the future of Freemasonry in Wyoming work.

I respectfully submit this preface to be included in the pre-printed report of the Strategic Planning Committee.

Fraternally,

Thomas F. Hamm II Deputy Grand Master GL A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming

Report of the Strategic Planning Committee

To: Kenneth M. Badget, Most Worshipful Grand Master

From: Michael J. McGrady, Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden

Last August, you appointed a committee of Masons in Wyoming and tasked them with addressing: (1) the decline in membership on account of demits and non-payment of dues; and (2) the long term


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stability of the Grand Lodge’s finances. The committee met on multi-ple occasions over the past year, meeting both in person and also through the virtual web conferencing platform Zoom. Most of the brothers reported a positive experience using Zoom and recommend that program for other Grand Lodge interim committee meetings.

I. Membership

The committee addressed the membership issue at the Grand Mas-ter’s Winter Reunion by leading one of the two breakout sessions. The committee developed a presentation identifying the changes in Grand Lodge membership from inception in 1874 through 2018. The presentation demonstrated how the Grand Lodge had its biggest membership net gain in 1921, but after 1961 the losses in membership exceeded any gains. The Grand Lodge peaked in 1961 with 12,814 members. Over the most recent 30 years, Grand Lodge membership has been cut in half from 6,503 in 1998 down to 2,690 in 2018.

In addition to presenting on the raw numbers of Masons in Wyo-ming, the committee also addressed the age of membership, and the losses due to deaths, demits, and non-payment of dues. As of 2018, over 45% of the membership in Wyoming is over the age of 70. While nearly half of our membership losses are due to death, the committee pointed out that the other half of losses are caused by de-mits and non-payment of dues—two things that we can attempt to address.

The committee then divided up the Winter Reunion attendees into four smaller groups to solicit ideas for addressing: (1) how we cut down on the number of demits and non-payment of dues; (2) whether we are giving the brothers what they want in Lodge; and (3) how we can shape Masonic education to provide meaning to the members new and old. The committee also distributed a written survey addressing these topics to obtain quantitative data that would go along with the qualitative data being captured in the small group discussions.

The survey captured responses from 50 brothers representing 24 different Lodges throughout the State. The brothers reported that 80% of the Lodges represented in the survey did not use a calling commit-tee. Nearly the same number of brothers were aware of someone who demitted or was dropped from their Lodge for non-payment of dues, but about 40% were not sure whether anyone from their Lodge called the brother. Nearly all brothers reported that their Lodge have some form of Masonic education at every meeting. The brothers also re-sponded that Masonic education and social activities are highly im-portant to them, with Masonic education being only slightly more important than social activities. Regarding the quality of education in

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their home Lodge, the brothers reported that they were somewhat sat-isfied to satisfied with the quality. The same level of satisfaction was reported for Grand Lodge quadrant workshops.

In addition to asking about the level of satisfaction with education, the survey asked what type of format the brothers wanted to receive Masonic education, what topics they wanted covered, and how fre-quently they wanted to receive education. The brothers had the oppor-tunity to identify the things they liked and also identify the things they did not like. The survey concluded with an open question about what the brothers wanted to see from the ideal Masonic education presentation.

The survey results showed that more than half of the respondents want the education to come in the form of a live lecture or small group in-person discussion. The respondents had the most negative reaction to online education, whether in the form of a prerecorded video or an interactive online discussion. Regarding topics to cover, more than half of the respondents would like to receive education on the topics of Masonic symbols and history, and the philosophical top-ics of morality and self-improvement. The respondents were less in-terested in the meaning of the lectures and the code book, and least interested in a discussion on geometry. Finally, more than half of the respondents wanted the education to occur at every meeting. The re-spondents were not particularly interested in receiving education once a month, quarterly, or annually.

The information gathered at the Winter Reunion demonstrates that the brothers are interested in Masonic education. In fact, many value Masonic education above the social experience of the Lodge. They expect to receive it at every meeting. And, most importantly, they want it to be engaging and meaningful to their lives.

All of the qualitative and quantitative data gathered at the Winter Reunion have been turned over to the Grand Lecturer for his use in developing future programs. The brothers may also contact the under-signed to obtain additional information.

II. Finances

The committee reviewed the Grand Lodge’s finances at the Winter Reunion and also during additional meetings held after the Winter Reunion. For this topic, the committee was expanded to include mem-bers from the Budget, Finance, and Endowment Fund committees. This integrated approach allowed all of the groups to identify their missions, constraints, and long term needs. The strategic planning committee recommends continued, enhanced communication between these important committees.


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The strategic planning committee had several discussions about the status of Grand Lodge finances and discussed projections on the future of Masonry in Wyoming given the membership declines and realities of inflation. In response to the robust discussions that took place, the committee made three proposals: two in the form of pro-posed resolutions for vote of the brothers, and one in the form of a resolution for consideration by the Endowment Fund. The proposed resolutions are in the printed proceedings, contain their own explana-tion, and will be discussed at the Annual Communication. Therefore, additional discussion in this report is not necessary. Suffice it to say that the committee worked to find ways to better manage the assets of the Grand Lodge for the long term benefit of the members.


Michael J. McGrady Member of the Strategic Planning Committee

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GRAND LODGE RITUAL AND FLOORWORK COMMITTEE REPORT


Brothers:

The purpose of the Ritual and Floor Work Committee is to find and develop means of having standard ritual work done throughout the Lodges of Wyoming. That is that all the ritual work done from opening and closing the Lodge, introduction of visitors and GL Offic-ers, and very importantly the degree work is rather uniform through-out the jurisdiction.

In January prior to the Winter Reunion in Riverton, Grand Master Badget asked me to take the Chairmanship of this committee. I agreed. At the GM’s Winter Reunion we had a Grand Lodge Proces-sion into the Lodge room and also had a collection of the Pass done by Deacons and Stewards. (It was educational.) Due to other busi-ness we were unable to give a report at that time.

I did have conversations with many Brothers at the Riverton meet-ing and subsequent opportunities as to what their thoughts about ritual and floorwork was being done, if it was good or not, and how to make it better or more uniform. Needless to say I got many responses. Everywhere from let the local lodge do it their way so they can get members to we need to really know how to do this work. This pre-sents a big challenge and one that will take several years to come to good resolve. Brothers it can be done.

The primary thing I heard from candidates, EAs. FCs, and newly raised MMs that I talked to just after they had been through initiation, passing, or raising was “I’m not sure about what I heard” or “what did that mean”. (This especially in the raising about “Why after being knocked down and then everybody making noise, and then hearing guys talking (sometimes laughing) and not hearing much else, espe-cially when on my back in a cover”) I asked them about the lectures after the first section and the responses were mixed as to what was meant. I most recently observed four MM degrees at the Wheatland outdoor meeting at Kennedy Ranch meeting in July, where three were done short form and one full. One of the three asked me “Why did not I get the same thing as the last—it would have meant more to me.” The other problem was there were no lectures given. The third lecture in the MM degree is very important to understanding all of Masonry.

This brings me to the importance of the Entered Apprentice Degree. This degree has less floorwork, but more important lessons and lec-


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tures. Especially what the candidate/just been obligated sees at being brought to light for the first time in Masonry. (Is it a good and proper sight?) And what follows, does he feel compelled to advance?

The Fellowcraft degree centers around the stair lecture and and the G lecture. Are these given with meaning? Are they delivered well? We do not know. How do we help Lodges do that?

We know how important the third degree is especially at the grave. Is this done well or just done. King Solomon must be a King Solomon and deliver the rituals lines as such.

We have a floorwork diagram that is out but it is need of serious im-provement. We need to tie floorwork and ritual work together a bit better.

Our concerns as a committee is to address these concerns and find ways to make ritual/floor work consistent and ways to get that to all lodges. So how do we use the District Lectures to get Lodges togeth-er to work on this and do we need to have the Grand Lecturer be the one responsible for this and the Grand Orator be responsible for Edu-cation?

Brothers, IT MUST BE MEANINGFUL, IN ALL THREE DE-GREES, AND WITH MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AND ACTION, AND IN LECTURES.

Brother Robert Melonuk (49), Chairman

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REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE of the

GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL


Grand Master Badget, Grand Lodge Officers, brethren all,

I made four video presentations about the George Washington Na-tional Masonic Memorial this past year. One was to the Scottish Rite Valley of Cheyenne and the other three were to lodges that asked for a program. I have sold belt buckles to raise money for the Memorial. This year I donated $500 to the Memorial from these sales. Thanks to those individuals that supported the Memorial. Remember that this is your Memorial and that you should support it. It and the MSA are the only two recipients of our dollars as defined by the Wyoming Mason-ic Code besides benevolence for the usual Masonic recipients: our widows, orphans and needy brothers. I am proud that Wyoming is one of several states that has committed to sending $1 per member to the Memorial. Thank you for allowing me to serve in this capacity.

Respectfully and Fraternally,

Richard N. Lewis, PGM Ambassador to Wyoming George Washington National Masonic Memorial.


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PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS Sheridan, Wyoming

August 12, 2019

Proposed Resolution No. 1 The purpose of this resolution is to amend Section 227(d) of the Grand

Lodge By-Laws for the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge of A.F. and A.M. of Wyoming, to increase the annual Grand Lodge dues from $26.00 per year to $31.00 per year. Section 227 covers how the Grand Lodge raises revenue and currently reads:

Revenue of Grand Lodge

Sec. 227. The revenue of the Grand Lodge shall consist of the following fees, dues, etc., viz.:

(a) For every dispensation for the formation of a new lodge, the brethren obtaining it shall pay five hundred dollars to the Grand Lodge, and the same shall be paid to the Grand Secretary before the dispensation is granted or issued.

(b) For every charter granted by the Grand Lodge to a lodge working under a dispensation, the lodge obtaining it shall pay five hundred dollars in advance to the Grand Secretary. The seal of the Grand Lodge shall be af-fixed to dispensations and charters without additional charge.

(c) There shall be paid to the Grand Master, and by him to the Grand Secretary, the sum of twenty dollars for every dispensation granted to confer any degree or degrees in less than the usual time as specified in the By‑Laws, same to be paid in all cases before the dispensation is issued, and the sum of ten dollars for every special dispensation granted for any other purpose; provided, that no fee shall be charged for a dispensation to attend Divine or Memorial Day services.

(d) Every Lodge whether chartered or under dispensation shall pay to the Grand Lodge the Sum of twenty-six dollars per year, as Grand Lodge dues, for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge at the time of mailing its an-nual returns, and the further sum of thirty dollars for each initiation, which sum shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary with the annual returns. The Grand Lodge may levy, in addition to the revenue provided in this section, such assessments as in its judgment may be required. (Amended August, 2007)

(e) Effective August 9, 2011 every lodge whether chartered or under dis-pensation with its annual returns shall make payment to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming an assessment in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge on June 30 of the reporting year to support the maintenance and operational expenses of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The proceeds of this assessment shall be paid to George Washington Masonic National Memorial by the Grand Lodge of Wyoming as soon as practical after receipt. (Adopted August 9, 2011)

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Wyoming, the following contains the entire section to be amended fully written out as the same will read with the proposed amendments incorpo-rated therein:





(c) There shall be paid to the Grand Master, and by him to the Grand Secretary, the sum of twenty dollars for every dispensation granted to confer any degree or degrees in less than the usual time as specified in the By‑Laws, same to be paid in all cases before the dispensation is issued, and the sum of ten dollars for every special dispensation granted for any other purpose; provided, that no fee shall be charged for a dispensation to attend Divine or Memorial Day services.

(d) Every Lodge whether chartered or under dispensation shall pay to the Grand Lodge the Sum of thirty-one dollars per year, as Grand Lodge dues, for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge at the time of mailing its an-nual returns, and the further sum of thirty dollars for each initiation, which sum shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary with the annual returns. The Grand Lodge may levy, in addition to the revenue provided in this section, such assessments as in its judgment may be required. (Amended August, 2019)

(e) Effective August 9, 2011 every lodge whether chartered or under dis-pensation with its annual returns shall make payment to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming an assessment in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge on June 30 of the reporting year to support the maintenance and operational expenses of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The proceeds of this assessment shall be paid to George Washington Masonic National Memorial by the Grand Lodge of Wyoming as soon as practical after receipt. (Adopted August 9, 2011)

Rationale: Grand Lodge revenues are not where they should be to pro-vide the Craft the services it deserves. Grand Lodge dues have not been in-creased since 2007. This means that the dues-based revenues designed to cover day-to-day operational costs have not kept current with inflation or the desires of the Craft. Unfortunately, the decrease in spending power has been exacerbated by a corresponding decrease in membership.

Adjusting to the decreasing revenues available, the Grand Lodge over the past several years has cut costs and stopped providing some customary ser-vices to the membership. These changes have not always been for the better-

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ment of the Craft. Simply put, the Grand Lodge can no longer afford to pro-vide the level of service expected by the members without making signifi-cant changes to Grand Lodge finances.

This past August, Grand Master Badget established a Strategic Planning Committee that included members from the Grand Lodge Budget and Fi-nance Committee; the Investment Committee; and the Endowment Fund Committee. Grand Master Badget charged the Strategic Planning Committee with assessing the status of Grand Lodge revenues and membership. The Committee at the Grand Master’s Winter Reunion gave presentations on the status of Grand Lodge finances and solicited input on addressing decreasing membership. The Strategic Planning Committee continued to meet and dis-cuss the information gathered at the Winter Reunion.

The members of the Strategic Planning Committee have agreed to con-tinue to work together so that the Budget and Finance, Investment, and En-dowment Fund Committees each understand what the other needs so they can work towards the same goal of supporting the Grand Lodge. They will continue to work together to critically evaluate the budget and finances of the Grand Lodge. However, they each recognize that steps need to be taken today to protect the financial future of the Grand Lodge.

The Committee recommends a three part approach to addressing the Grand Lodge finances. The first part is to increase the Grand Lodge revenues through a modest five-dollar dues increase. The second part is to empower the Investments Committee to redirect underutilized Building Fund monies towards supplementing the Grand Lodge budget, while holding back a por-tion of the money to serve as an emergency fund should it become neces-sary. The money in the Building Fund can be combined with other money in the General Fund that is not being actively invested. However, the Invest-ment Committee would be authorized to make use of the corpus and interest generated, as needed. The third part is for the Grand Lodge Endowment Fund to establish the two-million-dollar mark as the point where it is fully endowed, at which time the Endowment Fund will contribute annually to the General Fund. These three-parts are dependent on each other in order to sus-tain Grand Lodge finances for the foreseeable future.

Respectfully submitted, Strategic Planning Committee:

Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master Thomas F. Hamm II, Deputy Grand Master Michael J. McGrady, Junior Grand Warden John F. Nunley III, Grand Treasurer Matthew J. Ramey, Senior Grand Deacon Thomas G. Needham, Junior Grand Deacon Scott A. Kitchner, Senior Grand Steward Gregory K. Shiek, Junior Grand Steward Dr. Eldon Triggs, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund President James Kaste, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Secretary/Treasurer James L. Sturdevant, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Member Cornelius Kinsey, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Member Nathan Clark, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Member


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Proposed Resolution No. 2

RESOLUTION

Whereas: The Grand Lodges of Scotland, England, and Ireland, the mother lodges of all American lodges, conduct business in the First Degree;

Whereas: Most Grand Lodges around the world conduct business in the First Degree;

Whereas: Prior to 1840, all Grand Lodges in the United States conducted business in the First Degree;

Whereas: 38 of the 51 Grand Lodges in the United States now allow stated meetings to be conducted in any degree;

Whereas: Those American Grand Lodges that have reverted to conducting business in the First Degree universally report improved attendance, partici-pation, retention, and increased membership;

Whereas: The Twelfth Landmark states that, in earlier times, Entered Ap-prentices and Fellow Craft attended what we now call ‘Grand Lodges.’

Resolved:

1. Section 333 of the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Wyoming shall be amended to read as follows:

Current Text:

Communications of Lodges

Sec. 333. The communications of lodges are the regular and the special. The charter must be present at all such communications, and all business transacted while the lodge is opened on the Master Mason degree.

a) The regular communications are those held at the time prescribed by law, which is at least once every month, at which all general business, such as receiving petitions for degrees or affiliation, balloting on such, election of the officers, appointments, and the reading and discussion of all questions relative to the interests of the fraternity, shall be transacted.

b) Special communications are those called by the Grand Master or by the Worshipful Master at any time at his discretion, after giving due notice thereof to the resident members, at which conferring of degrees, special ob-servances, Masonic educations programs, or examinations of candidates for advancement may be held. Such communications are not to be convened on any Sunday except for funeral purposes or to allow a lodge to attend Divine Services. No business which requires the vote of the lodge shall be transact-ed at a special communication other than a vote on proficiency for advance-ment or on a request for a special dispensation. If a special communication is called by the Worshipful Master to be convened on the same day as a reg-ular communication, and has been opened on any degree at an earlier hour than that named in the by-laws for regular communications, then the special communication must be closed and the regular opened. If the special com-munication has been opened on the Master Mason degree, the closing of the special and the opening of the regular communication may be by declaration

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of the Master at an hour not earlier than that specified in the by-laws for the regular communication.

c) A lodge when open on any degree may be called from labor to refresh-ment for a specified time, but not for more than twenty-four hours.

Proposed text:

Communications of Lodges

Sec. 333. The communications of lodges are the regular and the special. The charter must be present at all such communications. Lodges may con-duct Stated or Special meetings on any degree deemed appropriate by the Worshipful Master, in compliance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. If lodge business requires being in the Master Mason degree, then the Worshipful Master may suspend the lower degree, purge the lodge and open on the Master Mason degree to conduct the necessary business, and then close the lodge of Master Masons, purge the lodge and resume the lower degree as he sees fit for the conduct of the remainder of lodge business. Care must be taken that all suspended lodges be closed when closing the lodge.

At the discretion of the Worshipful Master, Entered Apprentices and Fellow Craft may: Participate in debate; and occupy appointed sta-tions, other than that of the Tyler, on a Pro-Tem Basis.

Entered Apprentices and Fellow Craft may not: Vote on a motion; be present for the balloting on a petition for membership; Cast a vote for an elected office; Be present at a Masonic trial in which they are not a party without the consent of the Worshipful Master; Occupy the sta-tion of an elected officer (except in a Lodge of Instruction).

a) The regular communications are those held at the time prescribed by law, which is at least once every month, at which all general business, such as receiving petitions for degrees or affiliation, balloting on such, election of the officers, appointments, and the reading and discussion of all questions relative to the interests of the fraternity, shall be transacted.

b) Special communications are those called by the Grand Master or by the Worshipful Master at any time at his discretion, after giving due notice thereof to all Masons in the lodge’s jurisdiction who are not under sus-pension, at which conferring of degrees, special observances, Masonic edu-cations programs, or examinations of candidates for advancement may be held. Such communications are not to be convened on any Sunday except for funeral purposes or to allow a lodge to attend Divine Services. No busi-ness which requires the vote of the lodge shall be transacted at a special communication other than a vote on proficiency for advancement or on a request for a special dispensation. If a special communication is called by the Worshipful Master to be convened on the same day as a regular commu-nication, and has been opened on any degree at an earlier hour than that named in the by-laws for regular communications, then the special commu-nication must be closed and the regular opened. If the special communica-tion has been opened on the Master Mason degree, the closing of the special and the opening of the regular communication may be by declaration of the


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Master at an hour not earlier than that specified in the by-laws for the regular communication.

c) A lodge when open on any degree may be called from labor to refresh-ment for a specified time, but not for more than twenty-four hours.

2. Section 352 of the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Wyoming shall be amended to read as follows:

Current Text:

Reading of Official Documents, Etc.

Sec. 352 Every Lodge shall have all official Documents or letters, ema-nating from the Grand master or Grand Secretary, read in open lodge at its next regular communication following their receipt. All matters requiring action at the regular communication after they have been received, must be read to the lodge while opened on the third degree and acted upon as soon as possible.

Proposed Text:

Reading of Official Documents, Etc.

Sec. 352 Every Lodge shall have all official Documents or letters, ema-nating from the Grand master or Grand Secretary, read in open lodge at its next regular communication following their receipt. All matters requiring action at the regular communication after they have been received must be acted upon as soon as possible.

3. Section 360 of the Masonic Code is hereby removed in its entirety.

Current text:

Work in Lodges

Sec. 360. Nothing shall be done in a lodge while open on the first or sec-ond degree except that which appertains to the work, lectures and examina-tions of those degrees. A lodge when open on any degree may be called from labor to refreshment for a specified time, but not for more than twenty-four hours.

RATIONALE:

At this time, approximately 60% of the Entered Apprentices in Wyoming have been suspended for failing to advance. The percentage of Fellow Craft is likely the same. Some Grand Lodge jurisdictions that have enacted a sim-ilar resolution have reached out to their suspended Entered Apprentices and Fellow Craft, with the result of a return to the constituent lodges of a signifi-cant number of these Masons, with an increased level of lodge attendance, interest, and participation.

For the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft, every stated and special communication they attend becomes a Lodge of Instruction, where they learn valuable lessons in lodge protocol, etiquette, and procedure, to prepare them for the day when they will become Master Masons.

The spirit of friendship and brotherly love is fostered from the moment the newly obligated Entered Apprentice takes his seat among his lodge

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brothers.

This resolution, rather than proposing an innovation, actually proposes a return to the original Masonic practice of allowing all Masons, including the youngest Entered Apprentice, to attend communications whenever practica-ble and proper. 38 of the 51 United States Grand Lodge jurisdictions (Washington, D.C. is a separate jurisdiction) have adopted similar resolu-tions.

Respectfully submitted: William Orvosh, Past Master (4) Don Biggs, Past Master (4) Dale L. Hicks, JW (33)


The purpose of this resolution is to amend Section 227(d) of the Grand Lodge By-Laws for the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge of A.F. and A.M. of Wyoming to increase the annual Grand Lodge dues from twenty-six dol-lars ($26.00) per year to twenty-nine dollars ($29.00) in 2019, thirty-two dollars ($32.00) in 2020, thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in 2021, thirty-eight dollars ($38.00) 2022, and forty-one dollars ($41.00) in 2023 (a $3.00 in-crease per year for the next five years). Section 227 covers how the Grand Lodge raises revenue and currently reads:





(c) There shall be paid to the Grand Master, and by him to the Grand Secretary, the sum of twenty dollars for every dispensation granted to confer any degree or degrees in less than the usual time as specified in the By-Laws, same to be paid in all cases before the dispensation is issued, and the sum of ten dollars for every special dispensation granted for any other pur-pose; provided, that no fee shall be charged for a dispensation to attend Di-vine or Memorial Day services.

(d) Every Lodge whether chartered or under dispensation shall pay to the Grand Lodge the Sum of twenty-six dollars per year, as Grand Lodge dues, for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge at the time of mailing its an-nual returns, and the further sum of thirty dollars for each initiation, which sum shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary with the annual returns. The Grand Lodge may levy, in addition to the revenue provided in this section,


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such assessments as in its judgment may be required. (Amended August, 2007)

(e) Effective August 9, 2011 every lodge whether chartered or under dispensation with its annual returns shall make payment to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming an assessment in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge on June 30 of the reporting year to support the maintenance and operational expenses of the George Washing-ton Masonic National Memorial. The proceeds of this assessment shall be paid to George Washington Masonic National Memorial by the Grand Lodge of Wyoming as soon as practical after receipt. (Adopted August 9, 2011)

In Compliance with Section 902(a) of Amendments to Grand Lodge By-Laws for the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge of A.F. and A.M. of Wyo-ming, the following contains the entire section to be amended fully written out, as the same will read with the proposed amendments incorporated there-in:





(c) There shall be paid to the Grand Master, and by him to the Grand Secretary, the sum of twenty dollars for every dispensation granted to confer any degree or degrees in less than the usual time as specified in the By-Laws, same to be paid in all cases before the dispensation is issued, and the sum of ten dollars for every special dispensation granted for any other pur-pose; provided, that no fee shall be charged for a dispensation to attend Di-vine or Memorial Day services.

(d) Every Lodge whether chartered or under dispensation shall pay to the Grand Lodge the Sum of twenty-nine dollars ($29.00) in 2019, thirty-two dollars ($32.00) in 2020, thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in 2021, thirty-eight dollars ($38.00) 2022, and forty-one dollars ($41.00) in 2023, as Grand Lodge dues, for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge at the time of mailing its annual returns, and the further sum of thirty dollars for each initi-ation, which sum shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary with the annual returns. The Grand Lodge may levy, in addition to the revenue provided in this section, such assessments as in its judgment may be required. (Amended August, 2007)

(e) Effective August 9, 2011 every lodge whether chartered or under

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dispensation with its annual returns shall make payment to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming an assessment in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each Master Mason belonging to the lodge on June 30 of the reporting year to support the maintenance and operational expenses of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The proceeds of this assessment shall be paid to George Washington Masonic National Memorial by the Grand Lodge of Wyoming as soon as practical after receipt. (Adopted August 9, 2011)

Rationale: Grand Lodge revenues are not where they should be to pro-vide the Craft the services it deserves. Grand Lodge dues have not been increased since 2007. $100 in 2007 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $123.51 in 2019, a difference of $23.51 over 12 years. This means that our twenty-six dollar dues in 2007 should be thirty-two eleven ($32.11) in 2019 without consideration of decreasing membership numbers. The re-sult is that the dues-based revenues designed to cover day-to-day operational costs have not kept current with inflation or the desires of the Craft.

Adjusting to the decreasing revenues available, the Grand Lodge over the past several years has cut costs and stopped providing some customary ser-vices to the membership. These changes have not always been for the bet-terment of the Craft. Simply put, the Grand Lodge can no longer afford to provide the level of service expected by the members without making signif-icant changes to Grand Lodge finances.


Thomas F. Hamm II, DGM (49,54)


Whereas: Historic South Pass Lodge received it’s dispensation to form a Lodge on November 24, 1869 by the Grand Lodge of Nebraska; and

Whereas: South Pass Lodge was formed by Brethren working the gold claims on South Pass; and

Whereas: The Grand Lodge of Montana chartered Historic Lodge Bannack No. 3- 7- 77; and

Whereas: Bannack Lodge No. 3-7-77 currently has well over 3,500 members and has received funds from those memberships exceeding $270,000 which has permitted them to preserve the historic nature of the Lodge and surrounding facilities; and

Whereas: The current Lodge building on South Pass is currently for sale and is in dire need of repairs and forming a Historic Lodge would provide those needed funds.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That Section 598 of the Wyoming Code is hereby created to permit Historic Lodges to function within the Grand Lodge of Wyoming:

Sec. 598 - HISTORIC LODGES. A special classification of lodges is hereby established, to be known as historic lodges, with authority to preserve


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their buildings, paraphernalia, and historic connections to their communities, subject to all the provisions of this code, except:

A. Membership:

1.Shall consist of Master Masons in good standing of any duly chartered lodge, which is not clandestine, and is subject to the jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge recognized by the Grand Lodge of Wyoming;

2. Shall cease if a member loses such status;

3. May be voluntarily severed at any time by resignation; and

4. Suspension for non-payment of dues shall not affect membership in any other lodge.

5. Membership in such a Lodge shall not constitute Dual Membership.

B. Only Master Masons in good standing in a lodge in this jurisdiction shall hold office and vote;

C. No officer or former officer shall, by reason of that position alone, be a member of Grand Lodge. Sections of this code dealing with the title of Past Master shall not be applicable to one who has served as Master of an historic lodge only, and the Master of an historic lodge shall not upon death or completing of his term of office, by reason of that fact alone, become or be known as a designate as a Past Master, and shall possess none of the rights, powers or privileges of a Past Master of a lodge;

D. No dimit or request for dimit shall be received or issued by an his-toric lodge;

E. Historic Lodges are exempt from all fees outlined in Section 227 and also exempt from the provisions of Sections 261, 262, 263, 270, 271, 275, 282, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 333, 335, 340, 350, 352, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 373, 374, 375, 397, 398, 410, 411, 413, 422, 440, 456(g), 457(b), 458(b), 633, 634, 641, 643, 710(d & e).

F. The other provisions of this code relating to petitions for dispensa-tion shall not apply provided a petition for charter is signed by 10 Master Masons in good standing, residing in Wyoming. The charter shall be issued without fees;

G. A historic lodge, once chartered, shall adopt by-laws to provide for its officers, the time of their election and installation, their duties, and the conduct of its meetings. It shall submit annually to the Grand Master a cur-rent summary of its activities during the preceding year;

H. Their charters may be revoked at any time by the Grand Lodge upon the recommendation of the Grand Master;

I. Their stated meetings shall be held at least once annually and all its meetings may be held anywhere in the jurisdiction upon such notice as their by-laws may provide;

J. The name of an historic lodge shall read: (name) Historic Lodge No. __ . The number shall not be the same as the number of any active lodge in this jurisdiction;

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K. They shall be exempt from:

1. The contributions levied on lodges and the payment of any per capita assessment;

2. The minimum annual dues and life membership charge imposed by this code;

3. The jurisdiction restrictions imposed by this code:

4. Those portions of the annual returns which relate to the conferring of degrees; and

5. The need to pass a satisfactory examination for proficiency in the Master Mason degree to qualify as an officer;

L. They shall have no penal jurisdiction or the right to conduct a ma-sonic trial;

M. They shall not:

1. Have power to confer degrees;

2. Be liable for the relief of a member, his wife, widow, or orphan.

3. Be entitled to representation in the Grand Lodge or a vote therein.

N. In the case of the surrendering or revocation of the charter of a his-toric lodge, all property shall be handled as per section 716 of this Code; the charter, books, papers, jewels, furniture, monies or other property of such lodge, all of which shall thereupon become the property of the Grand Lodge.

RATIONALE: This building has been unoccupied for the last several years and is in need of loving care. This building is for sale with no takers and the price is very reasonable. When this historic lodge is formed, they would have the ability to sell life memberships to brethren in Wyoming as well as neighboring jurisdictions. This will provide a continual source of revenue to fund these noble efforts.


Clarence Vranish, PGM (4) David J. Moon, PM (4) Toby Errickson, SW (2)

Proposed Standing Resolution 28

The purpose of this resolution is to amend standing resolutions governing the Building Fund in order to provide the Committee on Investments flexi-bility for using the funds from the sale of the Grand Lodge building to gener-ate passive income for the Grand Lodge general fund and to serve as an emergency fund for the Grand Lodge, should it become necessary. Standing Resolution 17 was passed in 1992 to collect money from the Craft to pur-chase or rent permanent Grand Lodge office space. Standing Resolution 27 was passed in 2008 to sell the Grand Lodge building that was located in Cas-per, Wyoming. Both resolutions address the Building Fund and place re-strictions on the monies that were at one time used for a Grand Lodge build-


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ing:

SR17: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming authorize and order the secretaries of all constituent lodges within this Grand Jurisdiction to collect from all Master Masons, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and pay the same into the hands of the Grand Secretary each year at the same time the annual dues are remitted, and that the Grand Secre-tary shall make report thereof at the next Annual Communication of the amount collected. These monies shall he deposited in a Grand Lodge Build-ing Trust Fund for the purpose of purchasing or renting permanent Grand Lodge Office quarters. (Approved, August 11, 1992)

SR27: Resolved that the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming sell at a price determined by the procedure described below the Grand Lodge office property located at 2125 CY Avenue, Casper, Wyoming 82604, more partic-ularly described as follows:

West Garden CR #2 BLK 5 LOT 9 PT Commercial

City of Casper, County of Natrona, Wyoming,

and that the Grand Master is specifically authorized to sign all legal doc-uments necessary to complete the sale of the property, including but not lim-ited to listing agreements, purchase offers, the warranty deed and closing statements.

The sales price of the property shall be determined as follows: Three Master Masons who are members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyo-ming shall be appointed as a committee to gather data to aid in determining the sales price of the property. This shall be accomplished by engaging not less than three nor more than five knowledgeable Realtors in the Casper market who specialize in the sale of commercial real estate to provide a mar-ket analysis of the property. The estimates obtained from this process will be presented to the Grand Lodge Board of Directors (Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden, Grand Treasur-er, Grand Secretary and Senior Grand Deacon) who will then determine the listing price of the property and will engage with a Realtor to list the proper-ty for sale. Ideally the property will be sold in “as is” condition with no ma-jor expenditures made for improvements. Every effort will be made to sell the property for at least the original purchase price paid in 1997 of $110,000.00. Acceptance of an offer to sell the property will be decided by the majority vote of the Grand Lodge Board of Directors.

The net proceeds of the sale shall be placed under the management of the Grand Lodge Investment Committee as per Section 202.2 of the Masonic Code, with the funds identified as “The Grand Lodge of Wyoming A.F. & A.M. Building Fund Account”. On July 15 of each year, an amount not to exceed 90% of the realized income generated from the investment of these funds during the preceding 12 month period ending June 30 shall be placed in the Grand Lodge General Fund. These funds shall be used to help fund the rental expense of the Grand Lodge office for the ensuing year. The remain-ing 10% of income shall become a permanent part of the Grand Lodge Building Account. (Approved August 12, 2008)

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In compliance with Section 902(a) of the Amendments to Grand Lodge By-Laws for the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge of A.F. and A.M. of Wyoming, the following contains the entire section to be amended fully written out as the same will read with the proposed amendment incorporated therein:

SR 28: BE IT RESOLVED that Standing Resolutions 17 and 27 are hereby revoked. The Committee on Investments is hereby authorized to transfer the monies from the Grand Lodge of Wyoming A.F. & A.M. Build-ing Fund Account to the General Fund. In accordance with Sections 202.2 and 225 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws for the Masonic Code of the Grand Lodge of A.F. and A.M. of Wyoming, the Committee on Investments is hereby authorized to invest the monies from the Building Fund with all other monies in the General Fund that are in excess of current needs.

Even though the Committee on Investments is authorized to invest Gen-eral Fund money, it is recognized that the General Fund serves different pur-poses than the long-term focused Benevolent Fund and Endowment Fund. The General Fund is used for day-to-day and annual expenses as authorized by the Grand Lodge budget. But the General Fund should also contain a small reserve of money in case of an emergency. Therefore, the corpus of the General Fund may be invested or spent in accordance with the Grand Lodge budget. But, the Committee on Investments is encouraged to be conservative with its investments until it becomes clear when the Endowment Fund will be capable of offsetting a portion of the Grand Lodge budget. Accordingly, the Committee on Investments is authorized to invest all General Fund mon-ies in excess of current needs with the goal of immediately generating reve-nue to offset as much of the Grand Lodge budget as the Committee on In-vestments deems financially prudent.

Rationale: Grand Lodge revenues are not where they should be to pro-vide the Craft the services it deserves. Grand Lodge dues have not been in-creased since 2007. This means that the dues-based revenues designed to cover day-to-day operational costs have not kept current with inflation or the desires of the Craft. Unfortunately, the decrease in spending power has been exacerbated by a corresponding decrease in membership.

Adjusting to the decreasing revenues available, the Grand Lodge over the past several years has cut costs and stopped providing some customary ser-vices to the membership. These changes have not always been for the better-ment of the Craft. Simply put, the Grand Lodge can no longer afford to pro-vide the level of service expected by the members without making signifi-cant changes to Grand Lodge finances.

This past August, Grand Master Badget established a Strategic Planning Committee that included members from the Grand Lodge Budget and Fi-nance Committee; the Investment Committee; and the Endowment Fund Committee. Grand Master Badget charged the Strategic Planning Committee with assessing the status of Grand Lodge revenues and membership. The Committee at the Grand Master’s Winter Reunion gave presentations on the

status of Grand Lodge finances and solicited input on addressing de-


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creasing membership. The Committee at the Grand Master’s Winter Re-union gave presentations on the status of Grand Lodge finances and solicited input on addressing decreasing membership. The Strategic Planning Com-mittee continued to meet and discuss the information gathered at the Winter Reunion.

The members of the Strategic Planning Committee have agreed to con-tinue to work together so that the Budget and Finance, Investment, and En-dowment Fund Committees each understand what the other needs so they can work towards the same goal of supporting the Grand Lodge. They will continue to work together to critically evaluate the budget and finances of the Grand Lodge. However, they each recognize that steps need to be taken today to protect the financial future of the Grand Lodge.

The Committee recommends a three part approach to addressing the Grand Lodge finances. The first part is to increase the Grand Lodge revenues through a modest five-dollar dues increase. The second part is to empower the Investments Committee to redirect underutilized Building Fund monies towards supplementing the Grand Lodge budget, while holding back a por-tion of the money to serve as an emergency fund should it become neces-sary. The money in the Building Fund can be combined with other money in the General Fund that is not being actively invested. However, the Invest-ment Committee would be authorized to make use of the corpus and interest generated, as needed. The third part is for the Grand Lodge Endowment Fund to establish the two-million-dollar mark as the point where it is fully endowed, at which time the Endowment Fund will contribute annually to the General Fund. These three-parts are dependent on each other in order to sus-tain Grand Lodge finances for the foreseeable future.

Respectfully submitted, Strategic Planning Committee:

Kenneth M. Badget, Grand Master Thomas F. Hamm II, Deputy Grand Master Michael J. McGrady, Junior Grand Warden John F. Nunley III, Grand Treasurer Matthew J. Ramey, Senior Grand Deacon Thomas G. Needham, Junior Grand Deacon Scott A. Kitchner, Senior Grand Steward Gregory K. Shiek, Junior Grand Steward Dr. Eldon Triggs, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund President James Kaste, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Secretary/Treasurer James L. Sturdevant, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Member Cornelius Kinsey, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Member Nathan Clark, Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Member

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John Farmer, PGM (41)


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APPENDIX

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A P P E N D I X - A

NAMES OF LODGES THAT FORMED

THE GRAND LODGE OF A.F. & A.M. OF WYOMING

1. Cheyenne Lodge No. 16 at Cheyenne. Laramie County, now Cheyenne Lodge No. 1. Dispensation granted February 22, 1868. Chartered October 7, 1868, by Grand Lodge of Colorado.

2. Wyoming Lodge No. 28 at South Pass City, Sweetwater County, now Wyoming Lodge No. 2 of Lander. Dispensation granted November 24, 1869. Chartered June 23, 1870, by Grand Lodge of Nebraska.

3. Laramie Lodge No. 18 at Laramie City, Albany County, now Laramie Lodge No. 3. Dispensation granted January 31, 1870. Chartered September 28, 1870, by Grand Lodge of Colorado.

4. Evanston Lodge No. 24, at Evanston, Uinta County, now Evanston Lodge No. 4. Dispensation granted September 8, 1873. Chartered September 30, 1874, by the Grand Lodge of Colorado.

STANDING RESOLUTIONS

of the

GRAND LODGE OF A.F.&A.M. OF WYOMING

SR01: RESOLVED, That all the members of Lodges, and those who may hereafter become members in this jurisdiction, are hereby advised to procure their diplomas from the Grand Lodge of their standings in their Lodge, in order to be hereby entitled to prove themselves members of the Order in good standing. (Adopted, October 1876)

SR02: RESOLVED, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to have a halftone portrait of each Grand Master elect inserted in the printed proceed-ings of each annual communication and this is hereby declared to be a stand-ing resolution. (Adopted, September 1908)

SR03: RESOLVED, that the Grand Secretary be instructed and empow-ered to procure a jewel each year for the outgoing Grand Master. (Adopted, September 7, 1911)

SR04: RESOLVED, That hereafter no member of a Lodge in this Grand jurisdiction shall hold Masonic inter- course with any man claiming to be a Mason belonging to any Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of France, or that of any Grand Lodge or Grand Orient which has not been rec-ognized by this Grand Lodge, and any member or Lodge disregarding this

prohibition shall be subject to the highest Masonic penalty under our laws. (Adopted, September 4, 1912)


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SR05: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Secretary is hereby authorized to appoint an Assistant Grand Secretary during the Session of the Grand Lodge. Such Assistant shall be allowed mileage as provided for other Grand Officers. (Adopted, September 14, 1912)

SR06: RESOLVED, That November 4th in each year be celebrated by the several Lodges in this Jurisdiction as Masonic Birthday of George Washing-ton, in the following manner: On each year ending with the number zero (0) or five (5), a suitable program be presented pertaining to George Washing-ton, and that in every other year, a suitable program be presented honoring another Masonic Patriot of the United States of America, and that the Most Worshipful Grand Master shall, each year, at a reasonable time prior to that date, issue and circulate a proclamation directing the said celebration with appropriate exercises to be carried out by the several Lodges, whereupon it shall be the duty of the proper officers of each Lodge in the Jurisdiction to arrange for and comply with the proclamation, and thereafter make due re-port to the Grand Master of the proceedings of the Lodge in that respect; PROVIDED, that if such date should fall upon Sunday or some other date deemed inconvenient by the Grand Master, then in that event, he may, if considered advisable, fix another date in his proclamation for such celebra-tion. (Adopted, August 11, 1992)

SR07: RESOLVED, That it shall be the duty of each incoming Grand Master before making appointments to all appointive offices of the Grand Lodge, with the exception of Grand Tyler, to meet in conference with the incoming Deputy Grand Master, the Grand Wardens and the Past Grand Masters or such of them as may be available and make known to said confer-ence the names of such proposed appointees with the view of affording the broadest scope of action in securing the most available talent as to eligibility from the standpoint of Character, Capability and Experience in Masonic Work. (Adopted, August 29, 1939)

SR08: WHEREAS, On July 4, 1862, there was encamped at Independ-ence Rock in Wyoming a caravan of settlers on its way to the Great North-west and among the group of men present, there were about twenty members of the Masonic Order, hailing from several jurisdictions, who ascended to the top of the Rock, and there, with crude implements of the Craft, erected a Masonic Altar and opened and closed a Masonic communication in due and ancient form, this being the first Masonic regular communication to be held in this great Rocky Mountain region, and

WHEREAS, On the Fourth of July, 1920, there was held on this same site a Commemorative Masonic Communication by Casper Lodge No. 15, under special dispensation of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, at which 250 members of the Order were present, and

WHEREAS, Again on the Fourth of July, 1930, another Commemora-tive Communication was held at the same place, under the auspices of Cas-per Lodge No. 15 and Pathfinder Lodge No. 42, by and with the sanction of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Wyoming. At this meeting there were 626 Masons present. Thirty states of the Union and foreign countries being repre-sented. There were present form Wyoming representatives from thirty-six Lodges with a total of 447 Wyoming members, and

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WHEREAS, It appears to be the consensus of opinion among the brethren that another such commemorative meeting should be held on Inde-pendence Rock on the Fourth of July, 1940, and each succeeding tenth anni-versary thereof.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming, in Grand Lodge assem-bled in the City of Casper, on August 21, 1939, determine to hold such a commemorative communication on Independence Rock on the Fourth of July, 1940, under its direct authority, and that the Grand Master, elected and installed at the 1939 communication, be empowered to designate the several committees necessary to arrange for such a meeting and that the expense incident thereto, be covered from the general fund of the Grand Lodge in a sum not to exceed $100.00.

AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That on each and every subse-quent tenth anniversary after the 1940 communication, similar meetings be arranged under the auspices of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Wyoming, in order that the place where this first Masonic communication was held in Wyoming be perpetuated and recognized as a Masonic Shrine, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that his be declared a standing resolu-tion of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. (Adopted, August 29, 1939)

(The above Standing Resolution was revised in 1956 to the extent that the meeting to be regularly held on July 4, 1960, be combined with a meet-ing to be held July 4, 1962 in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the first Masonic meeting held on Independence Rock. The regular ten-year meetings to be resumed on July 4, 1970)

SR09: RESOLUTION: That all Master Masons in good standing, who have been such for a period of fifty years and who are members of constitu-ent Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction, shall be entitled, upon application through the local Secretary to the Grand Secretary and approval of the Grand Master, to receive from the Grand Lodge a suitable button or lapel pin, which button shall be selected and provided by the Grand Secretary with the approval of the Finance Committee and paid for out of the Grand Lodge funds. Be it further resolved that this fifty year button, being a right and just HONOR for any brother who has reached this plateau in his Masonic life, that the button shall be received from the Grand Lodge by the constituent Lodge in a due and timely manner, by the honored brother's fifty year Ma-sonic birthday, and awarded to the brother by the constituent Lodge with such ceremony as deemed fitting by the constituent Lodge, as soon as possi-ble after receipt of the button. Be it further resolved, that if the button is re-ceived by the constituent Lodge, but the honored brother dies on or after his 50th Masonic birthday, but before the button is awarded, that said button is to be awarded posthumously to the Brothers Widow, and if she is not still living, to the Brothers closest living relative, with such ceremony as deemed fitting by the constituent Lodge. Further, that this be a standing resolution. (Adopted, August 29, 1944 & Amended August 11, 1998)


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SR10: RESOLVED, That the District Instructors, under the direction of the Chief Instructor, be and the are hereby authorized to adopt a plan within the scope of Masonic Law to assist the officers of constituent Lodges in the instruction of candidates for their proficiency in the several Degrees, the expense of which, if any, to be borne by the Grand Lodge upon the presenta-tion of properly authenticated vouchers to and approval by the Grand Mas-ter. (Adopted, August 23, 1949)

SR11: RESOLVED, That there is hereby established as an emergency fund in the amount of $1,000.00 out of which the Grand Master may dis-burse funds in an emergency for Masonic relief purposes when in his judg-ment such disbursement may be found necessary and expedient. (Adopted, August 23, 1995)

SR12: BE IT RESOLVED: That each constituent Lodge may in its dis-cretion have a Historian who may be appointed according to the rules as to other appointive officers. (Adopted, August 28, 1956)

SR13: BE IT RESOLVED: That the Grand Secretary be authorized and directed to purchase a Grand Master’s apron and carrying case for each Grand Master, to be presented to him and be his personal property. (Adopted, August 26, 1958)

SR14: BE IT RESOLVED: That Flag Day be observed each year in June by the constituent Lodges in this jurisdiction with an appropriate patriotic program held on or before the 14th day of June at a regular or special com-munication, and that the Grand Master each year issue a proclamation at a reasonable time prior to this date, to all the constituent Lodges, directing the officers of the Lodge to arrange an appropriate observance, and to make a written report to the Grand Master as to the nature of the program. (Adopted, August 28, 1968)

SR15: WHEREAS, as the 1978 Communication of this Grand Lodge, a change in the code was passed to insure that each Lodge Secretary and Treasurer be covered by a Fidelity Bond, and

WHEREAS, by action of the same Communication your Finance Com-mittee was required to investigate a statewide Fidelity Bond Coverage, and having done so, find that a substantial savings would result,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming adopt a Standing Resolution requir-ing the elective Officers of said Grand Lodge to procure a Fidelity Bond covering all required constituent Lodge and Grand Lodge Officers in suffi-cient amounts, and apportion the costs to the several Lodges and the Grand Lodge as their interest appear. (Adopted, August 14, 1979)

SR16: BE IT RESOLVED, that The Grand Lodge of A.F & A.M. of Wyo-ming sanction a voluntary Masonic widows’ program for use by constituent Lodges; that the constituent Lodges desiring to adopt a widow’s program be required to use pins, cards and certificates provided by the Grand Lodge; and that the Grand Lodge issue rules to establish and maintain uniformity of programs among participating Lodges. (Approved, August 9, 1983)

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SR17: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Wyo-ming authorize and order the secretaries of all constituent lodges within this Grand Jurisdiction to collect from all Master Masons, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and pay the same into the hands of the Grand Secretary each year at the same time the annual dues are remitted, and that the Grand Secretary shall make report thereof at the next Annual Communication of the amount collected. These monies shall he deposited in a Grand Lodge Building Trust Fund for the purpose of purchasing or renting permanent Grand Lodge Of-fice quarters. (Approved, August 11, 1992)

SR18: BE IT RESOLVED, THAT EACH CONSTITUENT LODGE, may at its discretion have a musician who may be appointed according to the rules governing other appointive officers. (Approved, August 14, 1984)

SR19: BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming authorize and order the secretaries of all constituent lodges within this Grand Jurisdiction, to collect from all Master Masons raised since Au-gust 13, 1985 and thereafter until said resolution is dissolved for the purpose of maintaining and preserving the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) and pay the same into the hands of the Grand Secretary each year at the same time the annual per‑capita taxes are remitted, and that the Grand Secretary shall make report thereof at the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of the amount collected, and remit the same to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, not later than the 28th day of February each year. (Adopted, August 13, 1985)

SR20: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Lodge of A.F & A.M. of Wyo-ming authorize the Secretaries of all Constituent Lodges within this Grand Jurisdiction to collect voluntary contributions from all Master Masons, the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00), and pay at the same into the hands of the Secre-tary/Treasurer each year at the time the annual dues are remitted, and that the Secretary/Treasurer shall make report thereof at the next Annual Communi-cation of the amount collected. These monies shall he deposited into the Grand Lodge Endowment Fund. and shall continue to be collected until the Grand Lodge determines that the interest from the Fund is adequate to sup-port the operations of the Grand Lodge and shall thereafter be discontinued. (Adopted, August 11, 1992)

SR21: BE IT RESOLVED, the Grand Lodge of Wyoming hereby extends the hand of brotherhood and recognition at this time to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Colorado for the purpose of visitation only.

RESOLVED: The Grand Lodge of Wyoming will not recognize more than one Grand Lodge of Prince Hall in any one Jurisdiction.

This resolution is introduced to prevent a situation that we know of in other Grand Lodges that have had as many as six different Prince Hall Grand Lodges ask for recognition in the same state. We are merely applying the same conditions that we have with other jurisdictions. We also submit this additional resolution:

RESOLVED: The Grand Lodge of Wyoming requires that Prince Hall Grand Lodges must be in amity and recognized by the Grand Lodge in the


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State in which they reside before asking the Grand Lodge of Wyoming for recognition. (Approved August 9, 1994).

SR22: BE IT RESOLVED, the Compact between M. W. Grand Lodge A., F. & A. M. of Wyoming and M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Colorado and its Jurisdiction, Inc. signed by our Grand Master Jimmy Jon Dunlap and M. W. Prince Hall Grand Master Claude W. Gray, Sr. on August 10, 1995, was ratified, with unanimous vote (Approved August 15, 1995)

SR23: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, in order to recognize the sacrifices of our Nations Veterans in bringing to cessation the existence of those tyrannies bent on destruction of our freedoms, does here-by recognize the 50th Anniversary of the close of hostilities in the Pacific Theater of war that ended the conflagration remembered as World War II, hereby honors those Masons and non-masons alike who so valiantly strug-gled to preserve our freedoms with recognition of Victory in the Pacific ef-fective the 14th day of August 1945. (Approved August 15, 1995)

SR24: RESOLVED: the Grand Master’s decision that at the time we re-ceive the detailed accounting with the distribution from the Law Offices of Robert Otis, Attorney At Law, that the proceeds of the Estate of Queenie Bee Holst be placed in the Grand Lodge of A. F., & A. M. of Wyoming En-dowment Fund under the direction of Eldon Triggs, Secretary/Treasurer Cheyenne. (Approved his decision August 15, 1995)

SR25: BE IT RESOLVED: the Benevolent Fund shall pay to the General Fund the amount of per capita that the constituent lodge would have to pay to the Grand Lodge on the dues that the lodges forgave as an act of charity annually. (Approved August 12, 1997)

SR26: BE IT RESOLVED, for One Day Conferrals:

(1) A Class shall not have more than fifteen members. (With this size of class, each member can fully participate in all three degrees and not just watch an exemplar candidate.)

(2) All candidates shall participate fully in the 3rd degree, including the obligation and the raising by the Master.

(3) Each candidate shall have an assigned coach before beginning the degrees, who promises to teach the candidate about Masonry AND to see that the candidate becomes proficient as described in Section 550(c) and gives such proficiency in open lodge by the specified time.

(4) Each Lodge shall have only one One Day Class per Masonic year. This insures the importance for the lodge to do degree work at its regular meetings. The purpose of the one day conferral is to accommodate good men who otherwise would have difficulties becoming Masons.

(5) The Grand Master or his representative shall be present at each one day meeting. This meeting is the result of the Grand Master’s action and the Grand Lodge shall be involved. (6) A lodge shall not hold another One Day Class until it can demon-strate to the current Grand Master that 80% of the members of its previous class have become proficient as required by the Code. The one Day Class

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should not be used as a method to circumvent the learning by the new broth-ers. (Approved August, 2003)

SR27: RESOLVED that the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming sell at a price determined by the procedure described below the Grand Lodge office property locat-ed at 2125 CY Avenue, Casper, Wyoming 82604, more particularly described as follows:

West Garden CR #2 BLK 5 LOT 9 PT Commercial City of Casper, County of Natrona, Wyoming,

and that the Grand Master is specifically authorized to sign all legal documents nec-essary to complete the sale of the property, including but not limited to listing agree-ments, purchase offers, the warranty deed and closing statements.

The sales price of the property shall be determined as follows: Three Master Ma-sons who are members of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming shall be ap-pointed as a committee to gather data to aid in determining the sales price of the property. This shall be accomplished by engaging not less than three nor more than five knowledgeable Realtors in the Casper market who specialize in the sale of com-mercial real estate to provide a market analysis of the property. The estimates ob-tained from this process will be presented to the Grand Lodge Board of Directors (Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Senior Grand Deacon) who will then deter-mine the listing price of the property and will engage with a Realtor to list the proper-ty for sale. Ideally the property will be sold in "as is" condition with no major ex-penditures made for improvements. Every effort will be made to sell the property for at least the original purchase price paid in 1997 of $110,000.00. Acceptance of an offer to sell the property will be decided by the majority vote of the Grand Lodge Board of Directors.

The net proceeds of the sale shall be placed under the management of the Grand Lodge Investment Committee as per Section 202.2 of the Masonic Code, with the funds identified as "The Grand Lodge of Wyoming A.F. & A.M. Building Fund Ac-count". On July 15 of each year, an amount not to exceed 90% of the realized income generated from the investment of these funds during the preceding 12 month period ending June 30 shall be placed in the Grand Lodge General Fund. These funds shall be used to help fund the rental expense of the Grand Lodge office for the ensuing year. The remaining 10% of income shall become a permanent part of the Grand

Lodge Building Account. (Approved August 12, 2008) SR27 was rescinded by the adoption of SR28(R) hereinafter referred to as SR28.

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EWING T. KERR MASON OF THE YEAR

EWING T. KERR LODGE OF THE YEAR

W. L. KUYKENDALL AWARD

QUADRANT LODGE OF THE YEAR

QUADRANT MASON OF THE YEAR

MASONIC AWARDS

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Grand Lodge of Wyoming Mason and Lodge of the Year Award Recipients Named the Ewing T. Kerr Award in 1991

Year Mason of the Year Lodge of the Year 1989 William D. Kramp Shoshone No. 21 Torrington Lodge No. 29 1990 Otto Wirtz Encampment No. 19 Newcastle Lodge No. 13 1991 George W. Nichols Big Piney No. 47 Harmony Lodge No. 24 1992 Ken Crymble Gillette No. 28 Laramie Lodge No. 3 1993 Gary D. Skillern Capital No. 54 Big Horn Mountain Lodge No. 43 1994 Eldon D. Triggs Cheyenne No. 1 Jackson Lodge No. 48 1995 William H. Smith Capital No. 54 Wind River Lodge No. 25 1996 Dale W. Hohnstein Torrington No. 29 Big Horn Mountain Lodge No. 43 1997 John D. Bard Laramie No. 3 Burns Lodge No. 41 1998 Harry W. C. Oberg Evanston No. 4 Big Horn Mountain Lodge No. 43 1999 Jack E. Nixson Wheatland No. 16 Laramie Lodge No. 3 2000 William F. Eversole Wind River No. 25 Newcastle Lodge No. 13 2001 Jerold R. Colson Rawlins No. 5 Laramie Lodge No. 3 2002 Raymond H. Clark Sheridan No. 8 Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 2003 Jerry G. Orr Wheatland No. 16 Rock Springs Lodge No. 12 2004 George 'Gil' Curry Shoshone No. 21 Wheatland Lodge No. 16 2005 Mits Ito Pathfinder No. 42 Rawlins Lodge No. 5 2006 Joseph Baumstarck Tri-Mountain View No. 35 Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35 2007 Philip G Buchholz Saratoga No. 14 Casper Lodge No. 15 2008 Alfred E Badgett Big Horn Mountain No 43 Jackson Lodge No 48 2009 David C. Hough Shoshone No. 21 Chugwater Lodge No. 23 2010 Stanley N. McIrvin Pathfinder No. 42 Acacia Lodge No. 11 2011 James T. Rader Sheridan No. 8 Absarokee Lodge No. 30 2012 Frank D. Kading Pathfinder No. 42 Sheridan Lodge No. 8 2013 Joshua Shimkus Saratoga Lodge 14 Sheridan Lodge No. 8

2014 Michael D. Hutchinson Newcastle Lodge No. 13 Sundance Lodge No. 9

2015 Jared M. Pierson Wyoming Lodge No. 2 Sundance Lodge No. 9

2016 Dillon M. Reed Independence Rock No. 56 Guernsey Lodge No. 49

2017 Edward Gayle Currah Wind River Lodge No. 25 Saratoga Lodge No. 14

2018 Bryan G. Baird Tri-Mountain View No. 35 Sheridan No. 8

2019 Christopher Schroeder Jackson No. 48 Wind River No. 25


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Year Southeast Southwest Northeast Northwest

1986 William H. Harrison Douglas L. Johnson Donald C. Gose Alfred E. Badgett Gate City No. 32 Dubois No. 53 Upton No. 38 Big Horn Mtn. No. 43 1987 Sylvester J. Brito Lester Fluckiger George C. Smith Owen L. Robinson Laramie No. 3 Franklin No. 31 Ashlar No. 10 Big Horn Mtn. No. 43 1988 Allan W. Garbutt Raymond D. Kent Gerald D. Bardo Harold Snedden Hanna No. 50 Jackson No. 48 Harmony No. 24 Sheridan No. 8 1989 Donald G. Harris Clifford P. Hansen Carl N. Hahn John D. Balden Laramie No. 3 Jackson No. 48 Gillette No. 28 Anchor No. 7 1990 George C. Harding, Jr. Frank W. Angeli William C. Hamlet Noel F. Collins Gate City No. 32 Rock Springs No. 12 Natrona No. 51 Malta No. 17 1991 Richard W. Taedter Paul C. Imenson Richard T. Barnette Clyde F. Smith Torrington No. 29 Jackson No. 48 Harmony No. 24 Sheridan No. 8 1992 Don B. Metz George F. Patik Harry E. Brown Earl E. Jones Capital No. 54 Wyoming No. 2 Harmony No. 24 Absaokee No. 30 1993 David Barclay Forrest C. Bright George C. Smith Charles C. Guilford Capital No. 54 Evanston No. 4 Ashlar No. 10 Big Horn Mtn. No. 43 1994 Howard C. Arnold John M. Krmpotich Stuart Reynolds John "Dub" Maxwell Burns No. 41 Rock Springs No. 12 Upton No. 38 Cloud Peak No. 27 1995 Howard C. Arnold William Eversole, Jr. Harold L. Gautschi Robert H. Benson Burns No. 41 Wind River No. 25 Harmony No. 24 Shoshone No. 21 1996 F. Harold Willford Bill Krieger Leonard Hendricks David T. Smith Saratoga No. 14 Big Piney No. 47 Upton No. 38 Malta No. 17 1997 Earl M. Reynolds Graham Taylor Stewart Reynolds James Ellison Burns No. 41 Rock Springs No. 12 Upton No. 38 Absarokee No. 30

Grand Lodge of Wyoming

W. L. KUYKENDALL AWARD

YEAR RECIPIENT LODGE

2007 John P Finley, Secretary Dubois Lodge No. 53

2008 Doniv L Feltner, Secretary Capital Lodge No. 54

2009 Wayne E. Christensen Newcastle Lodge No. 13

2010 Ronald A. Van Ekeren Laramie Lodge No. 3

2011 John P. Brooks Malta Lodge No. 17

2012 Albert S. Martin II Burns Lodge No. 41

2013 Richard Steedley Sundance Lodge No. 9

2014 Sidney V. Anderson, Jr. Pathfinder Lodge No. 42

2015 William A. Biggs Casper Lodge No. 15

2016 Thomas J. Price Acacia Lodge No. 11

2017 L. H. “Teense” Willford, PGM Saratoga Lodge No. 14

2018 Robert M. Melonuk Guernsey Lodge No. 49

2019 Dustin Cushman Harmony Lodge No. 24

Wyoming Quadrant Mason of the Year Award Recipients

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1998 Douglas C Ellsworth William W. Potter Dana H. Deuel James M. Rannells

Rawlins No. 5 Mount Moriah No. 6 Pathfinder No. 42 Ten Sleep No. 46

1999 Robert E. Bocox, Jr. Jerry L. Williams Martin L. Sanchez, Jr. Calvin K. "Rud"

Capital No. 54 Evanston No. 4 Pathfinder No. 42 Cloud Peak No. 27

2000 Gene R. Marker John W. Gallemore Robert E. Hamlet Thomas R. Nance

Wheatland No. 16 Big Piney No. 47 Newcastle No. 13 Sheridan No. 8

2001 George W. Worman Thomas R. Burns Wayne G. Miller G Timothy Lippincott

Hanna No 50 Franklin No. 31 Glenrock No. 22 Malta No. 17

2002 Jerry G. Orr Paul C. Hagenstein William Grinnell Delmer Lampton

Wheatland No 16 Franklin No. 31 Ind. Rock No. 56 Temple No. 20

2003 Earl S. McCauley Edward Trollinger George C. Smith Carl B. Emmett

Burn No. 41 Riverton No. 26 Ashlar No. 10 Greybull No. 34

2004 Kenneth Andrews Robert O. Finley Kelly D. Wood David D. Guyton

Capital No. 54 Dubois No. 53 Newcastle No. 13 Anchor No. 7

2005 William G. Teter David N. Lankford Brian Gross Jeremy Johnson

Chugwater No. 23 Franklin No. 31 Ind. Rock No. 56 Absarokee No. 30

2006 Ronald Van Ekeren T. Mark Mickelson Richard Steedley Robert Robinson

Laramie No. 3 Kemmerer No. 33 Sundance No. 9 Shoshone No. 21

2007 Harry L. Furrey Kim Kurasz Wayne Christensen Jim Sturdevant

Capital No. 54 Dubois No. 53 Newcastle No. 13 Anchor No. 7

2008 Lee Milner Bob Zimmer Michael J. Ito David Hough

Torrington No. 29 Jackson No. 48 Pathfinder No. 42 Shoshone No. 21

2009 Bryan N. Sandlian Gary N. Lankford Lee Hauber Kenneth Badget

Acacia No. 11 Franklin No. 31 Tower No. 44 Shoshone No. 21

2010 William Patterson Chris Schroeder Glen A. Gordon Thomas Smead, Jr.

Torrington No. 29 Jackson No. 48 Newcastle No. 13 Shoshone No. 21

2011 Shannon Kupec Frank Angeli Edward N. Jones Harland Goodchild

Burns No. 41 Rock Springs 12 Pathfinder No. 42 Absarokee No. 30

2012 Joshua Shimkus Rick Bartolic Mike Hutchinson Mike Verdetto

Saratoga No. 14 Evanston No. 4 Newcastle No. 13 Tri-Mtn. No. 35


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2013 Tom Price Otto Uecker Troy Swartz Tyler Neeriemer

Acacia No. 11 Riverton No. 26 Gillette No. 28 Sheridan No. 8

2014 Rex Erickson Preston Goulette Ray Leeman David Tom Smith

Wheatland No. 16 Franklin No. 31 Sundance No. 9 Malta No. 17

2015 Joseph E. Norfolk John F. Eaton Hugh Thompson Gene C. Anderson

Guernsey No. 49 Kemmerer No. 33 Sundance No. 9 Ten Sleep No. 46

2016 Joseph E. Norfolk Ken Struble Benjamin J. Osborn George G. Curry

Guernsey No. 49 Jackson No. 48 Gillette No. 28 Shoshone No. 21

2017 Joseph E. Norfolk Neville Burt Brookie P. Turk, Jr. John F. Schuler

Guernsey No. 49 Franklin No. 31 Casper No. 15 Shoshone No. 21

2018 Howard Hill Jacob Stetler Robert E. Hamlet Kenneth Thorpe, Jr.

Saratoga No. 14 Wind River No. 25 Newcastle No. 13 Sheridan No. 8

2019 Ronald Siekert Cory Rota Jon C. Rowe Thomas Rodgers

Burns No. 41 Riverton No. 26 Gillette No. 28 Sheridan No. 8

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Wyoming Quadrant Lodge of the Year Award Recipients Year Southeast Southwest Northeast Northwest 1986 Hanna No. 50 Franklin No. 31 Newcastle No. 13 Shoshone No. 21 1987 Acacia No. 11 Mount Moriah No. 6 Sundance No. 9 Malta No. 17 1988 Torrington No. 29 Dubois No. 53 Ashlar No. 10 Malta No. 17 1989 Rawlins No. 5 Riverton No. 26 Upton No. 38 Shoshone No. 21 1990 Hanna No. 50 Split Rock No. 55 Casper No. 15 Anchor No. 7 1991 Wheatland No. 16 Franklin No. 31 Glenrock No. 22 Big Horn Mtn. No. 43 1992 Gem City No. 52 Wyoming No. 2 Gillette No. 28 Ten Sleep No. 46 1993 Capital No. 54 Mount Moriah No. 6 Harmony No. 24 Sheridan No. 8 1994 Acacia No. 11 Rock Springs No. 12 Casper No. 15 Big Horn Mtn. No. 43 1995 Burns No. 41 Evanston No. 4 Casper No. 15 Big Horn Mtn. No. 43 1996 1997 Acacia No. 11 Franklin No. 31 Pathfinder No. 42 Absarokee No. 30 1998 Guernsey No. 49 Evanston No. 4 Upton No. 38 Shoshone No. 21 1999 Cheyenne No. 1 Wyoming No. 2 Harmony No. 24 Malta No. 17 2000 Burns No. 41 Riverton No. 26 Sundance No. 9 Tri-Mtn. View No. 35 2001 Guernsey No. 49 Rock Springs No. 12 Harmony No. 24 Malta No. 17 2002 Burns No. 41 Wind River No. 25 Ind. Rock No. 56 Temple No. 20 2003 Chugwater No. 23 Riverton No. 26 Ind. Rock No. 56 Malta No. 17 2004 Laramie No. 3 Franklin No. 31 Glenrock No. 22 Tri-Mtn. View No. 35

2005 Burns No. 41 Mount Moriah No. 6 Upton No. 38 Tri-Mtn. View No. 35 2006 Torrington No. 29 Rock Springs No. 12 Sundance No. 9 Sheridan No. 8 2007 Capital No. 54 Rock Springs No. 12 Gillette No. 28 Anchor No. 7 2008 Laramie No. 3 Evanston No. 4 Glenrock No. 22 Shoshone No. 7 2009 Torrington No. 29 Kemmerer No. 33 Casper No. 15 Absarokee No. 30 2010 Laramie No. 3 Wind River No. 25 Upton No. 38 Absarokee No. 30 2011 Wheatland No. 16 Jackson No. 48 Newcastle No. 13 Sheridan No. 8 2012 Wheatland No. 16 Rock Springs No. 12 Glenrock No. 22 Anchor No. 7 2013 Burns No. 41 Dubois No. 53 Upton No. 38 Absarokee No. 30

2014 Guernsey No. 49 Evanston No. 4 Glenrock No. 22 Absarokee No. 30

2015 Laramie No. 3 Riverton No. 26 Gillette No. 28 Sheridan No. 8

2016 Laramie No. 3 Rock Springs No. 12 Independence Rock No. 56 Sheridan No. 8

2017 Guernsey No. 49 Wind River No. 25 Casper No. 15 Temple No. 20

2018 Laramie No. 3 Wyoming No. 2 Newcastle No. 13 Shoshone No. 21

2019 Cheyenne No. 1 Rock Springs No. 12 Harmony No. 24 Sheridan No. 8


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There is a plan far greater that the plan you know;

There is a land scope broader than the one you see,

There is a haven where the storm-tossed souls may go.

You call it death – we, immortality.

Farewell dear voyager – ‘twill not be long.

Our work is done – now may peace rest with thee.

Your kindly thoughts and deeds – they will live on.

Tis not death – ‘tis immortality

IN MEMORIAM

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Name Date of Death Number Year

Edgar P. Snow (1) Aug 19, 1912 1st 1874

Frederick E. Addoms (1) Jan. 17, 1935 2nd 1876

Orlando North (4) Feb. 2, 1896 3rd 1877

James H. Hayford (3) July 21, 1902 4th 1879

Frank M. Foote (1) Nov. 13, 1914 5th 1880

Robert Wilson (5) Jan. 6, 1914 6th 1881

John K. Jeffrey (1) Dec. 30, 1931 7th 1882

Ervin Cheney (2) Sept. 29, 1922 8th 1884

Joseph B. Adams (5) Unknown 9th 1885

Nathaniel Davis (1) Sept. 19, 1906 10th 1887

William Daley (5) Dec. 19, 1922 11th 1888

LeRoy S. Barnes April 21, 1934 12th 1889

Emile A. Abry (1) July 5, 1934 13th 1890

Perry L. Smith (5) Sept. 29, 1928 14th 1891

John C. Davis (5) Jan. 15, 1909 15th 1892

Edward Stahl (1) Jan. 3, 1925 16th 1893

J. T. Holliday (1) Sept. 20, 1910 17th 1894

Fenimore Chatterton May 9, 1958 18th 1895

Deforest Richards (10) April 24, 1903 19th 1896

E. Pl. Rohrbaugh (1) Jan. 23, 1950 20th 1897

James M. Rumsey, Jr. (5) Aug. 13, 1937 21st 1898

E. P. Bowman (18) Sept. 27, 1930 22nd 1899

Charles H. Townsend (15) March 3, 1959 23rd 1900

Samuel Corson (1) Aug. 17, 1931 24th 1901

Charles N. Potter (1) Dec. 20, 1927 25th 1902

T. S. Taliaferro, Jr. (6) Aug. 17, 1940 26th 1903

Frank Luckfield (5) April 25, 1923 27th 1904

Martin R. Johnston(15) Nov. 24, 1934 28th 1905

Peter S. Cook (11) Oct 19, 1944 29th 1906

Frank S. King (11) Sept. 18, 1933 30th 1907


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Marion P. Wheeler (15) Aug. 18, 1936 31st 1908

Bernard H. Sage (1) March 24, 1940 32nd 1909

Hugh Hynds (3) Feb. 13, 1936 33rd 1910

Harold Banner (15) March 30, 1934 34th 1911

William Pugh (4) Feb. 26, 1954 35th 1912

Fred C. Barnett (21) Oct. 29, 1938 36th 1913

James J. Jewett (26) Jan 14, 1948 37th 1914

William H. Dickinson (2) Oct. 30, 1932 38th 1915

Herbert J. King (3) May 30, 1960 39th 1916

T. Blake Kennedy May 21, 1957 40th 1917

George E. Brimmer (5) April 3, 1956 41st 1918

Arthur K. Lee (17) May 2, 1964 42nd 1919

William O. Wilson (15) April 13, 1948 43rd 1920

Frank L. Holliday (3) Feb. 18, 1932 44th 1921

William A. Riner (11) Nov. 20, 1955 45th 1922

James W. Stuchell (25) May 25, 1942 46th 1923

John Ira Kirby (8) Jan. 12, 1943 47th 1924

Frank S. Knittle (51) Jan. 31, 1950 48th 1925

O. O. Natwick (16) Oct. 31, 1950 49th 1926

Marion Arthur Kline (1) Feb. 7, 1956 50th 1927

Guy J. Gay (42) April 9, 1946 51st 1928

Robert H. Hopkins (5) July 12, 1935 52nd 1929

Elwood Anderson (28) May 18, 1955 53rd 1930

Lewis J. Holliday (3) Dec. 15, 1965 54th 1931

Fred S. Fobes (11) Dec. 27, 1965 55th 1932

Charles C. Mitchell (36) Jan. 20, 1936 56th 1933

John Stansbury (10) Nov. 28, 1949 57th 1934

William J. Hagans (2) June 22, 1950 58th 1935

Henry G. Watson Oct. 8, 1968 59th 1936

Warner B. Jones (16) Nov. 28, 1964 60th 1937

217



Lew M. Gay (15) Nov. 6, 1942 61st 1938

William J. Haines (4) Jan. 28, 1969 62nd 1939

Conrad Johnson (32) Oct. 2, 1955 63rd 1940

Ewing T. Kerr (40) July 1, 1992 64th 1941

J. Melvin Evans (30) March 20, 1954 65th 1942

Dr. George O. Hanna (37) May 16, 1953 66th 1943

J. L. Sawyer (29) Jan. 7, 1954 67th 1944

Thomas Stirling (38) Sept. 15, 1955 68th 1945

Frank J. Meyers (5) Sept. 1, 1973 69th 1946

James R. Mitchell (42) May 6, 1952 70th 1947

C. D. Williamson (50) Dec. 9, 1959 71st 1948

Marshall S. Reynolds (1) Dec. 14, 1971 72nd 1949

Hubert E. Mulholland Feb. 19, 1995 73rd 1950

C. N. Bell (12) April 27, 1973 74th 1951

James B. Milstead (23) 75th 1952

Homer E. Zorn (34) June 9, 1966 76th 1953

O. H. Gerhard Jacobsen (24) Jan. 26, 1957 77th 1954

Ralph E. McWhinnie (3) Nov. 6, 1995 81st 1955

F. J. DeForest (14) July 2, 1971 82nd 1956

Harold H. Saunders (28) March 27, 1988 83rd 1957

Floyd Holland (11) April 2, 1984 84th 1958

William F. Smith (7) April 18, 1980 85th 1959

Robert C. Witherspoon (33) Jan. 21, 1985 86th 1960

Clifford R. Snyder (27) Dec. 20, 1964 87th 1961

Hugh Brower (42) Dec. 22, 1972 88th 1962

Albert D. Murray (4) May 25, 1994 89th 1963

Carl S. Gilbert (3) Feb. 19, 1971 90th 1964

Albert C. Harding (38) June 24, 1987 91st 1965

J. Drew Prugh (34) April 17, 1979 92nd 1966

Raymond L. Dennis (44) Aug. 14, 2012 93rd 1967


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Otto Kosbau (1) July 30, 1977 94th 1968

Harry E. Wimer (8) Jan. 16, 1991 95th 1969

Kirby H. Olds (54) June 19, 1978 96th 1970

Clark F. Perry (15) Sept. 6, 1999 97th 1971

Wayne F. Messenger (21) Feb. 12, 2000 98th 1972

Paul S. Woodward (26) Feb. 1, 1996 99th 1973

Jesse C. Morris (52) Sept. 20, 1999 100th 1974

Robert A. Martens (13) April 8, 2011 101st 1975

Charles W. Edwards (27) May 19, 2011 102nd 1976

Jack E. Nixson (16) Oct. 10, 2012 103rd 1977

James R. Daly (28) Jan. 11, 2017 104th 1978

Harold L. Mai (40) March 7, 2008 105th 1979

Ernest R. Burgon (43) Feb. 22, 1997 106th 1980

William A. Riner, Jr. (11) Dec. 9, 2008 107th 1981

Frank M. Hartung (42) Dec. 26, 1997 108th 1982

Ernest J. Goppert, Jr. (21) March 19, 2014 109th 1983

Harlan C. Benedict (4) Jan. 1, 2000 110th 1984

Clifford N. Bloomenrader (26) May 22, 2010 111th 1985

George E. Hoyt (2) April 29, 1999 112th 1986

Leroy F. King (15) Feb. 25, 1993 113th 1987

Charles H. Moore (40) Feb. 12, 2019 114th 1988

J. Earl Christensen (13) Jan. 31, 2015 115th 1989

C.H. “Scott” Coffey (30) Jan. 5, 2006 117th 1991

Richard R. Cooper (42) May 11, 1999 118th 1992

Terry G. McAnnany (16/48) Dec. 23, 2008 119th 1993

Clarence Darling (42) Sept. 9, 2014 134th 2008

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GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M.

AUGUST 2018

OFFICER AND MEMBER

STATISTICS


220

No. Date of Annual Name of Town Grand Masters Deputy Communications where held Grand Masters

1874 December Laramie *Edgar P. Snow **James E. Gates

1 1875 October Laramie *Edgar P. Snow **James E. Gates

2 1876 October Cheyenne *Fred E. Addoms *Orlando North

3 1877 October Evanston *Orlando North **Stephen L. Mills

4 1878 October Rawlins *James H. Hayford **Joseph B. Adams

5 1879 October Laramie *James H. Hayford *Frank M. Foote

6 1880 October Cheyenne *Frank M. Foote *Robert Wilson

7 1881 October Rawlins *Robert Wilson *John K. Jeffrey

8 1882 October Laramie *John K. Jeffrey *Ervin F. Cheney

9 1883 October Evanston *John K. Jeffrey *Ervin F. Cheney

10 1884 October Laramie *Ervin F. Cheney **John H. Goodard

11 1885 December Laramie *Joseph B. Adams **John H. Goodard

12 1886 December Cheyenne *Nathaniel R. Davis *Oliver P. Yelton

13 1887 December Rawlins *Nathaniel R. Davis *William Daley

14 1888 December Laramie *William Daley *LeRoy S. Barnes

15 1889 December Green River *LeRoy S. Barnes *Emile A. Abry

16 1890 December Cheyenne *Emile A. Abry *Perry L. Smith

17 1891 December Rawlins *Perry L. Smith *John C. Davis

18 1892 December Douglas *John C. Davis *Ed F. Stahle

19 1893 December Laramie *Ed. F. Stahle *Jethro T. Holliday

20 1894 September Newcastle *Jethro T. Holliday *DeForest Richards

21 1895 September Rock Springs *Fenimore Chatterton *E. P. Rohrbaugh

22 1896 September Sheridan *DeForest Richards *E. P. Rohrbaugh

23 1897 September Rawlins *E. P. Rohrbaugh **C. H. Burritt

24 1898 September Casper *J. M. Rumsey, Jr. *E. P. Bowman

25 1899 September Cheyenne *E. P. Bowman *C. H. Townsend

26 1900 September Green River *C. H. Townsend *Samuel Corson

27 1901 September Wheatland *Samuel Corson *C. N. Potter

28 1902 September Rawlins *C. N. Potter *Meyer Frank

29 1903 September Newcastle *T. S. Taliaferro, Jr. *Frank A. Luckfield

30 1904 August Evanston *Frank A. Luckfield *M. R. Johnston

31 1905 September Laramie *M. R. Johnston *Peter S. Cook

32 1906 September Douglas *Peter S. Cook *Frank S. King

33 1907 September Lander *Frank S. King *M. P. Wheeler

34 1908 September Sheridan *M. P. Wheeler *J. S. Taylor

35 1909 September Cheyenne *B. H. Sage *Hugh Hynds

36 1910 September Rock Springs *Hugh Hynds *Harold Banner

37 1911 September Cheyenne *Harold Banner *William Pugh

38 1912 September Cheyenne *William Pugh *T. J. C. Mitchell

39 1913 September Evanston *Fred C. Barnett *J. J. Jewett

40 1914 September Thermopolis *J. J. Jewett *W. H. Dickinson

41 1915 September Casper *W. H. Dickinson *Herbert J. King

42 1916 September Sheridan *Herbert J. King *T. Blake Kennedy

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Senior Junior Grand Grand Grand Wardens Grand Wardens Treasurers Secretaries

*Fred E. Addoms **Stephen L. Mills *Melvin C. Brown *John K. Jeffrey

*Fred E. Addoms *Ervin F. Cheney *Frank M. Foote *John K, Jeffrey

*Thomas A. McCoy **Stephen L. Mills *Joseph S. Taylor *William G. Tonn

*James A. Hayford *Joseph B. Adams *Joseph S. Taylor *William G. Tonn

*Ervin F. Cheney *Frank M. Foote *Joseph S. Taylor *William G. Tonn

*Isaac J. Bergman *Robert Wilson *Joseph S. Taylor *William G. Tonn

*John K. Jeffrey *Mons C. Jahren *Joseph S. Taylor *William G. Tonn

*John Reid *Ervin F. Cheney *Samuel A. Bristol *John H. Symons

*John Reid *Joseph S. Taylor *Samuel A. Bristol *John H. Symons

*Frank M. Foote *John H. Goddard *Samuel A. Bristol *John H. Symons

**LeRoy S. Barnes *Joseph P. Adams *Samuel A. Bristol *John H. Symons

*Oliver P. Yelton *Charles H. Priest *Samuel A. Bristol *Edgar P. Snow

*William Daley *Alonzo A. Bailey *Samuel A. Bristol *Wm L. Kuykendall

**LeRoy S. Barnes *John C. Davis *Samuel A. Bristol *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Emil A. Abry **H. A. Alden *Samuel A. Bristol *Wm L. Kuykendall

*John C. Davis *Perry L. Smith *Samuel A. Bristol *Wm L. Kuykendall

*John C. Davis *Benjamin F. Fowler *Samuel A. Bristol *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Ed F. Stahle *Jesse Converse **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Jethro T. Holliday *DeForest Richards **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

*DeForest Richards *Fenimore Chatterton **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Fenimore Chatterton *E. P. Rohrbaugh **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

**C. H. Burritt *George Barton **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

**C. H. Burritt *George Barton **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

*George Barton *J. M. Rumsey, Jr. **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

*C. H. Townsend *Samuel Corson **Thomas L. McKee *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Samuel Corson *C. N. Potter *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*C. N. Potter *Meyer Frank *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Meyer Frank *F. A. Luckfield *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*T. S. Taliaferro, Jr. *F. A. Luckfield *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*C. A. Polley *M. R. Johnston *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*John H. Lott *F. S. King *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Frank S. King *M. P. Wheeler *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*M. P. Wheeler *E. J. Wells *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*E. J. Wells *J. S. Taylor *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*B. H. Sage *Hugh Hynds *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Harold Banner *William Pugh *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*William Pugh *T. J. C. Mitchell *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*T. J. C. Mitchell *Fred C. Barnett *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*Fred C. Barnett *J. J. Jewett *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*W. H. Dickinson *H. J. King *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*H. J. King *T. Blake Kennedy *William W. Daley *Wm L. Kuykendall

*T. Blake Kennedy *George E. Brimmer *William W. Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*George E. Brimmer *Harry C. Snhyder *William W. Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes


222

No. Date of Annual Name of Town Grand Masters Deputy Communication where held Grand Masters

43 1917 September Cheyenne *T. Blake Kennedy *George E. Brimmer

44 1918 September Laramie *George E. Brimmer *Arthur K. Lee

45 1919 October Casper *Arthur K. Lee *William O. Wilson

46 1920 September Buffalo *William O. Wilson *Frank A. Holliday

47 1921 September Lander *Frank A. Holliday *Wm. A. Riner

48 1922 September Rawlins *Wm. A. Riner *J. W. Stuchell

49 1923 August Cheyenne *J. W. Stuchell *J. I. Kirby

50 1924 August Laramie *J. I. Kirby *Frank S. Knittle

51 1925 August Sheridan *Frank S. Knittle *O.O. Natwick

52 1926 August Casper *O.O. Natwick *Marion A. Kline

53 1927 August Thermopolis *Marion A. Kline *Guy J. Gay

54 1928 August Cheyenne *Guy J. Gay *Robert H. Hopkins

55 1929 August Sheridan *Robert H. Hopkins *Elwood Anderson

56 1930 August Casper *Elwood Anderson *Lewis J. Holliday

57 1931 August Laramie *Lewis J. Holliday *Fred S. Fobes

58 1932 August Rawlins *Fred S. Fobes *Chas. C. Mitchell

59 1933 August Lander *Chas. C. Mitchell *John Stansbury

60 1934 August Casper *John Stansbury *Wm. J. Hagans

61 1935 August Douglas *Wm. J. Hagans *Henry G. Watson

62 1936 August Sheridan *Henry G. Watson *Warner B. Jones

63 1937 August Cheyenne *Warner B. Jones *Lew M. Gay

64 1938 August Rawlins *Lew M. Gay *William J. Haines

65 1939 August Casper *William J. Haines *G. E. Miller

66 1940 August Worland *Conrad Johnson *Ewing T. Kerr

67 1941 August Rock Springs *Ewing T. Kerr *J. Melvin Evans

68 1942 August Laramie *J. Melvin Evans *G. O. Hanna

69 1943 August Casper *Dr. G. O. Hanna *J. L. Sawyer

70 1944 August Sheridan *J. L. Sawyer *Thomas Stirling

71 1945 August Cheyenne *Thomas Stirling *Frank J. Meyers

72 1946 August Rawlins *Frank J. Meyers *James R. Mitchell

73 1947 August Casper *James R. Mitchell *C. D. Williamson

74 1948 August Cheyenne *C. D. Williamson *Marshall S. Reynolds

75 1949 August Laramie *Marshall S. Reynolds *Hubert E. Mulholland

76 1950 August Sheridan *Hubert E. Mulholland *Charles N. Bell

77 1951 August Rock Springs *Charles N. Bell *James B. Milstead

78 1952 August Riverton *James B. Milstead *Homer E. Zorn

79 1953 August Worland *Homer E. Zorn *O. H. G. Jacobsen

80 1954 August Casper *O. H. G. Jacobsen *Ralph E. McWhinnie

81 1955 August Cheyenne *Ralph E. McWhinnie *Franklin J. DeForest

82 1956 August Torrington *Franklin J. DeForest *Harold H. Sanders

83 1957 August Newcastle *Harold H. Saunders *Floyd Holland

84 1958 August Cody *Floyd Holland *William F. Smith

85 1959 August Lander *William F. Smith *Robert C. Witherspoon

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*Arthur K. Lee *William O. Wilson *William W. Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*William O. Wilson *Frank A. Holliday *William W. Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Frank A. Holliday *William A. Riner *William W. Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*William A. Riner *J. W. Stuchell *William W. Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*J. W. Stuchell *J. I. Kirby *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*J. I. Kirby *F. S. Knittle *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*F. S. Knittle *O. O. Natwick *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*O. O. Natwick *Marion A. Kline *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Marion A. Kline *Guy J. Gay *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Guy J. Gay *Robert H. Hopkins *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Robert J. Hopkins *L. L. Jeffers *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Lyle L. Jeffers *Elwood Anderson *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Lewis J. Holliday *Fred S. Fobes *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Fred S. Fobes *Chas. C. Mitchell *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Chas. C. Mitchell *John Stansbury *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*John Stansbury *William J. Hagans *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Wm. J. Hagans *Henry G. Watson *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Henry G. Watson *Warner B. Jones *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Warner B. Jones *Lew M. Gay *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Lew M. Gay *Wm. J. Haines *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*William J. Haines *G. Ernest Miller *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*G. Ernest Miller *Conrad Johnson *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Conrad Johnson *Carl Thornton *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*Carl Thornton *J. Melvin Evans *William Daley *Joseph M. Lowndes

*G. O. Hanna *J. L. Sawyer *William Daley *Irving E. Clark

*J. L. Sawyer *Thomas Stirling *William Daley *Irving E. Clark

*Thomas Stirling *Frank J. Meyers *William Daley *Irving E. Clark

*Frank J. Meyers *James R. Mitchell *William Daley *Irving E. Clark

*James R. Mitchell *C. D. Williamson *William Daley *Irving E. Clark

*C. D. Williamson *Marshall S. Reynolds *William Daley *Irving E. Clark

*Marshall S. Reynolds *Hubert E. Mulholland *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*Hubert E. Mulholland *Charles N. Bell *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*Charles N. Bell *James B. Milstead *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*James B. Milstead *Homer E. Zorn *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*Homer E. Zorn *O. H. G. Jacobsen *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*O. H. G. Jacobsen *Ralph E. McWhinnie *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*Ralph E. McWhinnie *Franklin J. DeForest *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*F. J. DeForest *H. H. Saunders *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*H. H. Saunders *James C. Reynolds *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*James C. Reynolds *Floyd Holland *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*William F. Smith *Robert C. Witherspoon *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*Robert C. Witherspoon *Clifford R. Snyder *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark

*Clifford R. Snyder *Hugh Brower *Wm. J. Haines *Irving E. Clark


224


86 1960 August Sheridan *Robert C. Witherspoon *Clifford R. Snyder

87 1961 August Jackson *Clifford R. Snyder *Hugh Brower

88 1962 August Casper *Hugh Brower *Albert D. Murray

89 1963 August Laramie *Albert D. Murray *Carl S. Gilbert

90 1964 August Riverrton *Carl S. Gilbert *Albert C. Harding

91 1965 August Rawlins *Albert C. Harding *J. Drew Prugh

92 1966 August Rock Springs *J. Drew Prugh *Raymond L. Dennis

93 1967 August Worland *Raymond L. Dennis *Otto Kosbau

94 1968 August Cheyenne *Otto Kosbau *Harry E. Wimer

95 1969 August Lander *Harry E. Wimer *Kirby H. Olds

96 1970 August Sheridan *Kirby H. Olds *Clark Perry

97 1971 August Cheyenne *Clark Perry *Wayne F. Messenger

98 1972 August Casper *Wayne F. Messenger *Paul S. Woodward

99 1973 August Cody *Paul S. Woodward *J. C. Morris

100 1974 August Laramie *J. C. Morris *Robert A. Martens

101 1975 August Newcastle *Robert A. Martens *Charles W. Edwards

102 1976 August Casper *Charles W. Edwards *Jack E. Nixson

103 1977 August Jackson *Jack E. Nixson *James R. Daley

104 1978 August Lander *James R. Daley *Harold L. Mai

105 1979 August Gillette *Harold L. Mai *Ernest R. Burgon

106 1980 August Cheyenne *Ernest R. Burgon *William A. Riner, Jr.

107 1981 August Sheridan *William A. Riner, Jr. *Frank M. Hartung

108 1982 August Cheyenne *Frank M. Hartung *Ernest Goppert, Jr.

109 1983 August Casper *Ernest Goppert, Jr. *Harlan C. Benedict

110 1984 August Cody *Harlan C. Benedict *Cliff Bloomenrader

111 1985 August Evanston *Cliff Bloomenrader *George E. Hoyt

112 1986 August Rawlins *George E. Hoyt *LeRoy F. King

113 1987 August Lander *LeRoy F. King *Charles H. Moore

114 1988 August Casper *Charles H. Moore *J. Earl Christensen

115 1989 August Cheyenne *J. Earl Christensen Darwin D. Pace

116 1990 August Newcastle Darwin D. Pace *C. H. “Scott” Coffey

117 1991 August Cheyenne *C. H. “Scott” Coffey *R. R. “Dick” Cooper

118 1992 August Powell *R. R. “Dick” Cooper *Terry G. McAnnany

119 1993 August Casper *Terry G. McAnnany Jimmy Jon Dunlap

120 1994 August Jackson Jimmy Jon Dunlap W. R. McGraw

121 1995 August Sheridan W. R. McGraw L. H. “Teense” Willford

122 1996 August Laramie L. H. “Teense” Willford Joseph L. Boster, II

123 1997 August Saratoga Joseph L. Boster, II George C. Smith

124 1998 August Casper George C. Smith Donald C. Gose

125 1999 August Casper Donald C. Gose Bryce E. Lundell

126 2000 August Gillette Bryce E. Lundell Steve Kit Carson

127 2001 August Cheyenne Steve Kit Carson Soong “Bill” Harmon

128 2002 August Casper Soong “Bill” Harmon Philip G. Buchholz

225



*Hugh Brower *Albert D. Murray *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. NIchols

*Albert D. Murray *Carl S. Gilbert *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*Carl S. Gilbert *Albert C. Harding *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. NIchols

*Albert C. Harding *J. Drew Prugh *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*J. Drew Prugh *Raymond L. Dennis *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*Raymond L. Dennis *Otto Kosbau *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*Otto Kosbau *Harry E. Wimer *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*Harry E. Wimer *Kirby H. Olds *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*Kirby H. Olds *Clark F. Perry *Wm. J. Haines *Marcus R. Nichols

*Clark F. Perry *Wayne F. Messenger *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*Wayne F. Messenger *Paul S. Woodward *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*Paul S. Woodward *J. C. Morris *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*J. C. Morris *Robert A. Martens *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*Robert A. Martens *Charles W. Edwards *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*Charles W. Edwards *Jack E. Nixson *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*Jack E. Nixson *James R. Daley *Floyd Holland *Marcus R. Nichols

*James R. Daley *Harold L. Mai *Robert A. Martens *Marcus R. Nichols

*Harold L. Mai *Ernest R. Burgon *Robert A. Martens *Marcus R. Nichols

*Ernest R. Burgon *William A. Riner, Jr. *Robert A. Martens *Marcus R. Nichols

*William A. Riner, Jr. *Frank M. Hartung *Robert A. Martens *Ray A. Noah

*Frank M. Hartung *Ernest J. Goppert, Jr. *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*Ernest J. Goppert, Jr. *Harlan C. Benedict *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*Harlan C. Benedict *Clifford Bloomenrader *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*Clifford Bloomenrader *George E. Hoyt *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*George E. Hoyt *LeRoy F. King *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*LeRoy F. King *Charles H. Moore *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*Charles H. Moore *J. Earl Christensen *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*J. Earl Christensen Darwin D. Pace *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

Darwin D. Pace *C. H. “Scott” Coffey *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*C. H. “Scott” Coffey *R. R. “Dick” Cooper *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*R. R. “Dick” Cooper *Terry G. McAnnany *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

*Terry G. McAnnany Jimmy Jon Dunlap *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

Jimmy Jon Dunlap W. R. “Bill” McGraw *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

W. R. “Bill” McGraw L. H. “Teense” Willford *Harold L. Mai *Ray A. Noah

L. H. “Teense” Willford Joseph L. Boster, II *Richard R. Cooper *E. Edwin Davis

Joseph L. Boster, II George C. Smith *Richard R. Cooper *E. Edwin Davis

George C. Smith Donald C. Gose *Richard R. Cooper *E. Edwin Davis

Donald C. Gose Bryce E. Lundell *C. H. “Scott” Coffey *E. Edwin Davis

Bryce E. Lundell Steve Kit Carson *C. H. “Scott” Coffey *E. Edwin Davis

Steve Kit Carson Soong “Bill” Harmon *C. H. “Scott” Coffey *E. Edwin Davis

Soong “Bill” Harmon Philip G. Buchholz Darwin D. Pace *E. Edwin Davis

Philip G. Buchholz Gary D. Skillern Darwin D. Pace *E. Edwin Davis

Gary D. Skillern Ronald E. Triggs Darwin D. Pace *E. Edwin Davis


226


129 2003 August Rock Springs Philip G. Buchholz Gary D. Skillern

130 2004 August Rawlins Gary D. Skillern Ronald E. Triggs

131 2005 August Casper Ronald E. Triggs Donald A. Porter

132 2006 August Cheyenne Donald A. Porter Thomas R. Nance

133 2007 August Casper Thomas R. Nance *Clarence E. Darling

134 2008 August Sheridan *Clarence E. Darling Harry W. C. Oberg III

135 2009 August Casper Harry W. C. Oberg III John L. Farmer

136 2010 August Evanston John L. Farmer Allen L. Pierce

137 2011 August Cheyenne Allen L. Pierce Clarence J. Vranish

138 2012 August Casper Clarence J. Vranish Wm. D. Townsend III

139 2013 August Evanston William D. Townsend III Richard N. Lewis

140 2014 August Sheridan Richard N. Lewis Michael B. Johnson

141 2015 August Casper Michael B. Johnson T. Mark Mickelson

142 2016 August Casper T. Mark Mickelson Mark S. Young

143 2017 August Cheyenne Mark S. Young Kenneth M. Badget

144 2018 August Gillette Kenneth M. Badget Thomas F. Hamm II

145 2019 August Sheridan Thomas F. Hamm II Wayne E. Christensen

*Deceased

**Dimitted

227



Ronald E. Triggs Donald A. Porter Darwin D. Pace *Wm. M. Grinnell

Donald A. Porter Thomas R. Nance Darwin D. Pace *Wm M. Grinnell

Thomas R. Nance *Clarence E. Darling Darwin D. Pace *Wm M. Grinnell

*Clarence E. Darling Harry W. C. Oberg III Darwin D. Pace *Wm M. Grinnell

Harry W. C. Oberg III John L. Farmer Darwin D. Pace Philip G. Buchholz

John L. Farmer Allen L. Pierce Darwin D. Pace Philip G. Buchholz

Allen L. Pierce Clarence J. Vranish Darwin D. Pace Philip G. Buchholz

Clarence J. Vranish William D. Townsend III Darwin D. Pace Philip G. Buchholz

William D. Townsend III Richard N. Lewis Darwin D. Pace Philip G. Buchholz

Richard N. Lewis Michael B. Johnson William G. Teter Philip G. Buchholz

Michael B. Johnson T. Mark Mickelson William G. Teter Beynon St. John

T. Mark Mickelson Mark S. Young William G. Teter Beynon St. John

Mark S. Young Kenneth M. Badget William G. Teter Beynon St. John

Kenneth M. Badget Thomas F. Hamm II William G. Teter Beynon St. John

Thomas F. Hamm II Wayne E. Christensen John F. Nunley III Beynon St. John

Wayne E. Christensen Michael J. McGrady John F. Nunley III Beynon St. John

Michael J. McGrady Matthew J. Ramey John F. Nunley III Beynon St. John

*Deceased

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1874 214 214 211 4

1875 33 18 2 53 8 3 24 35 18 232 4

1876 27 10 37 8 2 3 1 14 23 255 4

1877 29 32 61 10 2 2 2 16 45 330 5

1878 24 18 42 8 2 19 1 30 12 312 5

1879 30 24 4 58 16 1 39 1 57 1 313 5

1880 19 15 27 61 10 6 16 32 29 312 5

1881 18 17 5 40 11 7 12 30 10 352 5

1882 30 17 2 49 15 2 17 32 384 5

1883 27 30 57 13 3 27 43 14 398 6

1884 37 14 6 57 15 3 5 23 34 432 6

1885 32 14 2 48 23 3 18 1 45 3 435 6

1886 39 27 5 71 22 3 7 2 34 37 472 7

1887 59 68 6 133 13 4 18 2 37 96 568 10

1888 33 18 4 55 31 5 18 54 1 569 11

1889 61 23 2 86 19 3 1 1 24 62 631 12

1890 34 31 2 67 26 9 12 1 48 19 650 12

1891 68 26 2 96 13 2 20 3 38 58 708 13

1892 71 30 8 109 33 9 29 71 38 746 14

1893 101 96 11 208 43 4 24 1 72 136 882 16

1894 51 14 3 68 19 6 11 36 32 914 16

1895 76 27 3 106 20 7 17 44 62 976 16

1896 64 28 6 98 22 15 14 51 47 1,023 15

1897 45 21 1 67 27 13 38 1 79 12 1,011 15

1898 57 29 4 90 32 6 20 3 61 29 1,040 16

1899 42 16 11 69 33 12 19 1 65 4 1,044 16

1900 83 21 5 109 31 4 19 1 55 54 1,098 16

1901 85 28 10 123 26 14 12 2 54 69 1,167 18

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1902 125 52 10 187 18 15 13 46 141 1,308 19

1903 166 36 10 212 20 7 4 1 32 180 1,488 21

1904 184 47 7 238 42 17 17 1 77 161 1,649 23

1905 171 44 4 219 34 16 9 59 160 1,809 23

1906 178 50 9 237 55 24 16 95 142 1,951 24

1907 176 49 6 231 46 25 9 80 151 2,102 25

1908 190 65 6 261 45 33 16 94 167 2,269 28

1909 157 57 7 221 48 23 19 90 131 2,400 29

1910 178 58 4 240 39 20 24 1 84 156 2,556 30

1911 182 38 3 223 72 41 27 140 83 2,639 30

1912 20 87 4 291 30 24 30 1 85 206 2,845 33

1913 220 67 8 304 58 29 25 1 113 191 3,036 34

1914 226 85 1 312 81 39 38 158 154 3,190 34

1915 203 57 7 267 63 32 45 1 141 126 3,316 34

1916 236 90 12 338 66 43 27 136 202 3,518 34

1917 261 90 14 365 80 48 54 182 183 3,701 34

1918 389 97 13 499 55 42 16 113 386 4,087 34

1919 387 147 10 544 81 80 22 183 361 4,448 34

1920 722 200 33 955 152 56 28 236 719 5,167 35

1921 838 152 18 1008 122 38 29 189 819 5,986 40

1922 535 177 17 729 123 46 32 1 202 527 6,513 42

1923 413 138 13 564 100 63 39 2 204 360 6,873 43

1924 404 128 18 550 110 58 46 2 216 334 7,207 44

1925 428 121 20 569 121 83 100 3 307 262 7,469 45

1926 395 103 33 531 117 72 83 5 277 254 7,723 45

1927 387 102 26 515 117 77 118 1 313 202 7,925 46

1928 375 81 32 488 104 59 104 1 268 220 8,145 46

1929 361 97 29 487 104 84 80 3 271 216 8,361 48


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1930 320 71 37 428 97 98 120 1 316 112 8,473 49

1931 253 71 11 335 62 95 173 1 331 4 8,477 49

1932 182 84 15 281 71 83 186 340 59 8,418 49

1933 106 58 10 174 72 90 266 430 256 8,162 49

1934 137 65 24 226 61 80 270 411 185 7,977 49

1935 153 107 32 292 101 113 169 2 385 93 7,884 48

1936 200 58 28 286 55 101 207 1 364 78 7,806 48

1937 224 79 42 345 50 129 214 393 48 7,758 48

1938 252 149 74 475 110 104 199 413 62 7,820 50

1939 201 70 46 317 84 126 155 365 48 7,772 50

1940 127 66 44 328 65 102 127 294 33 7,806 50

1941 208 57 52 317 74 114 143 1 383 17 7,740 50

1942 199 41 68 308 58 120 104 1 285 23 7,763 50

1943 245 36 91 370 54 114 58 1 232 138 7,901 50

1944 468 76 116 663 76 103 35 208 455 8,356 50

1945 662 87 110 819 72 132 36 2 242 577 8,933 50

1946 662 98 82 842 96 142 28 266 576 9,509 50

1947 605 109 69 783 102 116 41 259 524 10,033 50

1948 539 103 60 702 108 153 43 304 398 10,431 50

1949 453 97 52 602 96 155 64 315 287 10,718 50

1950 518 103 51 672 111 178 42 2 333 339 10,057 50

1951 534 84 46 664 81 180 47 1 309 355 11,412 50

1952 522 88 38 648 83 199 60 2 344 304 11,716 50

1953 497 172 30 699 134 149 61 344 355 12,071 50

1954 422 73 26 521 68 209 43 320 201 12,272 50

1955 409 62 29 500 84 194 49 327 173 12,445 51

1956 334 58 28 420 74 234 62 370 50 12,495 51

1957 388 105 31 524 63 215 71 349 175 12,670 52

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1930 320 71 37 428 97 98 120 1 316 112 8,473 49

1931 253 71 11 335 62 95 173 1 331 4 8,477 49

1932 182 84 15 281 71 83 186 340 59 8,418 49

1933 106 58 10 174 72 90 266 430 256 8,162 49

1934 137 65 24 226 61 80 270 411 185 7,977 49

1935 153 107 32 292 101 113 169 2 385 93 7,884 48

1936 200 58 28 286 55 101 207 1 364 78 7,806 48

1937 224 79 42 345 50 129 214 393 48 7,758 48

1938 252 149 74 475 110 104 199 413 62 7,820 50

1939 201 70 46 317 84 126 155 365 48 7,772 50

1940 127 66 44 328 65 102 127 294 33 7,806 50

1941 208 57 52 317 74 114 143 1 383 17 7,740 50

1942 199 41 68 308 58 120 104 1 285 23 7,763 50

1943 245 36 91 370 54 114 58 1 232 138 7,901 50

1944 468 76 116 663 76 103 35 208 455 8,356 50

1945 662 87 110 819 72 132 36 2 242 577 8,933 50

1946 662 98 82 842 96 142 28 266 576 9,509 50

1947 605 109 69 783 102 116 41 259 524 10,033 50

1948 539 103 60 702 108 153 43 304 398 10,431 50

1949 453 97 52 602 96 155 64 315 287 10,718 50

1950 518 103 51 672 111 178 42 2 333 339 10,057 50

1951 534 84 46 664 81 180 47 1 309 355 11,412 50

1952 522 88 38 648 83 199 60 2 344 304 11,716 50

1953 497 172 30 699 134 149 61 344 355 12,071 50

1954 422 73 26 521 68 209 43 320 201 12,272 50

1955 409 62 29 500 84 194 49 327 173 12,445 51

1956 334 58 28 420 74 234 62 370 50 12,495 51

1957 388 105 31 524 63 215 71 349 175 12,670 52

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1958 354 70 26 450 74 210 54 558 112 12,562 52

1959 332 132 16 480 94 211 90 395 85 12,647 53

1960 356 72 24 452 73 246 67 386 66 12,713 54

1961 389 95 23 508 70 225 106 1 407 101 12,814 55

1962 307 76 20 404 83 257 108 450 46 12,768 55

1963 260 77 18 357 62 242 83 1 397 40 12,728 55

1964 266 83 16 368 65 248 111 430 62 12,666 55

1965 250 87 27 364 67 251 78 2 405 41 12,625 55

1966 255 64 18 338 62 248 115 1 427 89 12,536 55

1967 207 62 19 290 67 236 95 401 111 12,425 55

1968 179 59 28 267 60 278 112 452 185 12,240 55

1969 150 74 25 252 60 277 93 432 180 12,060 55

1970 177 63 16 259 59 284 100 445 186 11,874 55

1971 163 44 36 244 69 289 96 456 212 11,642 55

1972 181 73 22 280 52 317 76 447 167 11,475 55

1973 154 53 24 231 67 310 107 1 486 255 11,220 55

1974 163 69 19 251 43 283 88 414 163 11,057 55

1975 176 67 23 266 63 300 72 435 169 10,888 55

1976 220 148 20 390 151 264 88 504 114 10,774 54

1977 201 133 11 346 144 282 75 501 155 10,619 53

1978 264 77 13 355 62 275 80 417 62 10,557 53

1979 193 63 23 281 51 273 110 434 153 10,404 53

1980 247 225 22 498 217 270 101 1 445 219 324 10,457 52

1981 215 93 22 333 71 290 91 458 125 10,332 52

1982 211 62 14 295 62 274 104 464 169 10,163 52

1983 197 65 15 277 50 254 100 404 127 10,036 52

1984 162 44 22 228 53 269 166 6 494 31 297 9,770 52

1985 204 48 19 284 56 232 169 3 460 44 220 9,594 52


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1986 168 52 18 240 66 218 149 1 451 38 249 9,383 52

1987 105 37 22 176 62 225 178 469 10 303 9,090 52

1988 95 27 17 141 85 233 163 1 497 19 375 8,734 52

1989 89 287 21 393 250 231 172 2 725 239 571 8,402 51

1990 97 37 20 154 80 241 129 458 7 311 8,098 51

1991 79 34 15 141 44 230 166 492 11 351 7,747 51

1992 115 42 19 227 43 217 99 395 58 226 7,579 51

1993 200 25 15 263 36 221 165 434 59 434 7,408 51

1994 143 32 18 197 85 221 174 482 21 306 7,123 50

1995 240 91 19 350 63 177 68 2 387 126 124 7,205 49

1996 161 33 17 219 53 179 103 360 41 181 7,065 49

1997 68 29 11 136 43 212 189 460 11 324 6,740 49

1998 85 25 25 176 44 189 150 413 23 263 6,503 49

1999 54 25 15 126 30 185 134 388 262 6,241 49

2000 100 20 20 145 26 184 114 1 368 36 223 6,018 49

2001 92 33 11 162 41 153 132 371 17 209 5,818 49

2002 118 18 23 181 33 172 138 409 228 5,590 49

2003 65 24 13 108 18 140 141 2 317 209 5,252 49

2004 57 24 14 107 58 141 117 1 334 204 5,157 47

2005 45 135 20 213 157 167 144 477 264 4,893 46

2006 52 19 16 201 47 169 175 413 293 4,570 46

2007 73 25 19 121 31 127 105 267 146 4,424 46

2008 62 15 10 89 29 136 91 287 198 4,226 46

2009 78 13 15 112 39 116 86 268 156 4,070 46

2010 70 67 12 159 83 113 13 330 171 3,899 45

2011 75 16 15 106 32 114 71 3 229 123 3,776 45

2012 46 14 7 71 51 119 86 268 197 3,579 45

2013 52 72 7 132 93 113 82 3 295 163 3,416 44

2014 53 17 7 79 30 106 94 0 239 160 3,258 44

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2015 35 22 4 67 16 93 67 0 182 115 3101 43

2016 43 48 10 102 39 91 51 0 188 86 3015 42

2017 51 16 9 77 26 131 62 1 224 147 2868 42

2018 47 21 5 74 23 121 100 1 251 178 2690 42

2019 25 25 11 66 30 87 65 0 199 133 2557 42


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audits were performed in September 2019.

CHEYENNE 1 86 86 5 4 2 3 0 0 5

WYOMING 2 56 54 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

LARAMIE 3 118 110 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

EVANSTON 4 57 58 2 2 3 0 0 0 3

RAWLINS 5 96 98 1 0 0 2 3 0 5

MOUNT MORIAH 6 49 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ANCHOR 7 88 81 0 1 1 2 0 0 3

SHERIDAN 8 138 138 5 5 3 1 1 0 5

SUNDANCE 9 55 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ASHLAR 10 52 52 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

ACACIA 11 130 117 3 2 2 0 2 0 4

ROCK SPRINGS 12 84 80 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

NEWCASTLE 13 86 88 2 1 2 0 0 0 2

SARATOGA 14 34 33 2 0 0 1 0 0 1

CASPER 15 98 89 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

WHEATLAND 16 49 45 2 0 0 1 0 0 1

MALTA 17 64 60 2 1 1 1 1 0 3

TEMPLE 20 54 55 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

SHOSHONE 21 112 108 4 1 0 3 0 0 3

GLENROCK 22 64 58 3 1 1 0 0 0 1

CHUGWATER 23 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HARMONY 24 52 52 2 2 0 0 0 1 1

WIND RIVER 25 26 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

RIVERTON 26 95 83 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

GILLETTE 28 103 94 1 0 0 2 0 1 3

TORRINGTON 29 53 54 3 2 0 3 0 0 3

ABSAROKEE 30 41 41 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

FRANKLIN 31 35 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

GATE CITY 32 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KEMMERER 33 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TRI MTN. VIEW 35 32 31 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

UPTON 38 64 64 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

BURNS 41 31 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

PATHFINDER 42 98 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

BIG HORN MTN. 43 101 95 6 6 2 2 2 0 6

TOWER 44 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BIG PINEY 47 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JACKSON 48 60 53 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

GUERNSEY 49 25 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 1

DUBOIS 53 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CAPITAL 54 62 62 4 3 3 0 0 1 4

INDEPEND. ROCK 56 71 59 1 1 1 0 1 2 4

TOTAL 2681 2558 66 34 25 25 12 5 67

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CHEYENNE 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0

WYOMING 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 -2

LARAMIE 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 8 -8

EVANSTON 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1

RAWLINS 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2

MOUNT MORIAH 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1

ANCHOR 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 -7

SHERIDAN 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0

SUNDANCE 9 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 -3

ASHLAR 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

ACACIA 11 1 4 12 0 0 0 17 -13

ROCK SPRINGS 12 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 -4

NEWCASTLE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

SARATOGA 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1

CASPER 15 1 8 1 0 0 0 10 -9

WHEATLAND 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 -4

MALTA 17 2 2 3 0 0 0 7 -4

TEMPLE 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

SHOSHONE 21 1 3 3 0 0 0 7 -4

GLENROCK 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 7 -6

CHUGWATER 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -1

HARMONY 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

WIND RIVER 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

RIVERTON 26 1 3 8 0 0 0 12 -12

GILLETTE 28 1 5 6 0 0 0 12 -9

TORRINGTON 29 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1

ABSAROKEE 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FRANKLIN 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1

GATE CITY 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KEMMERER 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -1

TRI MTN. VIEW 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1

UPTON 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

BURNS 41 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 -2

PATHFINDER 42 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 -6

BIG HORN MTN. 43 3 5 4 0 0 0 12 -6

TOWER 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BIG PINEY 47 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 -4

JACKSON 48 3 0 5 0 0 0 8 -7

GUERNSEY 49 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

DUBOIS 53 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 -2

CAPITAL 54 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0

INDEPEND. ROCK 56 1 3 9 0 3 0 16 -12

TOTAL 31 88 64 0 7 0 190 -123

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MASONIC ROSTER

GRAND LODGE OF A.F. & A.M.

OF WYOMING

JUNE 30, 2019

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF

CONSTITUENT LODGES

2018-2019

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Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 Cheyenne, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

MASTER MASONS

Allen, Robert Warren Anderson, Dana A Anderson, George Howard

Barber, Jay Russell Bellis, Steven L Bradshaw, Robert Lee

Castle, Cory Eugene Cook, Jack C Cotten, Randolph P

Daniel, Gerald A

Elwell, Robert A Enos, Gerald V Jr

Finnell, Norman W Fletcher, Kenneth Joseph Forbis, Robert Earl Sr Forbis, Timothy Dale

Hall, Frank R Harper, James O'Dell Haston, Norman Bruce Hayes, John Leland Heiselman, Ian Thomas Hutton, Michael B

Jacobs, Robert Gerald Johanson, Charles C Johnson, Wayne H

Kaphengst, Henry W Kaste, James Craig

Kindel, Richard Lee Sr. Kotzbacher, Robert R

Landman, Kasper H Lease, Jason Christopher Leavitt, Herbert M Leuning, Tanner John Lewis, Patrick Allen Liebe, Winfried E Long, Clayton Wayne Lundell, Bryce Edwin PGM

Manley, John Allen Martin, Robert William Martinez, Michael A. Jr. Mason, Thomas Mark McCoy, William Emmett McGrady, Michael James Mead, Rollin C Metcalf, Benjamin Bud Moore, James M Morgan, Layton D Morton, Gary L Moser, Michael August Mosher, Dennis Stanley Mugg, Johnnie Joe Mugg, Steven Allen Murphy, Marvin Strowder

Olsen, Jared S Owenby, Emmett Franklin Oyler, Jesse

Padilla, Gabriel Arthur

Perry, Kenneth E Phillips, John Michael

Ramirez, Omar Alexander Ramsey, William J Ropp, Carl Hunt Roybal, Richard Aaron

Samuelson, Lawrence Paul Schlueter, Henry Frederick Schoneberg, Henry Eugene Schrader, Donald Lee Scott, Robert L Shank, Robert L Simons, William T Skipper, David L Southward, William E Sr Staley, Ian D Stevens, Michael Lee Stilson, Ralph Dwayne Stone, Richard Ellis Styron, Phillip Lane Swilling, Michael L

Thurston, Craig Watson Triggs, Eldon D II Triggs, Ronald Eldon PGM

Uchner, David Dan

Vasquez, Juan Jr.

Walton, Ted Daniel Williams, Aaron Wesley Williams, Robert Wayne

Raised Lease, Jason C. Thurston, Craig Watson

Affiliated Daniel, Gerald A. Perry, Kenneth E Shank, Robert L

Died Bigelow, Robert Joseph Flynn, Dennis S Mathews, Robert Charles

Pendarvis, Robert H Williams Jr, John F

Total Members: 86

Timothy D. Forbis, PM ... Worshipful Master

James C. Kaste...................... Senior Warden

Ian T. Heiselman ................... Junior Warden

Wayne H. Johnson ......................... Treasurer

R. Aaron Roybal ............................ Secretary

Tanner J. Leuning .................. Senior Deacon

Ian D. Staley .......................... Junior Deacon

Corey E. Castle ..................... Senior Steward

Vacant ................................... Junior Steward

Michael A. Martinez, Jr. ................. Chaplain

Robert A. Elwell .............................. Marshal

Vacant ............................................ Historian

Vacant ............................................. Organist

David L. Skipper, PM .......................... Tyler


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Wyoming Lodge No. 2 Lander, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 3rd Thurs. of each month at 7:30 pm (Dark in Dec., Jan., Feb)

OFFICERS 2018-2019

James A. Criswell. .......... Worshipful Master James E. Hansen, Jr............... Senior Warden Toby Errickson ..................... Junior Warden Beynon St John .............................. Treasurer Jared M. Pierson............................. Secretary Rory Robinson ...................... Senior Deacon Jeff Garetson .......................... Junior Deacon

Richard Gist .......................... Senior Steward David Flynn .......................... Junior Steward Vint K. Bonner ............................... Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Jeff Garetson .................................. Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Joseph L. Malek ................................... Tyler

Alexander, Jerry E Appleby, DeWayne S Arnold, Charles H Asbell, Mickey L

Baehr, Frederick G Bell, James R Blount, Paul R Blue-Gamble, Antonio M. Boland, James F Bonner, Vint K Bourne, Rick L Sr Bowen, Jacob Herschel Bull, Lonnie Matthew

Calhoun, Donald C Cooper, Lance Criswell, James A Cunningham, Ronald D

Dent, Homer Wade

Errickson, Toby Evans, Ernest L

Flynn, David Lee

Garetson, Jeff Gist, Richard D Gist, Timothy Wayne Goodrich, John W

Hahn, Daniel R Hansen, James Edward Jr Hansen, Kenneth W Henan, Ben Earl Herbst, James Hudson, Edwin T

King, Jack R

Langaas, Ray Lewis, Victor D

Malek, Joseph Leonard McCain, Gilbert L

McOmie, Luke Daniel McRae, Raymond A

Pappas, Peter J Pederson, Selmer Lane Pierson, Jared Michael Pose, James M

Reisig, Jack Alan Robinson, Rory J

Schell, Michael David Spriggs, Joseph E St John, Beynon St John, Thomas Van Steinkamp, Paul

Taylor, Edward H

Ward, Robert F Wesaw, Markus Wesaw, Nick Wilkinson, John T

Raised Wesaw, Nick

Suspended NPD Belser, Nat Realing, Pat A

Died Merryman, William W

Total Members 54

Laramie Lodge No. 3 Laramie, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Andrew MacClugage ...... Worshipful Master

Douglas J. Johnson ............... Senior Warden

Lawrence G. Struempf ........... Junior Warden

Michael J. Heller ........................... Treasurer

Calvin E. Van Zee ......................... Secretary

Raymond E. Robertson .......... Senior Deacon

Steven L. Morgan .................. Junior Deacon

Jonathon P. Howdeshell ........ Senior Steward

Lavente G. Pap ..................... Junior Steward

William H. Wright .......................... Chaplain

Larry J. Farnham .............................. Marshal

Ronald A. Van Ekeren ................... Historian

Vacant ............................................. Organist

John D. Bard ........................................ Tyler

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MASTER MASONS

Aiken, Roy E Allen, Don Albert Anderle, JonLee Shane

Baird, Grayson L Bard, John D Bard, John L Barquissau, Christophe Jean M. Benson, William Eugene Boucher, James Arthur Boyd, Robert Glenn Brolyer, Edwin Delbert Buell, David Allen

Cheesbrough, David Roy Clennon, James Eugene Cook, Craig Clinton Cook, Dennis Coleman Cook, Scott Coleman Cunningham, Arnold Dennis Curry, Gary Dean

Daniels, Joe Darnall, Leslie Authur Downing, Larry Dixon

Edwards, Wayne E Egge, Gary Allen Ellenberger, Louis M Jr

Farnham, Larry J Florich, Thomas Albert Fowler, Matthew James Frerichs, Phillip Edward

Garretson, Richard Elwin Gatchell, Dennis A Gibson, Douglas A Graham, Gordon Jackson Grant, Robert Ulysses Guice, Jimmy Douglas Guice, Terry Lynn Guthmann, Charles L

Hall, Elmer Arthur Hammond, David Goodreich Harris, Donald G Hashimoto, Lloyd K Hawks, Ethan Melvin Jefferson Haynes, James Christopher Heffner, Carl C III Heller, Michael J Hickman, Walter Dwight Jr Hing, Robert Karl L Hoflund, James Marvin Houchin, Duane Ray Howdeshell, Jonathon Paul

Jensen, Glen Chris Johnson, Douglas James Johnson, Kenneth Roy Johnson, Michael L Jordan, Gregory Alan

Kenehan, James Roady Jr. Kersey, Robert Frank Jr King, Michael Johnson Klock, Daniel George

Lindahl, Peter Magnos Linn, Robert Thomas Long, Andrew III

MacClugage, Andrew Hall Malmstrom, Craig Anthony Maurer, John Edward McDonald, Raymond Gerre McGrail, George Richard McGraw, William Robert PGM Miller, Samuel Tilden Morgan, Steven Lewis

Negich, Gary Wayne Neil, Nelson Louis

Oppie, Jack Allen

Pap, Levente Gyorgy Parkin, Robert Loyal Pierce, Joshua Heinrich Pitta, John Manual Porter, Donald Allen Jr PGM Preston, Eric Lewis

Raines, John Allen Replogle, Richard Guy Rindler, John Joseph Rinker, Patrick Ross Robertson, Raymond E Roth, Waldo Roy

Sanchez, Joaquin Carlos Sanders, William A Scott, Harold Glenn Shafer, John Terry Shelmon, Roy J Smith, Taylor B III Struempf, Lawrence G Sutherland, Wayne Muzzy Szabo, Lawrence Bruce

Van Ekeren, Ronald Alvin Van Zee, Calvin Eugene

Wade, Michael Otis Wade, Ronald Wayne Wade, Russell Stephen Wagner, Steven Roy Walden, R Keith Walsh, Jerry Bruce Waters, Fred C Wilken, Gary Lee Wolfe, Howard N Woods, Carlton Lance Wright, William H Wymore, Richard McCord

Young, Alvin Lee

Zorko, Robert Joseph

Dimitted Hall, David Albert

Suspended NPD Garmon, Bobby Vincent Harnden, Al L Skiles, Gary R

Died Brito, Silvester J Miner, Terry Lynn Rechard, Paul A Riedl, Richard R

Total Members: 110


240

MASTER MASONS

Evanston Lodge No. 4 Evanston, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Aaron, Stephen Craig Atteberry, Ron

Bartolic, Rick Biggs, Donald Dice Blakeman, Rodney Keith Bright, Forrest Charles Bright, Kalei Nephi Broussard, Craig Allen Butcher, Charles Jasper

Campbell, Richard R Carlton, Jeffery Scott Coles, Gary T Collins, Ronald Lee Crompton, Marc James Cronister, James Edward Currah, Richard Gayle

Davis, Michael Brent

Eaton, John F

Fife, Rusty Jay Fowler, Stephen H

Galeotos, Elias S Garland, Walter G Jr

Harvey, Russell Dennis Hicks, Dale L.

Irick, Jeramiah Layne

Jones, Todd Merrill

Kunkel, Harley Robert

Lininger, Jo Austin Lowham, John Samuel

Martin, Ralph Harold Mathson, James Edward McGuire, Bryon Manley McIff, Steven L Moon, David Jon Moon, Wesley Gene Moore, Stephen Bruce Morrison, Lamaster Lee Mortimer, John Alfred Myers, Russell Leland

Nerren, Paul Daniel III

Oberg, Harry W C III PGM Orvosh, William T.

Peterson, Michael Kenneth

Rasnake, Joshua William Rigoli, William Richard Roberson, Ronald Ray Ross, Frank Scott Jr

Sanders, Blaine S Sather, Richard Wallace Simon, Robert Lee Sr Swick, W W Michael Swofford, Robert William

Thomason, Harold Dwayne

Vickers, William Carroll Vranish, Clarence J. PGM Watts, Wallace James Williams, Jakie Curtis

Raised Aaron, Stephen Craig Jones, Todd M. Moon, Wesley G.

Died Ellsworth, Douglas Glen Wolfe, William H

Total Members: 58

Rawlins Lodge No. 5 Rawlins, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

William T. Orvosh, PM ... Worshipful Master

Donald D. Biggs, PM ............ Senior Warden

David J. Moon, PM ............... Junior Warden

Stephen Fowler ............................. Treasurer

Clarence J. Vranish, PGM .............. Secretary

Brian McGuire ...................... Senior Deacon

Dale L. Hicks ......................... Junior Deacon

Ronald W. Atteberry ............ Senior Steward

Harry W. C. Oberg, III, PGM Junior Steward

John Eaton ...................................... Chaplain

Rick Bartolic ....................................Marshal

Russell L. Myers, PM ..................... Historian

Vacant ............................................. Organist

Russell L. Myers, PM ........................... Tyler

Douglas L. Smith ............ Worshipful Master K. Yancey Allison .................Senior Warden Teddy Fross ........................... Junior Warden David L. Rice ................................ Treasurer Gary J. Keil ................................... Secretary Larry Yaruzinski, Jr. .............. Senior Deacon Richard D. Greene ................. Junior Deacon

Vacant................................... Senior Steward Vacant................................... Junior Steward George W. Bagby ........................... Chaplain Vacant.............................................. Marshal Vacant............................................ Historian Vacant............................................. Organist Jay F. Ford ............................................Tyler

241


MASTER MASONS

Affiliated Devlin, Joseph Simpson, Clayton Toby

Reinstated Young, Coleman Harvey Young II, Charles C Young, Charles Chester

Died Ellsworth, Douglas Glen Pearson, Carlton R Snively, Harold M

Total Members: 98

Allison, Kenneth Tom Avery, Robert B

Bagby, George W Baldwin, Rex R Bennett, Jargon D Brose, Terry L

Colson, Jerold R Combs, Harold N Craig, Richard N Crawford, Roy J

Devlin, Joseph Duthie, Rodgers N

Ehrenhart, James D Engstrom, Charles Jack Engstrom, Christian Drew Engstrom, John Kirk Engstrom, William J Jr Epp, Theodore Burke Epperson, Gary E Espy, John Rendel

Ford, Jay F Foster, Ernest T Fritz, Mitchell L Fross, Teddy

George, Adam E George, Walter E Greene, Richard D. Grieve, James H Grieve, Leeland Thomas

Hager, Frank C Hansen, Vincent J Harper, Michael R

Hart, Craig David Hecox, Richard C II Hood, Randall S Hunt, Robert

Jack, Charles A Jack, William A

Keil, Gary J Kelly, Kurt Kincheloe, Earl B King, Edwin L Kroese, Kent Steven

Lawson, James Arthur Jr Logan, James

Maxson, Joseph K Morse, Howard "Lu" Morse, William Luzerne Moyer, John L Jr Moyer, Michael A

Neitzert, Everett W Jr

Rader, David L Reed, James M Rice, David L Roberts, Gregory Allen Ross, Charles LeRoy Ross, Timothy L Russell, Harry E III

Salisbury, Richard C Salisbury, William Scott Sanders, Jeffrey A. Sanford, Jackie E Schneider, George M Schneider, Roger J

Schwindt, Tommy J Shadrick, Glen David Sheehan, Jay Douglas Sheehan, Patrick R Simpson, Clayton Toby Skordas, Stephen C Smith, Douglas Lee Smith, Douglas Lynn Smith, Frederick W Smith, Gerald M Steele, Gerald A Stratton, J. Norman Swift, Keith Allen

Taylor, Clifton Ben Thompson, Thomas A Thorpe, Jeffrey R Tucker, Carrel D

Waeckerlin, Gary L Waeckerlin, Jacob L Waeckerlin, Rodney F Waeckerlin, Thomas D Ward, Keith M Wells, Merrill James Wilcox, Douglas K Williams, Jack S Woodward, Robert A Woodward, William Gary Woodward, William Gus Worley, Max J

Yarusinski, Larry Jr. Young, Charles C II

Young, Charles Chester Young, Coleman Harvey Young, James O


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Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 6 Green River, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

MASTER MASONS

Bailiff, Gary Merrill Bailiff, Peter Gary Barneski, Stephen Earl Barnett, James Dale Jr Bates, Norman Eugene

Carter, Edward Joseph Chapman, Charles Arthur Chapman, Larry Douglas Christensen, Roy G Clevenger, Robert C Conroy, Charles Frederick Conroy, Joseph Michael

Darrough, Donald Marion

Emden, Albert Charles

Haney, Jack Lee Harder, Phillip Douglas Harmon, Soong Kun PGM

Hedgpeth, Harold Glenn Hutchinson, David Scott Hutchinson, Thomas Ellis

Jacobsen, Melvin Richard

Kelley, William John Kern, Robert Ted Koenig, Christopher Paul

Larimore, Donald Douglas

Makie, Edwin Dean Marcy, Joseph Anthony Markve, Thomas Larry

Nelson, Mark John Newland, Ellis W III

Oliver, Freddie Allen

Pittman, John E

Pope, Manuel LaWayne Poulsen, Virgil Brett

Realing, Charles Olan

Slaton, Ethan Daniel Slaton, Stephen Raymond Spence, Russell James Stapleton, Oscar Clayton Stapleton, Todd Clayton

Taliaferro, William R Tankersley, Joel Thurman Tursic, Anthony Ray

Wagoner, Steven Ray Walker, Harold D Wiekhorst, Terry R

Yates, Ronald George Young, Thomas John

Suspended NPD Hill, Dalton

Died

None Reported

Total Members: 48

Anchor Lodge No. 7 Buffalo, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. (except holidays)

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Virgil B. Poulsen, PM ..... Worshipful Master Soong K. "Bill" Harmon, PGM ...... Senior Warden Oscar C. Stapleton, PM ......... Junior Warden Gary M. Bailiff, PM ...................... Treasurer Charles F. Conroy, PM .................. Secretary Terry R. Wiekhorst, PM ........ Senior Deacon Joseph A. Marcy .................... Junior Deacon

N. Eugene "Gene" Bates, PM......... Senior Steward Peter G. Bailiff ...................... Junior Steward Charles O. Realing, PM .................. Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Vacant .................................................. Tyler

Dakota M. Ramey ........... Worshipful Master James L. Sturdevant .............. Senior Warden Matthew J. Ramey ................. Junior Warden Dennis E. Dobbins......................... Treasurer David P. Guyton .............................Secretary Michael J. Strahan ................. Senior Deacon Kurtis Rex Maxwell ............... Junior Deacon

Wyatt J. Huntley ................... Senior Steward Travis M. Kauffman .............. Junior Steward Dennis J. Hougard .......................... Chaplain Jacob M. Ramey .............................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Jason A. Fish ........................................ Tyler

243


Raised

Gilkison, Timm R.

Affiliated

Bowers, Eric M. Whitaker, Michael B

Dimitted

Guilford III, Charles C Newcomb, Curtis Linn

Sain, Robert Dale Schwartz, Martin William

Died

Corell, James A Foust, Edwin N Kilts, Jimmy David

Penwell, Kenneth Gary Wagner, Robert M

Total Members: 81

Anderson, Dale Maynard

Blakeman, Kenneth Wayne Bolinger, Kim Dale Bowers, Eric M.

Carroll, Kevin Ray Carson, Steve Kit PGM Cash, Raymond D Chabo, Edward Dorsey Collins, William Earl II Coltrane, Bradley Loyd Crain, Edward Loren Crain, Franklin Edward Curry, James W

Dawson, James Dallas Dickerson, Dennis Dugal Dobbins, Dennis E

Eitel, Delbert Lee

Fish, Jason Andrew Futty, James R

Gibbs, Scott Marshall Gilkison, Timm Ray Gladson, Jerry D Guyton, David Patrick

Haines, John Mark Hamm, Don Robert Harmon, Thomas Camp Harness, David Scott

Hepker, Ronald C Hirshfield, Theodore B Hooven, Jack C Hougard, Dennis J Hougard, Scott Bradley Huntley, Wyatt Joseph

Jones, Thomas Irving

Kauffman, Travis Micheal Kessler, Robert Lorin Kilts, Russell Alan Kozisek, Stephen F Kuiper, Thomas G

Matheson, Steven John Maxwell, Kurtis Rex McLaughlin, Jimmie Leroy McPhee, Hugh Ronald Meike, Donald Lewis Meike, Peter Amel Jr Mitchell, Kevin L Moffett, Milton Curtis

Pasco, Daniel Leonard Perry, Robert G Jr Pruitt, Steven D Purdy, James Robert

Quinn, Kenneth Martin

Ramey, Dakota Matthew Ramey, Jacob Michael

Ramey, Matthew Jason Ramsbottom, Wallace Dale Ramsbottom, William Dale Reimann, Carl Richard Jr Rogers, Glenn Alonzo Romine, Michael William Rubottom, Karl Walter

Sampson, Rex Blake Saul, Myron J Schneidmiller, John F Schneidmiller, Sean Sorensen, Harold Richard St Pierre, Joseph Francis Stevenson, Gary Wayne Strahan, Michael James Sturdevant, James Lee Sturdevant, Jon Lee Sullivan, Kenneth Allen

Taylor, Quinton S Taylor, Robin L Tift, Jerry Eugene

Ullery, James W Usher, Raymond Cade

Veit, Allen David

Weaver, Douglas C. Whitaker, Michael B

Young, Donald Martin

Sheridan Lodge No. 8 Sheridan, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rdThursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Clint Waylon Moseley ..... Worshipful Master

Joseph William Schwartz ...... Senior Warden

Vacant ................................... Junior Warden

James Alan Blaha .......................... Treasurer

James Thomas Rader ......................Secretary

Thomas Jefferson Rodgers .... Senior Deacon

Lee Matthew Ingalls ............... Junior Deacon

Spencer Casey Morris ........... Senior Steward


Lorne Richard Morris ..................... Chaplain

Curtiss Wayne Johnson ................... Marshal

Kurt Albert Gerhold ....................... Historian

Vacant ............................................. Organist

Dwayne Kenneth Thorpe, Jr. ................ Tyler


244

MASTER MASONS

Allender, James Eugene Alley, Robert Neal

Baird, Stanford Wayne Bare, Gary Richard Bare, Kevin Walter Berry, David Michael Black, Daniel Lee Blaha, James Alan Blaha, Nicholas James Bridger, Richard Charles Briggs, Robert Burke Brotherton, Robert Harold Burgess, Sheridan Samuel Busch, James Alan Busch, Jason Alan

Campbell, Joseph Peter Campbell, William McKee Carroll, Steven Douglas Cash, Robert Bryan Chaplin, Paul Bruce Clabaugh, Kenneth George Cole, Brad F Compton, Charles Warren Coon, Cody Lee Coon, Justin Edward Crist, Scott Ryan

Dahlin, Alex James Depew, Samuel Caleb Duff, Curtis Perry Dunlap, Jimmy Jon PGM

Edwards, Bruce Curtis Enzi, Michael Bradley Evans, Jess

Ferries, David James Ferries, James Scott Folks, Adam Mark Fox, Kevin Dean Freiberger, Brian Dale Friedrick, Scott Andrew

Geer, Chan J. Gerhold, Kurt Albert

Hamaker, David D Hansen, Arnold Ivan Hansen, Jerry Alan Hawkinson, Walter Edwin Hayworth, Patrick Gene

Hein, William David Hockett, Douglas Jason Humphrey, Kenneth Richard Hurst, Thomas Kooi Husman, Michael Joseph

Ingalls, Lee Matthew

John, Fred W Johnson, Curtiss Wayne Johnson, Patrick F Jones, Monte Rae

Kennedy, Robert Porter Kiester, David Leroy King, Norman Alvin Jr Kretschmar, Paul Alan

Lee, Alexander Conrad Leeper, Kelly Joe Legerski, Kevin Joe Levi, Ralph Handy Lewis, James Elvin Leypoldt, Randy George Ludwig, Newton Scott

Marsden, Lloyd Wayne Martinez, Randolf David Jr. McClintock, Gregory David Meline, Theodore Raymond Miller, Jared Kas Moore, John Lawrence Moore, Richard Allen Morris, Lorne Richard Morris, Spencer Casey Morton, Gary Vaughn Moseley, Clint Waylan

Nance, Thomas Randal PGM Neeriemer, Tyler Eric Neighbors, Thomas Churchill Newton, Garold Earle Newton, Ricki Orville Nolting, Bruce Dean

O'Leary, Robert L Onstott, Lauren D Osbourne, Kenneth Wayne

Pedigo, Grant Ross Pelesky, Donald Keith Penney, Michael Brent Poll, David Lee Poll, Dennis Hill

Porter, Richard Bowen Porter, William Horace Jr Prusak, Robert Elliott

Rader, Boyd William Jr Rader, James Thomas Rathburn, William Henry II Redder, Scott Thomas Rodgers, Thomas Jefferson Ruby, Jason Tyler

Schamber, Karel Ray Schlenker, Steve Walter Schoen, Jeffery Scott Schwartz, Joseph William Schwartz, Otto Robinson Schwartz, Paul Michael Schwartz, Robert Ernest Sharp, Clifton Randal Sherman, Luke Lewis Sherwood, Christopher M. Shiek, Gregory Kurtis Showers, Paul Joseph Jr. Small, Edwin Herbert Small, Phillip Henry Stadick, Richard William Starkey, Paul Richard Steel, Heath A Stephens, Rick D Stevens, Charles C. B. Stewart, Daniel Allen Strahan, Michael James Stroup, Justin Phillip Sturtz, John Charles

Thompson, Lane Allen Thorpe, Dwayne Kenneth Jr Townsend, Bradford Jon Turner, Lanny Leroy

Von Krosigk, Greg Alan

Weaver, James Allen Webber, Michael Harold Weitz, Mark Allen Wells, Mark Douglas White, Douglas Robert Whiton, Charles L Wilson, Walter Ralph Woodward, John Paul

Zimmerschied, Bruce Allyn

Raised Compton, Charles W. Hansen, Jerry A. Miller, Jared K.

Affiliated Chaplin, Paul B.

Reinstated Whiton, Charles L.

Died Campbell, Myrl J Nickerson, Julius Benjamin Rader, Richard Arthur

Sharp, Steven Dean Shelton, Richard Lee

Total Members: 138

245


MASTER MASONS

Sundance Lodge No. 9 Sundance, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. OFFICERS 2018-2019

Beagle, Neil T Brooks, Paul Scott Burget, Daniel Lee

Canfield, Floyd K Chatfield, Charles Erwin Christy, Stephen James Clark, James David Cliver, Stanley C Cooper, Edward A Crago, Nevil Ross Crago, Russell W Crowsen, Rayford Kenneth Cummings, Robert P

Flier, J Robert Floyd, Barry L

Goodson, Matthew Wilber

Habeck, Phillip W

Hawken, Franklin A Hejde, Chester Fancis Hemmeh, Craig Hodge, Jeffery Shane Hughes, Mark L Hughes, Willis A Hutchinson, Michael Dean

Lambert, Joseph M Lambert, Keith M Leeman, Elvin Ray Jr

Maddox, Anthony Madison, John Peter Millard, John H

Neiman, Benjamin Daniel Nixon, Harry S Jr

Patterson, Welchie M Peterson, Kyle Steven Peterson, Martin R

Peterson, Thad Peterson, Tharon Pulse, Ronald H

Sisk, Stephen Charles Smith, Hewey Edward Smith, Nels Jensen Smith, Paul N Smith, Robert Paul Steedley, Richard Gene Stoddard, Thad Jerome Swenson, John D

Thompson, Hugh Clay

Whittemore, Joseph G Wilson, Steven Edward Wright, William David Wyatt, Glen L

Young, Mark S PGM

Suspended NPD

Daniels, Dale R Hooper, Bradlee Scott

Died

Beaudoin, Robert L

Total Members: 52

Barry Floyd, PM .............. Worshipful Master Benjamin D. Neiman ............. Senior Warden Welchie M Patterson, PM ...... Junior Warden Floyd K Canfield, PM ................... Treasurer E. Ray Leeman, Jr., PM ................. Secretary John H. Millard, PM .............. Senior Deacon Anthony Maddox ....................Junior Deacon

Richard G. Steedley, PM ...... Senior Steward Keith M. Lambert, PM .......... Junior Steward Paul N Smith, PM ........................... Chaplain Stephen J. Christy, PM .................... Marshal Joseph G. Whittemore, PM ............ Historian Vacant............................................. Organist Hugh C. Thompson, PM .......................Tyler

Ashlar Lodge No. 10 Douglas, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

James K. Hilbird ............. Worshipful Master

Chad A. Rupe........................ Senior Warden

Casper William Smith ............ Junior Warden

Allen L. Pierce, PGM ..................... Treasurer

Donald L. York .............................. Secretary

Michael L. James ................... Senior Deacon

Timothy Roland Painter ......... Junior Deacon

Troy Alan Brown .................. Senior Steward

Ian S. C. Brown .................... Junior Steward

James R. Young ............................. Chaplain

George C. Smith, PGM .................... Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Gary E. Miller ...................................... Tyler


246

MASTER MASONS

Beard, Richard Edwin Beardin, Larry D Beene, Terry L Bolinger, Gary L Bolinger, James A Brown, Ian S C Brown, Troy Alan Butts, Darrel S

Christiansen, Calvin Carl Curtis, Robert D

Darling, Ronald J Jr Davidson, Clarence N

Emery, George Ray

Gorman, Roscoe Joseph

Hale, Edwin Keith Harned, David Edwin Hilbird, James Kenneth

Hornbuckle, Richard Quay Hoskins, Billy Hunter

James, Michael Lynn Johnston, Harry R Joss, Arthur Samuel

King, Larry Joe

Lane, Gale L Larsen, Fred N Lehner, Kirk Anthony Lewis, Raymond Glenn Lindbo, Kristopher Ryan

Miller, Gary Elvin Miller, Levi Kent Miller, Miles Melvin Miller, Tyrel Dee Morgan, James Forrest Murray, Donald Bruce

Nelson, Gary W

Painter, Timothy Roland Parrish, Clarence E Parrish, Robert Martin Pierce, Allen Langdon PGM

Rupe, Chad Alan Rupe, Joshua Tyler

Schoenleber, Donald Martin Jr Smith, Benjamin W Smith, Casper W Smith, George Charles PGM Smith, William Jared Strain, Philip John Studer, Werner Alvin

Taylor, Ericson Cordell

Vinich, Lyle

York, Donald Lee Young, James Robert

Raised Rupe, Joshua T.

Died May, Leamon V

Total Members: 52

Acacia Lodge No. 11 Cheyenne, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Beau T. Jones .................. Worshipful Master Robert C. Mathews, Jr. .......... Senior Warden Steven Beasley ...................... Junior Warden Richard M. Demoney, PM ............. Treasurer Paul J. Fisher, PM .......................... Secretary Quinn M. Carroll ................... Senior Deacon Paul J. Lincoln ....................... Junior Deacon

Vacant .................................. Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward Edward A. Wallace ........................ Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist John R. Hays, PM................................. Tyler

Alexander, Bobby L Alms, Roy Charles Anderson, Albert Alman Atkinson, Richard Frank

Bachelder, Robert M Bailey, William R Beale, Samuel Gordon Beaman, William C Beasley, Steven Berg, Steven O Beymer, Richard E Bishop, Oliver Richard

MASTER MASONS

Board, Ava Jr Bogstie, Jason Branson, Monty R Briggs, Robert Arthur Brown, Daniel D Brown, John R Bryant, Robert Thomas Burgess, Charles Joseph

Carroll, Quinn M Carter, Richard S C Child, Wayne L Collamore, Donald L

Cressman, Frederick W II

Davis, Joe Leonard Davis, Kelly Scott Demoney, Richard M Dorr, Major Lee Jr Durmas, Christopher L

Evans, Jeffery Ross Ewing, Donald Leon

Farris, Grant M Fisher, Paul J Flagg, Wayne F

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Raised Galiocia, Ferdie Z. Pickard, David J.

Affiliated Stokes, Bertun L

Reinstated Stokes, David Allen

Dimitted Dagit, John J

Suspended NPD Bandy, Joshua Britt Britthouer, Albert Ely, Boyd Lee Holcopl, Michael Clarence McClanhan, Terry V Molloy, Eric M Reinhardt, Jeffrey K Romsa, Scott A Schreiner, Ronald Eugene

Tammen, Jeffery Thomas Willson, Robert E

Died Bennett, Robert Keith Benson, Kenneth Lee Moore PGM, Charles Henry

Pette, Edward P Rounds, Keith

Total Members: 117

Fleischeli, William Gustave Jr

Galiocia, Ferdie Zabala Gallensky, Howard D Gardner, Morris L Godfrey, Robert L Goostree, Bill J. Goostree, Mark Alan Green, James L Guritza, Bradley Stephen

Hacker, Byron E Haley, William P Hamilton, Larry S Harper, James Edwin Hartz, Ronald O Sr Hastings, James A Hastings, Lawrence R Hays, John Robert Hendry, Gerard Marion Hickman, William Lee Holm, William A Holmquist, Leonard D Howard, Clyde Alwyn Hubbard, Donald J

Inman, Charles R

Johnston, James A Jones, Beau Travis Jones, Robert L

King, William Preston

Krieger, Karl Edward

Lee, Jeffrey S Lincoln, Paul J Lockman, Arthur John Logan, Thomas Wesley Loveridge, Charyl Wayne Loyer, William E.

Mathews, Robert Charles III Mathews, Robert Charles Jr McLane, Tracy D Miskimins, Harold L Moffett, James P Mollenkopf, James I Moore, Kenneth Daniel

Nelson, Michael Lloyd Nissen, Derek S Nuhn, Jared James Nunley, John Franklin III

Orster, Donald E Osban, Ronald Eugene Sr

Palmer, Robert I Sr Patrick, Edwin L Peasley, William C Peterson, Lloyd Milton Pickard, David James Pierantoni, David Michael Price, Thomas J

Quiat, Gerald H

Reckling, Walter Carlton Robblee, David A Rodebaugh, Curtis Gerald

Sandlian, Bryan N Sells, Claude Elijah Jr Shepherd, William Michael Siltzer, Clyde W Jr Smith, James J Spoonemore, Clifford E Stokes, Bertun Lewis Stokes, David Allen Sullivan, George Earl Sutherland, Kenneth J Sweat, David R

Tenney, Robert A Thompson, Melvin I Tomak, Shane Richard

Vaudrey, Russell C Vinich, Milan A

Wagner, Donald Authur Wallace, Edward Arthur Wing, Paul Wood, James D

Young, Alvin Lee Young, Kristen Lee

Zegley, William Joseph


248

MASTER MASONS

Rock Springs Lodge No. 12 Rock Springs, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Allen, Stephen P Angeli, Frank W Arwood, James E

Bacskay, Jack A Bedard, James Albert Bennett, Todd N Black, Ray L Blossom, Troy Ray Blount, Paul R Boese, Edmund C Brock, Mark E Brown, Henry F

Callas, William Jr Coffey, Brain D Criswell, James A II Culver, Michael Stanley Currier, James H Czapskie, George S

Darlington, David G Darlington, Kyle

Emerson, John C

Galvin, Reginald W Georgis, Gerald K Ghormley, Patrick W Gold, Kenneth G Grymes, Glenn W Gunderson, Page C

Halvorson, Chet L Harns, James R

Jackman, Kurt A James, Donald Clark Jones, Craig

Kessner, John E Kitchner, Scott Allen Krmpotich, John M

Lance, Gary Allen Lankford, Dana R Larsen, Don Ray Lawes, Daniel J. Leuis, Juel R Lopata, Todd James Lyon, Jay E

Mahaffey, James M. R. McCurtain, James R McCurtain, William R Miller, William H Jr Morad, Bill Myers, Edward W.

Pacheco, Steve Peck, Tyler Lynn Petrie, David S Phillips, Brian T Purviance, Randy

Ribordy, Jacob K

Richards, Albert Kelly Richards, Island D Rock, Douglas A

Santa, Keith Douglas Schultz, Virgil A Shedden, Albert Gordon Slaughter, Donald Keith Snapp, Kenneth M. Soule, Samuel A Spicer, Robert M Stanton, Louis Harold Sr Straight, Lawrence P

Taylor, Graham B Tellefson, Oscar Thompson, David A Thompson, William A III Tyler, Ronald L

Uhrig, Douglas R

Wamsley, James Kay Waters, Dale D Whisler, Robert B White, Robert III Winter, Charles R

Yedinak, Michael R Yenne, Edward A Young, Kenneth E

Suspended NPD Johnson, David M. Rosen, Aaron D

Died Jensen, Robert L Wenneborg, William Z

Total Members: 80

Steve Pacheco ................. Worshipful Master Graham B Taylor ...................Senior Warden Robert White, III ................... Junior Warden Gerald Georgis .............................. Treasurer James K. Wamsley ........................ Secretary Troy R. Blossom .................... Senior Deacon James M. R. Mahaffey ........... Junior Deacon

Albert G. Shedden, PM ......... Senior Steward David G. Darlington ............. Junior Steward Jay E. Lyon ..................................... Chaplain Vacant.............................................. Marshal Vacant............................................ Historian Vacant............................................. Organist John M. Krmpotich ...............................Tyler

249


MASTER MASONS

Newcastle Lodge No. 13 Newcastle, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Almy, Timothy M.

Baldwin, Gene D Bonnar, Robert A. Boylan, Bradly Riker Bruce, Max Donald Bruch, Joseph M Burrell, John J Butts, Leslie L

Carpenter, Jack Leland Carr, Timothy Andrew Childs, Louis R Christensen, Cody W. Christensen, Wade G Christensen, Walter C Christensen, Wayne E Crum, Thomas Earl Culver, Keith

Dilts, Donald R Dixon, Allen James Dixon, Austin James H. Dixon, James Hugh Dixon, Joseph R

Elliott, Dwight D Engle, William R III

Farella, Tony J Jr Foertsch, David R Franklin, Kenneth J

Gordon, Glenn A Gray, Gary Lynn

Hamaker, Howard Ray Hamilton, Monte L Hamlet, Robert Ernest Hartley, Robert C Hollaway, Cuba Y Holloway, John Reed Holwell, Jack F Holwell, Nelson D Honebrink, Larry Louis Hudson, Harry Marshal Hutchinson, Michael D.

Johnson, LaVern R. Johnson, Oscar Steve

LaCroix, Bradley W Laingen, Curtis Paul Le La Cheur, Donald G. Leighton, Robert James Liggett, Lawson Joe Lynch, Troy

McColley, Donald K Miller, Michael E Minzel, David H Moller, Lynn Gene Muschick, Robert

Nack, Leonard E Napolitano, Larry A.

Petranek, Rod Phillips, Jerry L Pitts, Shaun James Porter, Donald A., Jr., PGM

Qualheim, Timothy M. Quick, David Joe

Redding, Hale M Reese, Cary Ray Rhoades, Seth Riesland, John R Riesland, Neal Rick Jr Rogen, Arthur C Rossman, Randall W Russell, William Ward

Sallee, Harold D Seeds, Jack E Sewell, Scott E Shelton, James A Stietz, Dale T Stover, Donald R

Todd, Lynn D Townsend, Curtis D Townsend, Mark D Townsend, William D., III PGM Troftgruben, Bradley J. Tysdal, Harold O Tysdal, Lauris L

Vaughn, Brandon Vik, Dennis L

Ward, Gene Woltemath, Bradley V Wood, Kelly Don Wood, Kurtis Don

Raised Liggett, Lawson J. Vaughn, Brandon

Died None Reported

Total Members: 88

Lynn G. Moller ............... Worshipful Master Timothy A. Carr .................... Senior Warden Timothy M. Qualheim ........... Junior Warden William W. Russell ........................ Treasurer Michael D. Hutchinson .................. Secretary Scott E. Sewell ...................... Senior Deacon Robert Muschick .................... Junior Deacon

Kurtis Wood ......................... Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward John R. Holloway ........................... Chaplain Larry L. Honebrink .......................... Marshal Ernie Hamlet .................................. Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Leonard E. Nack................................... Tyler


250

MASTER MASONS

Saratoga Lodge No. 14 Saratoga, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 4th Tuesday of each month, except December, at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Annan, Patrick L

Bender, Walter W Jr Bifano, Robert Allen Boles, Kent Powd Buchholz, Philip Glenn PGM

Cannon, Melvin Eugene Cassel, William Henry Clark, Samuel Douglas Collamer, John Harry Crow, Ralph David

Donelan, Gregory D

Fletcher, Stephen Joseph

Hill, Howard Paul Hill, Wyatt James

Jensen, Terry Lane

Kinder, Trent Albert Kunz, Timothy Daniel

Lankford, Dana R Lankford, Gary Neal

McBride, Dutch

Pesognelli, Mark

Affiliated Lankford, Gary N.

Dimitted Sharp, Kevin A

Died Ament, Richard

Total Members: 33

Platt, Ronald R

Reppert, Thomas E Rollison, Miles Matthew

Sanger, Charles Albin Sherrod, Donald F Stonesifer, Alfred C

Waeckerlin, Rodney F Walck, Eugene W Jr Wiant, Richard C Wilcoxson, Steven Edward Willford, L. H. “Teense”, PGM Willford, Mark Allen

Casper Lodge No. 15 Casper, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

MASTER MASONS

Ayres, Richard L

Badger, James N Baker, Robert W Barker, Teddy A

Bastian, John S Bideau, Joseph A. Biggs, William Alva Bodoh, Brad W Bond, Howard L

Boster, Joseph L II PGM Branson, Jack L Broumley, Thomas C Brown, Arron Owen Burt, Larry S

Mark Pesognelli ...............Worshipful Master

Trent Kinder .......................... Senior Warden

Stephen J. Fletcher ................ Junior Warden

Steven E. Wilcoxson ..................... Treasurer

L. H. "Teense" Willford, PGM ...... Secretary

Dana R. Lankford .................. Senior Deacon

Howard P. Hill....................... Junior Deacon

Wyatt J. Hill ......................... Senior Steward

Mark A. Willford ................. Junior Steward

Vacant ............................................ Chaplain

Vacant ............................................. Marshal

Vacant ........................................... Historian

Vacant .............................................Organist

Donald F. Sherrod................................. Tyler

Rodney M. Kennedy........ Worshipful Master Steven Leete .......................... Senior Warden Valentino Palato .................... Junior Warden David W. Dewald, PM .................. Treasurer William A. Biggs. PM ....................Secretary Jeffrey D. Simmons ............... Senior Deacon Robert F. DeVore ................... Junior Deacon

Vacant .................................. Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward Jack L. Branson .............................. Chaplain Vacant ............................................. Marshal Roger l. Means, II ........................... Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Ronald J. Wilson .................................. Tyler

251


Affiliated

Bodoh, Brad W.

Dimitted

Bjorklund, Randy Gene

Suspended NPD

Parish, Wesley Leonard

Died

Bennett, Richard O Bowman, Dennis W Dockham, Roscoe O

Dunlap, Lee C Kelley Jr, John T Kennedy, George Merle

Scarborough, Daniel P Terwilliger, James McDonald

Total Members: 89

Christensen, David V Christianson, Dale C Christianson, Russell J Clark, Nathan J Climer, Willard Dennis Coleman, Billy E Coleman, William P Conley, Robert E Cook, Michael D Covert, Shawn Anthony Creel, Troy Dennis Cruse, James Douglas

Decker, Darrell G DeVore, Robert Fredrick Devore, Stanley F Jr DeVore, William F Dewald, David Wayne Dobby, Samuel Donald Duff, Richard W

East, Rocky J Engdahl, LeRoy E Eriksen, Walter J Everett, William Hume

Fustish, Charles A

Garcia, Miguel

Garner, Thomas J Germain, Charles A Gray, Kevin Francis

Hanson, Henning Forrest Hocker, John Scott Hoff, Russell Craig Huber, Kelvin

Jordan, James B

Kennedy, Rodney Merle Kidd, Robert L Kimble, Kenton G Knaus, Robert W Koch, Hermann H Jr Kramer, Jerry E

Lafferty, Jesse F Lafferty, Johnny R Land, Lewis Monroe Leete, Steven Wayne Lord, Kaye A II

MacCarter, David Bruce Marr, Michael A. Means, Jeffery Scott Means, Roger L II Mongar, Eric Randall

Nicolaysen, Jon C

Palato, Valentino Pickett, Michael William Pingel, Karl K Porter, William H Pyska, Michael A

Rabin, Aaron R Ransom, Christopher W. Rogers, Jimmy A Root, Clement W

Schaffner, Jon P Seese, William Shaber Sigmon, Robert Ray Simmons, Jeffrey D Simmons, Joseph D Jr Sommers, Edward D II Sterkel, Danny Roger Strang, Ronald M

Taylor, Larry C Tolin, Donald L Turk, Brookie Peter Jr Tuttle, Donald S

Wiles, James Scott Wiles, Robert R Wilson, Ronald James Wolford, James W

Wheatland Lodge No. 16 Wheatland, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Gary Bjorklund ............... Worshipful Master

Johnny Mote, PM .................. Senior Warden

John P. Reynolds.................... Junior Warden

S. Craig Henderson, PM ................ Treasurer

Richard N. Lewis, PGM ................. Secretary

Evan W. Bradley .................... Senior Deacon

Jerry Orr, PM ......................... Junior Deacon

Vacant ................................... Senior Steward


Anthony L. "Tony" Fuller .............. Chaplain

Vacant .............................................. Marshal

Richard N. Lewis, PGM ................. Historian

Vacant ............................................. Organist

Stephen A. Anderson ........................... Tyler


252

Allen, John L. Anderson, Stephen A.

Beardsley, Guy X Bjorklund, Gary Boaz, Brian Bradley, Evan W. Branscom, George Alfred

Chase, Edward E Coffield, Tony G Cole, Dan Milton Collins, Jay B

D'Amico, John Chris Dodge, David A

Eddleman, Christopher L Erickson, Rex Tyler

Fletcher, Curtis V

Fuller, Anthony L Fuller, Motter L

Grosenbach, Dennis L

Henderson, Sheldon Craig

Kahler, Gary Kennedy, Craig E Kennedy, Jerry M Kennedy, Kelly G Kennedy, Nikolaus E. Kennedy, William Colin

Lewis, David J Lewis, Richard N PGM Long, Wayne W

McLelland, Robert E Miller, Franklin D Miller, Kevin

Mote, Johnny Allen

Orr, Jerry Gordon

Phifer, Thomas K

Reynolds, John Patrick Rumsey, Harold E

Shelton, Joseph M Small, Gary M Small, Milton W

Tinsley, Delton L Todd, Lynn D

Vines, William H

Watson, Orville D Wedemeyer, Donald D

Affiliated Fletcher, Curtis V

Dimitted Franzen, Lewis S Jones, William R

Died Johnson, Delbert K Wilhelm, Ronald R Worhaye, Fred Dale

Total Members: 45

MASTER MASONS

Malta Lodge No. 17 Thermopolis, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Allen, Karl D Allen, Ralph L Annan, Kenneth K. Ayres, David H

Becher, Douglas A. Beckwith, Jack Bivens, Marton J Brooks, Ethan A Brooks, Evan J Brooks, John P III Brown, Michael R Brown, Robert L

Chapel, Kenneth Duane Chimenti, Michael F

Chopping, Jack T Coleman, Dennis J Conner, F Neil

Davis, Leon Joe

Eberspacher, John N. Ellis, Steven L

Fields, Jerry Dee Fury, L T

Henderson, Forrest W Huckman, John A

Jones, Seth H

Kay, Eric R

Linnan, Thomas L Lippincott, G. Timothy

McCumber, Colter Blake McGee, Gene Edwin McGee, Jerry Lyle McWilliams, Theodore J. Mead, Tyler Charles Mecca, James R Messenger, Michael S Messenger, Nathan S

Novakovich, Theodore N Jr

Poch, Robert Calvin Powell, David Michael

Dennis O. Wilson ........... Worshipful Master Douglas A. Becher ................ Senior Warden Jerry D. Fields ....................... Junior Warden David T. (Tom) Smith ................... Treasurer John P. Brooks, III ......................... Secretary Vacant.................................... Senior Deacon Eric R. Kay ............................ Junior Deacon

Vacant ................................... Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward Vacant ............................................. Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Vacant .................................................. Tyler

MASTER MASONS

253


Redmon, Thomas Wade Roden, John B Rowe, Daniel L

Shinkle, Levi James Smith, Charles W Smith, David Tom Smith, Shawn Thomas

Stolzer, Christopher Scott Sutherland, David J Sutherland, Michael G

Taylor, Aaron R. B. Todorovich, George E Toth, Frank Louis Turner, Martin F

Veta, Norman Voorhees, David W

Waddell, Lance D. Watkins, Duane W Whitt, Hub Wilson, Dennis O

Young, Thomas John

Raised Toth, Frank L.

Affiliated Powell, David Michael

Reinstated Shinkle, Levi James

Dimitted Perry, Kenneth E Vaughn, Steven C.

Suspended NPD Brooks, Travis Steven Green, Jonathan Ernest Herring, Daniel R

Died Anderson, Timothy W Wilson, Howard T

Total Members: 60

MASTER MASONS

Temple Lodge No. 20 Basin, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Anderson, Gene C Arney, John Earl Ash, Donald Lee

Bailey, James L Jr Bjornestad, Arthur Borst, Gregory L Borst, Robert L Jr Brown, Steven Charles Bruce, Michael James

Clay, Kelly F. Clucas, Jack Louis Cowan, Michael T Cox, John James

Davies, Donald I

Edwards, Charles W Jr

Gish, Robert A Glanz, Terry L Glanz, William L

Graves, Jack W Jr Grobe, William H Jr

Harris, Donald Dean Harwood, James R Hinkle, James R Howe, Walter Clarence

Johnson, Andrew P

Kestner, Vaughn David Kraft, Kevin L Krause, James R Kroese, Carlton Neal

Logan, John C Logan, Steve J

Maxwell, Gordon K Maxwell, John W III Maxwell, John W Jr Mayer, C James McCann, James A

Mills, Harry L Moore, Warren H

Nelson, James D.

Peterson, Donald A Phillips, Roy W

Schenk, Jon Milton Shyne, Nick L Simpson, Clayton Toby Smalley, Myron L Smith, Edgar Charles Smith, Floyd Kitchell Jr Snyder, Lawrence A Snyder, Lawrence A. Jr.

Taylor, Charles Kneal Thomas, Charles E Trumbull, Sidney C

Wales, Lloyd H Whipps, James R Willis, James L

John E. Arney ................. Worshipful Master

Lawrence A. Snyder, Jr. ........ Senior Warden

Steven C. Brown ................... Junior Warden

Walter C. Howe ............................. Treasurer

Lawrence A. Snyder ....................... Secretary

James R. Whipps ................... Senior Deacon

Charles E. Thomas ................. Junior Deacon

Vacant .................................. Senior Steward


Vacant ............................................ Chaplain

Vacant .............................................. Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Vacant .................................................. Tyler


254

Reinstated

Smith, Edgar Charles

Died

None Reported Total Members: 55

MASTER MASONS

Shoshone Lodge No. 21 Cody, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Adams, Malcolm E Ahalt, David J Allen, Clarence Owen Argento, Charles R Jr. Averett, Wade Bassett

Badget, Kenneth Milton Baxter, Charles Roger Bechtell, Jerry Allen Bennett, Byron B Benson, Dennis Perkins Bereman, John S Bond, Henry E Borgstrand, Dwane S. Brasher, Robert M Buntyn, Price William Jr

Campbell, Cameron C. Carter, Robert Dean Casey, David Michael Caves, Mac Arthor Clingman, James David Cooke, Riley O Cooley, Rickey Lee Cornett, Thomas J Cosat, Martin Cundiff Cowgill, Warren T Cunningham, Robert C Curry, George Gil

Duggleby, Gary James Dwyer, Russell Arthur Jr

Edgar, Lawrence Downer

Fowler, John C.

Garbe, Steven P Good, Tim Allen Greathouse, William D. Jr Greenway, Douglas R Groves, Raymond F.

Hanson, Milford F. Jr Holder, William D. Hough, David C Hough, Steven D. Housel, John O

Jackson, Ernie Lee Johns, William Elvin Johnston, William O Jones, Dale Allen

Kannard, Shane Michael Kartchner, Milo II Kincheloe, Gregory Jay Kinkade, Jerald Harley Kousoulos, Louis A Jr Kramp, William D Jr Krei, James Alan

Lee, Harold Dale Lewis, John D Jr Lundberg, David James Lundberg, John David Lundberg, Travis John

Martens, Robert S Marvicsin, Jeffrey Neil

McArtor, James L McCormick, Leonard L. McElroy, William K McLean, Lester F McNeil, Joseph C Messenger, Michael S Monroy, Dennis C Mulley, Brady J

Nielsen, Bradley M Norleen, Keith Ryan

Parker, David James Parker, Kenny Fileda Parker, Michael Gordon Parker, Raymond W Patton, Richard Eldon Pulse, Kenneth V

Ragsdale, Charles L Raymond, Paul M Reichman, Harold F Richard, Scott Hamilton Richards, Damon Roy Jr Richter, Kenneth Jacob Roberts, Robert King Roberts, Thomas Lee Robinson, Robert L. Jr. Rose, Aaron M Rounds, James Arlen

Schmidt, Frank H Sheffield, Timothy K. Shuler, John F

Jeffrey N. Marvicsin ....... Worshipful Master John D. Lundberg ..................Senior Warden David J. Lundberg ................. Junior Warden George G. "Gil" Curry ................... Treasurer David C. Hough ............................. Secretary Kenneth J. Richter ................. Senior Deacon Steven D. Hough ................... Junior Deacon

Travis J. Lundberg ................ Senior Steward Ryan L. White ...................... Junior Steward Robert L. Robinson ......................... Chaplain James A. Krei .................................. Marshal Kenneth Richter ............................. Historian Vacant............................................. Organist John F. "Jack" Shuler ............................Tyler

255


Affiliated Averett, Wade Bassett Kannard, Shane M. Mulley, Brady J

Dimitted Meadows, Frank H Suspended NPD

Hanson, Michael Howard Leroux, John Francis Torkelson, Truman R. Died

Barling, Lloyd E Koehler, Donald R Turnell, Jack T.

Total Members: 108

MASTER MASONS

Glenrock Lodge No. 22 Glenrock, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Allen, John E. Allen, William R. Jr. Allen, William R. Sr. Allington, Mark

Blakeley, Richard L Boehm, Eric Scott Bowers, Eric M. Brown, Lloyd K

Campbell, John C Cannady, Richard L Conner, James P

Danaher, Joseph G

Epperly, Gerald E

Fletcher, Curtis V

Hammers, William D Harrington, Truman F Hershey, Donald E

Johnson, Kenneth G Johnston, Neil T

Kenfield, John R Jr Kenfield, John R Sr Kennaugh, Don W Kinner, Jerome Edgar Jr.

Lehner, Thornton V. Lynch, Roger A

Maines, Robert N Marburger, Don B Matthews, Terry L Medford, Stephen F Miller, Alger L Miller, Kevin E Miller, Wayne G Jr

Nunn, Robert L Nunn, William A.

Orszulak, Steve Osterman, John D

Phelps, Vaughn J Pitman, Shawn G.

Porter, Steven D

Rasmussen, Niels L Rasmussen, Thomas E Reed, Gary L

Saul, Greg Jr. Saul, Gregory D Sr. Saul, Jason L Schaffner, Douglas L Serres, Heath L. Shedd, Charles E Shoemaker, Earl S Shore, John S Simpson, James D Stalker, Randall D Street, Jerry D

Waln, Donald E Wickett, Hershel V

Yates, Ronald George Young, Darin Young, Steve M

Richard L. Blakeley, PM ...... Worshipful Master John Kenfield, Sr., PM ......... Senior Warden Ronald G. Yates ..................... Junior Warden Wayne Miller, Jr., PM .................... Treasurer Niels L. Rasmussen, PM ................ Secretary Gregory D. Saul, Jr., PM ........ Senior Deacon John E. Allen ......................... Junior Deacon

William R. Allen, Jr. ............. Senior Steward Darin Young ......................... Junior Steward John R. Kenfield, Jr., PM. ............... Chaplain William R. Allen Sr. ........................ Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Thomas E. Rasmussen, PM.................. Tyler

Shuler, John L. Siddle, Richard L Simpson, Alan Kooi Simpson, Peter Kooi Simpson, William L. Smead, Thomas E., Jr

Smith, Danny Joe Snyder, William O. Soll, Richard B. Stevens, Earl LeRoy Stevens, Robert W.

Thomas, John M., Jr

Wagner, Michael J. Way, Charles E. Weaver, Joseph E. Wech, William M Weir, Frederick W. White, Ryan Lee Wolf, Alen Tyler


256

Raised Serres, Heath L.

Dimitted Brogdin, Billy G. Leaman, Rex A Renz, Michael R

Suspended NPD Atkinson, Jordan Patceg, Mark

Died Haynes, Maurice L Hill, Robert T

Total Members: 58

Chugwater Lodge No. 23 Chugwater, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 4th Tuesday of each month at 8:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

MASTER MASONS

Anderson, Dean Louis

Bravo, Peter L Jr

Cahoon, Michael Ray Cahoon, Rayburn E. Caster, Clyde Elwood Jr. Cox, Donald P

Goodwin, Jason Wesley

Died Faber, Kenneth E

Total Members: 20

Johnson, Jesse

Martin, George

Nielson, Steve L

Orr, Jerry Gordon

Pappert, Nicholas Carl Jr Parish, Jeffrey

Reed, James M

Remster, Harold E

Stellpflug, Eldon

Teter, William G

Wedemeyer, Donald D Welty, Lawrence D West, Thomas

Harmony Lodge No. 24 Lusk, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

William G. Teter ............. Worshipful Master Carl Pappert, Jr. .................... Senior Warden Lawrence O. Welty ............... Junior Warden Donald P. Cox ............................... Treasurer Steve L. Nielson ............................. Secretary Thomas West ......................... Senior Deacon Peter L. Bravo ........................ Junior Deacon

Vacant .................................. Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward Rayburn E. Cahoon ........................ Chaplain Vacant ............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Eldon Stellpflug.................................... Tyler

Justen P. Miller ................ Worshipful Master

Corky G. Fosher .................... Senior Warden

Allen D. Hineman ................. Junior Warden

Andy L. Barnette, PM ................... Treasurer

Dustin Cushman .............................Secretary

Jacob D. Keller ...................... Senior Deacon

Justin Collins .......................... Junior Deacon

Harley K. Cushman .............. Senior Steward

Bailey R. Midkiff .................. Junior Steward

Colton Miller .................................. Chaplain

William E. Francis, PM ................... Marshal

David L. Lingelbach, PM ............... Historian

Dan W. Cushman, PM ..................... Organist

John P. Midkiff, PM ............................. Tyler

257


Reinstated Fosher, Corky

Died Francis, William E

Total Members: 52

MASTER MASONS

Wind River Lodge No. 25 Shoshoni, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Becher, Douglas Allan

Cundall, Blayne R Cundall, Kenneth L Currah, Edward G

DuBeau, Mathew A.

Eversole, William F Jr

Forster, Larry G

Gustafson, Carl August

Affiliated Becher, Douglas Allan

Died Jarvis, Michael M

Total Members: 26

Highsmith, Joel T Humphreys, Bart Edward

Jarvis, Michael Myron

Kenyon, Albert H III Kenyon, George R

Linnan, Thomas R

Martin, Garnet R Moats, Gerald A Morris, Aaron Nathaniel

Morris, Charles R

Neumiller, Bradley David Nordwick, Brant J

Pickett, Edd N Powell, David Michael

Schaefer, George H Stetler, Jacob Zieber

Williams, George Robert Wolff, Wiley R Woodward, John Edward

Gerald A. Moats ............. Worshipful Master Jacob Z. Stetler ..................... Senior Warden Joel T. Highsmith .................. Junior Warden Kenneth L. Cundall ........................ Treasurer George H. Schaefer ........................ Secretary Mathew A. DuBeau ............... Senior Deacon Thomas R. Linnan ................. Junior Deacon

Edward Gayle Currah ........... Senior Steward Carl A. Gustafson ................. Junior Steward Edward Gayle Currah ..................... Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal George H. Schaefer ........................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist David Michael Powell.......................... Tyler

MASTER MASONS

Adams, Aaron

Barnette, Andy L Berry, James L Biehler, Rex Austin Boner, Bob L Boner, Edgar J Bridge, Richard E Jr

Clark, Dusty Coffey, Bradley A Coffey, Denzel L Collins, Justin Cushman, Danny W. Cushman, Dustin Cushman, Harley Keys

Denny, Lee R Dixon, Clayton R.

Fosher, Corky G Fullerton, Dale A

Gill, Cary

Hansen, Peter M Hanson, Jeb E Harbison, Joseph L Hart, Jesse Heth, Loren L Hineman, Allen Dale Hladky, Troy C

James, Richard Lavern Johnson, Robert Roy

Kant, Steven C Keller, Jacob Daniel Kilmer, Everett D

Lingelbach, David Lyle Lucas, William G Luker, Paul Glenn

Midkiff, Bailey Reese

Midkiff, John Paul Miller, Colton Miller, Jason Zane Miller, Justen P Modine, Vern Edward Murphy, Larry Musfelt, Robert W

Oehlert, Merle R

Ross, Riley Ross, Tim

Sager, Harry Saxby, Mike Dennis Sears, Chad

Thurston, John J

Veaux, Carl G

Whiteaker, Donald E. Wickersham, Michael


258

MASTER MASONS

Affinito, Dominic A Anderson, Karl Eric

Beck, Ronald R Benson, Lawrence G Bisbee, Arin Charles Bogrett, Jere W Boyd, Robert L Brown, Kenneth R Budd, William H Jr Bush, Gordon N Byrne, Lael W

Carlson, Robert Jr. Carroll, Dirk Bryan Coats, William D Collins, Jerry L Concilio, Leonard T Cook, Dean B Cosner, Harry W Currey, Laverne K

Davidson, Wayne Allen Davis, James E Davis, Robert B Detwiler, Earl Ray Dick, Scott J

Evans, Ernest L

Frost, Charles L Funk, Robert H

Gilpatrick, Richard M

Good, Carl V

Hague, Robert D Hart, Roland William Haworth, David H Hornbeck, John W Hunt, John Paul Hursh, John R

Johnson, M. Cornelius III Juve, Jimmy G

Ketron, Douglas Richard Kirko, Scott Edward Kohler, Mark R

LaMar, Robert J III Larson, Glen L Le Clair, John Arthur Lee, Kim David Lee, Ryan Lehto, Donald Allen Lindsey, Thomas A Loghry, Donald K Lund, Jerry L

McFarland, Seth Hamilton Moffett, Richard L Morris, Stanley K Myal, Frank Richard

Pedersen, Gary Roy Pedersen, Joseph A Polk, Thomas R

Ratliff, John A Richards, Ryan Earl Roby, Garvice Elmer Rota, Cory G

Schrock, Paul C Smith, Douglas Dale Smith, Kevin K Smith, Rodney R Smith, Roger D Snyder, Lawrence A Sorensen, Niels C. Stephens, William C Swimeley, Dane E.

Trollinger, Edward L Turner, Larry Dean

Uecker, Otto G

Veach, Roger L. Vines, James Ronald

Wallace, Jack A Walters, Henry R Jr Watts, Kenneth S Wempen, Leonard D Witzel, Alvin Jay Woodward, J. Edward Woodward, John Paul

Yennie, Gerald A Young, Howard W

Dimitted Hansen, Kenneth W.

Suspended NPD Huddleston, Shawn E. Kottcamp, Carl R Mayes, Jon S Miller, Kenneth D Munda, David W Stover, Gordon D

Umscheid, Thomas W Wilson, Gilbert Died

Good, Wesley R Verhoeven, Loral D Watt, Harmon H

Total Members: 83

Riverton Lodge No. 26 Riverton, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Otto G. Uecker ................ Worshipful Master Cory G. Rota ......................... Senior Warden Kim Lee ................................ Junior Warden Kenneth S. Watts ........................... Treasurer James E. Davis ............................... Secretary Gerald A. Yennie .................. Senior Deacon Arin C. Bisbee ........................ Junior Deacon

John Paul Hunt ..................... Senior Steward Robert J. LaMar, III ............... Junior Steward Donald K. Loghry .......................... Chaplain Kenneth W. Hansen ..........................Marshal Donald K. Loghry .......................... Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Dane S. Swimeley ................................ Tyler

259


MASTER MASONS

Gillette Lodge No. 28 Sheridan, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Addison, Larry Earl Anderson, Darrel B. Angell, Robert William Jr

Barbe, Kenneth J Barber, Paul Brandon Barkey, Kenneth Frank Barnett, George Kent Basham, Gabriel R. Blatt, Charles Max Blikre, Gregory Roy Bueno, Evandro Rodriguez Butler, Charles Ryburn

Cale, Donald Gene Capps, David Douglas Chappell, Charles William Clements, Gerald Otice Collins, Mark S Crain, Edward Loren Crow, Steven Dean Crymble, Kenneth Hugh

Davis, Michael Lynn Davis, Richard Lee Davis, Richard Wayne Deaver, Michael Ben

Edenfield, William Robert Edwards, Charles Lee Edwards, William S Ely, Joe Don Enzi, Michael Bradley

Fillipone, Walter Ross

Gilmour, Alexander H. III Gilstrap, Robert P.

Gleaves, Holly Lee Glover, Dewey Autry Jr

Hague, Melvin Keith Hahn, Carl Nicholas Jr Hahn, Carl Nicholas Sr Hahn, Donald Lee Hahn, Patrick Robert Harmon, Thomas Camp Hemphill, Frank Lee Herman, Marvin Lloyd Hill, David Thomas Holmes, Ronald Lee

Jerke, Gary Llee Jones, Kenneth Ray Jones, Thomas E

King, Danny Ray Kinner, Daniel Lee Kinner, Jerome Edgar Jr. Knapp, Detmer Rex Krupicka, Michael E.

Lawrence, William M. Lubnau, Thomas E. II

Mather, Fred William McClelland, John Paul McClure, Merle Lee McClure, Merle Lee II McGowan, Michael K. McKinney, Robert Bruce Metcalf, Benjamin Bud Michelena, Regis Joseph Monk, Randall Jay Mooney, Dan Michael

Moore, William Irvin Jr

Obie, Jacob Luke Oedekoven, Byron F. Olson, Allan Ray Olson, Michael Harry Orrell, Larry Milton Osborn, Benjamin J.

Peterson, David D. Pierce, Joshua H. Pownall, William H.

Riggle, Robert W. Rowe, Jon Christian

Saunders, Raymond D. Schwartz, Martin W. Sinclair, William A. Smith, David Tom Smith, Roddy Jay Snead, Charles Gibson Spainhower, James V. Steeves, Gary Kendall Swartz, Troy Allan

Tyrrell, Walter Elmer

Vincent, Timothy M.

Wade, Jerry W. Warner, Edwin L Wasserburger, Kenneth W. White, Douglas Robert Wooten, Christopher D.

Young, Mark S PGM Young, Payton S

Affiliated Anderson, Darrel B. Schwartz, Martin William Sinclair, William A.

Dimitted Harvey, Frank

Suspended NPD Giveans, Rhett Fielding Knodel, Michael L Kraft, Michael Arthur Lahr, Joseph F McKim, Donald J Wright, Steven Michael

Died Biggerstaff, Harold J Dickey, Donald H Lowell, Roy William

McCann, Ivan Martin Ritchie, Clifton J

Total Members: 94

Jon C. Rowe, PM .............Worshipful Master Christopher D. Wooten .......... Senior Warden Payton S. Young .................... Junior Warden Mark S. Collins, PM ...................... Treasurer Mark S. Young, PGM .................... Secretary Douglas R. White .................. Senior Deacon Roy W. Lowell ...................... Junior Deacon

Edwin L. Warner ................... Senior Steward William S. Edwards, PM ....... Junior Steward Troy A. Swartz ............................... Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Charles R. Butler, III, PM .................... Tyler


260

MASTER MASONS

Torrington Lodge No. 29 Torrington, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Bandemer, Russell S Boyer, Eric R Brinkley, Charles D Brooks, Evan J Brown, Charles H III Buchanan, Wade A

Chase, Edward E Cockett, Charles B Jr

DeMers, Michael Dewitt, Travis Warren Duncan, Alvin W

Eddington, David H Essert, Marc Douglas

Gabel, Melvin J Gillaspie, Ralph Bruce Glandt, Richard A Green, Kenneth C

Harvey, Richard V

Heinz, Bryan J Howell, Harry H

Jenkins, Nicholas Jesperson, Mark

Kentfield, Roger L Kroeger, Brian

Lewandowski, Ryan Lewis, Kenneth Dale Ludens, John B

Madvig, David Wayne Maines, Robert N McCarty, Robert Merrick, James H Miller, James Milner, Leroy

Olson, Gary D

Patrick, John B Patterson, John W

Patterson, Keith T Patterson, Mark A Patterson, William D

Ross, George Daniel Rueb, William J Rutledge, Richard C

Seid, Miles H Sheller, Phillip Vernon Smith, Sean Surratt, Ronald D

Taedter, Richard W Sr Tucker, Herbert Wayne

Vandel, John H

Yates, Richard R York, James Addison

Zimmerman, Mark Elvin Zimmerman, Stanley E. Zulauf, James B

Affiliated Brooks, Evan J Zimmerman, Mark E. Zimmerman, Stanley E.

Suspended NPD Johnson Jr, Eldon Curtis

Died Schaffner, Mark Eugene

Total Members: 54

John W. Patterson ........... Worshipful Master

Herbert Wayne Tucker .......... Senior Warden

Mark Jesperson ..................... Junior Warden

George D. Ross ..............................Treasurer

Kenneth Green ............................... Secretary

Vacant ................................... Senior Deacon

Charles D. Brinkley ................ Junior Deacon



Vacant ............................................ Chaplain

Vacant .............................................. Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Vacant .................................................. Tyler

Absarokee Lodge No. 30 Powell, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

David E. Northrup .......... Worshipful Master

Benjamin L. Jackson............. Senior Warden

Harland H. Goodchild ............ Junior Warden

Ronald R. Watson .......................... Treasurer

William J. Locker .......................... Secretary

James D. Lestina .................... Senior Deacon

Cameron N. Lawrence ........... Junior Deacon

Vacant ................................... Senior Steward


Vacant ............................................. Chaplain

Robert L. Robinson, Jr. .................... Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Robert Murphy .................................... Tyler

261


MASTER MASONS

Andrae, Larry Lee

Badget, Kenneth Milton Baumer, Ralph Bennett Jr. Brown, Maynard D Bryan, Roy Glynn

Castberg, James P Chatfield, Ralph L Cunningham, James E., Jr.

Dill, Joe Ernest

Easton, Donald Charles Eden, Keith LeRoy Elwood, Lynn

Goodchild, Harland H.

Greathouse, William D., Jr

Holtsman, Clyde W. III Hopkins, John L Hurt, Johnny Lake

Jackson, Benjamin Lee Johnston, Jeremy M

Kirkham, Ellis Jr

Lankford, Gary Neal Lawrence, Cameron N Lestina, James Dean Locker, William J

Macleay, Steven J. Murphy, Robert

Northrup, David E. Northrup, William L

Reile, Mike Robinson, Robert L. Jr.

Schmitt, Eldon L Sherman, Robert Frank Smith, Regan R Smith, Vernon Thomas Snyder, Lloyd Clark Stutzman, John Max Sutter, Charles William

Wagner, Ronald Dean Watson, Ronald R

Died None Reported

Total Members: 41

Franklin Lodge No. 31 Pinedale, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1stTuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

T. Mark Mickelson, PGM.... Worshipful Master

Dennis Fornstrom .................. Senior Warden

James R. Griffin .................... Junior Warden

Norman F. Pape ............................. Treasurer

David N. Lankford ......................... Secretary

Neville Burt ........................... Senior Deacon

Jefferson D. Goulette, IV ....... Junior Deacon



Preston Goulette ............................. Chaplain

Vacant .............................................. Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Robert W. Seidler ................................. Tyler

MASTER MASONS

Almquist, Dennis L Andrew, Walter R

Beattie, Charles W Behrens, Kenneth H Birtwistle, Glenn K Boman, Kelly Andrew Brewer, Richard V Briggs, Floyd L Jr Burt, Neville

Calanchini, Joe

Eatinger, Adam Carl

Fluckiger, David L Fornstrom, Dennis

Goulette, Brian Goulette, Jefferson D IV Goulette, Jefferson D V Goulette, Preston P Griffin, James Robert

Hetrick, Heath Hoyem, Dennis

Jorgensen, Carl R.

Lankford, David N Lankford, Gary Neal

Died Streenan, William K

Total Members: 34

Maxam, Robert W Mickelson, T. Mark PGM

Pape, Norman F

Savchenko, Doug Seidler, Robert Walton Shriver, Frederick D Swift, Aaron Paul

Walters, Henry A Waters, Burnie Jr

Zakotnik, Jason Zuckerman, Laurence


262

MASTER MASONS

Gate City Lodge No. 32 Pine Bluffs, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Binning, Thomas W Bivans, Boyd Lee Brown, Charles R Brown, Donald J

Cushing, John F

Forbis, Timothy Dale Fry, Warren P Jr

Gissendanner, Robert Steven

Harrison, John Henan, Jacob Joseph Jr

Lansden, Dale T Lyons, Charles E Lyons, Robert E

Mortensen, Arthur P

Died None Reported

Total Members: 21

Stafford, Richard A Steger, Bret Dee

Taylor, James Benjamin Taylor, John James Edwin Timm, Otto Albert Timm, Verle A

Wagner, Richard A

James J. E. Taylor ........... Worshipful Master James B. A. Taylor ................ Senior Warden Bret D. Steger ........................ Junior Warden Charles E. Lyons ............................Treasurer John F. Cushing.............................. Secretary Robert E. Lyons .................... Senior Deacon Charles E. Lyons .................... Junior Deacon

Vacant .................................. Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward Donald J. Brown............................. Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Timothy D. Forbis ................................ Tyler

MASTER MASONS

Kemmerer Lodge No. 33 Kemmerer, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Alleman, William N Ashley, Jason Paul

Banta, Thomas A Beebe, Lyle L Bond, Walter W

Christiansen, Lynn

Eaton, John F

Guraedy, Paul D

Hicks, Dale L.

Kochevar, James C

Lamp, J Michael

Mickelson, T. Mark PGM Morgan, James I Morrison, Lamaster Lee Morton, Marvin Eugene

Nichols, Leonard L

Oberg, Harry W C III PGM Orvosh, William T.

Died Julian, Truman D

Total Members: 28

Salzman, Roger Smith, Robert E

Teuscher, Gerald D

Vickrey, Gene W Jr Vranish, Clarence Joseph PGM

Whittaker, Jimmy L Wood, Harold L Wright, Teddy L

Young, Thomas John

Zakotnik, Robert M

Harry W. C. Oberg III, PGM .... Worshipful Master

James C. Kochevar, PM ........ Senior Warden

Dale L. Hicks......................... Junior Warden

Jimmy L. Whittaker, PM ............... Treasurer

Robert M. Zakotnik ....................... Secretary

T. Mark Mickelson, PGM ...... Senior Deacon

Roger Salzman ...................... Junior Deacon

Clarence J. Vranish, PGM ..... Senior Steward

John F. Eaton, PM ................. Junior Steward

William T. Orvosh ..........................Chaplain

Lyle L. Beebe ................................... Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Lamaster L. Morrison .......................... Tyler

263


MASTER MASONS

Tri-Mountain View Lodge No. 35 Lovell, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Abrahamson, William Gene Averett, Wade Bassett

Badget, Kenneth Lee Badget, Kenneth Milton Baird, Bryan G Bassett, Jackson Bassett, Joseph Troy Bond, Joseph L Brackett, Robert Ray

Campbell, Richard A Cooke, Riley O

Daniel, William H Daniels, Donnie Woodson

Evans, James Leland

Fox, Timothy Parke Fuller, Ross Bradford

Godwin, Terry L.

Kannard, Shane Michael

McIntosh, Keith George Murphey, Scott A

Peck, David H

Powell, Kenneth Max

Robinson, Robert Lee Jr.

Steffen, Don William Storie, Gerald N

Walker, Randall Leonard Winkleman, William Edwin Woody, Britton Troy Albert Woody, James A.

Zimmerman, Mark Elvin Zimmerman, Stanley E.

James A. Woody ............. Worshipful Master Ross B. Fuller ....................... Senior Warden Jackson Bassett ...................... Junior Warden David H. Peck ................................ Treasurer Bryan G. Baird............................... Secretary Shane M. Kannard ................. Senior Deacon Randy L. Walker ................... Junior Deacon

Joseph T. Bassett .................. Senior Steward Keith G. McIntosh ................ Junior Steward Kenneth Powell............................... Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Terry L. Godwin .................................. Tyler

Raised Averett, Wade Bassett

Dimitted Mulley, Bradley

Died Vinzant, Robert A

Total Members: 31

MASTER MASONS

Upton Lodge No. 38 Upton, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Steven J. Juhala ............... Worshipful Master Michael W Freeman .............. Senior Warden Daniel N. Pullen .................... Junior Warden Robert B. Willis .............................Treasurer Donald C. Gose, PGM ................... Secretary Jace T. Baker ......................... Senior Deacon Steven W. Hudspeth ............... Junior Deacon

Kevin M. Cross .................... Senior Steward Kennedy Kimsey ................... Junior Steward Cody S. Hinkhouse ......................... Chaplain Stanton T. Dodson ............................ Marshal Donald C. Gose, PGM .................... Historian Robert B. Willis .............................. Organist Clell R. (Dick) Claar ............................ Tyler

Ankeney, Burley J Jr

Baker, Jace Taylor Baker, Paul L Barker, John Jr Bartels, Donald W

Beaudin, Ralph C Briggs, William Chris

Campbell, James L. Chiles, Robert Edwin Claar, Clell R

Cowger, Robert M Cross, Kevin Michael

Diehl, James W Dixon, James Hugh Dobson, Robert R


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Dodson, Stanton T Driskill, William O.

Erdman, Bradley W. Evans, Randall

Finn, Michael G Freeman, Michael W Fuller, Lonnie L

Geda, Scott A Goehring, Miles Kent Good, Rick Charles Gose, David W Gose, Donald C PGM Gose, Jarrod David

Hagerman, Billy Dean Hampton, Donald L Hanson, Darrin Robert Hendricks, Leonard L.

Hinkhouse, Cody Scott Hoxie, Walker Joe Hudspeth, Steven Wesley

Juhala, Steven James

Kimsey, Cody Roy Kimsey, Dave K Kimsey, Jacob Joe Kimsey, Kaare R Kimsey, Kennedy Ola Klinker, Richard D Kunce, Robert O

Lincoln, Marvin Dale

Martens, James E Miller, Michael John Moore, Justin Sean

Nielsen, Richard R

Olson, Guy Wade

Pullen, Daniel N.

Ray, Anthony Earl Ray, Edward R Reed, Steven Joe Riehemann, Ray W Ritthaler, Reuben R Roberts, Brian Alan

Schutt, Daniel E Schutt, Michael Allen Schutt, Phillip Harold

Townsend, William D., III, PGM

Vik, Dennis L

Waters, Eric Austin Willis, Robert B

Zimmerschied, Kelly Ray

Raised Campbell, James L.

Died Masek, John Alan

Total Members: 64

MASTER MASONS

Burns Lodge No. 41 Burns, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Arnold, William F

Beavers, Russell R Bigelow, Randy J Brown, Justin Lee

Etheridge, Duaine M Jr Everling, Curtis Lee

Farmer, John L PGM

Holmes, Roy T

Kupec, Shannon E

Lucas, John L

Martin, Albert Sydney II Martin, Thomas D McAllister, Terrell H

Nelson, Lyndell Lowell

Pace, Darwin D PGM Paul, Robert S Polk, Marc Alan

Rabon, William G Reynolds, Earl M

Schrader, Robert Wesley Shell, James Ronald Siekert, Ronald E Smith, Gary L Smith, Michael Lynn Swinson, John Alvin Jr.

True, Daniel Raymond

Walker, Donald M Warner, Glen F White, Keith

Justin L. Brown .............. Worshipful Master

William F. Arnold ................. Senior Warden

Russell R. Beavers ................. Junior Warden

Michael L. Smith ........................... Treasurer

John L. Farmer, PGM .................... Secretary

Keith White ........................... Senior Deacon

Daniel True ............................ Junior Deacon

Shannon E. Kupec................. Senior Steward

Donald Walker ...................... Junior Steward

Ronald E. Siekert ............................ Chaplain

Darwin Pace, PGM .......................... Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Robert Paul .......................................... Tyler

265


MASTER MASONS

Pathfinder Lodge No. 42 Casper, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Anderson, Ervin A Anderson, Sidney V Jr Atkins, Richard Ray

Baker, Wade S Bays, James C Berry, Lon C Boger, Chris Alyn Bond, Walter W Boyd, Joyce C Brewer, James Doyne Briggs, James R Bullard, Michael D

Cantlin, John P Cellan, Roy R Cook, Roger E Sr Cooper, Scott A Coster, Edwin A

Deuel, Dana H Drummond, James M. Duncan, Frank Scott

Ellison, James E Erickson, John W Eucker, William III Eutsler, Harold J Evans, James H

Finley, George F

Gimmeson, L Gene

Hahn, Nick R Harris, Mike E Hartman, George J., Sr Hartung, Frank Miles

Helmick, Robert F Hepp, John K Hinchey, Bruce A Hurlbut, Arthur G Jr Hutchinson, Hal H.

Ito, Mits

Jones, Craig L Jones, Edward Noland

Kading, Frank Dale Kelly, Jerry L

Lovelace, Thomas D Luckey, Jeremy P.

Maloney, Michael M McIrvin, Stanley N Miller, Dennis L Milo, Michael E Moore, John Scott Morton, Anthony G

Officer, John W

Pantall, William L Parker, Bruce Brixey Pearce, Willard A Jr Platt, Joseph J Pope, David R Porter, James A Poynor, John D Prill, Charles E Purvis, Ted E

Rasner, Reid W Reckamp, Paul Kent

Reeder, Thomas F Jr Rowe, Jon Christian

Schauss, Zebulon Lewis Selby, Frank P Sharak, Michael S Shepperson, Keith Aaron Simpson, Joshua Daniel Skatrud, Keith W Smith, Darryl W Smith, Gary R Smith, Jay W Specht, William G Jr Spencer, Jesse M Stark, Arnold B Stedille, Michael P Sutphin, Jesse Vance Sybrant, Grant W Sybrant, Roger N Sybrant, Scott D

Tucker, Drew

Unangst, Robert A

Waldo, Gary E Walford, William M Watters, Mark B Weinrich, James N Weiss, Gene White, James R Whitlock, Jack R Jr Williamson, Hal G Williamson, Troy A Wilson, Clyde A Jr

Jesse V. Sutphin .............. Worshipful Master Jeremy Luckey ...................... Senior Warden Frank P. Selby ........................ Junior Warden Edward N. Jones ............................ Treasurer Sidney V. Anderson, Jr. ................. Secretary Dana H. Deuel ....................... Senior Deacon Stanley N. McIrvin ................ Junior Deacon

Robert A. Unangst ................ Senior Steward Mike E. Harris ....................... Junior Steward Mits Ito ........................................... Chaplain Frank D. Kading .............................. Marshal James (Jim) M. Drummond ............ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist F. Miles Hartung .................................. Tyler

Affiliated Nelson, Lyndell L. Suspended NPD Brown, Jeffery E

Died Bastian, Theodore B Rhodes, Everett Ralph

Total Members: 29


266

Died Clapp, Russell Otto Holcomb, Robert E Morton, Gerald L Rorabeck, Raymond T Ross, Thomas E Young, Duane E

Total Members: 92

Bighorn Mountain Lodge No. 43 Sheridan, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

MASTER MASONS

Allen, Harry P Anderson, Michael L Anderson, Richard H Anderson, Steven A Avery, William H

Badgett, Floyd R Barker, Jerry Kent Barttelbort, Larry D Berry, David E Bohnsack, Stanford M Bond, Robert E Buszkiewic, Brett

Carroll, Servio A Carson, Steve Kit PGM Case, Charles F Clabaugh, Randall Lee Clark, Peter B Cochran, John C Coleman, David D Custis, Charles G

Dailey, Ronald L David, Van Davis, Lyle Parke Distad, Rolf T Dorsch, Phillip E Dunning, Forrest B

Ellingson, Dean A

Fitzpatrick, Charles P Forister, Robert M II Forister, Robert Michael Forister, Scott C Franklin, Ryan K

Guilford, Charles C III

Hanewald, William G Harrelson, Patrick L Harvey, Donald R Havens, Garvin J Herring, Gordon W Hillman, Gary Holt, James H Huckins, Phillip D Husman, Peter

Jacobson, Jerry L Johnson, Roy Dean

Kennedy, Cory J Kinnison, Brian T Kmett, Jeremy Daniel Kobold, Larry G Kosma, Joseph W

Lang, Rodney A Larson, Robert Lavoto, Ruben Lee, Charles J

Mansfield, Jeffrey Alan Mathis, Michael A McFarland, Larry J Michelena, Regis Joseph

Newcomb, Curtis Linn

Pearson, Warren W Peterson, John C Peterson, Stuart W Pollard, George C

Rassmussen, Harlan W

Reeves, Matt G Rexroat, Richard L Romanjenko, Mike

Shane, Karl Shannon, Raymond E Shannon, Riley Quinn Shepardson, Jared Alan Shepardson, John A Jr. Shepherd, Lewis E Sherman, Stephen D. Shima, Eugene G Smith, Stephen E Stauffer, Kenneth J Stephens, Charles S Stewart, Scott David Sweem, John Leroy

Thomas, Lloyd A Trott, James Harold

Verley, Michael

Walden, Bradley J Wells, Charles K. Whitaker, Michael B White, Jerry Wilhite, Charles A Wiltscheck, Douglas A. Wintermute, Earl C Wolf, Eric Karl Wood, Ethan W Wood, Ronald W Worman, Devin B Worman, Richard D

Zadderey, Theodore

Larry McFarland ............. Worshipful Master Robert M. Forister, II ............ Senior Warden Phillip D. Huckins ................. Junior Warden L. Parke Davis ............................... Treasurer Scott D. Stewart ............................. Secretary Eric K. Wolf .......................... Senior Deacon Jerry White ............................. Junior Deacon

Ruben Lavoto ....................... Senior Steward Vacant ................................... Junior Steward Lewis E. Shepherd .......................... Chaplain Peter Husman ...................................Marshal Rolf T. Distad ................................. Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Ryan K. Franklin .................................. Tyler

267


Raised Shepardson, Jared A. Shepardson, John A. Jr.

Affiliated Kmett, Jeremy D. Newcomb, Curtis Linn

Reinstated Anderson, Michael L Forister, Scott C

Dimitted Greenough, Douglas Hunter, Ronald M Trussell, Robert Craig

Suspended NPD Meyer, Matthew James Rogers, Michael L Sonderby, Mark S

Thomas, Jess D. Died

Creswell, Vaughn Keller, James W Kinnison, Thomas D Puett, Bruce M Salveson, Robert A

Total Members: 95

Tower Lodge No. 44 Hulett, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

A. Lee Hauber, PM ..........Worshipful Master

Albert A. Pickerd, PM ........... Senior Warden

Daniel R. Trussell, PM .......... Junior Warden

Kevin R. Sweeney, PM ................. Treasurer

William L. Willey, PM .................. Secretary

Charles Larsen ....................... Senior Deacon

Tim Harrison ......................... Junior Deacon

Elvin Ray Leeman, Jr. ........... Senior Steward

Benjamin D. Neiman ............. Junior Steward

Donald C. Gose, PGM ................... Chaplain

John W. Fowler ................................ Marshal


Vacant ............................................. Organist

Frank Harvey, PM ................................ Tyler

Cundy, Walter H

Dennis, Kelly B

Ellefson, Arlo L Ewing, Eugene Austin

Fowler, John W

Gill, Gabriel Gordon Gose, Donald C PGM Graham, David Joe Graham, Joe B Graham, Scott Lee

Habeck, Phillip W Harper, Willard F Harrison, Tim Harvey, Frank Hauber, Arthur Lee

Jay, William Lee Jay, William Leon

Larsen, Charles Leeman, Elvin Ray Jr

Mackey, Michael P McAmis, Marvin J

Died: None Reported

Total Members: 31

MASTER MASONS

Mitchell, Royal C

Neiman, Benjamin Daniel

Pickerd, Albert Arthur Pulse, Ronald H Jr

Redding, Jerry D

Sweeney, Kevin R

Trussell, Ralph Daniel

Van Patten, Cecil Gilbert

Willey, William L


268

MASTER MASONS

Big Piney Lodge No. 47 Marbleton, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Archambault, Fred

Bardin, Wayne M Blackmon, Zoel D Budd, David S

Guio, Cotten

Houfek, Nicholas Houfek, Scott W

Latta, James Soranton Lehr, William J

Mickelson, Gordon Max II Mickelson, James Francis II Mickelson, T. Mark PGM

Nichols, Spencer George Nichols, Wil Spencer

Tanner, John L D

Dimitted Winkleman, Wink Suspended NPD

Shepard, Pete Died

Bennett Jr, Rodney S Mickelson, James S

Total Members: 23

Tanner, Richard F Taylor, Edward A Thompson, Scott Thompson, Timothy S Thompson, Toney

Vernieuw, Gary Lee

Wassenberg, Donald R "Buzz" Williams, Donese

Fred Archambault ........... Worshipful Master Spencer Nichols .................... Senior Warden Zoel D. Blackmon .................. Junior Warden William J. Lehr .............................. Treasurer James F. "Rowdy" Mickelson II .... Secretary T. Mark Mickelson, PGM ...... Senior Deacon John L. Tanner ....................... Junior Deacon

James S. Mickelson ............... Senior Steward Gordon M. Mickelson, II ...... Junior Steward Cotton Guio .................................... Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Scott Thompson ................................... Tyler

MASTER MASONS

Jackson Lodge No. 48 Jackson, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Adamson, Austin Jon Akins, Charles Shepherd Albrecht, Russell D

Brandt, Jay Scott Bussard, Daniel Tyler

Cadenhead, David Chambers, Terry Michael Clauss, David

Compton, Bryan Jeffrey

Emrick, Robert C Everett, Austin Rodgers

Grant, John B

Hady, Daniel Joseph Harkins, Vernon D Hawtin, Bruce A Hayse, Bruce M

Henry, Larry J Houfek, Warner W

Infanger, Joseph J

Jensen, Henry LeRoy

Kinsey, Roy Cornelius IV Kobert, Kraig Arthur Koch, Christopher R Kraft, Michael S

Bryan J. Compton ........... Worshipful Master Stephen McNeil Watson, PM ...... Senior Warden Daniel Joseph Hady ............... Junior Warden Kraig Kobert, PM .......................... Treasurer Christopher Philip Schroeder, PM ......... Secretary Austin Adamson .................... Senior Deacon Jack R. Soper ......................... Junior Deacon

Ken Struble, PM ................... Senior Steward William J. Winney, Jr. .......... Junior Steward Robert Weed, PM ........................... Chaplain Vacant .............................................. Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Rod Evertt ............................................ Tyler

269


Reinstated Solis, Mike Dimitted

Scheller, Charles Joshua Solis, Mike

Wynn, Turner Suspended NPD

Grove, Mark Harold Nagel, Jeremy David Place, Todd Dixon Rush, Drew Thomas Vaughan, Eric Armstrong

Died None Reported

Total Members: 53

Guernsey Lodge No. 49 Guernsey, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Dale R. Harris ................. Worshipful Master Christopher L. Martinez ........ Senior Warden Jeffrey D. Thomas .................. Junior Warden Rex L. Martin................................. Treasurer Robert M. Melonuk, PM ................ Secretary Wesley J. Sterner ................... Senior Deacon Gregg D. Niles ....................... Junior Deacon

Thomas F. Hamm, II ............. Senior Steward Joseph E. Norfolk .................. Junior Steward William R. Walker ......................... Chaplain Ronald E. Bristow ............................ Marshal Robert M. Melonuk ........................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Ronald C. Gilson .................................. Tyler

Lewis, Dean S Lundy, Robert L

Mavy, Emmett Arlow Mead, Bradford S Mead, Matthew Meredith, Jack Mickelson, T. Mark PGM

Needham, Samuel G. Needham, Thomas G Nelson, Paul Raymond

North, Lawrence H

Owens, Stephen Ed

Patterson, Tom Peters, David Earl

Rubenstein, Michael

Scarlett, Fredrick Louis Schloss, Joseph Schroeder, Christopher P. Smith, Arthur A Soper, Jack Raymond

Sprague, Jode H Struble, Ken

Taylor, Glenn B

Wampler, Ernest R Waters, Burnie Jr Watson, Stephen McNeill Weed, Robert W Winney, William Justin Jr

Zimmer, Bob

MASTER MASONS

Bristow, Ronald Brown, Roland D

Cowan, William D Cundall, Kenneth L

Fletcher, Mark John Franzen, Lewis S

Gilson, Ronald Charles

Haefele, Marvin Bounce

Hamm, Thomas Freeman II Harris, Dale Rolen Hohimer, John Charles

Jones, Edward Charles

Lewis, Gary E

Martin, Houston L Martin, Houston L Martin, Rex Leroy Martinez, Christopher Lynn

Affiliated Franzen, Lewis S

Died Martin, Sherman Leroy

Total Members: 25

Melonuk, Robert Meade

Niles, Gregg David Norfolk, Joseph Eddie

Rush, Richard H

Sterner, Wesley John

Thomas, Jeffrey Dean

Walker, Kevin Charles Walker, William Royce


270

MASTER MASONS

Dubois Lodge No. 53 Dubois, Wyoming


OFFICERS 2018-2019

Albright, Harold R

Black, R D Brant, David C Jr Brown, King Mathew Buchholz, Philip Glenn PGM

Dailey, Albert Donald Dixon, Barry Walker Duncan, Norman C

Finley, John P Finley, John W Finley, Orion W

Finley, Robert O

Genner, Robert W

Hayman, Charles L Heiser, Donald A Heller, Adolph LaVern Herret, Thomas R.

Jackson, Thomas W Johnson, Daniel Michael Johnson, Michael B. PGM

Kelsey, Edward E

Died May, Richard James Wells, John A

Total Members: 31

Kurasz, Kim Lee

Leseberg, Rodger N

Marrou, Jerry Wayne

Robinett, Jon W

Shimkus, Joshua Harold-Lee Smith, Isaac John

Wells, Chadwick Allen Williams, Robert Ashley Wilson, James Justin Wiltshire, Robin A

Robert O. Finley, PM ..... Worshipful Master Kim L. Kurasz, PM............... Senior Warden Thomas R. Herret .................. Junior Warden Norman C. Duncan, PM ................ Treasurer John P. Finley, PM ........................ Secretary John W. "Bill" Finley, PM ..... Senior Deacon Chadwick A. Wells, PM ........ Junior Deacon

Harold R. Albright, PM ........ Senior Steward Edward E. “Oscar” Kelsey, PM ... Junior Steward Vacant ............................................ Chaplain Vacant ............................................. Marshal Vacant ........................................... Historian Vacant .............................................Organist Michael B. Johnson, PGM .................... Tyler

MASTER MASONS

Capital Lodge No. 54 Cheyenne, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Bauer, Blair Vittitow Bell, George H Biggs, James Edward Bishop, Bryce Myles Bocox, Robert E Jr Braun, Sean Joseph Breckenridge, William R. Brown, John Wallace Brown, Maurice W

Carter, Michael Kenneth Chavera, Colin M

Crips, Ben

Dawson, Carl D Dixson, Martin Patrick Dorsett, Earl Keith Duncan, David E Dye, George Allen

Everitt, Leroy Nelson

Feltner, Doniv Lee Freeman, Floyd Jene Fridline, Kenneth L

Furrey, Harry Leon

Graham, Christopher Lee Graham, Russell Johannes Gray, Geoffrey Alan Jr Green, Richard M

Hamm, Thomas F. II Hancock, James Clifford Harker, James S Herb, Robert D Hunter, Lloyd A

Edwin I. Orr, PM ............. Worshipful Master Harry L. Furrey, PM .............. Senior Warden James W. Runnels ................. Junior Warden Gary D. Skillern, PGM .................. Treasurer Doniv L. Feltner, PM/SE ................ Secretary William P. Runnels ............... Senior Deacon Sean J. Braun.......................... Junior Deacon

Myles C. T. Paragas ............. Senior Steward George Ogirima ..................... Junior Steward Robert E. Bocox, Jr., PM/SE .......... Chaplain Gregory A. Lutz, PM ........................Marshal Vacant ............................................ Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Robert G. Johnson, PM ........................ Tyler

271


Raised Chavera, Colin M. Millhouse, Eric L. Shepardson, Shane E.

Affiliated Taylor, William B

Dimitted Brantley, Thomas H Myatt, Dennis C Shank, Robert L

Died Garner, John William

Total Members: 62

Ingvarson, Ingvar P.

Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Robert Glen

Kibble, Richard Glen

Long, Thomas N Lutz, Gregory A

Martinez, Jesse Middlestadt, Stanley D. Millhouse, Eric L

Neefe, John W

Nichols, Brian David

Ogirima, George O'Holleran, Jeffrey M Orr, Edwin Irving

Paragas, Myles C. T.

Raffelson, Charles N Rennard, Robert S Roness, Christopher Guy Rucker, Robert W Runnels, James Walder

Runnels, William P

Shepardson, Shane E Skillern, Gary D PGM Smith, William H

Taylor, William B Toulouse, Robert Lewis Truax, Calvin Orton

Vajda, Steven Jr

Walker, Robert H Withers, Scot A Wolf, Marvin M

MASTER MASONS

Independence Rock Lodge No. 56 Casper, Wyoming

Regular Communications held the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

OFFICERS 2018-2019

Bays, Gerald Lee Bogart, Darrel R Bonander, Dana Richard Bonander, Richard Allen Bouzis, John Anthony Brackenrich, Carey David Brecheisen, Dale Lou Breed, Charles Gabriel Breed, Gregory William Breed, Zachariah William Brown, Clarence C. Burgess, Edwin R

Chilcote, Sammel Day Jr Clark, Raymond Vernal Cochran, Billie G Collea, Carl

Coupens, Neil E

De Los Reyes, Oscar Doherty, Douglas Wayne Dye, Gary Kahle

Elmore, William Thomas

Faw, Lee Melvin Jr

Gazdiewich, Dennis R Goudy, Gordon H Greene, William Henry

Harbour, Mark Allen Harmelink, Hunter M. Harmon, Merrick M Hubele, Weston Ganett Hvastkovs, Gunars

Jackson, Andrew W

Jones, Larry M

Kropp, George T Jr

Lee, John Louis

McClean, Phillip L Mertz, David J

Neumiller, Bradley D. Nicholson, Josh Niles, Harold R

Ogden, Gary Lynn

Paulson, John D Poe, Barry Chris Potts, William B Jr

Raitt, Keith K Reed, Dillon Mark

William T. Elmore .......... Worshipful Master Weston G. Hubele ................. Senior Warden John C. Tower........................ Junior Warden Dale L. Brecheisen, PM ................. Treasurer Bradley D. Neumiller, PM ............. Secretary Zachariah W. Breed ............... Senior Deacon C. Cameron Brown ................ Junior Deacon

Dillon M. Reed, PM ............. Senior Steward Oscar De Los Reyes .............. Junior Steward George R. Williams, PM ................ Chaplain Craig W. Warner, PM ...................... Marshal Edwin R. Burgess, PM ................... Historian Vacant ............................................. Organist Hunter M. Harmelink, PM ................... Tyler


272

Raised Collea, Carl Joseph Wall, Kevin

Reinstated Gross, Brian Kirk

Dimitted Gross, Brian Kirk Sullivan, Dudley A

Suspended NPD Dirks, Douglas Alen Doherty, Daniel J Gdula, Vaughn Edward Jones, Jeffrey Jay Kahley, Fritz E McKenzie, Allen Dale Mofield, Jack Dean Wentzloff, Jerry A Wiseman, James D

Died Holman, Jack W Hoshaw, Walter B Mosley, Demmie Lee

Stiles, John David

Total Members: 58

Schramm, Ruben Ray Short, Michael L Siek, Theodore R Spicer, William M St John, Travis William

Sullins, William T. III

Torrans, Albert Jerry Tower, John Charles Trimmer, Michael C

Vandeventer, William C

Wall, Kevin Warner, Craig W Weinrich, David R Williams, George R.

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INDEX

2018-2019 PROCEEDINGS

Appendix ........................................................................... 200

Annual Awards Historical Listings ................................ 209

Constituent Lodge OFFICERS 2019-2020 ....................... 236

Lodges that formed the Grand Lodge of Wyoming ....... 201

Masonic Roster - June 30, 2019 ..................................... 236

Officer and Member Statistics ....................................... 219

Standing Resolutions ..................................................... 201

Appointments

Grand Master Badget’s 2018-2019 Appointments......... 105

Awards

Builder / Master Builder 2018-2019 .............................. 157

Formal Opening

Monday Afternoon Session .............................................. 49

Monday Morning Session ................................................. 39

Tuesday Morning Session ................................................ 66

Formal Session

Introductions

Constituent Lodge Secretaries ..................................... 44

Constituent Lodge Worshipful Masters........................ 44

District Lecturers ......................................................... 49

Past Grand Masters Wyoming ....................................... 39

Roll Call of Constituent Lodges ....................................... 39

Visiting Speakers

Arizona, Past Grand Master Craig Gross ...................... 47

Colorado, Deputy Grand Master Dave Coberly ............ 54

George Washington Memorial, George Seghers ........... 55

Idaho, Grand Master Kent McCandless ........................ 45

Minnesota, Grand Master’s Representative Mike Hill .. 66

Montana, Grand Master Lewie Fletcher ........................ 59

Nebraska, Deputy Grand Master Ron Stites ................. 57

South Dakota, Grand Master Harold Ireland ................ 45

Utah, Senior Grand Warden Dan Lawes ........................ 46

Installation of 2019-2020 Grand Lodge Officers ................ 64

Public Opening

Grand Master’s Public Address .................................... 33

Grand Historian, Mark S. Young PGM ........................... 26

Grand Chaplain, James L. Sturdevant .......................... 38

Grand Orator, Kenneth Humphrey ............................... 17

Guest Speaker: Sheridan Mayor, Roger Miller .............. 10

DGM Thomas F. Hamm’s Response .............................. 10

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Introductions ..................................................................... 9

Grand Masters of Visiting Jurisdictions ......................... 9

Past Grand Masters of Visiting Jurisdictions ................. 9

Grand Lodge Officers of Visiting Jurisdictions .............. 9

Heads of Concordant Bodies ........................................ 10

Wyoming Grand Lodge Officers ..................................... 9

Proposed Resolutions ........................................................ 184

Discussion and Voting on Proposed Resolutions ............ 75

Reports

Certified Public Accountant

Benevolent Fund ......................................................... 129

Building Fund ............................................................. 130

General Fund .............................................................. 131

Committee

Appeals & Grievances ................................................. 169

Auditing ...................................................................... 161

Budget & Finance - Proposed Budget 2019-2020 ...... 100, 166

Charity ........................................................................ 170

Courtesy ....................................................................... 78

Credentials ................................................................... 43

Endowment Fund .......................................................... 60

Fraternal Correspondence & Recognition .................... 62

George Washington Nat. Mem. Rep. ........................... 183

Investment .................................................................. 162

Jurisprudence ............................................................... 67

Decisions ................................................................... 72

Recommendations .................................................. 100

Lodge Insurance Committee ......................................... 61

Returns & Work ............................................................. 79

Ritual and Floorwork Committee ............................... 181

Strategic Planning Committee .................................... 177

Teller 2019-2020 Election of Officers .......................... 44

Time & Place ................................................................. 84

Visiting Members .......................................................... 79

Youth .......................................................................... 172

Davis Roberts Scholarship Fund .................................... 176

Deputy Grand Master ..................................................... 121

Grand Chaplain .............................................................. 151

Fraternal Dead 2018-2019 .......................................... 152

Grand Historian ................................................................ 26

Grand Lecturer ............................................................... 157

Incoming Grand Lecturer ............................................. 49


276

Grand Librarian .............................................................. 158

Grand Master

Appointments ............................................................. 105

Decisions .................................................................... 107

Grand Master’s Public Address .................................... 33

Grand Master's Report to the Craft .............................. 40

Recommendations ...................................................... 119

Special Dispensations ................................................ 116

Visitations & Activities ............................................... 112

Special Communications ............................................ 110

Grand Orator .................................................................... 17

Grand Secretary ............................................................ 135

Grand Treasurer ............................................................. 126

Senior Grand Deacon ..................................................... 146

Senior Grand Warden ..................................................... 123

Junior Grand Deacon ..................................................... 148

Junior Grand Warden ..................................................... 124

Grand Lodge Endowment Fund Courtesy Report ............ 60

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