Friday, June 25, 2021

Officers of Phalanx, Excelsior, Joppa Lodges, Charlotte, N.C., June 25, 1921

Edwards Aids In Installing Officers

R.F. Edwards of Crumpler, grand lecturer of the Grand Masonic Lodge of North Carolina, officiated at installation ceremonies for officers of Phalanx, Joppa and Excelsior lodges of Masons in the temple Friday night. A large crowd of members were present for the joint session.

The following is the list of the new officers:

Phalanx Lodge No. 31—J.B. Marshall, master; R.L. Braswell, senior warden; Frank Gregson, junior warden; W.B. Hall, treasurer; F.William, E. Cullingford, deacon; Rev. Daniel Iverson, chaplain; I.W. Bingham and J.M. Chestnut, stewards; R.W. Smith, tiler.

Excelsior Lodge No. 261—H.A. Franklin, master; J.L. Alexander, senior warden; Howard Morrison, junior warden; W.E. Harvell, treasurer; B.W. Barnett, secretary; L.O. Puckett, senior deacon; J.H. Bradley, junior deacon; J.A. Sharpe, chaplain; J.L. Thomason and F.A. Martin Jr., stewards, and J.W. Pope, tiler.

Joppa Lodge No. 530—F.O. Steele, master; W.L. Hogan, senior warden; Roy Saunders, junior warden; W.M. Sigmon, treasurer; W.J. Grant, secretary; T.E. Blakely, senior deacon; W.L. Davidson Jr., junior deacon; F.S. Neal Jr. and F.C. Cates, stewards, and W.R. Clark, tiler.

From The Charlotte News, June 25, 1921. The newspaper spelled the lodge Excelsor, but when I looked it up on the lodge’s website, it was spelled Excelsior. I don’t know which was correct in 1921.

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