Brother W. D. Darby

 -1960-


A master's job is never done, it lives on through the ages.

 

The Annual Installation of Officer's was held on January 16th and vocal solos were sang by Mrs. T. Hancock, accompanied by Bro. Kuetel, Past Master of Fresno Lodge 247 on the piano. Refreshments were served in the dining hall and a good time was enjoyed by all.

On the stated meeting of February, the 50th anniversary of Clovis Lodge was mentioned with a prospective date of October 15th for the celebration. In March there was a birthday cake served for Bro. Louis Dwight, the Organist, who turned 87 years old. On March 31st the California Highway Patrol Degree Team came to Clovis Lodge to put on another fine third degree.

In April the stated meeting's highlights were raising the salary of the janitor to $105.00 per month and having the Secretary purchase a new ballot box that conformed to the new rules brought out by the Grand Lodge of California.

On May 19th it was Past Master's Night at Clovis Lodge and as always had a large attendance. There was entertainment and a good time was enjoyed by all. In June it was back to Big Creek for another Southern California Edison degree and it was attended by a large number of Edison employee's. This was a courtesy degree for Sanger Lodge 316.

On October 21st they had the 50 year celebration of the forming of Clovis Lodge with about 200 people in attendance from all over the state of California. The Grand Master of Mason's presided over the evening and his address featured the importance of the Master Mason. He received a standing ovation after his talk. The Grand Master then presented some bus transfers that he used as a small boy about the time of the formation of Clovis Lodge.

On December 1st it was our annual Roll Call meeting and there were about 130 people in attendance. Several letters were read by some of the Brethren who lived to far away to come to Lodge and the entertainment this evening was a movie shown by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company showing the advancement in electricity and natural gas.

On December the 8th a new 50 star flag was presented to the Lodge by Bro. Louis Dwight, the Organist, after which the flag was received with grand honors. The final degree of the year was another PG&E Degree Team third degree.


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