PROCEEDINGS GRAND LODGE - Freemasons of Wisconsin

ROGER L. MAGOONGrand Master2005-20063

MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTERRODNEY A. PAULSENMasonic BiographyBLUE LODGERaised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason November 11, 1982Worshipful Master of Elkhorn Masonic Lodge #77, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991,1992, 1993, 1995Perpetual Member of Southern Lakes Lodge #12Honorary Member of Burlington Masonic Lodge #28 March 2006YORK RITEJanesville Chapter #5Janesville Gebal Council #2Burlington Commandery #50Red Cross of Constantine, St. Wilfred ConclaveWisconsin College of Societas RosicrucianaSCOTTISH RITEValley of Madison 1985Nominated for 33rd Degree August 2006SHRINETripoli Temple MilwaukeeTri County Shrine Club, BurlingtonOTHER MASONIC MEMBERSHIPSHonorary Member of DeMolay Legion of HonorGrand Lodge Representative to the Grand Lodge of Connecticutand to the Grand Lodge of New ZealandGrand Lodge of Wisconsin Skunk PatrolNational Sojourners Milwaukee Chapter #27 (MIP)Sojourners Hero of ’76Silas Shepard Lodge of Research No. 1843Philalethes Society (Life)GRAND LODGE OF WISCONSINAppointed Deputy, District Ten 1996-1999Appointed Junior Grand Steward 1999-2000Elected Junior Grand Warden 2003-2004Elected Grand Master 2006-20074

RODNEY A. PAULSENGrand Master2006-20075

INTRODUCTION OF PAST GRAND MASTERSMost Worshipful Michael A. DeWolf, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary,MW Herman A Friess, PGM, PG Trustee, MW Denman G. Kramer, PGM, MWA.D.Anderson, PGM, MW Darrell Aderman, PGM, MW Kenneth W. Shannon, PGM,MW Allan E. Iding, PGM, MW Russell R. Selbo, PGM, PG Treasurer, MW WilliamE. Day, PGM and Grand Trustee, MW George A. Wallinger, PGM, PGS, PG Trustee,PGM, MW Carl J. Wussow, PGM and Grand Trustee, MW Beecher Daniels, PGM,MW Dean T. Massey, PGM, ‘MW Kingman D. Loomis, PGM, PG Trustee, MWRobert E. Moore, PGM, MW Charles E. White, PGM, MW John W. Hein, PGM, PGTreasurer, PG Lecturer, MW Lawrence L. Myers, PGM, MW Richard E. Black,PGM, MW Bruce S. Sim, PGM, PGS and G Trustee, MW James H. Olson, PGM. Allwere given the Grand Honors.INTRODUCTION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTSR.W Reginald S. Kuhn, Senior Grand Warden of NebraskaW. Brother Roger Deininger, Grand Tiler of NebraskaR.W. Dennis Robinson, Senior Grand Warden of South DakotaM.W. David W. Miller, Past Grand Master and Grand Treasurer of IllinoisIllus. Sir James Linderman, Potentate, Tripoli Shrine in WisconsinIllus. Sir James Slezak, Sr., Potentate, Beja Shrine in WisconsinW. Brother Brian Hudy, Grand High Priest, Grand Chapter R.A.M. of WisconsinW. Brother Parker W. Dow, Most Illus. Grand Master, Grand Council R.S.M. ofWisconsinW. Brother Charles Kolbe, Grand Commander Grand Commandery K.T. ofWisconsinIllus. Brother Norman L. Christianson, Grand Minister of State and Deputy forScottish Rite of WisconsinHelen Wheeler, Worthy Grand Matron, Order of Eastern Star in WisconsinW. Brother John Knee, Worthy Grand Patron, Order of Eastern Star in WisconsinAnnette Kidder, Grand Royal Matron, Grand Court Order of AmaranthJames Heady, Grand Royal Patron, Grand Court Order of AmaranthBrother Eric Gross, State Master Councilor Order of DeMolay in WisconsinAbbey Schwartz, Grand Bethel Honored Queen, Job’s Daughters of WisconsinMeliora Kifer, Grand Worthy Advisor, Rainbow for Girls in WisconsinGrand Master Magoon asked all to give the distinguished guests the GrandHonors.THREE PILLARS’ C.E.O. ANNUAL REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Your Three Pillars Senior Living Communities have experienced a most historicyear. Last July, we celebrated the centennial of Brother Willard Van Brunt’soriginal contribution to Wisconsin Masonry. The preparation and celebration of theCentennial festivities allowed many friends of Three Pillars to reflect on thesuccesses Masonry has seen in providing a quality of life and quality care tothousands of Wisconsin brothers and sisters over the last century. We have beenvery blessed to have received dedicated leadership, strong fraternal support, andcaring and skilled providers throughout the years.8

In the midst of reflecting on our proud history, we were also heavily involved inpositioning Three Pillars to remain a constant source of quality for the comingdecades. Construction proceeded without complication on our new Compass PointCatered Living facility. On September 17, 2005, Grand Master Magoon revealedand dedicated the cornerstone for Compass Point, in what is still one of the mostbeautiful and symbolic of Masonic ceremonies.On March 7, 2006, Compass Point opened with the move of 33 apartments fromthe Wisconsin Masonic Home. These “charter residents” have taken to their newhome, and have proven right our concept of Catered Living – an individualized levelof support to provide each resident with their maximum level of independence. Onemonth later, Compass Point saw 45 occupied apartments with 5 more move-insscheduled, and drew intense interest from other senior care providers includingsome in Minnesota and Illinois. Finally, on May 13, an excited crowd joined us incelebrating our Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting.Beyond the addition of Compass Point, our independent living apartments –Village on the Square received $1,000,000 of upgrades and modernizing to againplace it at the forefront of senior apartment living. Mason Woods continues to be apopular choice for “up north” relaxed senior living. The Masonic Center for Health& Rehab and Riverside Lodge continue to excel at providing more intense levels ofsupport and care, and once again were rewarded with shining inspection results bythe State authorities.During the year, I am pleased to report that we reached our goals for contributionsand pledges towards our Building on a Vision capital campaign. A special thank yougoes out to all the individuals, lodges, and groups that selflessly gave or pledgedsupport towards our new endeavor. Your generosity will help assure the stability ofservices and level of quality that Wisconsin Masons have come to expect for theirfellow brothers and sisters.With the advent of Compass Point, many have asked of the future of theWisconsin Masonic Home, known as Van Brunt Hall. As of the writing of this report,no definitive plans have been set, but an extremely competent group of brethren arecontemplating its future – for the good of Three Pillars and Wisconsin Masonry.Everyone has agreed that if at all possible, the building should be reused for abeneficial purpose.Finally, the staff, residents, and Board are preparing to host the annual conferenceof the Masonic Homes Executives’ Association of North America. From June17th through the 20th, over 200 representatives from Masonic and OES Homesaround the country will be attending this year’s conference in Lake Geneva –planned and hosted by Three Pillars. The highlight of the conference will be anafternoon outing to our campus in Dousman with tours and a picnic like many inWisconsin have experienced over the years.We thank you for your on-going support and commitment to those brothers andsisters that helped build this great fraternal family in Wisconsin. We will continueto make the commitment to you, that we will strive to consistently provide a caring,quality environment for all those that call Three Pillars home.9Fraternally submitted,Mark A. Strautman,President & C.E.O.

WISCONSIN MASONIC HOME BOARD ANNUAL REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:This past year has been an extremely busy one with many meetings, discussions,walk thoughs and decisions. When I am on the Dousman campus and look aroundI am so proud of what has been accomplished as a result of the time given by manyfolks. With the consent of the Masonic Home Board the leadership given by BrotherMark Strautman, CEO and President of Three Pillars during this past year has beenoutstanding. Under his direction we have had significant renovation work at MVOSto make it a more inviting independent living facility. We have furnished andcompleted for occupancy Compass Point our Catered Living facility. There has beenon going renovation work done on our Health Care and Rehabilitation facility. Asthe area around Three Pillars has been growing these changes were much neededto meet the ever expanding competition. All members of the Masonic family shouldbe very proud of these outstanding facilities all of which are part of Three Pillars.All of our former residents of Van Brunt Hall and Bark River Apartments are nowin their new home. All were moved over in one day. Many had their new homes allset up and most of their boxes unpacked in one day. Thanks to a wonderful staff,family and volunteers. Now the decision must be made as to the future of Van BruntHall and Bark River. There is a committee (Task Force) appointed that will beworking on the many possibilities for these buildings.The Home Board has been very involved with a reorganization of our operatingstructure. With this reorganization our committees have changed to, Governance,Outreach, Oversight, Planning and Finance and Audit. We have asked Grand LodgeLine Officers to serve as a voting member for a rotating one year term on each ofthese committees. The Wisconsin Masonic Home Board has also increased theGrand Lodge voting membership on the Board to two voting members. Amendmentsto our Bylaws were also implemented to cover these changes.The Wisconsin Masonic Home Board is the best. My conversations with others inthis same field have assured me of this. Each of the members of our Board has sharedtheir expertise to help make Three Pillars an outstanding facility and one thatothers admire. Contributing to this admiration is the support given by the membersof the Masonic family in Wisconsin. Many have contributed financially; others havegiven of their time and talent. I would like to thank each one for this. I do hope allof you can visit YOUR Masonic Home soon as it is your Masonic charity.Brother Roger, Most Worshipful Grand Master, you started your association withThree Pillars with many questions and concerns. As you attended the variousmeetings involved with Three Pillars you became much more acquainted with ourfacilities and operations. Your support of Three Pillars has been outstanding and ismuch appreciated. Thank you so much.As Chair of the Wisconsin Masonic Home Board I would like to express myappreciation for the opportunity to come before you and say a special thank you forallowing me to speak and share my pride in Three Pillars with each of you.Respectfully submitted,Theda J. Andres,Wisconsin Masonic Home Board10

REMARKS BY DISTINGUISHED GUESTSRemarks were given by the following dignitaries: Abbey Schwartz, Grand BethelHonored Queen, Meliora Kifer, Grand Worthy Advisor, Eric Gross, State MasterCouncilor, Helen Wheeler, Worthy Grand Matron, Annette Kidder, Grand RoyalMatron, James Slezak, Potentate of Beja Shrine.The Grand Marshal escorted those brothers and sisters out of the lodge room whowere not entitled to be present in the tiled lodge and the Grand Lodge was declaredformal.ROLL CALL OF OFFICERSGrand Master Magoon asked the Grand Secretary to call the roll of Grand Lodgeofficers and asked them to remain standing after their name was called. GrandSecretary DeWolf called the following: MW Grand Master Roger L. Magoon, RWDeputy Grand Master Rodney A. Paulsen, RW Senior Grand Warden J. B. VanHollen, RW Junior Grand Warder John W. Wilke, RW Grand Treasurer James M.Hays, RW Grand Secretary Michael A. DeWolf, W Grand Chaplain Ray D. Heilborn,W Grand Lecturer Ronald H. Glaunert, W Senior Grand Deacon Craig S. Campbell,W Junior Grand Deacon Joseph B. Harker, W Senior Grand Steward Davey L.White, Jr., W Junior Grand Steward Dennis V. Siewert, W Grand Marshal RichardA. Vande Sande, W Grand Orator Frank J. Strubel, W Grand Tiler Kurt R. Magoon,W Deputy, District #1 L. Arby Humphrey, W. Deputy, District #2 William Beetcher,W Deputy, District #3 Albert W. Jurgens, W Deputy, District #4 Guy K. Gooding, WDeputy, District #5 Tomas C. Tourville, W Deputy, District #6 Jeffrey B. Brewer, W.Deputy, District #7 Daniel L. Slavik, W Deputy, District #8 Emmett J. Reilly, WDeputy, District #9 LeRoy R. Huber, W Deputy, District #10 J. Patraick Storrs, WDeputy, District #11 James G. Jante, W. Deputy, District #12 Donald W. Hensiak.All were given the Grand Honors.PRELIMINARY REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEBrother Scott Graske, Masonic Center Administrator, on behalf of the CredentialsCommittee, reported to the Grand Lodge that out of a total of 190 charteredlodges, 166 have registered. A quorum of lodges was present. A constitutionalnumber of the Grand Lodge officers were present and the Grand Lodge was in orderto proceed with any business that may come before it.UNFINISHED BUSINESS COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:At the 161st Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, held on June 13th and14th, 2005, six new resolutions were presented.Three resolutions were adopted and three were defeated.After a thorough review of the 2005 proceedings, the Unfinished BusinessCommittee concludes that there is no other unfinished business from the 2005Annual Communication.11

Respectfully submitted,Keith D. Chamberlain, PGM, ChairmanMichael A. DeWolf, PGM Grand SecretaryJames M. Hays, Grand TreasurerReport accepted.APPROVAL OF THE 2005 PROCEEDINGSGrand Secretary Michael A. DeWolf moved that the 2005 Proceedings be approvedas printed and distributed. The motion was seconded and passed.RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;Nine resolutions were received by Grand Lodge prior to the submission deadlineand forwarded to the Resolutions Committee. One of the resolutions, dealing withfloor work, was withdrawn after consultation with the Worshipful Master of thesubmitting Lodge.Resolutions 1-2006, 2-2006 and 3-2006 are the usual code requirements and dealwith annual budget, per Capita tax, and place of the annual communication for theyear 2008. Resolution 2-2006 requests a per capita tax of $31.00. Resolution 3 setsMadison as the site for the Annual Communication of 2008. Each requires a majorityvote.Resolution 4-2006 submitted by the Grand Secretary seeks to modify GrandLodge Standing committees by eliminating the Committee on Research.Resolution Number 5-2006, submitted by the Code Revision Committee, providesa method by which a lodge may seek to withdraw charges before trial, and sets atimetable to assure prompt response to the Lodge.Resolution 6-2006 repeals Sec 64.06 (first paragraph) and modifies 64.06(a) of theCode authorizing lodges to serve alcoholic beverages on Lodge property and in Lodgefor Table Lodges and festival communications Section (b), adopted in 2004, isdeleted, and replaced with a ban on lodges or temple associations from holding alicense to sell alcoholic beverages with the intent of operating a tavern.. A newparagraph (c) requires a dispensation from the Grand Master for lodges to meet inan establishment, which sells alcoholic beverages.Resolutions 4, 5 and 6 require an 80% vote for passage.Resolution 7-2006 deals with language used by the Senior Deacon in the EAdegree, adding “symbolically” to the words. This affects the pure work, and must belaid over to Grand Lodge 2007, and will require an 80% vote for adoption.Resolution 8-2006 is a request by the Grand Lodge trustees to confirm the sale oftwo parcels of real estate at Dousman to St Mary’s Episcopal Church, including theparcel the Church now leases from Grand Lodge. Majority vote needed.12

Each resolution has been approved as to form by the Resolution Committee andsubmitted to the Executive Committee and Jurisprudence Committee for review.Report accepted.2006 RESOLUTIONSNo. Purpose Proposed By13Respectfully submitted,Jack E. Keyes, ChairmanThomas W. GodfreyJames H. Olson, PGMBruce S Sim, PGMArchie E Simonson01-06 To adopt a budget for fiscal year Expenditures Committee2006-200702-06 To provide for Per Capita Tax Expenditures Committee03-06 To designate place of holding Annual Grand SecretaryCommunication in June, 200804-06 To eliminate RESEARCH as a Grand Secretarystanding committee05-06 To add a new code section to provide Code Revisions Committeefor withdrawal of charges brought bya lodge pursuant to the Masonic Code06-06 To allow for alcohol to be consumed McKinley Lodge No. 307in Masonic lodge buildings07-06 To clarify action of the SD when La Belle Lodge No. 84applying a shp ist08-06 To authorize sale of leased and vacant Grand Lodge Trusteeslands pursuant to Sec. 28.05 (2)JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;In conformity with the duty placed upon the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudencemy Section 29.03 of the Masonic Code of Wisconsin to report to the GrandLodge on the proposed resolutions to be brought before the Annual Communication,as well as all decisions, edicts, opinions, and dispensations of the Grand Master andby-law changes of the constituent lodge, the committee reports as follows:RESOLUTIONSEight Resolutions were received prior to the deadline for submission to thissession of Grand Lodge. (Resolution Number 7-2006 will be laid over to the 2007Grand Lodge.)

RESOLUTION NO. 1-2006, to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007; saidResolution is approved as to form and legality and requires a majority vote.RESOLUTION NO. 2-2006, to provide for Per Capita Tax; said Resolution isapproves as to form and legality and requires a majority vote.RESOLUTION NO. 3-2006, to designate the place of holding Annual Communicationof the Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Wisconsin in June of 2008; said Resolutionis approved as to form and legality and requires a majority vote.RESOLUTION NO. 4-2006, to eliminate RESEARCH as a standing committee;said Resolution is approved as to form and legality and requires a 75% vote.RESOLUTION NO. 5-2006, to add a new Code section to provide for withdrawalof charges brought by a lodge pursuant to the Masonic Code; said Resolution isapproved as to form and legality and requires a 75% vote.RESOLUTION NO. 6-2006, to allow for alcohol to be consumed in Masonic lodgebuildings; said Resolution is approved as to form and legality and requires a 75%vote.RESOLUTION NO. 7-2006, to clarify action of the SD when applying a shp istby adding the word symbolically; said Resolution is approved as to form and legalityand requires an 80% vote.This Resolution will be laid over to the 2007 Annual CommunicationRESOLUTION NO. 8-2006, to authorize sale of leased and vacant landspursuant to Sec. 28.05 to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church for $400,000; said Resolutionis approved as to form and legality and requires a majority vote.DECREESThe Grand Master issued no Decrees this year.CHANGES IN BY-LAWS OF CONSTITUENT LODGESEleven (11) Lodges requested by-laws changes (changes in dues, meeting dates/places/times). The Committee reviewed them in detail for legality and conformitywith the Code.DISPENSATIONS OF THE GRAND MASTERDuring the term of his office, Grand Master Roger Magoon issued One HundredFourteen (114) dispensations#3230 - #3343 (June 12, 2005 – June 2, 2006):Permission to Serve Beer or Wine at a Table Lodge ..................... 66Permission to Change Stated Meeting Location ............................ 9Permission to Change Day and or Time of State Meeting ............ 6Permission to Waive Required Time Periods Between Degrees ... 9Permission to Hold an Annual “Texas Hold ‘em” Tournamentfor Fundraising ............................................................................ 2Permission to Proceed with Degrees for Multiple Candidates ...... 1Permission to Hold a Joint Stated Communication withanother WI Lodge ........................................................................ 114

Permission to Call a Special Meeting or Communication ............. 9Permission to Have a Joint Communication and Fraternalvisits Between Sister Grand Jurisdictions ................................. 3Permission to Hold Joint Installations with Job’s DaughtersBethels .......................................................................................... 1Permission from Elected Lodge Senior Warden to also act asLodge Chaplain ............................................................................ 1Permission for a Lodge to Hold an Installation of Officers on aSunday .......................................................................................... 1Permission for a Past Master of a Lodge to act as Pro-TemMaster For Rest of Term due to Elected Master’s Call toActive Duty .................................................................................. 1Permission to Operate Under a Blanket Dispensation to ServeWine or Beer ................................................................................ 4TOTAL 114The Committee is of the opinion that all the dispensations were properly issuedpursuant to the Masonic Code.EDICTSThe Grand Master Issued one Edict this year, to all Constituent Lodges onFebruary 15, 2006, pertaining specifically to the Man to Mason to Shrine event tobe held March 25th in Madison and April 29, 2006 in Green Bay and Milwaukee:• Granting Dispensation to waive the requirements as stated in Chapter 73.09of the Wisconsin Code, to allow more than one candidate to receive all parts ofthe degrees at the same time, with the use of exemplars as appropriate; and• Granting dispensation to waive the requirements as stated in Chapter 74.01of the Wisconsin Masonic Code, to allow the candidates to demonstrateproficiency as defined and accepted by the Grand Lecturer and the DistrictLecturers and as defined in the White Paper for Masonic Classes, prior to theFellowcraft and Master Mason degree, and• Granting dispensation to waive the requirements as stated in Chapters 22.03and 78.03, to allow Wisconsin residents who have not resided in Wisconsin fora year to petition a lodge for this event. All cases involving the residencerequirement will be handled on an individual basis by the Grand Master andin concurrence with the Grand Secretary; and• Granting dispensation to waive the requirement as stated in Chapters 68.05and 73.02 of the Wisconsin Masonic Code, to allow the lodge to receive a petitionfor the degrees and take action on that petition at a stated or a specialcommunication called for that purpose only; and to allow that the time elementfor receiving and balloting on a petition be reduced to a time period that thelodge feels adequate to receive, interview and ballot upon such petition’ and toallow an adequate period of time between the receiving, balloting and theinitiation of a candidate as the lodge feels appropriate.It is the opinion of the Committee that this Edict was lawfully issued.15

OTHER MATTERSThe Jurisprudence Committee has also given advice to the Grand Master duringthe year.Report accepted.Submitted By: Grand SecretarySection(s) Affected:RESOLUTION NUMBER: 3-2006Vote Required for Adoption: MajorityThomas W. Godfrey, ChairmanJurisprudence CommitteePurpose: Designate the place of holding Annual Communication in June 2008(Note: deletions are indicated by strike through; additions are indicated by underline;omitted text is indicated by ***)RESOLVED, that the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Free andAccepted Masons of Wisconsin for the year 2008 shall be held in the City of Madison,Wisconsin.Resolution AdoptedSubmitted By: Grand SecretaryRESOLUTION NUMBER: 4-2006Section(s) Affected: 29.01 and 29.13 of the Masonic Code of WisconsinVote Required for Adoption: three-fourth (3/4)Purpose: To eliminate RESEARCH as a Standing Committee(Note: deletions are indicated by strike through; additions are indicated by underline;omitted text is indicated by ***)RESOLVED, That Section 29.01 Standing Committees be modified by deletingRESEARCH at subparagraph 11, and renumbering as follows, and that Section29.13 Research be deleted entirely:29.01 Standing Committees. The following shall be the Standing Committeesof the Grand Lodge:1. Masonic Jurisprudence2. Lodge Charters and Consolidations3. Expenditures4. Resolutions5. Foreign Relations6. Masonic Education16

7. Nomination8. Personnel9. Executive10. Temple Plans and Financing11. Research12. 11. Grand Lodge Planning13. 12. Annual Communication14. 13. Appeals and Grievances15. 14. The Committee on Esoteric Work16. 15. Masonic Code17. 16. Strategic Planning Committee18. 17. Youth Group Funding Committee29.13 Research. It shall be the duty of the Research Committee, under thedirection of the Grand Master, to conduct research and statistical surveys andreport to the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master. (Deleted at Grand lodge 2006)Resolution AdoptedREMARKS ON BEHALF OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTSDavid W. Miller, Past Grand Master and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge ofIllinois gave remarks on behalf of the visiting brethren attending from otherjurisdictions.REMARKS ON BEHALF OF PAST GRAND MASTERSPast Grand Master Bruce S. Sim, gave remarks on behalf of all of the Past GrandMasters.GRAND MASTER MAGOON’S REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:The Masonic Code of Wisconsin, Section 22.03 and long established practicesprovide direction that the Grand Master is bound to make a formal report the GrandLodge regarding his activities, decisions, official actions and any recommendationsfor the good of the Craft.First—I would like to thank each and every one of you for your support and forallowing me the opportunity of serving our great Masonic Fraternity as your GrandMaster from June 2005 until June 2006. This has been a marvelous experience andone that I will remember and treasure for the rest of my life. To have the opportunityto be able to represent this great Fraternity and its members has truly been anhonor.As most of you know, because of the ill health of my wife, Marlene, I have had toseek the help of our Grand Lodge Family for their commitment and support. At thistime I would like thank everyone for stepping up to the plate and helping me out.In Appreciation:When Marlene had her stroke in January of 2005, I had a tremendous decisionto make. Should I give up the many years of service I had put in to this wonderful17

Fraternity, or could I continue to captain this ship of Wisconsin Freemasonry asyour Grand Master? I was encouraged to continue by my son, Kurt Magoon, and mybest friend, and your Grand Treasurer, James M. Hays. If it wasn’t for theirconfidence and support, I would not be here today. My son, Kurt assisted meemotionally, and kept my spirits high even in the roughest situations. On 99% of mytravels, Brother and friend Jim Hays was my faithful driver and sounding block. Hewas my “Jeep Driver”, as he would say, as we traveled to many meetings, visitinglodges, and always assisting me in being able to serve the craft. As we traveled wediscussed many ways to maintain and increase the image of Freemasonry. As wewere brainstorming, we, or I should say, he put together my 5-year budget plan forour Trustees, and as one our Trustees mentioned it was the first time they had seena budget stretched out 5 years. Also a special THANKS to his wife, Peggy, for takingcare of my wife, so we could be out serving the craft, whether it was for a night, oreven staying over for a few days. When she couldn’t help, my sister Helen McLellanwould step to the plate and help, and I would like to thank her as well.Grand Lodge Officers:I would like to thank all of the elected and appointed Grand Lodge Officers fortheir support, dedication and commitment in keeping Freemasonry alive in Wisconsin.They were always there to assist and give all of the lodges guidance whenneeded.Grand Lodge Staff:No one could have success in his Masonic career as the Grand Master of Masonsin Wisconsin without the excellent support, and assistance of the capable, anddedicated Grand Lodge Office Staff. Our office staff is beyond question the mostcommitted and dedicated in assisting and giving you the right directions for theoperations of your lodges. Cheryl Geiszler has kept me informed all year with therequests for special dispensations, awards certificates, and anything else that cameacross her desk. Alicia Darr and Jan Gorgen always keep me on my toes and madesure that I was getting my reports to them when needed. And then there is ScottGraske, our office administrator, what can I say; he is the glue that holds everythingtogether in the Grand Lodge office. If I ever needed any help, for anything, he wasable to find the answers very quickly, and I can’t thank him enough. The entire teamcan never be thanked adequately enough for all their work and help over this pastyear.Past Grand Masters:Thank you to the Past Grand Masters for your knowledge and commitment to ourgreat fraternity. It is great to know, if guidance is needed each and every one of thePast Grand Masters will lend a helping hand.Grand Lodge Trustees:The Grand Lodge Trustees have worked diligently and very successfully toimprove our financial investments, maintain our properties and supervise theparticular portions of our organization. The Chairman of the Trustees, MostWorshipful Past Grand Master Bill Day, gave our entire Grand Lodge Officers acomplete report at each and every Full Staff meeting this year. The work they do isso vital and important to the overall success of our business and fraternal success,and I would like to extend my sincere thanks to them.Appleton Lodge #349:I would like to give a special thank you to the members of my home lodge, Appleton18

Lodge #349. What can I say-you are the best! For the great job you did on the openingof the lodge for my installation, to the Testimonial/Table lodge, and to the openingof our Grand Lodge secession. I hope I have brought honor to you by serving in thecapacity of this high office.Grand Master’s Edict:There was one Edict this year, to Constituent Lodges on February 15, 2006,pertaining specifically to the Man to Mason to Shrine event held March 25th inMadison, and April29, 2006 in Green Bay and Milwaukee.Dispensations:During my term of office I issued 114 dispensations, which will be mentioned inthe report from the Jurisprudence Committee later.District Restructuring and Schools of Instruction:12 Districts were created this year from last years 10 Districts. This was done sothe District Deputies could be of better service to the craft. In the past, some of theDistrict Deputies had 30+ Lodges and it was felt that they could not adequatelyserve all of their lodges.The District Lecturers were given the latitude to regulate how and where theywould hold their Schools of Instruction. Most of the Lecturers held their schools thetraditional way, but some took their schools directly to the Lodges. The reports fromthe Lecturers who conducted their schools in this manner, felt this was a good wayto get the young officers more involved.District Chaplains:The District Chaplains, with the assistance of the lodge Chaplains, were chargedwith setting up Clergy nights in their Districts. The main purpose of this was toinform the Clergy of what this great Fraternity is all about, and to erase all of thenegative information seen on the Internet and other sources. This way, if someonefrom their parish, synagogue, congregation, or any other religious group askedabout Freemasonry, they would be able to answer with the proper information. Iattended two separate meeting where the members of the Clergy were involved andboth of them seemed to be well received and very educational. This program will takesome time to get going and be accepted, but the results I am sure will be rewardingto the Lodges.Development Office:To Erica Miller who was taking care of our Development office for the WisconsinMasonic Charities, “Thank You”. She also set up the Grand Masters’ Florida andArizona Tour, and prepared all of the information to be handed out to our snowbirds,including a terrific PowerPoint presentation about all our charities. She preparedeverything for the Grand Masters’ Appeal, which was very successful. The proceedsfrom the appeal are designated for our Board of Service and Assistance. She also puttogether my wife’s appeal, which was for the new aviary in our new Compass PointCatered Living Facility.At this time, I would like to introduce and welcome, William H. Barnes, our newDirector of Development for our Wisconsin Masonic Charities. He comes to us fromthe charities program at the Marshfield Clinic, with good credentials and I wouldlike to wish him great success.19

Veteran’s Hospital Visitations:As a former military man, it was a pleasure for me to be able to visit all four of ourVeteran’s Hospitals. I had the good fortune to visit not only some of the veterans, butalso members of our fraternity in the hospitals. Many thanks to Most WorshipfulPast Grand Master Beacher Daniels for his involvement in finding the spark plugsthat created the Masonic Volunteer Program at each of the hospitals. I had the honorto address the Masonic volunteers from each of the hospitals at their volunteerrecognition banquet. Some of the volunteers have dedicated thousands of hours,giving of their time in helping our veterans, and I commend all of them for givingof their precious time.Boards, Committees, and Foundations:The men and ladies who served on these special boards, committees carried outtheir important duties that directly impact Freemasonry. They were responsible forassignments that required a lot of personal commitment, and I would like to thankthem for efforts.Grand Masters Achievement Award:I extended the Grand Masters Achievement Award last June to cover my term asGrand Master. I have always felt that this award should be presented to the lodgesthat qualify in the Grand Masters year, and not the calendar year. By having bothlast year and this years Masters working together to attain points, I feel creates alodge team effort, rather than an individual award. It is also one of the best planningtools for lodges to use in setting up there calendar year. This year we had 78 lodgesqualify and I believe it is the most we have had since we started the Award.Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation:This year we were fortunate to have Nancy Storrs, the wife of our District Deputy,Pat Storrs, as our new Soccer Foundation Chairperson. She has some great ideas onhow to get more visibility in our communities. The games for 2005 went off great,and 72 young athletes were able to find out about our great fraternity and itscharities. I would like to thank Nancy and her dedicated staff for their continuedefforts and dedication to the Soccer Foundation.Wisconsin Masonic Foundation:In 2005 they awarded 257 scholarships, totaling $220,700 with 148 Lodgesparticipating. A special named fund, called the Wilson & Edna C. Woods ScholarshipFund is being distributed annually to graduating seniors at Beaver Dam HighSchool.Through the Foundation, the Fraternity was presented with the opportunity toname the brand new ACE of Hearts Cardiac Wing by making a contribution of$650,000 from the Diagnostic and Treatment Center Fund.In October 2005, $105,104.00 was give to the Milwaukee School District for thepurchase of 117 Automatic External Defibrillators for high schools, middle schools,and elementary schools in Milwaukee.There were 35 Medical Matching Grants to purchase 42 defibrillators for otherschools and community buildings thought the state of Wisconsin.Three Pillars Wisconsin Masonic Retirement Community:What a year they had down at your Masonic Campus! In July 2005, they20

celebrated the 100th birthday of the Masonic Home with a great picnic, fellowshipfireworks and accordion music.In September I had the privilege to lay the Cornerstone on the NEW CompassPoint Catered Living Facility. In late April, they started to take up residency andon May 13, they had the Grand Opening of the new Facility.For many years, it has been the Grand Masters’ privilege to meet and greet all,or most of the residents on the Campus with an afternoon Tea. I was fortunate to beable to do so on September 16, 2005 and one of the ladies who was a resident at VanBrunt, Susan Crysdale, gave me a beautiful oil painting that I will enjoy for a longtime.The Chairperson of the Home Board, Theda Andres, and President and CEOMark Strautman, are to be commended for their total dedication to the well beingof our residents on our Campus, at Dousman, and our retirement community atMason Woods, on Shawano Lake.Man-To-Mason-To-Shrine:This was a great success! Last fall I had a visit with William Wenszell, thePotentate of Beja Shrine Temple in Green Bay, and he asked if I would be interestedin working with all of the Shrine Temples in Wisconsin in having a one day, MantoMason-to-Shrine class. We agreed that this would be great for the Fraternity andthe Shrine, and we then set April 29, 2006 as the day for the Man-to Mason-to-ShrineProgram in each of the cities where the Shrine Temples are located. Later, Zorchanged their date to March 25, 2006. The events were problem free. It was an honorfor me to confer the Master Mason Degree on the candidates at Zor Shrine inMadison, and at Beja Shrine in Green Bay. All in all it was very successful, and inthe end there were 130 Masons and 110 new Shriners brought into the fraternity.Many thanks to all who were instrumental in putting the teams together for thedegrees and to the behind the scenes brothers and sisters who helped serve themeals at noon. I would like to give a special thank you to Worshipful Junior GrandDeacon, Joseph B. Harker, for coordinating the entire program.Masonic Unity:This year we had the privilege of sharing Masonic Unity with our sisters andbrothers from the Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star, and the DeMolay BoysYouth Group.We had the good fortune to share and work the chicken Bar-B-Q at Dousman inAugust of 2005, with the Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star. We also shared abeautiful dinner and program with them, in conjunction with our Fall Full StaffMeeting.At our Spring Full Staff Meeting, we met in Wisconsin Rapids, so that we couldattend the DeMolay Sweetheart Banquet with the State DeMolay Boys and some ofthe Job’s Daughters.Sharing Masonic Unity with both groups proved to be very inspiring to each of thefour groups; Grand Lodge, Eastern Star, Jobs Daughters, and the DeMolay and itappears we will try to continue them in the future.Relations with Wisconsin Prince Hall Masons:This was the 3rd year we have shared a table lodge with our Prince Hall Masonic21

Brothers. About 200 brothers attended the table lodge from both Grand Lodges, andagain it was a tremendous success. Many thanks to Brother Rodney A. Paulsen,RWDGM from our Grand Lodge, and to Brother Earl M. Thomas, RWSGW of PrinceHall Grand Lodge.Achievements and Ceremonies:Last fall, I had the opportunity to attend a symbolic mortgage burning ceremonyat Fond du Lac Lodge. By being allowed to have Bingo in their dining room they wereable to pay of their loan of $900,000 in 10 years. All of the members of Fond du Lacmade this happen by total dedication and many, many man-hours. Under thedirection of the late John Zeller, they were able to keep focused. It was my greathonor to present to Brother John Zeller, the Masonic Service Award for his devotionto Freemasonry in Fond du Lac for many years. John you will be greatly missed byall!This spring, I had the opportunity to dedicate the new Masonic sign for the DayLight Lodge #358 in West Allis. If you get a chance, stop by, it is something to see.Cornerstone Ceremonies:This past year the Grand Lodge Officers conducted 5 Cornerstone Ceremoniesthroughout the state of Wisconsin. First we conducted a Cornerstone Ceremony atthe Public Library in Washburn, in northern Wisconsin, and then we were at ourDousman Campus at the new Compass Point Catered Living Facility. We alsoconducted a Cornerstone Ceremony in Shawano at a business establishment, andthen in Sturgeon Bay at the new Justice Center for Door County. In February 2006,we preformed a Dedication of a Cornerstone Ceremony at the Aurora Sinai MedicalCenter in Milwaukee at their new ACE of Hearts cardiac wing. Freemasonry waswell represented throughout the state by conducting these ceremonies.State of the Craft:My Brothers, in my travels across this state, I see tremendous enthusiasm anddedication with in the lodges. Most of the Lodges are proud of the fact that they areall doing a tremendous amount of degree work. So far this year, there have been 103Lodges in the state of Wisconsin who have raised Master Masons. There were 9Lodges who raised 10 or more new Master Masons. Congratulations, with commitmentslike this from our lodges, how can we lose! My calculations indicate that weshould have more than 300 new Master Masons this year. That, my brothers, showsme that we are on the increase.In conclusion, my brothers, it has been an honor and a privilege to serve you asthe Most Worship Grand Master of Masons in Wisconsin for 2005-2006, and I wouldlike to take this opportunity to thank All of you for that privilege.I recommend this report be received and printed in these proceedings.Fraternally,Roger L. MagoonMost Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in WisconsinThe Grand Master was given a round of applause and his report was accepted.22

ACTIVITIES & VISITATIONSJune 200515-17 York Rite Session-Green Bay20 Prince Hall Grand Lodge Session-Racine25 Scottish Rite Wisconsin Council of Deliberation-Wisconsin RapidsJuly29-30 Soccer Games-GlendaleAugust6-7 Summer Staff-Pewaukee9 Eagle River 50-year pin-Eagle River10 Crivitz Recognition Day-Crivitz14 Daughters of the Nile Installation-Green Bay23 Waverly Lodge-Appleton27-29 Scottish Rite Supreme Council-Grand Rapids, MISeptember6 Roosevelt Lodge-Green Bay13 Aurora Lodge-Whitefish Bay16 Grand Masters Tea-Dousman17 Cornerstone-Dousman19 Twin Cites Lodge-Neenah21 Ad Hoc-Dousman29 Re-Obligation Night-AppletonOctober6 Shawano Table Lodge-Shawano7 Office-Dousman8 Twin Cities 150th -Neenah11 Crandon Table Lodge-Crandon12 Appleton Lodge-Neenah13 WMBAB-Dousman14 VA Hospital-Madison15 Fond du Lac Mortgage Burning-Fond du Lac16 Annual Communication Meeting-Madison17 Plymouth-Clergy-Plymouth18 Sheboygan Lodge G.W Memorial-Sheboygan22-23 Fall Full Staff-Pewaukee25 Mil-Harmony Mason of the Year-Milwaukee27 Beja Shrine/Mason-Green Bay29 Scottish Rite Reunion-Green Bay30 Shawano Cornerstone-ShawanoNovember1 Waverly-50-year pin-Appleton5 Scottish Rite-Green Bay10 VA Hospital-Tomah12 Beja Fall Ceremonial-Green Bay13 VA Hospital-King19 Ozaukee Lodge Dedication-Port Washington23

December3 Henry S. Baird Installation-Sturgeon Bay4 Christmas Observance-Lake Lodge Milwaukee7 Eau Claire Lodges Installation-Eau Claire9 WMBAB-Dousman12 Winneconne Installation-Winneconne15 Fond dud Lac Installation-Fond du Lac16 Green Bay Installations-Green Bay17 Landmark Installation-Fredrick18 West Bend Installation-West Bend27 Waverly Installation-AppletonJanuary 20065 Manitowoc Installation-Manitowoc7 Beja Shrine Installation-Green Bay10 Prairie View Installation-Ripon11 Appleton Installation-Neenah12 Berlin Installation-Berlin14 Shell Lake Friends/Clergy Program-Shell Lake15 VA Hospital King-King17 Grand Lodge Office20-26 Florida TripFebruary5 Annual Communication-Madison7 Waverly Lodge-Appleton8 Shawano Shrine Club-Shawano9 WMBAB-Dousman10 Aurora Sinai Cornerstone-Milwaukee11-12 Full Staff-Wisconsin Rapids18-22 Grand Masters/Grand Secretaries Conference-Nashville, TN24 Tripoli Circus-Milwaukee25 Zor Friends Program-Camp Douglas26 Don Solberg Testimonial-MadisonMarch1-3 Arizona Trip4 Beja Shrine-Green Bay7 Waverly Lodge-Appleton8 Appleton Lodge-Neenah10 Waterloo 150th-Lake Mills11 Defense of the Ruffians-Wautoma11 Henry S. Baird Lodge-Sturgeon Bay14 Red Cross of Constantine-Green Bay18 Marinette Commandery-Marinette21 Waverly Lodge-Appleton23 Cooksville Diner-Cooksville25 Man-Mason-Shrine Class-Madison26 Daughters of the Nile-Milwaukee27 Eastern Star/Masonic Night-Appleton29 Prince Hall Table Lodge-Milwaukee31 Daughters of the Nile-Madison24

April1 Midwest Conference on Education-Milwaukee1 Voice of the Crucifixion-Green Bay1 Beja Ball-Neenah3 Day Lite Lodge Sign Dedication-West Allis5 Dist 6 School of Instruction-Appleton6-7 Minnesota Annual Communication-St. Louis, MN8 Dist 6 District Meeting-Oshkosh8 Jobs Daughters Ball-Waukesha13 Commandery Installation-Green Bay14-15 River Falls Table Lodge-River Falls17 Phillips Lodge Dinner-Phillips22-25 New Jersey Annual Communication26 MM Degree Appleton Lodge-Neenah29 Man-Mason-Shrine Class-Green Bay30 New York Annual CommunicationMay1-2 New York Annual Communication4 Warren Lodge Cat Fish Dinner-Potosi6-7 Testimonial Full Staff-Appleton11 WMBAB-Dousman12 New Glarus Lodge MM Degrees-New Glarus13 Grand Opening Compass Point-Dousman15 Twin Cites Lodge-Neenah19 McKinley Table Lodge-Brookfield20 Sojourners Dinner-Milwaukee22 Gillett Lodge-Gillett25 West Bend Table Lodge-West BendGRAND LODGE OFFICER REPORTSShort reports were given by Rodney Paulsen, Deputy Grand Master, J.B. VanHollen, Senior Grand Warden and John Wilke, Junior Grand Warden as to theirtravels and visitations during the past Masonic year.Rev. Ray Heilborn, Grand Chaplain;NECROLOGY REPORTTo the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;“Grand Master, honorable guests, and brothers, it is at this time we pause in ourproceedings to reflect for just a few moments in memory of those of our craft who leftour earthly fellowship, since last we gathered, to assume their rightful places in theeternal Grand Lodge presided over by our Great Creator.”We all know that there are no words sufficient to fully express our grief, nor arethere those who will completely fill the void that has left us bereft of so many faithfuland long-time compatriots. There are so many who seem to leave us too soon and oftenso suddenly that we are always unprepared to fully express the deep appreciation wehave all felt for their dedicated service or to adequately make known our deep sorrowfor the loss we feel. We are also sensitively aware of the family and friends our25

departed brothers leave behind to also mourn their passing, and we express ourdeepest sympathy to them and wish to convey our gratitude to them for having sharedtheir loved ones with us, and for their support of them as they utilized their time andtheir talents in service to the craft.”Many of these, our brothers, have served their country in times of war and in peaceand have been active in their community and religious affiliations as well. Duringtheir years of service in the craft of Freemasonry, they have encouraged others to stepforth and begin to fill the places that might be left vacant, and thus we all are ableto continue to move forward because of their examples.”My Brothers, I am convinced that each of us here will bow in humble gratitude andgrateful appreciation for all that these men and their families have given to us in theiryears of service. I am also convinced that we, who remain, inspired by their examples,will pick up the banner of service and move forward to continue the work they haveso faithfully and efficiently begun.”So let us pray: Eternal Architect of the Universe, accept this, our humble tributeof memorial, to those who have served so long and so well. We pray that you willwelcome into the fellowship of the great Eternal Lodge, these our brothers, wholabored well, who have earned their rest and a place in eternal glory. And amen.”Grand Lodge of WisconsinMembers who have diedBetween 06/01/2005 and 05/31/2006Richard H Abernathy (112) William W Akright (45) Joseph C Albrecht (130)Albert Hillmer Alexander (242) Donald A Anderson (164) Douglas A Anderson (236)Erick W Anderson (244) Lyman Frank Anderson (151) Ronald Gene Anderson (190)William Walfred Anderson Jr (248) Irving J Ansfield (261) Kurt C Arndt (307)Harold W Arpke (167) Michael Joseph Ascher (344) Charles W Ashing Jr (103)David Roy Askue (210) William Winfield Austin (60) Charles B Avery (231)Richard Wesley Axelsen (60) Harry Ayers (331) Edward G Bakulin (69)Herman Amerland Balow (45) Isadore S Banks (192) Lewis E Barlow (103)George W Bateman (13) Edward M. Batterman (3) Norman George Bauernfeind (18)Carlton C Becker (206) Owen M Beckman (31) Frank J Beeler (337)Darvin John Belk (350) Stephen Beres (3) Ervin Gottfred Bergman (329)Peter L Bergman, Jr (242) William Dietrich Bergmann (80) Kenneth Francis Betz (347)Charles E Bird (182) David T Blissett (82) Edmund Charles Bloedorn (45)Clarence O Bly (36) Robert W Boettcher Sr. (218) Wilson J Boggiano (255)Gus C Boll (120) John W Bollerud (319) Alton C Bonney Jr (175)Joseph Bosak (18) Warren Brooks Boyce (267) Lawrence J Boyler (37)Jule Harold Braatz (72) John W Bradley (192) Robert Sylvester Bradshaw (367)Earl E Brandau (307) Clyde Robert Breitwieser (356) Billie Rae Brown (350)Ellis S Brown (350) Stephen R. Brown (363) Clifford C Bryden (95)Delbert J Buchmiller (190) Walter Buck (354) Richard E Buettner (331)Hubert William Buhk (11) Delmar Lloyd Burlingame (95) Roy Charles Burritt (80)George C F Burton (267) Merton V Campbell (219) Vernon Wilfred Carlson (300)Robert L. Carlstein (3) Herbert Carow (187) John L Casey (265)Donald J Caswell (325) Peter Stuart Charley (45) Donald E Cheney (112)Robert Benjamin Chilson (42) Don Keith Christianson (322) William J. Cigan (351)Harold R Clark (148) George Cloute (9) Paul Virgil Cloyd (72)Alva A Clumpner (60) Russell E Colwell (325) Frederick William Combs (18)A Richard Conklin (280) Donald James Coons (65) James Henry Cottrell Jr (5)Richard E Cox (368) Richard Arthur Crane (182) Charles W Crowley (55)26

James B Curran (143) George F Dale (34) Ronald Junior Darrin (112)Bernhard Erich Dathe (50) Calvin Orren Davies (119) M D Davis (367)James E Davis II (177) George E De Foe (215) Lavern R Dean (79)Henry G Dechert (307) George M Dejanovich (108) Oliver J Delehanty (2)William J Demetropoulos (301) Gerald B Derosia (170) Neil W Deschneau (367)Ellwood Lorane Diehl (214) Robert J Dixon (12) Claude Laverne Dlask (241)Dean Donald Dobratz (42) Kurt Dorsch (349) Harold Dukerschein (280)Lester H Dundas (108) Robert I Dunn (37) Roger Charles Ross Dunwiddie (31)Robert C Dusenbery (210) Roy Irving Dwyer (21) E Dalton Ebbeson (130)William E Ebersold (224) Lee R Eggen (74) Oscar O. Egger (364)Belford Myron Ellingson (123) James Joseph Ellingson (74) Eldon Ellis (90)Clifford G Emerson (319) Steven F Emerson (34) William H England (267)Ronald Leroy Erfurth (151) Frederick L Ericksen (26) Edward Gerhard Erickson (325)Hermann John Eschen (337) Duane Richard Evenson (347) Stanton Gordon Falk (112)Robert Felch (300) Herbert B Ferber (297) Walter Ferch (358)Roy J Finley (105) Eugene H Fischer (297) John A Fischer (263)Donald Morgen Flaherty (180) Arthur Olaf Flater (291) Frederick W Fornefelt (224)David G Foster (13) Lewis O Fox (322) William Jay Franklin (56)Milton Fredman (34) Franklin O Freinwald (108) Richard F Freund (72)Gottfried A Friedli (108) Frederick C Friedrichsohn (267) Robert H Fromholz (210)David Fromstein (231) George W Frost Jr (45) Kenneth Scott Fry (219)William F Gaedke (34) Robert O Gauger (201) H Bayard Gee (5)Alvin Geiger (310) Lester O Gerlach (350) Ralph G. Gerlach (364)Melvin R Getz (307) Karl G Gierhahn (189) Wayne B Gitchel (130)Jacob Elijah Goeldner (184) Howard J Gould (218) Herbert H Grauman (167)Kenneth Graves Jr. (190) William Dexter Greenwald (176) David Lee Greer (42)Harold Clair Griffith (55) Earl Eugene Grimes (170) William A Grosnick (130)Robert Elmer Gunderson (356) William J Gutterman (190) Leroy F Hagerty (359)John E Hahn Sr (9) Frederick Dean Haker (291) Philip Gordon Hammond (51)Lester L Hanke (242) Elmer M. Hansen (322) Donald I Hanson (42)Robert E Hardin (130) Carl S Harrmann (27) Raymond Harstad (277)Richard Robert Harter (301) Nathan Ward Hartzell (268) George M Harvey (148)Alfred O Hauke (28) Thomas S Hegge (177) Ronald W Helgerson (73)Richard O Hem (60) William Julius Hemenway (81) George J Henrichs Sr (189)Edward Hentz (128) James H Hepner (301) Dewey Le Roy Hill (244)Glenn C Hillery (4) Robert E Hines (229) Carl Hinman (26)Robert Henry Hirte (12) Robert J Hoffman (75) Franz Leonard Holm (73)Robert Charles Holmquist (45) Ralph W Hoppe (175) Hugh Dudley Horswill (55)William J Houtler (350) Gene T Howard (247) George L. Howard (32)John W Howell (215) Donald W. Huffer (265) Victor G Imrie Sr (9)James P Ipsen (367) Kenneth Lee Irving (47) Merrill J Jacobsen (187)Paul Erick Jacobsen (18) E. William Jacobson (5) Richard Phillip James (219)John Walter Jarvis (242) Melvin Jeffery (279) Bernard Lee Jenks (50)Leland Edward Jensen (109) James Stuart Jensen Sr (17) Theodore Lowell Jeranek (47)Emerick A Jeske (175) Harold F Jeske (287) Eldon Richard Jevne (149)Frank W Johnson (244) George William Johnson (180) Joseph L Johnson (234)Robert S Johnson (221) Raleigh H Johnston (226) Donald Leroy Joles (48)Thomas J Justin (337) Otto Karl Kappel (325) Owen Joseph Karlmann (242)Harry Sager Kebbe (190) Irving Elmer Kelly (119) Rollin Kepler (325)Robert Allen Kermgard (367) Jack K Kimber (189) Thomas David Kinas (95)George R Kinsler (242) Tom Kintis (80) Melvin Kirby (300)Robert William Kitz (27) Kenneth F Kline (28) Walter H Kloppmann (218)Harry L Knox (349) William Knudsen (18) Eugene Robert Koch (120)Laverne F Koepl (176) Wesley M Koran (18) James F Kracmer (28)Marshall Krakow (261) Paul Kratzer (17) Gordon H Kraus (51)Louis W Kretlow (331) Louis Kristan (37) Howard C Krueger (331)Norman H Krueger (145) Richard J Krueger (188) Robert C Kuemmerlein (337)27

Bert E Kuhn (189) Roger W Kunkel (130) Donald H G Kuntz (337)Verlin H La May (347) Calvin F Lachman (367) Odonn Lageson (85)Dauno E Lahti (151) Frederic K Lake (68) Leonard H Lambert (21)Thomas M Lambert (345) Arthur E Land (138) Donald W Landgraf (263)Ronald William Lane (359) Fred H Lang (189) Clayton B. Langwell (345)Lyman S Larson (252) Raymond S Larson (356) Stanley Lawrence Laska (263)Robert F Laumer (248) Kenneth Arthur Leedle (44) Wayne Earl Leland (180)Orville Leverton (130) Russell P Lewallen (224) Homer Samuel Libby (356)Emmett Laverne Liddicoat (356) Harold C Lindberg (5) Lawrence Howard Lingnor (138)Galen R Link Sr (347) Louis Melvin Loeser (261) Lyle Vernon Lokken (36)James Franklin Lowman (55) Dean E Luethi (281) Robert E Lund (234)John Paul Mac Rae (287) Donald Louis Madsen (182) Jack Magill (307)Herbert Anselm Magnuson (210) Harley Rohda Mainz (42) James Thomas Malsack (291)Gordon S Malsch (28) Donald John Mande (21) Sam Marcus (261)Dudley J Marfell (130) Richard R Mathes (85) Ottis Mauk (231)George Duncan Mc Callum (26) James Robt Mc Evilly (5) Willard P Mc Koy (18)Elwood B Mc Roberts (347) Donald H Meade (210) Joseph A Mekel (138)George N Melan (55) Morlan A Melby (2) Mitchell Melnik (34)Vernon Thomas Metcalfe (183) John C Metternich (242) Harold A Metzen (5)Ralph “j” Metzner (322) Stanley Allen Mickelson (164) Neil J Mikoliczak (189)Herbert C Miller (301) Robert J Miller (280) Jack F Milward (242)James A Mitchell (247) Clarence W Mitten Jr (224) Robert Charles Mohr (171)Raymond Francis Montgomery (310) Melvin Monroe Moore (10) Charles E Morphew (57)Maldwyn W Morris (315) Duane O Morrow (57) Thomas E. Morrow (362)Norman H Mortensen (26) George Winfield Morton (72) William Shilla Moss (318)Ronald Charles Mottl (265) Edward Paul Mueller (31) Frank Arthur Muenich (176)Thomas John Murphy (21) Robert A Nadler (9) Ernest Holger Nasholm (210)Donavon A Nelson (219) Leonard John Nelson (48) Reid A Nelson (197)T Conrad Nelson (236) Walter Nels Nelson (42) Neelian O Nelson Sr (178)Robert E Ness (94) Martin F Novy (255) Franklin G Nuernberger Sr (337)O Richard Nutter (130) Charles P O’Neil (12) Eldon H Oberlander (175)Robert J Ochiltree (51) Earl George Oelke (45) Wallace H Oleson (3)Walter Bernard Olson (148) John Ott (189) Herbert O Otto (183)James Steve Panos (337) Peter G Pappas (345) Roy Charles Paton Jr (73)Robert A Paulson (329) Alan John Peek (11) Ernest R Perdue (21)Elmer E Perkins (175) August H Peschek (301) Edward Raymond Peterson (112)Milton Carl Peterson (112) Randolph S Peterson (221) William Bruce Peterson (112)Harry E Philo (69) William J V Pitcher (356) Louis Anderson Pomeroy (123)Harold Roy Prausa (51) Kenneth H Preiser (331) Boris C Premschak (132)John Kenton Primm (65) Charles A. Randall (10) John E Rasmusson (112)Neldo D Ray (16) Grant C Rear (347) Fred Recklies (30)George H Redd Jr (337) Jule Lavern Reid (236) Erwin W Reinke (337)William Fredrick Reinke (51) Lohman D Reiter (188) Reuel R Rettig (180)Henry Walter Rickard (9) Kenneth R Rickmeier (11) Morris Rifkin (45)Frank Rizner (350) Orville L. Roberts (55) Howard Eugene Robey (109)Edward Herman Robl (234) Charles V Rogers (219) Alton Role (44)Richard Rosenberger (297) Robert Edward Rosenow (297) Paul E Ross (315)Robert L. Ross (13) Marshall E Rude (351) Harold August Rufenacht (31)Christ Rupp (11) Richard James Salaman (51) Philip H Sander (367)Donald Dale Schaal (2) Ivan Norbert Schaller (138) Ralph W Schmechel (3)Kenneth F Schmidt (130) Charles A Schneider (344) William O Schoenbeck (183)Leo V Scholer (9) Bradford R Schram (337) Alvin P Schreiber (356)James J Schuh (307) Edward A Schulta (175) Arnold E Schultz (330)Roger F Schultz (26) William E Schultz (61) Eric Schulz (128)John Paul Schumaker (55) George Francis Schuning Jr (236) James Dean Schwartzlow (32)Howard K Scott (33) James Robert Seering (79) Norman C Seipp (130)Ole Elling Severude (220) John T Sewell (21) Ralph Daniel Sherman Jr (5)28

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The following individuals are recommended for election to the Wisconsin MasonicJournal Board:Trueman E. Farris, Jr.Ramon C. KlineReport accepted.Respectfully submitted,Rodney A. Paulsen, Deputy Grand Master, ChairmanJ. B. Van Hollen, Senior Grand WardenJohn W. Wilke, Junior Grand WardenCraig S. Campbell, Senior Grand DeaconJoseph B. Harker, Junior Grand DeaconGrand Master Magoon declared the positions of Grand Secretary and GrandTreasurer open for nominations from the floor. Past Grand Master Bruce S. Sim wasnominated for the office of Grand Secretary and James M Hays for the office of GrandTreasurer.BALLOT DECLARED CLOSEDGrand Master Magoon declared the ballot box closed. He asked the tellers to retireand count the ballots.GRAND SECRETARY’S REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:This report is submitted in compliance with Chapter 25 of the Masonic Code ofWisconsin.Tabulated ReportSummary of all lodges2005 RECAPITULATION REPORTPrimary Members at the start of this year: 16,348GainsRaised: 372Reinstated: 61Affiliated: 444Total Gains 877LossesDied: 645Suspended: 276Transferred: 402Resigned: 166Expelled: 0Total Losses 1,48930

Primary Members at the end of this year: 15,736Perpetual Members RecapLiving Primary: 1,954Deceased Primary: 682Living Plural: 105Deceased Plural: 31Memorial Plural: 93Total Perpetual Members: 2,865Primary Members in Special Exempt Lodges 35Total Per Capita Membership 13,747(Primary Members at year end less Living Primary Perpetual Members less ExemptPrimary Members)Per Capita Tax due for 2006 ($26.00/Primary Member) $357,422.00Additional Fees incurred during 2005Master Masons Raised: 372 @ $10.00 $3,720.00Members reinstated: 61 @ $5.00 $305.00Entered Apprentices Initiated: 427 @ $5.00 $2,135.00Total due to the Grand Lodge $363,582.00Grand Master’s Jewel and ApronIn accordance with the provisions of Section 25.05 of the Masonic Code, a PastGrand Master’s Collar and Jewel for our 2006-2007 Grand Master Rodney A.Paulsen and a separate Past Grand Master’s Jewel for our 2005-2006 Grand MasterRoger L. Magoon have been procured.Grand Lodge ProceedingsIn accordance with the provisions of Section 25.06 of the Masonic Code, theJournal of Proceedings of the 161st Annual Communication was prepared by mewith the assistance of the Grand Lodge office and printed by Ripon CommunityPrinters. The proceedings were distributed in February 2006.1 copy to each Area Administrator1 copy to each District Lecturer1 copy to each Constituent Lodge Secretary1 copy in advance to each Grand Lodge officer1 copy in advance to each Past Grand Master1 copy to each Permanent Member1 copy to each Grand Lodge Trustee1 copy to Jurisprudence Committee Chairman1 copy to C.E.O, Wisconsin Masonic Home1 copy to each Scottish Rite Valley1 copy to Order of Eastern Star office1 copy to each Shrine Temple (Beja, Tripoli, Zor)1 copy to York Rite offices1 copy to Prince Hall Grand Lodge1 copy to Masonic Service Association1 copy to George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association1 copy to Milwaukee Public Library1 copy to the Cedar Rapids Masonic Library in Iowa1 copy to State Historical Society31

A copy of our proceedings was placed on the Grand Lodge of WI web site. Icontacted all Sister Jurisdictions in the U.S and Canada by email to let them knowthat should they desire a copy of our proceeding they could visit our web site anddownload a copy.Fifty Year CertificatesAs of April 30, 2006, two hundred thirty-nine 50 year certificates were preparedby the Grand Secretary’s staff for presentation to deserving Brethren. Thesecertificates were signed by Grand Master Roger L Magoon and the Grand Secretary.The names of all recipients will be printed in the Proceedings.Unfinished business and Proposed LegislationOn April 14, 2006 a complete account of all unfinished business and a copy of allproposed legislation, including the Grand Lodge budget for the 2006-2007 fiscalyear, was sent to each constituent lodge Secretary, for the Master and Wardens,complying with the terms of Section 25.07 and 29.05(c) of the Masonic Code.Financial ReportsThe accounting firm of Clifton, Gunderson & Co. will conduct the annual audit ofthe financial affairs of the Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Wisconsin, the WisconsinMasonic Journal, the Wisconsin Masonic Foundations, for the fiscal year endingApril 30, 2006. These reports will be printed in the Proceedings.Emergent CommunicationsThere were four emergent communications reported as of April 30, 2006 and theywere as follows: a cornerstone ceremony at Washburn Public Library in Washburn,WI on July 29, 2005, a cornerstone ceremony at the Zimmerman Business Buildingin Shawano, WI on October 30, 2005, a consecration ceremony at Henry S. BairdLodge No. 174 in Sturgeon Bay, WI on December 3, 2005, and a cornerstonerededication ceremony at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI onFebruary 10, 2006.Lodge ConsolidationsAs of April 30, 2006, three lodges have consolidated as follows: Osseo-Fairchild-Augusta Lodge No. 213 and Mondovi Lodge No. 252 on June 21, 2005to be calledBuffalo River Lodge No. 252, Verona Lodge No. 294 and Madison Lodge No. 5 onAugust 31, 2005 to be called Madison Lodge No. 5, and Kewaunee Key Lodge No. 174and Henry S. Baird Lodge No. 211 on November 17, 2005 to be called Henry S. BairdLodge No. 174. As of April 30, 2006 there were 190 lodges in Wisconsin.Tax ReportsThe Group 990 Income Tax Report for the 2004 constituent lodge in the year 2004was filed with the Exempt Organization Division of the Internal Revenue Servicecomplying with the authorization given the Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Wisconsinunder regulation 1.6022-2(A) (d) (d) Group Returns. This group return is filed underI.D. No. 23-7145169.Grand Lodge Master Insurance PolicyOur Grand Lodge Master Policy covers property, boiler, employee dishonesty,general liability, non-owned auto liability, fine arts, paraphernalia, and otherenhancements specifically designed to cover our fraternal exposures. These andother coverage’s included in our policy are explained in a brochure distributed to alllodge Secretaries. Additionally, we carry a $10,000,000 umbrella policy, which32

covers all lodges in the master program.Last year we were able to secure a substantial savings from St. Paul/Travelers.Because of the satisfaction with last year’s program and rates I again met with Mr.Charles Johnson of Robertson Ryan to negotiate our renewal pricing well in advanceof the renewal date. I am pleased to report that our negotiations were successful. Forthis upcoming year our rates will remain the same as last year. Additionally, St.Paul/Travelers agreed to use last year’s values. We all know that replacement costsare increasing drastically but we all will have the benefit of the blanket limit of$86,340,278. This will virtually insure that no one lodge can be underinsured at thetime of a serious property claim.Wisconsin Masonic CodeThe Wisconsin Masonic Code is the controlling document with which we governour Craft. The Code is available on our Web site at http://www.wisc-freemasonry.organd is available to download as a Word Document or in PDF form. Since the Codehas been converted to an electronic format one of the key features is the ability todo key word searches. We will continue to work to make this document as friendlyto use as possible.EmailThe Grand Lodge Officers and the Grand Lodge, along with many lodges continueto use this effective tool to communicate and it is becoming one of the most commontools we use today. Our general address is glo@wisc-freemasonry.org. The GrandSecretaries address is grandsecretarywi@charter.net you can visit our web site fora complete listing of all email addresses.We encourage you to use this tool for the majority of your requests or processes.I want to remind each of the members and lodges that there are protocols that shouldstill be followed for communicating within other grand jurisdictions. All correspondenceshould still be sent through the Grand Secretary and I will then forward it onto the respective recipient’s Grand Lodge. As our technology grows, we still have tomaintain certain courtesies that are considered important to many Masons andGrand Jurisdictions.Grand Masonic CenterYour Grand Masonic Center in Dousman continues to serve the Craft well. Inaddition to the Grand Lodge support staff we also house the Grand Chapter O.E.S.,Grand York Rite Bodies of Chapter, Council and Commandery, and the WisconsinMasonic Charities office. Additionally, there are two conference rooms equipped forteleconferencing that are available.The Grand Lodge library is also located in the lower level of the Masonic Center.You are encouraged to stop in and visit anytime.ConclusionWisconsin Freemasonry has a great heritage, and each generation has added tothe building stones, which make up our great fraternity. The symbols of our Craftare becoming more visible to the general public; we are bringing light into a worldthat seems to be struggling with darkness.We are living in difficult days, as Freemasons we must take up the challenge tolive great and standby the ideals, values, and principals that have withstood the test33

of time. It is not given for man to obtain perfection, he can but strive for it, and thatis our calling my Brethren, to strive to be the best we can be, while using our guidingprincipals as our moral compass.It has been a great joy and pleasure to serve you the Freemasons of Wisconsin thispast year. To the Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, Members of the Boards andCommittees, Masters, and Secretaries of the lodges, I express my grateful appreciationfor allowing me to serve you this past year.Report accepted.FIFTY YEAR CERTIFICATESRespectively Submitted,Michael A. DeWolf, P.G.M.Grand SecretaryA. D. Anderson (180) Cyrus Wayne Anderson (51) Deane Maynard Anderson (50)Robert James Anderson (28) Edward A Angell (267) Hamilton Tower Bailey (291)Roger P. Bain (242) Nicolas Balazs (307) Marion Charles Barto (81)Russell Clar Barton (72) Dennis C Beaumont (267) Raymond F Beilke (75)Jack Milton Bell (325) Ross Michael Bennett (33) Frederick William Bertolaet (68)Stanley Elwin Bird (26) John Howeth Birkett (28) David M Boehm (180)Ernest J Borchardt (108) Adolph F Borufka (74) Delbert H Bradt (25)William David Brand (267) N Charles Branson (85) Donald E Brockman (291)Leroy John Bruechert (21) Donald R. Brunn (112) Robert Jack Budlow (291)George H Burgess Jr (337) Franklin Burgon (322) Wallace E Burkee (47)Wilber Grove Cahoon (34) Garmen S Casperson (210) Paul Archer Chapman (31)Sarkis Sam Cherkinian (18) Monak Chobanian (291) William G Church (222)Byron P Clements (45) Albert William Cole (325) Liniel H Cooper (73)Wilbur Norris Craw (26) William Robert Crawford (68) James E Cuttrell (180)David Lloyd Dancey (37) Howard Byrson Davenport (3) Jerry Frank Davidson (322)Leroy Calvin Dettmer (350) Robert W Devenish (143) John Richard Dorsett (3)Alfred Gene Draper (55) Burton Oakley Eberly (337) Henry Dalbert Eglin (10)Randolph David Engler (218) Ronald K Espe (214) Burkett Farquhar (85)Stewart J Fausch (128) Reubin Frank Fehrmann (28) Charles Leon Fine (1)Walton G Frisch (172) Albert L Gallop (221) Ronald Henry Gartman (27)Russell W Gasser (180) Raymond E Gieringer (332) Robert James Gill (25)Sam Gingold (261) Howard William Gray (21) Ross R Gray (161)Donald Robert Green (356) Warren E Grove (128) Harold E Guttenberg (51)Allen T Haga (93) Eugene Hahn (33) Dale Halliburton (265)Daniel L. Hanson (280) Darrell Eldon Haskins (252) Glenn Haslerud Sr (210)Bruce T Haubrich (47) Richard John Hauser (17) William Franklin Hawthorne (31)Arthur William Hilgers (356) Thomas A Hites Jr (337) Peter John Hoffman (74)Harley L Hogstrom (112) John De Witt Holcomb (55) Earl W Hooper (267)Rodney Arlyn Horky (244) Frank Charles Horn (34) Russell Hamilton Hoveland (325)Harry C F Howland (130) Robert F Hulse (28) Francis C Jacobs (180)Alan Rae Jacobson (161) Allen B Jacobson (192) Gordon Charles Jacobson (55)Harold Vernie Jacobson (192) Louis Frederick Janke (31) Richard W Jenks (148)Raymond Jensen (55) Delward Le Roy Jenson (280) Dennis G Jenson (112)George Carl Jevne (351) Dewey R Johnson (231) Ferris Laweir Johnson (28)Ralph C Johnson (242) William Elmer Johnson Jr (180) Thomas E. Jones (74)Wilbur R Jones (356) Robert H Jorgenson (81) Jerome O Just (172)Robert C Kastens (187) Walter M Kelley (112) William W Kersey (337)Robert Walter Kienzle (268) Robert E Kime (63) Verne J Kjell (189)34

Dale Edward Koger (112) Donald L Kowalke (190) Otto C Krause (248)Robert W Krueger (195) Ronald Kuehn (189) George F Kupferschmid (45)David H Kvarnes (56) Melvin R Laird Jr (224) Gilbert C Lamb Jr (265)Frederick E Landmann (172) Curtis W Lang (175) Donald W Lange (3)Jack N Lange (189) Bradley D. Larsen (224) John C Larson (214)Otis E Larson (81) Francis W Leitzinger (25) Kenneth Lee Lindl (267)Carroll Frederick Lohr (172) Thomas Lee Longbotham (280) Joseph Longo (3)Richard James Lukas (247) Robert W Lutz (172) Robert J Madalon (34)Norman A Manis (26) Herman H Manske (175) Frank W Marecek (218)Edwin F Martin (280) Donald D Mattox (172) George Albert Maughan (206)Walter C Mc Cullough (175) Harold E Mc Euen (214) Wayne C Mekkelson (34)A Dean Melin (222) Le Roy Mendell (315) William E Menze (8)Lawrence William Mickelson (176) Gordon C Mohns (31) Robert Sherman Morgan (18)Ronald Edward Morrison Sr (189) Raymond J Moyer Jr (28) Kenneth Robert Naeser (3)Warren Louis Neumann (322) Edward Neve (128) Norman O’Hara (307)Ronald Lee Ohm (337) Raymond Oster (242) Leslie Frank Parchim (189)Allen Joseph Paschen (34) Edward T Peeples (307) Charles W Penn (210)Curtis Owen Peterson (252) George Edward Peterson (176) Foster J Phillips (307)Leo W Phillips (261) Thomas S Pinney Jr (174) Donald L Preisler (300)James Robertson Price Jr (265) Ronald Erling Rear (31) Glenn Dalen Reese (268)Paul Refkin (261) Emil Carl Reichow Jr (27) Thomas Reuter (108)David Lee Rezin (132) Melvin H Rickard (206) William George Ritchie (267)Richard Edward Roberts (18) Walter D. Roberts (18) Raymond Royce Robertson (63)Russell J Rorge (73) Allan Melville Ross (85) Stephen Ruchti (55)Edward Joseph Salentine (350) Donald H Sametz (261) Arnold Harvey Schoville (180)Dale Howard Schumaker (229) William A Seiden (267) Allan Serstad (73)Harold Frank Servia (322) Lloyd Eugene Sheldon (21) Ralph Rexford Sheldon (21)Arthur W Siebers (51) Richard Simon (261) Silas Kephas Sindahl (26)Frank R Smith (120) Steve M. Somodi (267) Thomas W Sonnenberg (325)Harold Arthur Sorensen (18) John Henry Staehle (27) Darrell R Stowell (272)Gerald L Strauch (161) William D Stuart (210) John Raymond Studley (280)Norman C Swanson (74) John W Swartz (34) Gaylord Dennis Swenson (31)Neil Eugene Tatman (47) Paul A Thenstedt (10) Almo Thiel (244)Virgil Duane Thornburg (8) Alexander Thornton (148) Robert P Torkelson (180)Harland Marion Turner (103) Arthur Tuttle (3) Neal William Van Caster (322)Merle F Virchow (63) Gerald R Volz (128) Douglas Carl Von Hoff (27)Charles N Wallens (261) Arthur Gordon Weber (172) Lonnie W. Weber (268)Sol H Weinstein (261) Leroy John Welke (28) Clifford Martin Wesley (81)James L White (247) James Herbert Whiting (231) Gilbert Frederick Witzke (27)Charles B Wolfer (248) Francis C Woodruff (180) James Frederick Wulk (322)Douglas E Zache (242) Raymond E Zieth (47) Stanley F Zvara (307)FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:I. Grand Lodge of Michoacán, Mexico By letter dated December 1, 2005, theGran Logia Michoacán has requested recognition by the Grand Lodge of WisconsinF. & A.M. The commission on Information for Recognition of the Conference of theGrand Masters of Masons in North America has issued its opinion that the GranLogia Michoacán meets the standards for recognition.Accordingly, the Foreign Relations Committee recommends that the GrandLodge F. & A.M. of Wisconsin recognize the Gran Logia Michoacán.II. Grand Lodge of Cyprus By letter dated January 30, 2006, the Grand Lodge35

of Cyprus A.F. & A.M. has requested recognition by the Grand Lodge of WisconsinF. & A.M. The Grand Lodge of Cyprus was established on January 15, 2006.Formerly, the lodges in this grand jurisdiction were under the Grand Lodge ofGreece. The Commission on Information for Recognition of the Conference of GrandMasters of Masons in North America has not yet issued an opinion on the regularityof the Grand Lodge of Cyprus. Accordingly, the Foreign Relations Committeerecommends that recognition of the Grand Lodge of Cyprus be postponed and thatfurther consideration be given at the 2007 meeting of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin.The Foreign Relations Committee moves adoption of this report.Report accepted.Fraternally,Allan E. Iding, PGM, ChairmanBruce A Christianson, PGMMichael A. DeWolf, PGMLawrence L. Myers, PGMGeorge A. Wallinger, PGMStephen D. Willett, PGMMASONIC SERVICE & ASSISTANCE BOARD REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:The Grand Lodge “Charity Fund” was established when the Grand Lodge waschartered in 1843 and was originally administered by the Grand Master. It has nowbeen placed in the hands of the Board of Service and Assistance.Charity is one of our greatest attributes and the Board is concerned with the needsof all of our brethren, their widows and families. We serve as a liaison to provide thetype of assistance that all Masons would like to achieve, but which cannot alwaysbe accomplished by individual efforts.Our thanks go to Grand Master Magoon for choosing the Service and AssistanceFund as the beneficiary of the “Grand Master’s Appeal” this year. Through hisefforts the Service and Assistance Fund has received needed publicity and awareness.Again we have had another successful fund raising year due to the generosityof our brothers and sisters.The two main areas of assistance, which the Board provided, are:1) Individual requests for assistance for Wisconsin masons and their families.2) Masonic Service Association Volunteer Programs at the State VeteransHomes and Hospitals.Requests for assistance were evaluated and acted upon in accordance withChapter 40 of the Masonic Code of Wisconsin. Either the Grand Master or theconstituent lodge of which the applicant is a member refers all requests to the Board.An appeal to the local lodge is to be the first step in the process of a person seekingassistance. Demonstrated support to an applicant, by the lodge, helps the Board in36

its deliberations as the local lodge is in a better position to know all of the relativecircumstances. The second step is the submission of the completed application formto the Board of Service and Assistance for their review. A member, on behalf of abrother in need, can also initiate the process by following the same procedure.The Board of Service and Assistance is pleased to have completed another yearof service to the Craft, the State Veterans Homes and Hospitals and needyWisconsin Masons and their families.We should all thank the MSA Field Agents who spend countless hours tending toour Veterans: PGM Beecher Daniels, MSA Coordinator, Charles Wallens (Milwaukee),LaVerne Storkson (Middleton), Tom Dowman (King) and Steven Hanson(Tomah).I would like to thank all the Board members who have served this past year forall their time and dedication: Lowell Larson, PGM Larry Myers, DD # 7 Dan Slavik,JGD Joe Harker, PGM Michael DeWolf, and our newest member, Jonathan Bascue.I would also like to recognize the hard work of the Grand Lodge office under theadministration of Scott Graske and with the special assistance of Erika Miller,Development Coordinator, for their help and behind-the-scenes work this past year.We are here to serve the Craft and hope we have succeeded in doing so.Report accepted.Fraternally Submitted,David C West, PresidentWISCONSIN MASONIC BENEVOLENT ACTIVITIESBOARD REPORTTo the Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Under Chapter 39 of the Wisconsin Masonic Code, the details of the WisconsinMasonic Benevolent Activities Board (WMBAB) are outlined and specific to whatand how we manage our charitable activities in Wisconsin.Section 39.01 states that the purpose of WMBAB is to oversee and coordinate theMasonic charitable activities in Wisconsin.The members of WMBAB this past year have taken that responsibility veryserious and have done an admirable job. Our charities are growing, not as fast wewould like, but they are growing thanks to the many efforts of the fraternity inWisconsin.Our supported charities include the Wisconsin Masonic Foundation, the WisconsinMasonic Home, our Masonic Service and Assistance, and the Wisconsin MasonicSoccer Foundation. Together we have donated $2.65 Million to our charities.Through those efforts the different charities have reached out with many projectsand activities that reflect what we are all about. Our fraternity should be proud oftheir accomplishments.One of the great accomplishments was the building of our new assisted-living37

facility, Compass Point, which now completes our continuum care campus. With the“Building on a Vision” campaign we were able to get this project off the ground, witha cornerstone and dedication. We thank you for your continued support of our manyMasonic outreach projects and we encourage you to visit our campus to see foryourselves, the beautiful setting and buildings that you support.The Board has met several times this year to manage the opportunities, whichcome before them and have completed their respective duties and responsibilities.We look forward to a new year of charitable giving. Our activities and minutes areon record in the Development Office if you so desire to review them.Another highlight this year was the hiring of a new Director of Development forour fund raising efforts in Wisconsin. The Board, through an extensive hiringprocess, has selected William Barnes, a brother, to head up our Development Office.Erika Miller who has been holding down the fort, since the position became vacantwill assist him. We should all thank Erika for her great work for the interim. Shewill continue to work with Bill and grow in her duties as time goes on.We welcome Bill and his exciting and progressive approach to planned giving.Welcome Bill.Our charitable efforts are reflected in the following report of giving and as you cansee we have continued to fulfill our obligations to the Fraternity.Wisconsin Masonic CharitiesMaster GiftsFrom 5/1/2005 to 4/30/2006Service and AssistanceTotals for Fund: 365 Club $8,669.10Totals for Fund: Grand Master’s Fall Appeal $51,735.26Totals for Fund: Ladies Appeal 2004 $1,000.00Totals for Fund: Service and Assistance General Fund $2,628.00Totals for Charity: Service and Assistance $64,032.36Wisconsin Masonic FoundationTotals for Fund: Foundation Perpetual Scholarship Fund $77,500.00Totals for Fund: Home Endowment $143,195.00Totals for Fund: Masonic Diagnostic Center Fund $46,877.97Totals for Fund: Masonic Foundation General Fund $1,062,054.39Totals for Fund: Masonic Medical - Lodge Matching Fund $91,714.99Totals for Fund: Masonic Medical Fund $9,662.00Totals for Fund: Masonic Youth Fund $770.00Totals for Charity: Wisconsin Masonic Foundation $1,431,774.35Wisconsin Masonic Home, Inc.Totals for Fund: General Fund $186,925.64Totals for Fund: Living Memorial Park $100.00Totals for Fund: Masonic Health Care Center Fund $635.00Totals for Fund: RCAC Capital Campaign $959,291.06Totals for Fund: Riverside Lodge Program Fund $200.00Totals for Fund: Three PILLARS Park Future Fund $10.00Totals for Charity: Wisconsin Masonic Home, Inc. $1,147,161.70Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation, Inc.Totals for Fund: Soccer Foundation Program Fund $3,780.0038

Totals for Fund: Spring Appeal $2,251.00Totals for Charity: Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation, Inc. $6,031.00Totals for all Grand Lodge Charities $2,648,999.41Report accepted.Fraternally submitted on behalf of the entire Board,Bruce S. Sim, PGM, PresidentWISCONSIN MASONIC FOUNDATION BOARD REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;M.W. Grand Master Roger L. Magoon, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, Rodney A.Paulsen, Grand Lodge elected and appointed officers, honored Past Grand Masters,distinguished guests, lodge representatives, brother Masons all, we thank you forthis opportunity to present a report of your Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Boardfor the fiscal year ending, April 30, 2006.It is encouraging to note that the total assets, for which we have investment andfiduciary responsibility were valued at $23,429,460.04 as of April 30, 2006. Thiscompares to $21,264,474.87 reported to you last year for the period then ending onApril 30, 2005.A total of $1,450,095.64 was received as contributions to your Foundation duringthe 05-06 fiscal year. Of this amount, $996,662.09 was the total gift received fromthe Wilson C. and Edna P. Woods Trust to fund annual scholarships in the BeaverDam High Schools, as was anticipated in last year’s report. Forty thousand dollars($40,000.00) in scholarships will be awarded to Beaver Dam graduates this month.We would encourage others to emulate this concept of giving in their Masoniccommunity. Your Foundation stands ready to assume the investment responsibilityfor you.The remaining contribution total of $453,433.55 includes donations to theGeneral Fund, Perpetual Scholarship Fund, Home Endowment Fund, MasonicDiagnostic Fund (Aurora-Sinai), Medical Fund, Youth Fund, Service and AssistanceFund and the Three Pillars Employee Scholarship Fund. All of these amountsare given prior to receiving the final report of our Auditors, which is expected toconfirm them.During the past year, in partnership with many of our Symbolic Lodges, a totalof $132,750.00 ($66,375.00 match) was given out in matching scholarships. We alsonote that many Wisconsin Lodges make individual scholarship awards beyondthese numbers from their own separate funds. We continue to ask for those numbersso that we may report the total charitable impact of the Masonic community to thestate of Wisconsin’s educational community. Please respond to that request.Wisconsin lodges also contributed $116,178.26 to the Medical Fund, to which wasadded $106,729.46 from the Foundation for a total contribution in Medical Fundgrants of $222,907.72. Significant in these grants, was the gift of 132 Project AdamAED units of which 117 went to the Milwaukee Public School system, with veryfavorable press coverage for our fraternity last fall.39

As noted, most of the Foundation funds are restricted at this point, such as theHome Endowment Fund, which generated a contribution of $783,782.00 to ourMasonic Home Operating Fund during this past fiscal year.The assets of your Wisconsin Masonic Foundation continue to be invested in bothequity and fixed investment instruments with a ratio of 65% equity to 35% fixed. Weare guided in our conservative investment policy by the Alpha Investment ConsultingGroup, with whom we continue to be satisfied. Our objectives are long-term andhistorically correct, which this year’s results are expected to confirm.Our relationship with Aurora-Sinai Hospital, home of the Masonic DiagnosticCenter, is being reviewed and updated to help us all understand the past, presentand future relationship of the Wisconsin Masonic Community to that program. Theoriginal Masonic cornerstone was re-laid by Grand Master Magoon this pastFebruary and now resides in the new ACE (acute care for the elderly) section of thehospital. We look forward to giving you a final report on this activity next year.The present and future needs represented by Wisconsin Masonic charity will notbe satisfied by the market’s return on investments. As mentioned last year, ourfunds are a finite resource in need of growth from contributions as well as frominvestment income. The Foundation is not a source where any and all monies canbe sent with the expectation that the amount will be doubled for contribution to acause. The Foundation must live within a budget and rely on continuing gifts fromlarge and small donors to fund our potentially expanding Masonic labors. Ourcharities must have the support of every Mason and friend associated with thisGrand Lodge.At this point we must acknowledge the encouraging decision of the WMBABBoard to retain Brother William H. Barnes, II as our new Development Director. Inthe short time that he has been with us, he has brought new life and enthusiasm toyour Development office. Working with Erika Miller, we have great expectations ofwhat the future will bring to their work and assets of your Wisconsin MasonicFoundation. Permit me to present Brother Barnes to you at this time to add hiscomments to this report.Report accepted.Sincerely and fraternally submitted,Norman L. Christensen, PresidentScott Graske, TreasurerBruce A. Christianson, PGMJames H. Olson, PGMGary R. BeierJ. Michael KoscinskiJ. B. Van Hollen,John W. Wilke40

TELLERS’ REPORTGrand Secretary Michael A DeWolf reported that the brethren have elected thefollowing:M.W. Grand Master, Rodney A. PaulsenR.W. Deputy Grand Master, J. B. Van HollenR.W. Senior Grand Warden, , John W. WilkeR.W. Junior Grand Warden, Craig S. CampbellR.W. Grand Treasurer, Richard A. Vande SandeR.W. Grand Secretary, Michael A. DeWolf, P.G.M.Grand Trustee, Allan E. Iding, P.G.M. – 5-year termMasonic Journal Board, Trueman E. Farris – 3-year termMasonic Journal Board, Ray C. Kline – 3-year termBenevolent Activities Board, Guy K. Gooding, – 3-year termBenevolent Activities Board, John J. Luy, – 3-year termBenevolent Activities Board, David M. Weis, – 3-year termAll accepted their offices with thanks and pledged to serve to the best of theirability.GRAND LODGE CALLED FROM LABOR TO REFRESHMENTGRAND LODGE CALLED FROM REFRESHMENT TO LABORGRAND TRUSTEES REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Brethren,“Before presenting the Grand Trustee’s annual report, on behalf of the TrusteesI want to recognize with gratitude the cooperation and assistance provided to themfrom the Grand Lodge office staff during the year as we asked many questions aboutthe investments, the audit reports, the various properties, their histories and theircost of operation. Their knowledge of the Grand Lodges finances and properties aswell as the membership records has been invaluable. They are our institutionalmemory as Trustees serve for five years only. PGM Carl Wussow was requested toserve in a non voting capacity this last year after serving as a Trustee for five yearsHis good counsel will be missed. PGM Steve Willett completes his five year termwith this Annual Communication. He is not present as he is recovering fromsurgery. However we hope he will also serve this next year as a non voting counselto the Trustees.”This is the report of your Grand Trustees for the fiscal year ending 30 April 2006.During this last year your trustees have met 9 times with many meetings of the subcommittees.The trustees set up three sub-committees to study the various issuesthey are charged to manage. These sub-committees are 1. Investment Policy andMonitoring, 2. Property Management, and 3. Fund Raising.”The investment policy used by the trustees remains at 70% in equities and 30%in fixed income. This policy is reviewed on a minimum of once a year. We continueto retain Alpha Consulting as our advisors and have been pleased with their service.54

Last fall on the advice of Alpha we withdrew all large cap funds from Clipper Fundsand transferred them to two Vanguard Index funds pending the selection of a newmanager. After careful study we selected American Beacon and LSV Value EquityFund as two new managers. The Vanguard index funds were closed in April this yearand those funds transferred to the new accounts. We also continue to use NorthernCapital for large caps, so now have three large cap fund managers each with adifferent investment model. Chart 1 shows the distribution by Fund Manager ofGrand Lodge investments in the stock market as of 4-30-2006. These co-mingledinvestment funds on 4-30-2005 were valued at $8,355,971 and had a value of$9,296,812 as of 4-30-2006 after the transfer of $255,010 for operating expenses ofthe Grand Lodge. The co-mingled funds gained $1,195,852 during the fiscal year fora return on investment of 14.08 %. The Grand Lodge accounting system for thesefunds is based on current market value.”We have charted the market value history of the Grand Lodge Investment FundAllocations for the last twenty years which is identified in this report as Chart 2.”The Grand Lodge investments are managed as co-mingled funds, although theycurrently contain 6 different accounts. The general operating fund provides thefunds needed each year to balance the Grand Lodge operating budget per Chapter31.05 of the code. This fund started our fiscal year with $4,088,874. The trusteesused $373,216 during the year from this fund to balance the budget. $327,285 camefrom interest and dividends with $45,931 from realized gains. This fund balance asof 30 April 2006 is estimated will be $ 4,579,111. The Perpetual Membership fundhad $ 1,409,673 at the start of the fiscal year and paid out $62,950.67 to the lodgesand $34,856.04 to the Grand lodge for a total of $97,806.71. The fund balance as of30 April 2006 is estimated will be $ 1,348,655. The PMP plan now has 1,954 livingmembers and 775 deceased or memorial members. Chapter 94.28 of the MasonicCode defines the terms for making any distributions of excess funds in the PMPaccounts. The last distribution was made in the year 2000. The losses in the stockmarket due to the events of 9-11-2001 have not been made up in this account as ofthis time. Therefore no distribution of excess funds will be recommended to theGrand Lodge for this year.”The Board of Masonic Service and Assistance Fund had $1,939,431 to start thefiscal year and disbursed $ 63,421 during the year. The fund balance as of 30 April2006 is estimated will be $ 2,171,960. The Van Brunt fund started the fiscal yearwith $691,177 and paid out $ 17,757 to the Wisconsin Masonic Home during theyear. This fund balance as of 30 April 2006 was $703,834. The Youth fund startedthe fiscal year with $443,568 and paid out $ 16,000 during the year. The fundbalance as of 30 April 2006 is estimated will be $496,767. The Lodge closing fundstarted the fiscal year at $87,461, paid out $ -0- and had $ 87,461 as of 30 April 2006.”The trustees have been studying the accounting reports of the Grand Lodge inparticular as to how they report the investment accounts. We believe there is a needto have visibility of each of the various fund balances on a monthly basis. We alsobelieve the different Grand Lodge Boards and Committees that administer thesedifferent funds need to have a report of the funds and expenses for which they areresponsible on a monthly basis to manage their budgets. This issue has beendiscussed with the Grand Treasurer and he concurs. Therefore we have authorizedthe purchase of new accounting software and a new computer at a cost of $2100 forfund based accounting reports. This system is now being installed and debugged.55

The first reports in this new format will be available no later than August of 2006.”For over 10 years the trustees have reported on their concerns about depletion ofthe Grand Lodge investment assets in the General Operating fund in order tobalance the Grand Lodge Budget. As part of our studies this last year we haveanalyzed the sources of revenue to support the Grand Lodge budget over the last 20years. Between 1991 and 2005 the smallest percentage provided from the trusteeaccounts was 39.3% and the largest was 64%. Over the last five years with a downmarket the average support provided from the General Operating fund has been$472,874. Chart 3 shows this data. The trustees have prepared a pro forma through2011 to understand the implications of various rates of return from the investmentsin the General operating fund. This data is in chart 4 and shows the risks inforecasting future revenue for support of the Grand Lodge budget. The trustees haverecommended to the expenditures committee they plan on an average of no morethan $300,000 in revenue from the general operating fund investments over each ofthe next five years to minimize the need to use realized gains to balance the budget.This will grow the corpus of the General Operating fund from the realized gains. Thetrustees have also charted the membership trends over the last 20 years both fortotal membership and for participation in the PMP program. This data is shown incharts 5 and 6. All this data has several implications as reviewed by the trustees.To maintain the same percentage of revenue from per capita to support the budgetwith a declining membership trend, the per capita would need to be raised. Althoughthe budget has been reduced significantly in recent years, if it stays at current levelsthe revenue from other sources also needs to increase. The only other sources arerents, leases, mortgages, fees, gifts, transfers from the trustee investment accounts,or sale of Grand Lodge property, with the biggest source being transfers from theGeneral operating fund.”We as the craft have historically given generously to our benevolent activities andneed to continue to do so. Over the last decade however, bequests and or gifts to theGrand Lodge general operating fund have dropped to almost zero. We need todevelop strategies to increase the size of the general operating fund to a level whichcan be managed to produce the funds needed to balance the Grand Lodge budget. Ifthat fund held investment assets in excess of $6,500,000 it would on average produce$500,000 a year to support the Grand Lodge budget with minimum depletion of thefunds assets. The Grand Lodge Trustees recommend the Executive Committee withthe Expenditures Committee develop the financial goals and plans needed tomanage and fund the Grand Lodge activities by planning for the future withforecasts of expenditures and revenues for five years to be revised each year asevents warrant.”Although the financial benefits to the Grand Lodge was not the prime motivatorin negotiating with St Mary’s church on the sale of the land to be discussed whenresolution 8-2006 is presented, it will help in increasing the investment funds in thegeneral operating fund.”The Property Management Sub-Committee efforts during the last year consistedof the following.”The Draft Plan for development of the Dousman Campus has been completed.This 14 page document is available for those interested in the details by contactingthe Grand Lodge office. The key elements of the plan are:56

1. The future use of Van Brunt Hall and the Bark River Apartments.The Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Masonic Home transferred the residentsof Van Brunt Hall and the Bark River apartments to the new Compass PointCatered Living facility in March of 2006. That Board is now involved in studies forthe future use of Van Brunt and the Bark River apartments. When these studieshave been completed they will make a decision regarding the future use of thesebuildings. Pending that decision the trustees have informed that Board of Directorsthey will not be considered in default of the terms of the lease from the Grand Lodgewhile the buildings are vacant pending their decision. When their decision is madethe Trustees will decide what action to take regarding any change in the terms ofthe lease. The trustees expect this process to be completed before the AnnualCommunication of 2007.2. The Village of Dousman long range land use plan as it impacts Grand Lodgeproperty.The Village of Dousman has completed and published a Land Use Plan whichimpacts any plans of this Grand Lodge with respect to future use of what iscommonly referred to as the “ Farm Land” This parcel of land is approximately 170acres in size and is shown on chart 7. Your trustees participated in public hearingson this plan and as a result the Village of Dousman Planning Commission modifiedits original plan. The Village Plan indicates this land will be developed as acombination of residential and business park. Although there have not been anyappraisals of this land for the intended uses it is clear that as the area aroundDousman continues to develop this land should appreciate in value. It is also clearthat some time in the future the Trustees will need to decide when that value haspeaked and address the potential sale or development of this land.3. The negotiations by the trustees with St Mary’s Episcopal Church to buy nineacres of Grand Lodge land for the purpose of building a new church.During the last year the Trustees were approached by the members of St Mary’sEpiscopal Church of Dousman regarding the sale of approximately nine acres ofland shown on chart 7. Although it has been the policy of the Trustees for many yearsto not sell any of the land owned by the Grand Lodge, after careful consideration ofthe possible best use by the Grand Lodge of this land, we entered into negotiationswith the church for the sale of this land. After appraisal of the land we have agreedto sell this parcel to the church for the sum of $400,000 pending approval of thisGrand Lodge. We recommend the approval of resolution number 8-2006 whichaddresses this issue and will present the reasons for that recommendation at thattime. If the resolution is approved the proceeds from the sale will be deposited in theGeneral Operating Investment Fund.”“A business plan pro forma was completed for the Duplex the Grand Lodge rentson the Dousman Campus. This plan includes a three-year improvement schedule forthe property. The first phase of that plan will replace all 42 windows in the building.The building is approximately 40 years old and the window frames have rotted out.After competitive bidding these windows will be replaced in June at a cost of$19,000. This cost will come from the rental income of $1850 per month. Thebusiness plan establishes a maintenance reserve of $10,000 by 2011.”The operation of the New London apartment complex continues to be a challenge57

primarily in finding new renters. We have 3 vacancies at the present time.Advertising by several means has not produced significant results. We also continueto search for a use of the basement that can serve as an additional revenue sourcefrom the building.”“The fund raising sub-committee is studying alternatives for fund raising for thegeneral operating fund. The brethren leaving gifts in their estates have beendesignating them almost exclusively to our benevolent activities whereas in the pastthey also left gifts to the Grand Lodge operating fund. Therefore this Grand Lodgeneeds to explore alternatives to raise funds for the general operating fund and thissub-committee welcomes any suggestions which will help increase the corpus of thegeneral operating fund.”Most Worshipful Grand Master on behalf of the Grand Lodge Trustees I move thisreport with its charts be accepted and spread upon the record.Report accepted.William E. Day, PGM ChairmanStephen D. Willett, PGMBlair D. DixonBruce S. Sim, PGMJames H Olson, PGMCarl J. Wussow, PGM58

GRAND TREASURER’S REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Complying with Sections 24.02 and 34.02 of the Wisconsin Masonic Code, Lawsof the Grand Lodge, it is a privilege to submit the Grand Treasurer’s Annual Report.As of April 14, 2006, all lodges except Marinette No. 182, Pewaukee No. 246, andMilwaukee Harmony No. 261 have submitted their Annual Financial Reports.Further, Pewaukee No. 246 and Milwaukee Harmony No. 261 have not paid theirper capita tax. All lodges involved have been sent written notice that they aredelinquent.There are currently 2875 Perpetual Membership Plan participants of whom 2059are living and active. The total PMP per capita funds received was $34,134. Severalbrothers who are on the deferred payment plan are delinquent and have beennotified and appraised of the obligation. Their home lodges will not receive thecorresponding dues until they are current on their payments.The auditors’ report will verify all receipts and disbursements and give anaccounting of the existing condition of the several funds of the Grand Lodge as ofApril 30. 2006, complying with the terms of Section 24.02 and 34.02 and are notduplicated here. The audit report, in all its’ detail, is on file in the Grand Lodge officefor review by any member of the Craft. Also, the report will be printed in the officialproceedings of this Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge Free and AcceptedMasons of Wisconsin.The Grand Lodge Budget adopted for the fiscal year 2005-2006 anticipatedrevenues/expenses of $832,600. The ten months - actual plus two months - estimatedexpenses are projected to be $721,363. This is approximately $111,237 underbudget. The primary reasons for being under budget are the fiscal restraintexercised by the Grand Lodge officers, District Teams and Committees. All GrandLodge officers, Committees and District Teams are to be congratulated for theirefforts.We have come a long way since my predecessor, Mike Walter, first sounded thealarm in 2001. Our operating budget has been reduced from $1,276,360 for the fiscalyear 2001-2002 to a proposed budget of $784,953 for the fiscal year 2006-2007. Thisis a reduction of over $550,000 per year and was in response to the concernsexpressed by our Trustees due to the erosion of our investment funds over the years.As you may or may not know, we have basically two sources of income for theoperating budget -Investment Income Allocation and Per Capita. The InvestmentIncome Allocation has been reduced from over $800,000 per year in 2001 to aproposed $288,885 for fiscal year 2006-2007. These funds are used to cover theshortfall in revenue from the Per Capita received.Per Capita is always a controversial subject. Per Capita is defined as sharingequally among members. If we did not have the Investment Income Allocation to fallback on, the “equal share” or per capita would be slightly over $50.00 per year forfiscal year 2006-2007. Unfortunately, we have always been reactive rather thanproactive when it comes to raising the per capita even as we lose membership. From1996 through 2001 the per capita was $16.00. During that same time period we lost74

3,696 members or $59,136 in income. In 2002, the per capita was raised to $26.00per year. From 2001 through 2005 we lost 2,821 members or the equivalent of$73,346 in income. These losses in income have been balanced by a reduction inexpenses and an increase in investment income allocation.We have put together a five-year plan covering membership and proposedbudgets. The Trustees have provided their expectations as to what the InvestmentIncome Allocation will be without reducing the principal or corpus of our investments.The Per Capita increased proposed by the Expenditures Committee willallow us the financial wherewithal to aggressively counter our declining membershipand to meet the goal of $300,000 or less from Investment Income that theTrustees have given us.In compliance with Section 24.01 of the Wisconsin Masonic Code, I have madearrangements to personally sign all mileage and per diem checks for representativesattending the 2006 Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Free andAccepted Masons of Wisconsin. Arrangements for distribution of the checks onSaturday, June 3, have been made in conformity with Section 30.06 of the WisconsinMasonic Code.Thank you brethren for the privilege and pleasure of serving as your GrandTreasurer this past year. It truly has been a learning experience for me. A specialthank you to William Day, PGM and to the staff at the Grand Lodge office. Theirpatience and very able assistance in answering my many questions is greatlyappreciated. And finally, a special thank you to our Grand Master Roger L. Magoonfor expressing confidence in me and allowing me to serve our Fraternity as a partof his team. It has been a good year and I am very honored to have been a part of it.Report accepted.Fraternally submitted,James M. HaysGrand TreasurerGrand Treasurer James Hays proceeded with a Power Point presentation onGrand Lodge Accounting 101, which showed the accounting practices of the GrandLodge. This showed our accounting system is based on a for-profit basis. Hisrecommendation is to change to a non-profit fund accounting basis. The trusteeshave agreed and have approved the funds for a software program to implement thischange in the accounting system.His slides went on to show the increase and decrease in membership and theamount of per capita collected, which is declining because of the increase in the lossof members. He explained the budget process followed by the Expenditures Committee.The categories were broken down and the accounts that had cost savingreductions applied were detailed.Brother Hays showed how just a $5 increase in per capita tax would help balancethe budget. There is a five-year plan that needs some tweaking, but it needs to bedone. He feels that the membership has not been good stewards of the Grand Lodgefunds. This needs to be changed and become a way of life. A look at the whole pictureis a must.75

EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:In compliance with Section 29.05 of the Wisconsin Masonic Code, we are pleasedto submit the Expenditures Committee report and the proposed budget for the fiscalyear 2006-2007.On April 13,2006, copies of the proposed budgets for the Grand Lodge of Free andAccepted Masons of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Masonic Journal, and the Farm weremailed to each constituent Lodge and to the officers and permanent members of theGrand Lodge. Resolution No. 01-2006 addresses the adoption of these budgets.The Expenditures Committee met on several occasions during the 2005-2006fiscal year to review the anticipated expenses and resource requirements for thefiscal year 2006-2007. To this end, each line item of each budget was reviewed,discussed, and analyzed in light of anticipated proposed programs, projects, andservice to the craft. On April 12, 2006, the final budget and per capita recommendationswere reviewed and approved.The proposed budget of $784,953 for fiscal year 2006-2007 reflects a 5.7%decrease from the budget for fiscal year 2005-2006.The proposed salary and benefit increases for our Grand Lodge employees reflecta modest cost of living increase. All Grand Lodge employees will be contributing totheir health care cost. There are no Grand Lodge officers receiving a salary from theGrand Lodge.As noted in the proposed budget, all other expenses have been reduced with theexception of the Grand Lodge Building Expense, which shows a slight increase.The Trustees have recommended that Investment Income Allocation for fiscalyear 2006-2007 not exceed $300,000. In response to this recommendation andconsidering need for services, programs, and activities necessary to support ourlodges and members, the Expenditures Committee recommends an increase in percapita to $31.00 per year, upon each member of record of a chartered lodge onDecember 31, 2006. Resolution 2-2006 has been submitted covering this recommendation.The Expenditures Committee proposes a balanced budget of for the Grand Lodgeand for the Wisconsin Masonic Journal. The proposed budget for the Farm indicatesan excess of revenue over expenses of $24,730.The Expenditures Committee recommends the adoption of the 2006-2007 fiscalyear budgets for the Grand Lodge, the Wisconsin Masonic Journal, and the Farm.Report accepted.76Fraternally submitted,James M. Hays, Grand Treasurer, ChairmanRodney A. Paulsen, Deputy Grand MasterJ. B. Van Hollen, Senior Grand WardenJohn W Wilke, Junior Grand WardenCraig S. Campbell, Senior Grand DeaconMichael A. DeWolf, Grand Secretary, PGM

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RESOLUTION NUMBER: 1-2006Submitted By: Committee on ExpendituresSection(s) Affected: 29.05Vote Required for Adoption: MajorityPurpose: To adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007(Note: deletions are indicated by strike through; additions are indicated by underline;omitted text is indicated by ***)RESOLVED, that the attached budget, which has been mailed to all constituentLodges in accordance with Section 29.05( c ) calling for expenditures of $784,953.00be adopted.Resolution adoptedRESOLUTION NUMBER: 2-2006Submitted By: Committee on ExpendituresSection(s) Affected:Vote Required for Adoption: MajorityPurpose: To provide for Per Capita Tax.(Note: deletions are indicated by strike through; additions are indicated by underline;omitted text is indicated by ***)RESOLVED, that the annual per capita tax upon each member of record of achartered lodge on December 31, 2006, be and hereby is established at the sum ofThirty-one dollars and no cents ($31.00) for the fiscal year 2006-2007.Resolution adoptedPRESENTATIONPast Grand Master Beecher Daniels called on the Masonic Service AssociationRepresentatives to come to the podium and then recognized all veterans in theaudience. He felt privileged to speak on behalf of the Masonic Service Associationand the Masonic volunteers of Wisconsin saying that they appreciate the supportthat the Grand Lodge has provided. He explained that there is an increased need forvolunteers because of the decrease in funds from the government and the increaseof patients due to Afghanistan and Iraqi casualties. Our MSA reps need morevolunteers to work with them at the veteran’s hospitals and he asked all theBrothers to consider volunteering some time.Brother Daniels then introduced Chuck Wallens who spoke about the NationalVeterans Wheelchair Games being held in Milwaukee in 2007. 2000 volunteers willbe needed to assist. There were volunteer forms on the MSA table in the lobby forthose interested. He hoped that the Masons would help.79

Roger Magoon presented the Grand Masters Certificate of Meritorious Service toLaverne E. Storkson, Thomas A. Dowman, Charles N. Wallens, and Steven C.Hanson.Beecher Daniels thanked Grand Master Magoon on behalf of Richard Fletcher,Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association for his support and dedicationto the Veterans of Wisconsin. He then presented him with a plaque and acertificate of appreciation.Grand Master Magoon then presented Beecher Daniels with a DistinguishedService Award from the Masonic Service Association of North America in recognitionand appreciation for his five years of volunteer service from 2001-2006.GRAND LODGE CALLED FROM LABOR TO REFRESHMENTPUBLIC INSTALLATION OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERSThe open installation of the Grand Lodge officers for 2006-2007 was held in theAuditorium of the Madison Masonic Center in Madison and was attended byrepresentatives and guests.Installing Grand Officers were:M.W. Richard E. Black, P.G.M. ................................................... 1999M.W. Allan E. Iding, P.G.M. ........................................................ 1981M.W. Robert E. Moore, P.G.M. ..................................................... 1989M.W. Kingman D. Loomis, P.G.M. .............................................. 1987Officers installed for the 2006-2007 year were:Rodney A. Paulsen ......................................................... Grand MasterJ.B. Van Hollen .................................................Deputy Grand MasterJohn W. Wilke ................................................... Senior Grand WardenCraig S. Campbell ............................................ Junior Grand WardenRichard A. Vande Sande .......................................... Grand TreasurerMichael A. DeWolf, PGM ........................................... Grand SecretaryRay D. Heilborn ......................................................... Grand ChaplainRonald H. Glaunert. ................................................... Grand LecturerJoseph B. Harker ............................................... Senior Grand DeaconDavey L. White, Jr ............................................ Junior Grand DeaconDennis V. Siewert ............................................ Senior Grand StewardDaniel L. Slavik ............................................... Junior Grand StewardKenneth C. Gorgen ......................................................Grand MarshalJames A. Wetzel ................................................................ Grand TilerL. Arby Humphrey ............ District Deputy Grand Master, District 1William Beetcher .............. District Deputy Grand Master, District 2Frank J. Dennee ............... District Deputy Grand Master, District 3Guy K. Gooding ................. District Deputy Grand Master, District 4Ramon (Ray) C. Kline ....... District Deputy Grand Master, District 5Jeffrey B. Brewer .............. District Deputy Grand Master, District 6Richard M Trailer ............. District Deputy Grand Master, District 7Emmett Reilly ................... District Deputy Grand Master, District 8LeRoy R. Huber ................. District Deputy Grand Master, District 980

J. Patrick Storrs .............. District Deputy Grand Master, District 10James G. Jante ............... District Deputy Grand Master, District 11Donald W. Hensiak ......... District Deputy Grand Master, District 12163rd ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONThe 163rd Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin will be heldin the city of Madison, Wisconsin commencing on the First Friday, being the Firstday of June, 2007 at 8:30 a.m.REPRESENTATIVE BANQUETThe reception and a dinner of beef tenderloin followed the installation of officersand was attended by 365 persons in the Ballroom of the Madison Masonic Centeron the lower level.GRAND LODGE WAS CALLED FROM REFRESHMENTTO LABORThe Saturday morning session began with a short prayer by Grand Chaplain,Rev. Ray Heilborn.Rev. Jan Beaderstadt, KYGCH, OPCGUEST SPEAKER“Good morning brethren. I have a question for you. Anybody here a Green BayPackers fan? Now some of you might be surprised, because I am from Michigan. Whywould a Michigan boy be a Green Bay Packers fan? That’s because I am a ‘Yooper’.I was walking around the town last night here in Madison and I was taking somepictures. I reached into my camera bag and found something written by my 14-yearold daughter who will be Honored Queen next Friday. My girls have grown up inFreemasonry, in fact they have attended more Masonic meetings than most Masons.She wrote down 10 ways to know you’ve been in Masonry too long: (This is a Job’sDaughter perspective) 10. When people know you from your back, 9. When they knowyour name, which is scary from a teenage girl, 8. When they tell stories of you whenyou were a baby, 7. When you say ‘so mote it be’ in church, 6. When you know how topronounce Ad Hoc Signo Vinces, 5. When you vow to never have a salad or green beansagain, 4. When you can spell Masonic, 3. When you spend Saturdays on the go, 2.When the words ‘Eastern Star’ strikes fear in your heart, 1. When you know who wasthe Grand High Priest in 1901.”Well Brothers, today is a great day to be a Mason. You belong to the world’s greatestfraternity. This fraternity stretches around the world. In some places we put emblemson the outside of our towns, proclaiming a Masonic lodge is here. Other places in theworld you don’t dare breathe that you’re a Mason. I have stood in lodges in thosecountries as well. Because of my work as a missionary in the wintertime, I go to Africa,to Bangladesh. There are places that, if it is know that I am a Freemason, it couldmean my life, because we are accused of kinds of things. I had one man in Africaaccuse Masons of running around naked in our meetings and of eating children. Well,first of all, if we ran around naked at our meetings, we might have found the bestfund-raiser for obesity problems. As for eating children, I spent nine days in your81

home, how many were you missing? Masonry has a wonderful opportunity today,thanks to ‘National Treasurer’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’, two novels that openedpeople up to asking questions like who are the Freemasons. ‘National Treasurer’ wassimply fiction. People ask me if there is really a national treasurer and I say, yes thereis. It is called brotherhood. Have you ever noticed that the anti-Masons come up andsay that this is a sign, this is a word, and they’ll quote ritual, as if this is a big secret?These are not the secrets of Masonry. The secret is brotherhood. You cannot fake that.Brotherhood is about who we are, it’s the bond that builds us across the world. It iswhat brought you here today, to be at this Grand Session. Yes, I know that your lodgewas summoned to be there by your Grand Lodge law, but you come because of thebrotherhood, the friends you have, the friends you are about to make. That’s what hasmotivated me to go around the country, teaching Masons about putting new life intolodges.”Now let me tell you a little background before we get into the program. I promisedthe Grand Master no more than half an hour. I will stick to that. You may be requiredto listen faster. When I joined Masonry 29 years ago, I got to be Worshipful Masterin a few years at the age of 26. I transferred to Calumet Lodge in a dying mining townand a dying lodge. I went to my first meeting as a visitor and somebody said “Hey,maybe he wants to be Worshipful Master.” Well, I was interested, so they made meJunior Warden. My transfer papers arrived a month later. Then I was Senior Wardenand I was the last Master of that lodge. For three years I put on one EnteredApprentice Degree and conducted 30 funerals. I did a very good job on the funerals,not one corpse got left out. I was 26 years old so I asked what do I do? These guys were50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 years old. I said what do you want and they all stared at thecarpet. Do you ever have that when you ask the Brothers, what do you want to do, andthey all look at the carpet? If you ask for volunteers, they stare at the carpet. What Idiscovered though was that after 3 years and we merged three lodges into one, I feltlike a failure, because the lodge closed on my watch. Yes, we lost one quarter of themembership. Yes it was a dying area, but in the back of my mind I kept saying tomyself, “there was something I could have done, what was it?” The answers were notwithin the lodge. It turned out that the answers were within the ritual. The answerswere within the fraternity, because 3 years later with the new consolidated lodge, theywere on the verge of closing. We had $200,000 in cash, 330 members and could barelyget a quorum to a meeting. They turned to me and said, “Would you be WorshipfulMaster?” I said yes under one condition, I did it your way for 3 years and it failed,let’s try it my way.”I called up Grand Lodge. You know that little book of committees that Wisconsinmust send out? You all looked at the book and said there’s a piece of worthless paper.Why did they print that? I called those chairmen and said, ‘what can you do for me?’We’re up here in this northern lodge in Houghton, MI calling people living 500 milesaway. First there was silence, nobody had ever done that before. Then they said I gotthis, this, this and this. They were dying to help, but nobody asked for help. I wasbringing people up from Grand Lodge, all the way up, in the wintertime! For thoseof you from very southern Wisconsin, in northern Michigan we get from 300-400inches of snow per winter. You can wake up in the morning and have three feet of snowon your car and the “cherry-pickers” in southern Michigan, that’s what we call themdown below, the trolls below the bridge, got scared because they thought they had awhite car. You don’t drive white cars in the UP because they are mobile snow banksin the winter. They came up and we built the lodge up. We took a lodge on the vergeof closing to number two in the state in the lodge of the year program. We got our name82

plastered in the newspapers, we found ways to build the lodge up, we brought incandidates, we had activities. We built a team among the officers. We had opposition.Our regular communication lasted three hours every meeting because we had a groupof guys who didn’t want any change, but the officers corps said we had better dosomething or this lodge will not exist. Today, fifteen years later, it is still apowerhouse lodge involved in the community, giving out scholarships, doing Masonicactivities. Everywhere I go I say whatever help you need, you let me know andI usually end up being an officer right away. I have gone to Chapter, I am Past GrandHigh Priest of the Royal Arch of Michigan. We’ve rebuilt Chapters, Commanderys,Churches using the very same program. This book downstairs, I have a few copies left,that the program is based on, there is a formula that is so simple anyone could useit. It doesn’t’ matter how old you are. I have a man 82 years old in Iowa who took thisbook and took his Royal Arch Chapter from being the worst in state to number 1 inone year. I talk to women’s groups and I hear this from the women, ‘I am too old todo anything.’ Well, according to the Bible, Sarah was 90 years old when she gave birthfor the first time. Which would you rather do? Rebuild your Star Chapter or givebirth? Now that doesn’t work with the men because Abraham was 100 years old whenIsaac was born. Usually when I ask that question some old guy in the cheap seats upthere says, ‘I’ll give it a try!’”Every jurisdiction has troubled lodges, lodges that are stagnant. A list for a dyinglodge is; problems getting a quorum, lack social activities, been more than two yearssince they had a new member, need ritual to open the lodge, most of the moving officersare past presiding officers, declining membership, average age over 60 years, do morefunerals than initiations, having financial problems. If you have two or more of thoseyou are in the category. The natural part of life of an organization is going to haveit’s peaks and valleys. They can be me viable again though. Every lodge in this roomthat is having problems can be made viable again. They don’t have to die. I ask youthe question this morning brothers, isn’t your lodge worth the effort? Isn’t Masonryworth putting in some time and effort? When you have been called to be a leader, whenyou are put in that chair in the east, I don’t care how you got there, you were put therefor a reason. The Great Architect of the Universe has given you a charge to dosomething for this lodge.”It takes a plan to bring back any dying lodge. Each dying organization is uniquebecause your membership is unique. I hear people say that it would be better if we hadjust one lodge in our town. No, I say, you are better off if you have ten lodges in yourtown because every lodge is different because you are all different. You havesomething in common, but each lodge has a very distinct personality and that issomething to identify and celebrate.”There are usually two of several problems and one is finance. One is lack of fundsthe other is too much money and too much money is worse than not enough. By theway, if you think your lodge is broke, maybe you ought to be asking some questionsif it really is. I have found, and I am sure the Grand Master can tell you that he hasdiscovered that some of these lodges have money squirreled away and only one or twopeople know where it’s at. They feel that if the lodge knew we had this much money,they would spend it. Aren’t they adults too, aren’t they members? That money was putaside for a rainy day. It was to be used wisely, not foolishly, but it is to be used. Thelack of funds is because a lodge has a poor financial base. Most recently, I had theGrand Governor ask me to go into a York Rite college that I was not a member of, totake a dual membership and help them get back on their feet. I got there, I took the83

job of Secretary. They only had about two people come to meetings. We had to jumpstartit somewhere so I took Secretary. I discovered that they hadn’t sent out duesnotices in four years. In fact, we are still paying per capita tax on a couple of dead guy,because nobody has kept tract of where they are. There was no systematic collectionof dues, it was very lackadaisical. Dues have not kept up with inflation. I want to askyou, did anyone here come by horse and buggy? So you all came by vehicle, right. Didyou notice that gas cost more this year than last year? Your heating bill went up,everything has gone up. Our dues must reflect that inflation because we are notimmune from it. It’s unfortunate but our membership understands. There is a wayof handling dues increase that keeps your members. It is called small increments andregular increases with explanation. But you have to raise because we are not livingin the 1950s, Things cost a whole lot more, in fact, if there is no budget, there is nofinancial planning.”The solution is to develop a plan, develop a dues structure, and put together abalanced budget. A balance budget means we have an idea what it is going to cost usfor the year and we live within our means. Too many lodges that I go to have the ideathat looking means making sure that they can meet next month. If you are notplanning ahead for repairs on your building, you are going to hurt. Eventually youare going to have to replace the roof, heating system, plumbing, and carpet. Evenrobes need replacing. We have too many of our lodges that have robes that are 100years old and are literally falling apart because of age and usage. Those things mustbe replaced over time.”The hidden money is more of a problem because the members become lazy, theydon’t want anybody coming into the organization to spend it they are distrustful ofone another or nobody knows it’s there. Let me tell you something else that you shouldbe aware of, if you have not done a complete audit, you better be doing it. I have beenin ministry now for about 16 years. In the Methodist Church I was a Bishop’s troubleshooter.I went into churches in trouble and have dealt with four embezzlingtreasurers in a twelve-year period. In masonry we have had similar problems, in fact,I have run across in one jurisdiction, two Past Grands who were embezzling fromtheir own organizations. One of them, who is in trouble with the law, and of the threesigners for the stocks and bonds, the other two were dead. He was the only signer, sohe cashed them out, $30,000 worth and took off for Mexico to hide from the law. Theywere bonded. They got $5,000 from the bonding company. They are out $25,000 andthey will never get it back because they will never prosecute him. He died of leadpoisoning about a year ago. He got down to Nicaragua and at the wrong end of amachine gun. Another one, she got laid-off from her job and they had lots of moneyin this particular organization and so she simply took a loan. The only way theydiscovered it was when they wrote a check to the DeMolay for $100, the check bounced.They thought they had $18,000, but they only had $3.22. That could happen and ifyou are not auditing every year then at a dying organization that is where these typesof problems crop up. If I am a treasurer, I want to be audited every year. Why? So noone can ever point a finger at me and say that I stole something. An audit protects allthe members. It’s important and it’s important that you know what your finances areand where things are at.”Another problem that I ran into is that all of these CDs and stocks are kept insomeone’s personal safe at home. No! Put them in a safe-deposit box because membersdie. We’ve had situations where a man dies and his wife did not like the Masons. Shecalls up and says you have a half an hour to get the stuff because it is on the street84

and the garbage man is coming. You never know what will happen when a brotherpasses away. Protect yourself.”The solutions help everybody in the organization to see that money is a tool to beused for rebuilding the organization and redevelop a financial plan to look to thepicture. That money was left for a rainy-day by our brethren. They meant it to be used.You could even use just the interest and not the principle, to rebuild.”Another problem is membership. There is lack of unity and purpose and it is notbalanced. Usually if there is a purpose it is negative. We’re here to exist with no visionfor the future. When I work with lodges, I try I try to identify who are the positiveleaders and who are the negative. Our problem in Freemasonry is that too many ofour members suffer from a very fatal disease called “Miopticreptosis”.Grand Master, are you familiar with that particular disease? It is where the opticnerve becomes connected to the rectum, thereby giving one a very poor outlook on life.You hear them say, “We never did it that way before”, “It will never work”, “We triedthat 50 years ago and it failed”. It reminds me of one school of instruction the GrandLecturer was doing and one lodge chaplain sat in the north. The Grand Lecturer toldhim to sit in the east not the north. This old gentleman said, “Fifty years ago yourpredecessor said that I was to sit in the north, now you say to sit in the east. I wishyou would make up your mind.” I try to determine the dynamics between the twogroups and how to build them. I build them in love because we are a Brotherhood.Then I look for a spark of life. Who in this organization wants to see it live? OneChapter was going to close and a ninety-five year old man stood up and said, “I havebeen a member for sixty years, I am not going to let it die.” He took High Priest. Wehad a man in one Commandery, who at the age of fifty was Commander and at onehundred, he became Commander again to save his Commandery. He brought infifteen new members that year and they honored him before the Grand Commanderyof Michigan at the age of one hundred and one for the work he did. Until you are sixfeet under, there is something you can do for your lodge. There is always something.With one spark, I can start building a team and get the life going again. I look at whatmembers can be used to rejuvenate the group for the leadership, how do I deal withnegative members, what is motivating them, how do I make them positive or to at leastsay lets try. A lot of times it is over a cup of coffee. Never underestimate the power ofa cup of coffee and always one-on-one. Don’t use this at the meetings. Don’t go headon,charging at them, because that will just make them plant their feet harder. Sitdown one-on-one as two brothers to talk it out. You will be amazed at how much youcan accomplish on just that conversation. Negative leaders will sap the strength outof an organization and pull it down. We’ve got to turn them around to becomingbuilders again, because Masonry is about builders not vandals. It takes work andbrotherly love. There is a lack of goals. They have no idea why they exist or where theyare going. If you have no plan for your lodge, in one-year, five-year, ten years, you aregoing to die, because all you are doing is treading water.”Why does Masonry exist? To make Masons, to bring good men together, bonded ina universal brotherhood. We do that in many ways. We do it through our degree work,which is how we teach the principles of Masonry. We do it through social events, wecome together as good men, socializing together, enjoying good quality fellowship. Wehave a business meeting, but the time before and after is very, very important. In factyour lodge should be have coffee on one hour before the meeting begins. Why? Becauseit encourages people to come out earlier to start talking to each other. Coffee is cheap,85

others. It is not that expensive compared to what you get out of it. Lodges have sodamachines and other things in there for fellowship. I encourage them to come downand play cards. Lot of times I cook at my lodges and I say hey brother I am here anhour before. If you want to come down and play cards, come on down because lodgenight ought to be a special night. It’s more than showing up and paying the bills andgoing home. We associate with good men.”Then you have to start asking your members, what do you want in your lodge. Somemight say lets do a survey, but surveys are worthless. If you mail out a survey to yourmembers, most will never respond. Only those that have kind of burr in their saddlewill fill out the form, which will give you a colored view of what is reality. One churchI was at, the chairman of the ad council said let’s send out surveys, so we did. We hadsome questions; do you want more Bible studies? Yes. Do you want a youth group? Yes.Do you want Sunday School? Yes. Do you want a second worship service? Yes. Do youwant a contemporary service? Yes. Then I asked the question of what part she wantedto participate. She answered, ‘none of the above.’ She answered all of the questionsbut didn’t really care. But if I talk to people one on one and ask them what they wantin the lodge, and maybe give a few ideas. In my lodge I had what I called a Warden’sCouncil. It was announced at every lodge meeting, then the officers would gather atdifferent homes and anybody could come. It was open. We would talk about what wewanted to do and make a plan. It united us. Why did we go to homes? A home is muchwarmer than the lodge hall. The lodge is neutral grounds, but if you go into a man’shome, you get to see what his hobbies are and meet his family. If you look around hishome you will see what his interests are and get to know him. That’s why yourinvestigating committee should go to the home and talk to the man and talk to thefamily. What does he want out of Freemasonry? What are his hobbies? What does helike to do? Where does he work? These are key element to getting people involved. Thatforms my foundation for the vision. Then I combine the goals and dreams, we developa plan together as a team and set a plan of action. We combine the finance,membership goals, activity plan, and dreams into one and then we start to put ittogether. Your job as Worshipful Master or lodge member is to help that lodge todevelop a plan that they will own. Now, say that you are just a Past Master sittinghere, you’re not an officer and you have a lodge in trouble. What do you do? Find twoother guys who think like you do and talk about the lodge and then begin to talk toothers about the idea. Build the groundwork. Talk positive, don’t’ talk people, talkideas and build upwards. You’ll know when you succeed when somebody stands upand takes credit for your idea. Then you can sit back and smile and go, yep, it caughton the vision.”Dues are a privilege of membership. When I am in Africa they never take up anoffering, they take up the blessing. I have been in churches that have taken fortyofferings in one service. They don’t just pass a plate, they have boxes up front and theydance to the front, singing and clapping and put their money in the box, because itis a privilege to give. We need to remind our brothers that paying our dues is aprivilege for being a part of this world’s greatest fraternity. That little card opensdoors of friendships around the world. How do you figure what your dues ought tobe? Take your operating expenses, divide them by the number of members and thatwill be your dues. If it is $5,000 and you have one hundred members, that’s $50 amember. Now, you are going to say, well my dues are $15 per year, I can’t afford $50.Don’t’ raise it the whole $50 overnight. I start a campaign at that place sayingbrothers, here’s our problem, I do the graphs, I show everybody where our financesare, and I talk to brothers individually. We have a period where we try to raise in86

increments. You know, we have lost very, very, very few members, like half of onepercent, when we do it that way. But if I just send you a notice and I jack the dues from$15 to $100 with no explanation, watch the resignations pile up on the secretary’sdesk. I have an obligation to communicate to my brethren why I need the money,because that’s good stewardship. You have to look at your own situation and developfrom there.”If you want to help your organization or lodge, work on membership. That willsolve a lot of problems. In fact I say set a goal of 10%. I actually plan degrees. I saywe will do an Entered Apprentice degree on this date in four months. If they say theyhave no candidates, I say, find some. It’s amazing if you have a plan to do a degreeyou’ll get candidates, but if you say we will do a degree if we get some candidates, youwill never do a degree. That’s positive mental attitude. Too many of our men do nothave PMA they have PMS. You know where PMS comes from, we get it from our wivesonce a month. We have to have a positive attitude, brother, to pull for the future.Dream, it can happen.”Reactivate members. I will tell you right now that it is harder to reactivate a nonactivemember than to get a new one. It is easier to find ten new members than to getan old one to come back to lodge. Why. because they’re happy with their membership.They have a dues card, they have a ring and they know they will have somebody showup for the funeral and do a funeral service. One time I drove five hours to conduct aMasonic funeral service for a brother that I did not know. Afterwards the family cameup to me and told me that they were trying to figure out the cheapest way to bury Dadand they knew that the Masons wouldn’t charge anything, so that’s why they askedus to do it. Well, thanks for the honesty, but I had a few thoughts at that time thatweren’t very Masonic. You can bring some of those members back who live locally andthose who don’t live locally, make sure you send them newsletters. I have found thatthe best sources of unsolicited funds comes from my members who live out of town,because they feel guilty that they can’t support the lodge. They still have a love for theirlodge. I have seen checks for $1000, $3000 come in and then someone at the nextmeeting says we shouldn’t send them a newsletter because it costs 39¢. If I get $3000back for 39¢, that’s a pretty good investment, a lot better than the bank pays thesedays. I look ahead. My book downstairs, “How to become a Masonic Leader”, actuallyhas a workbook on how to plan for the year, It’s easy, but if you have a plan for nowand just go by the seat of your pants all you are going to do is wear out your pants andnothing else. You have got to look ahead and let people know what’s going on. Plus,if your membership is not active and knows there are activities, some of them startgetting curious and come out. When I was working with a dying church, I would telleverybody that if you have two cars in your family, drive two cars. I have them packthe place with cars, because the neighbors start to see all the cars and think there issomething going on down there. Within three or four weeks I have more attendance,because they don’t want to be a part of a dying group, they want to be a part ofsomething that is growing. You have to do a little bit of public relations and a littlebit of promotion and it pays off.”Something else too, membership is more than boring meetings, brothers. Anotherthing we need to be doing is making sure that people know who we are, what we are,when we meet and who to contact. I met a brother yesterday, very typical, he sat infront of his local Masonic Lodge for I don’t know how many different nights. Hewanted to be a Mason, knew no Masons in town and waited for somebody to show upat lodge to get a petition. Let’s not make it that hard to join. Leaders should be excited87

and positive about what they are doing in order to be successful. Something that Inever do, is sit up there in the East and look around the room and say, “This is allthat showed up?” They are brothers. They cared. I don’t’ worry about the guys thatdidn’t show up, because I can build with what’s there. When I visit as a Grand officerand somebody says, ‘I’m so sorry, that all that showed up is these guys. I don’t knowwhat’s wrong with them.’ What, do you mean, with the guys that showed up or theguys that didn’t? Be positive, be thankful. I would walk around and thank everybrother for being there, for making that commitment because he got out of his Lazyboyrocker that night to drive down to lodge to be there. That was a commitment andI made sure that I said thank-you because they cared. That’s where I build. I won’tbuild upon the people I’m dreaming about that never show up, I build with what isright there. I celebrate them. If you celebrate those members you are going to haveloyalty and you are going to redevelop that core.”I also try to match up people with the appropriate skills. Have you ever heard theexpression, ‘give a man a job and he’ll stay active’? That’s wrong. Give a man a jobhe wants to do. If I want to do work that I don’t want to do, I go to work, then at leastI get paid for it. If I give somebody a job that doesn’t match his skills they are goingto be frustrated, they are going to leave. Or worse yet, a man shows up to work andyou say to him that you have enough help and he can go home. He will never be back.I don’t blame him. He made a commitment and you said he’s not needed. I tell thewomen’s groups that when a woman brings for potluck, and nobody takes anythingout of it, I make sure I throw it away and give her back the empty bowl. Because if yougive it back to her full since nobody touched it, she’ll think that nobody cared and thenher feelings are hurt. I don’t care if it’s a spinach and eggplant pie that she made, finesome place to put part of it. Always be gracious when you receive things, even if youdon’t want it. Be gracious because it builds a bond.”Help those who are tired to get new life. Any lodge can be reactivated, it just takesa spark with a dream combined with commitment. Be patient with your brothers,they are burned out from years of doing the same thing over and over. They have lostsight of why they are there. You need a plan to work together, to dream together andbelieve in yourself. As I said as I began, you belong to the world’s greatest fraternityand therefore you’ve got something of special value right here. Some tips to remember,be patient with your members, be a cheerleader. I tell my officers if they have to showtheir legs and wave pompons, do it. When I go as a Grand Officer, I become acheerleader-encourager, because when they see me coming with my collar on they arethinking that the big-shot showed up and we are in trouble now. I let them know thatI am a brother too. Be willing to get your hands dirty and work side-by-side with themand say, ‘I am here to help’ and mean it. Help them to see the possibilities, fightnegative and positive energy and be an optimist. Did you ever notice when you go intoa town that there is an Optimist Club and no Pessimist Club? Try to inspireconfidence. You have to be a leader. Rebuilding any organization is hard workbrothers, but it is rewarding, it is worth the effort.”I know we are running short on time so if anybody would like to talk further, I willbe downstairs. I am here to serve you. I love this fraternity. It has done so much forme in my life that I ran for Grand Line to give something back and today I travelaround the country doing these programs for the York Rite and for lodges because Iwant to see Masonry live. Masonry is indeed America’s greatest treasurer.”88

Submitted By: Grand Lodge TrusteesSection(s) AffectedRESOLUTION NUMBER: 8- 2006Vote Required for Adoption: majorityPurpose: To authorize sale of leased and vacant lands pursuant to Sec. 28.05 (2.)WHEREAS; St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Dousman, WI has negotiated withthe Trustees of the Grand Lodge to purchase the 2.2 acres of land the church nowleases plus the balance of the land in a triangle bordered by the Bark River and Hwy18 and 67 for a total of approximately 9 acres for the purpose of building a newchurch, andWHEREAS the 99 year lease has 72 years before its termination and the Trusteeshave not been able to identify a better use of this property for the Grand Lodge, andWHEREAS the Church has made an offer of $400,000 for this land which was itsappraised commercial value in March 2006 and the Trustees have accepted thatoffer contingent on approval of this Grand Lodge, thereforeIT IS RESOLVED that the Grand Lodge assembled does hereby approve the saleof this land as negotiated by the Grand Lodge Trustees to St. Mary’s EpiscopalChurch of Dousman, Wisconsin for the sum of $400,000. Said lands consist of twoparcels, located in the southeast 1/4 of section 34, township 7 north, Range 17 East,In The Town of Summit, County of Waukesha, State of Wisconsin and moreparticularity described in the Lawyers Title Insurance Corp of Waukesha, TitleInsurance Commitment Case # WA 255231.Past Grand Master William E. Day, chairman of the Grand Lodge Trustee,presented some informational maps, charts and history regarding the property inquestion.Resolution adoptedAPPEALS AND GRIEVANCES COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Senior Grand Warden, J B Van Hollen reported on behalf of the Appeals andGrievances Committee as follows. “It is not one of the most favorable things that wedo during Grand Lodges, but it is of necessity because, of course, we occasionally dohave people who go wayward, who are brothers. The Appeals and GrievancesCommittee, the trial commission and the Grand Master do have to deal with thoseindividuals and those problems. On behalf of Past Grand Master Herman Friess,who is the chairman of the Appeals and Grievances Committee, I am here to give ourreport. This report will require us to ballot three different times during the report andI will explain those we go on..”Pursuant to Chapter 108 of the Masonic Code of Wisconsin I present this report ofthe Appeals and Grievances Committee. The committee reviewed two actions thisyear affecting three individuals. The first was a decree by then Grand Master Keith89

D. Chamberlain to expel from our fraternity, pursuant to Sec. 101.03 of the MasonicCode of Wisconsin Robert C. Petry of Waterloo Lodge No. 63 due to his conviction forcommitting the felony act of delivery of cocaine in violation of Sec. 961.41 (1) (cm1)of the Wisconsin statutes. Under this provision of the Masonic Code the Grand Masterwas required to expel him. The Appeals and Grievances Committee recommends thatthis Grand Lodge approve this action of the Grand Master and I therefore move forthe adoption of this recommendation.”The motion was seconded. There being no discussion, the vote was taken and therecommendation was adopted.“A trial commission held a hearing regarding the activity of two other individualsfor affecting the sale of real estate and personal property of Genoa City Lodge No. 256without proper authorization, distributing funds of Genoa City Lodge No. 256without authorization, surrendering the charter of Genoa City Lodge No. 256 withoutauthorization and violating the duties of an officer of a lodge. One of those twoindividuals, Gale E. Hermance, did not appear and was found guilty of all fourcounts based on the evidence presented and was expelled from the fraternity. TheAppeals and Grievances Committee has reviewed these findings and finds nomaterial error. The Appeals and Grievances Committee recommends that this GrandLodge approve the trial commissions action and I therefore move for the adoption ofthis recommendation”The motion was seconded. There being no discussion, the vote was taken and therecommendation was adopted.“The other individual, Brother Michael Means was found not guilty of the firstthree counts and guilty of count four, for violating the duties of an officer of the lodge.He was suspended indefinitely until he successfully completes the Masonic CodeCorrespondence Course. The Appeals and Grievances Committee has reviewed thesefindings and finds no material error. The Appeals and Grievances Committeerecommends that this Grand Lodge approve the trial commission’s action and Itherefore move for the adoption of this recommendation.”The motion was seconded. There being no discussion, the vote was taken and therecommendation was adopted.Report accepted.Respectfully submitted,Herman A. Friess, P.G.M., ChairmanWilliam D. DykeSteven R. SorensonJ. B. Van HollenStephen D. Willett, P.G.M.REMARKS FROM DISTINGUISED GUESTR.W Deputy Grand Master Frank Humphrey, Most Worshipful Prince Hall GrandLodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin, Inc.“Good morning to the MW Grand Master Roger Magoon, to the RW Deputy GrandMaster Rodney Paulsen, to the Past Grand Masters, to the Worshipful Masters, Past90

Masters Wardens and brothers. It is a privilege to stand before you this morning onbehalf of the MW Grand Master of the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & A M ofWisconsin, the honorable James E Davis. I am certain that many of you have had theopportunity to meet brother Davis at last year’s session. He sends his regrets for notbeing able to be here, but I am glad to have the opportunity of being here to stand inhis stead. Let me say this about your Grand Master, I have known him for a numberof years. As you know, in Prince Hall we are in the line for a long time. When we startwe don’t’ know if we are going to end up in the Grand East at all. It takes four yearsin each station, if everyone were to serve their particular term, and we start way backat the Junior Deacon. Our line actually starts at the RW Junior Grand Warden. Letme say this that what eyes have seen, my ears have heard, and my heart has felt hasgiven me a new face, a new up-lift about Masonry. The speaker who spoke before abouthow to rejuvenate lodges gave me inspiration. When I look around at this greatfraternity, and I have the opportunity of representing this jurisdiction all across theUnited States, I get motivated. I get enthused. When I see the faces around here, manyof you whom I have known for a number of years when I was the Master of a lodgein the 80’s and saw many of your Past Grand Masters come through and visit, I gotmotivated right then. There is something about this peculiar institution calledMasonry, that if you take it seriously, you can’t help but be infected with a positiveattitude. Grand Master, I have watched you work, I have watched your deputy workand I have been inspired by your dedication. I have been absolutely uplifted by seeingthis great fraternity participate in what we call our Fraternal Relations Table Lodge.Rodney and I got a chance to be the co-chairs of the very first table lodge between theWisconsin Grand Lodge and the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge. We watched as thecraft began to talk and meet and greet each other and it was inspirational. We havebeen doing it for three years. For those of you have not had the opportunity to partake,we invite you to that particular affair. We have got to break down the bearers. I knowmy Grand Master came last year and told us in our cabinet meeting that he put achallenge out. I am not here to change the Grand Master’s challenge, I support myGrand Master.”I talked to a Past Master here and he was saying about some of the things that weneed to do in Masonry to bring us together. Do you realize that when this organizationgets together, black men and white men, that we are going to straighten out thisworld. We have the capability within ourselves to change society and that’s what givesme the motivation to keep going. I want to leave you with few words. Teddy Rooseveltsaid, ‘It’s not the critic who counts, it’s not the person who points out how the strongman tumbled, or how the doer of deeds could have done them better. The creditbelongs to the man, to the young person, to the woman who is already in the area, theperson who’s face is marred by the sweat, dust and blood, the individual who strivesvaliantly, who errs and comes out, the person who knows life’s great enthusiasms,life’s great devotions and expend themselves in a worthy cause. the person who fails,but when they fail they only do so while daring greatly, who in the end choose not tolive their lives with timid souls, who neither know victory nor defeat.’ I want to closewith the motto given by the incoming Grand Master and he said, ‘Aim high. Be allyou can be.’ That is exactly what we want to do. Let me just say on behalf of MW PrinceHall Grand, we have got to love each other, we’ve got to understand that in order forMasonry to grow, we have got to be concerned about each other. One of the things thatI see is that when a brother is in the hospital, could be sitting there dying, nobody evenknows. Are we so connected to each other that we are concerned that if we don’t’ seeeach other for a week that we will give a call? If you want this institution to grow wehave got to care about each other. I say this to my lodges all over, do you even know91

each other, do you like each other? It’s hard to sell something and market somethingthat you don’t even like yourself. So brothers, in that light, I didn’t come here tolecture, I really came just to bring you a little hope. Faith is the substance of thingshoped for so I know they must be cousins. Let’s have a little faith and let’s have a littlehope.”CODE REVISIONS COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;The committee was unable to meet this year because of conflicting schedules.Many attempts were made to schedule a meeting since last August.However, Resolution No. 5, submitted at the 2004 session, was reviewed by thecommittee in 2005. Certain revisions were made and our intent was to reintroduceit at the 2004 session. Unfortunately, the resolution was not submitted timely andtherefore was not considered at the 2005 session. The committee did now timelysubmit that resolution for consideration at the 2006 session.The reasoning for the adoption of this resolution was set forth in our 2005 reportas follows:However, Resolution No. 5 submitted at the 2004 session was again reviewed.The present code does not address the procedure to be taken when a lodgewithdraws a complaint of Masonic misconduct. The proposed new section106.011 does.The filing of a complaint against a brother Mason is indeed a very seriousmatter. Once filed, the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, and more particularlythe Grand Master is involved. Therefore, a decision of the complaining lodge towithdraw charges logically must be reviewed by the Grand Master. Thecommittee believes the proposed wording of the new section 106.11 spells outthe procedure to do so. The Code Committee urges its adoption.The changes made were to set 10 time limits and the withdrawal of charges priorto trial.There are more items to be revised by the committee next year such as:1. Review and modify sections 60.05 and 53.04 of the code to conform tochapter 188 of the statutes.2. Review the appendix of our code relative to the Wisconsin statutes. Somehave been revised and others may need to be included.3. There are several other sections of the code that must be reviewed.Report accepted.92Respectfully submittedArchie Simonson, ChairmanJames Olson, PGMBruce S. Sim, PGMGeorge A. Wallinger, PGMMichael A. DeWolf, PGM, Grand Secretary

RESOLUTION NUMBER 5-2006Submitted By: Code Revision CommitteeSection(s) Affected: Chapter 106Vote Required for Adoption: Three-fourths (3/4)Purpose: Add new code section to provide for withdrawal of charges brought by alodge pursuant to the Masonic Code.(Note: deletions are indicated by strike through; additions are indicated by underline;omitted text is indicated by ***)RESOLVED, That Section 106.011 be adopted as follows:106.011 Withdrawal of Charges by a Lodge. Prior to trial, charges broughtby a lodge may be withdrawn by majority vote of the charging lodge at a regularstated communication. The Lodge shall then submit a written report of theaction taken to the Trial Commission, signed by the Worshipful Master andSecretary of the Lodge requesting withdrawal of the charges. All further actionsrelative to a trial shall be stayed until completion of the following steps:a. The President of the Trial Commission, within 10 days of receipt of therequest of the Lodge shall forward copies to the members of the Commissionand the Grand Master, requesting each member of the commission to respondwithin 10 days indicating approval or disapproval. A failure to respond shallbe deemed approval of the Lodge’s request.b. The action by a majority of the Trial Commission recommending approval ordisapproval of the Lodge’s request to withdraw charges shall be forwardedpromptly to the Grand Master in writing, who shall make a final determinationwithin 10 days. The Grand Master’s decision shall be filed and noticethereof sent to the Lodge, the trial commission and all interested partieswithin ten (10) days of said decision.c. The Grand Master may elect to file charges and prosecute the same asprovided in the Wisconsin Masonic Code.1. If the Grand Master files his charges, then the charges brought by thelodge shall be dismissed in writing by the President of the Trial Commission.2. If the Grand Master concurs in the withdrawal of the charges by theLodge, the charges brought by the lodge shall be dismissed in writing bythe President of the trial commission.d. If the Grand Master does not issue his determination within thirty (30) days,the President of the Trial Commission shall order a dismissal and notify allinterested parties of such action.Resolution adopted.93

GRAND LODGE PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;Our charge this year was to prepare a Friends Program planning kit that can beused by the lodges to plan their upcoming friends events and to that end we havedeveloped a folder which all the Grand Lodge officers have a copy of. In it are preplanning,planning and delegation ideas. It is basically an idea book. With thepermission of the Grand Lodge of Indiana and at last year’s Grand Lodge we saw theDVD of their young man who talked of Masonry. We got their permission toduplicate that and we now have a DVD. Again, all Grand Lodge officers have that.Should you want to plan a friend’s night, contact any one of us and we will be happyto help out. If you want to get a copy of the book, call the Grand Lodge office and theywill send one or contact your District Deputy and he will arrange to get them for yourarea. With that I move for the adoption of this report.Report accepted.Respectfully submitted,Joseph B Harker, ChairmanUNITED MASONIC BOARD FOR DeMOLAY REPORTRobert E. Lijewski, Executive Officer, Wisconsin DeMolay;“To the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin,”“As is the custom of all committees appointed by the presiding officer of anyMasonic body, herewith is the Annual Report of the United Masonic Board forDeMolay in Wisconsin for the Grand Masonic year June 1, 2005 to May 31, 2006. Thisreport is being written to satisfy all bodies of the Masonic fraternity within Wisconsin.”The United Masonic Board for DeMolay in Wisconsin (UMB) held it’s first meetingon December 17, 2005 (and according to the secretary’s minutes, the first in almostten years). This board is responsible for overseeing the activities and finances of theOrder of DeMolay in Wisconsin.”The UMB is composed of thirteen Directors as follows:• The Executive Officer of the Order of DeMolay in Wisconsin and his Deputy.• Two Directors appointed by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F.& A.M.of Wisconsin• One Director appointed by the Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter ofRAM of Wisconsin• One Director appointed by the Illus. Grand Master of Grand Council of RSMof Wisconsin• One Director appointed by the Grand Commander of the GCKT of Wisconsin• One Director appointed by the Deputy for WI of the Supreme Council AASRfor the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the US• One Director appointed by the Potentate of Tripoli Temple AAONMS• One Director appointed by the Potentate of Zor Temple AAONMS• One Director appointed by the Potentate of Beja Temple AAONMS94

• Two Ex-officio Directors to be appointed by the UMB to serve as the Secretaryand TreasurerWe are pleased to report that this board is now meeting as scheduled per the UMBby-laws.”To those who through the years have supported the order of DeMolay in Wisconsin,a most heartfelt thank you! But the work is not finished! We need your continuedsupport, both financially and as Masons assisting as “Dad” advisors to the variouschapters in the state. If you know of any young men who could and would like tobecome a member of the Order of DeMolay, don’t be afraid to encourage them, andthen encourage your lodge to become active in sponsoring a chapter of the Order ofDeMolay or in starting a new Chapter.”It has been remarked that sometime in their lives, many of those who were membersof the Order of DeMolay will embrace the Masonic Fraternity. As examples, since1990, thirteen of the sixteen members who were the State Master Councilor havebecome Master Masons, and in the past few years, most have become members of theMasonic Fraternity while serving as the State Master Councilor. We are also seeingmore of the general DeMolay population joining the Masonic Lodge, when theybecome age eligible, sponsoring their DeMolay Chapter. These young men are trulythe future of our Masonic Fraternity.”We close this report with a quote from one of our Masonic Presidents, FranklinDelano Roosevelt, ‘we cannot always build the future for our youth, but WE can buildour youth for the future.’”Fraternally submitted,Robert E. Lijewski, Executive Officer, Wisconsin DeMolayJames O. Myrhum, President, UMB for DeMolay in WisconsinDeMOLAY REPORT“Most Worshipful Grand Master and members of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin.I am Robert Lijewski, a member of Excelsior Lodge No. 175 and the Executive Officerof Wisconsin DeMolay.”I am before you today to advise you of an investment for your lodge. The gains fromthis investment may take as long as six years, but it is well worth the wait. For$100your lodge can sponsor a new DeMolay Chapter.”DeMolay is for young men between the ages of 12 and 21. While in DeMolay, theseyoung men learn planning, speaking and leadership skills. They are responsible forthe success of their Chapter. While doing this, they are learning the skills necessaryto be a success in their adult lives.”I cannot guarantee that every young man who joins DeMolay will become a MasterMason. However, these young men meet in our Masonic temples and witness firsthand the good works that a lodge can do. They appreciate the time and effort theMaster Masons on their Advisory Council give to them.”DeMolay has seven cardinal virtues that are instilled into these young men. Theyare Love of Parents, Reverence, Courtesy, Comradeship, Fidelity, Cleanliness, and95

Patriotism. When you think about it, these seven virtues can all be sub-classificationsof Friendship, Morality and Brotherly Love.”I have to ask you this question. There are two young men in young men in yourcommunity. Both are 18 years old. One has been a DeMolay member for five or sixyears and knows about Masonic lodge. The other young man goes past your buildingevery day on his way to school or to work and he has no clue as to what goes on insidethat building. Which young man is more likely to join your lodge?”Since 1990, thirteen of the sixteen State Master Councilors of Wisconsin DeMolayhave become Master Masons. In the past few years, the State Master Councilor hasattended Grand Lodge not only as a member of DeMolay, but as a Master Mason aswell. Our State Master Councilor elect has recently petitioned the lodge that sponsorshis DeMolay Chapter. When he addresses this body in 2007, he will be doing so as aMaster Mason.”In the last ten years Racine-Belle City Lodge has had approximately twenty newmembers as a result of the Order of DeMolay, whether it was the DeMolay or his non-Masonic father who petitioned for membership. In the last five years this lodge hashad three young Senior DeMolay as their Worshipful Master.”At this time, I would like to ask all current members of the Order of DeMolay andall Senior DeMolay to stand up and be recognized. As the poster that has been ondisplay this weekend states, ‘Tomorrows Masonic Leaders are in DeMolay today’.Can your lodge afford not to invest in their future by not supporting and sponsoringDeMolay? Currently we have thirteen chapters in the state, unfortunately, seven ofthose are considered active and six are basically on paper only. The chapters that areactive are the Sir Galahad Chapter in Burlington, Racine Chapter, KenoshaChapter, Doric Chapter in West Allis, Brookfield Chapter, Ringling Brothers in theBaraboo-Reedsville area and West Bend Chapter. The chapters that are basically onpaper are in the Hudson area, St. Croix Chapter, Northern Lights Chapter in EagleRiver, Green Bay, Madison, Joseph Miller Chapter in La Crosse and Stevens Point.If any of you Masonic Brothers have sons, nephews, or grandsons and you live in thoseareas, I would urge you to contact the following men; in Hudson, Ken Morgan, inEagle River, Scott Kellogg, in Green Bay, Larry Zochert, in Madison, Bob Simon, inLa Crosse, Harold Jones, and in Stevens Point, John White. DeMolay is a phenomenalorganization and we appreciate the work you have done for us. The way we canrepay you is by becoming your brothers at a later date, but we need your support andwe need your young men.”Fraternally submitted,Robert Lijewski, Executive OfficerWisconsin DeMolay96

RESOLUTION NUMBER: 6- 2006Submitted By: McKinley Lodge No. 307Section(s) Affected: 64.06Vote Required for Adoption: Three-fourths (3/4)Purpose: To allow for alcohol to be consumed in Masonic lodge Buildings.(Note: deletions are indicated by strike through; additions are indicated by underline;omitted text is indicated by ***)RESOLVED, that section 64.06 of the Masonic Code be amended and restated asfollows:64.06 Liquor Forbidden. Every lodge is charged to strictly exclude from itsTemple and grounds all intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beveragesexcept with the following exceptions:(a) Wine and beer may be allowed at Table Lodges, Festival Communications,Holidays and other special occasions and only upon dispensation from theGrand Master and, provided further, that no degree work is conferred andthat a non alcoholic beverage be provided for those who wish it. No alcoholicbeverages may be served in the Lodge room while Lodge is in session withthe exception of Table Lodges and festival Communications.(b) Serving of beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages shall be allowed whenthe Temple and grounds have been leased to a tenant for the purpose ofholding a non Masonic activity, provided no alcoholic beverages may beserved in the lodge room.(b) No Lodge, Temple Association, or other like organization may hold a licenseto sell alcoholic beverages with the intent of operating a tavern or other suchestablishment.(c) No Lodge may meet in an establishment which sells alcoholic beverageswithout dispensation from the Grand Master.[Note to readers: Section 64.06 was adopted in its present form by Resolution No. 9-2004 at the Grand Lodge session of June, 2004]Not accepted due to language problems.Submitted By: LaBelle Lodge #84RESOLUTION NUMBER: 7-2006Section(s) Affected: Pure Work p36, l6 of Multiple Letter CipherVote Required for Adoption: 80 %(This resolution affects the pure work, and will be laid over to 2007Grand lodge)Purpose: To clarify action of the SD when applying a shp ist97

RESOLVED, That the following modification be made to the language of the SDby adding the word “symbolically”EA degree, first section page 36, line 16 of Multiple letter cipher be amended asfollows”“...rvd o the pnt o a shp ist symbolically pcg yr nkd lft brt...”Laid over to 2007PRESENTATIONPast Grand Master Carl J. Wussow presented a contribution from he, his wifeCharlene and his daughter Rebecca for the Masonic Youth Fund.GRAND MASTER’S MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDGrand Master Magoon said that it is a privilege to award a Meritorious ServiceAward. This year he had two to present. The first was presented to Past GrandMaster Beetcher Daniels, who was raised a Master Mason in the state of Wisconsinon June 19, 1968 and is now a member of Middleton-Ionic Lodge No. 180. He servedas the Grand Master in Wisconsin in 1995-1996. Brother Daniels was taken bysurprised and thanked Roger Magoon for the honor of being chosen for the award.The second award was presented to Grand Treasurer James M. Hays, who wasraised a Master Mason in the state of Wisconsin on June 24, 1991 and is now amember of Appleton Lodge No. 349 and Twin Cities Lodge No. 61. He served asGrand Treasurer from 2003-2006. Brother Jim was very humbled by the award andsaid that he and the Grand Master had a great year. They did lots of travelingtogether in the last year and only got lost three times over 40,000 miles. He wasgrateful to have had the privilege.PRESENTATION OF 150 YEAR LODGEANNIVERSARY AWARDSGrand Master Roger Magoon presented a Sesquicentennial certificate to thefollowing lodges:Manitowoc Lodge No. 65Richland Center Lodge No. 66Palmyra Lodge No. 68Fulton Lodge No. 69Quincy Lodge No. 71Dodge County Lodge No. 72Kegonsa Lodge No. 73Black River Lodge No. 74Columbus Lodge No. 75FINAL REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEScott Graske, Masonic Center Administrator, presented the final report of theCredentials Committee:98

27 Grand Lodge officers were present.2 Permanent Members of the Grand Lodge were present.1 District Chaplain was registered9 District Lecturers were registered.26 Area Administrators were registered.Of the 190 Wisconsin lodges, 169 were represented, 21 were absent.Lodges not attending were: Aurora Lodge No. 30, Palmyra Lodge No. 68, FultonLodge No. 69, Manawa Lodge No. 82, DePere Lodge No. 85, Crescent Valley LodgeNo. 97, Dells Lodge No. 124, Pardee Lodge No. 171, Pine Lodge No. 188, ClintonvilleLodge No. 197, Arcadia Lodge No. 201, Bayfield-Washburn No. 215, Hillsboro No.255, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 280, Bloomer No. 281, Oconto Falls Lodge No. 293, ParkFalls Lodge No. 300, Owen Lodge No. 317, Gillett No. 344. N.E.W. Daylite Lodge No.360 and Silas H. Shepherd Lodge No. 1843.99

REPRESENTATIVES OF LODGES* Indicates Proxy1 Mineral PointRaymond Paynter, W.M.James N. Davis, S.W.Ross Pollock, *2 MelodyRobert Lewis, *Harold Beals, *Ronnie Jacks, *3 South ShoreRobert Miksch, W.M.Lawrence Neldner, S.W.Daniel Moshinski, J.W.4 WarrenJerry Potter, W.M.Davey White, Jr., S.W.James Lane, *5 MadisonPhillip Van Styn, J.W.Theodore Erickson, *Jerry Roscoe, *8 Prairie du ChienMonte Steiber, *9 JeffersonRoger Humphrey, *Norm Behlke, *10 Morning StarRichard Gleed, W.M.John Fairchild, *Jason Lentz11 SheboyganDerrick Rupp, W.M.Ronald Werner, S.W.Bryon Zimmerman, J.W.12 Southern LakesRussell Krause, W.M.Steven Thorn, *13 WisconsinMichael Drout, W.M.16 FranklinSteve Hanson, W.M.17 OzaukeeKurtis Wuehr, W.M.Allan Leeb, J.W.Jason Canfiled, *18 Racine-Belle CityPhilip Itzenhuiser, S.W.Gavin De Grave, *Patrick Williams, *21 WashingtonGary Shriver, W.M.John Huss, S.W.Mark Collier, J.W.25 AmicitiaEmmett Reilly, *Gregory Roelli, *26 Fond du LacGerald Schrankler, W.M.Leroy Keifer, *Joseph Jakubicz, *27 OshkoshDonald Wood, W.M.Kristopher Pillar, S.W.28 BurlingtonCecil Buck, W.M.Arthur Mattox, J.W.Ron Geble, *30 AuroraNO REPRESENTATIVES31 SmithEd Grabow, *J.R. Boeck, *100

32 UnionDwight Redders, W.M.Brandon Elmer, S.W.33 Fort WinnebagoMichael Statz, W.M.Gary Jacobs, *34 BarabooRobert Kaschel, *Reggie Haskins, *Lawrence Zink, Jr, *36 AlbanyPhillip Ringhand, J.W.37 WaukeshaGary Ebert, W.M.John Krinke, S.W.Robert McQuillan, J.W.38 BerlinThomas Zuhlke, *Bill Drecktrah, *42 Oconomowoc-HartlandThomas Ewake, W.M.Eric Fuher, S.W.Jeffrey Millinkin, *44 GenevaKeith Redell, S.W.Frank Chesen, J.W.James Stickney, *45 FrontierJohn Snider, W.M.47 KenoshaCalvin Gardinier, W.M.Gary Tocholl, S.W.Gordon Charlton, J.W.48 WaupunElzy Cooper, W.M.50 HiramWilson Krueger Jr, W.M.Richard Peters, *51 WaverlyEric Davidson, J.W.Wilson Krueger, *55 Janesville-Western StarMichael Perry, W.M.Norman Burns, S.W.Tom Walton, *56 St. CroixKevin Schmit, W.M.Jonathan Jansen, J.W.Butch Schmit, *57 St. John’sBruce Eshelman, W.M.Lawrence Crone, S.W.60 ValleyBrian McQuilkin, W.M.Jerome Mattarat, J.W.61 Twin CitiesJeffrey Mainvill, W.M.Timothy Kohler, S.W.Charles Peterson, *63 WaterlooDan Slavik, W.M.George Socha, J.W.John Height, *64 Evening StarDavid Ritchie, S.W.Jerry Carpenter, *65 ManitowocEric Pangburn, W.M.66 RichlandMilbert Schott, W.M.Brent Clausius, S.W.James Jewell, J.W.68 PalmyraSteven Kidd69 FultonNO REPRESENTATIVES101

71 QuincyJeffrey Marquardt, W.M.Marshall Coon II, S.W.Virgil Hawkins, J.W.72 Dodge CountyRobert Dolan, W.M.Brian Graff, S.W.Mark Arend, J.W.73 KegonsaMichael Heitke, W.M.Robert Markham, J.W.74 Black RiverKen Rulland, J.W.75 ColumbusDavid, Bomkamp, W.M.Scott Rassbach, J.W.Larry Pfeifer, *79 ReedsburgRonald Rasmussen, W.M.Robert Ott, S.W.80 IndependenceEarl Swartwout, W.M.David Frye, S.W.Robert Helvack, *81 Northern LightArthur Baldwin, Jr., W.M.82 ManawaNO REPRESENTATIVES84 La BelleGary Krause, W.M.Ernest Kramer, S.W.85 Des PeresNO REPRESENTATIVES90 WaucomaJohn Wilke, W.M.93 EvergreenTimothy Castner, S.W.94 BicknellRichard Hauri, W.M.95 Prairie ViewKen Cartier, *Herbert Buchholz,*97 Crescent ValleyNO REPRESENTATIVES99 Lodi ValleyTerry Decot, W.M.103 JuneauNorman Parker, *105 NorthwesternCharles Church, *Lawrence Fisher, *108 Neosho-Mayville-HoriconTimothy Borchardt, W.M.John Christensen, *James Lumsden, *109 River FallsDaniel Hoffman, W.M.James Wolfe, J.W.112 Eau ClaireTimothy Buckley, S.W.Richard Hazelton, J.W.Larry Ganske, *113 Sauk PrairieDavid Dickson, W.M.Richard Campbell, S.W.Mark Steiber, *119 DodgevilleRobert Wepking, *120 HartfordRobert Schulz, W.M.John Orth, S.W.Robert Brandt, J.W.123 WaupacaPeter, Studley, W.M.Arthur Gans, S.W.124 DellsNO REPRESENTATIVES102

125 SalemPhilip Gullickson, W.M.128 Wisconsin RapidsGary Mc Allister, S.W.Earl Arndt, J.W.Theodore Lyons, *130 ForestMichael DeWolf, *132 TomahHarry Smith, Jr., W.M.Steve Hanson, *Johnston Bell, *138 West BendTerrance Groth, S.W.A. J. Storrs, *William Stonecipher, *141 MontelloLyle Snyder, W.M.Donald Roidt, *143 Sun PrairieHarry Overly Jr., W.M.Steve Breunig, J.W.Gary Roth, J.W.145 WashburnJohn Clifton, W.M.James Toal, S.W.148 WautomaJames Szydel, W.M.Timothy Castenr, J.W.Thomas Zuhlke, *149 Durand-PepinEverett Biles, *151 OregonRichard Richardson, W.M.Kenneth Haugen, S.W.Edward Showers, J.W.161 MiltonFrancis Prusansky, W.M.Erik Ueland, S.W.Paul Huber, *164 MenomonieArnold Piersall, W.M.Randy Smeltzer, S.W.Dave Johnson, *167 CassiaEdward Van Ness, S.W.Robert Thomas, *Fred. Shram, *168 OmroRaymond Hoeft, W.M.John Hoeft, S.W.170 ShawanoJames Herman, W.M.Peter Scheinert, J.W.171 PardeeNO REPRESENTATIVES172 CalumetBradley Behlke, W.M.173 PoynetteLarry Hahn, W.M.174 Henry S. BairdJuergen Herbst, W.MRoss Chapman, S.W.Thomas Pinney, Jr., *175 ExcelsiorRandy Smeltzer, W.M.Joshua Armstrong, S.W.Joseph Scites, J.W.176 Chippewa FallsRobert Keopsel, W.M.Richard Kemp, *177 DecoraJames Kline, *178 ArgyleMarvin Engelke, W.M.J.R. Boeck180 Middleton- IonicHarold Meyer, W.M.Harvey Johnson, S.W.Howard Oertel, Jr., J.W.103

182 MarinetteWendell Kopish, W.M.Frederick Goering, S.W.Moses Adams, *183 LincolnMichael Allen, W.M.Terence Tracy, *184 AlmaDonald Rieck, *186 WinneconneDennis Durant, W.M.William Hook, *187 North StarJerry Koosman, W.M.Larry Du Bois, S.W.Jerry Du Bois, J.W.188 PineNO REPRESENTATIVES189 LakeDon Jensen, S.W.John Bugajski, J.W.David Schrieder, *190 La Crosse MasonicMartin Callaway, *192 CollinsNO REPRESENTATIVES193 AshlarLawrence Presnell, W.M.Richard Volland, S.W.195 New RichmondJoseph Langer, J.W.197 ClintonvilleNO REPRESENTATIVES201 ArcadiaNO REPRESENTATIVES206 LindenEugene Tremelling, W.M.210 Ancient LandmarkGregg Olson, W.M.King Loomis, *214 OnalaskaRoy Marcus, *215 Bayfield-WashburnNO REPRESENTATIVE217 MedfordNeil Spreen, W.M.James Blair, *Roy Vessely, *218 Tri-County DayliteRobert Jandt, W.M.Richard Zahorick, S.W.Duane Swanson, J.W.219 FennimoreDonald Noyes, W.M.220 BarronBoyd Mc Ewen, W.M.Richard Masek, S.W.Charles Nelson, J.W.221 Shell Lake-SpoonerRay Heilborn, *Darrell Aderman, *222 Hiram D. FisherJames Moore, W.M.John Kranzusch, S.W.224 MarshfieldDouglas Framness, W.M.William Barnes II, S.W.Kenneth Olm, J.W.225 PhillipsSam Opresik, W.M.Frank Dennee, S.W.Tony Budaj, *226 Virginia FallsBarry Maxfield, *104

229 HancockRichard Swan, S.W.Gerald Bristol, *Milt Helmer, *230 Clear LakeSteven Ruble, W.M.231 AntigoWalter Neumann, J.W.234 Blue HillsMichael Meyers, W.M.Bernard Kahl, S.W.Paul Jacobs, *236 SuperiorLeslie Johnson, W.M.Eugene Tacke, S.W.Bradley Eastrom, *237 HurleyArden Mikich, *241 WilmotSteve Sanchez, W.M.George Knorovsky, S.W.Steven Shaffer, J. W.242 RhinelanderJames Suffieldr, S.W.John Tilley, *Bill Julian, *244 LandmarkFred Revoir, W.M.James Abley, J.W.245 SocialRichard Trailer, W.M.Dan Martin J.W.Richard Moen, *246 PewaukeeErnest Daufenbach, W.M.Ronald Knutson S.W.Ron Knutson, Jr., *247 LaflinRichard Stevens S.W.Owen Williams, J.W.James Truesdell, *248 Eagle RiverRoger Tesch, W.M.Scott Bishop, J.W.252 Buffalo RiverLarry Drangstveit, W.M.James Kent, S.W.255 HillsboroNO REPRESENTATIVES261 Milwaukee-HarmonyEugene Marcus, W.M.Charles Wallens, S.W.Robert Mehle Jr., J.W.263 KeystoneTravis Hand, W.M.Christian Olson, S.W.Kingman Loomis, *265 LafayetteJames McGhee, *James Lauer, *267 WauwatosaDennis Wilson, W.M.Alfred Costello, S.W.Arthur Michelz, J.W.268 BentonKevin Germain, J.W.Joseph Thompson, *272 Camp DouglasClaire Walker, W.M.David Hansen, S.W.William Perkins, *277 ChetekRobert Unbehaun, W.M.279 MerrillanJerry Opelt, S.W.280 Mystic TieNO REPRESENTATIVES281 BloomerNO REPRESENTATIVES105

287 CrandonLouis Spaude, W.M.288 Union GroveWilliam Wampler, S.W.Robert Warner, *John Kovach, *290 DamascusPat Militzer, S.W.Charles Olson, J.W.Mike Meyer, *291 West AllisDennis Miles, W.M.Lyle Hubbard, S.W.William Van Zile, *293 Oconto FallsNO REPRESENTATIVES297 Myron ReedPaul Fine, W.M.Richard Messick, Sr., S.W.John Zitzner, J.W.300 Park FallsNO REPRESENTATIVES301 Henry L. PalmerTimothy Kloss, W.M.John Unz, III, *Khristian Kay, *307 McKinleyLuiz Silva, W.M.Ryan Mayrand, S.W.Michael Gorgen, *310 New GlarusMichael Lavelle, *Mike Silbauth, *Michael Murdy, *315 DousmanGerald Beier, W.M.Henry Pynakker, *Jon DeCaluwe, *317 OwenNO REPRESENTATIVES318 MosineeKirby Klinger, W.M.Peter Nielsen, S.W.Wayne Karstell, *319 BarneveldRobert Massey, W.M.Randall Massey, J.W.James Wenzler, *320 VictoryNicholas Schultz, W.M.Aubrey Dickmann, S.W.322 Theodore RooseveltChristian Hirthe, W.M.Christopher Hirthe, S.W.John Sage, J.W.325 CommonwealthJoseph Fleming, W.M.Erik Nielsen, S.W.Felix Geissler, J.W.329 Acacia- ItascaScott Larson, W.M.Larry Ledin, J.W.Jack Byrd, *330 Island CityAlbert Jurgens III, W.M.Robert Latzel, S.W.331 James M. HaysRobert Manders, W.M.James Winston, S.W.Steven Schaapveld, J.W.332 AdamsMichael Kuhnwald, W.M.Eugene Kuhnwald, S.W.Michael Karas, *337 George Washington 1776Andrew Paradowski, W.M.Arthur Rosenow III, S.W.Franklin Nuernberger Jr. J.W.344 GillettNO REPRESENTATIVES106

345 BadgerRalph Jurjens, Jr., W.M.Jason Risberg, S.W.John Hayek, *347 SanctuaryDon Olds, W.M.Steven Lasure, S.W.William Arnsdorf, *349 AppletonEugene Reese Jr, W.M.David Wade, S.W.Michael Haley, *350 Nathan HaleEdward Cassel, W.M.David Schaber, S.W.Robert Capen, J.W.351 George B. WheelerGary Stang, W.M.Todd Berg, S.W.Jordan Stang, *354 ElmbrookGerald Roeder, W.M.James Bacon S.W.Dave West, *356 DoricDale Holmen, W.M.Kelly Moore, S.W.Charles Porter, Jr., J.W.363 FreemasonsDaniel Jofvig, W.M.Frank Bevsek, S.W.Robert Roth, J.W.364 Glenn L. HumphreyJames Earle, Jr., W.M.Wayne Koehler, *365 BarnesRobert Borck, W.M.Eugene Tacke, S.W.Kingman Loomis, *366 Perseverance 1836John Tilley, W.M.Barry Maxfield, J.W.Richard Preston, *367 UnityGordon Charlton, *368 Mason-Woods, U.D.Frederick Goering, W.M.David Hallas, S.W.1843 Silas ShepherdNo Representatives1862 Armistead-BinghamJames Myrhum, *LeRoy Huber, *358 Day LiteCarroll Peterson, W.M.James Burton, S.W.Edward Heffner, *359 SunriseWayne Budwick, S.W.360 N.E.W. DayliteNO REPRESENTATIVES362 Four Lakes DaylightMichael Lavelle, J.W.James Lackore, *Sam Ferguson, *107

PRESENTATION BY GRAND ORATORFranklin J Struble, Grand Orator of Wisconsin;“My topic today is responsibility. I have been out in the state for the last year talkingabout a lot of things. To two places I have talked to this particular topic. The GrandMaster heard me give this presentation and said that he wanted you to hear it too.I will keep it short.”“When I talk about responsibility I try to divide it into how our organization works,sometimes why it doesn’t work and give you some suggestions. With that in mind letme say that I was a member of an organization for twenty-seven years that hasorganized a line and staff function, the U.S. Army. The way the Army works isexplained by the Army’s organizational charts. If you have ever seen these they looksomething like this, you have the big square on top, then you come down. I am sureyou have seen organizational charts like this in many organizations. They reallydon’t tell you much except the size of your office relative to the other guy. They do tellyou other things if you change it a little bit. When I was in the Army, I wanted tochange all the boxes on all the organizational charts into circles. The reason I did thatwas that this guy was a big square and I wanted to turn him into a big wheel andGenerals like being a big wheel. We all know what dogs do to wheels so we passed itdown through the organization and made everybody a wheel. If you take thisillustration and make one other change and put ears on these wheels, they becomegears. Now you can start to see how the Army works. It’s a big gear ratio thing.Anybody who knows anything about gear ratios, knows that if you move the big wheelup here with one little click then you are going to spin the hell out of this guy here onthe bottom. Gentlemen, I am telling you, that’s the way it works. We are organizedmuch like this aren’t we? The difference is that if you turn the illustration from theflat surface this way, you realize that to get these gears to engage you have got to getthem to pop up. They need to be under pressure. In the Army they have a thing thatgives them the pressure called ‘U.C.M.J.’, the Uniform Code of Military Justice - doit or we’ll shoot you. That’s a real good incentive. We don’t have that in our lodges,so often the gears don’t get engaged. The guy on top goes ‘click’ and down here on thebottom somebody is just free spinning. They don’t even know that anybody went‘click’. We have a tougher job than the military does because what we have to deal withis certain tools that are unique in Masonry. We have brotherly love, we haveinspiration, we have friendship, we have things that help us engage those things, butthey are not forced. There are things we have to coach, there are things we have to goout and stretch and learn and work with. When we start talking about responsibilityin our lodges, often we find that it gets real murky because it’s hard to get this kindof a relationship going and it doesn’t even always work in the military. That’s whythey have a thing called the N.C.O. chain where the sergeants gets down here andmake sure that when the General is clearing his throat the word gets out. It’s reallya communications chain to make sure it happens. We forget that sometimes. We forgetthat we have to communicate our brotherly love to each other, we can’t just assumeit.”Responsibility is something that we have to manage and it’s what somebody isgoing to hold us to if something goes wrong. What is management? It is getting resultsfrom people. Results tend to be cold, hard, unemotional facts, they are written out,they have measurements. If results are cold, what are people? People are warm, soft,intuitive, creative, and unique. No two of us are alike. For results, I am going to use108

a geometric figure, in this case a rectangle. For people on the other hand, I am goingto use an ameba, a blob if you will, Each and every one that I will draw will be unique,each one will be different just like each of us are, just like each of our lodges. Ourlodges each have their own character, each of our lodges have things that they do welland things that they don’t do so well. When we start talking about getting results frompeople, this is like trying to go out and get a banana off of an apple tree, because theyare so different. To carry this illustration a little farther, I want to give you anobjective and some subordinate tasks that you have to accomplish to reach yourobjective. That seems pretty straight-forward. You have sub-objective A to take careof and sub-objective B, plus sub-objective C and sub-objective D. I add those togetherand as a leader I can do this and say I will reach my objective. It’s simple; A+B+C+Dgives you your objective. What am I missing from my formula? I am missing people.I have no amebas. In each and every one of these jobs you have somebody who doesparts of his job and other parts he just doesn’t like too much so maybe he doesn’t getaround to it. Don’t you have brothers like that in your lodges? Sure you do, everybodydoes. Over here in sub-objective B you have a guy whose job is more than he is readyfor. In sub-objective C you have a hard charger, over motivator, over-challenged, overqualified,which gives him time to put his fingers in everybody else’s sandbox andmake this the biggest leadership problem you have. Over here we have a guy that fitssub-objective D like this. He isn’t even in the ballpark. He doesn’t do anything thatis part of his job, he does everything else. Well, suddenly the math doesn’t work, doesit? But it does because year after year, lodge after lodge, they reach in the hat and pullout a rabbit and say, ‘Grand Master’s Achievement Award’. ‘See, we did it. Wesurvived another year. We are together.’ Do you know how we do it? C has someoverlap, so I am going to have C come over and do that one. He’s going to take thatpart in the ritual. And junior isn’t doing any part of his job so we’ll bring him overand let him take care of those two parts. And that takes care of sub-objective A. Wefigured out the clue. If you want to take care of sub-objective B, well A has some overlap.He used to do that part so he can play the ruffian this time. And this guy can doit over here. C can come over, obviously C has plenty of time. Junior is over here andthat takes care of sub-objective B. C is done so now you have to get Junior’s job done.That’s easy, a little C here and a little C there. And that is what we call a can-of-wormsmanagement. I will suggest to you that this can-of worms is running 90% of the lodgesyou look at today. Instead of concentrating on doing things right, we have to makesure we are doing the right things. If you do membership and you have problems withritual, your ritual will get better. Do you know why? Because you will be doing a lotof it. We have to concentrate on the right things. This can-of-worms is more effortexpended and it locks our organization into something that can’t change. In howmany lodges do you see where the officers change, but nothing else does. We still havethe same meetings. We are still doing the same thing, just like we did last year andthe year before that.”We are in the death spiral. I don’t believe that that is where lodges belong and Idon’t believe that you do either. As a matter of fact, I am willing to tell you here thatwe are on the threshold of a new golden age of Freemasonry. I can prove it to you. Ican go across this state and I can find centers of excellence. Talk to Eau Claire Lodgeabout membership. Talk to Freemasons Lodge, talk to some of the lodges inMilwaukee, talk to Valley Lodge in Sparta. Valley Lodge in Sparta got 14 newmembers last year. This is an 80-person lodge. This year they are probably going toget about 25 new members by the time they are done. That’s not bad. If we had a 30%increase in Masonry all across the state, you wouldn’t have been up here talking aboutper capita, not having enough money or the membership dropping. It is attainable109

in every single lodge.”Every lodge has its strengths and weaknesses. Let me tell you about a lodge thatI went to in North Carolina. I visited St. John’s Lodge in New Bern, NC and the nightI visited they were raising a Fellowcraft. I suddenly realized what I was seeing wasone of the most amazing things that I have witnessed in a lodge. This is an interestinglodge. They have a 100+ year old lodge room that they are right now investing$100,000 to renovate. They have an artist from Europe that is re-doing all of thepaintings. The room is smaller than this floor space. But that wasn’t what impressedme. What impressed me was the can-of-worms management is not running thatlodge. That lodge has what they call managed degree work. They do what our codesays. They don’t bring in some ringer or the guy who has done it for the last 30 years.His job is to train that guy. The first time that he gets up to do the middle chamberlecture, they send out a postcard and say, ‘Come on. We have got to root Bob on.’ Allkinds of people come in the spirit of brotherhood to root Bob on. I have heard lodgessay that we couldn’t do that in Wisconsin. Our brother wouldn’t do that. My responseis, you forget what you have already done. I think that some of us who have beenaround Masonry for 25 -50 years, we sometimes lose touch with what happened thefirst time we came into lodge. Let me remind you. Somebody else knocked on that doorfor you, led you in here. You were caused to come to the center of the lodge and causedto kneel, and think about it, wearing somebody else’s pajamas, a pair of slippers, arope around your neck and blind-folded. You were in a room filled with men that youdidn’t know, you didn’t know where they were or who they were. And you were asked‘in whom do you put your trust?’ Every man in this room answered the same thing,‘I place my trust in God.’ You proclaimed your maker, in front of a group you couldn’teven see.”We ask a man to come into a lodge in that condition, totally defenseless, andproclaim his faith. If he doesn’t, he is out-of-there and rightfully so. Do you tell mewe can ask a man to do that and we can’t ask him to memorize four paragraphs? Doyou tell me that we can bring a man into this most wonderful fraternity that has everexisted and not give him the privilege of learning the degree work? How many of youreally know what’s in the first degree, first lecture, or the ‘slide show’ as they call it?If you really know what’s in it, I’ll guarantee you that you are somebody who has hadto do it. If you really know what’s in that lecture, if you really understand what’s inthat lecture, you have given it, because that’s how you learn it. We ask an EA to learn,don’t’ we? We say learn, come and be an EA, learn. Come be a Fellowcraft, learn, comebe a Master Mason, learn. Improve yourself in Masonry. Why wouldn’t we havemanaged degree work instead of this mess? That’s what impressed me about thatlodge. Now that lodge, just like other lodges, has it’s down-side. My father was amember of that lodge for awhile. He spent his whole time fighting that lodge aboutnot recognizing Prince Hall Masons. It’s wrong, it’s dead wrong. This business ofmanaged degree work, they got it right because they understand it’s a tool to developthe lodge and that the disciplined management and responsibility cause people topull together.”I would suggest three things to you for your lodges. Three letters, A I M. I think thatfocusing your lodges are just that simple. You want to aim high. ‘A’ attitude, are yourprayers said with reverence? Is your degree work serious? Do you take the approachthat it is a privilege to participate in degree work, it is a privilege to handle acandidate? It is a privilege, my brothers, and we all know it. In the deepest parts ofour souls, we all know that, but bring that attitude to your lodge. Concentrate on110

making a better lodge through the attitude for you and each and every member. Thegentleman, who spoke to us this morning, had it right. He has it exactly right, it’sabout positive attitude, it’s about what we do. I went to a lodge one time in Californiaand the flag was brought in and presented at every lodge meeting. They didn’t justsit up in front and say, join me in the Pledge of Allegiance, they brought it in. Theyhad three brother bring in the flag, one was a WWII vet, one was a Korean vet, onewas a Vietnam vet, and all brother Masons. I’ll tell you what, if you tried to take thatjob away from any one of those three veteran, you would have seen WWIII, becausethey were proud that they presented the flag in their lodge. Find a niche for brothers.That brings us to our next letter. ‘I’ involve, involve, involve. Broaden your base. I heareverybody say that we have to streamline, we’ve got to sharpen the pencil, we’ve gotto sharpen the sword. Forget it. We are in a volunteer organization, the way you makethem work is you involve men doing things. I’ll prove it to you. Go to any school musicprogram, in any small town in Wisconsin and you can’t find a parking space. Why,because every kid in that school is doing something in that program. I was one of thosekids. I have no musical ability at all. Do you know what they did with me? They gaveme the triangle and they pointed at me when they wanted me to hit it. So, guess what?My grandparents came, my parents came, the uncles came, and the aunts came towatch me go ‘ping’. That was my big moment and it’s that way for every parent in theaudience. What do you think they would have as a turnout if they only let the kids thatcould sing real good sing? You would be able to hold a jamboree in the parking lot,because there would be all kinds of room. Involve, make committees, create committeesand get them to report. Don’t just let the head of the committee report every time.Gentlemen, we whip a pulling horse, we are guilty of it. We find somebody who willwork in a lodge and we keep loading that guy down until he finally falls over deador he says the heck with this or his wife says the heck with this. We do it again andagain and again. Quit whipping a pulling horse, spread the wealth, get more peopleinvolved. Take your pulling horses and get them out there to help give away work.Another thing you can do is build a membership committee. If you have threemembers on the membership committee, have each one reports at a different time,each lodge meeting or every second lodge meeting. Why, because they have to be there.How many people do we bring into our lodge, we raise them as Masons and we neversee them again? That’s because we aren’t trying. Do you have a transportationcommittee? Why didn’t Bob get to the last meeting, because nobody picked him up.Okay, transportation committee, start marrying rides up, especially at today’s gasprices, that can’t hurt. I bet if I married rides up to go to lodge; 1. I’d improve theattendance at lodge, 2. I’d save the brothers money. Think about things creatively.Involve more Masons. These are good men.”The third thing is membership. Membership doesn’t cure everything, but Iwouldn’t mind trying it. And it isn’t that hard. I asked Brian McQuilkin from ValleyLodge #60, ‘What’s the secret?’ He looked me right in the eye and said, ‘It’s simple, newblood begets new blood.’ New members bring you new members. Valley Lodge is goingthrough the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department like a dose of salt through a widowwoman. Every time you look there is another detective coming through the lodge. Thatleads to EMTs, guys in the fire department, and the city employees that don’t wanttickets. Really, new members beget new members, one gives you the next. Our newGrand Master says aim high, be all you can be. Aim, attitude, involvement, andmembership will solve a whole bunch of problems and you will have more fun goingto lodge. It’s always fun being part of a winning organization. Next year when wecome here to Grand Lodge they are going to have to figure out how to get people to situp there, if we do it right because those new members participate, they get involved,111

they do things. We have centers of excellence that show it. We have centers of excellencein other areas, not just membership, but I am saying to you that we need to find thecenters of excellence. I challenge the District Deputies to find those centers in theirdistricts and share those experiences. Bring those Masters from those lodges thathave centers where they do great ritual, where they have great membership, wherethey have great openings, closings, committees, or activities, whatever it is, bringthem. Davey White, you belong to a lodge that does great on visitation, share that, getthat out so other lodges can find out the magic that can bring. It pulls brotherstogether, they get in a car together and ride together. My brothers, aim high.”I will share one final story with you. I have loved being the Grand Orator becauseit forces me to learn new things, to study and do that sort of thing. I enjoy learning,I just love to learn. I took on a new project. My wife and I just bought a house. Wedecided that we could renovate this house and then put it back on the market. Bigmistake. It is a one hundred-year-old farm house. Thank goodness that I was inDeMolay as a young man because a friend of mine from DeMolay, whom I kept incontact with, does historic renovations of homes. He takes old homes like mines andmakes them original again. My friend said I am not doing anything for a couple ofmonths, why don’t I come up and help you. I said, ‘Bless you.’ So he came up and hehas been working with me on this house. He was there, thank goodness, on the daywe took all of the lath off one of the walls in the kitchen. We pulled all of the lath offand looked at it. I am looking at this wall and all there is are 2x4, but the people whobuilt this house decided if one 2x4 is good then two halves of 2x4 is better. I said tomy friend, ‘What held this wall up?’ He said the lap. As we were talking the 2x4 startbowing, it started coming down.. You could see it start to sag. I am figuring theupstairs is going to be the downstairs of my house and we’re going to be in there witha bulldozer in a week. I asked my friend what we were going to do and he said noproblem. He runs over and grabs two 2x8, grabs a saw and goes rip, rip, rip, rip.Plywood in the middle, he sandwiches them together with a nail gun, creates aheader, puts it up there and four 4x4 later, wedges them into place, lifts that floor intoplace and I am sure it’s there for another hundred years. He did that in about 20minutes while I stood there just slack-jawed. If I had been there by myself, I wouldhave been dead. The point is that after I saw that happen, it occurred to me that thereis a lesson for us here. The lath is coming down in our lodges. We use some of thoseold construction methods to build what we did in lodges and the lath is coming down.In the lodge I am in, the past number of years the old members laid down theirworking tools and they were the laths that held that wall up. They were the laths thatheld that lodge together, they were the contributors, and they were the attendees. Nownew young men are coming into that lodge and they are not lath material. Thatdoesn’t mean they aren’t good men, it means they don’t focus or function the way theconstruction was done. They work in new ways, they use the Internet. They communicateover email, they have Blueberries, they have everything and they are wired. Wesay we need to communicate with our members, these guys are bristling withcommunication. Unfortunately if you just rely on the old guys, guys like me, we go‘huh?’ How do I talk to them? At the Masonic Education Conference somebody saidthat if you are not on the Internet, you’re not there, you don’t exist. I think that isprobably true. We’ve got to find new ways to communicate, but as the old lath comesdown, we’ve got good men to put those headers up. We have good men ready torenovate and make it happen. That’s why I say to you today, what the Grand Masterhas made his theme Aim high. Be all you can be as a lodge, as a man as a Mason.Never forget what it is like to come in that door, kneel in someone else’s pajamas andsay, ‘My faith is in God. My trust is in God.’ You have all done it. If that isn’t the first112

step in Masonry, I don’t know what is. I tell you that the next step is across thethreshold to a new golden age of Freemasonry. We can do it. We can start it right herein Wisconsin and it will last us forever. God bless you and thank you.”PRESENTATION OF GRAND MASTER’SACHIEVEMENT AWARDSThe Grand Master Roger L. Magoon made the presentations of the GrandMaster’s Achievement Awards. The awards are presented to lodges that have metthe goals and objectives established by the Grand Lodge. It is an honor to receive thisaward.Roger Magoon thanked all of the lodges that participated in the GMAA for 2005.He suggested that in the beginning of each Masonic year this format be used as aplanning tool by the Worshipful Master. He then called forward, by district, thoselodges who received the awards:District #1 District #2 District #3Shell Lake-Spooner #221 Sanctuary #347 Island City #330Keystone #263 New Richmond #195 Rhinelander #242Acacia-Itasca #329 Hancock #229 Phillips #225Blue Hills #234 Geo. B. Wheeler #351 Eagle River #248Barnes #365 Chetek #277 Mystic Tie #280Landmark #244River Falls #109Eau Claire #112Menomonie #164District #4 District #5 District #6Des Peres #85 Tomah #132 Marshfield #224Washington #21 La Crosse Masonic #190 Appleton #349Crandon #287 Black River Falls #74 Wisconsin Rapids #128Theodore Roosevelt #322 Badger #345 Adams #332Buffalo River #252 Onalaska #214 Evergreen #93Valley #60 Prairie View #95Waverly #51Quincy #71District #7 District #8 District #9Sun Prairie #143 Fennimore #219 Milton #161Columbus #75 Melody #2 Dousman #315Social #245 Dodgeville #119 Fulton #69Lodi Valley #99 Barneveld #319 Bicknell #94Madison #5 Prairie du Chien #8 New Glarus #310Middleton-Ionic #180 Minneral Point #1 Union #32Commonwealth #325 Evening Star #64Amicitia #25Benton #268Smith #31Reedsburg #79Linden #206113

District #10 District #11 District #12West Bend #138 Burlington #28 Freemasons #363Fond du Lac #26 Waukesha #37 Nathan Hale #350Waupun #48 Union Grove #288 Geo. Washington 1776 #337Hartford #120 McKinley #307 Lake #189Neosho-Mayville-Horicon#108Dodge County #72The Grand Master then gave awards to the three lodges with the highest points.The awards were in the form of money for high school scholarships with theWisconsin Masonic Foundation’s scholarship program. The 3rd place bronze awardwinner ($200) was Warren Lodge No. 4, the 2nd place silver award winner ($300)was Henry S. Baird Lodge No. 211 and the first place gold award winner ($500) wasRichland Lodge #66. All were congratulated and given a hearty round of applause.PRESENTATIONSGrand Master Magoon asked retiring Grand Lodge officers Al Jurgens, KurtMagoon and Dan Slavik to approach the east. Certificates of Appreciation weregiven to them. He thanked them for their service and they were given a round ofapplause.Brother Tom Tourville and was asked to step forward and was given a pin and acertificate of meritorious service by Grand Master Magoon for his many years asDistrict Deputy. Frank Struble was also given a certificate for his years of serviceas the Grand Orator.CHARTER PRESENTATIONSGrand Master Magoon asked that the Masters or representatives of South ShoreLodge No. 3, Buffalo River Lodge No. 252 and Henry S. Baird Lodge No. 174 to comeforward and presented them with the new charters for their lodge.ACCEPTANCE OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTSGrand Master Roger Magoon asked for acceptance of the reports as printed in thePre-Proceedings for the following boards and committees:, Computer Usage, Education,Esoteric, Executive, Fraternal Relations with Prince Hall, LeadershipTraining, Personnel, Research, Temple Plans and Finances and Youth GroupFunding. A motion was made to accept them and it was seconded. All reports wereaccepted.WISCONSIN MASONIC SOCCER FOUNDATION REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:If shedding light on Masonry were the only objective of the Wisconsin MasonicSoccer Foundation, then we achieved that in 2005.The 2005 to 2006 Masonic year brought significant press coverage for theWisconsin Masonic All Star Soccer Games. We appreciate all the good press wereceived. The Milwaukee Journal graciously provided two consecutive days of114

coverage for the All Star Soccer Games, including photo coverage. That gaveconsiderable visibility to the Masonic Fraternity, and exposure of the charitableefforts of the Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation. This will continue in 2006, aspress releases are published again throughout the state announcing nominees,player rosters, and coaches for the 2006 Masonic All Star Teams.In 2006, the All Star Games will move to the campus of Carthage College inKenosha. The move was considered carefully, and it was determined that CarthageCollege provides an improved facility and greater prestige for the Masonic All StarSoccer program from coaches and athletes alike. The Carthage soccer field has aunique Astro-Play surface; considered among the finest in the Midwest. We will beable to offer exceptional training, recreation, swimming and soccer facilities atCarthage College. 2006 athletes are even more excited to be part of our program thisyear because of the facilities. Astoundingly, this will result in a net savings to thefraternity! Combined meal, banquet, field, transportation, and facilities cost will bereduced in 2006, yet the perceived value is greater to everyone.Through the insight of Erika Miller with the Grand Lodge Development Office,the Soccer foundation has aligned with Aurora Sports Medicine Institute. AthleticTrainers will be provided to the Soccer Foundation in exchange for visibility toAurora Healthcare’s Sports Medicine Program during their involvement with theAll Star Games in 2006. This too results in savings to the foundation. Other areasof savings will be realized in 2006 through income from advertising and donations,innovative program cost reduction efforts. Winning moves for 2006 are addedsponsorships, increased suggested advertising levels from athlete participants. TheKenosha Convention and Visitors Bureau and Chamber of Commerce has givenInternet visibility, media coverage, and community support welcoming the WisconsinMasonic All Star Soccer Games to Kenosha. In 2006 we saw support from theGreen Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and other civic-minded partners. Weanticipate similar support in 2006.The scheduled guest speaker at the awards banquet for this year’s Masonic AllStar Soccer Games is Jeff Wagner of 620AM – WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee. He is arecognized radio talk-show host, supporter of scouting, and a form US Attorney.The Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation has been aggressively seeking grantsand support to become self-sustaining.In 2006 we will designate proceeds to Shrine Hospitals and Special Olympics ofWisconsin. We have discussed the possibility of future scholarships for Masonic AllStar Soccer Athletes, and additional fund-raising programs that will be needed tosupport those efforts. That would be in addition to continued cost containment,revenue increases from outside the fraternity, and sharing a positive, youthfulimage tied to Freemasonry.When the opportunity comes to participate in a Soccer Foundation event –whether mail appeal, fund-raiser event, raffle ticket sales, purchase of soccer hatsvia the Internet, please be generous. Over 50,000 young people in Wisconsin areactive in the sport of soccer each year. The Masonic Soccer Foundation givesFreemasonry a youthful face through involvement with Soccer. You can supportFreemasonry by being involved with the Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation, Inc.115

Respectfully submitted,Nancy Storrs, ChairmanWisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation, Inc.WISCONIN MASONIC JOURNAL BOARD REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;The past year has been one of continuing progress as well as challenge for yourWisconsin Masonic Journal and its board of directors. The present board consists ofBrothers Truman E. Farris, Jr., Keith H. Harmon, John K. ‘Jack’ Shannon, JamesE. Walsh, Keith D. Chamberlain, PGM, President, and William L. Stonecipher, exofficio – a board which has worked diligently on behalf of the Fraternity to providea high quality publication at the most reasonable cost possible.Before continuing, the board would like to recognize the contributions of time andtalent of all its members, but particularly those of Brother Jack Shannon, whoreluctantly tendered his resignation from the board in February. Brother Shannonhas been a valued contributor to the editorial and fiscal oversight of this publicationsince 1990. Thank you, Brother Jack. Your insight and support has been anirreplaceable addition to the success of the publication during the 16 years you haveso faithfully served. Your contribution will be missed.On the technological front, the Journal is now benefiting fully from the economiesmade possible by the new computer equipment and program updates added lastyear. Coupled with our new hi-speed DSL Internet connection, these improvementshave made it possible to go printer-direct with each issue. After a period oftransition, we are now transmitting the entire publication electronically to ourprinter’s dedicated FTP server located in Platteville via PDF format. This advancein our technological capability further ensures that we are utilizing every meanspossible on our end to keep production costs as low as they can be without lesseningthe publication’s quality.These improvements have also made it easier and faster for more lodges to submitpictures and news for publication electronically, resulting in a greater variety ofnews and features from more lodges than ever before. Presently, submissions fromMasonic News Hawks and others via E-mail are now surpassing those submitted byconventional mail. In May, for example, 40 E-mails were received relating tosubmissions, while approximately 20 were delivered by non-electronic means.Another benefit of these improvements is that your Wisconsin Masonic Journalis now available in its entirety on the Internet. Previously only selected articles andimages were posted to the Grand Lodge web site. Now, the complete WisconsinMasonic Journal is available on the Internet at in.PDF file (Portable Document Format), making it available for download by readersaround the world via Adobe Acrobat Reader. This development is especiallysignificant because now Masonic news from Wisconsin is available to readers farbeyond the borders of the Badger State.Also available via the Masonic Journal page on the Grand Lodge web site is ourMasonic News Hawk Media Kit, a major feature of the Masonic News HawkProgram, your key to gaining the publicity your lodge needs and deserves in the116

public media as well as the Wisconsin Masonic Journal. At the present time nearlytwo-thirds of our lodges have News Hawks designated.In a continuing effort to keep our Masonic News Hawk correspondent list current,each lodge has been contacted for an update on their News Hawk’s information anda database has been created so that contact can be made more easily. Response tothis News Hawk program has been very positive and we are receiving informationabout individual lodge happenings in the form of announcements of coming eventsand pictures, captions and stories reporting on lodge happenings as they occur.Many new story ideas can be born of this program and we are currently seekingstories of present lodge members of interest to our readers.Also available on the Grand Lodge web site via the Masonic Journal page are ouradvertising rate sheets: one for commercial advertisers, the other for Masonic andAffiliated Organizations. Having our publication on the Internet offers a valueaddedbenefit to our present and future advertisers because their commercialmessages will now reach readers on the worldwide web. So far we have received2,287 visits to the WMJ page since the ‘visit counter’ feature was added in October2005.Over the years the Wisconsin Masonic Journal Board of Directors and editorialstaff have worked with due diligence to produce a publication of the highest qualitywhile keeping the cost of doing so to a minimum. However, as you are well aware,the cost of nearly everything in our personal and business life has been on the rise.So, too, has the cost of producing the Wisconsin Masonic Journal.In February of this year we received notice that effective May 1 our printer wasincreasing their price for producing the Journal by seven percent. This across-theboardprice increase affects paper, pre-press, printing and addressing services, allof which are beyond the board’s ability to control. As a direct result of this increase,we announced to all commercial customers and fraternal not-for-profit organizationsthat effective May 1 advertising rates would be adjusted upwards by sevenpercent across the board to reflect this direct increase in production costs.On the revenue side of the publication’s fiscal equation, advertising managerDiane Igl, editor William Stonecipher and members of the board have cooperated indeveloping and implementing initiatives to enhance advertising revenue. As anincentive, we offer a five percent discount when advertising is paid in full before wepublish. Also, our business card advertising is at near capacity.We look forward to the coming year as being an exciting time to advertise with theWisconsin Masonic Journal. Being ‘on-line,’ we can promote better exposurenationwide for advertisers. This will hopefully lead to increased revenues that canreduce expenses to the Fraternity for producing the top quality publication for whichwe are known, both now and into the future. New ideas and promotions areforthcoming for this endeavor.We thank you for your continuing support.For the Wisconsin Masonic Journal Board of DirectorsKeith D. Chamberlain, PGM, President117

COMPUTER USAGE COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;Due to extenuating circumstances the Computer Usage Committee got off to aslower than expected start. We are, however, picking up steam. We believe that itis important that the individual Lodge secretaries have the ability to exchangemember information from the membership database via the Grand Lodge web sitefunctioning as an “Extranet.” We have decided that the best course of action for thecommittee at this time is to start putting together a project plan to coordinate thateffort. Pat Beetcher has stepped up to manage that process. Her background andskills makes her the perfect member of the committee to put this together.With the assistance of the rest of the committee, she will be putting together asurvey to be sent out to the current users of the BLIS, primarily the Lodgesecretaries. It is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of thecurrent system as well as understand the skill levels and equipment resources of theusers of the system. The members of the committee will be getting back to Pat withquestions for the survey. She will compile the questions and have a draft of thesurvey to the committee by Mid-April.It is obvious that this committee will not be able to complete its mission by theGrand Lodge Annual Communication in June. We would like to encourage nextyear’s Grand Master to continue this committee’s work to completion.EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Fraternally submitted,Kurt Magoon, ChairmanYour Masonic Education Committee had a varied agenda before it during the pasttwelve months, beginning with a continuation of the Blue Lodge Public AwarenessProgram begun in 2K4-2K5 and culminating with the Midwest Conference onMasonic Education held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 31st through April 2nd.Various items were taken up in a continuing effort to enlighten and educate thecraft as well as making Freemasonry more visible within the individual community.Much credit goes to Br. John W. Wilke, JGW for his efforts on behalf of that goal.Many of Freemasonry’s “movers and shakers” attended the Midwest Conferencein Milwaukee with a plethora of ideas as well as outlines for educational programscurrently in use by individual jurisdictions being presented. Nearly every jurisdictionin the conference was represented. It is important to note that the MidwestConference is the only body if its type currently functioning, bearing testimony tothe dedication of its members.With the unique possibility of increasing interest being paid to our fraternitythrough the news media, television and movies, there is an ever-increasing need forongoing education in both member and non-member arenas. Your Masonic EducationCommittee will continue to focus its efforts in those areas with the goal of apositive outcome for our gentle craft.118

Respectively Submitted,Keith D. Chamberlain, PGM, ChairmanJoseph B. Harker, JGDScott E. KaczorBarry A. MaxfieldRodney A. Paulson, RWDGMDaniel L. SlavikJohn W. Wilke, JGWESOTERIC COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;The first meeting of the 2005-2006 District Lecturers was held at the AnnualCommunication session in Appleton. The topic covered was for each DistrictLecturer to have a school at each Lodge in his district. The reason for this is:1. To judge the actual officers of the Lodge on their ability2. To open and close Lodge and/or do degree work.3. To be able to spend more time with each individual Lodge.However, several of the District Lecturers said that they were having excellentattendance at area schools and would prefer to continue on in that method.Several styles of schools will be tried during the year and will be analyzed at theend of the year to determine their effectiveness. This will be done by:1. Response of Lodges2. Attendance3. Ability of District Lecturers to attend to all of the Lodges in his District.The follow-up Meeting will be on May 23, 2006 at Tomah Lodge, Tomah, WIPROFICIENCY MENDISTRICT NO. 1Fraternally,Ron Glaunert, Grand LecturerAreaBray, Marvin (260) 1Ganske, Edward Sr. (260) 1Horton, Joseph (236) 1Humphrey, L. (329) 1Johnson, Randy (236) 1Penn, Timothy (210) 1Sivertsen, John (329) 1DISTRICT NO. 2Anderson, Roderick (347) 3Balliette, Richard (105) 1Beetcher, William (244) 2119

Benson, Fred (109) 1Bergerson, Percy (351) 5Brown, Dennis (195) 1Christensen, Harold (195) 1Coenen, Allan (195) 1Corsie, Victor (351) 5Fischer, Lawrence (105) 1Fosmo, Harold Jr. (229) 1Hagen, Mark (112) 3Hofmeister, Clarence (229) 1Hopkins, Evan (105) 1Hoyer, Larry (220) 2Larson, Erwin (164) 3Larson, John (164) 3MacFarlane, James (192) 1Mayry, Mark (195) 1Mitchell, Richard (347) 3Nelson, George (351) 3Paulson, Henry (56) 1Tracey, Steven (56) 1Tubbs, Andrew (192) 1Walters, Dan (149) 3Warner, Harold (277) 2Williamson, Lou (187) 1DISTRICT NO. 3Abraham, William (130) 2Bavinka, Earl (emeritus) (318) 2Beck, Bob (130) 2Besse, Edward (242) 2Cholewinski, Edward (242) 2Dahlvig, Ardell (emeritus) (242) 2Dryer, William (emeritus) (300) 1Ebert, Paul (300) 1Engeldinger, J.W. (225) 1Fox, Douglas (225) 1Giammo, Salvatore (330) 2Hancock, Roger (130) 2Hinz, Marvin (226)Hougen, H. (242) 2Julian, Bill (242) 2Jurgens, Albert III (330) 2Leverson, Glen (237) 1Miller, David (248) 2Mitchell, Richard (emeritus) (248) 2Prewitt, Steven (318) 2Sansone, Thomas (242) 2Schmidt, R. Don (300) 1Schweigert, Harry (226) 2Wardensky, Earl (300) 1Werner, Marlin (242) 2120

DISTRICT NO. 4Adams, Moses (182) 2Aude, Edward (174) 1Brown, Floyd (218) 2Christensen, Edmond (emeritus) (170) 1Conway, Stephen III (287) 2Cornelissen, Gary (322) 1Duenk, Steven (85) 1Fick, Charles (218) 2Hetcher, Jack (182) 2Jackson, Donald (170) 1Knowlton, Ralph (322) 1Loving, Carl (emeritus) (231) 2Nelson, Warren (287) 2Novak, Raymond (222) 2Pinney, Thomas (174) 1Smejkal, James (21) 1Tincher, George (emeritus) (170) 1Tracy, Arthur (287) 2Van Alstine, Jack (emeritus) (344) 2Zochert, James (21) 1DISTRICT NO. 5Abernathy, John (184) 1Barreyro, Michael (345) 3Brown, John (190) 3Denny, Wesley (190) 3Elland, Alden (emeritus) (177) 3Glaunert, Ronald (345) 3Hintermeyer, Gordon (252) 1Johnson, Eric (252) 1Kowalke, Donald (190) 3Langreck, Jeffrey (emeritus) (184) 1Larson, Lowell (177) 3Lawrence, Byron (84) 3Nelson, Marlowe (84) 3DISTRICT NO. 6Burlison, Leland (27) 3Dean, Walter (emeritus) (82) 2Dresser, William (emeritus) (61) 2Hein, John (128) 1Huss, William Jr. (emeritus) (51) 2Kreager, Richard (186) 3Lantz, Leroy (128) 1Magoon, Roger (349) 2Nielson, Owen (emeritus) (197) 2Peterson, Charles (61) 2Reese, John (349) 2Rottler, Russell (128) 1Thomsen, Edward (332) 1121

DISTRICT NO. 7Asplin, Donald (180) 2Black, Richard (325) 2Campbell, Marvin (325) 2Emery, James (325) 2Roscoe, Jerry (5) 2DISTRICT NO. 8Blake, Edwin (34) 3Bryant, Verle (2) 1Hansen, Howard (66) 3Kramer, Denman (113) 3McCutchin, Kreighton Jr. (113) 3Olson, Gary (8) 3Olson, Mark (113) 3Paynter, Raymond (1) 1Pollock, Ross (1) 1White, Davey Jr. (4) 2Williamson, Joseph (79) 3DISTRICT NO. 9Atkinson, Robert (36) 3Behlke, Randal (9) 1Duoss, Brian (161) 2Fleming, James (42) 1Pynakker, Henry (315) 1Rosser, Roger (10) 3DISTRICT NO. 10Campbell, Craig (183) 1Gustafson, Rick (11) 3Myrhum, James (138) 1Presnell, Lawrence (193) 1Preston, David (120) 1Storrs, J. (138) 1Wallinger, George (72) 1DISTRICT NO. 11Blakely, William (12) 3Breitzmann, Kevin (307) 2Breitzmann, Richard (emeritus) (307) 2Charlton, Gordon (47) 1Cherkinian, Sarkis (92) 1Crouse, Charles (emeritus) (363) 2Dixon, Blair (288) 3Eichler, Alfred (246) 2Little, Harold (emeritus) (145) 1Mayer, Frank (emeritus) (297) 2Wolter, William Jr. (12) 3122

DISTRICT NO. 12Burgess, George Jr. (337) 4Darinski, Philip (189) 1Gale, Stewart (267) 5Griebenow, Dennis (189) 1Hensiak, Donald (189) 1Hess, Eugene (291) 5Hoffman, Edward (337) 4Kopplin, Walter II (189) 1Keyes, Jack (261) 4Lance, Lyle (291) 5Marcus, Eugene (261) 4Mouradian, Mike (291) 5Palmer, Horace (337) 4Reed, Frank Jr. (363) 3Scott, Lowell (261) 4RITUALISTSDISTRICT NO. 1Name City Area DegreeKuczenski, Paul (263) Hayward 3 P.L.Rowe, Dean E. (263) Hayward 3 P.L.DISTRICT NO. 2Goodman, Michael (149) Eau Claire 5 E.A.Hoffman, Donald (230) Clear Lake 1 E.A., R&FLanger, Joseph (195) New Richmond 1 E.A.Muenich, Harold P. (112) Eau Claire 5 E.A.,F.C.Vehrs, Harlan (195) New Richmond 1 E.A.Waltz, Gary (229) Ellsworth 4 E.A.DISTRICT NO. 3Anklam Jr., Robert R. (318) Wausau 2 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.,P.L.Builer, James T. (130) Wausau 2 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.,P.L.Creuziger, Keith (318) Mosinee 2 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.,P.L.Hegstrom, David (300) Park Falls 1 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.,P.L.Passow, Thomas (130) Wausau 2 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.,P.L.Schnabel, Rick (318) Mosinee 2 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.,P.L.DISTRICT NO. 4Allord, Jack (170) Shawano 2 F.C.Button, William (174) Algoma 3 E.A.Flannery, Gordon (287) Crandon 1 F.C.Gallager, William (185) Oconto 2 E.A.Gordon, Jeff (182) Marinette 1 E.A.Kelly, William (287) Antigo 2 E.A.Luhring, Paul (182) Marinette 1 F.C.123

Moe, John (218) Crivitz 1 E.A.Siewert, Dennis (322) De Pere 3 M.M.Sward, Scott (231) Antigo 1 E.A.,M.M.Vargo, Andy (287) Crandon 1 F.C.Wallinger, Kurt (322) Green Bay 3 E.A.Werner, Mike (188) Oconto 2 F.C.DISTRICT NO. 5Bouffleur, Philip (45) La Crosse 3 M.M.Brauner, Joe E. (74) Black River Falls 2 E.A.,F.C.Brewer, John (45) Stoddard 3 M.M.Brophy, John H. (177) Galesville 1 P.L.Callaway, Martin (190) La Crosse 1 P.L.,E.A.Christenson, Roger (214) Onalaska 1 P.L.,E.A.Coenen, Allen (132) Tomah 4 P.L.,M.M.Dickinson, Dean (190) La Crosse 1 P.L.Evenson, Don E. (74) Black River Falls 2 E.A.,F.C.Hiser, Harry (190) La Crosse 1 P.L.,F.C.Hurlburt, Wesley (214) Onalaska 1 P.L.,M.M.Larson, Otis (81) Mauston 4 P.L.,M.M.Raymer, Paul (125) West Salem 3 P.L.,F.C.Schroeder, Gerald (84) Viroqua 3 P.L.,E.A.Schultz, Emil (74) Black River Falls 2 P.L.,E.A.Suter, Robert (345) La Crosse 3 P.L.,F.C.Tangen, Myron (345) La Crosse 3 P.L.,F.C.DISTRICT NO. 6Barbola, David (38) Berlin 3 P.L.Burlison, Leland (27) 3Kelley, Michael (148) Wautoma 1 P.L.Lietz, Jeff (349) Appleton 2 E.A.Lintner, Jim (51) Appleton 2 E.A.,F.C.Reilly, Richard (148, 93) Plover 1 P.L.Roehrick, Joseph (186) Winneconne 3 E.A.,F.C.,M.M.Woodliff, Bruce (148) Wautoma 1 P.L.DISTRICT NO. 8Sprecher, Lyle (113) Prairie du Sac 1 P.L.Walter, Ken (79) Reedsburg 1 P.L.None AvailableNone AvailableNone AvailableDISTRICT NO. 9DISTRICT NO. 10DISTRICT NO. 11124

DISTRICT NO. 12Capen, Robert (350) Milwaukee 3 E.A.Christie, Jim (291) Milwaukee 3 M.M.Hersh, Howard (261) Milwaukee 2 E.A.Schreier, David (189) Milwaukee 4 E.A.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Your Executive Committee consists of all the Elected Officers of the Grand Lodge,the immediate Past Grand Master and the Senior Grand Deacon. The members ofthis committee are dedicated to the Craft and serve in many capacities throughoutthe year when the Grand lodge is not in session. They make many decisionsconcerning various items that relate to the operations of the Grand Lodge, the locallodges, the brethren, and the image of Freemasonry throughout Wisconsin.Several meetings were held throughout the year in various locations, mostly inconjunction with a Full Staff Meeting. The majority of the meetings were focused onthe Grand Master’s agenda and the Grand Secretary’s agenda. This was due in partto the great amount of correspondence and decisions, which are presented to themfor discussion and recommendations or approvals of decisions.Some of the items to come before the Committee were:Man-to-Mason-to-ShrineStrategic PlanningVarious Trial informationDispensations to Lodges and AssociationsGrand Masters Achievement AwardLodge Charters and ConsolidationsComputer networking and upgrading at the Grand Masonic CenterFraternal Relation meeting with Prince Hall MasonsAssorted Grand Lodge Operational PoliciesBlue Lodge Public Awareness ProgramLodge InsuranceCornerstone CeremoniesIncrease amount allowed by IRS paid to Grand Lodge employees for mileageYour Executive Committee continues to work for the Craft and for what is the bestfor Freemasonry in Wisconsin. We, in Wisconsin, are known for our innovativemethods of keeping pace with today’s technology and our dedication, not only to thecraft, but to the society in which we live. We continue to keep open minds for ourdecisions and apply them accordingly.125Respectively submitted,Roger L. Magoon, ChairmanRodney A. PaulsenJ.B. Van HollenJames M. HaysMichael A. DeWolfJohn W. WilkeCraig S. Campbell

FRATERNAL RELATIONS WITH PRINCE HALLCOMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:This committee was formed many years ago to meet with a like committee fromthe Prince Hall Grand Lodge to foster mutual understanding and Brotherhood.Steady progress has been made over the years until now we recognize each other forvisitation purposes. Our “stated” meetings are held once each year, usually inNovember. All of the elected Grand Lodge officers are members of the committeeplus a few others. Each Grand Lodge hosts the meeting on alternate years. In 2005we met on November 18th and the Prince Hall Grand Lodge hosted the get-together.As a result of these meetings, not only did we achieve recognition, but we havebeen able to initiate other joint programs and promote joint programs on the lodgelevel and visitations between lodges. One of the most successful of these is theannual table lodge which was enjoyed for the third time on March 29, 2006, at thePrince Hall Grand Lodge center in Milwaukee. I urge those of you who have notattended one of these table lodges to watch for the announcement of one to be heldin 2007, probably again in March, and to attend if possible.This year in addition to the annual meeting to be held in November, we havescheduled a picnic in August for joint enjoyment. If your lodge is participating ormeeting with a Prince Hall group, I would appreciate it if you would write or emailme with the details. In my report next year, I would like to include a summary of suchactivities.Fraternally submittedGeorge A. Wallinger, PGM, ChairmanMurry J. House, PMNorman M. Marcus, PMRoger L. Magoon, MWGMMichael A. DeWolf, PGM, RWGSRodney A. Paulsen, RWDGMJ. B. Van Hollen, RWSGWJohn W. Wilke, RWJGWCraig S. Campbell. WSGDKeith D. Chamberlain, PGMLEADERSHIP TRAINING COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;The Leadership Committee did not meet this past year and has no report tosubmit at this Annual Communication.Fraternally SubmittedRodney A. Paulsen, Chairman126

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:The Personnel Committee provided counsel and advice to the Grand LodgeOfficers and Wisconsin Masonic Benevolent Activities Board in the search for andhiring of a Director of Development. Specifically, consultation on the position dutiesand responsibilities, reporting relationships, compensation, interview process andhiring process was provided. The chairman of the personnel committee alsoparticipated in a screening interview, which resulted in the recommendation of acandidate to the Board.The committee chairman also discussed the annual review process for GrandLodge staff with the Grand Secretary and Grand Lodge Office Manager. A revisedprocess was implemented.RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Fraternally submitted,Keith Krinke, ChairmanThe Research Committee did not meet this past year and has no recommendationsto submit at this Annual Communication.Fraternally Submitted,Dave West, ChairmanTEMPLE PLANS AND FINANCING COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:“It shall be the duty of the Committee on Temple Plans and Financing to prepareand maintain a book of plans, specifications and appropriate costs of MasonicTemples, to counsel lodges on costs, plans requirements for building and financingand to make recommendations for approval or disapproval of such plans to theGrand Master.”The Committee has maintained a book of plans and specifications for lodgebuildings suitable for construction in Wisconsin. The Book of Plans is kept at theGrand Masonic Center and can be borrowed by any constituent lodge. In additionto the Book of Plans, the Committee also maintains several sample plans inelectronic format. They are available upon request via email to: pat@jpstorrs.com.Due to the wide regional variances in the cost of construction, it has not been possibleto produce an accurate schedule of costs for the sample plans. The Committee hasbeen available to counsel lodges on the costs of any anticipated construction projects.Requests for counsel have been received from the following lodges:Ozaukee Lodge No. 17: Request: Assistance in obtaining bids and permitsfor installation of a vertical platform lift. Construction was completed inFebruary.127

Waverly Lodge No. 51: Request: Construction cost data and samplebuilding plans for construction of a new lodge building. The Waverly buildingcommittee toured the Northwest Masonic Center in Milwaukee, McKinleyMasonic Center in Brookfield, Jefferson Masonic Center and Fond du LacMasonic Center. Temple Plans & Financing Committee member Paul Twardyprepared several floor plan sketches derived from their list of needs. They areinvestigating a joint venture with Twin Cities Lodge #61 and looking for anappropriate building site.Twin Cities Lodge No. 61: Request: Plans of the Fond du Lac MasonicCenter for the purpose of soliciting construction cost estimates for a similarstructure in the Fox Valley area. They are in negotiations with at least twobuyers wishing to purchase their existing building.Collins Spring Valley No. 192: Request: Information regarding the dispositionand/or renovation of properties owned by the lodge.Doric No. 356: Request: Grand Master’s approval on the sale of theirbuilding on Cottage Grove Road in Madison. The Committee has beeninvolved in this transaction for several years. A conditional recommendationfor approval was made to the Grand Master.The Committee did not receive any requests for building plan approval duringthis Grand Masonic Year.Committee activity during this year did not merit a formal meeting. All intercommitteecorrespondence was handled via email and telephone.Fraternally submitted,J. Patrick Storrs, ChairmanWilliam F. KellyRichard P. LindeRobert E. Moore, PGMPaul M. TwardyYOUTH GROUP FUNDING COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:One of the requests of our Grand Master, Roger L. Magoon, this year was toevaluate the standing committees of the Grand Lodge as to their functionality andviability in serving the craft. This year our Trustees, through P.G.M. William E.Day, have provided much information on the finances of the Grand Lodge. He hasexplained our various funds, which are available and which are allocated to specificneeds.The Youth Funding Committee has met using the wonders of the electronic ageusing telephone and e-mail communication. The Youth Funding Committee sees itsrole increasing in future years. At this time, the Grand Lodge, as a budget line item,provides some of the funding for our Masonic Youth groups. (The Grand Lodge onlyprovides some of the funds for the Youth Group’s Annual Budgets.)128

Our Committee and the Youth Fund was established in 1998. You established theYouth Fund to provide funding requests of our three Masonic youth groups,DeMolay, Job’s Daughters and Rainbow for Girls. The Fund is segregated, ownedand maintained by us (The Grand Lodge). When it is determined the Fund hasreached an appropriate level, the earnings from the investment will provide fundingto the Youth Groups. Thus the Youth Funding would not be part of the Grand Lodgeannual budget. The balance in the Youth Fund as of February 28, 2006 was$443,568.94.We would suggest that when the transition is made, Youth Funding shouldremain part of the annual expenditures as a budget line item, on the annual GrandLodge Budget. The income from the Fund should be put on the income side of thebudget. We realize that the entries would cancel each other out but it would provideinformation regarding the Youth Funding for that budget year. This practice wouldalso be a reminder not to loose sight of our moral and Masonic obligation to supportthe youth in our Masonic Family with our time, talents and resources.Guidelines for Youth Funding requests:• Each organization should submit their annual budget.• Funding requests must be submitted to the proper Youth Group for initialapproval before forwarding the request to the Grand Lodge Youth FundingCommittee.• Request for special funds will include a financial plan as to how the projectwill be funded.• Approved requests will be forwarded to the expenditures committee and tothe Grand Lodge Treasurer for distribution of funds.Listed below is the history referencing the Youth Funding Committee and theestablishment of the Fund.In Conclusion: Our role will increase when the Grand Lodge Trustees and theExpenditures Committee determine the Masonic Youth Fund has reached a properlevel. Our Committee encourages donations to the Youth Fund. We would like tothank all those members of our Masonic Family for, leading by example, giving somuch of their time, talents and financial support to our Youth Organizations.Respectfully submitted,Dennis V. Siewert - Chair - Junior Grand StewardJohn W. Wilke - Junior Grand WardenCraig S. Campbell - Senior Grand DeaconRobert E. Lijewski - Executive Officer of the Order of DeMolayRonal Koller - Grand Guardian Job’s DaughtersBarb Foster - Supreme Deputy Rainbow for GirlsNO UNFINISHED BUSINESS DECLARATIONGrand Master Magoon, Grand Secretary DeWolf and Grand Treasurer Hays alldeclared that there was no unfinished business on their desks.129

PRESENTATION OF PAST GRAND MASTER’S JEWELPast Grand Master Lawrence L. Myers said that it was his privilege to presentRoger L. Magoon to the line and he had made him very proud. He then presentedhim with his Past Grand Master’s pin. He was given a hearty round of applausePROCLAMATIONPast Grand Master and Installing Grand Marshal Robert E. Moore proclaimedthe 2006-2007 elected and appointed Grand officers duly installed.REMARKS BY M.W. GRAND MASTER RODNEY A. PAULSENADDRESS TO THE CRAFTGreetings Brethren:As many of you are aware, I underwent heart surgery with five bypasses duringthe first week in May, four weeks and four days before being installed as your GrandMaster for 2006-2007. I deeply appreciated the many cards I received and wasoverwhelmed by the number of cards wishing me well. I am extremely humbled anddeeply gratified. I thank you, all.”What follows is the 2006-07 program for the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Wisconsinas presented in my remarks at the 162nd Annual Communication Saturdaymorning following the proclamation. It consists of 14 points:1. Continue the office of District Chaplain.2. The design for the pin that I have chosen for my year in office is a Lamp ofKnowledge with a Square & Compasses at the point of the flame. The motto I havechosen is, “Aim High! Be all that you can be.” This is to remind us to set high goalspersonally and as a lodge. As a person, to be the best we can be at home, in the lodge,on the job, in church, and in the community. This also challenges the lodge to set highgoals and to be the best it can be in the community in which it is located.3. Reintroduce the Wisconsin Program concept of membership development andmaintenance as outlined in the Friend’s Programming Guide distributed at theAnnual Communication by Grand Master Roger Magoon. This is the same programused so successfully by Appleton Lodge. Read what this program says, study whatit means, apply it within the lodge and utilize the lessons taught therein, helpingMasons aim high and be all that we can be in our families, lodges, places ofemployment and our communities.4. Encourage the Deputy Grand Master to meet with the Progressive LineOfficers in order to work together in planning for the future.5. Revamp the GMAA to be re-designated the Lodge Excellence Awarda). Base the award on the Blue Lodge calendar yearb). Recognize three levels of point achievement and accomplishment-Bronze,Silver, and Gold. EveryLodge will have the opportunity to gain some levelof recognition for their efforts in addition to a plaque nameplate, in additionto the top three awards. A letter of explanation and qualification forms willbe distributed to lodges this summer.130

c). This program is supported by the progressive line officers and will becontinued for several years as described above, except for fine tuned as useand experience suggests.d). Scholarship awards to the top three lodges will continue as before.e). This first year, lodges will be permitted to ‘double dip’ with a portion of GMMagoon’s year, and the Lodge Excellence Award will begin with January2006 and extend through January 2007.6. Revive and utilize the Masonic Square Bear Program. Bears are still availablefrom PGM Magoon for $6.00 each.7. I will continue to attend as many Blue Lodge and other bodies’ activities ascalendar and health permits.8. As many lodges are celebrating their 150th anniversary, I or a Grand Lodgeofficer will attend, as invited, to participate in the festivities.9. Many Brothers are attaining 50, 60, 70, 75 years of membership. If invited, Ior a Grand Lodge officer will attend to present the award, rather than theWorshipful Master or Secretary of the lodge, in order to enhance the prestige of thisrecognition.10. Appoint a Wisconsin Scouting Committee to develop a program to recognizethose boys (and men) who have achieved the high rank of Eagle Scout. Recognitionwill be provided through a personal letter of congratulations from the Grand Master,a personalized commendation certificate, and a specially designed Masonic pocketmedal. The cost will be $20 provided by the sponsor. Applications to be a sponsor canbe made by a lodge or a Brother by the completion of the application form. Anyonewho has finished the Eagle Scout requirements is eligible, even if it was long ago.Presentation may be made at either a Scout Court of Honor or Masonic Lodgefunction. A plaque will also be developed to represent those Master Masons whohave received the Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award. This program weare adopting was developed by the Grand Masonic Lodge of Michigan and is beingutilized with their permission.11. Explore the Harvard College Masonic Lodge Program where a Masonic Lodgeis developed within the university setting. If interest is expressed, we will explorethe Milwaukee area and expand to additional University of Wisconsin campuses asappropriate.12. Utilize the Masonic Ambassador Program as developed by the Grand Lodgeof Massachusetts and implemented in other jurisdictions to develop a LodgeMembership officer to assist in promoting the Lodge in the community, and furtherdevelop lodge leadership to build a stronger future for the Lodge and Freemasonry.13. Reactivate the Leadership Program and activate the Masonic EducationCommittee to present programs, which will develop more informed and effectiveMasons throughout the state.14. We will inaugurate a Three Pillars Awareness Program in conjunction withMary Millard, Director of Fraternal Relations for the Three Pillars Senior LivingCommunities. Participation in this program will be recognized in the LodgeExcellence Award. If a lodge or member participates they would be given points fordoing so.131

The objective of the program will be:a). To inform all Masonic-affiliated members of Wisconsin as to what isavailable at Three Pillars Senior Retirement Communities.b). Give an update of the remodeling that was done in 2005-06.c). Give information regarding the newest building, The Compass PointCatered Living complex.d). Answer questions concerning the various senior-living options available atall Three Pillars’ facilities.e). Plans are for Ms. Millard to travel throughout Wisconsin to hold meetingsin lo‘dges. About two meeting per month will be scheduled in differentlocations. A light lunch or dinner will precede the presentation. A questionand answer session will follow. All members of the fraternal bodies andspouses will be invited to attend. Dates of presentations as they arescheduled will be published in the Masonic Journal and on the ThreePillars web site. Notification will be sent to individual lodges and organizationsas well. Attendees would choose which presentation they would liketo attend and RSVP to Ms. Millard at Three Pillars by calling 262-965-7391.Additional information on all of these programs will be forwarded to lodges orpublished in The Wisconsin Masonic Journal as it is developed.CLOSING OF GRAND LODGEFraternally,Rodney A. Paulsen,Grand Master of Masons in WisconsinThe 2006-2007 Grand Lodge officers closed the 162nd Annual Communication ofthe Grand Lodge of Wisconsin.132

APPENDIX AIn MemoriamWe pay Tribute tothe Memory ofOur Own DeadandTo the Dead of OurSister Grand JurisdictionsThe bonds of friendship andbrotherly love can never be severedby the scythe of time.(See Necrology Report forlist of deceased members.)133

APPENDIX BTABULAR STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIPPER CAPITA TAX, FEES AND ASSESSMENTSCOLLECTED DECEMBER 31, 2005ACTIVE CHARTERED LODGES – LISTED BY NUMBERSUMMARY OF CHARTERS GRANTEDLODGES HAVING NAMES CHANGEDDISCONTINUED LODGES – LISTED BY NUMBERREGISTER OF LODGES SHOWING MEETING NIGHTSPAST AND PRESENT GRAND OFFICERSGRAND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHERGRAND LODGES NEAR WISCONSINGRAND REPRESENTATIVES OF WISCONSINNEAR OTHER GRAND LODGESHONORARY MEMBERSMERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS134

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ACTIVE CHARTERED LODGESUnder the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons ofWisconsinName of Date of CharterNo. Lodge Location County Dispensation Granted1 Mineral Point Mineral Point Iowa Oct. 8, 1840 Jan. 17, 18442 Melody Platteville Grant Jan. 20, 1843 Jan. 17, 18443 South Shore South Milwaukee Milwaukee June 12, 1843 Jan. 17, 18444 Warren Potosi Grant Apr. 27, 1844 Jan. 10, 18455 Madison Madison Dane June 4, 1844 Jan. 10, 18458 Prairie du Chien Prairie du Chien Crawford Dec. 26, 1857 June 10, 18589 Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Oct. 19, 1888 June 12, 188910 Morning Star Beloit Rock Sept. 21, 1846 Jan. 14, 184711 Sheboygan Sheboygan Sheboygan Feb. 4, 1846 May 29, 184712 Southern Lakes Delavan Walworth May 7, 2004 June 14, 200413 Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee Feb. 11, 1847 Jan. 15, 184816 Franklin Lone Rock Richland Aug. 3, 1847 Jan. 15, 184817 Ozaukee Pt. Washington Ozaukee Nov. 26, 1847 Jan. 15, 184818 Racine-Belle City Racine Racine Oct. 22, 1847 Jan. 15, 184821 Washington Green Bay Brown Dec. 23, 1847 Dec. 16, 184825 Amicitia Shullsburg Lafayette May 24, 1849 Dec. 15, 184926 Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Sept. 13, 1849 Dec. 15, 184927 Oshkosh Oshkosh Winnebago Apr. 23, 1849 Dec. 15, 184928 Burlington Burlington Racine Feb. 7, 1849 Dec. 15, 184930 Aurora Milwaukee Milwaukee Jan. 7, 1850 Dec. 14, 185031 Smith Monroe Green Apr. 9, 1850 Dec. 13, 185032 Union Evansville Rock Oct. 14, 1850 Dec. 13, 185033 Fort Winnebago Portage Columbia June 26, 1850 Dec. 13, 185034 Baraboo Baraboo Sauk Oct. 27, 1851 June 8, 185236 Albany Albany Green Mar. 1, 1851 June 9, 185237 Waukesha Waukesha Waukesha Jan. 20, 1851 June 9, 185238 Berlin Berlin Green Lake Nov., 1851 June 11, 185242 Oconomowoc-Hartland Oconomowoc Waukesha July 14, 1852 June 15, 185344 Geneva Lake Geneva Walworth Oct. 10, 1852 June 16, 185345 Frontier LaCrosse LaCrosse Oct. 8, 1852 June 16, 185347 Kenosha Kenosha Kenosha Jan. 1, 1853 June 14, 185448 Waupun Waupun Dodge Apr. 20, 1853 June 14, 185450 Hiram Madison Dane Feb. 21, 1854 June 14, 185451 Waverly Appleton Outagamie Apr. 19, 1854 June 14, 185455 Janesville-Western Star Janesville Rock Oct. 11, 1854 June 13, 185556 St. Croix Hudson St. Croix June 10, 1854 June 15, 185557 St. Johns Whitewater Walworth Aug. 29, 1853 June 15, 185560 Valley Sparta Monroe Aug. 17, 1854 June 15, 185561 Twin Cities Neenah Winnebago Feb. 10, 1855 June 15, 185563 Waterloo Waterloo Jefferson Jan. 24, 1855 June 15, 185564 Evening Star Darlington Lafayette Nov. 10, 1853 June 15, 185565 Manitowoc Manitowoc Manitowoc Feb. 12, 1856 June 12, 185666 Richland Richland Center Richland Mar. 14, 1856 June 12, 185668 Palmyra Palmyra Jefferson Jan. 5, 1856 June 12, 185669 Fulton Edgerton Rock July 21, 1855 June 12, 185671 Quincy Friendship Adams Jan. 21, 1856 June 12, 185672 Dodge County Beaver Dam Dodge Feb. 4, 1856 June 12, 185673 Kegonsa Stoughton Dane Mar. 11, 1856 June 12, 185674 Black River Black River Falls Jackson Oct. 11, 1856 June 12, 185675 Columbus Columbus Columbia Feb. 24, 1855 June 12, 185679 Reedsburg Reedsburg Sauk June 8, 1856 June 10, 185780 Independence Milwaukee Milwaukee July 13, 1856 June 10, 185781 Northern Light Mauston Juneau Sept. 12, 1856 June 10, 185782 Manawa Manawa Waupaca Jan. 14, 1857 June 10, 185784 La Belle Viroqua Vernon Dec. 20, 1856 June 10, 1857141

Name of Date of CharterNo. Lodge Location County Dispensation Granted85 Des Peres Green Bay Brown Feb. 4, 1857 June 10, 185790 Waucoma Evansville Rock Dec. 22, 1857 June 9, 185893 Evergreen Stevens Point Portage Aug. 13, 1857 June 9, 185894 Bicknell Brodhead Green June 9, 1857 June 9, 185895 Prairie View Ripon Fond du Lac Aug. 15, 1857 June 9, 185897 Crescent Valley Mazomanie Dane Dec. 15, 1857 June 9, 185899 Lodi Valley Lodi Columbia June 9, 1857 June 9, 1858103 Juneau New Lisbon Juneau Nov. 18, 1857 June 9, 1858105 Northwestern Prescott Pierce Dec. 1, 1856 June 9, 1858108 Neosho-Mayville-Horicon Neosho Dodge June 17, 1858 June 15, 1859109 River Falls River Falls Pierce Aug. 11, 1858 June 16, 1859112 Eau Claire Eau Claire Eau Claire Dec. 30, 1858 June 15, 1859113 Sauk Prairie Prairie du Sac Sauk Jan. 12, 1858 June 15, 1859119 Dodgeville Dodgeville Iowa June 16, 1859 June 13, 1860120 Hartford Hartford Washington July 21, 1859 June 13, 1860123 Waupaca Waupaca Waupaca Feb. 23, 1859 June 13, 1860124 Dells Wisconsin Dells Columbia Mar. 14, 1860 June 13, 1860125 Salem West Salem La Crosse Apr. 8, 1860 June 13, 1860128 Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Rapids Wood Mar. 3, 1860 June 12, 1861130 Forest Wausau Marathon Nov. 21, 1860 June 12, 1861132 Tomah Tomah Monroe Apr. 4, 1861 June 12, 1861138 West Bend West Bend Washington Aug. 21, 1862 June 10, 1863141 Montello Montello Marquette Oct. 9, 1862 June 10, 1863143 Sun Prairie Sun Prairie Dane Apr. 27, 1863 June 12, 1863145 Washburn Bristol Kenosha June 18, 1863 June 15, 1864148 Wautoma Wautoma Waushara Nov. 25, 1863 June 15, 1864149 Durand-Pepin Durand Pepin May 6, 1864 June 15, 1864151 Oregon Oregon Dane July 12, 1865 June 15, 1866161 Milton Milton Jct. Rock Apr. 18, 1866 June 13, 1866164 Menomonie Menomonie Dunn Sept. 6, 1866 June 12, 1867167 Cassia Plymouth Sheboygan Feb. 12, 1867 June 12, 1867168 Omro Omro Winnebago Apr. 3, 1867 June 12, 1867170 Shawano Shawano Shawano June 10, 1867 June 10, 1868171 Pardee Pardeeville Columbia Sept. 9, 1857 June 10, 1868172 Calumet New Holstein Calumet July 3, 1925 June 9, 1926173 Poynette Poynette Columbia May 14, 1868 June 10, 1868174 Henry S. Baird Sturgeon Bay Door Oct. 28, 1878 June 11, 1879175 Excelsior Milwaukee Milwaukee Jan. 21, 1869 June 9, 1869176 Chippewa Falls Chippewa Falls Chippewa Jan. 21, 1869 June 10, 1869177 Decora Galesville Trempealeau Dec. 22, 1869 June 15, 1870178 Argyle Argyle Lafayette June 17, 1869 June 15, 1870180 Middleton-Ionic Middleton Dane Jan. 19, 1870 June 15, 1870182 Marinette Marinette Marinette Sept. 26, 1870 June 14, 1871183 Lincoln Menomonee Falls Waukesha Aug. 25, 1871 June 12, 1872184 Alma Alma Buffalo Dec. 28, 1871 June 12, 1872186 Winneconne Winneconne Winnebago Jan. 1, 1872 June 12, 1872187 North Star Star Prairie St. Croix Aug. 25, 1871 June 11, 1873188 Pine Oconto Oconto Aug. 1, 1872 June 11, 1873189 Lake Milwaukee Milwaukee Sept. 27, 1872 June 11, 1873190 La Crosse Masonic La Crosse La Crosse May 7, 1873 June 11, 1873192 Collins-Spring Valley Baldwin St. Croix Aug. 27, 1873 June 10, 1874193 Ashlar Sussex Waukesha Nov. 10, 1873 June 10, 1874195 New Richmond New Richmond St. Croix Nov. 28, 1873 June 10, 1874197 Clintonville Clintonville Waupaca Apr. 17, 1873 June 10, 1874201 Arcadia Arcadia Trempealeau May 10, 1875 June 12, 1876206 Linden Linden Iowa Feb. 1, 1877 June 13, 1877210 Ancient Landmark Ashland Ashland Feb. 27, 1878 June 12, 1878214 Onalaska Onalaska La Crosse Dec. 23, 1880 June 15, 1881215 Bayfield Bayfield Bayfield Jan. 24, 1881 June 15, 1881217 Medford Medford Taylor May 21, 1881 June 15, 1882218 Tri-County Daylite Crivitz Marinette Nov. 29, 1988 June 12, 1989142

Name of Date of CharterNo. Lodge Location County Dispensation Granted219 Fennimore Fennimore Grant Jan. 2, 1882 June 15, 1882220 Barron Barron Barron Apr. 14, 1881 June 13, 1883221 Shell Lake-Spooner Shell Lake Washburn May 2, 1882 June 13, 1883222 Hiram D. Fisher Florence Florence Oct. 24, 1882 June 13, 1883224 Marshfield Marshfield Wood July 3, 1882 June 10, 1883225 Phillips Phillips Price July 9, 1883 June 12, 1884226 Virginia Falls Merrill Lincoln Feb. 8, 1884 June 12, 1884229 Hancock Ellsworth Pierce July 28, 1884 June 10, 1885230 Clear Lake Clear Lake Polk Nov. 12, 1884 June 10, 1885231 Antigo Antigo Langlade Sept. 16, 1885 June 9, 1886234 Blue Hills Rice Lake Barron Nov. 9, 1886 June 15, 1887236 Superior Superior Douglas Nov. 7, 1887 June 13, 1888237 Hurley Mercer Iron Nov. 28, 1887 June 13, 1888241 Wilmot Wilmot Kenosha Nov. 23, 1888 June 12, 1889242 Rhinelander-Lakeland Rhinelander Oneida Mar. 1, 1889 June 12, 1889244 Landmark Grantsburg Burnette Sept. 23, 1890 June 10, 1891245 Social Cambridge Dane Feb. 9, 1891 June 10, 1891246 Pewaukee Pewaukee Waukesha June 10, 1891247 Laflin-St. James Mukwonago Waukesha Nov. 17, 1891 June 15, 1892248 Eagle River Eagle River Vilas Dec. 23, 1891 June 15, 1892252 Mondovi Mondovi Buffalo River Feb. 14, 1891 June 15, 1892255 Hillsboro Hillsboro Vernon Oct. 18, 1892 June 14, 1893261 Milwaukee-Harmony Milwaukee Milwaukee Feb. 1, 1894 June 13, 1894263 Keystone Hayward Sawyer Dec. 26, 1894 June 15, 1895265 Lafayette Milwaukee Milwaukee June 15, 1895267 Wauwatosa West Allis Milwaukee Oct. 21, 1895 June 10, 1896268 Benton Benton Lafayette July 10, 1896 June 8, 1897272 Camp Douglas Camp Douglas Juneau May 3, 1900 June 13, 1900277 Chetek Chetek Barron May 15, 1901 June 12, 1902279 Merrillan Merrillan Jackson Jan. 14, 1902 June 12, 1902280 Mystic Tie Ladysmith Rusk Mar. 5, 1902 June 12, 1902281 Bloomer Bloomer Chippewa June 3, 1902 June 11, 1903287 Crandon Crandon Forest June 30, 1903 June 15, 1904288 Union Grove Union Grove Racine Apr. 4, 1904 June 14, 1904290 Damascus Greenfield Milwaukee Nov. 7, 1904 June 15, 1905291 West Allis West Allis Milwaukee July 16, 1906 June 12, 1907293 Oconto Falls Oconto Falls Oconto Jan. 10, 1907 June 12, 1907297 Myron Reed Brookfield Waukesha Nov. 15, 1908 June 9, 1909300 Park Falls Park Falls Price June 15, 1909 June 15, 1910301 Henry L. Palmer Milwaukee Milwaukee July 11, 1910 June 15, 1911307 McKinley Brookfield Waukesha Feb. 27, 1914 June 10, 1914310 New Glarus New Glarus Green May 14, 1914 June 9, 1915315 Dousman Dousman Waukesha Jan. 10, 1917 June 13, 1917317 Owen Owen Clark Aug. 23, 1917 June 12, 1918318 Mosinee Mosinee Marathon Mar. 13, 1918 June 12, 1918319 Barneveld Barneveld Iowa Apr. 24, 1919 June 9, 1920320 Victory Cedarburg Ozaukee June 5, 1919 June 9, 1920322 Theo. Roosevelt Green Bay Brown Oct. 14, 1919 June 9, 1920325 Commonwealth Madison Dane June 2, 1922 June 14, 1922329 Acacia Superior Douglas Dec. 22, 1922 June 13, 1923330 Island City Minocqua Oneida Oct. 6, 1999 June 13, 2000331 James M. Hays Milwaukee Milwaukee Mar. 9, 1923 June 13, 1923332 Adams Adams Adams Sept. 13, 1924 June 10, 1925337 Geo. Washington 1776 Whitefish Bay Milwaukee Apr. 26, 1926 June 9, 1926344 Gillett Gillett Oconto July 30, 1927 June 13, 1928345 Badger La Crosse La Crosse May 23, 1928 June 13, 1928347 Sanctuary Eau Claire Eau Claire Mar. 1, 1929 June 12, 1929349 Appleton Appleton Outagamie Mar. 20, 1950 June 13, 1950350 Nathan Hale Milwaukee Milwaukee Apr. 6, 1951 June 12, 1951351 Geo. B. Wheeler Eau Claire Eau Claire Dec. 21, 1953 June 8, 1954354 Elmbrook Brookfield Waukesha June 12, 1956 June 11, 1957143

Name of Date of CharterNo. Lodge Location County Dispensation Granted356 Doric Madison Dane June 13, 1961 June 12, 1962358 Day-Lite Milwaukee Milwaukee May 10, 1971 June 14, 1972359 Sunrise Kenosha Kenosha Apr. 11, 1977 June 13, 1978360 N.E.W. Daylite Green Bay Brown Mar. 16, 1983 June 11, 1984362 Four Lakes Daylight Madison Dane June 11, 1990 June 10, 1991363 Freemasons Milwaukee Milwaukee Apr. 29, 1992 June 8, 1992364 Glenn L. Humphrey Dousman Waukesha May 12, 1992 June 8, 1992365 Barnes Barnes Sawyer Mar. 11, 1999 June 14, 1999366 Perseverance 1843 Dousman Waukesha Nov. 4, 2000 June 12, 2001367 Unity Kenosha Kenosha July 17, 2003 June 14, 2004368 Mason-Woods Cecil Shawano Jan. 24, 2005 June 13, 20051843 Silas H. Shepherd Hartland Waukesha Dec. 11, 1983 June 11, 19841862 Armistead-Bingham Waterloo Jefferson Feb. 10, 1999 June 14, 1999144

SUMMARY OF CHARTERS GRANTEDTotal Number of Charters Granted .................................................................................................................... 384Lodges Discontinued ......................................................................................................................................... 192Charters Restored .............................................................................................................................................. 0Number of Charters in Force ............................................................................................................................. 190LODGES HAVING NAMES CHANGEDOriginal Nameof Lodge No. Name Changed to No. Date ChangedMilwaukee ........................................ 3 Kilbourn ............................................... 3 1869Kilbourn ............................................ 3 South Shore ........................................ 3 Oct. 28, 2004Delavan .......................................... 12 Delavan-Darien ................................. 12 Sept. 1, 1977Delavan Darien .............................. 12 Southern Lakes ................................. 12 May 7, 2004Tracy .............................................. 13 Wisconsin .......................................... 13 June 11, 1852Prometheus ................................... 17 Ozaukee ............................................ 17 June 15, 1853Racine ............................................ 18 Racine-Belle City ............................... 18 Dec. 29, 2003Fountain ......................................... 26 Fond du Lac ...................................... 26 June 2, 1995Fox River ........................................ 28 Burlington .......................................... 28 June 10, 1852Horicon ........................................... 40 Horicon-Mayville ................................ 40 Jan. 20, 1977Oconomowoc ................................. 42 Oconomowoc-Hartland ...................... 42 Apr. 20, 2002Jerusalem ...................................... 54 Raymond ........................................... 54 1861Janesville ....................................... 55 Janesville-Western Star .................... 55 May 2, 1994Elisha Kent Kane ........................... 61 Twin Cities ......................................... 61 Sept. 12, 1995Kane ............................................... 61 Elisha Kent Kane ............................... 61 June 10, 1924Dallas ............................................. 78 Dells .................................................. 78 June 8, 1858Weyauwega ................................... 82 Manawa ............................................. 82 Dec. 19, 1995Green Lake .................................... 95 Ripon-Green Lake ............................. 95 Nov. 23, 1971Ripon-Green Lake .......................... 95 Ripon, Green Lake, Markesan .......... 95 Apr. 18, 1990Ripon, Green Lake, Markesan ....... 95 Prairie View ....................................... 95 June 25, 1997Crescent ......................................... 97 Crescent Valley ................................. 97 May 22, 1997Bryan .............................................. 98 John A. Bryan .................................... 98 June 10, 1924Neosho ......................................... 108 Neosho-Mayville-Horicon ................ 108 March 27, 1997Eureka .......................................... 113 Sauk Prairie ..................................... 113 Nov. 1, 1966Bark River .................................... 122 Hartland ........................................... 122 In 1893Columbia ...................................... 124 Dells ................................................ 124 May 26, 1970Grand Rapids ............................... 128 Wisconsin Rapids ............................ 128 June 15, 1921Osceola ........................................ 134 Osceola-St. Croix Falls .................... 134 May 14, 1990Beetown ....................................... 146 Bloomington .................................... 146 May 19, 1976Durand ......................................... 149 Durand-Pepin .................................. 149 April 24, 1981Mifflin ............................................ 153 Rewey ............................................. 153 Year 1901Reedsburg ................................... 157 Reedsburg ......................................... 79 April 1, 1972New Holstein ................................ 172 Calumet ........................................... 172 Jan. 29, 1985Key ............................................... 174 Kewaunee-Key ................................ 174 July 10, 1978Kewaunee-Key ............................ 174 Henry S. Baird ................................. 174 Nov. 17, 2005Middleton ..................................... 180 Middleton-Ionic ................................ 180 Dec. 31, 1998North LaCrosse ............................ 190 LaCrosse Masonic ........................... 190 Jan. 1, 2001Bailey ........................................... 192 Collins .............................................. 192 In 1888 (No authorityfor the change)Collins .......................................... 192 Collins-Spring Valley ....................... 192 May 14, 2004Dayton .......................................... 198 Belleville .......................................... 198 1812Elroy ............................................. 202 Elroy-Wonewoc ............................... 202 Dec. 10, 1974Osseo .......................................... 213 Osseo-Fairchild-Augusta ................. 213 Feb. 19, 1997Bayfield ........................................ 215 Bayfield-Washburn .......................... 215 July 27, 1993Peshtigo ....................................... 218 Tri County Daylite ............................ 218 July 15, 1992Shell Lake .................................... 221 Shell Lake-Spooner ......................... 221 Nov. 3, 2004Fisher ........................................... 222 Hiram D. Fisher ............................... 222 June 10, 1924Rice Lake ..................................... 234 Blue Hills ......................................... 234 May 14, 1998Grantsburg ................................... 244 Frederic-Grantsburg ........................ 244 Nov. 20, 1989Frederic-Grantsburg ..................... 244 Landmark ........................................ 244 Jan. 1, 2004Laflin ............................................ 247 Laflin-St. James ............................... 247 April 10, 2001Mondovi ....................................... 252 Buffalo River .................................... 252 June 21, 2005Genoa Junction ............................ 256 Genoa City ...................................... 256 June 13, 1924145

Rusk ............................................. 259 Jeremiah M. Rusk ........................... 259 June 10, 1924Ivanhoe ........................................ 265 LaFayette ........................................ 265 June 10, 1896Perry ............................................ 269 William W. Perry .............................. 269 June 10, 1924Stanley ......................................... 273 Stanley-Thorp .................................. 273 Nov. 22, 1971Roosevelt ..................................... 322 Theodore Roosevelt ........................ 322 April 14, 1948Rhinelander ................................. 242 Rhinelander-Lakeland ..................... 242 Dec. 15, 1982Milwaukee .................................... 261 Milwaukee-Harmony ........................ 261 Jan. 8, 1983Merrillan ....................................... 279 Merrillan-Humbird ............................ 279 March 25, 1986Merrillan-Humbird ........................ 279 Merrillan ........................................... 279 June 29, 2004Whitehall ...................................... 271 Whitehall-Blair ................................. 271 Feb. 1, 1987Acacia .......................................... 329 Acacia-Itasca ................................... 329 Sept. 28, 1995146

LIST OF LODGES DISCONTINUEDLodge No. Location How Charter Disposed ofOlive Branch 6 New Diggings Surrendered January 10, 1865.Southport 7 *Southport Arrested June 15, 1853.Dallas 8 Prairie du Chien Surrendered 1852.Jefferson 9 •Jefferson Arrested June 2, 1884.Harmony 12 ✓Delavan Surrendered 1859 (formerly located at Elkhorn).Western Star 14 Janesville Consolidated with Janesville No. 55, May 2, 1994.Hazel Green 15 Hazel Green Surrendered 1849 (See No. 43), resumed in 1927.Hazel Green 15 Hazel Green Consolidated with Melody No. 2, November 15, 1994.Franklin 16 Highland In 1867 moved to Avoca.Excelsior 19 Madison Surrendered 1851.Lancaster 20 Lancaster Consolidated with Warren No. 4, Dec. 15, 1999.Washington 22 Dodgeville Surrendered 1850.Rochester 23 Rochester Surrendered 1858.St. John’s 24 Sheboygan Falls Consolidated with Cassia No. 167, Dec. 18, 1995.Fountain 26 Fond du Lac Consolidated with Fond du Lac No. 140, June 2, 1995,changed name to Fond du Lac No. 26.Lafayette 29 Lafayette Moved to California.Tuscan 35 Watertown Arrested 1858.St. John’s 39 Stillwater (Minn.) To Grand Lodge of Minnesota.Horicon-Mayville 40 Horicon Consolidated with Neosho No. 108, Mar. 27, 1997,changed name to Neosho-Mayville-Horicon No. 108.St. James 41 East Troy Consolidated with Laflin No. 247, April 10, 2001.Oconomowoc 42 Oconomowoc Dispensation issued July 14, 1852.Charter granted June 15, 1853.Charter arrested April 9, 1860.(See Ellsworth Lodge No. 133).Hazel Green 43 Hazel Green Number changed to 15, which was the number ofthe first Lodge at Hazel Green in 1927.Lake Mills 46 Lake Mills Consolidated with Jefferson No. 9, Oct. 1, 1999.Watertown 49 Watertown Consolidated with Jefferson No. 9, Oct. 27, 1998.Wyocena 52 Wyocena June 12, 1867, moved to Rio and name changedto Rio No. 52.Rio 52 Rio Consolidated with Pardee No. 171, Nov. 20, 1997.Kingston 53 Kingston Arrested February, 1869.Raymond 54 Thompsonville Arrested June, 1862.Muscoda 58 Muscoda Surrendered January 7, 1868.Markesan 59 **Markesan Surrendered October 19, 1933.Markesan 59 Markesan Consolidated with Ripon-Green Lake No. 95, April18, 1990.Vesper 62 Mayville Consolidated with Horicon No. 40 on January 20,1977. Name changed to Horicon-Mayville No. 40.Fox Lake 67 Fox Lake Consolidated with Waupun No. 48, January23, 1970.Grant 70 Boscobel Consolidated with Fennimore No. 219, April 16, 2002.Plover 76 Plover Consolidated with Evergreen No. 93, March20, 1971.Elkhorn 77 Elkhorn Consolidated with Delavan-Darien No. 12 &Walworth No. 286 to form Southern Lakes No. 12,May 7, 2004.Dells 78 Lake Delton Consolidated with Columbia 124 on May 26, 1970.Name changed to Dells 124.Concordia 83 Madison Surrendered 1882.Solomon 86 Juneau Consolidated with Dodge County No. 72,February 27, 1976.Otsego 87 Otsego Surrendered March, 1860.Nemadjii 88 Superior Not Constituted.Pepin 89 Pepin Consolidated with Durand Lodge No. 149,April 24, 1981.Oxford 91 Oxford Consolidated with Montello No. 141, May 20, 1998.147

Lodge No. Location How Charter Disposed ofBelle City 92 Racine Consolidated with Racine No. 18 and changed nameto Racine-Belle City No. 18, Dec. 29, 2003.Temple 96 Waterford Consolidated with Burlington No. 28, Dec. 19, 1996.John A. Bryan 98 Menasha Consolidated with Elisha Kent Kane No. 61, Sept. 12,1995, now Twin Cities No. 61.Fairfield 100 Fairfield Arrested June 20, 1895.Beautiful Grove 101 Boscobel Surrendered 1863.Marquette 102 Marquette Arrested March 19, 1879.Astrea 104 Cedarburg Surrendered April, 1893.Prairie du Chien 106 Prairie du Chien Changed Lodge number to 8.12, 1960.Tracy 107 Manitowoc Arrested April 9, 1868.Lowell 110 Reeseville Consolidated with Columbus No. 75, MayRosendale 111 Rosendale Consolidated with Ripon-Green Lake-MarkesanNo. 95, April 3, 1997.Palestine 114 Lone Rock Arrested Mar. 17, 1927. Restored May 31, 1928.Consolidated with Franklin No. 16, June 11,1958.Rob Morris 115 Eagle Consolidated with Palmyra 68, November15, 1971.Sharon 116 Sharon Consolidated with Darien No. 126, November3, 1964.Trempealeau 117 Trempealeau Consolidated with Decora No. 177, November 20,2001.Warden 118 Gratiot Surrendered January 5, 1940.Delavan 121 Delavan Now Delavan No. 12 (1923).Hartland 122 Hartland Consolidated with Oconomowoc No. 42, April 26,2002.Darien 126 Darien Consolidated with Delavan No. 12, July 1, 1977and name changed to Delavan-Darien No. 12.Lebanon 127 Juda Surrendered March 27, 1882.Jamestown 129 Jamestown Surrendered 1868.New London 131 New London Consolidated with Manawa No. 82, May 2, 2002.Ellsworth 133 Oconomowoc Dispensation issued June 18, 1861.Charter granted June 11, 1862.On June 14, 1882, authorized to change nameand number to Oconomowoc No. 42.Osceola-St.Croix Falls 134 St. Croix Falls Consolidated with Frederic-Grantsburg No. 244,Sept. 28, 2001.Good Samaritan 135 Clinton Consolidated with Morning Star No. 10, Mar. 19,1998.Spring Prairie 136 Spring Prairie Surrendered December 21, 1904.Footville 137 Footville Consolidated with Bicknell No. 94, Dec. 19, 1996.Billings 139 Ft. Atkinson Charter arrested April 2, 1996.Fond du Lac 140 Fond du Lac Consolidated with Fountain No. 26, June 2, 1995,changed name to Fond du Lac No. 26.Harmony 142 Whitefish Bay Consolidated with Milwaukee No. 261 andchanged name to Milwaukee-Harmony No. 261,Jan. 8, 1983.Brandon 144 Brandon Consolidated with Waupun No. 48, June 11, 1958.Bloomington 146 Bloomington Consolidated with Lancaster No. 20, Dec. 15,1982.Green Lake 147 Green Lake Consolidated with Ripon No. 95, November23, 1971 and name changed to Ripon-Green Lake 95.Burnett 150 Burnett Surrendered April 5, 1901.Cambria 152 Cambria Consolidated with Pardee No. 171, Sept. 8, 1982.Rewey 153 Rewey Consolidated with Mineral Point, July 27, 1988.Chilton 154 Chilton Consolidated with New Holstein No. 172, changedname to Calumet No. 172, Jan. 29, 1985.148

Lodge No. Location How Charter Disposed ofMonticello Union 155 Monticello Consolidated with New Glarus No. 310, Sept. 1,1977.Corinthian 156 Union Grove Surrendered March 12, 1904.Reedsburg 157 Reedsburg Consolidated with Ironton No. 79, April 1, 1972and name changed to Reedsburg No. 79.Oakfield 158 Fond du Lac Consolidated with Fountain No. 26, October11, 1971.Zerah 159 Necedah Charter arrested Oct. 25, 1985.Bloomfield 160 Bloomfield Surrendered 1870.West Eau Claire 162 West Eau Claire Surrendered June 14, 1892.Neillsville 163 Neillsville Consolidated with Merrillan No. 279, June 29, 2004.Ferrin 165 Montfort Surrendered March 17, 1994.Princeton 166 Princeton Surrendered June 15, 1883.Grant 169 Consolidated with Muscoda Lodge No. 70 onNovember 21, 1981.New Holstein 172 ✓✓New Holstein Surrendered June 11, 1878, Consolidated withChilton No. 154, changed name to Calumet No.172, Jan. 29, 1985.Key 174 Algoma Consolidated with Kewaunee No. 296, on July 10,1978 and changed name to Kewaunee-KeyLodge No. 174. New charter presented on June12, 1979.Kewaunee-Key 174 Kewaunee Consolidated with Henry S. Baird No. 211, Nov. 17,2005 and changed name to Henry S. Baird No. 174.Black Earth Valley 179 Black Earth Consolidated with Crescent No. 97, May 22, 1997and changed name to Crescent Valley No. 97.Augusta 181 Augusta Consolidated with Osseo No. 213, Feb. 19, 1997 andchanged name to Osseo-Fairchild-Augusta No. 213Georgetown 185 Cuba City Surrendered Nov. 3, 1938.Humbird 191 Humbird Consolidated with Merrillan No. 279, March 25,1986 and changed name to Merrillan-HumbirdNo. 279.Wonewoc 194 Wonewoc Consolidated with Elroy No. 202, Dec. 10, 1974and changed name to Elroy-Wonewoc No. 202.Maiden Rock 196 Maiden Rock Consolidated with Pepin No. 89, May 21, 1968.Belleville 198 Belleville Arrested No. 13, 1937.Werner 199 Werner Surrendered June 12, 1888.Wm. Kahlenberg 200 Two Rivers Consolidated with Manitowoc No. 65, May 25,1989.Elroy-Wonewoc 202 Elroy Consolidated with Tomah No. 132, April 18, 1990.Wilton 203 Wilton Surrendered Feb. 23, 1953.Colby 204 Colby Charter arrested Jan. 10, 1994.Centennial 205 Oshkosh Consolidated with Oshkosh No. 27, Nov. 20, 1989.Pine River 207 Pine River Consolidated with Redgranite No. 299, Sept.1, 1982.Redgranite 207 Redgranite Consolidated with Wautoma No. 148, July 29, 2001.Plainfield 208 Plainfield Consolidated with Wautoma No. 148, Sept. 15, 1989.Rockton 209 LaFarge Consolidated with LaBelle No. 84, May 14, 1990.Spring Green 212 Spring Green Arrested Feb. 29, 2000.Osseo 213 **Osseo Surrendered June 15, 1982.Osseo-Fairchild-Augusta 213 Osseo Consolidated with Mondovi No. 252 on June 21, 2005and changed name to Buffalo River No. 252.Patch Grove 216 Patch Grove Surrendered Sept. 17, 1901.Peshtigo 218 Peshtigo Consolidated with Tri County Daylite No. 361, July 15,1992.Cumberland 223 Cumberland Consolidated with Rice Lake No. 234, May 14, 1998,changed name to Blue Hills No. 234.Westfield 227 Westfield Consolidated with Oxford No. 91, Feb. 11, 1966.Mt. Horeb 228 Mt. Horeb Consolidated with Verona No. 294, July 20, 1984.Pittsville 232 Pittsville Consolidated with Wisconsin Rapids No. 128,April 3, 1992.149

Lodge No. Location How Charter Disposed ofWashburn 240 Washburn Consolidated with Bayfield No. 215, July 27, 1993.Tomahawk 243 Tomahawk Consolidated with Rhinelander-Lakeland No. 242,Dec. 10, 1998.Greenwood 249 Greenwood Consolidated with Owen No. 317, May 10, 1994.Olive Branch 250 Marinette Surrendered Feb. 15, 1898.Brooklyn 251 Brooklyn Consolidated with Waucoma No. 90January 15, 1963.Bloomington 253 ***Bloomington Consolidated with Beetown No. 146, Beetown,May 19, 1976 and name changed toBloomington No. 146.Glenwood 254 Glenwood City Consolidated with Menomonie No. 164,March 2, 2004.Genoa City 256 Genoa City Surrendered April 23, 2001.Viola 257 Viola Consolidated with Rockton No. 209, LaFarge,June 18, 1968.Amery 258 Amery Consolidated with North Star No. 187, Sept. 25, 1990.Jeremiah M. Rusk 259 South Milwaukee Consolidated with Kilbourn No. 3 to form South ShoreNo. 3, Oct. 28, 2004.Spooner 260 Spooner Consolidated with Shell Lake No. 221 to formShell Lake-Spooner No. 221, Nov. 3, 2004.Spring Valley 262 Spring Valley Consolidated with Collins No. 192, May 14, 2004,now Collins-Spring Valley No. 192.Thorp 264 Thorp Consolidated with Stanley No. 273, November22, 1971 and name changed to Stanley-ThorpNo. 273.Edwards 266 Hancock Consolidated with Wautoma No. 148, Sept. 8, 1993.William W. Perry 269 Deerfield Surrendered No. 30, 1966.Randolph 270 Randolph Consolidated with Dodge County Lodge No.72, February 25, 1981.Whitehall-Blair 271 Whitehall Consolidated with Decora No. 177, Nov. 20, 2001.Stanley-Thorp 273 Stanley Consolidated with Owen No. 317, Oct. 10, 1989.Wild Rose 274 Wild Rose Consolidated with Wautoma No. 148, July18, 1979.St. Croix Falls 275 St. Croix Falls Consolidated with Osceola No. 134, May 14, 1990.Manawa 276 Manawa Consolidated with Weyauwega No. 82, Dec. 19, 1995,now Manawa No. 82.South Wayne 278 South Wayne Consolidated with Argyle No. 178, December5, 1967.Almond 282 Almond Consolidated with Plainfield No. 208,February 23, 1971.Fountain City 283 Fountain City Consolidated with Alma Lodge No. 184,December 18, 1980.North Freedom 284 North Freedom Surrendered Jan. 6, 1942.Niagara 285 Niagara Consolidated with Hiram D. Fisher LodgeNo. 222, September 10, 1980.Walworth 286 Walworth Consolidated with Delavan-Darien No. 12 and ElkhornNo. 77 to form Southern Lakes No. 12, May 7, 2004.Itasca 289 Superior Consolidated with Acacia No. 329, Sept. 28, 1995,now Acacia-Itasca No. 329.Endeavor 292 Endeavor Consolidated with Fort Winnebago No. 33,December 21, 1960.Verona 294 Verona Consolidated with Madison No. 5 on Aug. 31, 2005.W.W. Childs 295 Gays Mills Consolidated with LaBelle Lodge No. 84,May 15, 1975.Kewaunee 296 Kewaunee Consolidated with Kay No. 174 on July 10, 1978and changed name to Kewaunee-Key No. 174.Abbotsford 298 Abbotsford Consolidated with Owen No. 317, April 14, 1994.Brillion 302 Brillion Surrendered Dec. 15, 1970.Kenwood 303 Milwaukee Consolidated with Silver Spring No. 337 and changedname to George Washington 1776 No. 337,July 29, 2000.150

Lodge No. Location How Charter Disposed ofWauzeka 304 Wauzeka Consolidated with Prairie du Chien No. 106,June 5, 1989.Kaukauna 233 Kaukauna Consolidated with Appleton No. 349, April 17, 1995.Cassville 235 Cassville Consolidated with Warren No. 4, Jan. 24, 1985.J.H. Knapp 238 Knapp Consolidated with Glenwood No. 254, March28, 1966.Jefferson 239 Jefferson Old No. 9 restored, 239 vacant.Fairchild 305 Fairchild Consolidated with Osseo No. 213, Dec. 19, 1988.Seymour 306 Seymour Arrested June 13, 2000.Frederic 308 Frederic Consolidated with Grantsburg No. 244, Nov. 20,1989.James A. Garfield 309 Milwaukee Surrendered Sept. 30, 1999.Dalton 311 Dalton Surrendered Dec. 16, 1948.Birchwood 312 Birchwood Surrendered Jan. 3, 1940.Turtle Lake 313 Turtle Lake Surrendered Charter February 15, 1988.Mellen 314 Mellen Consolidated with Ancient Landmark No. 210,May 15, 1984.Bruce 316 Bruce Consolidated with Mystic Tie No. 280, December14, 1987.Cornell 321 Cornell Consolidated with Mystic Tie No. 280, Sept. 28, 1995Blair 323 Blair Consolidated with Whitehall No. 271, Feb. 1,1987.H.H. Grace 324 Superior Consolidated with Superior No. 236,December 27, 1968.Ogilvie 326 Radisson Consolidated with Keystone No. 263, Oct. 26, 2004.Mount Hope 327 Mount Hope Consolidated with Fennimore No. 219,December 19, 1973.Sauk City 328 Sauk City Consolidated with Eureka No. 113, Nov. 1, 1966,and name changed.Minocqua 330 Minocqua Consolidated with Rhinelander No. 242 andchanged name to Rhinelander-Lakeland No. 242December 15, 1982.Cedar Grove 333 Cedar Grove Consolidated with Ozaukee No. 17, Dec. 15, 1982.Colfax 334 Colfax Surrendered Dec. 31, 1940.Loyal 335 Loyal Consolidated with Owen Lodge No. 317 onOctober 26, 1981.Kiel 336 Kiel Surrendered Charter May 15, 1992.Hiram W. Sawyer 338 Whitefish Bay Consolidated with J.M. Hays Lodge No. 331,Dec. 1, 1980.Shorewood 339 Shorewood Consolidated with Silver Spring No. 337 and changedname to George Washington 1776 No. 337,July 29, 2000.Blue River 340 Blue River Consolidated with Muscoda No. 70, Jan. 19, 1960.Kendall 341 Kendall Arrested Oct. 12, 1945.Goodman 342 Goodman Consolidated with Niagara No. 285, Dec. 7, 1959.Southport 343 Kenosha Consolidated with Pike No. 355 and changed nameto Unity No. 367, July 17, 2003.Centre UD Avon In 1857 moved to Darlington and name changedto Evening Star No. 64.Rib Lake 346 Rib Lake Consolidated with Medford No. 217, June 12, 1957.Paul Revere 348 Wauwatosa Consolidated with Henry L. Palmer No. 301,July 10, 1984.Ionic 352 Middleton Consolidated with Middleton No. 180, Dec. 31, 1998.Beloit 353 Beloit Consolidated with Morning Star No. 10, August24, 1987.Pike 355 Kenosha Consolidated with Southport No. 343 and changedname to Unity No. 367, July 17, 2003.Brown Deer 357 Menomonee Falls Consolidated with George Washington 1776 No. 337,June 29, 2001.*Now Kenosha. •New Lodge organized and No. 9 given them. ***Lodge organized by members of Harmony Lodge,name and number restored to them. ••New charter granted June 12, 1901. ✓Formerly Delavan No. 121, changed in1923 to Delavan No. 12. ✓✓New Lodge organized and No. 172 given them June 9, 1926. **New Lodge organizedby members of Markesan Lodge, name and number restored to them. •••Charter of Beetown No. 146 retained byConsolidated Lodge.151

REGISTER OF LODGESAlphabetically Arranged According to Location of LodgesLocation Lodge Name Lodge # Meeting NightsAdams Adams 332 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Albany Albany 36 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 pmAlma Alma 184 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.Antigo Antigo 231 1st Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Appleton Waverly 51 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Arcadia Arcadia 201 1st Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Argyle Argyle 178 2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Ashland Ancient Landmark 210 1st Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Baldwin Collins-Spring Valley 192 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Baraboo Baraboo 34 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Barnes Barnes 365 2nd Tues, 4th Tues/June, 7:00 p.m.Barron Barron 220 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Bayfield Bayfield-Washburn 215 1st Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.Beaver Dam Dodge County 72 3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Beloit Morning Star 10 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Berlin Berlin 38 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7:00 p.m.,2nd Thurs Nov & DecBlack Earth Crescent Valley 97 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Black River Falls Black River 74 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Bloomer Bloomer 281 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Bristol Washburn 145 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Brodhead Bicknell 94 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Brookfield Myron Reed 297 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Brookfield Mc Kinley 307 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Brookfield Elmbrook 354 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Burlington Burlington 28 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Cambridge Social 245 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Camp Douglas Camp Douglas 272 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Cecil Mason-Woods 368 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.Cedarburg Victory 320 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Chetek Chetek 277 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Chippewa Falls Chippewa Falls 176 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Clear Lake Clear Lake 230 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Clintonville Clintonville 197 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Columbus Columbus 75 2nd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Crandon Crandon 287 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Crivitz Tri County Daylite 218 2nd Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.Darlington Evening Star 64 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.Delavan Southern Lakes 12 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Dodgeville Dodgeville 119 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Dousman Dousman 315 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Dousman Glenn L Humphrey 364 2nd Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.Durand Durand-Pepin 149 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Eagle River Eagle River 248 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Eau Claire Eau Claire 112 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Eau Claire Sanctuary 347 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Eau Claire George B Wheeler 351 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Edgerton Fulton 69 1st Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Ellsworth Hancock 229 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Evansville Union 32 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Evansville Waucoma 90 2nd Thursday, 8:00 p.m.Fennimore Fennimore 219 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Florence Hiram D Fisher 222 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.Fond du Lac Fond du Lac 26 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Frederic Landmark 244 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Friendship Quincy 71 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Galesville Decora 177 1st & 3rd Monday, 8:00 p.m.Gillett Gillett 344 4th Monday, 7:00 p.m.152

Location Lodge Name Lodge # Meeting NightsGlendale Milwaukee-Harmony 261 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Green Bay Washington 21 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Green Bay Des Peres 85 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Green Bay Theodore Roosevelt 322 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Green Bay N.E.W. Daylite 360 2nd Thursday, 10:00 a.m.Hartford Hartford 120 2nd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Hartland Silas H Shepherd 1843 2nd Sat, March, June, Sept, Dec,10:00 a.m.Hayward Keystone 263 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Hillsboro Hillsboro 255 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Hudson St Croix 56 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Janesville Janesville-Western Star 55 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Jefferson Jefferson County 9 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Kenosha Kenosha 47 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Kenosha Sunrise 359 2nd & 4th Monday, 9:30 a.m.Kenosha Unity 367 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:00 p.m.La Crosse Frontier 45 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.La Crosse La Crosse Masonic 190 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.La Crosse Badger 345 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Ladysmith Mystic Tie 280 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Lake Geneva Geneva 44 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Linden Linden 206 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.Lodi Lodi Valley 99 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Lone Rock Franklin 16 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.Madison Madison 5 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Madison Hiram 50 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Madison Commonwealth 325 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Madison Doric 356 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Madison Four Lakes Daylight 362 1st Monday, 10:00 a.m.Manawa Manawa 82 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Manitowoc Manitowoc 65 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Marinette Marinette 182 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Marshfield Marshfield 224 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Mauston Northern Light 81 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Mazomanie Perseverance 1836 366Medford Medford 217 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Menomonie Menomonie 164 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Mercer Hurley 237 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Merrill Virginia Falls 226 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Merrillan Merrillan 279 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Middleton Middleton-Ionic 180 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Middleton Barneveld 319 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Milton Milton 161 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee Excelsior 175 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Milwaukee Lake 189 Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.Milwaukee Lafayette 265 1st, 2nd, 3rd Mondays, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee Damascus 290 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Milwaukee James M Hays 331 1st Monday, 6:30 p.m.Milwaukee Nathan Hale 350 1st Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Milwaukee Freemasons 363 1st Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.Mineral Point Mineral Point 1 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Minocqua Island City 330 1st Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.Mondovi Buffalo River 252 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Monroe Smith 31 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Montello Montello 141 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Mosinee Mosinee 318 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Mukwonago Laflin-St. James 247 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Neenah Twin Cities 61 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Neenah Appleton 349 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Neosho Neosho-Mayville-Horicon 108 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.New Glarus New Glarus 310 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.New Holstein Calumet 172 2nd Monday, 7:00 p.m.153

Location Lodge Name Lodge # Meeting NightsNew Lisbon Juneau 103 2nd & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.New Richmond New Richmond 195 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Oconomowoc Oconomowoc-Hartland 42 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Oconto Pine 188 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Oconto Falls Oconto Falls 293 1st Monday, 7:00 p.m.Omro Omro 168 2nd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Onalaska Onalaska Masonic 214 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Oregon Oregon 151 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Oshkosh Oshkosh 27 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Owen Owen 317 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Palmyra Palmyra 68 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Pardeeville Pardee 171 2nd Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.Park Falls Park Falls 300 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Pewaukee Pewaukee 246 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Phillips Phillips 225 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Platteville Melody 2 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Plymouth Cassia 167 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Portage Fort Winnebago 33 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Potosi Warren 4 1st Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Poynette Poynette 173 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Prairie du Chien Prairie du Chien 8 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Prairie du Sac Sauk Prairie 113 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Prescott Northwestern 105 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m.Pt. Washington Ozaukee 17 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Racine Racine-Belle City 18 1st Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Reedsburg Reedsburg 79 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Rhinelander Rhinelander 242 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Rice Lake Blue Hills 234 2nd & 4th Mondays, 7:00 p.m.Richland Center Richland 66 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Ripon Prairie View 95 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.River Falls River Falls 109 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Roscoe, IL Armistead-Bingham 1862 5th Saturdays, Sat. ofReenactments, 1:00 p.m.Shawano Shawano 170 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.Sheboygan Sheboygan 11 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.Shell Lake Shell Lake-Spooner 221 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Shullsburg Amicitia 25 1st & 3rd Monday, 8:00 p.m.Shullsburg Benton 268 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.South Milwaukee South Shore 3 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.Sparta Valley 60 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Star Prairie North Star 187 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Stevens Point Evergreen 93 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Stoughton Kegonsa 73 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Sturgeon Bay Henry S Baird 174 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Sun Prairie Sun Prairie 143 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Superior Superior 236 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Superior Acacia-Itasca 329 1st & 3rd Friday, 7:30 p.m.Sussex Lincoln 183 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Sussex Ashlar 193 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Tomah Tomah 132 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Union Grove Union Grove 288 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Viroqua La Belle 84 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Waterloo Waterloo 63 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Waukesha Waukesha 37 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Waupaca Waupaca 123 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Waupun Waupun 48 1st Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Wausau Forest 130 Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.Wautoma Wautoma 148 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:00 p.m.Wauwatosa Wisconsin 13 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Wauwatosa Henry L Palmer 301 Fridays, 7:30 p.m.West Allis Independence 80 2nd & 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m.West Allis Wauwatosa 267 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:30 p.m.154

Location Lodge Name Lodge # Meeting NightsWest Allis West Allis 291 1st & 3rd Friday, 7:30 p.m.West Allis Day Lite 358 1st & 3rd Monday, 9:00 a.m.West Bend West Bend 138 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7:00 p.m.West Salem Salem 125 4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.Whitefish Bay Aurora 30 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Whitefish Bay George Washington 1776 337 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Whitewater St John’s 57 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Wilmot Wilmot 241 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Winneconne Winneconne 186 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.Wisconsin Dells Dells 124 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m.Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Rapids 128 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.155

PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERSOf the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of WisconsinDeputy Senior JuniorYear Grand Master Grand Master Grand Warden Grand Warden1844 *Benj. T. Kavanaugh *Abram D. Smith *Moses Meeker *David H. Merrill1845 *Benj. T. Kavanaugh *Abram D. Smith *Moses Meeker *Byron Kilbourn1846 *Abram D. Smith *Rev. Rufus Spaulding *Thomas P. Burnett *Mason C. Darling1847 *Abram D. Smith *Rev. Rufus Spaulding *Mason C. Darling *John H. Roundtree1848 *Abram D. Smith *Jeremiah P. Lancaster *Byron Kilbourn *Charles Gear1849 *William R. Smith *Rev. Frank Whitaker *A. Hyatt Smith *Orlander Foster1850 *William R. Smith *Dwight F. Lawton *Mason C. Darling *Charles Gear1851 *Abram D. Smith *Montgomery Cothren *John Bullen *Henry M. Billings1852 *Henry L. Palmer *Henry M. Billings *Henry S. Baird *Erastus Lewis1853 *Henry L. Palmer *Henry M. Billings *Gabriel Bouck *Rufus DeLos Pulford1854 *Henry M. Billings *Gabriel Bouck *Orlander Foster *Haven Powers1855 *Henry M. Billings *Gabriel Bouck *Orlander Foster *Haven Powers1856 *Henry S. Baird *Rufus DeLos Pulford *Luther M. Tracy *Luman M. Strong1857 *Henry S. Baird *George F. Huntington *Luther M. Tracy *Luman M. Strong1858 *Luther M. Tracy *George B. Worth *Luman M. Strong *Algernon S. Wood1859 *Luther M. Tracy *Asmus Cobb *Luman M. Strong *Algernon S. Wood1860 *Gabriel Bouck *Luman M. Strong *Algernon S. Wood *John W. Stewart1861 *Alvin B. Alden *Ganem W. Washburn *Algernon S. Wood *Jonathan B. Moore1862 *Alvin B. Alden *David H. Wright *John T. Wentworth *William H. Hiner1863 *Alvin B. Alden *David H. Wright *John T. Wentworth *William H. Hiner1864 *Ganem W. Washburn *William H. Hiner *Harlow Pease *David L. Downs1865 *John T. Wentworth *Andrew M. Blair *Harlow Pease *James A. Bate1866 *Melvin L. Youngs *Harlow Pease *James A. Bate *Alexander Meggett1867 *Harlow Pease *James A. Bate *Alexander Meggett *Chas. F.G. Collins1868 *Harlow Pease *Alexander Meggett *Joseph Hamilton *John Turner1869 *Gabriel Bouck *Amasa Cobb *John Turner *Dana C. Lamb1870 *Gabriel Bouck *Joseph Hamilton *John Turner *Dana C. Lamb1871 *Henry L. Palmer *Spencer A. Pease *Dana C. Lamb *George W. Robinson1872 *Henry L. Palmer *Spencer A. Pease *C. Loftus Martin *William S. Darrow1873 *Rufus D. Pulford *Jeff P.C. Cottrill *Harvey E. Hubbard *John S. Burrows1874 *Jedd P.C. Cottrill *Emmons E. Chapin *Ira W. Bird *Henry Turner1875 *Jedd P.C. Cottrill *Merrick P. Wing *Eliphalet S. Miner *Charles J. Pardee1876 *Jedd P.C. Cottrill *Nathan C. Giffin *Eliphalet S. Miner *Lewis Lashway1877 *Jedd P.C. Cottrill *David C. Fulton *Homer S. Goss *John G. Clark1878 *Charles F.G. Collins *Walter C. Pease *John Corscot *Hollis C. Wade1879 *Charles F.G. Collins *Philo A. Orton *Jeremiah Watts *John W. Laflin1880 *Emmons E. Chapin *Philo A. Orton *Lewis E. Reed *William C. Swain1881 *Emmons E. Chapin *Lewis E. Reed *William C. Swain *Samuel S. Fifield1882 *Lewis E. Reed *William C. Swain *Robert Wootton *Horatio H. Virgin1883 *Lewis E. Reed *Oliver Libbey *Horatio H. Virgin *Hiram W. Sawyer1884 *Oliver Libbey *Hiram W. Sawyer *John C. Heithabn *George W. Bishop1885 *Oliver Libbey *Eugene S. Elliott *Alexander Moran *Byron J. Rumrill1886 *Eugene S. Elliott *Edwin J. Farr *G.B. Shepard *John Matheson1887 *Eugene S. Elliott *Myron Reed *J.S. Reynolds *D. McL. Miller1888 *Myron Reed *N.M. Littlejohn *John Price, Jr. *C.M. Treat1889 *Myron Reed *N.M. Littlejohn *S.H. Cheney *A.J. Wallace1890 *N.M. Littlejohn *Fred Ring *A.S. Jackson *W.H. Clark1891 *N.M. Littlejohn *Fred Ring *W.W. Perry *Aldro Jenks1892 *Fred Ring *William C. Swain *William H. Ford *Jacob S. Black1893 *William C. Swain *Hiram W. Sawyer *William B. Andrews *F.H. L. Cotten1894 *Hiram W. Sawyer *William W. Perry *Hiram D. Fisher *John Grimshaw1895 *William W. Perry *Aldro Jenks *Wm. F. Gruenewald *F.P. Ainsworth1896 *Aldro Jenks *Nathan C. Giffin *C.S. Stockwell *John Gill1897 *Nathan Giffin *James G. Monahan *C.A. Lawton *J.B. Hicks156

PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERSOf the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of WisconsinDeputy Senior JuniorYear Grand Master Grand Master Grand Warden Grand Warden1898 *James G. Monahan *D. McL. Miller *Chas. E. Whelan *F.E. Noyes1899 *Chas. E. Whelan *Charles C. Rogers *C.H. Anderson *Frank Johnson1900 *Charles C. Rogers *F.H. L. Cotten *E.A. Upham *Wm. G. Hales1901 *F.H. L. Cotten *D. McL. Miller *H.C. Dittmar *John T. King1902 *Daniel McL. Miller *Myron Reed *Jesse C. Bradley *George B. Wheeler1903 *John Corscot *Jesse C. Bradley *Chas. H. Moore *D.A. Telfer1904 *David H. Wright *Jesse C. Bradley *E.L. Urquhart *Frederick R. Jones1905 *Jesse C. Bradley *Edwin J. Farr *Spencer M. Marsh *Wesley J. Cochrane1906 *Edwin J. Farr *Spencer M. Marsh *James E. Durgin *Alvin T. Webb1907 *Spencer M. Marsh *James E. Durgin *Alvin T. Webb *Ernest E. Gatchell1908 *James E. Durgin *Alvin T. Webb *Ernest E. Gatchell *Cyrus D. Stockwell1909 *Alvin T. Webb *Ernest E. Gatchell *Cyrus D. Stockwell *Alex E. Matheson1910 *Ernest E. Gatchell *Alex E. Matheson *David B. Greene *Charles E. George1911 *Alex E. Matheson *David B. Greene *Charles E. George *Charles E. Shane1912 *David B. Greene *George B. Wheeler *Bernard F. Keeler *George O. Kellogg1913 *George B. Wheeler *Bernard F. Keeler *George O. Kellogg *Willard S. Griswold1914 *Bernard F. Keeler *George O. Kellogg *Willard S. Griswold *David Harlowe1915 *George O. Kellogg *C.S. Stockwell *David Harlowe *Al C. Anderson1916 *C.S. Stockwell *Willard S. Griswold *William F. Weiler *A.W. Kellogg1917 *Willard S. Griswold *David Harlowe *C.E. Shaffer *John E. Langdon1918 *David Harlowe *Charles E. Shane *John E. Langdon *Clifford E. Randall1919 *Charles E. Shane *C.E. Shaffer *Clifford E. Randall *Charles F. Lamb1920 *C.E. Shaffer *William F. Weiler *Charles F. Lamb *Wm. H. Webb1921 *William F. Weiler *John E. Langdon *Wm. H. Webb *Fred J. Marien1922 *John E. Langdon *Charles F. Lamb *Fred J. Marien *D.H. Mooney1923 *Charles F. Lamb *Wm. H. Webb *D.H. Mooney *Herbert W. Dixon1924 *Frank Johnson *Fred J. Marien *Herbert W. Dixon *Fred L. Wright1925 *Fred J. Marien *D.H. Mooney *Fred L. Wright *Frank Jenks1926 *D.H. Mooney *Herbert W. Dixon *Frank Jenks *Herbert N. Laflin1927 *Herbert W. Dixon *Fred L. Wright *Herbert N. Laflin *Franklin E. Diebert1928 *Fred L. Wright *Frank Jenks *William R. Graves *Robert M. Millard1929 *Frank Jenks *Herbert N. Laflin *Robert M. Millard *Thomas Loignon1930 *Herbert N. Laflin *William R. Graves *Thomas Loignon *Oscar L. Dean1931 *William R. Graves *Robert M. Millard *Oscar L. Dean *Robert O. Jasperson1932 *Robert M. Millard *Thomas Loignon *Robert O. Jasperson *Karl Braasch1933 *Thomas Loignon *Oscar L. Dean *Karl Braasch *Maxwell Jenks1934 *Oscar L. Dean *Robert O. Jasperson *Maxwell Jenks *Clarence Hill1935 *Robert O. Jasperson *Karl Braasch *Clarence Hill *Ralph G. Flanders1936 *Karl Braasch *Maxwell Jenks *Ralph G. Flanders *George F. Lounsbury1937 *Maxwell Jenks *Clarence Hill *George F. Lounsbury *David O. Stine1938 *Clarence Hill *Ralph G. Flanders *David O. Stine *George J. Leicht1939 *George F. Lounsbury *David O. Stine *George J. Leicht *Leo F. Nohl1940 *David O. Stine *George J. Leicht *Leo F. Nohl *Louis D. Potter1941 *George J. Leicht *Leo F. Nohl *Louis D. Potter *Herbert L. Mount1942 *Leo F. Nohl *Louis D. Potter *Herbert L. Mount *Alfred L. Devos1943 *Louis D. Potter *Herbert L. Mount *Alfred L. Devos *William E. Schubert1944 *Herbert L. Mount *Alfred L. Devos *William E. Schubert *Van Dyke Parker1945 *Alfred L. Devos *William E. Schubert *Van Dyke Parker *Norman H. Smith1946 *William E. Schubert *Van Dyke Parker *Norman H. Smith *Albert Elmgreen1947 *Van Dyke Parker *Norman H. Smith *Albert Elmgreen *Walter O. Helwig1948 *Norman H. Smith *Albert Elmgreen *Walter O. Helwig *Robert G. Varnum1949 *Albert Elmgreen *Walter O. Helwig *Robert G. Varnum *Ingvald O. Hembre1950 *Walter O. Helwig *Robert G. Varnum *Ingvald O. Hembre *Robert H. Gollmar1951 *Robert G. Varnum *Ingvald O. Hembre *Robert H. Gollmar *Carl W. Hofmeister157

PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERSOf the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of WisconsinDeputy Senior JuniorYear Grand Master Grand Master Grand Warden Grand Warden1952 *Ingvald O. Hembre *Robert H. Gollmar *Carl W. Hofmeister *Harry A. Speich1953 *Robert H. Gollmar *Carl W. Hofmeister *Harry A. Speich *E.W. Krauthoefer1954 *Carl W. Hofmeister *Harry A. Speich *E.W. Krauthoefer *Alf E. Anderson1955 *Harry A. Speich *E.W. Krauthoefer *Alf E. Anderson *Gilbert J. Schwartz1956 *E.W. Krauthoefer *Alf E. Anderson *Gilbert J. Schwartz *Orrin H. Larrabee1957 *Alf E. Anderson *Gilbert J. Schwartz *Orrin H. Larrabee *Edward W. Stegner1958 *Gilbert J. Schwartz *Orrin H. Larrabee *Edward W. Stegner *Clair H. Little1959 *Orrin H. Larrabee *Edward W. Stegner *Clair H. Little *Burton E. Fulmer1960 *Edward W. Stegner *Clair H. Little *Burton E. Fulmer *Belmont H. Schlosstein1961 *Clair H. Little *Burton E. Fulmer *Belmont H. Schlosstein *Lewis A. Stocking1962 *Burton E. Fulmer *Belmont H. Schlosstein *Lewis A. Stocking *William J. Kahlenberg1963 *Belmont H. Schlosstein *Lewis A. Stocking *William J. Kahlenberg *Doyn Inman1964 *Lewis A. Stocking *William J. Kahlenberg *Doyn Inman *Robert V. Osborne1965 *William J. Kahlenberg *Doyn Inman *Robert V. Osborne Perry A. Risberg1966 *Doyn Inman *Robert V. Osborne Perry A. Risberg Donald E. Krueger1967 *Robert V. Osborne Perry A. Risberg Donald E. Krueger Charles E. White1968 Perry A. Risberg Donald E. Krueger Charles E. White *Waldemar T. Zwerg1969 Donald E. Krueger Charles E. White *Waldemar T. Zwerg Denman G. Kramer1970 Charles E. White Denman G. Kramer *George J. Schreiber A.D. Anderson1971 Denman G. Kramer *George J. Schreiber A.D. Anderson *Carl W. Skoog1972 *George J. Schreiber A.D. Anderson *Carl W. Skoog Robert E. Billings1973 A.D. Anderson *Carl W. Skoog Robert E. Billings Sheldon I. Ausman1974 *Carl W. Skoog Robert E. Billings *Carl R. Garny Herman A. Friess1975 Robert E. Billings *Carl R. Garny Herman A. Friess #James A. Benz1976 *Carl R. Garny Herman A. Friess #James A. Benz *George R. Hughey1977 Herman A. Friess #James A. Benz *George R. Hughey Russell R. Selbo1978 #James A. Benz *George R. Hughey Russell R. Selbo Allan E. Iding1979 *George R. Hughey Russell R. Selbo Allan E. Iding James J. Byrnes1980 Russell R. Selbo Allan E. Iding James J. Byrnes Kenneth W. Shannon1981 Allan E. Iding James J. Byrnes Kenneth W. Shannon Darrell Aderman1982 James J. Byrnes Kenneth W. Shannon Darrell Aderman William E. Day1983 Kenneth W. Shannon Darrell Aderman William E. Day George A. Wallinger1984 Darrell Aderman William E. Day George A. Wallinger Kingman D. Loomis1985 William E. Day George A. Wallinger Kingman D. Loomis Bruce A. Christianson1986 George A. Wallinger Kingman D. Loomis Bruce A. Christianson Robert E. Moore1987 Kingman D. Loomis Bruce A. Christianson Robert E. Moore Dean T. Massey1988 Bruce A. Christianson Robert E. Moore Dean T. Massey *Benjamin F. Detroy1989 Robert E. Moore Dean T. Massey *Benjamin F. Detroy James A. Zimmerman1990 Dean T. Massey *Benjamin F. Detroy James A. Zimmerman Clarence O. Campbell1991 *Benjamin F. Detroy James A. Zimmerman Carl J. Wussow Stanley R. Jagow1992 James A. Zimmerman Carl J. Wussow Stanley R. Jagow Beecher Daniels1993 Carl J. Wussow Stanley R. Jagow Beecher Daniels Jack C. Allord1994 Stanley R. Jagow Beecher Daniels Jack C. Allord Bruce S. Sim1995 Beecher Daniels Jack C. Allord Bruce S. Sim Lawrence L. Myers1996 Jack C. Allord Bruce S. Sim Lawrence L. Myers Richard E. Black1997 Bruce S. Sim Lawrence L. Myers Richard E. Black Stephen D. Willett1998 Lawrence L. Myers Richard E. Black Stephen D. Willett John W. Hein1999 Richard E. Black Stephen D. Willett John W. Hein James H. Olson2000 Stephen D. Willett John W. Hein James H. Olson Michael A. DeWolf2001 John W. Hein James H. Olson Michael A. DeWolf Keith D. Chamberlain2002 James H. Olson Michael A. DeWolf Keith D. Chamberlain Roger L. Magoon2003 Michael A. DeWolf Keith D. Chamberlain Roger L. Magoon Rodney A. Paulsen2004 Keith D. Chamberlain Roger L. Magoon Rodney A. Paulsen J. B. Van Hollen2005 Roger L. Magoon Rodney A. Paulsen J. B. Van Hollen John W. Wilke2006 Rodney A. Paulsen J.B. Van Hollen John Wilke Craig S. Campbell* Deceased # Resigned158

PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERSOf the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of WisconsinYear Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary1844 *Thomas P. Burnett *Benj. C. Eastman1845 *Thomas P. Burnett *Benj. C. Eastman1846 *John H. Roundtree *William R. Smith1847 *John Catlin *William R. Smith1848 *Montgomery Cothren *William R. Smith1849 *John H. Roundtree *Mont. M. Cothren1850 *Samuel Moore *Mont. M. Cothren1851 *Leonard Coates *William R. Smith1852 *Samuel S. Daggett *William R. Smith1853 *Samuel S. Daggett *William R. Smith1854 *William Chappel *William R. Smith1855 *Peter Winter *William R. Smith1856 *Peter Winter *William R. Smith1857 *William Campbell *William R. Smith1858 *Samuel S. Daggett *John W. Hunt1859 *Samuel S. Daggett *John W. Hunt1860 *Samuel S. Daggett *James B. Kellogg1861 *Samuel S. Daggett *William T. Palmer1862 *Samuel S. Daggett *William T. Palmer1863 *Samuel S. Daggett *William T. Palmer1864 *Samuel S. Daggett *William T. Palmer1865 *Samuel S. Daggett *William T. Palmer1866 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1867 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1868 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1869 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1870 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1871 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1872 *William H. Hiner *William T. Palmer1873 *William H. Hiner *Geo. E. Hoskinson1874 *William H. Hiner *Geo. E. Hoskinson1875 *William H. Hiner *John W. Woodhull1876 *William H. Hiner *John W. Woodhull1877 *William H. Hiner *John W. Woodhull1878 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Woodhull1879 *David S. Vittum*George C. Swain*John W. Woodhull1880 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Woodhull1881 *N.M. Littlejohn *John W. Woodhull1882 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Woodhull1883 *N.M. Littlejohn *John W. Laflin1884 *F.L. Von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1885 *N.M. Littlejohn *John W. Laflin1886 *F.L. Von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1887 *N.M. Littlejohn *John W. Laflin1888 *F.L. Von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1889 *F.H. Starkweather *John W. Laflin1890 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1891 *F.H. Starkweather *John W. Laflin1892 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1893 *F.H. Starkweather *John W. Laflin1894 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1895 *John Corscot *John W. Laflin1896 *F.L. von Suessmilch *John W. Laflin1897 *John Corscot *John W. Laflin1898 *J.H. Evans *John W. Laflin159

Grand Treasurer Grand Sec’y AssistantYear Grand Treasurer Emeritus Grand Secretary Emeritus Grand Sec’y1899 *John Corscot *John W. Laflin1900 *J.H. Evans *John W. Laflin1901 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1902 *J.H. Evans *William W. Perry1903 *J.M. Pereles *William W. Perry1904 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1905 *J.M. Pereles *William W. Perry1906 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1907 *J.M. Pereles *William W. Perry1908 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1909 *J.M. Pereles *William W. Perry1910 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1911 *Thomas J. Pereles *William W. Perry1912 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1913 *David B. Greene *William W. Perry1914 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1915 *David B. Greene *William W. Perry1916 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1917 *George B. Wheeler *William W. Perry1918 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1919 *George B. Wheeler *William W. Perry1920 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1921 *George B. Wheeler *William W. Perry1922 *John Corscot *William W. Perry1923 *George B. Wheeler *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1924 *John Corscot *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1925 *George B. Wheeler *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1926 *John E. Langdon *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1927 *George B. Wheeler *William W. Perry *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1928 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1929 *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler *William W. Perry *John E. Bast1930 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler *John E. Bast1931 *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler *John E. Bast1932 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler *John E. Bast1933 *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler *John E. Bast1934 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler *John E. Bast1935 *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1936 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler1937 *Robert M. Millard *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1938 *D.H. Mooney *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1939 *Robert M. Millard *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1940 *D.H. Mooney *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1941 *Robert M. Millard *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1942 *D.H. Mooney *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1943 *Robert M. Millard *George B. Wheeler *William F. Weiler1944 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler1945 *Robert M. Millard *William F. Weiler1946 *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler1947 *Robert M. Millard *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler1948 *Edgar A. Williams *D.H. Mooney *William F. Weiler1949 *Robert M. Millard *D.H. Mooney *Paul W. Grossenbach *William F. Weiler1950 *Edgar A. Williams *D.H. Mooney *Paul W. Grossenbach *William F. Weiler1951 *Robert M. Millard *D.H. Mooney *Paul W. Grossenbach1952 *Edgar A. Williams *D.H. Mooney *Paul W. Grossenbach1953 *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1954 *Edgar A. Williams *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1955 *Lewis A. Moore *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1956 *Edgar A. Williams *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1957 *Lewis A. Moore *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1958 *Edgar A. Williams *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach160

Grand Treasurer Grand Sec’y AssistantYear Grand Treasurer Emeritus Grand Secretary Emeritus Grand Sec’y1959 *Lewis A. Moore *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1960 *Edgar A. Williams *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1961 *Lewis A. Moore *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1962 *Edgar A. Williams *Paul W. Grossenbach1962 *Roy H. Seim1962 *Arnold W. Plier1963 *Lewis A. Moore *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1964 *Alfred G. Trimberger *Lewis A. Moore1964 *Robert M. Millard *Paul W. Grossenbach1965 *Hertel M. Saugman *Lewis A. Moore1965 *Robert M. Millard1966 *Eugene G. Williams *Robert M. Millard1967 *Hertel M. Saugman *Robert M. Millard *Ernest R. Hiegel *Paul W. Grossenbach1968 *Carl R. Garny *Robert M. Millard *Ernest R. Hiegel *Paul W. Grossenbach1969 *Robert O. Graf *Robert M. Millard *Ernest R. Hiegel *Paul W. Grossenbach1970 *Carl L. Payne *Robert M. Millard Perry A. Risberg *Paul W. Grossenbach1971 Russell R. Selbo *Robert M. Millard *Carl L. Payne *Paul W. Grossenbach1972 *Carl L. Payne *Robert M. Millard *Doyn Inman *Paul W. Grossenbach1973 *Carl L. Payne *Robert M. Millard *Doyn Inman *Paul W. Grossenbach1974 *Carl L. Payne *Robert M. Millard *Doyn Inman *Paul W. Grossenbach1975 *Carl L. Payne *Robert M. Millard *Doyn Inman *Paul W. Grossenbach1976 *Carl L. Payne *Robert M. Millard *Doyn Inman *Paul W. Grossenbach1977 *Silas J. Paul *Robert M. Millard *Doyn Inman1978 *Silas J. Paul *Doyn Inman1979 *Silas J. Paul *Doyn Inman1980 *Silas J. Paul *Doyn Inman1981 *Silas J. Paul *Doyn Inman1982 *Silas J. Paul *Doyn Inman *Carl W. Skoog1983 *Silas J. Paul *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1984 *Silas J. Paul *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1985 Robert W. Ward *Silas J. Paul *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1986 Robert W. Ward *Silas J. Paul *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1987 Robert W. Ward *Silas J. Paul *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1988 Robert W. Ward *Silas J. Paul *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1989 Robert W. Ward *Silas J. Paul #Douglas F. Krimmer *Doyn Inman1990 David J. Nolte #Douglas F. Krimmer *Doyn Inman1991 David J. Nolte #Douglas F. Krimmer *Doyn Inman1992 John W. Hein #Douglas F. Krimmer *Doyn Inman1993 John W. Hein *Carl W. Skoog *Doyn Inman1994 D. James Childs George A. Wallinger *Carl W. Skoog1995 D. James Childs George A. Wallinger *Carl W. Skoog1996 Michael R. Walter George A. Wallinger *Doyn Inman1997 Michael R. Walter George A. Wallinger *Doyn Inman1998 Michael R. Walter George A. Wallinger *Doyn Inman1999 Michael R. Walter George A. Wallinger *Doyn Inman2000 Michael R. Walter George A. Wallinger *Doyn Inman2001 Michael R. Walter Bruce S. Sim George A. Wallinger*Doyn Inman2002 Michael R. Walter Bruce S. Sim *Doyn InmanGeorge A. Wallinger2003 James M. Hays Bruce S. Sim *Doyn InmanGeorge A. Wallinger2004 James M. Hays Michael A. DeWolf *Doyn InmanGeorge A. Wallinger2005 James M. Hays Michael A. DeWolf George A. Wallinger2006 Richard A. Vande Sande Michael A. DeWolf George A. Wallinger* Deceased # Expelled161

RepresentativesLIST OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVESNEAR WISCONSIN GRAND LODGE NEAR OTHERSKenneth C. Kreil ............................... Alabama ................................... Charles A. BookerFloridaDarrell Aderman ............................... Alaska ...................................... Raymond R. WagenerShell LakeNorth PoleHerman Friess .................................. Alberta ..................................... Lewis A. KingRice LakeBill Borchert Larson ......................... Arizona ..................................... Frederick E. Krick, Jr.ShorewoodStanley R. Jagow .............................. Arkansas .................................. Jeff M. WhisenhuntCherokee Village, ARDeQueenBruce Sim .......................................... Argentina ................................. Miguel Angel MascoloAppletonGeerit Van Harten ............................ Belgium .................................... Michel DaunePoundFrank Dennee .................................... Bolivia ...................................... Victor Asbun GamraPhillipsRichard Vande Sande ....................... Brazil, Brazilla ........................ E.P. Da MotaBurlington............................................................ Brazil, Ceara ........................... Wilton Da Silvo BritoRobert Tumi ...................................... Brazil, Estado do Maranhao ...Kenneth C. Gorgen ........................... Brazil, Estado da Paraiba ...... Ariosvaldo Dias CorreiaPewaukeeGary R. Meinert ................................ Brazil, Goais ............................ Antonio FelicianoMiltonRonald Pete ....................................... Brazil, MatoGrosso do Sul ...... Carlos Antonio BroncoSuperiorLopesKenneth A. Poulson .......................... Brazil, Para .............................. Matheus Ferreira DeRacineSouzaI.V. (Ray) Amador ............................. Brazil, Parana ......................... Mario Ramon GarciaLaCrosseCharles Pflaum ................................. Brazil, Permanbuco ................ Maholl Martinsde OliveiraMilwaukeeRobert Guenther ............................... Brazil, Piaui ............................. JoaoBatista EvangelistaOshkoshDeSa TeresinaPaul W. Hormig ................................ Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte .. Francisco Gilberto de AndradeBeloitParnamirion, BrazilDenman G. Kramer .......................... Brazil, Rio Grande Do Sul ...... Joao Francisco CunhaPrairie du SacQuevedoRobert G. King .................................. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro ............. Eliel Ramos SilvaTomahawkWm. W. Hughey ................................ Brazil, Sao Paulo ..................... Erwin SeignemartinDeForestSao PauloWm. C. Lieburn ................................. British Columbia ..................... G. McCulloughMarinette& YukonHarold E. Woodhouse ....................... California .................................WalworthRobert W. Ward ................. Canada, Province of Ontario ................ R.M. GunsolusChetekBelleville162

RepresentativesLIST OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES (Continued)NEAR WISCONSIN GRAND LODGE NEAR OTHERSTom Rosenow .................................... Chile ......................................... Jorge Flishfisch BronsteinWinneconneSantiagoAlfred C. Hunsicker .......................... China ........................................ Tommy F.H. WengEdgertonLeigh Miller ........................ Colombia, Nat’l Barranquilla ............... Dr. A. Hernandez BarettoMilwaukeeBarranquillaDaniel Slavik ........................ Columbia, Nat’l Cartagena ................. Antonio SierraMadisonDavey White ............... Gran Lodgia Occidental de Colombia ..........Hazel GreenKeith B. Krinke ................................. Colorado ................................... Claud E. DutroWaunakeeDenverDennis Siewert .................................. Congo ........................................ Emile OuossoDe PereRodney Paulsen ................................. Connecticut .............................. Peter J. NarducciElkhornThomas L. Phillipps .......................... Costa Rica ................................ Eduardo Monge M.MonroeSan JoseJohn Hendrickson ............................. Cuba, Isla De ........................... Francisco Cecilia RodriguezVeronaRussell R. Selbo ................................ Delaware .................................. S. Curtis Cole, P.M.CedarburgFeltonNorm Christensen ............... Denmark, Natl. Grand Lodge ............. Ib AndersenGraftonDr. A.D. Anderson ............................ District of Columbia ................ Todd C. DuehringMadisonSilver Spring, MDDonald E. Krueger ............................ Dominican Republic ................ Felix E. ForestieriBurlingtonRoderick Anderson ............................ Ecuador .................................... Dr. Bruno Sadum MamoEau ClairePerry A. Risberg ................................ Finland ..................................... Pentti HeinoHaywardDallas W. Heim ................................. Florida ...................................... Edwin H. PresserFloridaCharles E. White .................. France, Nat’l Grand Lodge .................. T. Ritchie PledgeRiver FallsClarence Campbell ............................ Georgia ..................................... William “Bill” WalkerEau ClaireHans Gerlach ........................ Germany, United Gr. Lodges .............New BerlinJohn Demetropoulos ......................... Greece ....................................... George TingelisBrookfieldBruce S. Sim ...................................... Hawaii ...................................... Peter N. AdamsNeenahAlexander Radicevich ....................... Hungary ................................... Dr. Attila PokMilwaukeeBudapestCraig S. Campbell ............................. Iceland ...................................... Jon SkulasonCedarburgDenman G. Kramer .......................... Idaho ......................................... Ellis S. ReddickPrairie du SacTwin FallsDavid C. West ................................... Illinois ...................................... Thomas E. SmithWaukesha163

RepresentativesLIST OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES (Continued)NEAR WISCONSIN GRAND LODGE NEAR OTHERSJhoma Hajimahomed Merchant ...... India ......................................... Yogesh BahadurBrookfieldDelhiH. Thomas Rogers ............................. Indiana ..................................... John E. GreinStone LakeIndianapolisJoseph C. Rhodes .............................. Iran ........................................... Ali-Reza Amir-SoleimaniBeaver DamTehranGeorge S. Strom ................................ Ireland ...................................... Arthur S. WorrellCumberlandDublinSidney Vineburg ............................... Israel ........................................ Yinon FalkovitzGreen BayAllan E. Iding .................................... Italy, Grand Orient ................. Walter CalugiMilwaukeeArezzoJohn Raley ......................................... Japan ........................................ Murray V. Harley, Jr.FremontMichael De Wolf ................................ Kansas ...................................... Robert E. FergusonWausauMarysvilleCharles C. Anderson ......................... Kentucky .................................. Douglas M. BickelShawanoRobert E. Billings ............................. Louisiana ................................. Robert L. LabordeClintonvilleD. James Childs ................................ Maine ........................................ Dwynal R. GrassMadisonThomas Struebing ............................ Manitoba .................................. Brian BailieWauwatosaSheldon I. Ausman ........................... Maryland .................................. Glen B. ClaryEncino, CADavidsonvilleWilliam E. Day .................................. Massachusetts ......................... Roger W. PageauBrookfieldTheodore Goeden .............................. Mexico, El Potosi ..................... Narcisco Fernandez LopezSchofieldDonald Jackson ................................. Mexico, Nuevo Leon ................ Eugenio OnunaCecilLowell Larson .................................... Mexico, Tamaulipas ................ Carlos Saeb FelixLa CrosseVictoriaRobert Kaschel .................................. Mexico, Valle de ...................... Virgilio Belendez CarchanoNorth FreedomJack Allord ........................................ Mexico, York ............................ Joseph U. HeathGlenwood, ILMexico CityJ.B. Van Hollen ................................. Michigan .................................. Dale C. EdwardsSun PrairieNorthvilleKingman D. Loomis .......................... Minnesota ................................ Roger J. TaylorHaywardGeorge A. Wallinger ......................... Mississippi ............................... Percy M. SmithBeaver DamHarold B. McDonough ...................... Missouri ................................... J.C. Montgomery, Jr.De SotoFarmington............................................................ Montana ................................... Donald R. BoslaughLawrence L. Myers ........................... Nebraska .................................. Harold HultmanBarneveldElkhornSydney Van der Linden .................... Netherlands, Holland ............. A.Th. Ten HoutenWest Allis164

RepresentativesLIST OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES (Continued)NEAR WISCONSIN GRAND LODGE NEAR OTHERSRolland M. Schaefer ......................... Nevada ..................................... D. John MorgensternShell LakeLas VegasRoger L. Magoon ............................... Newfoundland & Labrador .... Vincent J. PikeAppletonSt. John’s, NFJim Zimmerman ................................ New Brunswick ....................... John JefferiesShawanoJames J. Byrnes ................................ New Hampshire ...................... Agnew G. WalkerGreen BayLebanonMichael A. DeWolf ............................ New Jersey ............................... Seymour FederWausauPaul E. Krueger ................................ New Mexico .............................. John S. WeberMcFarlandClovisRichard E. Black ............................... New South Wales .................... Alex MorrisMadisonCastlecragMichael A. DeWolf ............................ New York ................................. Karel SimekWausauRodney Paulsen ................................. New Zealand ............................ Warwick H. HolmesElkhornRick E. Gustafson ............................. North Carolina ........................ William G. MathisSheboyganStephen D. Willett ............................ North Dakota ........................... Jim NorrisPhillipsPembinaMarlowe Nelson ................................ Norway ..................................... Erik WiigWestbyStavanger............................................................ Nova Scotia .............................. Roy E. LivelyDartmouthBruce A. Christianson ...................... Ohio .......................................... Michael D. CecilKenoshaBellvilleKenneth W. Shannon ....................... Oklahoma ................................. David EpperlyLa CrosseJames H. Olson ................................. Oregon ...................................... Quintin B. EstellBeaver DamSilvertonRobert Mueller, Sr. ........................... Panama .................................... Samuel Theodore FrankelMilwaukeeColonDonald G. Asplin ............................... Peru .......................................... Fernando A. CastanedaMiddletonLimaHarold C. Freid ................................. Philippine Islands ................... Clemente M. NavaFall CreekManilaMichael R. Walter ............................. Portugal ................................... Jose A.A. GomesWinneconneDean T. Massey ................................. Prince Edward Island ............. Colston WoodMadisonJames Cleary ..................................... Puerto Rico .............................. Samuel Irizarry RodriguezBrookfieldRobert E. Moore ................................ Quebec ...................................... D.H. DruryWaukeshaVictor Corsie ...................................... Queensland .............................. I.G. FischerEau ClaireRaymond Moyer, Jr. ......................... Rhode Island ............................ Nelson E. KayRochesterGeorge A. Wallinger ......................... Romania ................................... Pavel LiskaBeaver Dam165

RepresentativesLIST OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES (Continued)NEAR WISCONSIN GRAND LODGE NEAR OTHERSCarl J. Wussow ................................. Russia ....................................... Victor KuznetsovWauwatosaWm. Stonecipher ............................... Saskatchewan .......................... Kenneth Leo MelstedWest BendWynyardBruce S. Sim ...................................... Scotland ................................... Thomas E. JessopNeenahJohn Sivertsen .................................. Senegal ..................................... Armand AgbogbaIron RiverDakarDonald Soberg ................................... South Africa ............................. LeRoux HanckeMononaCapetownKenneth Gorgen ................................ South Australia ....................... Barrie AndersonPewaukeeWarradale............................................................ South Carolina ........................ W. Jefferson Bryson, Jr.Keith D. Chamberlain ...................... South Dakota ........................... Hurst E. WilliamsViolaBrentfordDale O. Babbitt ................................. Spain ........................................ Manuel MirEau ClaireScott Kaczor ...................................... Sweden ..................................... Carl-Gustaf PiehlMilwaukeeStockholmJoseph Harker ................................... Switzerland, Alpina ................ E. Joseph FilippiNew BerlinEugene E. Rood ................................. Tasmania ................................. R.A. WhittleGreen BayRonald Schmidt ................................. Tennessee ................................. Willie CradicCherokee Village, ARBeecher Daniels ................................ Texas ........................................ Leon SaulVeronaJohn Brown ....................................... Togo ..........................................La CrosseArden R. Mikich ................................ Turkey ...................................... Eralp OzgenManitowish WatersAnkaraJohn W. Hein ..................................... Utah .......................................... Melvin R. EndersWisconsin RapidsLaytonGalen D. Winter ................................ Venezuela ................................. Roel C. SanchezShawanoHernandezRoy C. Eisenmann ............................ Vermont ................................... James W. DudleyMadisonRaymond Estervig ............................ Victoria ..................................... Norman W. WittingslowMadison............................................................ Virginia .................................... Owen Tee WadeDublinRobert E. LeFebve ............................ Washington .............................. Orton KruegerBristolPort OrchardRobert Nienow ................................... Western Australia ................... Alexander L. BerglWauwatosaVictoria ParkLouis Feurer ...................................... West Virginia ........................... Stephen G. SwankMequonReedsville166

HONORARY MEMBERSOFTHE GRAND LODGE F. & A.M.OF WISCONSINFebruary 22, 1961Hipolito Marcano, Grand MasterGrand Lodge of Puerto RicoFebruary 22, 1962Mauro Baradi, Past Grand MasterGrand Lodge of the PhilippinesFebruary 22, 1963Richard Mueller-Boerner, Past Grand MasterUnited Grand Lodges of GermanyFebruary 22, 1964Max Silverston, Past Grand MasterGrand Lodge of the State of IsraelFebruary 25, 1965Ernest Van Hecke, Grand MasterNational Grand Lodge of FranceFebruary 22, 1967Prof. Giordano GamberiniGrand Orient of ItalyAugust 16, 1972Roy RogersAugust 16, 1973Red SkeltonSeptember 29, 1989Roy ClarkJune 10, 1991Thomas R. Dougherty, P.G.M.Director, Hospital VisitationMasonic Service AssociationJune 11, 1991Charles Baltos, Grand MasterGrand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of MinnesotaJune 15, 1993John J. RobinsonJune 13, 2000Richard E. Fletcher, P.G.M., Exec. Secy.Masonic Service Association167

MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS*Herman E. Friedrich ................................................................... 1974*Alf O. “Pat” Anderson ................................................................. 1974*Russell D. Sheldon ...................................................................... 1975*G. Thomas Longbotham ............................................................. 1975Daniel R. Schutz ......................................................................... 1976*Eugene G. Williams .................................................................... 1978Kenneth I. C. Knudson ............................................................... 1980*Richard Shade ............................................................................. 1981*Win Goldfish ................................................................................ 1981Richard Huegel ........................................................................... 1983H. Thomas Rogers ....................................................................... 1984*Carl F. Boelter ............................................................................. 1985Allan E. Iding, P.G.M. ................................................................ 1986Galen Winter ............................................................................... 1988Gary Shaw ................................................................................... 1989Elmer Schumacher ..................................................................... 1990Gerald W. Lemberg ..................................................................... 1991Robert E. Simon .......................................................................... 1991Moses Jack Rood ......................................................................... 1992Roland B. Day ............................................................................. 1993Willis Scadden ............................................................................. 1993*Carl W. Skoog, P.G.M. ................................................................ 1994Rick E. Gustafson ....................................................................... 1994*John H. Rose ............................................................................... 1995John Unz ..................................................................................... 1995Harold E. Woodhouse ................................................................. 1996Darrell Aderman ......................................................................... 1997*L. Clarence Kelley ....................................................................... 1997George A. Wallinger, P.G.M. ...................................................... 1998William E. Day, P.G.M. .............................................................. 1999Ronald Glaunert .......................................................................... 2000John Hayek ................................................................................. 2000Donald Komplin .......................................................................... 2000*George R. Hughey, P.G.M. ......................................................... 2000Archie Simonson ......................................................................... 2001J. W. Engeldinger........................................................................ 2001Roderick Anderson ...................................................................... 2001Carl Wussow, P.G.M. .................................................................. 2001Robert E. Moore, P.G.M. ............................................................. 2002Dean T. Massey, P.G.M. ............................................................. 2002Robert Erffmeyer ........................................................................ 2003James Zimmerman, P.G.M. ........................................................ 2003Stanley Jagow, P.G.M. ................................................................ 2003Ronald P. Schmidt ...................................................................... 2003Gordon P. Hintermeyer .............................................................. 2003Frank J. Mayer ........................................................................... 2004Russell G. Dunnum ..................................................................... 2005William J. Jewell, Jr. .................................................................. 2005James M. Hays ............................................................................ 2006Beecher Daniels .......................................................................... 2006168

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APPENDIX D2005-2006Grand Lodge OfficersPast Grand MastersPermanent MembersDistrict LecturersDistrict ChaplainsArea AdministratorsTrusteesBoard MembersCommittees232

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS2005-2006ELECTEDGrand MasterRoger L Magoon (349)Deputy Grand MasterRodney A Paulsen (12)Senior Grand WardenJ. B. Van Hollen (210)Junior Grand WardenJohn W Wilke (32)Grand TreasurerJames M Hays (349)Grand SecretaryMichael A DeWolf (267)APPOINTEDGrand ChaplainRay D Heilborn (221)Grand LecturerRonald H Glaunert (345)Senior Grand DeaconCraig S Campbell (183)Junior Grand DeaconJoseph B Harker (1)Senior Grand StewardDavey L White Jr (4)Junior Grand StewardDennis V Siewert (322)Grand MarshalRichard A Vande Sande (28)Grand OratorFranklin J Struble (60)Grand TilerKurt R Magoon (349)DISTRICT DEPUTIESDeputy, District #1L Arby Humphrey (329)Deputy, District #2William Beetcher (244)Deputy, District #3Albert W Jurgens III (330)Deputy, District #4Guy K Gooding (322)Deputy, District #5Tomas C Tourville (60)Deputy, District #6Jeffrey B Brewer (128)Deputy, District #7Daniel L Slavik (63)Deputy, District #8Emmett J Reilly (25)Deputy, District #9LeRoy R Huber (161)Deputy, District #10J Patrick Storrs (138)Deputy, District #11James G Jante (28)Deputy, District #12Donald W Hensiak (189)233

PAST GRAND MASTERSPerry A Risberg (1968)Donald E Krueger (1969)Charles E White (1970)Denman G Kramer (1971)A. D. Anderson (1973)Robert E Billings (1975)Herman A Friess (1977)Russell R Selbo (1980)Allan E Iding (1981)James J Byrnes (1982)Kenneth W Shannon (1983)O Darrell Aderman (1984)William E Day (1985)George A Wallinger (1986)Kingman D Loomis (1987)Bruce A Christianson (1988)Robert E Moore (1989)Dean T Massey (1990)James A Zimmerman (1992)Carl J Wussow (1993)Stanley R Jagow (1994)Beecher Daniels (1995)Jack C Allord (1996)Bruce S Sim (1997)Lawrence L Myers (1998)Richard E Black (1999)Stephen D Willett (2000)John W Hein (2001)James H Olson (2002)Michael A DeWolf (2003)Keith D Chamberlain (2004)PERMANENT MEMBERSPast Grand LecturersDavey L White JrRalph F KnowltonJohn W Hein, PGMCraig S CampbellPast Grand SecretariesBruce S Sim, PGMGeorge A Wallinger, PGMPerry A Risberg, PGMPast Grand TreasurersMichael R WalterD James ChildsJohn W Hein, PGMRussell R Selbo, PGMRobert W WardPast Grand TrusteesDaniel SchutzJohn W DemetropoulosWilliam B DresserLe Roy C EisenmannKingman D Loomis, PGMLowell A TainterGeorge A Wallinger, PGMRoger G NitzscheHerman A Friess, PGMPast Junior Grand WardensClarence O CampbellSheldon I AusmanDISTRICT LECTURERSDist. Name1 David A Frings (329)2 Harold J Christensen (195)3 R Don Schmidt (300)4 Moses H Adams (182)5 Michael L Barreyro (345)6 Leland Burlison (27)Dist. Name7 James R Lund (143)8 Edwin “Skip” Blake (34)9 LeRoy R Huber (161)10 Rick E Gustafson (11)11 Kevin R Breitzmann (307)12 Gary D Van Deluyster (189)234

DISTRICT CHAPLAINSDist. Name1 Ray D Heilborn (221)2 Thomas S La Chapelle (220)3 Larry A Olson (237)4 Donald G Stannard (211)5 Donald F Iliff (345)6 Eric D Burnard (95)Dist. Name7 D James Childs (50)8 James L Reilly (268)9 James E Walsh (364)10 John E Harrison (72)11 Rodney A Paulsen (12)12 Eugene Marcus (261)AREA ADMINISTRATORSDistrict 1 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainL Arby HumphreyDavid A FringsRay D HeilbornDist-Area Area Administrators1-1 George T Eisenmann III (329)Ancient Landmark #210Barnes #365Acacia-Itasca #329Keystone #263Superior #236Blue Hills #234Shell Lake-Spooner #221Bayfield-Washburn #215District 2 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainWilliam BeetcherHarold J ChristensenThomas S La ChapelleDist-Area Area Administrators2-1 H Scott Paulson (56)New Richmond #195Collins-Spring Valley #192North Star #187River Falls #109St Croix #56Hancock #229Northwestern #1052-2 Scott A Jerdee (277)Chetek #277Clear Lake #230Landmark #244Barron #220235

2-3 Dan E Walters (149)Sanctuary #347Bloomer #281Chippewa Falls #176Menomonie #164Durand-Pepin #149Eau Claire #112George B Wheeler #351District 3 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainAlbert W Jurgens IIIR Don SchmidtLarry A OlsonDist-Area Area Administrators3-1 Tony S Budaj (225)Owen #317Park Falls #300Hurley #237Phillips #225Medford #217Mystic Tie #2803-2 John C Tilley (242)Forest #130Virginia Falls #226Rhinelander #242Eagle River #248Mosinee #318Island City #330District 4 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainGuy K GoodingMoses H AdamsDonald G StannardDist-Area Area Administrators4-1 Christopher J Hirthe (322)Washington #21Des Peres #85Shawano #170Henry S Baird #174Theodore Roosevelt #322N.E.W. Daylite #360Mason-Woods #368236

4-2 Jeffery C Gordon (182)Marinette #182Pine #188Tri County Daylite #218Hiram D Fisher #222Antigo #231Crandon #287Oconto Falls #293Gillett #344District 5 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainTomas C TourvilleMichael L BarreyroDonald F IliffDist-Area Area Administrators5-1 Jerry M Opelt (279)Merrillan #279Buffalo River #252Arcadia #201Alma #184Black River #745-2 Robert E Gray (132)Juneau #103Valley #60Northern Light #81Tomah #132Hillsboro #255Camp Douglas #2725-3 Ramon (Ray) C Kline (345)Onalaska #214La Belle #84Frontier #45Salem #125La Crosse Masonic #190Badger #345Decora #177District 6 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainJeffrey B BrewerLeland BurlisonEric D BurnardDist-Area Area Administrators6-1 Robert P Remington (224)Wisconsin Rapids #128Marshfield #224Evergreen #93Adams #332Quincy #71237

6-2 Currently UnassignedClintonville #197Appleton #349Waverly #51Manawa #82Twin Cities #61Dells #1246-3 Tim CastnerWinneconne #186Montello #141Oshkosh #27Wautoma #148Waupaca #123District 7 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainDaniel L SlavikJames R LundD James ChildsDist-Area Area Administrators7-1 Richard M Trailer (245)Doric #356Social #245Sun Prairie #143Columbus #75Waterloo #637-2 Terry L Decot (99)Fort Winnebago #33Lodi Valley #99Poynette #173Armistead-Bingham #1862Pardee #1717-3 Steven F Breunig (143)Middleton-Ionic #180Hiram #50Commonwealth #325Four Lakes Daylight #362Madison #5Crescent Valley #97238

District 8 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainEmmett J ReillyEdwin “Skip” BlakeJames L ReillyDist-Area Area Administrators8-1 Ross E Pollock (1)Mineral Point #1Barneveld #319Fennimore #219Linden #206Melody #2Dodgeville #1198-2 Jerry A Carpenter (64)Warren #4Amicitia #25Smith #31Evening Star #64Argyle #178Benton #2688-3 Steven J Hansen (66)Baraboo #34Prairie du Chien #8Sauk Prairie #113Reedsburg #79Richland #66Franklin #16District 9 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainLeRoy R HuberLeRoy R HuberJames E WalshDist-Area Area Administrators9-1 Henry B Pynakker (315)St John’s #57Glenn L Humphrey #364Dousman #315Palmyra #68Oconomowoc-Hartland #42Jefferson County #99-2 Paul S Huber (161)Union #32Janesville-Western Star #55Fulton #69Kegonsa #73Waucoma #90Milton #161239

9-3 John M Winters (94)Oregon #151Albany #36Bicknell #94Morning Star #10New Glarus #310District 10 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainJ Patrick StorrsRick E GustafsonJohn E HarrisonDist-Area Area Administrators10-1 Jeffrey E Millikin (42)Ashlar #193Hartford #120Neosho-Mayville-Horicon #108Dodge County #72West Bend #138Lincoln #18310-2 Gerald W Schrankler (26)Omro #168Berlin #38Prairie View #95Perseverance 1836 #366Fond du Lac #26Waupun #4810-3 David E Tainter (17)Calumet #172Sheboygan #11Manitowoc #65Victory #320Ozaukee #17Cassia #167District 11 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainJames G JanteKevin R BreitzmannRodney A PaulsenDist-Area Area Administrators11-1 Craig S Wepprecht (47)Kenosha #47Racine-Belle City #18Unity #367Wilmot #241Sunrise #359Washburn #145240

11-2 Rick A Mattson (297)McKinley #307Myron Reed #297Pewaukee #246Elmbrook #35411-3 Currently UnassignedSouthern Lakes #12Laflin-St. James #247Geneva #44Burlington #28Waukesha #37Union Grove #288District 12 TeamDistrict DeputyDistrict LecturerDistrict ChaplainDonald W HensiakGary D Van DeluysterEugene MarcusDist-Area Area Administrators12-1 Thomas L Dohoney (189)South Shore #3Excelsior #175Lake #189Damascus #29012-2 Matt A Fredrich (337)Lafayette #265Henry L Palmer #301Wisconsin #1312-3 Robert C Strader (363)Nathan Hale #350Freemasons #363James M Hays #33112-4 Michael R Strampe (189)Aurora #30Milwaukee-Harmony #261George Washington 1776 #337Silas H Shepherd #184312-5 Lyle A Lance (291)Day Lite #358Independence #80Wauwatosa #267West Allis #291241

GRAND LODGE TRUSTEESTerm ExpiresCarl J Wussow, PGM – Ex-OfficioStephen D Willett, PGM 2006Blair D Dixon 2007William E Day, PGM – Chairman 2008Bruce S Sim, PGM 2009James H Olson, PGM 2010WISCONSIN MASONIC BENEVOLENT ACTIVITIES BOARDWilliam E Day, PGMMichael A DeWolf, PGM – SecretaryJames M HaysRoger L MagoonRodney A Paulsen – Vice PresBruce S Sim, PGM – PresidentJ. B. Van HollenJohn W WilkeTerm ExpiresGarry Hageness 2006John J Luy 2006David M Weis 2006Donald W Hensiak 2007Lawrence L Myers, PGM 2007Ray D Heilborn 2008Steven E Prewitt 2008George A Wallinger, PGM 2008DEVELOPMENT OFFICEWilliam H Barnes – Development DirectorErika L Miller – Development CoordinatorWISCONSIN BOARD OF MASONIC SERVICEAND ASSISTANCEMichael A DeWolf, PGM – SecretaryJoseph B Harker – GLO LiaisonTerm ExpiresLowell E Larson 2006Daniel L Slavik – Vice-President 2006Lawrence L Myers, PGM 2007David C West – President 2007Jonathan J Bascue 2008MSA FIELD AGENTSThomas A DowmanSteven C HansonLaverne E StorksonCharles N Wallens242

WISCONSIN MASONIC FOUNDATIONScott Graske – Treas.Erika L Miller – Secy.J. B. Van Hollen – GLO LiaisonJohn W Wilke – GLO LiaisonTerm ExpiresNorman L Christensen – President 2006James H Olson, PGM 2006Gary R Beier 2007J Michael Koscinski 2007Bruce A Christianson, PGM 2008Donald M Forkner 2008WISCONSIN MASONIC SOCCER FOUNDATION, INC.Rodney A Paulsen – GLO LiaisonJohn Wilke – GLO LiaisonTerm ExpiresTerri Domini 2006William Scadden 2006Thomas A Dowman 2007J Patrick Storrs – Secretary 2007David E Tainter 2007Richard W Breitzmann 2008Nancy Storrs – Chair 2008James C Wenzler 2008WISCONSIN MASONIC JOURNALWilliam L Stonecipher – EditorDiane Igl – Advertising ManagerWISCONSIN MASONIC JOURNAL BOARDWilliam L Stonecipher – Ex-OfficioTerm ExpiresTrueman E Farris Jr 2006John K Shannon 2006Keith H Harmon 2007James E Walsh 2007Keith D Chamberlain, PGM – President 2008THREE PILLARS RETIREMENT COMMUNITYMark A Strautman – President and CEO243

WISCONSIN MASONIC HOME, INC.Thomas W GodfreyJ. B. Van Hollen – GLO LiaisonJohn W Wilke – GLO LiaisonTerm ExpiresTheda J Andres – Chair 2006Keith B Krinke 2006Robert W Roth – Vice-Chair 2006Robert C Gorsuch 2007Gary J Krause 2007Richard P Linde 2007Robert E Moore, PGM 2007Wayne A Johnson 2008Lawrence R Nines 2008Allen T Trapp 2008COMMITTEES 2005 -2006Annual CommunicationSteve F BreunigMichael A DeWolf, PGM – Ex-OfficioKenneth C GorgenScott Graske – Ex-OfficioMark B HazelbakerJames G JanteRoger L MagoonRobert E Moore, PGMRodney A PaulsenDaniel L SlavikJ. B. Van HollenRichard A Vande Sande – ChairAppeals & Grievances CommitteeWilliam D DykeHerman A Friess, PGMSteven R SorensonJ. B. Van HollenStephen D Willett, PGM – ChairArtifacts & Antiquities Committee (AD HOC)Keith D Chamberlain, PGM – ChairJohn D MitchellRoss E PollockLa Verne E WilkinsonCode Revision CommitteeMichael A DeWolf, PGMJames H Olson, PGMBruce S Sim, PGMArchie E Simonson – ChairGeorge A Wallinger, PGM244

Computer Usage Committee (AD HOC)Pat BeetcherMichael A DeWolf, PGMScott GraskeJoseph B HarkerKurt R Magoon – ChairJohn M WintersEducation CommitteeKeith D Chamberlain, PGM – ChairJoseph B HarkerScott E KaczorBarry A MaxfieldRodney A PaulsenDaniel L SlavikJohn W WilkeEsoteric CommitteeMoses H AdamsMichael L BarreyroEdwin “Skip” BlakeLeland BurlisonHarold J ChristensenDavid A FringsRonald H Glaunert – ChairRick E GustafsonRichard A KreagerJames R LundR Don SchmidtGary D Van DeluysterExecutive CommitteeCraig S CampbellKeith D Chamberlain, PGMMichael A DeWolf, PGMJames M HaysRoger L Magoon – ChairRodney A PaulsenJ. B. Van HollenJohn W WilkeExpenditures CommitteeCraig S CampbellMichael A DeWolf, PGMJames M Hays – ChairRodney A PaulsenJ. B. Van HollenJohn W Wilke245

Foreign Relations CommitteeBruce A Christianson, PGMMichael A DeWolf, PGM – Foreign Corresp.Allan E Iding, PGM – ChairLawrence L Myers, PGMGeorge A Wallinger, PGMStephen D Willett, PGMFrat. Rel. with Prince Hall Committee (AD HOC)Craig S CampbellKeith D Chamberlain, PGMMichael A DeWolf, PGMMurry J House JrRoger L MagoonNorman M MarcusRodney A PaulsenJ. B. Van HollenGeorge A Wallinger, PGM – ChairJohn W WilkeGrand Lodge Planning CommitteeRonald H GlaunertJoseph B Harker – ChairRay D HeilbornKurt R MagoonDennis V SiewertFranklin J StrubleRichard A Vande SandeDavey L White JrJurisprudence CommitteeThomas W Godfrey – ChairAllan E Iding, PGMJack E KeyesJames H Olson, PGMRicky L PendergastBruce S Sim, PGMArchie E SimonsonJ. B. Van HollenCharles E White, PGMStephen D Willett, PGMLeadership Training Committee (AD HOC)Kenneth A BalesRodney A Paulsen – ChairBruce S Sim, PGMJ Patrick StorrsRichard A Vande SandeJohn W Wilke246

Lodge Charters & Consolidations CommitteeKeith D Chamberlain, PGM – ChairMichael A DeWolf, PGMRodney A PaulsenJohn W WilkeMarketing Committee (AD HOC)Keith D Chamberlain, PGMLowell H Scott – ChairKeith H HarmonRamon (Ray) C KlineNomination CommitteeCraig S CampbellJoseph B HarkerRoger L Magoon – ChairJ. B. Van HollenJohn W WilkeParliamentarianAllan E Iding, PGMCharles E White, PGM – ChairPersonnel CommitteeMichael A DeWolf, PGMKeith B Krinke – ChairSteven L RittResearch CommitteeJoseph B HarkerGordon P HintermeyerGary L ShawTomas C TourvilleDavid C West – ChairResolutions CommitteeThomas W GodfreyJack E Keyes – ChairJames H Olson, PGMBruce S Sim, PGMArchie E SimonsonTemple Plans & Finance CommitteeWilliam F KellyRichard P Linde – ChairRobert E Moore, PGMJ Patrick StorrsJohn L Zeller247

Unfinished Business CommitteeKeith D Chamberlain, PGM – ChairMichael A DeWolf, PGMJames M HaysYouth Funding Policy CommitteeChristal BindrichCraig S CampbellBarb FosterRobert E LijewskiDennis V Siewert – ChairJohn W Wilke248

INDEXAppendix A, In Memoriam .............................................................................................................. 133Appendix B, Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 134Appendix C, Wisconsin Masonic Home Audit ................................................................................ 169Appendix D, 2005-2006 Directory ................................................................................................... 232Appointments:Officers, 2005-2006 ........................................................................................................... 11, 233Officers, 2006-2007 ................................................................................................................... 80Approval of 2005 Proceedings ........................................................................................................... 12Area Administrators, 2005-2006 ...................................................................................................... 235Audit Reports:Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Wisconsin ...................................................................................... 59Wisconsin Masonic Foundation, Inc. ........................................................................................ 41Wisconsin Masonic Home, Inc. .............................................................................................. 170Three Pillars Senior Living Communities ............................................................................... 211Awards:150 Year Lodge Anniversary .................................................................................................... 98Grand Master’s Achievement .................................................................................................. 113Grand Master’s Meritorious Service Medallions ...................................................................... 98Biographies:Roger L. Magoon ........................................................................................................................ 2Rodney A. Paulsen ...................................................................................................................... 4Budgets:Grand Lodge .............................................................................................................................. 77Wisconsin Masonic Journal and Farm ...................................................................................... 78By-law Changes ................................................................................................................................. 14Closing of Grand Lodge ................................................................................................................... 132Committees ....................................................................................................................................... 244Deceased Members ............................................................................................................................. 26Decrees ............................................................................................................................................... 14Dispensations ...................................................................................................................................... 14District Chaplains 2005-2006 ........................................................................................................... 235District Lecturers 2005-2006 ............................................................................................................ 234Edicts .................................................................................................................................................. 15Election of Officers, Trustees, Boards 2006-2007 ............................................................................. 54Entrance of Grand Lodge Officers ....................................................................................................... 7Fifty Year Certificates ........................................................................................................................ 34Grand Lodge Officers 2005-2006 .............................................................................................. 11, 233Grand Lodge Officers 2006-2007 ...................................................................................................... 80Grand Master’s Report ....................................................................................................................... 17Grand Representatives ...................................................................................................................... 162Guest Speaker ..................................................................................................................................... 81Honorary Members of Grand Lodge ................................................................................................ 167Introduction of Distinguished Guests ................................................................................................... 8Installation of Grand Lodge Officers ................................................................................................. 80Introduction of Past Grand Masters...................................................................................................... 8249

Lodges:Active Chartered Lodges ......................................................................................................... 141Discontinued Lodges ............................................................................................................... 147Lodges Having Names Changed ............................................................................................. 145Register of Lodges Indicating Location and Meetings ........................................................... 152Summary of Charters Granted ................................................................................................. 145Meritorious Service Award Recipients ...................................................................................... 98, 168Opening of Grand Lodge ...................................................................................................................... 7Past and Present Officers .................................................................................................................. 156Past Grand Masters and Permanent Members .................................................................................. 234Per Capita Tax, Fees and Assessments ................................................................................ 30, 79, 140Presentations:Charters ................................................................................................................................... 114Gifts ........................................................................................................................................... 98Grand Master’s Achievement Awards .................................................................................... 113To Grand Master ..................................................................................................................... 130To M.S.A. Representatives ........................................................................................................ 79To Retiring Grand Officers ..................................................................................................... 114Proclamation ..................................................................................................................................... 130Proficiency Men ............................................................................................................................... 119Recapitulation of Membership ........................................................................................................... 30Reception of:Distinguished Guests ................................................................................................................... 8Flag of the United States of America .......................................................................................... 7Remarks:Distinguished Guests ..................................................................................................... 11, 17, 90Grand Master Paulsen ............................................................................................................. 130Grand Orator ............................................................................................................................ 108Past Grand Masters .................................................................................................................... 17Reports:DeMolay .................................................................................................................................... 95Grand Lodge Trustees ............................................................................................................... 54Grand Master Magoon ............................................................................................................... 17Activities and Visitations ..................................................................................................... 23Grand Secretary ......................................................................................................................... 30Grand Treasurer ......................................................................................................................... 74Grand Officers ........................................................................................................................... 25Necrology .................................................................................................................................. 25Tellers ........................................................................................................................................ 54Three Pillars, C.E.O. ................................................................................................................... 8Reports of Boards:Three Pillars .............................................................................................................................. 10United Masonic Board for DeMolay .................................................................................................. 94Wisconsin Masonic Benevolent Activities ................................................................................ 37Wisconsin Masonic Foundation, Inc. ........................................................................................ 39Wisconsin Masonic Journal ..................................................................................................... 116Wisconsin Masonic Service and Assistance ............................................................................. 36Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation .................................................................................. 114250

Reports of Committees:Appeals and Grievances ............................................................................................................ 89Code Revisions .......................................................................................................................... 92Computer Usage ...................................................................................................................... 118Credentials ........................................................................................................................... 11, 98Education ................................................................................................................................. 118Esoteric .................................................................................................................................... 119Executive ................................................................................................................................. 125Expenditures .............................................................................................................................. 76Foreign Relations ...................................................................................................................... 35Fraternal Relations with Prince Hall Grand Lodge ................................................................. 126Grand Lodge Planning ............................................................................................................... 94Jurisprudence ............................................................................................................................. 13Leadership Training ................................................................................................................ 126Nominating ................................................................................................................................ 29Personnel ................................................................................................................................. 127Research .................................................................................................................................. 127Resolutions ................................................................................................................................ 12Temple Plans & Financing ...................................................................................................... 127Unfinished Business .................................................................................................................. 11Youth Group Funding ............................................................................................................. 128Representatives’ Banquet ................................................................................................................... 81Representatives of Lodges ................................................................................................................ 100Resolutions: 2006 (listing) ............................................................................................................ 13,14RESOLUTIONS -No. 1-2006 (Adopt Annual Budget) .......................................................................................... 79No. 2-2006 (Per Capita Tax) ..................................................................................................... 79No. 3-2006 (Annual Communication location, 2008) ............................................................... 16No. 4-2006 (Eliminate Research as a standing committee) ...................................................... 16No. 5-2006 (Add Code section to provide for withdrawal of charges brought by a lodge) .............. 93No. 6-2006 (Allow for alcohol to consumed in Masonic Lodge buildings) ............................. 97No. 7-2006 (Clarify action of the SD when applying a shp ist) ................................................ 97No. 8-2006 (Authorize sale of leased of vacant lands per Code) .............................................. 89Ritualists ........................................................................................................................................... 123Tabular Statement ............................................................................................................................. 135Trustees, Grand Lodge:Audit .......................................................................................................................................... 59Officers .................................................................................................................................... 242Report ........................................................................................................................................ 54Wisconsin Board of Masonic Service and Assistance:Members .................................................................................................................................. 242Report ........................................................................................................................................ 36Wisconsin Masonic Benevolent Activities Board:Members .................................................................................................................................. 242Report ........................................................................................................................................ 37Wisconsin Masonic Foundation:Audit .......................................................................................................................................... 41Officers and Directors ............................................................................................................. 243Report ........................................................................................................................................ 39Wisconsin Masonic Home, Inc.:Audit ........................................................................................................................................ 170Officers and Directors ..................................................................................................... 243, 244Reports ................................................................................................................................... 8, 10Wisconsin Masonic Journal:Editor and Directors ................................................................................................................ 243Report ...................................................................................................................................... 116Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation:Officers and Directors ............................................................................................................. 243Report ...................................................................................................................................... 114251