Following booklet transcribed by Tamara Sanford, June 17, 2004
MASONIC TEMPLE FRANKLIN, N. Y. FRANKLIN LODGE No. 562 F. & A. M. 1864-1917 =================================================== Officers of the Lodge 1917 WILL F. PHELPS ......... Worshipful Master MILTON G. NELSON ...... Senior Warden GILBERT R. DENNY ...... Junior Warden GEO. D. CHAMBERLIN ..... Treasurer DAVID A. BETTS ......... Secretary REV. ROSCOE D. TARBOX .. Chaplain ELMER B. COLE .......... Senior Deacon JAMES E. LOVELAND ...... Junior Deacon F. N. WINANS ........... Senior Master of Ceremony *FREDERICK* R. E. WEBSTER .......... Junior Master of Ceremony GEO. R. MARTIN ......... Marshal FRED W. PAGE ........... Organist GEO. M. CHAMBERLIN ..... Tiler ___________ FINANCE COMMITTEE ------- D. D. SIGNOR L. C. WARREN C. S. JACKSON TRUSTEES ------- F. N. WINANS *FREDERICK* H. GEO. HILLER J. B. WARNER *JOHN* Master's and Secretary's address: FRANKLIN, N.Y. =================================================== LIST OF MEMBERS December 31st. A. D. 1916 ; A. L. 5916. Henry A. Phelps, Franklin ................. '64 John J. Dewey, Unadilla .................. '64 D. A. Betts, Franklin .................... '66 William Brinkman, Franklin ................ '66 John S. Widger, Otego ..................... '66 M. B. Edwards, Franklin ................. '72 Thos. Hamilton, Franklin Depot ............ '75 Giles Tiffany, Franklin ................. '76 E. A. Holden, Franklin ................... '78 George N. Rowe, Oneonta ................... '78 J. B. Strong, Pomona, Cal. ................ '78 G. D. Chamberlin, Franklin ................ '79 George Birdsall, Franklin ................. '82 F. L. Drees, Franklin ..................... '85 Holden G. Cook, Franklin ................. '86 Rev. S. G. Keyser, Fishkill ............... '88 L. F. Raymond, Franklin ................. '89 Romaine Jackson, Treadwell ................ '89 Edgar F. Jester, Franklin ................. '90 Geo. H. Pomeroy, Franklin ................. '92 Edwin D. Cole, Treadwell ................. '93 George H. Ward, Walton .................... '93 George J. Sanly, Franklin ................. '93 William B. Upright, Oran .................. '93 Albert Bedell, Merrickville ............... '93 R. P. Burns, Franklin ..................... '93 I. W. Goodnough, Franklin ............... '94 Orlo T. Foote, Franklin ................... '94 E. A. Mackey, Franklin .................... '94 J. H. Graham, Treadwell .................. '94 C. W. Georgia, Otego ..................... '94 F. N. Winans, M. D., Franklin ............. '94 *FREDERICK* J. M. Stilson, M.D., Apple River, Illinois ............. '94 James P. Fish, Sidney ..................... '94 H. George Hiller, Franklin ................ '96 John E. Oliver, Treadwell ................. '96 A. C. Burns, Franklin ..................... '97 F. B. Rose, Franklin ...................... '97 L. W. Bishop, Baldwin, L.I. ............... '97 C. H. Bell, Honesdale, Pa., ............... '98 S. C. McClintock, Franklin ................ '98 Ernest Perry, Walton ...................... '98 William C. Cole, Franklin ................. '99 E. L. Hinaman, Port Jervis ................ '99 S. Case Miller, No. Franklin .............. '00 John A. Roney, No. Franklin ............... '00 A. R. Jackson, Columbus, New Jersey ....... '00 S. J. Miller, North Franklin .............. '00 Stephen Hine, Burlington, Iowa ............ '01 Edward I. Edgerton, New York City ......... '01 D. R. Gladstone, Franklin ................. '01 Walter T. Preston, Merrickville ........... '01 Gilbert R. Denny, Franklin ................ '01 Ray E. Palmer, Hancock .................... '01 Nelson E. Wilcox, Sanitaria Springs ....... '01 W. H. Benedict, Northfield ................ '02 *William* Geo. H. Brockway, Sidney .................. '02 Fred Archer, Oneonta ...................... '03 J. H. Phelps, Franklin .................... '03 Ira L. Bradley, Franklin .................. '04 Fred W. Page, Franklin .................... '05 Rev. S. F. Adam, Clyde .................... '05 George R. Martin, Franklin ................ '05 John B. Warner, Franklin .................. '05 Harry E. Warner, Detroit, Mich. ........... '05 Bernard Manzer, Cortland ................. '05 Rev. Elmond S. Miles, New York City ....... '05 Will F. Phelps, Franklin .................. '05 Herbert R. Stewart, Sidney Center ......... '05 E. C. Stewart, Franklin .................. '05 O. Z. Baldwin, Merrickville ............... '05 Bert Archer, Merrickville ................. '05 LeRoy Evans, Leonta ....................... '05 J. E. Loveland, Franklin .................. '05 D. J. Birdsall, Franklin .................. '06 E. A. Gillett, Franklin ................... '06 E. S. Bell, Meredith ...................... '06 S. J. Scrambling, Treadwell ............... '06 L. Fred Stockman, Meredith ................ '06 Ainer Munson, North Franklin .............. '06 Frank H. Judd, North Franklin ............. '06 Seymour Wheat, Treadwell .................. '06 Abram Lape ............................... '06 C. E. Lathrop, Binghamton ................. '07 Carl J. Bender, Treadwell ................. '07 Frank M. Strong, Oneonta .................. '07 S. L. Gates, Preston, Washington .......... '07 C. E. Miller, Franklin .................... '07 Levi Stilson, Franklin .................... '08 W. B. Hunt, Franklin ...................... '08 D. D. Signer, Franklin .................... '08 C. F. Signer, Franklin .................... '08 Albert King, Franklin Depot ............... '08 A. W. Potter, Franklin .................... '08 Geo. W. Brasee jr., Franklin .............. '08 A. Fitch Burdick, Franklin ................ '08 Rev. A. H. Lindsay, Franklin .............. '08 Grover C. Pomeroy, North Franklin ......... '09 D. S. Chamberlin, Franklin ................ '09 C. O. Woodward, Leonta .................... '09 E. C. Bartlett, Franklin .................. '09 James E. Smith, Franklin .................. '09 Elmer B. Cole, Franklin ................... '09 C. S. Jackson, Franklin ................... '09 W. J. Pomeroy, Leonta ..................... '09 Granville J. Ackley, Oneonta .............. '10 George O. Burgin, Franklin ................ '10 Ralph A. Fortin, Philadelphia, Pa., ....... '10 William B. Storer, Oneonta ................ '10 James E. Smith,jr., Franklin .............. '10 Fred E. Tennant, Franklin ................. '11 Frederick C. Potter, Franklin ............. '11 H. R. Valentine, .......................... '11 Roger H. Clark, Endicott .................. '12 Adelbert Robinson, Franklin ............... '12 Luman R. Bowdish, New Salem, Mass., ....... '12 William H. Clark, Franklin ................ '12 Ernest B. Valentine, Famosa, Cal., ........ '12 Howard E. Cook, Binghamton ................ '12 Arthur D. Manzer, Cortland ................ '12 Ellis Cronauer, Franklin .................. '12 Merton M. Ogden, Colon, Panama ............ '12 Victor J. Maurer, Franklin ................ '12 Roswell M. Brant, Leonta .................. '13 Milton G. Nelson, Franklin ................ '13 Jacob Smith, Franklin ..................... '13 Leo N. Simmons, Philadelphia, Pa., ........ '13 F. J. Lambrecht, Franklin ................. '13 Howard M. Smith, Franklin ................. '13 Reid E. Webster, Franklin ................. '13 E. C. Johnson, Franklin ................... '13 Lloyd C. Warren, M.D., Franklin ........... '13 Morton Lathan, Franklin ................... '13 Olin W. Evans, Franklin ................... '13 Dwight C. Sanly, Franklin ................. '13 Geo. M. Chamberlin, Franklin .............. '14 H. Clyde Bouck, Binghamton ................ '14 E. W. C. Mueller, Franklin ................ '14 W. C. Alexander, Franklin ................. '14 Edward Walker, Franklin ................... '14 Geo. E. Robinson, Franklin ................ '14 Rev. Roscoe D. Tarbox, Franklin ........... '14 H. M. Green, Franklin Depot ............... '14 C. M. Odgen, Franklin ..................... '14 C. L. Goldsmith, Franklin ................. '14 O. H. Johnston, Franklin .................. '14 V. Everit Root, Franklin .................. '14 C. D. Gaylord, Franklin ................... '14 R. C. Wheat, Franklin ..................... '14 H. D. Mackay, Franklin .................... '14 Floyd Wallace, Oneonta .................... '14 Orrie A. Shaw, Franklin ................... '14 Edgar G. Smith, College Point ............. '14 H. K. Cassavant, Franklin ................. '14 Ervin S. Rhodes, North Franklin ........... '14 Robert T. Kinch, Franklin ................. '14 =================================================== PAST MASTERS *Hiram Edgerton, 1864-5-6-7-8-9-70-l-2-7-8-85 *B. L. Bowers, 1873 William Brinkman, 1874-5-82-9-93 Charles E. Miller, 1876 *lra Wilcox, 1879 *Alfred Phelps, 1880-1 Henry A. Phelps, 1883-4 *Charles Warner, 1886 *Whitman Z. Bryant, 1887 Geo. D. Chamberlin, 1888-91-2-3-4-7-99 Lewis F. Raymond, 1895-6 R. P. Burns, 1898 *Russell K. Bradley, 1900 H. George Hiller, 1901-3 C. Wesley Georgia, 1902 *Harry R. Bradley, 1904-5 Ira W. Goodnough, 1906 David R. Gladstone, 1907 William C. Cole, 1908 George F. Sullard, 1909-10 George R. Martin, 1911 Ray E. Palmer, 1912-13 John B. Warner, 1914 William B. Hunt, 1915 Albert W. Potter, 1916 ____ * Deceased Past District Deputy Grand Masters: R. W.: Geo. D. Chamberlin, 1895-6 R. W.: George F. Sullard, 1913 ________ Annual Election of Officers DEC. 26, 1917 ________ Regular Communication every Wednesday Evening at 7.30 o'clock from October 1st to April 1st, and 8.00 P. M. from April 1st to October 1st. Brethren visiting this jurisdiction are cordially invited to meet with us.