Scottish Rite Masons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Van Rensselaer Lodge of Perfection of the ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE Valley of Chicago A CPROQRAM SPRING CRE UNION 1924 Fourth to Fourteenth Degrees fi? Monday, April 14, 1924 Morning Session, 9 A. M. Afternoon Session, 1:30 P. M. Evening Session, 7:30 P. M.

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OFFICIAL STAFF OF CHICAGO VALLEY SCOTTISH RITE FOIL 1 924 VAN RENSSELAER LODGE OF PERFECTION, 14' OLIVER J. GRAHAM, 33', Thrlce Potent Master 25 East Washington St., Chicago, Ill. CHICAGO COUNCIL PRINCES OF JERUSALEM, 16' CARL A. MILLER, 33', Sovereign Prince 12 South Market Street, Chicago GOURG-AS CHAPTER, ROSE CROIX 18' WILLIAM B. MOAK, 33', Most Wise Master 105 West Monroe Street, Chicago ORIENTAL CONSISTORY S.'.P.'.R.'.S.'. 32' EDWARD L. .ToHNsoN, 33', Commander-in-Chief 25 East Washington Street, Chicago ROBERT M. JOHNSON, 33', Treasurer of all Bodies 25 East Washington Street, Chicago CHESTER S. GURNIIY, 33 , Secretary of all Bodies 919 North Dearborn Street, Chicago BOARD OF DIRECTORS EDWARD L. JOHNSON, WILLIAM B. MoAx, 33' Omvmn-J. GRAHAM, 83' JOHN W. HILL, 88' GIORGII M. MOULTON, 88' 83', Chairman t CARL A. MILLER, 83' Amos Pmnmonm, 83' WILLIAM L. SHARP, 88' .huns W. Puzxmn, 88'

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A MESSAGE 'ro THE CLASS N the name of Van Rensselaer Lodge of Perfection and for all of its membership, I bid you a hearty welcome upon your entrance into Scottish Rite Masonry, and into renewed and newer ties of brotherhood. The organization of the various bodies in Scottish Rite Masonry is not always clear to those who enter our doors, and, for that reason, we deem it important that you should be informed upon this point at the beginning. In Scottish Rite Masonry there are Four Local Bodies and also a Supreme Council. In this jurisdiction, the first body to which you have petitioned, and by which you have been elected to receive the degrees, is Van Rensselaer Lodge of Perfection, which con- fers the degrees from the Fourth to the Fourteenth, inclusive, and of which Ill-'-Oliver J. Graham, 33', is the Thrice Potent Master. The second body to which you have petitioned, but to which you have not yet been elected to receive the degrees, is Chicago Coun- cil of Princes of Jerusalem, which confers the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Degrees, and of which Ill.'.Carl A. Miller, 33 , is the Sovereign Prince. The third body to which you have petitioned but to which you have not yet been elected to receive the degrees, is Gourgas Chap- ter of Rose Croix De-H-R-D-M., which confers the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Degrees, and of which Ill.f.William B. Moak, 33', is Most Wise Master. The fourth body to which you have petitioned, but to which you have not yet been elected to receive the degrees, is Oriental Consistory, S-'-P-'-R-'-S-'-which confers the degrees from the Nineteenth to the Thirty-second, inclusive, and of which Ill-'- Edward L. Johnson, 33', is Commander-in-Chief. Each of these bodies in Scottish Rite Masonry is separate and