The eleventh annual session of the most…
source date: 1889
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h a law should have been passed years ago. Now let the city dads pass an ordinance pro- hibiting the demi monde from parading the streets in droves, and appearing in public in mother hubbard gowns. It has been passed. Newly Elected Officers of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico The eleventh annual session of the most worshipful grand lodge A. F. and A. M. of New Mexico closed on the 14th. Only routine busi- ness of interest to the order was done at the session. The officers to serve for the ensuing year elected and installed as follows: Grand Master — A. H. Morehead, Silver City; Deputy Grand Master — F. H. Kent, Albuquerque; Grand Senior Warden — A. B. Laird, Deming; Grand Junior Warden — J. D. Bush, Albuquer- que; Grand Treasurer — C. A. Fox, Raton; Grand Secretary — A. A. Keen, Las Vegas; Grand Lecturer — Chas. F. Easley, Santa Fe; Grand Chaplain — Rev. E. W. Meany, Santa Fe ; Grand Senior Deacon — L. Kornberg, Albuquer- que; Grand Junior Deacon — Chas. Metcalf, Las Cruces; Grand Marshal — J. J. Kelley, Socorro; Grand Senior Steward — F. W. Smith, Las Cruces; Grand Junior Steward — Martin Loh- man, Las Cruces; Grand Sword Bearer — J. R. Harrison, Las Vegas; Grand Tyler — E. C. Rock- well, San Marcial. During the late session two new charters w^ere granted, one for Kingston lodge No. 16, and the other for Chama lodge No. 17. Financially and otherwise the order is in a very flourishing condition. There are now fifteen lodges in New Mexico with a total mem- bership of 599. The first lodge was organized in Santa Fe in 1847, and the present Monte- zuma lodge was instituted in 1850.