The eleventh annual session of the most…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

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.