Rockton Lodge #74 Officers for the Year 1999 - 2000

	WB Bradley Reich	Worshipfull Master
	BR Harold Peterson	Senior Warden
	WB LeRoy Gleasman	Junior Warden
	WB Richard Pierce	Treasurer
	WB John Hayter	Secretary
	WB William G. White	Chaplain
	WB James Kincaid	Senior Deacon
	BR A J Labarbera	Junior Deacon
	BR Glenn Klebsdel	Senior Steward
	WB John Mitchell	Junior Steward
	BR Roger Goodman	Marshall
	BR James Geddes	Tyler
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HISTORY OF ROCKTON LODGE #74

Rockton Lodge No. 74 was organized on January 5, 1849 by a group of Masons working under a dispensation granted them by the Most Worshipful Grand Master Wm. Levely of the State of Illinois. Having petitioned the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge for a charter it was granted on October 2, 1849 by the Grand Master. There are 13 names appearing as charter members of the Lodge. They are as follows:

	Rumsey Hatch	Alpha Bligh
	A. H. Merrill	L. W. Osgood
	Alfred I. Ames	Wm. Leffingwell
	Jos. C. Prentiss	John Holland
	A. S. Newton	P. D. Van Buren
	N. Howland	G. A. Young
	Jessie Blinn

Rumsey Hatch was chosen as the first Worshipful Master and Served in that capacity for the following five years.
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The date of October 31, 1907 was a disasterous one for Rockton Lodge, as our lodge hall and its contents were completely destroyed by fire. We were granted a duplicate charter on November 12, 1907, By Grand Master Alexander Bell. This is the charter that is used by the lodge today. According to the minutes of the lodge, in its early existance, Masonic trials occurred quite frequently and a special meeting was held the night of the fire. The present building housing the lodge hall must have been erected immediately after the fire, as the date on the corner stone is 1908. We are unable to find the date of its dedication.

On November 5, 1949 Rockton Lodge #74 and Roscoe Lodge #75 having been chartered and dedicated on the same day celebrated the one hundredth Anniversary of their Charter at Hononegah High school in Rockton. On this date the lodge consisted of 185 members, and had been served by 46 worshipful masters, 22 of whom were still living. The program was: OPEN - 7:30 P. M.
INTRODUCTION OF GRAND OFFICERS

INTRODUCTION OF PAST MASTERS

INTRODUCTION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
ACACIA MALE CHORUS
INTRODUCTION BY KARL J. MOHR PAST GRAND MASTEROF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

ADDRESS BY
BENJAMIN E. PATTENMOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

ACACIA MALE CHORUS
CLOSING
LUNCH
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The Officers at This Time were:

	WB D. R Clapper	Worshipfull Master
	BR F. D. Olsen	Senior Warden
	M. W. Mattison	Junior Warden
	F. D. Keifer	Treasurer
	A. K. Faust	Secretary
	Arnold Stitt	Chaplain
	M. W. Wasmund	Senior Deacon
	L. D. Powers	Junior Deacon
	Clarence Higgins	Senior Steward
	Carlton Williams	Junior Steward
	T. W. Trugagos	Marshall
	Roy Capron	Organist
	Clifford Womack	Tyler
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1999

150th Anniversary celebration!

In September of 1999 Rockton Lodge #74 together with Roscoe Lodge #75 celebrated their 150th Anniversary at Hononegah High school in Rockton with a Dinner at 6:00 PM and a re-dedication of both lodges with Brother J. Garrie Burr Most Worshipful Grand Master of the State of Illinois officiating. The lodge membership on this date was 67 members.

The Officers at This Time were:

	WB Bradley Reich	Worshipfull Master
	WB John C. Hayter	Senior Warden
	BR Kenneth Counts	Junior Warden
	WB Sidney G. Bainbridge	Treasurer
	BR Glen A. Klebsdel	Secretary
	WB William G. White	Chaplain
	WB LeRoy Gleasman	Senior Deacon
	WB Richard E. Pearce	Junior Deacon
	WB Martin A. Harvey	Senior Steward
	BR Paul Liddell	Junior Steward
	BR Roger Goodman	Marshall
	BR James Geddes	Tyler

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