Bethesda Lodge #64 A.F. & A. M.

 


PAST MASTERS

*1938-39 Otto Goetz   c13

1966  Charles Eastburn 200

1994  Travis E. Lee

*1940 Harry L. Berry  c3

1967  John R. Ussery 207

1995  Barry M. Ragsdale

*1941 Robert L. Dixon c9

*1968 Wilbur A. Sitze 212

*1995 John C. Winkley (Hon)

*1942 Rex McRee 48

*1969 George Goldsmith 218

1996 Ron Mannon

*1943 Herman D. Hillger c16

*1970 Kurt Hennig  168

1997  Dennis D. Anderson

*1944 B.R. Bud Haney 60

*1971 John H. Phillips 138

1998  Raymond Cumba

*1945 Peter F. Peterson c29

1972  John B. Dunlap 253

1999  Paul H. Wilson

*1946 Arthur Daniels 104

*1973 Monroe A. Faulkner

2000 Harold E. Clark, Jr.

*1947 Alex Kahm 90

*1974 James P. Mims 

2001 Barry M. Ragsdale

*1948 Clois Teston 82

1975  Terry B. Miller

2002 Jerry Woodward

*1949 Mark Spanogle 96

1976  Charles M. Ragsdale

2003William Mata

*1950 Robert Ellis , Jr. 117

*1977 George A. Walker

*2004 Robert "Sandy" Sandoval

*1951 L.V. Walz 80

*1978 George Goldsmith 218

2005 James M. Coslin

*1952 Nils T. Kjellstrom 105

1979  Thomas B. Bunch

2006 Travis E. Lee

*1953 Robbie Clark 101

*1980 Arvil Marley 

2007 Barry M. Ragsdale

*1954 Ray Crooks  141

1981  Bernardo G. Iorio

2008 Charles F. Eastburn

*1955 James Terral 155

1982  Terry B. Miller

2009 William J. Loomis, Jr.

*1956 James Wilson 154

*1983 Wilbur A. Sitze 212

.2010 Jack B. Gray

*1957 Thomas C. Bunch 166

1984  Charles F. Eastburn

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1958  Marvin Hillger 169

*1985-86 George A. Walker

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*1959 Leon Johnson 170

1987  Ronald Cousineau

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*1960 Zaid Fandey 102

1988 *Harrel G. Ford

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*1961 Frank Serola 177

1989  Kenneth Jennings

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*1962 Ben Hillger  171

*1990 Edward Wagner

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*1963 Wade H. Harding 178

1991  Gafford McCurley

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*1964 James Wright 185

*1992 Ralph Gooding

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*1965  LeRoy Howe 192

1993  Terry B. Miller

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    *  Deceased    c-Charter Member    # indicates Member Number (not available for all, but being updated...)
 

SECRETARIES

*1938 William M. Edmunds c11 

*1940 Ernest A. Tafoya c39

*1941 Fred Rossiter c31

1992-93 Ray Wells

1994-95 Charles Allen

1996 Gafford McCurley

1997 J. Forrest Hill

1998- Dennis D. Anderson

Every effort is made to insure accuracy, but if errors are present, please let me know and be assured they are not intentional or malicious - I am currently researching the records to complete the Secretary information.

Lodge & Area History

Truth or Consequences, formerly Hot Springs, New Mexico is located on the site of several hot mineral springs , the principal of which is Geronimo Springs,  named for the Apache chief. In the mid 1800's, the hot mineral springs provided a relaxing, healing retreat from daily life for the Apaches and any other visitors who happened upon them. The townsite, originally located about four miles south in Palomas (dove) canyon, moved to it's present location when Elephant Butte Dam, one of the first major dam projects in the west, was started in 1916. Although information about Masonry in these early days is scarce, several area lodges in the mining towns to the west formed and thrived. Undoubedly masons were present during the construction of the dam, but a formal lodge was not chartered until 1939. Hot Springs (now Truth or Consequences) was (and is) a small, mostly retirement community where many winter visitors and masons come to escape harsh northern weather. Bethesda Lodge, named for the healing bathhouse referred to in St Johns  5:2, serves as a sacred retreat to them as well as for the local brethren. Our lodge building was built on donated land, by mostly donated labor and supplies, in 1948. We have currently 67 members, and are proud to provide a hall for an active Eastern Star chapter and  Rainbow for Girls assembly.

        Where our Lodge got its Name...

St John V v. 2

so appropriate a lodge would be named after a place of healing




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