Ocala Council No. 22 Royal & Select Masters

Council Meetings & Events

Meetings are on the Second Wednesday of February, April, June, October and December beginning at 7:30 PM at Belleview Lodge No. 95, Belleview, Florida.

Next Stated Assembly:
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Official Visit District Deputy G.M. - R. Ill. Steed Salls

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Ocala Council No. 22 - 2008 Officers

Right Ill. Steve Mitchell, PIM	Illustrious Master
Comp. William C. Wagner	Scribe
Comp. Larry Duff	Principal Conductor of the Work
Right Ill. James P. Rudman, PIM	Treasurer
Right Ill. David A. Aponte, PIM	Recorder
Ill. James Hughey	Chaplain
Comp. Wayne Sessa	Captain of the Guard
llI. C, Alan Walls, PIM	Conductor of the Council
C Durward Eastman, PIM	Steward
Ill. Lucian Mundreanu, PIM	Sentinel

Council Charities

Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation (CMMRF)
The Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation funds research, at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana, to find the causes and eventually a cure for arteriosclerosis and its complications. Need more information click here. If you wish to donate to all or any of these charities, please remit your donation to:
Ocala York Rite Bodies P. O. Box 292 Lecanto, FL 34460-0292

Ocala Council History

Ocala Council No. 22 was chartered May 18, 1931. The minutes prior to 1937 were lost. No records exist on the charter members. The signatures on the charter are not distinguishable. But, from his Masonic obituary, we know that Bradford C. Webb was Illustrious Master in 1930. Based on this fact, he probably was one of the chartered members of the same.

Cryptic Degrees

ROYAL MASTER
This Degree takes us backward in time to a day prior to the death of the builder, Hiram Abif, who is again the central character. He imparts sublime teachings of a useful labor on earth to the candidate and gives him instruction as to the preservation of our valuable secrets. This is one the most beautiful Degrees in all Masonry. Its lessons are so impressive that they are seldom forgotten. It is especially illustrative of the third and seventh Degrees.

SELECT MASTER
Historically, this Degree occurs also prior to the third Degree and deals with incidents that occurred at the building of the first Temple. It is closely connected with the Royal Arch Degree and affords the explanation needed for its perfect understanding. It is highly dramatic.

SUPER EXCELLENT MASTER
This degree deals with incidents in the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar when Zedehiah, the last King of Judah, was conquered and carried captive to Babylon. It enlarges upon the section of the Royal Arch having to do with the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonian King, and teaches in most dramatic fashion the lesson of fidelity. (This degree, due to its complexity, is not normally conferred in Council, and is put on at Winter Haven and Jacksonville once a year).

Ocala Council No. 22 Past Thrice Illustrious Masters

1930 Webb, Bradford C.
1931 - 1937 (Missing)
1938 Bangert, C. A.
1939 Bogue, W. C.
1940 Rinier, O. S.
1941 Needham, William
1942 Jennings, A. B.
1943 Roesell, J. T.
1944 Roesell, J. T.
1945 Roesell, J. T.
1946 Smith, A . K.
1947 Torlay, Warren M. Jr.
1948 Dickenson, Thomas
1949 Wilson, Paul E.
1950 Forbes, I. U.
1951 Tubbs, Elmer L.
1952 Thompson, Virgil C.
1953 Laird, Henry, B.
1954 Riesdorph, Bernard
1955 Nelson, J. Walter
1956 Ehlers, Franklin F.
1957 Kellam, Arthur L.
1958 Sprinkle, Henry T.
1959 Marwick, Arthur R.
1960 Smith, James O.
1961 Seals, John H.
1962 Smith, Alexander K.
1963 McDonell, Harold R.
1964 Tubbs, Elmer L.
1965 Theus, W. Orion.
1966 Marwick, Arthur R.
1960 Smith, James O.
1961 Seals, John H.
1962 Smith, Alexander K.
1963 McDonell, Harold R.
1964 Tubbs, Elmer L.
1965 Theus, W. Orion.
1966 Marwick, Arthur R..
1967 Tomlinson, William L.
1968 Moore, James R.
1969 Hall, Karl S.
1970 Sykes, Thomas M.
1971 Sykes, Thomas M.
1972 Durst, James
1973 Evers, Luther
1974 Hammaker, Phil W.
1975 Schotter, John E.
1976 Finney, Charles B.
1977 Stahl, Neil F.
1978 Clemmons, Junius C
1979 Tickner, John W.

1980 Wynn, Ralph
1981 Burke, Franklin H.
1982 McKelvey, John
1983 Clemmons, Junius C
1984 DiPasca, Albin W.
1985 Riesdorph, Frederick
1986 Elliston, Richard
1987 Ehlers, Edward W.
1988 Hinton, James M.
1989 Reiner, Bernard
1990 Freund, William J.
1991 Sanchez, Leonard
1992 Landon, Gerald E
1993 Watts, Edward J.
1994 Luisier, Fred
1995 Mahler, Louis R.
1996 Johnson, Jarvis H.
1997 Eastman, Durward
1998 Rudman, James P.
1999 Aponte, David A.
2000 Rudman, James P.
2001 Price, Joseph T.
2002 Mitchell, Steve
2003 Marotta Jr., Anthony J.
2004 Hughey, James
2005 Salls, Steed
2006 Mundreanu, Lucian
2007 Walls, C. Alan
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Ocala York Rite Bodies of Freemasonry

Ocala Chapter No. 13, Royal Arch Masons Ocala Council No. 22, Royal & Select Masters Ocala Commandery No. 19, Knights Templar

Chapter and Council meets on the second Wednesdays of the month. Chapter meets on Odd Months and Council on Even Months. Commandery meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Meetings are at Belleview Lodge (Belleview, Florida) beginning at 7:30 PM.