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Masonic Lodge No. 97
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Twelfth Annual Meeting
of the Thirteenth District
of North Dakota
A. F. & A. M.
Ambrose, North Dakota
Wednesday, May 19,
1926
Fifteenth Anniversary
of Ambrose Lodge No. 97
DISTRICT MEETING
Kenmare Lodge No. 70
Bowbells Lodge No. 75
Portal Lodge No. 84
Ambrose Lodge No. 97
Crosby Lodge No. 108
D. A. Fisk, District Deputy
Grand Master
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Program
Afternoon
Masonic Temple
Central Time
2:00 Lodge of Master Masons opened by
officers of Ambrose Lodge
2:15 Reception of Distinguished Visitors
2:30 Report of the Worshipful Master of each lodge
3:00 Report of the District Deputy Grand Master
3:15 Round Table Discussion
4:00 Conferring of E. A. Degree by a team picked
from the five lodges
6:00 Lodge Closed
FIFTEEN YEARS OF
MASONRY
IN AMBROSE LODGE NO. 97
A. F. & A. M.
Ambrose had
not existed long as a community before the Masons of the new little
city began to find opportunities for fraternal meetings. In the
winter of 1909-1910 their number had grown noticeably by reason of
a good many local citizens taking the degrees at Portal, then the
nearest lodge. The law office of Baker & Brace was the meeting
place of these brethren and it was there that a decision was
reached, on the evening of April 19, 1910, to secure signatures to
a petition asking the Grand Lodge of North Dakota for a
dispensation to begin work as a lodge.
In due
time, the dispensation was granted, bearing the date of August 31,
1910. Labor began that autumn and continued with such promise that
the Grand Lodge saw fit to issue a charter the following summer.
June 28, 1911 is the date of the charter, which was presented in
person by Grand Master Robert Morrison at a special meeting on
August 22, 1911.
Brother H.
O. Van Dervort was named Worshipful Master of the new lodge,
holding this office during the time the lodge worked under
dispensation and also for the period under charter until the first
election and installation of officers. To the charter membership
of twenty there were added seven during this period. Millers Hall
was the meeting place during the early years.
The lodge
grew steadily and fully justified the hopes of the founders as well
as their judgment in establishing a lodge at this place. By the
end of 1913 there were thirty-nine members. But 1914 saw a heavy
decrease in membership. Crosby Lodge No. 108 was being organized
and its charter membership was drawn largely from the list of those
who were demitting from Ambrose Lodge.
Looking
ahead rather than backward Ambrose Lodge the following year began
the building of the temple that has since been its home. The loans
that were required for this undertaking have long since been paid
off and the lodge owns its own home. The building was dedicated by
Grand Master Harry Lord on June 8, 1916. Grand Secretary W. L.
Stockwell delivered the address on this occasion.
On June 22,
1917, Ambrose Chapter No. 84, Order of the Eastern Star, was
established, with quarters in the temple. This is also a strong
and growing lodge.
During
this, our anniversary year, the membership of Ambrose Lodge has
passed the one hundred mark. But the futility of merely
existing and growing has long been recognized. The spirit of
brotherhood has really been promoted. Masonic charity and
Masonic service have been as well exemplified as the degrees of the
order. The social and moral virtues are everywhere
encouraged. Ambrose Lodge occupies a permanent and useful
position in the rather large territory embraced within its
jurisdiction. With an active and sincere group of brethren at
Fortuna forming a nucleus in the western part of this territory,
Masonry has been well served and the influence of Ambrose Lodge
greatly extended. The future is bright. Our course is
Onward.
Present
Officers of Ambrose Lodge
| Worshipful Master
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C. W. Aunger |
| Senior Warden
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A. O. Grina |
| Junior Warden
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W. S. A. Miller |
| Treasurer |
C. P. Grytness |
| Secretary |
A. F. Olson |
| Senior Deacon
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A. P. Jensen |
| Junior Deacon
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Roy Arnold |
| Senior Steward
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O. M. Gubrud |
| Junior Steward
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R. C. Ellison |
| Tyler |
E. T. Thorson |
| Trustees |
A. N. Almos
W. J. Bruchman
A. O. Grina |
Past Masters
| H. O. Van
Dervort |
1910-1911 |
| W. J.
Bruchman |
1912 |
| S. Geo. White |
1913 |
| S. Geo. White |
1914 |
| M. O.
Burreson |
1915 |
| C. M. Pierson |
1916 |
| A. N. Almos |
1917 |
| Gilles
Bailard |
1918 |
| O. Ingmar
Oleson |
1919 |
| W. J.
Bruchman |
1920 |
| Gilles
Bailard |
1921 |
| Gilles
Bailard |
1922 |
| Gilles
Bailard |
1923 |
| Albert P.
Jensen |
1924 |
| Vincent
Gilloley |
1925 |
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Roster of Members of Ambrose Lodge
No. 97, A. F. & A. M.
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Almos, Andrew N.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Anderson, Alfred G.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Anderson, Peter G.
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Westby, Mont.
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Arnold, Roy
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Aunger, Charles W.
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Parshall, N. D.
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Bailard, Gilles
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Baker, Grenville W.
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Minneapolis, Minn.
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Bakewell, Frank H.
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Colgan, N. D.
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Bakken, Theodore N.
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Appleton, Minn.
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Benneweis, Fred L.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Bjerke, Martin A.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Broadland, Roy M.
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Grenora, N. D.
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Bruchman, William J.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Bublitz, H. Wilbur
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Colgan, N. D.
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Davis, Leroy E.
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Los Angeles, Cal.
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Dickerson, Wilfred A.
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University, N. D.
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Drake, Eden W.
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Sparta, Wis.
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Ebbeson, Lauritz F.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Edenloff, Oscar
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Hanks, N. D.
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Eldridge, Geo. B.
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Taylor's Falls, Minn.
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Ellison, Ralph C.
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Fortuna, N. P.
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Emerson, Frank M.
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Bowbells, N. D.
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Fiskum, Otto
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Colgan, N. P.
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Ford, Nelson A.
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Gladmir, Sask.
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Gehrke, William
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Gilloley, Vincent
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Goetze, Clinton
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San Francisco, Cal.
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Graff, Samuel O.
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Kindred, N. D.
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Grina, Andrew O.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Grytness, Christ P.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Grytness, Ole
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Westby, Mont.
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Gubrud, Lloyd A.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Gubrud, Oscar M.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Haines, George E.
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St. Paul, Minn.
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Hair, Daniel C.
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Minneapolis, Minn.
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Hair, Roger S.
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Aneta. N. D.
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Hammond, Harry
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Hand, Robert D.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Hanna, Alvin A.
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Wolf Point, Mont.
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Hanson, Archie W.
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Whitetail, Mont.
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Hanson, William L.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Hauge, Nels
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Fresno, Cal.
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Hawbaker, Harvey R.
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Westby, Mont.
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Hedges, James B.
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Fargo, N. D.
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Helgerson, Louis N.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Hetland, Arthur B.
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Westby, Mont.
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Hodgson, John
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Westby, Mont.
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Holerud, Thorwald C.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Hultgren, Elmer E.
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Westby, Mont.
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Hultgren, Luther E.
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Westby, Mont.
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Hultgren, Paul E.
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Westby, Mont.
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Jensen, Albert P.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Jensen, Peter
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Johnson, Alfred T.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Johnson, John P.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Johnson, Rangvald A.
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Makoti, N. D.
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Jorgenson, Walter
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Morgan, Minn.
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Juno, Joseph A.
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Torquay, Sask.
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Kenyon, H. C.
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Thief River Falls, Minn.
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Keup, George G.
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Columbus, N. D.
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Kragrud, Elvin A.
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Oberon, N. D.
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Lorentzen, C. M.
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Birmingham, Ala.
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Malone, Edward J.
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Lemmon, S. D.
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Miller, Claude H.
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Oakridge, Ore.
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Miller, Harry H.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Miller, William S. A.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Nelson, John T.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Oleson, O. Ingmar
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Olson, Arnold F.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Olson, Arthur C.
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Valley City, N. D.
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Oustad, Emil I.
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Badger, S. D.
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Pedersen, Ludvig C.
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Des Moines, Ia.
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Petersen, Erhart
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Makoti, N. D.
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Pierce, Ted L.
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Alexander, N. D.
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Pierson, Claude M.
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Wheaton, Minn.
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Quarne, Peter J.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Reider, Ben
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Winnipeg, Man.
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Restvedt, Gustav P.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Reuter, Henry C.
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Havre, Mont.
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Robinson, Verne
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Hanks, N. D.
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Rosenau, George W.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Schultz, Richard D.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Shaw, Archibald M.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Smith, Elbert E.
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Kansas City, Mo.
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Smith, Elmer J.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Smith, Irvin R.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Sorenson, John S.
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Grenora, N. D.
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Stivers, Robert E.
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Enterprise, Ore.
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Stivers, Thomas E.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Strand, Anton C.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Strom, Alfred E.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Stuart, Thadeous S.
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Crosby, N. D.
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Stubbs, Raymond C.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Sutherland, David C.
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Minneapolis, Minn.
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Thorson, Elmer T.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Torgerson, C. L.
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Princeton, Minn.
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Tufto, Ole A.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Turbett, Otto I.
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Ambrose, N. D.
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Van Dervort, Horace O.
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Fortuna, N. D.
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Wambem, Andrew R.
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Hanks, N. D.
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Wigness, Roy
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Fortuna, N. D.
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IN MEMORY
Of Deceased Brethren of the Lodge
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Name
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Date of Death |
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Sandy, David L.
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May 6, 1914 |
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Pomeroy, Edward D.
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Nov. 16, 1917 |
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Hoydahl, Bothoff
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Oct. 21, 1918 |
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White, S. George
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Dec. 30, 1922
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Emerson, Edward
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Feb. 20, 1925
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Fenton, Richard C.
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June 20, 1925 |
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Eldridge, Edward R.
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Sept. 3, 1925 |
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Masonic Meeting Program from the collection of
Randi Knutson
Related page: Divide County History 1974,
Crosby, North Dakota
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