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History
Grand Master Thomas
Amos granted a dispensation for Fairweather Lodge in Tacoma on October
1, 1889 to Warren F. Harris and 11 others. It was chartered by Grand
Lodge as number 82 on June 15, 1892.
It was named for
William A. Fairweather, a leading Mason in the state for half a century.
He came to Tacoma in its earliest days in 1874 and entered the
mercantile business. He moved to Sprague in 1886,and returned to Tacoma
in 1889 and was an honorary member of Fairweather 82 for 55 years. He
was elected Grand Master in 1889 at the age of 36 and died at the age of
88, having been a mason for 64 years. He was one of only two living men
who had Lodges named for them. Fairweather Lodge was know as the
“Railroaders lodge” and its first master and eight of it first masters
were Northern Pacific employees.
In December 1997,
Fairweather No. 82 consolidated with Destiny No. 197 and continued as
Fairweather No. 82. Destiny was granted dispensation on June 17, 1912 by
Grand Master Frank N. McCandless with 104 signers and was chartered on
September 29, 1913. By 1919, its membership was 698 Master Masons.
Three of our brethren
have served as Grand Master, MWB Morton Gregory, 1925/26, MWB William
J. Stedman,1942/43, and MWB Bill P. Horn, 1972/73. Six of our brethren
have served as deputies to the Grand Master including David W. Wood in
1952/53, Bill P. Horn in 191958/59, Charles B. McFail in 1972/73, Leland
R. Drangstveit in 1987/88, John M. Lynn in 1989/90, and Jeffery A.
Brunson in 1998/99. Others have served as Junior Grand Deacon, (Thomas
M. Warwick 1985, Paul A. Johnson 1960, and Walter J. Everett 1989.)
Grand Orator, (Morton Gregory 1917) Junior Grand Stewart, (William G.
Hamelin 1922) Grand Sword Bearer, (Robert B. Linrothe, 1942, and Leland
R. Drangstveit 1991) Grand Historian, (Daniel W. Thrope 1956, and David
W. Wood, 1964) Grand Lecturer, (Bill P. Horn 1964 & 1968) Grand Bible
Bearer, (Harry Kirishian 1972) and on many committees.
Past Masters
F= Fairweather
Lodge
D= Destiny Lodge
C= Consolidated
as Fairweather # 82
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Year |
Lodge |
Masters Name |
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1892 |
F |
W. F. Harris |
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1893 |
F |
W. F. Harris |
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1894 |
F |
James W. Matheson |
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1895 |
F |
Thomas W. Warwick |
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1896 |
F |
Charles Plass |
|
1897 |
F |
Thomas Desmond |
|
1898 |
F |
Thomas Desmond |
|
1899 |
F |
C. W. Roberts |
|
1900 |
F |
William L. Bender |
|
1901 |
F |
Thomas N. Morriss |
|
1902 |
F |
Lawerence Turnbull |
|
1903 |
F |
W.P.C. McGovern |
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1904 |
F |
John D. Morriss |
|
1905 |
F |
David W. Perry |
|
1906 |
F |
I. E. Hoska |
|
1907 |
F |
I.E. Hoska |
|
1908 |
F |
E.M. Brown |
|
1909 |
F |
Wm F. Crummitt |
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1910 |
F |
Wm. F. Burkhart |
|
1911 |
F |
Albert F. Hoska |
|
1912 |
F |
Drew Chidester (Demitted) |
|
1913 |
F |
Radall S. Williams |
|
1913 |
D |
Earl A. Richardson |
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1914 |
F |
Benjamin Hallam |
|
1914 |
D |
Harry E. Hatch |
|
1915 |
F |
Leonard G. Fenton |
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1915 |
D |
David H. White |
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1916 |
F |
George T. Desmond |
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1916 |
D |
Morton Gregory |
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1917 |
F |
Gustav H. Shuett |
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1917 |
D |
Hugh B. Clark |
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1918 |
F |
Ralph E. Burkhart |
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1918 |
D |
Daniel D. Schnieder |
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1919 |
F |
J. E. B. Junan |
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1919 |
D |
Roderick McKenzie |
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1920 |
F |
William R. Newman |
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1920 |
D |
John M. Olsan |
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1921 |
F |
William G. Hamelin |
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1921 |
D |
Robert P. Allen |
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1922 |
F |
William H. Siebold |
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1922 |
D |
Fred J. Alleman |
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1923 |
F |
Eugene P. Conklin |
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1923 |
D |
Oscar B. Gilmore |
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1924 |
F |
Charles L. Drowley |
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1924 |
D |
Lawrence H. Lee |
|
1925 |
F |
William A. Harris |
|
1925 |
D |
Matt Opgenorth |
|
1926 |
F |
William P. McGovern |
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1926 |
D |
Herbert Cochrane |
|
1927 |
F |
Robert E. Burman |
|
1927 |
D |
Fred E. Bettie |
|
1928 |
F |
Olaf M. Larson |
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1928 |
D |
William J. Stedman |
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1929 |
F |
Alan Morisette |
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1929 |
D |
Harold A. Christofferson |
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1930 |
F |
Norman E. Robbins |
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1930 |
D |
Edward C. House |
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1931 |
F |
Paul K. Wotton |
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1931 |
D |
Marion C. Moore |
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1932 |
F |
J. K. Gordon |
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1932 |
D |
Bertil E. Johnson |
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1933 |
F |
Harry Christofferson |
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1933 |
D |
John H. Wilson |
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1934 |
F |
Fred S. Sloan |
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1934 |
D |
Walter H. Mierow |
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1935 |
F |
James M. H. Gilchrist |
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1935 |
D |
John Arnsason Johnson |
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1936 |
F |
Arthur G. Haldon |
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1936 |
D |
Hiram E. Washburn |
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1937 |
F |
Alex Rabstoff |
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1937 |
D |
G. Carleton Hubley |
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1938 |
F |
William Ray Hunter |
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1938 |
D |
Hilton B. Garnder |
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1939 |
F |
James Hutcheon |
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1939 |
D |
Russel C. Neff |
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1940 |
F |
V. E. Mandeville |
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1940 |
D |
Leroy M. Moe |
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1941 |
F |
Robert B. Linrothe |
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1941 |
D |
C. Nathan Lynn |
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1942 |
F |
Francis J. Trumpo |
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1942 |
D |
Linton I. Mills |
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1943 |
F |
Sam Rastoff |
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1943 |
D |
Helmuth S. Mierow |
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1944 |
D |
Charles E. Morton |
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1945 |
F |
Nathan Rabstoff |
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1945 |
D |
William H. Wattenbarger |
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1946 |
F |
Edwin E. Cory |
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1946 |
D |
C. Harry Ligier |
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1947 |
F |
Keith B. Parker |
|
1947 |
D |
J. Marvin Lynn |
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1948 |
F |
Earl L. Chambers |
|
1948 |
D |
Robert H. Keller |
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1949 |
F |
Arnold Blatt |
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1949 |
D |
Fred E. Schumacher |
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1950 |
F |
David W. Wood Sr. |
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1950 |
D |
Engvald C. Ellison |
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1951 |
F |
John Diamond |
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1951 |
D |
Ewell N. King |
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1952 |
F |
Alan B. Swengel |
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1952 |
D |
William T. Fulghum |
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1953 |
F |
Fred A. Shouse |
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1953 |
D |
Robert F. Chester |
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1954 |
F |
Dan W. Thorpe |
|
1954 |
D |
Archie C. Swensen |
|
1955 |
F |
A. Leslie Cadieu |
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1955 |
D |
George D. Manfield |
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1956 |
F |
Aroot Kirishian |
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1956 |
D |
William B. Swensen |
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1957 |
F |
Bill P. Horn |
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1957 |
D |
Robert E. Sprague (Demitted) |
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1958 |
F |
Harold J. Dreilling |
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1958 |
D |
C. Bernal Kahrs Sr. |
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1959 |
F |
Paul A. Johnson |
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1959 |
D |
Howard B. Matlock |
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1960 |
F |
Joseph A. Abbott |
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1960 |
D |
Harold E. Barwich |
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1961 |
F |
George E. Heritage |
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1961 |
D |
J. Edward Trimble |
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1962 |
F |
Stanley W. Sharpe (Demitted) |
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1962 |
D |
William H. Porter |
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1963 |
F |
J. Fred Stokes |
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1963 |
D |
Sidney A. Carey |
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1964 |
F |
Claire L. Coburn |
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1964 |
D |
Chester D. Ricketts |
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1965 |
F |
Albert E. Giblett |
|
1965 |
D |
Daniel W. Grogan |
|
1966 |
F |
B. V. Gunderson |
|
1966 |
D |
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