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MASONIC TEMPLE 
FRANKLIN, N. Y. 

FRANKLIN LODGE 
No. 562   
F. & A. M.
1864-1917


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Officers of the Lodge 
1917

WILL F. PHELPS ......... Worshipful Master
MILTON G. NELSON  ...... Senior Warden
GILBERT R. DENNY  ...... Junior Warden 
GEO. D. CHAMBERLIN ..... Treasurer
DAVID A. BETTS ......... Secretary
REV. ROSCOE D. TARBOX .. Chaplain
ELMER B. COLE .......... Senior Deacon
JAMES E. LOVELAND ...... Junior Deacon
F. N. WINANS ........... Senior Master of Ceremony *FREDERICK*
R. E. WEBSTER .......... Junior Master of Ceremony
GEO. R. MARTIN ......... Marshal
FRED W. PAGE ........... Organist
GEO. M. CHAMBERLIN ..... Tiler
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
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D. D. SIGNOR		L. C. WARREN
C. S. JACKSON

TRUSTEES
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F. N. WINANS *FREDERICK* 
H. GEO. HILLER		J. B. WARNER *JOHN*

Master's and Secretary's address:
FRANKLIN, N.Y.


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LIST OF MEMBERS
December 31st. A. D. 1916 ; A. L. 5916.


Henry A. Phelps, Franklin ................. '64
John J. Dewey, Unadilla  .................. '64
D. A. Betts, Franklin  .................... '66
William Brinkman, Franklin ................ '66
John S. Widger, Otego ..................... '66
M. B. Edwards, Franklin   ................. '72
Thos. Hamilton, Franklin Depot ............ '75
Giles Tiffany, Franklin   ................. '76
E. A. Holden, Franklin  ................... '78
George N. Rowe, Oneonta ................... '78
J. B. Strong, Pomona, Cal. ................ '78
G. D. Chamberlin, Franklin ................ '79
George Birdsall, Franklin ................. '82
F. L. Drees, Franklin ..................... '85
Holden G. Cook, Franklin  ................. '86
Rev. S. G. Keyser, Fishkill ............... '88
L. F. Raymond, Franklin   ................. '89
Romaine Jackson, Treadwell ................ '89
Edgar F. Jester, Franklin ................. '90
Geo. H. Pomeroy, Franklin ................. '92
Edwin D. Cole, Treadwell  ................. '93
George H. Ward, Walton .................... '93
George J. Sanly, Franklin ................. '93
William B. Upright, Oran .................. '93
Albert Bedell, Merrickville ............... '93
R. P. Burns, Franklin ..................... '93
I. W.  Goodnough,  Franklin ............... '94
Orlo T. Foote, Franklin ................... '94
E. A. Mackey, Franklin .................... '94
J. H. Graham, Treadwell  .................. '94
C. W. Georgia, Otego  ..................... '94
F. N. Winans, M. D., Franklin ............. '94 *FREDERICK*
J. M. Stilson, M.D., 
	Apple River, Illinois ............. '94
James P. Fish, Sidney ..................... '94
H. George Hiller, Franklin ................ '96 
John E. Oliver, Treadwell ................. '96
A. C. Burns, Franklin ..................... '97
F. B. Rose, Franklin ...................... '97
L. W. Bishop, Baldwin, L.I. ............... '97
C. H. Bell, Honesdale, Pa., ............... '98  
S. C. McClintock, Franklin ................ '98
Ernest Perry, Walton ...................... '98
William C. Cole, Franklin ................. '99
E. L. Hinaman, Port Jervis ................ '99
S. Case Miller, No. Franklin .............. '00
John A. Roney, No. Franklin ............... '00
A. R. Jackson, Columbus, New Jersey ....... '00
S. J. Miller, North Franklin .............. '00
Stephen Hine, Burlington, Iowa ............ '01
Edward I. Edgerton, New York City ......... '01
D. R. Gladstone, Franklin ................. '01
Walter T. Preston, Merrickville ........... '01
Gilbert R. Denny, Franklin ................ '01 
Ray E. Palmer, Hancock .................... '01
Nelson E. Wilcox, Sanitaria Springs ....... '01
W. H. Benedict, Northfield ................ '02 *William*
Geo. H. Brockway, Sidney .................. '02
Fred Archer, Oneonta ...................... '03
J. H. Phelps, Franklin .................... '03
Ira L. Bradley, Franklin .................. '04
Fred W. Page, Franklin .................... '05
Rev. S. F. Adam, Clyde .................... '05
George R. Martin, Franklin ................ '05
John B. Warner, Franklin .................. '05
Harry E. Warner, Detroit, Mich. ........... '05
Bernard Manzer, Cortland  ................. '05
Rev. Elmond S. Miles, New York City ....... '05
Will F. Phelps, Franklin .................. '05
Herbert R. Stewart, Sidney Center ......... '05
E. C. Stewart, Franklin  .................. '05
O. Z. Baldwin, Merrickville ............... '05
Bert Archer, Merrickville ................. '05
LeRoy Evans, Leonta ....................... '05
J. E. Loveland, Franklin .................. '05
D. J. Birdsall, Franklin .................. '06
E. A. Gillett, Franklin ................... '06
E. S. Bell, Meredith ...................... '06
S. J. Scrambling, Treadwell ............... '06
L. Fred Stockman, Meredith ................ '06
Ainer Munson, North Franklin .............. '06
Frank H. Judd, North Franklin ............. '06
Seymour Wheat, Treadwell .................. '06
Abram Lape  ............................... '06
C. E. Lathrop, Binghamton ................. '07
Carl J. Bender, Treadwell ................. '07
Frank M. Strong, Oneonta .................. '07
S. L. Gates, Preston, Washington .......... '07
C. E. Miller, Franklin .................... '07
Levi Stilson, Franklin .................... '08
W. B. Hunt, Franklin ...................... '08
D. D. Signer, Franklin .................... '08
C. F. Signer, Franklin .................... '08
Albert King, Franklin Depot ............... '08
A. W. Potter, Franklin .................... '08
Geo. W. Brasee jr., Franklin .............. '08
A. Fitch Burdick, Franklin ................ '08
Rev. A. H. Lindsay, Franklin .............. '08
Grover C. Pomeroy, North Franklin ......... '09       
D. S. Chamberlin, Franklin ................ '09
C. O. Woodward, Leonta .................... '09
E. C. Bartlett, Franklin .................. '09
James E. Smith, Franklin .................. '09
Elmer B. Cole, Franklin ................... '09
C. S. Jackson, Franklin ................... '09
W. J. Pomeroy, Leonta ..................... '09
Granville J. Ackley, Oneonta .............. '10
George O. Burgin, Franklin ................ '10
Ralph A. Fortin, Philadelphia, Pa., ....... '10          
William B. Storer, Oneonta ................ '10
James E. Smith,jr., Franklin .............. '10
Fred E. Tennant, Franklin ................. '11
Frederick C. Potter, Franklin ............. '11
H. R. Valentine, .......................... '11
Roger H. Clark, Endicott .................. '12
Adelbert Robinson, Franklin ............... '12
Luman R. Bowdish, New Salem, Mass., ....... '12
William H. Clark, Franklin ................ '12
Ernest B. Valentine, Famosa, Cal., ........ '12
Howard E. Cook, Binghamton ................ '12
Arthur D. Manzer, Cortland ................ '12
Ellis Cronauer, Franklin .................. '12
Merton M. Ogden, Colon, Panama ............ '12
Victor J. Maurer, Franklin ................ '12
Roswell M. Brant, Leonta .................. '13
Milton G. Nelson, Franklin ................ '13
Jacob Smith, Franklin ..................... '13
Leo N. Simmons, Philadelphia, Pa., ........ '13
F. J. Lambrecht, Franklin ................. '13
Howard M. Smith, Franklin ................. '13
Reid E. Webster, Franklin ................. '13
E. C. Johnson, Franklin ................... '13
Lloyd C. Warren, M.D., Franklin ........... '13
Morton Lathan, Franklin ................... '13
Olin W. Evans, Franklin ................... '13
Dwight C. Sanly, Franklin ................. '13
Geo. M. Chamberlin, Franklin .............. '14
H. Clyde Bouck, Binghamton ................ '14
E. W. C. Mueller, Franklin ................ '14
W. C. Alexander, Franklin ................. '14
Edward Walker, Franklin ................... '14
Geo. E. Robinson, Franklin ................ '14
Rev. Roscoe D. Tarbox, Franklin ........... '14
H. M. Green, Franklin Depot ............... '14
C. M. Odgen, Franklin ..................... '14
C. L. Goldsmith, Franklin ................. '14
O. H. Johnston, Franklin .................. '14
V. Everit Root, Franklin .................. '14
C. D. Gaylord, Franklin ................... '14
R. C. Wheat, Franklin ..................... '14
H. D. Mackay, Franklin .................... '14
Floyd Wallace, Oneonta .................... '14
Orrie A. Shaw, Franklin ................... '14
Edgar G. Smith, College Point ............. '14
H. K. Cassavant, Franklin ................. '14
Ervin S. Rhodes, North Franklin ........... '14
Robert T. Kinch, Franklin ................. '14


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PAST MASTERS

*Hiram Edgerton, 1864-5-6-7-8-9-70-l-2-7-8-85
*B. L. Bowers, 1873
William Brinkman, 1874-5-82-9-93
Charles E. Miller, 1876
*lra Wilcox, 1879
*Alfred Phelps, 1880-1
Henry A. Phelps, 1883-4
*Charles Warner, 1886
*Whitman Z. Bryant, 1887
Geo. D. Chamberlin, 1888-91-2-3-4-7-99
Lewis F. Raymond, 1895-6
R. P. Burns, 1898
*Russell K. Bradley, 1900
H. George Hiller, 1901-3
C. Wesley Georgia, 1902
*Harry R. Bradley, 1904-5
Ira W. Goodnough, 1906
David R. Gladstone, 1907
William C. Cole, 1908
George F. Sullard, 1909-10
George R. Martin, 1911
Ray E. Palmer, 1912-13
John B. Warner, 1914
William B. Hunt, 1915
Albert W. Potter, 1916
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* Deceased


Past District Deputy Grand Masters:
 R. W.: Geo. D. Chamberlin, 1895-6
 R. W.: George F. Sullard, 1913

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Annual Election of Officers DEC. 26, 1917
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Regular Communication every Wednesday Evening at 7.30 o'clock from 
October 1st to April 1st, and 8.00 P. M. from April 1st to October 1st.

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