Notices

St. James Lodge has Busness meetings every second Tuesday of the month and Emergent meetings every fourth Tuesday. It's membership recieves a monthly Notice with both meetings adjenda including any special information about times etc.

This page will be updated with the most recient Notice each month it is recieved and going forward will include all the past Notices as a refrence.

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Famous Masons in History

June 21, 1850 - June 11, 1941

A Picture of a famous mason Dan Beard Dan Beard was a painter, illustrator, and founder of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. He formed "The Society of the Sons of Daniel Boone" which developed into "The Boy Pioneers" in 1905, which then became the Boy Scouts of America after he heard about the work of Baden Powell. His writings on the group appeared in Recreation, a magazine that he edited.

He was the Boy Scouts of America’s first National Commissioner and Chairman of the Court of Honor and was the author of 21 books on outdoor living and survival skills

Mariners' Lodge No. 67, New York

Raised: November 30, 1917

Source: Denslow. freemasonry.bcy.ca.

October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

A Famous Mason in History Oscar Wilde

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Wilde was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford where he achieved a rare double-first. Wilde was known for his flamboyance and wit, but rejected by many for his unorthodox views and bohemian lifestyle. He wrote stories, essays, plays, poems and one novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray".

"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." Oscar Wilde’s attributed last words, as he lay dying in a drab Paris bedroom.

Apollo University Lodge No. 357

  • Raised: Oxford, May 25, 1875
  • Excluded for nonpayment: January 22, 1883

Source: Denslow; "Brother Winston. Yasha Beresiner. MQ Magazine, John Jackson, ed. London. Issue 3, October 2002. p. 8. freemasonry.bcy.ca.