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He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason in [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SDDeadwood7 Deadwood Lodge No. 7] on December 13, 1932. He is a member of Dakota Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No. 3, Lead; Dakota Commandery No. 1, Lead; Black Hills Council No. 3, Lead; Black Hills Consistory being coroneted an Inspector General Honorary of the 33rd degree; and the Naja Shrine Temple. | He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason in [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SDDeadwood7 Deadwood Lodge No. 7] on December 13, 1932. He is a member of Dakota Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No. 3, Lead; Dakota Commandery No. 1, Lead; Black Hills Council No. 3, Lead; Black Hills Consistory being coroneted an Inspector General Honorary of the 33rd degree; and the Naja Shrine Temple. | ||
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The Diamond Jubilee of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota was observed at the seventh-fifth Annual Communication held in Sioux Falls. The jewels of the Grand Lodge of Dakota were worn by the Officers after being brought back for the occasion by the Grand Master of North Dakota. Grand Master Albro Ayres spoke of the progress of Masonry in South Dakota over the past seventy-five years, noting that his father, Brother George V. Ayres, had been the first Grand Master of the present Grand Lodge of South Dakota in 1889-1890. | The Diamond Jubilee of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota was observed at the seventh-fifth Annual Communication held in Sioux Falls. The jewels of the Grand Lodge of Dakota were worn by the Officers after being brought back for the occasion by the Grand Master of North Dakota. Grand Master Albro Ayres spoke of the progress of Masonry in South Dakota over the past seventy-five years, noting that his father, Brother George V. Ayres, had been the first Grand Master of the present Grand Lodge of South Dakota in 1889-1890. | ||
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During the year a cornerstone had h:en!aid for a new Masonic Temple at Winner. On the first day of the Communication the cornerstone had beep for a new nursery building at the South Dakota Children's Home at Sioux Falls. | During the year a cornerstone had h:en!aid for a new Masonic Temple at Winner. On the first day of the Communication the cornerstone had beep for a new nursery building at the South Dakota Children's Home at Sioux Falls. | ||
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ALBRO C. AYRES 1907-1981
Grand Master of South Dakota, 1948-1949
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BIOGRAPHY
From "The First 100 Years of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of South Dakota, 1875-1975", Page 167:
Albro C. Ayres was born at Deadwood, South Dakota, July 1, 1907. He received his public education in Deadwood. After working four years in Pontiac, Michigan, as a draftsman for General Motors Truck Corporation, he returned to Deadwood and joined his father in the George V. Ayers and Company Hardware Store. Today he is president of this concern.
He married Linda C. Mackey at Sundance, Wyoming May 29, 1926. They had one daughter. Brother Ayres' wife died January 28, 1963. He later married Agnes Perkovich of Lead. His church affiliation is Episcopalian.
He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason in Deadwood Lodge No. 7 on December 13, 1932. He is a member of Dakota Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No. 3, Lead; Dakota Commandery No. 1, Lead; Black Hills Council No. 3, Lead; Black Hills Consistory being coroneted an Inspector General Honorary of the 33rd degree; and the Naja Shrine Temple.
1949
The Diamond Jubilee of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota was observed at the seventh-fifth Annual Communication held in Sioux Falls. The jewels of the Grand Lodge of Dakota were worn by the Officers after being brought back for the occasion by the Grand Master of North Dakota. Grand Master Albro Ayres spoke of the progress of Masonry in South Dakota over the past seventy-five years, noting that his father, Brother George V. Ayres, had been the first Grand Master of the present Grand Lodge of South Dakota in 1889-1890.
The Grand Master welcomed eighteen distinguished guests from without and within South Dakota.
Over the years the Grand Representatives were an integral part of the Grand Lodge. On roll call forty responded and made short reports from their assigned Grand Jurisdictions.
The Grand Master recommended, "Further study should be made of sections of the by-laws generally called the 'liquor laws' to devise a method of enforcement or to discard them from the by-laws, judging an applicant solely upon his character as a man fit to be desirable as a Mason. We are not a reform society."
Two amendments were presented to change these by-law but on motion the members voted to have the incoming Grand Master appoint a committee to study and report at the next Annual Meeting.
The Brothers of Elk Point Lodge No. 3 presented to the Grand Lodge the apron, jewels, and collar of Past Grand Master Henry H. Blair who had been a member of their lodge and had been the second Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Dakota.
By vote of the members the Grand Lodge disapproved the use "Soliloquy" in the Master Mason degree and the "Motherhood Lecture" in the Fellowcraft degree.
During the year a cornerstone had h:en!aid for a new Masonic Temple at Winner. On the first day of the Communication the cornerstone had beep for a new nursery building at the South Dakota Children's Home at Sioux Falls.
