Sibert

SIBERT LODGE

Location: Gatun, Canal Zone

Chartered By: Leon M. Abbott

Charter Date: 09/10/1919 1919-297

Precedence Date: 12/06/1918

Current Status: merged with Balboa Lodge to form Gatun Lodge, 05/31/1995.

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PAST MASTERS

• Robert S. Houston, 1918-1921
• H. Mortimer Lockwood, 1922, 1923
• Charles W. Duey, 1924
• Dow R. Walker, 1925
• Pearl R. Kiger, 1926
• Ernest Mueller, 1927
• Leon J. Egolf, 1928
• Ellis D. Stillwell, 1929
• Frank H. Townsend, 1930
• William C. Smith, 1931
• Frank L. Cunningham, 1932
• Walter L. Roberts, 1933
• Louis F. Hass, 1934
• Robert G. Noe, 1935
• Arthur R. Lane, 1936
• Ramon Otto, 1937
• Ray J. Bunnell, 1938
• Floyd E. Malone, 1939
• Starford Levy Churchill, 1940
• Herbert L. Brezeal, 1941
• Edwin F. Rigby, 1942
• Will R. McCutchan, 1943
• Paul R. Furr, 1944
• Fred A. Newhard, 1945
• Arthur A. Albright, 1946, 1947
• Robert J. Peterson, 1948
• William Badders, 1949-1951
• Curtis H. George, 1952
• Homer V. Crooks, 1953
• Frederick Charles Willoughby, 1954
• Whitman P. Garrett, 1955
• David C. McIlhenny, 1956
• Richard L. Pennington, 1957
• John A. Taylor, 1958
• William B. Wray, 1959
• Robert R. Arnold, 1960
• Walter T. McClure, 1961
• David M. Jenkins, 1962
• Alfred J. Benton, 1963
• Thomas L. Sellers, 1964
• Arthur C. Cherry, 1965
• Leon S. Fishbough, Jr., 1966
• George L. Cooper, 1967
• Ernest R. Yocum, 1968
• William E. Garner, 1969
• Edward C. Blount, 1970
• Donald C. Denis, 1971
• Raymond G. Bush, 1972
• Engelbert J. Berger, 1973
• Howard Nelson Golden, 1974
• Robert L. McAuslin, 1975
• Cullen D. Tomlinson, 1976
• Robert B. Thompson, 1977, 1989, 1991
• Samuel H. Rowley, Jr., 1978
• James B. Wallace, 1979
• Calvin M. Landrum, Jr., 1980
• Kenneth H. Willis, Sr., 1981
• Edsel Walshkey, 1982
• David J. Ley, 1983
• James W. Wood, Jr., 1984
• George M. Walker, 1985
• Victor C. Heyl, 1986, 1988
• Joe M. Taitano, 1987
• Albert J. St. Peter, 1990
• Robert D. Gordon, 1992
• Robert M. Craig, 1993, 1995
• Tommie L. Smith, 1994

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1918
• Petition for Charter: 1919
• Consolidation Petition (withBalboa] Lodge): 1995

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1921 (Prince)
• 1922 (Prince; cornerstone laying; Special Communication)
• 1925 (Ferrell)
• 1928 (Simpson; 2 visits, including cornerstone laying; Special Communications)
• 1934 (Chipman)
• 1937 (Allen; hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1939 (Perry; Special Communication)
• 1949 (Keith)
• 1952 (Roy; 2 visits, including cornerstone laying; Special Communications)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; Special Communication)
• 1958 (A. Jenkins; Special Communication)
• 1965 (Osgood; Special Communication)
• 1967 (Booth; Special Communication)
• 1971 (Jaynes; Special Communication)
• 1973 (Vose; Special Communication)
• 1976 (Maxwell; Special Communication)
• 1979 (Melanson; Special Communication)
• 1982 (Berquist; Special Communication)
• 1985 (Richardson; Special Communication)
• 1988 (Ames; Special Communication)
• 1991 (Darling; Special Communication)
• 1994 (Lovering; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1924 1934 1936 1941 1947 1949 1951 1952 1955 1957 1959 1967 1971 1972 1973 1975 1979 1980 1983 1993

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• David C. McIlhenny, District Grand Master (Canal Zone), 1972-1974

DISTRICTS

1918: Canal Zone District

1927: Canal Zone District

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges