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SINIM LODGE (CHINA)
Location: Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan (1952)
Chartered By: Baalis Sanford
Charter Date: 09/14/1904 1904-105
Precedence Date: 12/02/1903
Current Status: Active. Relocated to Japan following the 1949 Chinese Revolution.
The original petition of dispensation for this lodge bore the name Cathay, as shown below.
The original petition.
The petition was approved as shown below:
By Ancient Landmark Lodge.
By District Grand Master Hykes.
PAST MASTERS
Thanks to Bro. Rob Chan for help in compiling this list.
In Shanghai, China
- Edward Clinton Jansen, 1903, 1904
- Charles S. F. Lincoln, 1905; N
- Peter Charles Sturmann, 1905
- Stacy Anson Ransom, 1906
- Carl Ludwig Seltz, 1907
- John M. Darrah, 1908
- Thomas F. Morrison, 1909
- Offley Crewe-Read, 1910
- Harry E. Gibson, 1911
- Richard C. Morton, 1912
- Offley Crewe-Read, 1913
- Sidney R. Sheldon, 1914, 1915
- Norman G. Harris, 1916
- Frank J. Seeman, 1917
- Horace A. Vanderbeek, 1918
- Harry E. Pulver, 1919
- George F. Ashley, 1920
- George T. Armstrong, 1921 (Apr)
- James S. Dolan, 1921
- Arthur Q. Adamson, 1922
- Charles G. Irons, 1923
- John S. Potter, 1924
- Thomas C. Britton, 1925
- John R. Trindle, 1926
- Frank D. Drake, 1927
- Donald H. Wythe, 1928
- Lewis C. Hylbert, 1929
- Bruce S. Jenkins, 1930
- Philip W. Giovannini, 1931
- Edgar W. Wise, 1932
- Robert J. Gregg, 1933
- Chester V. Manney, 1934
- Harold E. Case, 1935
- John P. Baston, 1936
- Restel O. Scott, 1937
- Raymond G. Viloudaki, 1938
- Irving S. Brown, 1939
- Henry F. Kay, 1940
- T. H. Peter Chao, 1941, 1949
- Lodge in Recess, 1942-1946
- Edwin H. Himrod, 1946
- William M. Awad, 1947
- Arno F. Kerske, 1948
- Lodge in Recess, 1950-1952
In Tokyo, Japan
- Roger S. Ormberg, 1952
- Anselm Chuh, 1953
- Joseph N. Sbath, 1954
- Kenneth C. Miller, 1955
- Hawklin Chuh, 1956
- Alphonse Rigod, 1957
- Roger S. Ormberg, 1958
- Edward G. Freeman, 1959
- Harold Oppenheim, 1960
- Joseph F. Screen, 1961
- Jan I. Shram, 1962
- Walter Arnold, 1963
- Clifford C. Toplift, 1964
- Roscoe C. Triplet, 1965
- Alvin Slaton, 1966
- Herman Wilhelm Jauer, 1967
- Han R. Suhr, 1968, 1969
- Chandanmal P. Nandwani, 1970, 1979
- Joe A. Diele, 1971, 1972, 1986; N
- Edward G. Freedman, 1973
- Jonannes Wolfgang Glauche, 1974
- Frederick Harris, 1975
- Dudley J. P. Freeman, 1976
- Richard Louis Hein, 1977, 1982
- Robert Frederick Connelly, 1978, 1984, 1985
- Spencer Lee Alexander, 1980, 1981
- Keith Leon Hager, 1983
- Saburo Matsui, 1987
- Brian Ernest Hedger, 1988
- Christopher John Earnshaw, 1989
- Chikara Sekine, 1990, 1991
- Robert Ryker, 1992, 2013
- J. Peter McIllwain, 1993
- Allan Huies, 1994
- Richard Dyck, 1995
- Janos Cegledy, 1996, 2001, 2010
- Harold Meij, 1997, 1998
- Dominique Conseil, 1999
- Frederick I. Shane, 2000; N
- Henk Dennert, 2002, 2004
- Jean Felix Rigod, 2003
- Anand Jairam Murti, 2005
- Brian Norman Watson, 2006; DDGM
- John Vernon Clarke, 2007-2009
- Jack Witt, 2011, 2012
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1903
- Petition for Charter: 1904
- Petition to Revise Charter to meet in Japan: 1952; approved 1953
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1922 (Prince; Special Communication, Shanghai)
- 1930 (H. Dean; Special Communication, Shanghai)
- 1983 (Berquist; Special Communication, Tokyo)
- 2010 (Pageau; Special Communication, Tokyo)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1905 1911 1920 1925 1927 1931 1934 1935 1940 1946 1948 1950 1952 1957 1960 1961 1962 1967 1973 1980 1985 1988 1989 1994 1999 2001
OTHER
- 1939 (Acknowledgement of participation in Chile relief effort, 1939-247)
- 1960 (Mentioned in Grand Master's Address, 1960-137)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Joe A. Diele, DDGM, China, 1980-2002; N
- Charles Stuart Fessenden Lincoln, District Grand Master, China, 1921, 1922; N
- Stacy Anson Ransom, DDGM, China, 1911-1915; District Grand Master, China, 1916-1917
- Alphonse Rigod, DDGM, China, 1974-1979
- Frederick I. Shane, DDGM, China, 2004-2010; N
- Brian N. Watson, DDGM, China, 2013