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RECEPTION OF GRAND MASTERS [[image]] [[caption]] Twenty-two Prince Hall Grand Masters were officially received and presented to the assemblage. Warmly welcomed and introduced was Grand Master of Pennsylvania, Harold Stanley Banner, the host Grand Master (center of the altar)and the following Most Worshipful Sirs: Jno. G. Lewis, Jr., Louisiana; I.H. Clayborn, Texas; X.L. Neal, Georgia; Courtney P. Houston, Jr., Delaware; Wendolyne C. Terrelle, Michigan; Thomas R. Vickers, Oregon; Eugene Penn, Nebraska; Clarence J. Groves, New Jersey; John W. Robinson, Canada; Edgar Falconer, Illinois; Theodore Hatcher, Connecticut; Robert L. Alston, Ohio; James M. Landers, Indiana; Johnnie K. Cato, Wisconsin; Clyde B. Bethell, Bahamas; James W. Davis, Washington; David L. Holliman, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah; Charles McGarrah, New York; Charles Jenkins, Iowa; Thornton B. Drummand, Jr., Rhode Island; and T. Roosevelt Butler, Kansas. [[/caption]] [[boxed]] IN MEMORIUM "They rest from their labors and their good works to follow them..." The following Sovereign and Grand Inspectors General have rested from their labors since our last publication. DECEASED MEMBERS [[4 column table]] Name | Consistory No. | Date Created 33° | Date of Death Ill. Sandy A. Moss | Prince Hall No. 67 | May 14, 1956 | July 5, 1975 Ill. Joseph F. Moore | Ft. Wayne No. 66 | May 14, 1956 | September 23, 1975 Ill. Thornton T. Lewis | Western No. 28 | May 13, 1963 | November 25, 1975 Ill. Theodore Freeman | Long Island No. 61 | May 8, 1944 | March 31, 1976 Ill. Otto T. Collier, Sr. | Wolverine No. 6 | May 7, 1973 | May 3, 1976 Ill. Kenneth R. Hogan | Menelik No. 49 | May 8, 1939 | July 3, 1976 Ill. Leonard C. Ricks, Sr. | De Molay No. 1 | May 8, 1944 | August 19, 1976 Ill. James P. Nelson | Sardonias No. 41 | May 10, 1965 | September 10, 1976 Ill. William M. Wagner | De Molay No. 1 | May 8, 1961 | October 6, 1976 Ill. James H. Green | Tyree No. 64 | May 12, 1952 | October 23, 1976 Ill. Reymond H. Middleton | Miami No. 26 | May 13, 1974 | November 6, 1976 Ill. Roy C. Shelton | St. Matthews No. 24 | May 7, 1973 | December 2, 1976 Ill. Harvey J. Young, Sr. | Sardonias No. 41 | May 11, 1970 | December 6, 1976 Ill. Emanuel Phillips, Jr. | St. Cyprian No. 4 | May 19, 1975 | August, 1976 Ill. Herbert O. Welborne | King David No. 3 | May 9, 1966 | January 8, 1977 Ill. Hannibal M. Cox | Western No. 14 | May 11, 1931 | January 10, 1977 Ill. Chalmer L. Lawson | North Star No. 14 | May 9, 1966 | January 11, 1977 Ill. H. Stewart M. Mann | De Hugo No. 2 | May 11, 1942 | January 23, 1977 Ill. Frank A. Lee | Douglas No. 10 | May 14, 1951 | January 26, 1977 Ill. Louis B. Henderson | Bezaleel No. 15 | May 12, 1952 | February 4, 1977 Ill. John B. Sneed | Bezaleel No. 15 | May 7, 1973 | February 19, 1977 Ill. Harold L. Haithcock | Miami No. 26 | May 11, 1964 | March 14, 1977 [[/table]] [[/boxed]] 84