The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon January 28, 1924 LOCAL MASONS FORM COUNCIL OF R. & S.M. Hood River Lodge Confers Degrees At Meeting. Under the direction of the Most Illustrious Grand Master Olson and his staff of the Oregon Grand Lodge Royal and Select Masters, the Owen T. Shepard council R. & S. M. was formally instituted in The Dalles Saturday night. Lodge was opened under special dispensation by Hood River council No. 8, following which enough degrees was conferred to permit of a local membership. There were 25 Wasco county Masons attending to make up the lodge roll here. Following the ritualistic work and addresses by the grand master and other visiting officers, an election was held at which W. A. Wilkinson was chosen illustrious master; Lew W. Brown, deputy master; A. B. Shelley, principal conductor of work and L. M. Martin, recorder. Those present from the grand lodge were: Most Illustrious Grand Master O. A. Nelson; Grand Recorder J. H. Richmond; Grand Principal Conductor of Work J. E. Martin, all of the grand lodge of Oregon, and H. G. Richardson, illustrious master of Washington council No. 3, Portland. One of the features of the evening was the act of J. E. Martin, one of the grand lodge officers, who aided in conducting his son, L. M. Martin of The Dalles, to an official chair in the lodge. Headed by W. F. Laraway. Illustrious master of the Hood River lodge, 25 members of that council attended the institution here Saturday night and assisted in the ceremonial. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm