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History of Bestor G.
Brown Lodge
No. 433 A.F. & A.M.
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Bestor G. Brown Lodge has and is still
benefiting from
his timely council and advice. He is without doubt one
of the most brilliant characters that ever graced Bestor
G. Brown Lodge as well as the Grand Lodge of Kansas,
and is an inspiration to the officers of Bestor G. Brown
Lodge.
He is the first and
only member of our lodge to
become a Grand Master.
The following brethren and members of Bestor G. Brown Lodge have served as District Deputy Grand Masters:
|
1926 |
Edgar W. Ingram |
|
1930 |
Elmer C. Beezley |
|
1942 |
William J. Kirkham |
|
1946 |
Ray W. Kinzie |
|
1954 |
Garnet P. Mason |
|
1957 |
Charles F. West |
|
1960 |
Kenneth W. Shreve |
|
1965 |
William S. Reece |
PAST MASTERS
| Masons | Name | Year | Number of |
| Raised | Served | Members | |
| 25 | Edgar W. Ingram | 1922 | 113 |
| 24 | Edgar W. Ingram | 1923 | 148 |
| 40 | Leon C. Amend | 1924 | 193 |
| 33 | James A. Glover | 1925 | 231 |
| 34 | Clyde S. Shelley | 1926 | 277 |
| 52 | William J. Bauerle | 1927 | 338 |
| 23 | Elmer C. Beezley | 1928 | 360 |
| 34 | Lyle H. Plant | 1929 | 368 |
| 21 | Vernon C. Smith | 1930 | 393 |
| 37 | Winfred D. Ames | 1931 | 396 |
| Wesley D. Reed | 1931 | ||
| 15 | Hayne A. Dermid | 1932 | 408 |
| 3 | Marion E. Tracy | 1933 | 399 |
| 10 | Hubert Brown | 1934 | 366 |
| 16 | Floyd E. Boyle | 1935 | 370 |
| 12 | Charles C. Kenyon | 1936 | 360 |
| 21 | A. James King | 1937 | 363 |
| 8 | William J. Kirkham | 1938 | 363 |
| 15 | Jerry H. O'Brien | 1939 | 361 |
| 8 | John L. Crull | 1940 | 366 |