GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
The formation of a new Masonic lodge is always news to a certain group of people. More newsworthy, perhaps, is when an informal meeting of Masons is presided over by the Worshipful Master of another lodge in the same town. Such was the case on November 3, 1950, when a group of Masons met to discuss the possibility of forming another lodge in Grand Junction and the presiding officer was the Master of Mesa Lodge No. 55.
Three months later, on February 2, 1951, a dispensation was granted by M. W. Bro. C. Wheeler Barnes. That the lodge flourished during the next few months is shown by the membership roll. When, on April 12, 1952, the Grand Lodge met to constitute the lodge, there were 92 charter members of whom 15 had been raised under the dispensation. M. W. Bro. Olin P. Lee officiated at the constitution of the lodge and all five of the Grand Lodge officers whose names appeared on the charter were present at that time. According to P.G.M. C. Wheeler Barnes, this was the first time in 20 years that such a thing had happened.
Also present that night was the first Master of Tinsin, China, Lodge, which operates under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
Events enjoyed annually include the Mother’s Day church service and breakfast, a picnic, and a fellowship night with Joppa Lodge No. 26 of Price, Utah. Joint meetings with other lodges have heen held in the past.
On November 30, 1960 the membership totaled 232.
