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The Normal Masonic Lodge held its organizational meeting on February 20, 1871. It was not until October 3, 1871 that our Charter was signed making Normal Lodge No. 673 a regularly constituted lodge authorizing them to meeting and work. A list of the Charter members is as follows: James W. Gray Henry Van Doren Samuel J. Reeder Henry McCormick E. P. Knight Gilbert S. King William A. Pennell Benjamin F. Carpenter Clarence Owen W. W. Ross The first location of Normal Lodge was established at 140 East Beaufort Street, Normal in the second story of a frame building owned by C. Parks who operated a general store on the ground floor. Since its inception the lodge has moved seven times. Its seventh move was into 102 Broadway which was our home until 2008. This present temple was dedicated on the evening of July 6, 1926. The cornerstone had been laid November 25, 1925 and a box of sealed contents placed under the cornerstone. The box was opened once in 1971 for the 100th anniversary after which it was resealed with additions of then current mementoes, some Lodge and city pictures, brochures and other items the brethren thought would be of interest to our brothers in 2071. In 2005 the lodge consolidated with Danvers Lodge #742, retaining our name and number. Sixty-six men joined as a result of the merger. In 2004 the Town of Normal approached the lodge and entered into discussions about relocating the lodge out of the downtown area. The building sits in the middle of the redevelopment area, and the Town was interested in creating a tax generating business site. In 2008, the Town reached an agreement with the Lodge. The Lodge broke ground in mid-2008 and moved into their present lodge hall in January 2009. Through the years Normal Lodge has produced several Grand Lecturers. The names of those who have achieved this high honor are listed below. Elbert W. Crandall, Sr.* William L. Davis* Leslie W. Nelson* Douglas A. Wilson* Bud Buescher (Emeritus) Ronald K. Blue (Past Grand Examiner) John D. Dorner (Grand Lodge Instructor) There have also been several affiliated Grand Lecturers and several Certified Lodge Instructors. Jeffery James Fox Certified Lodge Instructor John Harold Perkins Grand Lecturer Emeritus Charles Herbert Ross, Jr. Certified Lodge Instructor Kenneth Wayne Smith Grand Lecturer Jerald Howard Starks Certified Lodge Instructor This is a list of the Past Master's of Normal Lodge since its inception: *Coy,
W.
1871 *Gray,
J. M..
1872 *Lackey,
James S..
1873 *Lackey,
James S..
1874 *Dickinson,
A. F..
1875 *Lackey,
James S..
1876 *McCormick,
Henry.
1877 *Lackey,
James S..
1878 *Lackey,
James S..
1879 *James,
Josiah M..
1880 *James,
Josiah M..
1881 *James,
Josiah M..
1882 *Champion,
George.
1883 *Garret,
John S..
1884 *Champion,
George.
1885 *Champion,
George.
1886 *Garret,
John S..
1887 *McCormick,
Henry.
1888 *McCormick,
Henry.
1889 *Gill,
Clark L..
1890 *Gill,
Clark L..
1891 *Gill,
Clark L..
1892 *Skinner,
Albert.
1893 *McCormick,
Henry.
1894 *Fleming,
Robert L..
1895 *Fleming,
Robert L..
1896 *Fleming,
Robert L..
1897 *Lindblad,
Andrew.
1898 *Lindblad,
Andrew.
1899 *Bright,
Reuben.
1900 *Bright,
Reuben.
1901 *McReynolds,
Bert.
1902 *McReynolds,
Bert.
1903 *Bright,
Reuben.
1904 *Bright,
Reuben.
1905 *Bowles,
Leroy E..
1906 *Bowles,
Leroy E..
1907 *Brown,
Hardin J..
1908 *Phillips,
Frank.
1909 *Bright,
Reuben.
1910 *Morgan,
Alanson.
1911 *McCormick,
Henry.
1912 *McCormick,
Henry.
1913 *McCormick,
Henry.
1914 *Mead,
Charles H..
1915 *Keys,
Truman H..
1916 *McKnight,
William.
1917 *Corrington,
Alfred.
1918 *Metcalf,
Harry B..
1919 *Metcalf,
Harry B..
1920 *Tobias,
E. A..
1921 *Richards,
Earl.
1922 *Hamm,
Edward J..
1923 *Metcalf,
Gail W..
1924 *Porterfield,
C. J..
1925 *Bullock,
Harvey W..
1926 *Kerr,
John W..
1927 *Clesson,
Fred R..
1928 *Crandall,
Elbert W..
1929 *Lynch,
Jewel P..
1930 *Glover,
Lucien.
1931 *Mercier,
August.
1932 *Davis,
William Lee.
1933 *Odell,
William.
1934 *Stout,
Arthur E..
1935 *Gapen,
Shepard E..
1936 *Blum,
John G..
1937 *Palmer,
Roy H..
1938 *Peyton,
Leland W..
1939 *Bill,
Arthur.
1940 *Miller,
Charles.
1941 *Robeson,
Ray.
1942 *Mead,
Herman.
1943 *Iliff,
Arthur.
1944 *Whitman,
Frank.
1945 *Cates,
William L..
1946 *Cline,
A. D..
1947 *Ackerman,
Robert.
1948 *Beadles,
Charles E..
1949 *Goodwin,
Harold.
1950 *Kewley,
Russel.
1951 *Saylor,
Russell.
1952 *Thorpe,
Ernest O..
1953 *Chirst,
Ralph V..
1954 *Nelson,
Leslie W..
1955 *Pease,
Vernon Ronald.
1956 *Bair,
William Emanuel.
1957 *Johnson,
R..
1958 *Dewitt,
A..
1959 *Ritter,
Weldon Le Roy.
1960 *Scott,
R..
1961 *Miller,
E..
1962 *Harris,
W..
1963 *Campbell,
James Edwin.
1964 Crouch,
Chester Walden.
1965 *Miller,
H..
1966 Lane,
Dallas Lee.
1967 *Davis,
W..
1968 *Wilson,
Douglas Arthur.
1969 *Radley,
W..
1970 *Girard,
G..
1971 *White,
E..
1972 *Brown,
Walter Howard.
1973 Blight,
Donald Howard.
1974 *Bey,
D..
1975 Burton,
Frank Leroy.
1976 Mayol,
Donald Eugene.
1977 Riley,
Charles William.
1978 *Vawter,
Melvin Glen.
1979 Brown,
William Walter.
1980 Perkins,
George Frederick.
1981 *Settles,
Gary Lynn.
1982 *Williams,
Percival.
1983 Buescher,
Waldo Henry.
1984 Clower,
John Ellis.
1985 De
Vore, Forrest Leland.
1986 Broughton,
Gary Franklin.
1987
*Blue,
Ronald Keith.
1988 *Cloyd,
Ivan Oral.
1989 Young,
David Edward.
1990 Cloyd,
James Clifton.
1991 *Wells,
Michael Gregory.
1992 *Young,
Clarence Cloyde.
1993 Darnall,
Darrell Jean.
1994
*De
Vore, Kenneth Wayne.
1995 *Cloyd,
Ivan Oral.
1996 Pelhank,
Wayne Alan.
1997 Carney,
Barry Gene.
1998 *Wiegand,
George Fredrick.
1999 *Hope,
Wallace C.
2000 Armstrong,
William W.
2001 Grimm,
Jimmie Lloyd.
2002
*Kerber,
Robert Jean.
2003 Estes,
Jeff.
2004 Dorner,
John David.
2005 Ross,
Charles Herbert.
2006 Rinker, Joshua Phillip 2007 Fox, Jeffery James 2008 Drobny, William Joseph 2009 *Deceased
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