Perfect Union No. 10, AF & AM

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HISTORY OF PERFECT UNION LODGE NO. 10, AF & AM

In 1919, there were four Blue Lodges in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, namely: Alamo No. 44, Anchor No. 424, San Antonio No. 1079, and Army No. 1105. Because of the rapid growth of Masonry in the San Antonio area in that year, a group of Master Masons met in the Chapter Room in the Masonic Temple on Losoya Street (now S. Broadway) to set in motion the procedures necessary to form a new lodge. A petition, signed by 60 Master Masons, was presented to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas at the 1919 Annual Communication in Waco, Texas; and on December 4, 1919, the Grand Lodge granted a charter to Perfect Union Lodge No. 10, A.F.&A.M. On January 2, 1920, the officers, who were selected to fill the various stations and places, were regularly and constitutionally installed, thereby setting Perfect Union Lodge No. 10 to work.

This lodge is a fraternal organization that admits, makes, and passes Freemasons according to the Constitution and Laws, and Edicts of The Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons.

Its goals are to advance the moral and social interests of its membership; to foster good citizenship, honest industry and upright living; to cultivate the exercise of charity in its best and broadest sense; to assist the widows and orphans of its deceased members; to stimulate friendship, harmony and brotherly love, and generally to promote, in its own way, the happiness of mankind.

It is a Fraternity of good men, linked together by honorable and indissoluble bonds, to accomplish these noble purposes, eschewing all interests in factional politics and sectarian religion and free from the dictation of both.

The lodge participates in the Lamar Medal program and is a member of the Sam Houston Hall of Fame.

A list of our Past Masters follows:

Past Masters

Year	Name	*Deceased
1920	J.D. Dunsmore	*
1920-21	A.N. Moursund	*
1921-22	F.H. Bradford	*
1922-23	G.G. Grabenheimer	*
1923-24	Frank Whitney	*
1924-25	David Mc Nair	*
1925-26	F.C. Raeber	*
1926-27	N.E. Frazier	*
1927-28	G.E.W. Adams	*
1928-29	J.W. Eckles	*
1929-30	A.W. Landrum	*
1930-31	H.H. Simpson	*
1931-32	Sidney Griffin	*
1932-33	C.W. Neisel	*
1933-34	W.C. Strum	*
1934-35	J.A. Smith	*
1935-36	L.B Harrill	*
1936-37	A.A. Harlos	*
1937-38	Fred R. Walter	*
1938-39	H.E. Baird	*
1939-40	W.C. Young	*
1940-41	E.A. Wenderoth	*
1941-42	H.A. Whitaker	*
1942-43	Nat Steinberg	*
1943-44	John P. Dunsmore	*
1944-45	Travis B. Moursund	*
1945-46	Cornelius W. Brosch	*
1946-47	Clarence A. Word	*
1947-48	Hugh M. Jones	*
1948-49	John A. Millburg	*
1949-50	Maurice M. Kendall	*
1950-51	Anderson H. Lumpkin	*
1951-52	Gernot Arnold	*
1952-53	Roy L. Pope	*
1953-54	Andrew H. Young	*
1954-55	Ernest C. Reich, Jr.	*
1955-56	Raymond W. Tolle	*
1956-57	Lincoln A. Hershey	*
1957-58	Roy E. Dunsmore	*
1958-59	Walter N. Garrison	*
1959-60	David R. Moody	*
1960-61	J. Leslie Spencer	*
1961-62	Albert Dean Jr.	*
1962-63	Harry D. Rose	*
1963-64	Leslie P. Graham	*
1964-65	Warren I. Powell	*
1965-66	Charles W. Barrow	*
1966-67	J. Edgar Mc Intire
1967-68	Glen A. Symons	*
1968-69	J. Scott Robbins	*
1969-70	Robert I. Cummins	*
1970-71	Clint H. Brauer	*
1971-72	Emil Akers	*
1972-73	George H. Brooks
1973-74	Jack B. Lee
1974-75	Thomas C. Hyde
1975-76	Willie H. Trenkelbach	*
1976-77	Ralph S.S. Smith
1977-78	Theo R. Jett	*
1978-79	Louis J. Schneider	*
1979-80	James D. Rose	*
1980-81	George M. Roper	*
1981-82	Lawrence M. Ledenham	*
1982-83	Norris W. Yates	*
1983-84	Lloyd W. Towers
1984-85	Robert L. Jett
1985-86	Tom Mote
1986-87	Frank N. Leakey	*
1987-88	Barrett Moursund
1988-89	Russell P. Cunningham
1989-90	Oliver B. Chamberlin	*
1990-91	Thomas G. Young
1991-92	George T. Newcomb	*
1992-93	George Mills
1993-94	Arthur Wayne Cordes
1994-95	Frank E. Brown
1995-96	Roy J. Bunch
1996-97	Ferd Barney English
1997-98	Larry J. Crocker
1998-99	Bruce W. Baker
1999-00	Thomas C. Hyde
2000-01	Edward C. Vest	*
2001-02	Ernest C. Reich, III
2002-03	Steve Cardenas
2003-04	Bill Templeton
2004-05	Thomas C. Hyde, Jr.
2005-06	Paul C. Barker