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ARTHUR STAPLES 1871-1933
Junior Grand Warden, 1925
MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1933-20:
R.W. Brother Staples was born in Taunton, July 16, 1871, and died in Phillips House, Massachusetts General Hospital, after a surgical operation, January 29, 1933. He was educated in the public schools at Taunton and spent his whole life there, becoming a banker and business man, one of the most prominent citizens of the city.
He was raised in Alfred Baylies Lodge in 1898 and was its Master in 1905, 1906, and 1907. He was District Deputy Grand Master for the Twenty-eighth Masonic District in 1921 and 1922, by appointment of M.W. Arthur D. Prince. In 1925 he served the Grand Lodge as Junior Grand Warden.
He was a member if St. Mark's Royal Arch Chapter, of Taunton. He received the Cryptic degrees in Attleboro Council, and was a Charter member of Taunton Council. He was also a member of St. John's Commandery, K. T., of Providence, R. I. In the Scottish Rite he was a member of the Bodies in Fall River and of Massachusetts Consistory, of Boston.
His service to the Grand Lodge was far greater than the list of his offices would indicate. He was active and exceedingly helpful in the work of the Board of Masonic Relief, and his Masonic service and influence were most useful in the whole section of the state where he lived.
R.W. Brother Staples was one who consistently practiced in the world the principles taught in the Lodge. Always quiet and unassuming, none but himself ever knew the good deeds he did.
Men loved him deeply, but few knew how great the reason for their affection really was. His passing leaves a vacant place in all our hearts.
From Proceedings, Page 1933-126:
