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SINIM LODGE (CHINA)

Location: Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan (1952)

Chartered By: Baalis Sanford

Charter Date: 09/14/1904 1904-105

Precedence Date: 12/02/1903

Current Status: Active. Relocated to Japan following the 1949 Chinese Revolution.


The original petition of dispensation for this lodge bore the name Cathay, as shown below.

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The original petition.

The petition was approved as shown below:

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By Ancient Landmark Lodge.
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By District Grand Master Hykes.


PAST MASTERS

Thanks to Bro. Rob Chan for help in compiling this list.

In Shanghai, China

  • Edward Clinton Jansen, 1903, 1904
  • Charles S. F. Lincoln, 1905; N
  • Peter Charles Sturmann, 1905
  • Stacy Anson Ransom, 1906
  • Carl Ludwig Seltz, 1907
  • John M. Darrah, 1908
  • Thomas F. Morrison, 1909
  • Offley Crewe-Read, 1910
  • Harry E. Gibson, 1911
  • Richard C. Morton, 1912
  • Offley Crewe-Read, 1913
  • Sidney R. Sheldon, 1914, 1915
  • Norman G. Harris, 1916
  • Frank J. Seeman, 1917
  • Horace A. Vanderbeek, 1918
  • Harry E. Pulver, 1919
  • George F. Ashley, 1920
  • George T. Armstrong, 1921 (Apr)
  • James S. Dolan, 1921
  • Arthur Q. Adamson, 1922
  • Charles G. Irons, 1923
  • John S. Potter, 1924
  • Thomas C. Britton, 1925
  • John R. Trindle, 1926
  • Frank D. Drake, 1927
  • Donald H. Wythe, 1928
  • Lewis C. Hylbert, 1929
  • Bruce S. Jenkins, 1930
  • Philip W. Giovannini, 1931
  • Edgar W. Wise, 1932
  • Robert J. Gregg, 1933
  • Chester V. Manney, 1934
  • Harold E. Case, 1935
  • John P. Baston, 1936
  • Restel O. Scott, 1937
  • Raymond G. Viloudaki, 1938
  • Irving S. Brown, 1939
  • Henry F. Kay, 1940
  • T. H. Peter Chao, 1941, 1949
  • Lodge in Recess, 1942-1946
  • Edwin H. Himrod, 1946
  • William M. Awad, 1947
  • Arno F. Kerske, 1948
  • Lodge in Recess, 1950-1952

In Tokyo, Japan

  • Roger S. Ormberg, 1952
  • Anselm Chuh, 1953
  • Joseph N. Sbath, 1954
  • Kenneth C. Miller, 1955
  • Hawklin Chuh, 1956
  • Alphonse Rigod, 1957
  • Roger S. Ormberg, 1958
  • Edward G. Freeman, 1959
  • Harold Oppenheim, 1960
  • Joseph F. Screen, 1961
  • Jan I. Shram, 1962
  • Walter Arnold, 1963
  • Clifford C. Toplift, 1964
  • Roscoe C. Triplet, 1965
  • Alvin Slaton, 1966
  • Herman Wilhelm Jauer, 1967
  • Han R. Suhr, 1968, 1969
  • Chandanmal P. Nandwani, 1970, 1979
  • Joe A. Diele, 1971, 1972, 1986; N
  • Edward G. Freedman, 1973
  • Jonannes Wolfgang Glauche, 1974
  • Frederick Harris, 1975
  • Dudley J. P. Freeman, 1976
  • Richard Louis Hein, 1977, 1982
  • Robert Frederick Connelly, 1978, 1984, 1985
  • Spencer Lee Alexander, 1980, 1981
  • Keith Leon Hager, 1983
  • Saburo Matsui, 1987
  • Brian Ernest Hedger, 1988
  • Christopher John Earnshaw, 1989
  • Chikara Sekine, 1990, 1991
  • Robert Ryker, 1992, 2013, 2014
  • J. Peter McIllwain, 1993
  • Allan Huies, 1994
  • Richard Dyck, 1995
  • Janos Cegledy, 1996, 2001, 2010
  • Harold Meij, 1997, 1998
  • Dominique Conseil, 1999
  • Frederick I. Shane, 2000; N
  • Henk Dennert, 2002, 2004
  • Jean Felix Rigod, 2003
  • Anand Jairam Murti, 2005
  • Brian Norman Watson, 2006; DDGM
  • John Vernon Clarke, 2007-2009
  • Jack Witt, 2011, 2012
  • Douglas Eames, 2015

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1903
  • Petition for Charter: 1904
  • Petition to Revise Charter to meet in Japan: 1952; approved 1953

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1905 1911 1920 1925 1927 1931 1934 1935 1940 1946 1948 1950 1952 1957 1960 1961 1962 1967 1973 1980 1985 1988 1989 1994 1999 2001

OTHER

  • 1939 (Acknowledgement of participation in Chile relief effort, 1939-247)
  • 1960 (Mentioned in Grand Master's Address, 1960-137)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, SEPTEMBER 2003

From TROWEL, Fall 2003, Page 24:

Sinim Lodge, Tokyo, Installs Officers for Centennial Year

In 1903, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts chartered Sinim Lodge in Shanghai, China; it was moved to Japan in 1952 because of the Communist takeover of China. Still going strong, the Lodge will celebrate its centennial on December 2. The centennial installation of officers took place on September 13, with Wor. Henk Dennert (front row center) being installed for a second term. Reflecting the multi-national character of the Lodge, Bro. Dennert describes himself as "a Dutchman from Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles, living in Japan, Master of the Massachusetts China Jurisdiction-originated Sinim Lodge A. F. & A. M."

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1903: China District

1911: China District

1927: China District

1947: Shanghai District

1957: China District

2003: China District


LINKS

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