Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Hickory, North Carolina
Hickory Masonic Lodge No. 343 was organized on May 30, 1874 and operated under dispensation given by The Grand Lodge of North Carolina. The first meeting held under dispensation took place on June 02, 1874. Applications for membership were already coming in and Committees of Investigation were being appointed.
On December 08. 1874 the Lodge received its charter and the first meeting was held on December 22,1874. The Lodge was dedicated and officers were installed for the ensuing year. The first candidate to be installed after the charter was granted was Mr. T.E. Field. According to Lodge minutes from that meeting, visitors from Newton, Morganton and Buffalo Lodge No.172 were present. The Grand Lodge sent Grand Lecturer, Brother W.P Williams to supervise the activities.
Our first Lodge Master was Rev. Bro. J.C.Hartzell, Pastor of Hickory’s First Methodist Church. The other officers elected were W.P.Reinhardt, S.W.; H.S.Suttlemeyer, J.W.; A.W. Marshall, Treas.; Julius Flaum, Sec.; T.E. Field, S.D.; A.C.Link, J.D. and the appointed officers were A.A..Yoder, Tiler; N.M.Seagle and G.C.Lanier, Stewards. All told, there were 18 Charter Members at the first communication..
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The mission of Freemasonry in North Carolina is to raise the moral, social, intellectual, and spiritual conscience of society by teaching the ancient and enduring philosophical tenets of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth, which are expressed outwardly through service to God, family, country, and self under the Fatherhood of God within the Brotherhood of Man
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