Front Row: Installed Masters, Roger Morris Santa Rita #44, Billy Dugger Silver City #8, Jason Hamilton Mimbres #10 and Tedd Walters Hurley #55; Back Row: Installing Officers, Val Brahm Sec., Grand Master Adam Hathaway, and Jeff Larkin Marshall. (Courtesy Photo)Thursday Evening, December 27, the Grand Master of Masons in NM, Adam L. Hathaway, came to Grant County to conduct our annual installation ceremonies. He installed the officers of the 4 Grant County Masonic Lodges for the ensuing year, in celebration of the festival of St. John the Evangelist. Silver City Lodge #8 hosted the open installation, which was attended by people from around the area. Light refreshments were served to all after the installation.

The Masters for the up coming year and their respective Lodges are:

Billy Dugger Silver City #8, Jason Hamilton Mimbres #10, Roger Morris Santa Rita #44, and Tedd Walters for Hurley #55. The installing officers for the evening were: Adam Hathaway Master, Jeff Larkin Marshall, and Val Brahm Secretary.

Masons (members of Freemasonry) are the initial starting point for all of the Masonic “Appendant Bodies”, i.e. you have to be a Mason in good standing to belong to the Shriners, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, Order of the Eastern Star, and others, all of which makes charity their primary effort. For additional information regarding Masonic Lodges, please contact a Mason near you or call, Bob Baker at 575-590-2859.