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Map & Schedule

 

Regular Communications third Tuesday of the month Except July, August and December

Annual Communication first Friday in December

Dinner is served downstairs at 6:30 PM, Visitors Welcome for dinner, $10 donation

Lodge opens at 7:30 PM

Our History

Cannon Lodge held it's first communication on October 27th, 1869 under dispensation granted by MW Henry R Cannon from whom the lodge derives it's name.

On February 26th, 1870 a charter to do Masonic work had been granted and was presented by W. Wallace Goodwin, Senior Grand Warden and Cannon Lodge 104 came into existence.

Cannon Lodge has held it's meetings in four different buildings in three different locations in South Seaville, the first being over the store on the corner that now houses the Gem Market. On January 28, 1871 the Lodge moved to the third floor of the store owned by Baker Corson across the street. There it remained for 45 years. During September of 1926 the Lodge again moved to the building owned by the Patriotic Sons of America later known as the South Seaville Grange. The Lodge remained at this site for another 34 years.

In January 1960, through the generosity of Brother Elmer Smith the present location was donated and dedicated to his father Captain Charles S. Smith. Building commenced on the present Cannon Masonic Temple and a cornerstone laying ceremony was held April 2, 1960.

In 1995 Sea Isle City Lodge #280 was merged with Cannon and in 1999 Arbutus Lodge #170 of Cape May Court House did the same.
Original Charter Cannon Lodge 104, South Seaville, NJ Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Booklet, Cannon Lodge 104

Past Masters Cannon No. 104 (1870-2023)
B. C. Lippincott 1870 Leslie O. McElwee 1954
J. Milton Townsend 1871, 1872 James Lindsay 1955
George H. Dare 1873 Leon H. Schuck 1956
Michael Swing 1874-77, 1880,1882,1888,1895,1898 D. G. Everingham 1957
I. S. Townsend 1878, 1879 C. Hildreth Reeves 1958
Bennington Corson 1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886 - 1889 William Rocap 1959
Charles Way 1890,1891,1892,1893,1896,1897,1900,1901 William J. Brown 1960, 1980
Harry S. Douglas 1894 Elmer Cox Jr., PGC 1961, 1962
John M. Sparks 1899 Otis N. McKaig Jr. 1963
Ralph T. Peterson 1902, 1903, 1910, 1939 Otto Greisman, PGC 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1973
C. E. W. Ellenberger 1904 Garwood H. Payne 1967, 1976
Francis Ludlam 1905 Thomas G. Spatol 1968
John C. Shreve 1906 David G. Whittington 1969
Thomas Holmes 1907 Charles T. Camp 1970, 1988, 1989
Edward B. Arnett 1908 Peter Gudelunas 1972, 1974
Charles M. Preston 1909 Morris A. Reeves 1975
Walter A. Smith 1910, 1919, 1920 C. Dean Ewen 1977
Samuel Morton 1912 Jeffery L. Pierson 1978, 1979
Benjamin R. Little 1913 Steven B. Hopkins 1981
Albert Way 1914 Eugene F. Guion 1982
Wayne M. Struthers 1915 David H. Freese Jr. 1983, 1991
Harry T. Pierson 1916 Harry P. Higbee 1984
Irving Fitch 1917, 1918, 1922 David Katz, PGC 1985, 1986
Clarence W. Way 1921 John Schofield 1987
Harold D. Collins 1923 John C. Leith 1990
Effinger J. Rubright 1924, 1930 Ray G. Snyder 1992
Harry C. Whiting, PDDGM 1925 Robert A. Grace, PJGD 1993, 1999, 2000, 2006
Henry A. Foster 1926 Edward F. Leith Jr. 1994
Claude H. Rice 1927 Jack C. Nichol 1995, 1996
Harry S. Muller 1928 Gino Marrone 1997
George K. Cain 1929 William J. Stoop 1998
Melvin F. Wills 1931, 1932 Royce E. Robinson PDDGM 2001, 2012, 2013
Virgil W. Pierson 1933 Albert F. Donahue 2002
Clarence W. Hartman 1934 David P. Buckwalter Jr, PGC 2003
James Eldridge 1935 Steven H. Kahny PGC 2004, 2008
Albert Ringler 1936, 1937 John R. Reardon Jr. 2005, 2009
Joseph H. Shipley 1938, 1941, 1943 Paul "Larry" Gossin 2007, 2014
Elmer Cox Jr. 1940, 1942 Greg R. Young, GC 2010, 2020, 2021
Charles E. Foster Jr. 1944, 1945 Charles J. Mears 2011
R. V. Anderson 1946 Emmitt B. Herron 2015
Arthur D. Perreten 1947 Paul N. Loveland III 2016
Bailey B. Abrams 1948 Ronald N. Menear DDGM 2017
Paul W. Stevens 1949 Anthony P. Stelacio 2018, 2019
Otis McKaig 1950 Christian M. Brown 2022
Lewis M. Simpkins 1951 Grant W. Russ 2023
Morris A. Reeves 1952 Anthony P. Fazio 2024
E. Kenneth Simpkins 1953    

Past Masters Arbutus No. 170 (1896-1999)
Harry S. Douglas 1896, 1897, 1920 J. D. Corson 1941
Hiram W. Godfrey 1898 W. G. Russell 1942
Alfred Cooper 1899 Herbert F. Campbell 1943, 1947
Edmund L. Ross 1900 Fred Wetzler 1944
Clarence G. Eldredge 1901 Henry E. Corson 1948, 1954
William J. Tyler 1902 Francis Grace 1949
Phillip Shields 1903 Charles Young 1950
Luther T. Garretson 1904 George Simpkins 1951
Joseph Douglass 1905 Raymond Reardon 1952
J. Clement Foster 1906 Edwin F. Stites, Sr., PGC 1953, 1963
Edwin D. Foster 1907 S. Norman Hoffman 1955
Edward C. Wheaton 1908, 1910 Everett M. Springer 1956, 1990
Lewellyn Hildreth 1909 Elwood S. Corson 1957, 1960
Burton D. Corson 1911 Leroy H. May, Jr. 1958
William Steel 1912 Sherman D. Scull 1959, 1971
Edwin R. Stiles 1913 Paul R. Camp 1961
Alfred M. Peterson 1914, 1945, 1946 Elmer Garrigues 1962
Harry M. McPherson 1915, 1924 Calvin L. Back 1964
Smith H. Endicott 1916 Benjamin Jargowsky 1965
Ralph A. Benezet 1917 James C. Daebler 1966
Howard H. Ross 1918 William R. Kiser 1967
William T. Royds 1919 John W. Lord 1968
John Douglass 1921 William A. Gross 1969, 1972
Jacob Garrison 1922 Richard E. Seymour 1970
Samuel Leuallen 1923 Edwin F. Stites, Jr. 1973, 1988, 1989
Paul M. Scull, PGC 1925, 1926, 1937 John R. Lord 1974, 1981
W. Boyd Tyler, Sr. 1927 Charles W. Lord 1975, 1977, 1999
Dexter D. Burns 1928 Ronald J. Cain 1976
John E. Clark 1929 Otto T. Schumann 1978, 1979
Preston Fisher 1930 David J. Lord 1980
J. N. Alexander 1931 Alfred S. Campbell 1982, 1986, 1987
Charles N. Calhoun 1932 Albert P. Lopez 1983, 1984
George W. Douglass 1933 Louis O. Irmler 1985
Wilbur A. Clark 1934, 1940 Donald E. Tweed 1991,1995
Sherman A. Thompson 1935 Robert H. Brown 1992
George L, Herbert 1936 George W. Robinson 1993, 1994
Hormer Bortner 1938 Bruce L. Young 1996, 1997, 1998
John F. Bell 1939    

Past Masters Sea Isle City No. 280 (1930-1995)
Edward B. Arnett Charter Sidney Sweetman, Jr. 1957
Irving Fitch Charter Carl H. Gamp 1958
Clarence W. Way Charter James D. Goucher 1959
Henry A. Foster Charter W. Milton Dale 1960, 1971
Claude H. Rice Charter Richard C. Hess 1961
Harry S. Muller, Sr. 1930 William R. Richardson 1962
Ira P. Hess 1931, 1943 Samuel A. VanSant, Jr. 1963
Elmer B. Reed 1932 Ernest A. Key 1964
Willard S. Wright 1933 George M. Kesler 1965, 1966
Wayne A. Struthers 1934 Alfred W. Lauritzen 1967
George Soeder 1935 John C. Roberts, PGC 1968, 1970
Richard W. Olden 1936 Frank L. Cramer, PGC 1969
Walter R. Frazier 1937 Robert Rubinstein 1972
Thomas Whittington 1938 James H. Pickering 1973
Walter C. Holmes 1939 Harry P. Muller 1975, 1993, 1994, 1995
Luther S. Struthers 1940 Harry W. Buchanan 1976
Carl B. Ford 1941 Robert O. Clayton, Jr. 1977
Harry C. Whiting 1942 Eugene E. Mulhollen 1978
Samuel P. Hunt, Jr. 1944, 1945 Frank C. VanArtsdalen, Jr. 1979
Harry S. Muller, Jr. 1946, 1947 Frank W. Disney 1980
William H. Cherry 1948 Eugene C. Dogliotti 1981
Joseph T. Locuson 1949 Kent W. Canterman 1982
Robert O. Clayton, Sr. 1950 George W. Moore 1983
Jullian E. Gillard, Jr. 1951 Richard Arnold 1984
John E. Wright 1952, 1988 Edward R. Devlin 1985, 1992
William Loges, Jr. 1953 Wayne C. Wilson 1986
Kenneth Muller 1954, 1974 Frank R. Newton 1987
Everett N. Sprowles, Jr. PGC 1955 Robert S. Bruce 1989
Charles A. Maginnis 1956 Robert A. Lewis 1990, 1991