Front row, from Left to right: the Masters for 2017, Jeff Larkin Hurley #55, Jacob Trench Mimbres #10, and Val Brahm Silver City #8. Not shown is Dean Holloway for Santa Rita #44.
Rear row, from Left to right: Mimbres representative Ray Schafer and the installing officers were, Harvey May Chaplin, Bill Nagel IV Master, David Fischer Marshal, and Rev. Earseye Ross Secretary.Tuesday Eve 12/27, Masons installed the officers of 4 Grant County Masonic Lodges for the 2017 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.

The new Masters for the up coming year and their respective Lodges are:
Val Brahm Silver City #8, Jacob Trench Mimbres #10, Dean Holloway Santa Rita #44, and Jeff Larkin for Hurley #55.

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 which make charity their primary effort. For additional information regarding Masonic Lodges, please contact a Mason near you or call, Bob Baker at 575-538-8561.