History

1888 – 2020

Seaside Lodge #429’s History of 132 Years

Before we start into the History of the Lodge, we would like to give the History of the Brethren that had the foresight to start a Lodge in Swansboro, NC:

Dr. George N. Ennett who was born at Golden Place (near Folkstone) in Onslow County on December 20, 1838. Graduated in Medicine at the University of Medicine of New York on February 25, 1860. Married Lucretia Borden on February 26, 1868. Initiated into LaFayette Lodge 83, Jacksonville, NC about the year 1865 and afterward affiliated with Ocean Lodge 405 in Morehead City and became a Charter Member and the First Master of Seaside Lodge 429, Swansboro, NC on November 2, 1889. He died at his residence in Carteret County on August 4, 1897. He was a Senior Deacon at the time of his death.
Dr. W. J. Montfort was born on April 14, 1839 and died April 29, 1917. W. Bro. Montfort practiced Medicine in Onslow County for 50 years and was raised to the degree of Master Mason in LaFayette Lodge 83, Jacksonville.
Seaside Masonic Lodge 429 was under dispensation on November 2nd, 1889 with W. Bro. George N. Ennett as Master with 8 members present and one visitor and the fees for the degrees would be $20.00 and the Secretary and Treasurer be exempt from paying dues. Regular meetings would be held on the First and Third Fridays at 11:00AM. The Lodge was Chartered January 16, 1890, about 4:00PM and was Constituted May 1st, 1890 by District Deputy Grand Master, W. Bro. Saul Roundtree of LaFayette Lodge 83. Bro. George N. Ennett was Installed as its First Master.
Between that time and the early 1900’s the installation of officers was performed in the Methodist Episcopal Church that stood on Church Street in Swansboro.

A FAMILY AFFAIR AT SEASIDE 429

Swansboro — We sometimes see a succession of family members joining the Craft. A son follows a father who followed a grandfather. Multiple generations being raised together are more unusual. Family pride must have been at an all time high recently when Seaside 429 raised three relatives at the same time. Edgar Harrell Smith was joined by his son Stephen Harrell Smith and his son-in-law David Jospeh Gillis at a triple raising. Both Stephen and David were wounded in the line of military service, Stephen in Vietnam and David in Desert Storm. Edgar was luckier.

Article from: electronicNCMason July/August, 1995 vol. 3 no. 4
The stripped-down, online version of the real thing The North Carolina Mason Volume CXX — No. 4

District Deputy Grand Masters From Seaside

Derrick Hatsell*
David C. Holland

Certified Lecturers * Deceased

Lupton Cradwell 1948 *
Robert C. Spivey*
Wesley Sales
William N. Thacker
Stephen H. Smith Sr.*
Kenneth R. Forbis, Jr.

Life Members * Deceased

Robert C. Spivey*
William N. Thacker
William T. Gardner*
Ronald L. Carter Sr.
Stanley Morris *
Al Fields *
Clarence Cunningham Sr *

60 Year Members * Deceased

Stephen F. Milsted *
Richard Wilson Riggs*
John Robert Jones*
John Milton Gillette*
David C. Holland
Aubrey E. Lincoln
William D. Mills
Marlin J. Herring

50 Year Members * Deceased

George Robert Bell *
Paul Bryan Beacham *
Lendo Brown*
David Dalrymple Brown*
Leland Long Chapman *
Meridith Francis Craun *
Floyd Dixon
Alton Timlon Fields *
John Milton Gillette*
Matthew Hamilton*
Nathanial Hancock*
Angus Derrick Hatsell*
Marlin Jake Herring
David Curtis Holland Jr.
Rommie E. Howard

James Edward Hurst *
James Killian
Robert King
Everett Littleton
Raymond Ashley Lytle *
William Mills
Elwood B. Morris
Stanley Grant Morris *
Harvey McLain Norris*
Jeremiah Alton Parsons*
Colon Odell Parker *
Spencer C. Parker*
Robert Provost*
George Womble Reid*
Rona Bell Riggs *

Berkley Carrington Roberts *
Glenn William Rhyne*
Purcel A. Sanders*
William Mattocks Sanders *
Edward L Schoepf Jr.
David Franklin Strole*
John Henry Strope
John E. Sutphen
Albert B. Tarkenton
Grafton C. Yancey
Victor Yeck
Donald Carter Taylor *
Charles Ray Yarborough Sr*
William Noel Thacker

Meeting Nights

1889 -1902	First and Third Fridays
1903 – 1910	First Friday and Third Saturday
1911 – 1944	Third Saturday
1945 – 1970	First Friday and Third Saturday
1970 – Present	Second and Fourth Mondays

GL Per Capita Tax

2020 – Present

$25.00

GL Fee for Washington Memorial Monument

Beginning January 1, 2020

$1.00 per member annually

Initiation Fees

1189 – 1929	$20.00
1929 – 1944	$35.00
1945 – 1969	$40.00
1970 – 1987	$60.00
1988 – 1996	$75.00
1997 – 2010	$100.00
2010 – Present	$125.00 Plus $15.00 Investigtion Fee

Dues

1889 – 1925	$2.00
1925 – 1939	$3.50
1940 – 1945	$4.00
1946 – 1963	$6.00
1964 – 1969	$10.00
1970 – 1987	$20.00
1988 – 1996	$35.00
1997 – 2003	$50.00
2004 – 2010	$80.00
2010 – Present	$80.00 plus GL Per Capita and Fee for Washington Memorial Monument

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