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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Frank N. McCandless
1912-1913
Frank Newman McCandless, a Tacoma real estate dealer, was
elected as the fiftieth Grand Master. He was born September 28,
1866 at Blairsville, Pennsylvania and he came to Ellensburg in
1890, where he entered the real estate field. He transferred his
business to Tacoma and became active in civic affairs there,
especially in the fields of good roads and irrigation.
He was raised in Ellensburg Lodge, No. 39 in 1891, and was its
Master in 1900-02. He dimitted to Tacoma Lodge, No .22 in 1906.
After his service as Grand Master he continued to be active in
Grand Lodge and in Masonry although he was seriously crippled
by arthritis for the last 15 years of his life. He died in Tacoma November 30, 1949 at age 83.
