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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.
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