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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Charles D. Atkins: 1903-1904
Charles Duncan Atkins , for years a Tacoma official and our Grand
Lecturer, was elected as our new leader. He was born May 7, 1865 at
Yorkville, Illinois. He came to Tacoma in 1891 and was later elected
Commissioner of Public Works of that City. He was one of the best-
known Masons in the state due to his close connections with the
Lodges during the 15 years he served as Grand Lecturer.
His weight as an instructor in the Standard Work is still expanding
under the influence of the many Lodge officers who sat at his feet. He
was made a Mason in Livingston, Montana in 1890. He was the first
Master of Clover Lodge in Tacoma in 1892 and was its secretary from
1905 to 1913. He died February 1, 1940 in Pasadena, California where
he had gone for his failing health.
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