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After retiring from the Grand High Priest's chair, M. E. Companion Shoemaker was by vote of the Grand Chapter, make a delegate of the Grand Chapter to attend the dedication of the new Masonic Temple in Paris, France, on the twenty-first day of June, 1855, but he didn't go. After governing the Royal Craft for two years, he retired with the highest esteem of his companions in and out of Grand Chapter.

The officers elected for 1855 were,
WILLIAM L. GREENLY, Adrian,
S. C. COFFINBURY, Constantine,
JAMES A. DYER, Jackson,
C. HAVENS, Lansing,
REUBEN S. CHENEY, Jackson,
GEORGE C. MUNRO, Jonesville,
REV. F. A. BLADES, Grand Rapids,
JAMES M. CROCKER, Marshall,
JOHN CLANCEY, Grand Rapids,
STILLMAN BLANCHARD, Tecumseh,

Grand High Priest.

Deputy Grand High Priest.
Grand King.

Grand Scribe.
Grand Secretary.
Grand Treasurer.
Grand Chaplain.
Grand Marshal.

Grand Principal Sojourner.
Grand Lecturer.

The year 1855 closed with thirteen Chapters having a combined membership of five hundred and forty-four, of which one hundred and forty had been exalted in the year.

1855.

The year 1855 was a comparatively quiet one in Royal Arch Masonry in this state. No new Chapters were started, nor was there any phenomenal growth in those already existing. Companion Stillman Blanchard, better known as "Father Blanchard," commenced his work as Grand Lecturer in Royal Arch Masonry in this year, combining it with his work in the same capacity for the Grand Lodge, and his services. during the years he filled that position, were of essential service to the craft. He built upon the foundation prepared by the Grand Chapter in adopting a standard system of work, and to his earnest labors is largely due the uniformity of work that has so long prevailed in Michigan.

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