J. Raymond Shute Jr.: Great American Masonic Innovator

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Name

J Raymond Shute Jr. - Great American Masonic Innovator.pdf

Speaker

Bro. David L. Hargett, Jr.

Presented

A. Douglas Smith Jr. Lodge of Research No. 1949

Date Presented

03/31/2007

Category

Biography

Keywords

Appendant Bodies

Spreading

175

Pages

Summary

This paper gives an extensive history of the Masonic career of J. Raymond Shute II. He was responsible for forming nearly a dozen Masonic research bodies in North Carolina and greatly increasing the opportunity for Masonic research. He was also responsible for chartering North Carolina Lodge of Research No. 666 in 1931, now defunct, the first Research Lodge in the United States. I should note that Brother Shute is referred to as both II, and as Junior, at different times in the text. It is possible Brother Shute held both suffixes.