Barely a year after its charter arrived, Reagan Lodge was already performing the most public of Masonic duties: officiating a cornerstone ceremony for a Baptist church in January 1912.
That November, when Houston’s old Masonic temple cornerstone was ceremonially transported to Waco, Judge W. H. Ward of Reagan Lodge traveled in the honor party. The young suburban lodge was part of Texas Masonry’s main current from the start.
The source
Houston Daily Post, Nov. 30, 1912, p. 10: “Masonic Past Masters Invited,” naming Judge W. H. Ward of Reagan Lodge in the party escorting Houston’s old Masonic cornerstone to Waco.
Also: The Baptist church cornerstone: Houston Post, Jan. 29, 1912, recalled Jan. 29, 1937.
