State of Oklahoma -  Masonic News

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From the Guthrie Daily Leader  SUNDAY, SEPT 10, 1939

Three Former Governors On Lodge Roster

A whole string of dignitaries are included on the membership rolls of Guthrie 
Lodge No. 35, A. F. and A. M.

Besides numerous business executives, prominent attorneys and civic leaders, 
the lodge boasts the names of two territorial and one state governor as 
one-time members.

They are C. M. Barnes, who was appointed by President McKinley as 
territorial governor in 1897, William Jenkins, who succeeded Barnes as 
governor and M. E. Trapp, who was named governor of Oklahoma to fill the 
unexpired term of the impeached Jack Walton.

In 1893, four years before he stood over the reigns of territorial governor, 
Barnes was worshipful master of the Guthrie lodge.

Another prominent pioneer in the formation of the lodge was Dennis T. Flynn, 
a delegate to congress for eight years in the 1890's, and prominent in early 
day state activities.

Three members of the Guthrie lodge have achieved the rank of Most Worshipful 
Grand Master of Oklahoma - the highest office in the state Masonry.  They are 
A. J. Spenger, E. M. Bamford, and Frank Derr.  Bamford at one time was master 
of the local lodge.