M.O.V.P.E.R.

MYSTIC ORDER of VEILED PROPHETS of the ENCHANTED REALM 

    FOR SOME YEARSPRIOR TO 1889, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HAMILTON MASONIC LODGE NO. 120, F. & A. M. (FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS), IN HAMILTON, NEW YORK, SOUGHT RELAXATION FROM THE STERNER DUTIES OF LIFE BY HOLDING OCCASSIONAL INFORMAL MEETINGS FOR FUN AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP. THE CHIEF SPIRIT IN THE FUN WAS LeROY FAIRCHILD, AND IN THE SUMMER OF 1889, HE AND A DEVOTED BAND OF FOLLOWERS DISCOVERED THE ENCHANTED REALM IN WHICH, UPON ENTERING WITH SONG AND LAUGHTER, THEY AND THEIR SUCCESSORS FOUND A RICH HERITAGE. THE FIRST MEETING OF THIS ORGANIZATION WAS HELD ON THE 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1889. IT WAS DECIDED AT THIS MEETING THAT THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO MASTER MASONS IN GOOD STANDIN.

      IT SEEMED TO BE THE HEIGHT OF THEIR AMBITION TO PERPETRATE JOKES UPON EACH OTHER.  AFTER A MEETING OF CYRUS CHAPTER NO. 50, HELD IN THE FALL OF 1886.  SEVENTEEN MEMBERS PLANNED FOR CONFERRING THE ROYAL ARCH DEGREE.  THIS EVOLVED INTO MONTHLY MEETINGS.  THERE WERE MANY TALES OF JOKES AND HIGH JINKS PLAYED ON EACH OTHER.  THEY DID NOT HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AT THE LODGE, BUT RATHER MORE INFORMAL LOCATIONS.  THERE WERE MINUTES KEPT AND CHANGING LOCATIONS WERE MARKED BY A LIGHTED RED RAILROAD LANTERN.

     A RITUAL WAS WRITTEN AND THEY BEGAN TO TAKE IN NEW MEMBERS.  MANY DISTINGUISHED MASONS ENTERED THE ENCHANTED REALM AND RETURNED PLEASED AND CHARMED BY ITS BRILLIANCY.  THE ORDER COULD NO LONGER BE CONFINED TO ONE LOCALITY AND IN RESPONSE TO IMPERATIVE REQUESTS THAT WERE NOT TO BE DENIED, ON THE 13th OF JUNE, 1890, THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE MYSTIC ORDER OF VEILED PROPHETS OF THE ENCHANTED REALM WAS DULY FOUNDED AND ESTABLISHED.

      IN 1936 THE SADIR KHAN GROTTO WAS FORMED.  THE SADIR KHAN GROTTO IS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHWEST GROTTO ASSOCIATION.  THE ORIGINAL LODGE WAS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, WA.  THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THE LODGE HAS MAINTAINED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE MASONIC ORDERS AND THE COMMUNITY.  THE SADIR KHAN GROTTO IS CURRENTLY MEETING AND USING THE FACILITIES AT THE SONS OF NORWAY HALL.   AS A MASTER MASON OR VISITING GROTTO MEMBER COME VISIT AND JOIN US FOR SOME GOOD FELLOWSHIP.

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REGALIA & SYMBOLS

THE BLACK FEZ: IS THE SYMBOL THAT MARKS THE WEARER AS A PROPHET OR MEMBER OF THE ORDER.  THE COLOR OF THE TASSLE MARKS THE RANK OF THE MEMBER.  RED IS A SIGN OF A PROPHET.  PURPLE IS THE SIGN OF A MONARCH AND YELLOW IS THE SIGN OF A GRAND MONARCH OF NORTH AMERICA.  THERE IS A FURTHER TASSLE, COLORED SILVER, WHICH IS USED BY THE SUPREME LINE OFFICERS WHILE IN OFFICE.  FEZZES WITH THE FANCY JEWELED APPLIQUE ON THE FRONT INDICATES THAT THE WEARER IS A PAST MONARCH OR PAST GRAND MONARCH.

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MOKANNA: IS THE RITUALISTIC LEADER OF OUR ORDER AND IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ORDER'S RITUAL.

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THE ENCHANTED LANTERN: IS A SYMBOL, USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A LAPEL PIN, OF OUR PHILANTHROPIES, CEREBRAL PALSEY AND DENTISTRY FOR THE HANDICAPPED CHILD.  THEY ARE USED AS A FUNDRAISER AND SOLD TO PROPHETS FOR A $50.00 DONATION.  YOU WILL SEE THEM PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON OUR FEZZES AND OTHER REGALIA.

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THE TOOTH WITH THE FEZ: IS THE SYMBOL OF THE "DENTISTRY FOR THE HANDICAPPED PHILANTHOPY".

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PAST MONARCHS

of

SADIR KHAN

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     1936-38             JAMES MAXWELL*

     1939                 HAROLD SAMPSON*

     1940                  WILLIAM BOWLBY*

     1941                  W. LlOYD WILLIAMS*

     1942                  CLAUDE STARLING*

     1943                  CLAUDE BLANCHARD*

     1944                   V. H. VAN*

     1945                   ARTHUR C. HOEFER*

     1946                   ROBERT T. CARR*

     1947                   LESLIE FRANCIS*

     1948                   FRED E. ENGLISH*

     1949                    HOLLIS D. COWELL*

     1950                    ALFRED H. BOWLES*

     1951                    ALBERT J. SPRINGER*

     1952                    FRANK J. BLADE*

     1953                    BERNIE FLYNN*

     1954                    WALDEN CHAMBERS*

     1955                    THOMAS M. FREEMAN*

     1956                    JACK POWERS*

     1957                    HAROLD L. MARTIN*

     1958                    JOHN A. ALLEN*

     1959                    EDWARD M. JOHNSON*

     1960                    HAROLD W. SCHULTZ*

     1961                    EARL A. ELLIS*

     1962                    R. W. OLSON*

     1963                    RALPH AXELSON*

     1964                    HARVEY HOLMAN*

     1965                    IRA DAVIDSON*

     1966                    LOU JOHNSON*

     1967                    RALPH MEAD*

     1968                    MARION W. NEUMAN*

     1969                    JOE O. DEYSENROTH*

     1970                    GEO. T. TREBILCOCK*

     1971                    MIKE PUTZLER*

     1972                    CARL W. WHITE*

     1973                    FRANK SHINAULT*

     1974                    ROY BAKER*

     1975                    RICHARD SCHMIDT*

     1976                    RAY BLAIR*

     1977                    KEITH H. GIRSBERGER*

     1978                    MIKE PUTZLER*

     1979                    ARTHUR D. PUTMAN

     1980                    HOWARD HAPLIN*

     1981                    DUDLEY C. JILBERT*

     1982                    CARL N. THORNBRUE*

     1983                    THOMAS N. WILSON*

     1984                    HARRY L. SPARKS

     1985                    ARTHUR HANSON*

     1986                    ANDON G. MANOLIS*

     1987                    JOSEPH C. RODGERS

     1988                    EDWARD J. BURTTS

     1989                    CARL W. WHITE*

     1990                    GILBERT R. ALLEN*

     1991                    FRANK DISOTELL*

     1992                    THOMAS K. SPURGEON

     1993                    EUGENE R. COOK

     1994                    GORDON JOHNSON*

     1995                    KEITH H. GIRSBERGER*

     1996                    EDWIN E. WEBER

     1997                    JOSEPH C. RODGERS

     1998                    TED MEDINA

     1999                    BRUCE OSTRANDER

     2000                    DAVID FERGUSON

     2001                    CLIFFORD ABRAMSON

     2002                    RONALD SCHMIDT

     2003                    DAVID A SAIZ

     2004                    ARTHUR D. PUTMAN

     2005                    BRUCE OSTRANDER

     2006                    THOMAS UPCHURCH

     2007                    CHARLES RIGSBY

     2008                    CARL JUSTICE

     2009                    DALE COOPER

*Deceased