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Source:
"A History of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of
Canada in the Province of Ontario 1855-1955."
Our lodge bears the
name of
Joseph Alonzo Hearn
Born: 1895
Died: December 24th, 1968
M.W. Bro. Joseph A. Hearn
Grand Master 1953-1954
1895 - Born on a farm in the heart of Grey County, near
Markdale, Ontario.
1923 - Bro. Joseph A. Hearn was made a Mason in Royal Arthur
Lodge No. 85 G.R.Q, in Montreal, Quebec.
1923 - Affiliated with Canada Lodge No. 532 G.R.C., in
Pickering, Ontario.
1930 - Installed as Master of Canada Lodge No. 532 G.R.C.
1937 - Elected Grand Junior Warden.
1944 - Elected to the Grand Lodge Board of General Purposes.
1950-1951 President of the Masonic Relief Association of the
U.S.A. and Canada.
1951 - Elected Deputy Grand Master.
1953 - Installed as the 48th Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario.
Other Masonic Offices held:
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President of the Toronto Past Masters' & Wardens'
Association.
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Chairman of the Committees of Audit & Finance.
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Chairman of Benevolence.
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Chairman of the Board of General Purposes.
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Other Public Offices held:
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President of the Toronto Auto Dealers' Association.
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President of the Federation of Automobile Dealers
Association of Canada.
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President of the Riverdale Kiwanis.
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Lieutenant-Governor of the Kiwanis Ontario Division.
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Actively identified with:
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Board of Managers of the St. James-Bond United Church.
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Toronto Board of Trade.
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The Granite Club.
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Big Brother Movement.
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All this and he ran his own 'Hearn' Ford Auto Dealership in
Toronto (Islington)
In 1955, M.W. Bro. Joseph A. Hearn presided over the Grand
Lodge Centennial Celebration, doing honor to the great company of
Masons who advanced the cause of Masonry in the Province of
Ontario during the preceding 100 years.
The Grand Master's Banquet was the biggest ever served on any
occasion in the History of Canada (to that date). It was
held in the Automotive Building of the C.N.E. (Canadian National
Exhibition Grounds), the only place available of this size in the
city of Toronto. Close to 3,300 dinners passed the turnstiles and
there were 150 guests seated at the Head Table. It took 400
people to prepare and serve the dinner. There were 56,000
pieces of silverware and dishes used at the banquet; and the
tables placed end to end, would have reached three-quarters of a
mile. The records also show, there was plenty of food: 3,000
pounds of chicken, 4,000 pounds of potatoes, and 250 gallons of
coffee were served! (A Junior Warden's Nightmare)
In 1955, the Grand Lodge elections had one noteworthy result -
the elections of R.W. Bro. & Most Rev. W.L. Wright, Archbishop
of Algoma and Metropolitan of Ontario to the Office of Grand
Master. This was the first time in the History of our Grand Lodge
in Ontario that a clergyman has had the honor to preside in the
Grand East.
It was during M.W. Bro. & Most Rev. Wright's term of
office, in 1956, that our Joseph A. Hearn Lodge No. 685 G.R.C. was
approved, instituted, constituted and consecrated.
7 September 1956 - M.W. Bro. Joseph A. Hearn was made the
first Honorary Life Member of Joseph A. Hearn Lodge.
12 October 1956 - The Ceremony of Consecration and Dedication
of J. A. Hearn Lodge. M. W. Bro. Joseph Alonzo Hearn assumed
the Chair for the evening.
24 December 1968 - M.W. Bro. Hearn passed away, at the age of
73 years.
    
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