Clanna Ruid Ruide Council No. 58
Knight Masons, USA
The Order of Knight Masons is an
Invitational and Honorary Body
The degrees of Knight Masonry were anciently styled the “Green Degrees”
and one is practiced and discussed at each meeting and may be conferred at that meeting.
34400 Mission Blvd., Union City 94587-3604
Meetings are the Second Sunday of March, June, September and December
with a degree practice at 1:30 pm and meeting at 2:00 pm
Contact: Scribe "Carl Brickner" cbrickner@gmail.com
Excellent Chief
Sir Kt. Jerry Journeay
Senior Knight
Junior Knight
Scribe
Sir Kt. Carl Brickner
Treasurer
Sir Kt. Dinesh Chhabra
Senior Warden
Sir Kt. Bruce Rick
Junior Warden
Director of Ceremonies
Sir Kt. Bud Ramsey, PEC
Priest
Steward
Sentinel
Officers for 2025
1994 J. Lawler - Institution 2007 R. N. Nikolaus
1995 J. Lawler - Charter 2008 P. G. Bailey
1996 L. Wilson 2009 F. A. Weinstein
1997 L. Wilson 2010,2011 J. A. Williams
1998 D. A. Nolan 2012, 2013 W. Price*
1999 E. W. Fentum 2014 W. E. Ellison*
2000 J. L. Cooper 2015 M. Harris
2000 B. F. Summers * 2016 J. T. Yelinek
2001 B. Shepard* 2017 B. Ramsey
2002 K. L. Conragan* 2018 G. Hall
2003 W. N. Wine* 2019, 2020 C.R. Trueblood
2004 D. R. Jolliffe 2021 C. Valrey
2005, 2006 J. D. Nelson 2022 B. Dueñas
2006 E. Olivera * 2023, 2024 J. Prestage
*Deceased
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Knight Mason History
by Edgar W. Fentum
There is some speculation as to whether the Knight Mason degrees originated in Scotland or Ireland. We do know that the ritual did exist in the early 1700’s. It is known that they were worked in Ireland. In 1923 the Irish Grand Council of Knight Masons was formed in Dublin, Ireland. These degrees are a shortened version of the degrees found in the Order of the Red Cross of Knights Templar and the 15th and 16th degrees of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. These degrees arrived in the United States in 1936 and the Grand Council of The United States of America was created on February 18th 1969.
The Grand Lodge of California allowed Councils to be Chartered in 1993. Councils are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Council of Knight Masons of the U.S.A. Membership is by invitation only to York Rite Royal Arch Chapter Companions in good standing. The presiding officer is known as the "Excellent Chief" and a member is referred to as "Cousin".
The degrees are:
Knight of the Sword
Knight of the East
Knight of the East and West
The "Excellent Chief" is installed in a tiled meeting of "Past Excellent Chiefs".
The name Clanna Ruid Ruide was my choice and came from a tale of Irish King Erminius, Ruid Ruide of Ullard, or Ulster, who formed the Clanna to 'step through the rugged and uneven ways of life’. So was formed the ancient clan. I received the degrees of Knight Masons in 1993 and was encouraged to form a Council in Menlo Park, California by M. W. Bro. John L. Cooper III P.G.M., Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of California. He had been a member of the Order of Knight Masons for some time, having received the Knight Mason degrees in Colorado. We decided that I would serve as Secretary to establish this new aspect of Freemasonry to California. Clanna Ruid Ruide was Instituted in 1994 and Chartered in 1995.
Past Excellent Chiefs
Jackson Barrows*
Lyle P. Bird
Kevin L. Conragan*
John L. Cooper III
E. W. Fentum
John N. Lawler*
Dan R. McDaniel
Dalton A. Nolan
James C. Reynolds*
Bernard R. Shepard*
Joel H. Springer III*
B. Franklin Summers*
Kevin Tuck
Leslie S. Wilson*
William N. Wine*
Charter Members
1995
Past Scribes
E. W. Fentum (1995–1999) L. Wilson* (1999–2000) R. L. Haggerty* (2000–2001) D. A. Nolan (2001–2006) B. R. Shepard* (2007) L. Porebski (2007–2009)
P. G. Bailey (2010–2018) G. Hall (2019–2020) J. L. Cooper III (2020–2021)
B. A. Rick (2022–2023)
Knight Commander of Zerubbabel
Patrick G. Bailey
John L. Cooper III