Most Worshipful Brother John Elliott Clark

Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Utah 1952.

Brother John Elliott Clark, the Seventy-seventh Grand Master of the M:.W:.Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. of Utah, was born near Angola, Indiana on February 2:3, 1881, a son of John and Frances Elliott Clark.

His father having died very young, his mother took up the work of Supervisor of music, first in the public schools of Monmouth, Illinois and later at Ottumwa, Iowa. John attended country school until he was about eleven years of age, graduated from High School at Ottumwa in June 1899 and from Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa in June l!)04, with the degree of Ph. B.

Following his graduation at Drake he joined his mother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and became associated with the Gas Company there. Two years later he was transferred to Salt Lake City as Sales Manager of the Utah Gas and Coke Company, where he has made his home most of the time since.

On March 8, 1911, he and Miss Stella M. Fabian were married. They have two sons, Robert Elliott Clark and John Fabian Clark, both members of the Masonic Fraternity.

In 1911 he was appointed Intermountain Distributor for the Victor Talking Machine Company and was Secretary-Treasurer of the Rocky Mountain Packing Corporation from 1933 until 1945, when the Company was sold.

In 1946, together with his son John, they organized the Clark Company for the retail sale of appliances, radio, records and television located at State Street and Second South, Salt Lake City. That is still his business.

He became a member of Wasatch Lodge No.1, F. & A. M. of Salt Lake City by initiation, having received the Master Mason degree on June 24, 1922. He was elected Worshipful Master of his Lodge on December 6, 1929, and served during the calendar year of 1930.

He became a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Utah in the November, 1923 Class and served as Master of Kadosh, Utah Consistory, during the year 1943. He was honored with the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor on January 10, 1946.

He was created a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, A. A. O. N. M. S. in EI Kalah Temple on October 24, 1928.

When he has concluded his term of office as M:.W:.Grand Master he will have served nine years as a Grand Lodge Officer, in the following order:

January 25, 1944 Grand Pursuivant
January 23, 1945 Grand Pursuivant
January 29, 1946 Grand Standard Bearer
January 28, 1947 Grand Chaplain
January 27, 1948 Grand Marshal
January 25, 1949 Junior Grand Warden
January 24, 1950 Senior Grand Warden
January 23, 1951 Deputy Grand Master
January 29, 1952 M. W. Grand Master

Brother Clark has had many years of valuable experience in the business world, much of which has been in the management of his own affairs. He has also had many years of valuable experience in serving in official capacity in the several branches of Freemasonry. He is a devoted and efficient worker at any and all times.

He is, therefore, well qualified to serve at the head of the M:. W:. Grand Lodge F. &. A. M. of Utah and we doubt not that he will discharge the duties of that office with fidelity.

Utah Grand Lodge Proceedings 1952

PGM, John Elliott Clark died on August 6, 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Utah Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1968, page 66