From Feb. 1,1945 Minutes—
   P. P. Walter H. Mierow, newly elected Ceremonial Director, announced the formation of his newly organized wrecking crew. He cited that in his opinion that they were bringing together under this group forty men with ability to specialize in the developing of an outstanding Second Section in our forthcoming ceremonials.

    A special meeting was held in Yakima on April 28, 1945 for the purpose of electing candidates and conferring the order in short form. Thirty candidates were present for the obligation. All petitioners were from Yakima and the surrounding area. 

Ceremonial Meeting June 2,1945—
    Afifi Temple's Ceremonial known as the "Walt Sutter Ceremonial" established a precedent in the annals of this Temple as having brought forth the greatest number of applications and subsequent candidates for initiation of any ceremonial in the history of the Temple. A total of 420 were initiated.

    It was moved by Past Potentate Nolle at the Meeting of August 2, 1945 that the 1942, 1943 and 1944 dues and hospital assessment in Afifi Temple be remitted for those members of the Temple who were so unfortunate to have been interned or otherwise retained in the war zone of the Orient. Motion was carried.

    A ceremonial Meeting was held on Nov. 24, 1945. 204 Candidates were elected. The Prologue and First Section were held in the Temple Theatre at four in the afternoon. The Banquet was held in Fellowship Hall and the Second Section and the entertainment program in the State Armory beginning at 8:00 P.M. 

From the Minutes of the March 7,1946 meeting-
    Noble Rube Golliet, Assistant Rabban and chairman of the Activities Committee gave an 
interesting detailed resume of what is being planned in the way of the presentation and management by his committee under the auspices of Afifi Temple and to be known as The Afifi Circus and Carnival to be presented in the State Armory, Tacoma, on April 25, 26 and 27. Potentate Temme complimented Noble Golliet and his committee for their splendid endeavor and further added that the entire enterprise was well in hand and would establish undoubtedly a new accomplishment by the Temple, if this program materialized as it was intended to be. 

From the Minutes of Sept. 5, 1946—
    Noble Reuben Golliet, Assistant Rabban and general chairman of our Circus Production last April, presented to the Nobility a final financial accounting in behalf of that enterprise which showed a net profit of $10,390.59. In conclusion he recommended the perpetuation of the similar Circus production as an annual event by the Temple. 

From the Minutes of January 9,1947—
    Potentate Archibald W. Howe in his first order of business announced his new appointee, Cecil B. Walrath to the position of Outer Guard. He also announced the following appointments: Chester A. Hogan, Chairman of the Potentate's Ball on May 2nd, Reuben E. Golliet, Chairman of the Second Annual Circus production the latter part of April and Frank N. Young, Chairman of Train Transportation. 

From the Minutes of October 2,1947—
    In commemoration of the passing of our esteemed member and friend, Walter H. Sutter, the Patrol, Band and Wrecking Crew, all in uniform, stood at attention while III. Potentate Howe read a very selective eulogy to our departed member there upon followed by the Nobility coming to attention and all standing in silence.

    In 1948 the III. Sir Reuben E. Golliet appointed Noble Chester A. Hogan as Outer Guard on the Divan and also appointed Noble Clinton C. Hull as publicity chairman for the 1948 Circus. There were three hundred and forty Nobles installed in the Afifi Temple.

    Illustrious Potentate Herman A. Karlen of the Afifi Temple announced on 3/3/49, that plans were well underway for the Temple to hold its fourth annual Circus in the new Field House of the College of Puget Sound. A motion was made by P. P. E. K. Murray that fifty percent of the net profits be given to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. P. P. Graver C. Nolle was recognized by the Chair and cited the necessily of securing a permil from Ihe National Hospilal Board lo conduct any manner of enterprise for raising money for the Hospitals. He cited too, the rule that if the enterprise is presented for charity in the name of the Shriners Hospitals, that all of the net proceeds must go to the Hospitals. P. P. Noble recommended that the Circus be conducted as a Shrine activity with no publicity whatsoever in the name of the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, and then in final analysis, the Temple give fifty percent of the net proceeds to the Hospitals if then and when so desired. The motion before the Temple, with subsequent amendment, was called up for vote and was passed by a strong majority.

    There were also three hundred new Nobles brought into the Temple in 1949, and hospital donations for the year were $11,620.17, $5,000.00 going to the Spokane unit and $6,620.17 going to the Portland unit. 

    The highlight of Illustrious Sir J. Donald Shotwell's year of 1950 was the trek to the 76th Imperial Council session in Los Angeles, June 19th thru the 22nd, honoring the Imperial Sir Harold Lloyd, the movie comedian. All of the Temple units traveled together by train and were housed in Long Beach, California. Nobel Edward B. King, Past Potentate for the years 1916 thru 1920, and the senior emeritus member of our Temple to the Imperial Council for thirty-nine consecutive years, reported generally on his observations of the Session. P. P. Grover C. Nolle, junior emeritus representative of Afifi Temple to the Imperial Council cited his first trip to the Imperial Council in 1917 when the membership of the Shrine was much less and the attendance of Uniformed Bodies not too great. He brought out the marked contrast of the development of the Shrine and particularly as exemplified through the great array of Uniformed Units as had transpired down through this period of a third of a century and culminating in his opinion, as the peak of the grandeur of the Shrine as set forth in June, 1950, in Los Angeles. Noble Nolle was loud in his praise of this great spectacular pageant and became eloquent in his praise for the superb showing of the Uniformed Units of Afifi Temple.