THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON
Issued Every Three Months By
The Right Worshipful Grand lodge of The Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic Jur is diction Thereunto Belonging, through its COMMITIEE ON MASONIC CULTURE- William E. Yeager, Past Grand Master, Chairman; William E. Montgomery, G. Ed ward Elw ell, Jr., Frank R. leech, William A. Carpenter, Charles A. Young and Ashby B. Paul, APPRO VED AND AUTHORIZED TO BE PRINTED BY SANFORD M. CHILCOTE
Right Worshipful Grand Master
Mailing Address:
P.O. BOX 688, WARREN, PA.
WILLIAM A. CARPENTER, Editor
Change of Address: Notify above oddren, your odge number must be included.
Vol. VI May, 1959 No.2
George Washington National Masonic Memorial Association
By MAx F. BALCOM
R. W. Deputy Grand Master
The Annual Meeting of the George Washington National Masonic Memorial Association was held in Alexandria, Virginia, at 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 23. Owing to the illness of President Jory, F irst Vice President Dewey Hes se presided. This meeting was again very well attended by Grand Lodge Officers and Past Grand Mas ter s a s well as many other visito rs The Gr an d Lodge of P enns ylvania was represented by the Ri ght Worshipful Grand Master as well as most of the line Officers and Past Grand Masters
Acting President Hesse gave the report for the year and stated that up to thi s time total expenditures for the Memorial had been $ 6,890,697.47 and that while th e interio r of th e Memorial was completed, the Association wou ld s till need about $250,000 to complete the granite work on th e outside.
T his Memorial to Brother George Washington, our first Pre sident, as well as to the Masonic Fraternity in the United States, is indeed a most m agnificent edifice and one of which th e Fraternity may well fe el proud. It is located on Shooters Hill near Alexandria, Virginia, and can be s een for miles around. We again re co mmend that any of the Brethren who may be in Washington would feel amply repaid for the time which it would take to make a vi sit to thi s Memorial.
Early in 1958 it was the feeling of Grand Master Chilcote and the other Grand Lod ge Officers that something s hould b e done to accelerate th e compl etion of the T emple and its opening on a regular daily sch edul e should not be delayed. With this thought in mind speci al l etters we re sent to the Dis trict Deputy Grand Masters and the Secretaries of all the Lodges throughout the State recommending that $1.00 be secured from each newly made Mason, also members of the Lodges mak e an additional contribution to the Endowment
Fund and that the Lodges them selves could well consider a gift which, of course, would be base d upon their abilit y to finance it from current funds.
For many years it h as been the practice of Grand Lodge to mak e a s pecial contribution of $5,000 to the Memorial and, in addi tion, to forward the $1.00 initiate fees as they are received from the various Lodges However, in the pas t few year s only about half of these initiate fees were collected and consequently the Gra nd Lodge of Penns ylvania was not living up to the verbal obligations which had been mad e t o the Association.
For the year ending February 10, 1959 we are glad to r eport to you that the contributions and initiate fees f or that ye ar amounted to $ 17,793. 75 as compared to only $3,504 in the previous year. This amount, which was increased by the annual $5,000 contribution, meant that the Masons of Penns ylva nia in 1958 contributed a total of $22,793.75 to this most worthy project. The Grand Master was very pleased with the response t o his appeal and wishes to thank all the Bre thren who have been so helpful in this matter.
However, thi s do es not solve the problem at the Memo rial for it has long been the aim of the Memorial Association to have an Endowment Fund which would produce sufficient r evenue to operate the Memorial in a proper manner. Up to this tim e the Endowment Fund only amounts to $880 ,000 as compared with a goal of $5 million.
When the Temple is opened in all i t s parts and on a dail y schedule the operating costs will be approximatel y $ 12 5,000.00 the first year and in a s hort time on full operations, wo uld probably increase to $150 ,000 00 p er year. It has a so been the practice of the Memorial Association to always ha ve th e cash on hand as they continued and they have the desire to have th e Endowment Fund operate in the same manner but apparently the appeals in recent years ha ve not been s ufficientl y strong to bring this abo ut.
Therefore, Grand Mas ter Chilcote in a mos t inspiring addre ss at the meeting of the Memor ia l Association advocated that in order for the Association to have s ufficient operating funds fo r the firs t year that all the Lodges through out the country make a donatio n of $10.00 each. Also that all of the Grand Lodges ende avor by solicitat ion to secure a total equivalent to $1.00 for each of their current membership and which, in total, would amount to $4 million and would thu s about take care of the n eeded
A Day in the Masonic Homes
The following lines of poetry were written by Mrs. Clara Logan, Guest at The Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown from Februa r y 27, 1939 through Oct ober 22, 1951. Although Mrs. Logan, widow of a Member of Richard Vaux Lod ge, No. 384, has passed this life, her s entiments, as expressed in the poem, are indicative of the general reactions expressed by the ma ny Guests at The Homes , both past and present.
On op of this beautiful round World I sit.
JJ?ith noth ng to do bur gouip and knit
After break fast we walk, after d inner we nap, If tlais thing keeps up I won't have any lap.
So man.y good thin gs to eat, I'm bu.stin' a button, Jf/e have pl enty of beef bur very little mutton
Su nday we ha ve chicken, J\-londay we ha ve s oup, eat so much I can hardly stoop.
Alread y have five pounds and a half, Afraid 'll make a wrinkle each time I laugh.
We have breakfast at seven, dinner at noon, But always and forever supper comes too soon, Jf/hy the ch icken s hardly picked out of our teeth
Before back to the dining room we s ilently sneak.
The supper hour is five, to be exact And although our tummies are solidly packed, Jfi'e sip a little and eat some more Until visions of ni&IJimare before us soar.
Then comes the evening when we gather and sit
1 n that big assembly room where we talk laugh and knit,
Listen to Amos and Andy, Lowell Thomas or some cure
Until we have had all we can endure.
Then, in t wo's, three's or bun ches we trek to our Across lawns or tllrough subways we slowly roam.
A little chinning then good n ls hts are said And by we are safe in. our bed.
But during th ese days we are grat eful and glad and I'll say u Life in. the Masonic Homes is not half bad."
Endowment. Al so that the initiates would continue to make their payment of $1.00 each and in thi s way all members of the Fraternity could rightfully say they had s ome p art in contributing to the George Washington Memorial. There was a ve ry spirited di sc us s ion regarding th e Grand Mas t er 's proposal but since this was an entirely new approach it was finall y decid ed that the recommendation should be laid over for a year and in the meantime a Committee appointed to ga th er all information nec essar y regarding the Memorial and forward it to each of the Gr and Lodges so that they in turn could s tart a project along the line as s ugges t ed b y our Grand Mas ter, or else come up at th e next Annual Mee ting with an alternat e proposa l as to how this financial matter could bes t be solved . In the meantime, howe ver, it is still the recommendati on and th e desire of Grand Maste r Chilcote and the other Grand Lodge Officers that the Lodges in Penns ylvania continue their effort s in raising as much money as possible and thus enable th e George Washington National Masonic Memorial to be opened in all its parts and on a regular schedule
If, at any time, your present mailing address is changed, please remember th a t, in addition to your new address, your Lodge Number MUST be indicated if you wish to continue receiving "The Pennsylvania Freemason." In mailing in a "Change of Address Card," it is vitally important to process one card only and to be certain that your Name, New Address and Lodge Number are so noted.
• YOUR NAME .•. YOUR NEW ADDRESS AND LODGE ARE MOST IMPORTANT, IF AND WHEN YOU MOVE
FREEMASON
A Message from Our Grand Master
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS! LET US RESPOND TO THE CALL!
The International Order of DeMolay was founded in Kan sas Cit y, Missouri on March 18 , 1919. A most distinguished Mason, Frank Sherman Land , conceived the idea of fo rmin g an organization of you n g men be twee n the ages of fourteen and twent y-on e yea r s, possessed of high ideals of citizen ship and democracy, to the end that the tr ue value of right li vi ng be d evelo ped a t an early age when it would become most effective in the chann el ing of a more abundant life Th e v is ion of F rank Sherman Land h as matured a nd be come a re alit y Still active a s Secre tary General of th e International Su preme Coun cil Order of DeMolay, he is recognized t hroughout the World as a man of v sio n who has li ve d to see his fabulous dream come true. The yout h of today will be the men of tomorrow. Th e des tin y of the World a nd of our b elo ved Country will shortly be in th e hands of the young men and women of tod ay. The Grand Lod ge of P e nnsylva ni a is in te r ested in th e future citize n s of America. The least that we can do is to endeavor through th e channel of D eMola y to h el p them become better lea ders and be tter citizens. DeMolay itself ha s erect ed a st ru cture in th e f ramework of which is found a ll of the e s se n tial elemen ts for the development of character and leadership in young men. It is buil t on a solid , firm foundation and the supe rs tru cture has withstood th e t es ts of time. In the bas ic foundation and struc ture we find th a t it advocates and teaches reverence for God, and the h ighest re s p ect and regard for womanhood and parents It teaches th e essential e leme nt s lead ing to a successful life by estab. lis hing wi thin its struc tur e the ideas of honesty, loyalty to hi gh idea ls, development and promotion of friendship, gracio usn ess and gen tlemanliness.
In thi s ato mi c age where scie ntifi c de ve lopments are fa r beyond th e comprehension of mo s t of us, and wher e the potentia l fo r destruction su rround s u s on every h and , with lack of confid ence b etwee n nati ons the s ubje ct of n ewspaper headlines , toge th er wit h many other disa str ous fo r ebodin gs, the yo ung men of the World who are m embers of DeMola y are taught the bas ic principl es of integrity and patriotism in tim e of peace as well as war. of cleanliness of mind and bod y becomes a part of the beliet and practice of these yo un g men who have enter ed within the por ta ls of DeMolay. The Principles of obedience to th e l aw an d d evotion to the practices of goo d citizenship , both by precept and example , together with the pledge to s upp ort all of the se basic pr inciples lead ing t o a more abundant and fruitful life, are a part of the thought and action of DeMolay When we conceive of what has been done within DeMolay we are compelled t o stand within its s had ow and that of its founder and tho se who have s uc cessfull y devoted th eir energies and attention to the problems of the yo uth of the World, with prayerful thank s for the vision of thi s gre at in s ti tution. When we rem ember that there are approxima tely three mill ion of the yo ung men of the World who have joined toget'her in the practices and t eachings of the principle s of
DeMolay , with approximately six thousand chapters in the United States, its t erritorie s and ele ven foreign countries, we can not help but be p er s uad ed of the tremendous influence which has been brought to bear for good, looking to the future of mankind. This ins titution has given th e yo uth the tools of leadership and successful adventure in the fields of industr y, government, busines s and the professions. Senior DeMolays have already taken the ir place as le aders in all walks of l ife In these uns ettled times DeMolay takes its place with all the great institutions des igned to build a better W orld. The Internati onal Or der of DeMolay is not confined t o tho se of our youth who may be abl e to trace the ir heritage to a Ma son ic b ac kgro und. Any you n g man who will s ub scribe to and s upport the principles for which it stands, is eligible for membership. The ins piration and development of young men in DeMolay has r es ulted in approxima t ely 65 per cent of them becoming Maste r Masons More t han thirt y thousand have become Wors hipful Mas ter s of Maso ni c Lodges. A number of the Grand Lodges have been presided over b y Grand Maste r s who were in their yo uth memb e r s of the Order of DeMolay Over thirt y thousand DeMolay boys h ave b ecome Minist ers of the Gospel. Man y have taken th eir places as ou ts tanding bus iness and indus t rial leaders and the professions are well represented b y those who c harted th eir co urse in th e ir yo uth on the true princip les of correct li ving, as taught in DeMolay. Many have become active in politics and in our government with high responsibl e positions affecting the policies of our Nat ion and of the W or!d . Truly th e idea of Brotherhood and th e proper relationship of man to m a n and Nation to Nat i on has developed in thi s great " Flower Garden" of yo uth. R ealizing the tr em endou s influence of DeMolay in the World today and afte r very carefu l co n sideration and conference with Masonic Leaders, on, March 18, 1959, on th e Fortieth Anniversary of the founding of the Order of DeMolay, fam iliarly known in DeMolay as "Obliga tion • Da y," the Gra nd Lodge of P ennsylva nia, through my ruling as Grand Master, re cog nized in an official way th e greatpotenti al of DeMolay On that day we ruled that S ubordinat e Lod ges throughout P en n syl van ia b e permitted to spo n so r a chapter or chapters of the Order of DeMolay.
Financial assistance m ay b e given by the Lodge, from current Lodge fund s, to th e establis hment and maint enan ce of these chapt er s Lodges are also a uthorized by vo lu ntary gifts of tho se members who may d esire to participate, t o form a special fund to be u sed in the promotion of a ch ap t er or chapters of DeMolay. This will afford every Lodge in every community an opportunity to actively and dire ctl y participate in an activity which will improve the yo uth of P ennsyl van ia, directing their act ions an d thoughts in proper c hannels and removing them from the pitfalls which so fr eq uentl y encompass so m any young men as th ey travel through the formative teenage of life
It is m y s incere hope th at every Lodge and every Maso n will conduct a s oul searc hing examination of the great opportunity now in the hands of every Mason in ever y Lodge to get back of the yo uth, (Continued on page 2)
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our yo ung men and future ci tizens . By suppo rting thi s activity a leadership will be develo ped th at oth erwise will be negle cted. A good community rela tion ship will re s ult fro m part icipation in DeMolay It is h oped that t he opportunity to work in thi s fi eld will r es ult in a renewed Masonic enthusiasm for one of the finest cau ses that any Lodge or any Free mason ca n cham pi on. If we wi ll but co nsid er the idea of sowi ng th at others may reap the harvest; of wor king for those wh o will l ive a ft er we are dead ; of being an inspiration in the lives of men yet u nb orn ; of endeavoring t o bless wi th the gloriou s gifts of truth, light an d libert y th ose who will never know th e giver, we will then come close to r eali zing an d practicing t he true p rincipl es of our Fraternity.
The f ollow ing lines by W ill Allen Dromgoole pretty well exp re ss our relationship a s Freemasons to the yout h o f t oday who will be the l eaders of t omor r ow :
THE BRIDGE BUILDER
An old man, going a lone highway , Carne at the eve ning cold and g ray To a chasm v as t and de ep and wide.
The old man crossed in th e twilight dim,
Grand Master Appoints
Broth e r Herman Witte
District Deputy Grand Master
Brother Sanford M. Chil co te , Ri ght W orshipfu l Gran d Master , r ece n tly anno un ced th e a ppointment of th e fo llowing District Deputy Grand Master:
DISTR I CT F-BROTHER H ERMAN W ITTE, P as t Master o f Co rinth ia n L odge No. 368 of Phi ladelphia H e was born in New York City and moved to Philadelphia wh ere he attended Publi c Schools a nd the W h arton Evening School of th e Uni vers ity of Penn sylva nia. He i s marri ed, is a member of St. Mi cha el's Lu thera n Church and lives at 5329 North Syden ha m Street, Ph iladelphia 4 1, Pa.
He e ntered ins urance wo rk in 1926 in Phil adel phia and i n 1934 esta blished HERMAN W ITTE & Co., Gen e ral I n s urance Broker s, writi ng Fir e, Casual t y a nd Marine Ins uran ce f or commerci al and personal accou nts. H e is a mem ber of th e Ins ur ance Society of Philadelphia and a Director of th e Independ ent I nsuranc e Agents an d Broke r s Associat ion.
H e is a mem ber of th e Sco tti s h Rite Bodies in th e Va lley of Philadel phi a, LuLu T emple and is a Life Me mber o f the Mason ic Home of Pennsylvania Corpor at ion
He is a Director of Bu sh Hill Savings and L oan As sociati o n ; a Director of the Executive Committee of t he Carl Sc hur z Memor ia l Fou ndation; is active in the Pas toriu s Day Association; P res ide nt of The Germa n Society of Pennsyl va nia, which was found ed in 1764 and i s th e oldes t Ge rm an Soc iety in Amer ica.
H e is a m ember of the Beaver Run Hunt ing and Fishing Clu b, at Mar shall Creek, Pa. , and in his spare time is inter es ted i n photograph y, fres h water fis hing, travelling, and var io us soc ia l and civic groups .-A .B.P.
Th e sullen stre am h a d no fear for him ;
Bttt h e turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to span the tide
" Old Jl1an ," said a fellow pilg r m near, "You are wasting y our s trength with building here. Y our jottrn ey w ill end with the e nding day, You never again w ill pass this way You 've crossed the chasm deep and wideWhy build y ou this bridge at e vening tide? "
The builde r lifted his old gray head, " Goodfriend in the path I've corne," he said, " There foll owe th afte r me today
A youth w lws e feet must pass this way; This chasrn that s bee n as naught to me, To that fair-haired y outh may a pitfall be; H e, too , must cross in the twilight dimGood friend , I'm building this bridge for him."
Cor diall y and fraternally,
Philadelphia Freemasons
Cited in Grand Lodge
For Hospital Extension
T en y ea r s ago a group of Maso ns wh o were members of Lodges in the City of Philadelp hi a h eld an " Organ ization Meeting" in Corinthi a n Hall of the Maso ni c Temple. The purpose of th at meeting wa s to raise $500,000.00 wh ich wo uld be u sed to hel p defray th e cos t of erecting an extensio n to the Philade lphia Freem asons' Memorial H os pital at The Masonic H omes a t Eli zabethtown.
I t was estima t ed that there we r e at t ha t ti me app ro x ima t el y 50,000 Masons in the Phil ad elp hi a Lodges and if each wo ul d co ntribute an average of $ 10.00 the r eq uir ed quota wo ul d be realized. A co n tr ibu tion fro m each individual member was co n si dered more des i rab le t h a n a small number of large gif ts in order that this wou ld co ntinue t o be truly " Th e P h i lade lphi a Freemasons' Memorial Ho spital."
What a wo rld of accomp li shm e nt has been a chi eved i n the decade si nce that s taun ch grou p of dedicated Maso n s met in Corinthian Hall. Every Lodge in Philadelphia part icipated and n ot only did the Exte n sion Fund Comm i ttee s ur pass its quota and turn over to Gra nd Lodge the magnificent s um of $564., 000.00, b ut th e ere ction o f the Extension has bee n completed. As a re s ult 124 urgen tl y needed additional beds have been m ad e ava ilab le in th e Ho spital , and th e G uests ar e now u s ing all of th ese beds.
T he ra ising of thi s vas t s u m of money was n o t an easy task . I t requ ired the untiring, devot ed effo rt s and a bilities o f a large corps of Masonic stalwarts wo rk ing in close h a rmon y wi th the small Extens ion Fund Commi ttee. The ori ginal Committ ee consisted of Brot her s Edward F. Roberts , t hen R. W . De put y Gra nd
Perry Lodge No 458
Celebrates Anniversary with New Song in Its Heart
N ot every Lodge has a s ong written in its honor for its annual Anniversary celebration. At the recent eighty-ninth Anni ve rsar y Banquet of Perry Lodge No. 458, at which Brother Sanford M. Chilcote , R. W. Grand Mas ter, was the speaker, Brother J. LaRue Hess, a Pas t Master of P err y Lo dge, and Brother Th omas E. Francis, of H arrisb urg Lodge No 629, presented for the first time the followin g so ng d edicate d to thi s well-known Lodge lo cated in Mary sville:
There's a Lodge in dear old Pennsyl-van-ia, A Lodge with lots of sty le. Up at Per-ry Lodge they en-ter-tain "yuh"
With a glad hand and a smile. With broth-er - hood and friend-ship, With glad-ness and good cheer , They will wel-come you to dear old Per-ry
Master, Chairman; Ho race M. Barba, Ex ecutive Chai rman; William H. Betz, Treasurer; Morris R u berg, Secretary; William R. Moone y, Geo r ge C. Flannigan, Jr_ and Morris Schernfe!d , Tru s tees, toge ther with the t hen Philadelphia District Deputie s; Richard A. Kern, R. W. Past Grand Master and H enry S Bornem a n, Co un seL
You will notice t h a t m an y of the above prom inent Maso ns have passed t o th e "Great Beyond" an d did no t have th e enj oyme n t of the realizatio n of th eir dreams. Other de v oted Masons m oved into the breach and picked up their torc hes Last Fall th e Committee h eld a "Vic tory Celebration" m arking th e co ncl usio n of the campaign fo r fund s At that time the Committee co ns is ted of Brothers J ohn H. Dohert y, Past Dis trict Deput y, Chairman; William H. Betz, Treasurer; Morris Ruberg, Secretary; William R. Mooney, James W. Alexander, Jame s L. Fawle y, Geor ge C. Fla nni gan, Jr. and E Marx Schwerin, Trustees; along wit h the Dep u ties an d n ine Ad vis ory Me mber s Even in the s hort time s in ce th at "Cele brat ion " several o f the above Maso n s have gone to the ir " Reward ."
Wh ile the campaign was offic iall y closed at that me e ti ng, donations are still accep t ed in t he Grand Secreta r y's office and will fo rm the nucleus of the " Fund " that will probably be requi red some d ay for s till an other Extensio n t o this great humanitar ian project. So tha t all t h e m embers of the 593 Lodges in our ju ri s di ction woul d kn ow of thi s outstandin g accom plishme nt of the Mason s in the Lodges of th e City of Philadelp hia and affiliated Bodies, the f oll ow ing R es olution was unanimo usly adop te d a t th e March Quarterly Co mmunica ti o n of Gra nd Lodge: " RESOLVED , T ha t T he Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of P ennsylvania, (Con inued on page 5)
refle cted glory wh en our own Brother Richard A. Kern , R. W. Past Gr a nd Master, was honored by being presented with the Tucker Medal of the Grand Lod ge of Vermont, as the outstanding Maso n of the year. Thi s medal is conferred only by vote of th e Grand Lod ge it sel f.
Indi ca tive of the t ype o f thinking permeating these conferences, the quest ion s discu ssed thi s yea r we re the followin g :
I. "Sho uld Grand Lodges exercise more co ntrol over the recognition an d ac ti v itie s of o r ga nizations requirin g Masonic affiliation f o r m e m bershi p ?"
II. "Sh ould Gr an d Lod ges re s pec t the laws of other Grand Jur isaic tions co ncern ing candidates?"
III. "Should Freemaso nr y actively repl y to a n ti -Mason c relig ious propaga nda based on misrepresentation and false hood? "
IV "S hould Symbolic Maso nr y exte nd its charity outside the Craft?"
V. "Sho uld cand idates unde rgo compulsory instruction in Masonic ph ilosop hy?"
And say: "Glad you're here."
Brothers Scott S. Leib y, R. W. Pa st Grand Mas te r ; Ri chard A. Ro senberr y, Dist ric t Dep· ut y Grand Master, and John Shull, Tru stee of th e Grand Lodge Reser ve Fund and Maso ni c H omes Reserve Fund, are m emb ers of this Lodge.-A.B.P.
Grand Masters of Masons in North America
Meet
in Washington , D. C.
By W. LERoY McKINLEY R. W. Senior Grand Warden
Each Gr and Lodge in Nor th America is, of course, s upreme unto itself. There is no "Grand Lodge of North Amer ica" or "Grand Lodge of th e Uni ted States." There exists, ho wever, among the several Gra nd Lod ges and the Office r s th er eof, a real and si n ce re spirit of friendliness and fra t ernali sm and a de s ire on the part of each to be h el pful to the oth ers. The ph ys ical m anifes tation of this spirit i s the Conference of Grand Mas t ers of Mas ons in North Am eri ca
This conference is h e ld eac h year, in the wee k encomp assi n g Washin gto n 's b irthda y, in the Ci ty of W as hin gto n , D. C and is atte nded , not onl y b y th e Grand Master s, but al so b y t he other elec ted Grand Lodge Officers a nd b y man y of t h e Past Grand Mas ters of the sever al Grand Lod ges. It affords a comm on m eeting gro und for th e excha nge of thoughts and ideas relating to Maso nic subjects and, as a n eces sary corollary th ereto, an opportunity for the developm ent of persona l friends hip s which could not otherwise exis t
This year th e co nferen ce was held on Februar y 24th an d 25 th and the represen ta tives of our Grand Lod ge basked in the s uns hine of
Our Grand Lodge Host to Annual Northeast Conference on Masonic Education
The Fourth Annual No rthea s t Confer e nce on Maso nic Librari es and Education will be held in the Mas onic T empl e, Philadelphia on June 12 and 13. The fir s t two Confer en ces were held in New York City and last year' s Conference in Bo s t o n. The th eme of the Conference will be "Working T ools for Masonic Educa tion ." The program provides for the presentation of the meth ods u sed by the Grand Lodges in New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Pennsy lvania in their educa tional program. The co ntribution which a Mas oni c Libra r y, the publi cations of the Masoni c Service Association, a s well as any sa n ction ed and appro ved publication can make, will also be s tudied.
The affirmative and negativ e of each su bject for discussion is assigned well in advance of the meeting dates , so that ther e is sufficient time for research and proper presentation and, at th e conclus ion of each di scu ss ion, a vo te of the Grand Mas t ers p res ent is tak en . The vote is, of course, not binding on any Grand Lod ge, but is indicative of t he ge n eral or majority opinio n held by th e Grand Masters att endin g th e co nferen ce. T his " m eeting of the mind s" has proved, throu gh the yea rs, t o to be a r eal liaison among the Grand Lod ges and to be well wor th while.
First Institute Conducted by Committee on Masonic Culture
Huge Success - Others Planned
The First Institute conducted by th e Committee on Masonic Cultur e was mo s t s uccessful - 152 Masons we re present at the initial sess ion whi ch wa s h eld in J ohnstow n on Sat ur day, May 2, 1959.
This Insti tut e was s pons ored by the Di s tric t De puty Grand Maste rs of Dis tricts 3 0 , 39 a nd 41 -Brothers Otho H Dunlap, Hu g h H. Bell and Orla nd A. Kipp having in v ited the W orship ful Mas te r s, Warde n s, Sec r etaries, Aides and members of the Lodge Co mmittees on Maso nic Culture to the meeting.
Brother Kipp writes " I am h app y to r eport th a t th e r eaction to th e program has cer ta inl y be en enthu s ias tic in s o far as m y contacts h ave been s ince the m eeti ng an d I expr ess m y appreciation for the t ime and effort give n in making the meeting a ve ry s uccess ful one."
Through such area In s titutes i t is planned t o present t o the Lodge Officers and th e Members of th e Lodge Committee on Masonic Culture the aims, objec tives an d procedures in ma k ing th e new program effec ti ve. Additional In sti tut es are being planned in ot her di s tricts in order to ge t this Lodge Progr am under way
Although the sessions are p r imarily for the b enefit of th e m embe rs of th e committees in th e parti cipating juris dicti on s re s pons ible for Masonic education, many Grand Masters and Grand Se cretaries, in addition to th e memb er s of th ese committees, will be prese nt. The Grand Lodges of Connecticut, De laware, Di strict of Columbia, Ma ine , Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hamps hire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio , Rhode I s land, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Pe nn sylva ni a are m embers of t he Conference.
Phila delphia Freemasons Cited in Grand Lodge for Hospital Extension
(Continued from page 2) in grateful recognition of the magnifi ce nt gift of Fi ve Hundred and S ixty-four Thousa nd Dollars made t o it by th e Memb ers of th e Masonic Lod ge s me e ting in th e City of Philadelphia and th e ir many Friends and Affiliated Masonic Bodies, for u se in c onnection with the building of the ne w Wing or Extension of Th e Phil ad el phia Freemasons' Memorial H ospital of The Mason i c Homes at Eli zab ethto wn, Pennsyl va nia, h ereby exp re sses it s sincere app r eciation of the gift i t self a nd of th e time an d effort of the man y Brethren who m a de it poss ible a nd,
BE IT FURTHER RES OLVED, Tha t, since the Extension to said Hos pital has been completed and all of the one hu ndr ed and twentyf our beds th erein are occu pied b y Gu es ts of Our Maso nic Homes, the thankfulness and appreciation of tho se now being benefitted and tho se in th e future who will be s o wonderfull y b enefitted thereby, be made known to the Fraterni t y at large "
Note : The above article was prepared from information made ava i lable b y Brother Morris Rub e rg, who was Secretary of this Committee from its in ception.
SANFORD M. CHILCOTE, R. W. Grand Ma ster
From Our Grand Secretary ' s Office
OUR MARCH COMMUNI CATIONS
The Ma r ch Quarterly Communicatio n was unu s u all y bu sy and culm inated t wo act ive da ys in whic h many mee tings were h eld. Ove r 270 L odges were r epresente d a t the Quarterl y On th e pre viou s eve ning th e three deg rees we r e ex emplified und er th e dir e cti on of Br o ther Andrew J. Schro der, I nstructor of Ritu alistic W or k before the R. W. Grand Master, Bro ther Sanford M. Chi lcote, and a l ar ge assemblage i n Corinthian Hall of the Mason ic Temple.
All the work was capabl y done, a lth ough none of th e Brethren filling the va rious stati ons and places were el ective officers in their res pec tiv e Lodges Bro t her J ames A Achro yd , Seni or De acon of Chartiers Lodge No 297, ac ted as Wors hipful Ma s ter for the Entered Apprentice D egree; Brother Clair L Bu shyager, a Ste wa rd of J eanne tte Lodge No 750, was in th e East for t he Fell ow Craft Degree, while Brothe r Alber t E. Turner , 3rd, Sen io r Deacon of Uni ver si ty Lodge No 610, was th e Worshipful Mas ter for the Master Mason's Degree Thirty- one Lodges we re re presented in th e three degrees and th e opening and closing.
A commun ication was r eceived from the Grand Secre tary of the French Nat ional Grand Lodge pointing out th at a cland estine French Grand Lodge h ad recently be en formed. The spurio u s Grand Lodge has as s um e d the sa me nam e as the l egitimate Grand L odge and to create furth e r confusion is attempting t o create Lodges with the same names as the regular L odges We recognize only the Lo dges under th e jurisdi c tion of the French National Grand L odge (Grande L og e Nat i onale Fran<;;ai s e) wh ose official addr ess is 6 5 Boulevard Bineau, Ne u ill y-s ur-S eine, Paris .
The Committee on By-Laws is always bu sy Upon it s recommend a ti on the By -Laws or amendments of twent y-s ix Lodges were acted upon by Grand Lodge, while those from twentyfour othe r Lodges were r eceived a nd re ferred to this Comm ittee.
The proposed amendmen ts to th e Ru les and Regul ati ons of the Grand Lodge Cha rit y Fun d r eferrin g to th e f reque n cy of meetings of th e Almon ers were also approv ed by Grand Lodge
The Finance Comm it tee presented its report for the first quarter of the pres ent fiscal year. In addition a Re solut ion was presen ted an d adopt ed ex pressing th e de ep appreciatio n of Grand L odg e f o r th e m ag nific e nt g ift of $ 564,000.00 by th e mem bers of the Masonic Lodges i n th e Cit y of Philadelph ia and a ffil i. a t ed Maso ni c Bodi es for th e Philad el phia Freemasons' Me morial Hospital of the Maso n ic Homes at Eli zab e thtown. Anoth er article gives furth er de tails of t his g ift.
The Committee on T empl e in its Quarterly R eport indi cated the work acc ompli shed and expendi ture s durin g that period Your Ma sonic T emple at Broad and Filbe rt S tr eet s in Philad elph ia requi r es a nd re ceives cons tan t , expert a ttention
Th e Comm i tte e on Masoni c Culture repor ted that e ight new pamphle t s had bee n prepared f o r th e in s tru c ti on of pre-initiates and n ewl y made Maso ns Th ese eight pamphlets hav e been printed and are be ing forwarded to each Sec re tary wi th ins tru c tions a s to the ir use Yo u will hear mor e ab o ut th ese pamp hle ts in the near futur e Brot her Max F. Balc om, R. W. Depu t y Grand Master, presented a r epor t on the an nual meeting of the George Washington Ma sonic National Memorial Assoc iatio n which is covered in his a rticle on this subject elsewhere in thi s is s ue.
Bro ther W. LeRoy McKinle y, R . W . Senior Grand Wa rd en, likewise has a n articl e in this i ss ue on the Conferen ce of Grand Mas te rs of Mas ons in North America, wh ich he disc ussed at th e Qu a rt erl y . Be sure to read these interes tin g articles
T he prel iminar y s tatis tical report for 1958 is a s follows:
Number of Lod ges
December 27, 1957. 589
Number of Lodge s Const ituted in 1958 1 Total number of Lodges
December 27, 1958. 590
Members hip De cembe r 27, 1957 257,005
Admi tted du ri ng 1958. 609
I ni tiated durin g 19 58 6,746 7,355
Sus pended durin g 1958 1,263
Re signed durin g 1958 611
Deceased du rin g 1958 5, 218 - -7,092
Net In crea se for 1958. 263
Members hip Dece mb e r 27, 1958 . 257,268
The abo ve numb er of initiates is the s malles t sin ce 1943, whil e th e numb er s uspended is th e larges t s in ce 1942. The net ga in is th e l owes t since 1942
It i s be li eved th a t f ri endl y, perso nal conta ct s m ight have bee n he lpful i n reducing th e numbe r of th ose s us pe nd ed. I n some L odges th ese co nt act s have been most effective
A li ttle per sonal effort wo uld undoubtedly bring many of th ose suspen ded bac k to me mbers hip T hi s i s s ome thin g that eac h Lodge ca n and sh oul d tr y to accomplis h. Your Lodge
Sec re ta r y can qui ckl y explain the n ecessary steps as outlined on Pages 29 and 30 in the Form f or Reco rding Minutes
The Mos t Wors hipful Gra nd Mas ter of I srael, Broth er Jona Ro n , an d a R. W. P ast Grand Ma ste r of T exas, Bro th e r Claud L. Aus ti n we re offi cially r eceive d an d each addressed Gra nd Lod ge briefl y but el oquentl y
This mos t intere s ting and fruitful Quar terl y Commun ica tion closed a t 10. 15 P .M . AsHBY B. PAUL, R W. Grand Secretary
Nint h Sessio n of The P e nnsy lvania Mason Juv e nil e Cou rt Institute
Our Rig ht Worshipful Grand Master Addresses Louisiana Lodge Over Coaxial Cable
On May 14, 1949, th e f ollowing Lo dges were co nstitu t ed:
W illia m D. Mcil roy Lodge No 758
Pleasan t Hi lls Lodge No 759
By W lLLIA M E. YEAGER R. W
Past Grand Mas ter
When Brother Sanford M. Chilcote, R W Grand Ma s t er , o n Februa r y 19, 1959, presented 20 Ju dges wi th cer tificates a s Fellows of t he Pennsyl va n ia Ma so n Ju venile Court I nsti tute, 190 Judges from every s tate in t he Unio n, excep t Alas ka, became Fellows of the I nstitu te , and th e lives of over one m ill ion wayward, negl ected and confused chi ldren have been h e lped, aided and assisted as th ese Fellows re turn ed to ever y c orner of the land better enable d to gi ve the discipl ine, guidance and pr ote c ti on th ese children need.
The Judges wh o hav e become Fellows a t the vari ous sessio ns have b ee n mos t thankful an d fr om t ime to time have expressed their apprecia tion for the oppo rtunit y extended them. Those who part icipated in the Ninth Session we re no exc epti on .
From a Judge in Salem, Oregon: " May I exp ress m y grate f ul apprec ia ti on f or the opportun ity y ou ext en de d me to participate as a Fellow i n the Pennsyl van ia Masons Ins titute I t was a thrilling experience. T he P enns ylvania Mas ons are to be con gratulated for i n itia ting and c on t inuing such an o ut s tandi ng prog ram."
Fr om a Colorado Judge: " I r egard the I nstitute a s th e bes t t yp e pr ogram I have ever atte nd ed and fee l that I gain ed more insight and mor e informati on about the problems of a Juvenile Co urt fr om the Pittsburgh me eti ng th an fro m an y other I have attend ed "
From a L ouisiana J udge: "I ex press to you m y deep apprec ia tio n for yo ur in vi tati on to participate in t he Pennsylvania Mason Juveni le Court Ins tit u te This was one of the most edif ying and ins t ru c ti ve experiences I have ever had in the fi eld of chi ld ren and youth I came away from the Ins titute very enthu sia stic over t he splend id work we, a s Juvenile Judges, can do if we have the i nter es t of the chi ld at heart and t h e de termina t ion to do someth ing about i t. "
The program a nd fa culty for the Ninth Session followed th e pa ttern se t during the previous sessions, with th e exception of the pri ncipal s peaker, wh o on this o ccasion was a Fellow at th e Fi rs t Sessio n- Ron Hugh Re id, M. W. Pas t Grand Mas t er of Virg inia. Among th e di s ting uished gues t s present were the foll owing Gra nd Mas ters : Br others James T. Ha rr iso n, Mo nta na ; William 0. Lope r West Virginia; Charl es L. Prisk Ut ah , a nd Ra y K. Babb, Oklahoma
The Tenth Sessi o n of the Ins titute will be h eld in Pitts burgh Au g us t 30th to September 3, 1959.
An unusual e vent occu rred Februa r y 19, 1959. On that morning Brother Sanfo r d M. Ch il cote , Ri gh t Worshipf ul Grand Master, r ec eived a te leph one call from Bro th er Alle n D. Long, Mos t Worsh ipful Past Gran d Mas te r of Masons in Louis iana, r equesting th at Brothe r Chilc ote address his L odge on that even ing by a coaxia l cable arrangement. By lo ud speake r th e address was broa d cast t o the Memb e rs of thi s Lodge.
Februar y 19th was the concludi ng day of the Pennsylvania Mason Juve n ile Court I ns titute and there wer e several Grand Ma s te r s of Mas ons in Pi ttsburgh in att end an ce a t the I nst itu t e. These Grand Mas te rs we re in vited t o s peak to Opelosas Lodge No 150 at th e co nclusion of Brother Ch ilco te's r ema r ks The y were Brother James T. Har ris on , Most W or s hipful Grand Master of Maso n s in Montan a ; and Br oth er Wi lliam R. Lope r, Most W ors hip fu l Grand Master of Ma son s in W est Vi rgini a
Br other Chi lcote's remarks we re as follows : I was mos t pleasantly s u rpr ised this mo rning (February 19 th ) t o receive a t eleph one call from Most Wo r sh i pfu l P a s t Gr and Mas te r of the State of Loui sian a, Br other All en D. Long. Br ot her Long r eq u ested tha t I spe ak t o yo u this e vening and I consider thi s t o be a very high h ono r acco rd ed to me as Grand Mas ter of Maso n s in P enns ylvania Bro t he r Long' s teleph on e comm u nicatio n bro ught back ma n y fon d mem or ies of m y Visita ti on t o t h e Gra n d Lodge of Lo uisian a in Febru ar y of 1958 . T ha t was m y fir s t Vis itation out side P ennsylvania a s Grand Master. The man y co ur t esies affo rd ed to me ca n no t b e ad equatel y de scri bed n o r ca n Mas o nic fe elings en gender ed as t he re sul t of being with all the very wonde rfu l Masons in the Gr and Lodge of Louisiana be ad eq uate ly expr essed I s h all always re member how yo ur Mos t W ors hip f ul P a st Gran d Mas t er, Brot her Louis Legge tt, presen t ed me with t he Key t o the City of New Orleans and t h e beau t iful certificate of hon orary c itizensh ip t o the Ci t y of New Orleans Since that t ime I have had i t framed and h ave placed it wit h m y souvenirs . Shortl y aft er I r et u rn ed from Louisiana I re ceived ano th er very high h o no r in th at I was Commissioned a Colo n el on th e Staff of Governor Earl K. Long and I have had thi s certificate also framed a nd pro udly carry with me the card e videnci ng th is appointment. You can, th ere fo re, well understand how I fe el about Mas onr y in your great State of Louisiana
I am informed by Brother All en D. Lo ng, Most Worshipful P ast Grand Mas te r, th a t he i s a member of Op el osas Lodge No . 150 and that yo ur L odge ha s b ee n hon ored by the Grand L odge of Louisiana in th a t L eon S Haas , Sr. i s al so a Mos t W or shipfu l Past Grand Mas ter of the Gr and Lodge of Loui-
siana and a me mbe r of your Lodge I am also info r me d th a t Ope losas Lodge No 150 is the thi rd ol des t Lodge in the State outside of the Ci t y of New Orleans I t is self-eviden t t hat your Lodge ma in tain s a hig h standing in Louis iana to ha ve been so honored o n two occasions. I kno w that you r ealize that i t i s no t give n to many Lodges to ha ve one of the ir P ast Masters become Grand Master of Masons a nd t o have bee n tw ice hono r ed is some t h in g which all of yo u cher is h. I recen t ly received a com m u ni cation f rom your immed iat e P a st Gra nd Mas ter , J. Benjamin Higgin bo th am. I am su re tha t h e would app r ove my sta t ing t o y ou tha t he was most pleased wi th the Annua l Grand Commu ni c ati o n h el d re c en tl y in New Orlea n s and e xpress th e t hough t t ha t i n Lo u isia na much ha s been ac co mp lis hed t owa rd a ki nd of re vival of Mas oni c s pirit in Masonry He is much i mpressed wi th the ac tiv i ties of the ind ivid ual Ma sons in your Gr and J urisd i ct ion and es pecially is he c oncerned n ot onl y with t he esote ri c work but also t he in flue nc e of Freemasonr y in th e lives of a ll of you
He also comm ented t o me on the fact th at P enns yl van ia is the Mother J ur i sd ic tion a s r egards Lo uisia na We in P enn sylva ni a a re proud of t he h on or whi ch we have of being con sider ed the Mot he r Jur isdic ti on an d we are al so pr oud t o n o t e t he many worthwh ile acco mplis hm en ts of Masonry in Lo u isiana . Whe n we n ote th em we so r t of fee l t ha t we h ave had an act ive pa rt to play in them
I am most h a ppy t o have had t his oppo rt u n ity of speak ing t o you briefly and bri ng t o you the best wis hes of the Grand Lodge of P enn s yl van ia and of the more than 257 ,000 Mas ons in our Gran d Ju r isd ict ion T his is th e first tim e t hat I h ave ha d an oppo rtunity of a dd re ssing a n i ndiv id ua l Lodge in Lo uisia na and I ce rt ain ly wis h yo u every success a nd hap pi ness as individually a nd tog e the r your wonde rful Lodge faces the future wi th the gr eat oppo rtqn ities of mak ing t h is wo rld a li ttle bet te r by y our hav ing wor ke d t oge t he r in it a s Masons a nd Membe rs of Opelosas Lodge No 150
History R epea ts as
Three New Lodges A r e Constituted i n Pitt s burgh A r ea
H istory repeated i tsel f i n Pi ttsb u rgh recentl y when t h ree new L od ges wer e co n stituted o n the same day
Back in 1949 wh en Brother George H. Deike was R ight Wor s hipfu l Gr and Maste r the Gran d Lodge Office rs con stit ute d three Lodges on one day on two occasio n s in t h e Masonic T emple in Pi t t sbu rgh
Will iam B. T ip ton L odge No 760
The n on Octob er 8, 1949, t h e f ollo wing were co n s tit u t ed :
Bethel Lodge No . 761
Brother hood Lodge No 762 Eas t McKees por t L odge No 765 A total of ni ne Lodges were cons t itu ted d uring tha t y ea r I t is i nterest ing t o n ote that P enn Lodge N o. 766 which was constituted on Decem ber 14, 1949, was s ponsored by Bro ther San ford M. Chi l cote , t h en Dis t rict Depu ty Grand Maste r. Last Februa r y 28th, Brothe r Sanfor d M . Ch il cote, Right W orsh ipful Grand Maste r , and the Gran d Lodge Office rs c on s ti t u ted t hree Lodges in th e Maso n ic T emple in P i tts burg h A t 9 .30 A.M. , Acco r d Lodge No . 785 was cons t ituted wi th 50 Wa r ra n t Membe rs T h is Lodge, which mee ts in McKeesport , wa s spo nsored by Brother Elmer E. Mea r s, Distric t Deputy Gran d Master, 49 th Dis tri c t. At 2. 30 P M. , Fox Chapel L odge N o 784 was cons ti tuted wi t h 11 6 Warr an t Members Brothe r J oh n W. R awson, Di st r ict De p u ty Grand Maste r of the 5 4th Distr ict, s pons ored t his Lodge which me et s at Sharp sburg T hen at 7 30 P M , Mo nroeville L odge No 786 was constituted with 120 Wa r rant Member s This Lodge, which me e ts in Monr oe ville, was a lso s ponsored by Br oth er Mea r s B rothe r Benjami n S Barb o ur, Di st r i ct Depu t y Gr and Mas t er of t h e 48 t h D istric t , was Chai r ma n of th e Comm ittee whi ch a rranged all th e m ul t i tu di nous de ta i ls r eq uired in connection with t hi s ve r y bus y day , j us t as h e had bee n back in 1949 . As can be ex pec te d, n o thing was overlooked b y Bro t her Ben and his capable co-wo r ke rs
G r and Council Roya l and Select Masters In A nnual Grand Asse mbly
T h e " bes t a tte nded Gra nd Assem bly in ye ars " is t h e man n er in whi ch t he ll 3 th A nnua l Grand Assembl y of th e Gr an d Council of R oyal and Se lec t Masters at King of P russia on Apri l 26 , 27 a n d 28, h as been r epo rt ed . T he sessions ope ned with religious services o n Sunday ; the Council of Anointed K ings meet ing on Mon da y ; and the Gr an d Coun cil o n T uesda y. T he office rs e lec t ed were : M P Grand Mast e r , J acob E. Gaub; R. P. Depu ty Grand Master, Reginald E. Woodwa rd; R. P. Grand P r incipal Conductor of t h e wo r k, Elme r Eggert; R P Grand Reco r de r, Wi llia m E. Montgomery, P G. M.; R. P Gr an d T r ea su r e r, W Laurence K almeye r. Cha rles M. J ohnsto ne, P. G. M , P er ry La Barr a n d James D Smith were electe d Trustees
T he ll4 th Gr an d Assem bly will be he ld in Erie , P e nn sylvania on Apr il 12 , 1960
