THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON
ssued Eve ry Three Mon th s By
The Right Worshipfu Grand lodge of The Most Ancient and Honorab le frater nity of ree and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic Jurisdictio n Th ereunto Be lon ging, through its
COMMITTEE ON MASONIC CU LT UR E- William E Montgomery, Chairma n, G. Edwar d Elwell, J r., Charles A Young, W. Irvine Wies and Ash by B. Pau l, Grand Secretary.
APPROVED AN D AUTHORI ZED TO BE PRINTED BY MAX F. BALCOM
Right Wo rshipful Grand Mas ter
Mailin g Address: MASONI C TE MP LE BROAD AND FILBERT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA 7, PENNA.
WI LLI AM A. CARP EN TER, Editor
N otify Ma sonic Temple, Broad a nd Filb ert Stre e ts in case of Change o f Address- Your odge n umber mus be included
Vol. VIII Nove mber , 1961 No.4
Valley Forge and Freem aso nry (Con tinued/rom p as e a nd th a t the y served their country as men a nd soldi ers "
Th e Moses Sproule jewel , whi ch we are te mpted t o call t he Va ll ey F orge jewel, is a small oval bearing on th e o bve rse side a mosaic pave me n t on whi ch s ta nd th ree ca ndlesti cks flank ed by two pillars su rmo un ted by globes ; above t he can dle s ar e a squa re a nd compasses, and above all a t r owel and an open book, an aU-seeing eye, a blazing s un , a quarter moon, and s ta rs; a t the left a te mple, ga uge , and ga ve l, a blazing s tar , a letter G, a nd a burning bu sh; at th e right a mall e t, a key, a l evel, a sharp i ns tr um e nt and a h a nd h olding a plumb lin e ; bel ow, a c offin , a s prig of acac ia a nd a repr esenta tion of th e 47 th Probelm of Euclid; insc r ipti on at the bottom: HONOR & JUSTITIA Th e reverse s ide be ars the name, Moses Spr oule , wi th No. 8 abo ve and an arch and compasses bel ow, fl a nk ed by th e date in tw o par ts : 57 and 78 ; insc r ip ti on ar ound rim: INDE PENDANT ROY AL ARC H L ODGE
All of us as Maso ns sh ou ld r emember with deep gratitude and th anksg iving our Brethren of form e r years wh o pla ye d s uch an impo rt ant part in the founding of our Cou ntr y To Ge orge Wash ington, out sta nding patri ot, states man, and militar y l ead e r , and our Frate rni ty's mos t revered Maso ni c Bro ther, and to a ll th ose other Freemaso ns, many whose names ar e not n ow kno wn t o us, we owe mu ch. One hundre d a nd eight-thr ee yea rs ago, on the 19 th of De ce mbe r, 1777, Was hin gt on and his a rmy of 11 ,000 patri ots, mar c hed into Valle y Forge, to fa ce the s te rnest tes t of the Ameri can Co lonies up t o th a t t ime. The y did not fail, but me t the tes t, and went on to glorious v ictor y at Yorktown four ye ars later. W e da re no t fail toda y Th ese patri ots bought for u s a pri celess heritage . W e can do no less toda y than to ke ep alive t he to rc h of fre edom, and pa ss it on to future ge n erati ons, until ti me shall be no more.
Sec retary of P h oenix Lodge Has Outsta nding Lodge
Att e ndan ce R ecord
Broth er Thomas Holla nd Pai s t 86, of Cheltenha m, Philad elphia , beca me a Mas on in Ma y, 1902 a nd fift y-nine yea rs la ter boas ts of a Lodge atte ndan ce reco rd th a t is most outs tandin g
I n those fi ft y-n in e yea rs, Bro th e r Pa is t has n eve r mi ssed a s tated mee ting or a fu ne ra l ser vice of hi s Lodg e, Phoen ix Lodge, No 130, Fr ee and Accepted Mas on s He es timates th a t during the 59-yea r pe ri od hi s perfe ct a tte ndan ce re cord represented a t t endan ce at 1, 180 mee tin gs
Born on a farm n ear P ao li , P a , on Jun e 12 1875, !VIr. Paist graduat ed fro m Tem ple Uni ve rs ity Nine years ag o h e re tire d fr om th e Und e rwo od T ypew rit er Com pa ny I n 1908, Brothe r P a is t se rv ed as Wor shipful Mas te r of his Lodge He was elec ted Secre ta ry of his Lodge in 1914 and h as se rved in th a t ca pac it y since his e lec ti on.
Hi s oth e r Maso n ic a ffiliati ons include P as t
H igh Pri es t of th e Philade lp hia Ro ya l Arc h Chap ter ; Life Membe r of Be nj a mi n Fra nkli n Co nsis to ry; and P as t Com ma nd er of Kados h Co mmande r y No. 29.
Bro th e r Pais t is a me mb er of th e Che lte nh a m Me thodist Church a nd a life me mber of th e P atrioti c Sons of Am e r ica
On Jun e 2 1909 , Mr. P a is t was marri ed to Grace C. Rohrma n Th ey h ave two c hi ldr en , Mrs. Grace E. W ag ner , a music t ea cher a t Elkins Park Junior H ig h Sc h ool, a nd Th omas Holla nd P a is t, Jr. , a mus ic teac her at Upper Mor el and High S c ho ol. The y a lso have two gra nd childre n
In di sclosing hi s atte ndan ce r ecord , Bro th er P a is t said he has onl y mi ssed two meetings of hi s R oy al Arch Cha p te r. He sa id he missed on e mee ting to go on hi s wedding t rip , and one wh en he was sick.
He a lso r emembers s lip pin g out of a sales
Did You Remember Your Guests?
Wi t h the app r oach o f the Holida y Seaso n d on't for ge t yo ut· G u ests at the i\'lasonic Homes at E li zabe thtown
Don't put this off, as it is easy to forget
Put yo ur c h eck in th e selfaddressed envelope that was p r ovided in yo ur September Lodge No tice If yo u don't hav e the e nvel o p e se nd yom· c h ec k to th e S uperintendent at th e Masonic Homes, E li zab e thto wn , P a
R e m e mbe r a ll g if ts to the Mason i c Hom es are d edu cti ble for income tax purposes
co n fe re nce at th e U nd er woo d Typewri ter Compa n y t o at te nd a Ma so ni c mee tin g a nd re tu rn ing to t h e confer e nce be fore it was discove red he was missi ng
Bro th e r Pais t is kn ow n to a hos t of Masons in P h iladelp hi a He spe nds a t leas t two days a wee k in the Mas oni c Temple, wor king on his Lodge reco rds .
He has prese r ve d co pies of hi s Lodge Notice si nce he wa s el ected Secre ta ry Most of the No t ices ar e in bound books .
In additi on to h is Lodge dut ies, Br ot h er P a ist has se r ved fo r ma ny yea rs a s a Trust ee of the Th omas R. P atton Me mor ial Chari ty F un d for th e Gran d Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of P en nsyl van i a.
To b e a Worshi pful Master and to throw m y whole soul in to th e W ork , with candidat e fo r my au dien ce and t h e Lodge fo r my stage , wou l d be a gr ea te r di st in c ti on th a n to rece ive th e p lau dits of th e peo ple in all t he theaters of th e wo rld. - ED wiN BoOT H.
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FREEMASON
A Message from Our Grand Master
Br eth r e n, th e pri v ilege I h a ve ha d of s er vi n g you a s Grand Ma ste r i s a l most past.
During m y t e rm as Gr an d Maste r of M asons in P ennsyl van ia, whi ch s tar t e d Decemb er 28, 1959, I have received f r a t e rn al considera ti o n and affec ti on everywhere . F or t his great hono r I per so n a lly th a nk e ver y Mason i n Pe n ns ylva nia.
It has bee n a great e x pe ri e n ce Al t hough my ter m is rap idly comi ng to a n e nd, I shall cher ish foreve r the m an y ki ndnesses and h onors y ou have made i t possible f or m e t o r eceive
The m ost remarkable cooperation has b e en g i ven m e b y all th e G r and L odg e officer s , P ast Gra nd Masters , a ppo inted officer s and c ommittees I esp eciall y th ank the Distri ct D ep u ty Gra nd Masters for r ea l Mason i c devot i on
When I b ecame Gra nd M aste r, I ur ge d every Mason i n Pennsylva nia to emb ar k upon an Eigh t -P o i n t Pr ogra m . The r e s ults of thi s p ro gr am have been very enco ur aging.
Du ring m y t erm of office seve n new Ma s on i c L odges h a ve b een Constit u ted. The e ig h th Lodge will be Con st itu t e d a t E aston on D e cember 9
Many Lodges have mate r iall y imp r oved, or r e pl aced , thei r mee ting rooms
Man y Lodges, thr ough ded i ca t ed wo r k of W ors hi pful
Maste r s , h ave improved their attend ance.
Wh e n the final res u lts of M asonry i n P e nns y lvan ia in 1960 and 1961 are full y kn ow n, I be lieve we will a ll b e p r o ud of ou r accomplis hme nts.
When I b e came Grand Master, I proudly an no un ced t h at P enns ylvania Mas on s can co mplete m ost anyt h ing t h e y c ooper -
a t ivel y ag ree to a ccom p lis h.
M y faith in yo ur devot i on wa s fu ll y p r oved when M asons i n
P e nn sy lv a nia co nt r ibute d approximately $300,000 to t h e
George Was h ingt on Mas on i c National Me m oria l.
With this c ontr ibu t i o n , yo u have set the pace f or eve r y Gr a nd Lodge i n th e Unite d Sta t es You h a ve proved th at M aso n s eve r y wh e r e would b e wi ll i n g to ass is t this grea t Mason i c st ru ct u re if giv e n th e o p portun i ty- a nd i f the n eed we r e f ull y explained.
While y ou ge n e rous ly s up po r ted t h e M em orial , you d id not forget a bo ut yo ur less fortun ate Brother s , t he ir wives and children a t th e Ma sonic H om es at E li zabe t htow n. You r gene r o u s s u pp ort fo r this most wor t hy cause is deep l y app r e ciat e d
We ar e n ow in th e mi ds t o f a n o t her appeal fo r the Christmas and Enterta i n ment F un d a t the M a s o ni c Hom es at Elizabe t h -
tow n. I have ur ged eve r y P e n nsy l van ia Maso n t o give som ethin g t o th i s m ost im portant projec t.
Let me expl ain I am n ot attemp t ing to set a do llar mark on y our co n tr i bu tio n. I a m mere ly pointing out t h at eve ry Mason s h ould give someth i ng, r egardless of t h e a m o unt .
I know it is ve r y gr ati f y ing to P ennsylvania M a s o ns to know h ow v ital an d direct a part each has in pro vidi n g t h e finest ki nd of hum an serv ice fo r a ppr oxima t ely 700 yo ungs te rs and seni or c itizens
E ver y Maso n in P e nns y lvania h as r eceived an e n vel ope i n the Sep tember Lodge not i c e , addressed to the M ason i c Homes . This e n velope i s an easy way to make a y early c on tr ibution
Yo ur g i ft goes to th e Ch ristmas and Ente rta inmen t Fund, and i s u sed all through t he y e a r It not onl y p r ov ides a happ y C h ristm a s f or the G uests, but e n terta i n m en t du ri ng t he e n ti r e y ear, many s m all pe r sonal i t e m s a nd "pocket m oney " eac h month . Brethre n, this is im po rt a n t m o ne y I t i s t h i s mo n e y t h at helps t o m a k e yo ur Mas oni c H om es a H ome, an d not jus t a nother ins titutio n
W h e n m ak i ng ou t yo ur c h eck fo r t h i s yearl y contr ib u tio n , keep in mind t ha t all gifts to the Masonic H omes a re d e duc t ibl e for in come tax pu r poses
If y o u h ave l ost your sel f-add r essed en v e l ope , s en d you r co ntr ibut ion t o the S u perintendent , Mason ic H omes , Elizabeth town, P a.
As we approac h t he ho l iday seaso n, let o ur pra ye rs b e f or t h e less f01;tuna t e Let u s p r ay th at t he Gr eat Architect of th e Un ive r se will guid e o ur l ives
Let u s ourse l ves to the t e n ets o f F r e emas o nry
Let u s stand t o b e c oun ted as m e n and Masons who bel ieve i n wo rld peace-t he Br otherhood of Ma n .
T his be i ng m y las t m essage i n TH E P ENNSYLVAN IA F REEMASON as Grand Maste r I pe r sonally t h ank yo u for all y ou r since r e efforts to co nt i nu e Fr ee m asonry as a domi na t ing for qe in t h is t ro u bled world. G od give u s t he co urag e to meet our everyd ay p r oble m s as M asons-as m en d edi cated t o n oble p rin c ipl e s
C ordi a ll y an d fr a t ernally, M AX F. BALC OM, R . W. Grand Maste r
Glenshaw Lodge, No. 793 and W hitehall Lodge, No. 794 Constituted
T wo Mason ic Lodges were cons tituted in th e
su b urban d istricts of Pittsburgh by Broth er Ma x F . Ba lcom, R. W . Grand Mas te r , on Sa turday, October 14, bringing the total of Masonic Lodges in P ennsylvania to 601.
Glens h aw Lodge, No. 793 was constitute d in the afternoon i n Masonic Tem p le, P ittsburgh, at a Special Comm u nication of Grand Lodge . There we r e 172 Warrant Members . The new Lodge will mee t in a r emo de led ch urc h in Allison Par k, at the Butler inte rchange of the P e nnsylvania T urn pike. The
Sta ted Mee tin g is on the Second We dnesday T he elected War rant Officers are :
TH OMAS G. G REIG, J R. Worshipfu l Maste r
PAU L KANONCHOF F Senior Warden
L ER OY C PERRY .Junior Warden
J OI-IN K. KRUMPE Treasurer
EDWARD D. 0D ENIJAUG H Secretary
WIL LIAM L. CRAWFOR D Trustee
F RA NK £. T HACKERAY Trustee
ARTHUR J GROSS Trustee
W h ite h all Lodge, No 794 was co nsti t uted in the even ing of October 14 in Mason ic Te mp le , Pi ttsburg h, a t a Special Commun ica-
Cor ner ston e Layi ng Ce r emony
Cond u c ted a t Springfield, De l aw a re Co u nty
The co rn ersto n e of a new Ma so nic Hall for Springfield Lodge, No. 779, S pringfie ld, DeJa.
wa r e Cou n ty, was laid in Maso n ic c us tom by officer s of th e Gr a n d Lodge on Sep t embe r 30
T he p ublic ceremon y attracted a la rge crowd.
Brot h er Max F. Balcom, R . W Grand Master, headed a l ong l is t of Masonic leaders who took part in the program . F ollowing th e cerem o n y, th e nearl y co mplete d Maso n ic Ha ll was opened f or public inspec tion .
Me m ber's Ann u al Gift Grows at Ra t e of $ 1 Per Year
Brothe r Abra h am Pearlst ine, a Member of Ath elsta n Lodge No. 482, ha s a unique way of cele brating hi s Maso nic a nn ive r sar ies.
Ea ch Fall, for ma ny yea r s, when Br other Pea rl s tin e has rea c he d an ot h er anniversa r y in Athelstan Lodge, he send s a c h eck t o Gran d Lodge am ounting to o n e d ollar for each year of Maso n ic ser vi ce Br other Pearls ti ne was mad e a Mas on on October 3, 1905 and h e celebr ated h is 56th. ann iversary by donating $56 to Gr and Lodge, which will be us ed for the Ho sp i tal at the Mason ic Hom es at El izabethtow n.
ti on of Grand Lodge . T he r e were 161 Warrant
Me mbers
Whitehall Lodge will mee t in a new Mas onic Hall at Gr ace Street and R ou te 5 1, Baldwi n Borou gh I ts Sta ted Meeting will be on the Second T u esday
The elected Warran t Office rs are:
HARRY A V NTON, R. Worshipji1,l Master
J. MELVIN B LI MLI NE Senior W a rden
JoH N E Bu s H J unior Warden
WILLIAM M. LEECH Treasurer
GE ORGE R. H oRNE R • Secretary
HE NRY J. YosT Trustee
DAVID F YouNG Trustee
Jo sEP H W H oMER, J R Trust ee
Br oth er J ohn W Raw so n , Di s tr ct De p uty
Grand Ma s ter, 47 th Ma son ic Dis tri c t , was active in th e forma tion and con s ti tut ion of Glens haw Lodge, No 793
Br ot her Ben jamin S Barbou r , Di st rict
Dep u ty Gran d Mas ter, 48 th Masonic Dis tr ict was ins tr umen tal i n the formation a n d co ns t ituti on of Whitehall Lodge , No 794.
A joint co n s tituti on banq uet was he ld i n Maso n i c Templ e, Pittsb urg h, a t 6 p.m., before the constit u tion of Whi tehall Lodge, No . 794.
Quo t as fr o m Three Lod15·es
Needed f or Our 100% Pa r ticip a t i on in rrPennsy l vania P l an"
On ly three Masonic Lo dges i n Pennsy lvan ia ha ve no t compl et ed the progra m for The Geo r ge Wa s h in g t on Ma s on i c National Memorial, as of No ve mb er 15, 1961.
T h e following s i x L odges comple ted their obl igation in the project si nc e th e last ss ue o f
T HE PEN NSY LV AN IA FREEM ASON :
L A FAYETTE LoDGE, No. 71, Philadelphia
HIRAM LoDG E, No 26 1 Scranton
APOLLO L oDG E No 386, Philadelphia
P ALESTI N E L oDGE, No 470, Phil adelphia
S wATARA L oDGE, No 267, Tremo nt FELLOWS HIP L oDGE, No. 679, Pittsburgh
Sixty-s ix Mason ic Dis tri c ts now h ave 100 pe r cen t par ti cipati on i n the Memorial program . The remain ng three Dist r icts are look ing forwa r d to com pletion before t he end of the yea r.
Brother Max F. Balcom , R . W . Grand Ma s t er, has an n ounced that the p r ogram mu s t b e brou gh t t o a conclus io n thi s yea r. He s aid h e will conclude th e project be fore the Annual Commun ica t ion .
S i nce the las t iss ue of THE PENNS YLVANIA FREEMASON, Brother Will iam F. Etc hb erger, P. M. , Mt. Olivet Lod ge, No. 704, Le banon; Bro th er Thomas P. Tr im ble, Jr. , Fe ll ows hip L odge, No. 679, Pittsb ur gh , and Brothe r Trimb le for h is so n, T h omas P. Trimbl e, II I , Mi ll Valley Lodge, No 356, Mill Valle y, Cal., contributed $100 to th e Mem or ia l Ass ociation a n d have receive d Life Membership Certifica es
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Jfn j!flemoriam
BROTHER ROBERT RATHBUN LEWIS
Right Wot·sh ipf u l Past Grand Maste r
The Grand Lodge of Pennsyl vania lost another of its ded icated and gifted Membe r s in t he sudden deat h on September 12 1961 , of Br oth er Robert R Lewis, R. W. P ast G rand Mas t er , a t the age o f 81.
Born at Du ke Center, McKean Cou n ty, Au gus t 1, 1880, he rece ived his earl y educa ti on in t h e public schools of Coud ers port, Po tt er Coun ty He later a t tend ed an d was graduated from W ilbraham P rep School at W i bra ha m, Ma ss and th en Wes leyan Uni ve r sity a t Mi ddletown, Conn., where h e s tudi ed law. He then entered the law office of h is fathe r He wa s admitt ed t o the Bar on Ju ne 12 , 1906, and thereafter in th e prac tic e of law in Couderspor t , .t'a., with the firm of J on es an d Lew is.
H e t ook a most act ive pa rt in ma n y worthwhi le ac ti vities of hi s community. A mem ber of Park Method ist Ch u r ch of Couderspo rt , he served many yea r s on i t s official boa rd . H e was a pas t president of Couders port Ro tar y Club and Po tt er County Chap t er of the American R ed Cros s A mos t ac tive member of Ce ntra l Grange he was influential in the organ ization of th e P otter County Fa rm Bureau. Interes ted in t he Boy Sco ut movement, he do n ated a trac t of la n d ma kin g foss ible a Smnmer campi ng si te for t he l oca Scout Council. He was also act ive in th e Po t te r County Bar Associat ion and the Ame r ican Bar Association For fifty years Broth er Lewi s served a s d ire cto r and so li ci t or of th e Citizens Safe Deposit and T rust Compa ny o f Co u derspo rt and fo r man y yea rs as s olic i to r and sec reta r y of Co u dersport Borou gh Co u ncil. I n May, 1929 , he was co mm iss io n ed Secretar y of the Commonwealth of P en nsyl va n ia. He r es igned f rom this office a ye ar la ter to accep t appointment as President J udg e of the Fifty-fifth J udicial Distri c t of Pennsyl vania i n whi ch capaci ty he served co ntin u ous ly for tw entyo n e years
H e petition ed E ul al ia Lodge , No. 342, of Co ud ers port at the age of twe n t y-one and was m a de a Maso n December 24, 1902 He ser ved as Wors h ipful Ma s ter of his Lodge in 1910 a n d was appointed D istrict Dep u ty Grand Mas t er of t h e 44th Ma son ic Distric t in 1925 servi ng in th a t ca pacity u n til 1931 when h e was el ected R. W . J unio r Gra n d War den of th e Grand Lodge of Penn sy lvania. During h is t er m a s R. W . Gr and Mas ter in 1938 and 1939, the present G rand Lodge Standard or Banner was ad opted.
He was m os t act ive in the Scotti s h R te Bodi es of Couderspo rt a n d se r ved a s Commander-in-Ch ief of the Co u derspo rt Con sist or y from 1918 t h ro ugh 1930. He was cr owned H ono r ary T hi r ty -third Degree at Cleveland m 1922 He wa s a Pas t High P r iest of Couderspo r t Ro yal Ar ch Ch ap ter, No 263; Thrice Ill u s trious Maste r of Galeton Counci l, No. 58, R oya l and Select Master s in 1926; Em inent Comma n der of Potter Comrnandery, No. 69 of Co u dersp ort in 1916; a Membe r of Kn ights of York Cross of H onour, Harrisb urg, and Jaffa T emple, A A O.N.M.S., Altoona.
B roth e r E dward Han d
Ph ys i c i a n -S o l d i e r -S ta t es m e n
By J AMES R. CASE
H isto rian of Grand L odge of Co nnecticut
Less tha n t wo d ecades af ter th e Ki ng of France had se nt a n expedi ti onary force t o aid i n the st ru ggle fo r Amer ica n inde pend en ce, the D ir ectory of the T hird Republ ic in t erfered with American s h ipping, refused t o receive the Ameri ca n minister to F r ance, a nd threatened war. The Adam s admi n istra t ion was so alar me d tha t nationa l de fe nse meas ures were ini tia t ed Geo rge Wash ington was name d as commander of Ame rica n military forces an d in turn des ignated as h i s Ad j u tant Gene r al, Edward Hand of P e nnsyl va ni a .
T he appointment was well d ese r ved si n ce, du r ing t h e Revol u t ion, Hand ea rned a r ep u tation for ene r ge t ic acti on, leadersh ip, plan n ing a bil i t y, goo d disc ipline a n d zeal in the perfo r mance of h is du ti es T o t h e ad mir atio n of h is soldie r s was ad d ed the respect of his fe llow officers, and th e es t ee m a n d confiden ce of Geo r ge Washington
Born i n Ir eland on the last day of 1744, our subjec t atten ded Trin i ty College a t Du blin. Hi s me dical tr ai n ing q u a lifi ed h im for appo in tment as Surgeo n 's Ma te in the 18th R oyal Irish Regime nt of Foot, wh ich, no doubt, he knew was coming to America, wh ere t h e y arr ive d i n 1767. Whe n his army contract expired, Han d estab lis h ed h s m edical p r ac t ice in Lancas t er, Pa , ma rri ed a nd settled down for a few yea r s before h e was back in u n iform
No t in a r e d coat, h owever, but in a h u n t ing jacket, as he was commiss ioned l ieutenant co lonel i n one of the famou s P en ns ylvan ia reg ime nts of ri fl eme n and hu r r ied off to the s iege o f Bosto n. D ur in g t h e n ex t yea r a n d a half he ed h is troo ps i nt o battle on Lo n g I sla n d, a t W hi te P la ns , a t Tr ento n a n d Pri nceto n, h av ing bee n promoted to colonel in Marc h 1776, an d becom ing a Co ntin en tal brigadier gene ra l a yea r or so la t er.
As such he was s ent to command t h e o u tpo s t of P itts b urgh o n the fr ontier, in cha rge of defe ns es agai ns t Indian s a n d Tories in th e s e c t or. In Oc tobe r 1778 he was poste d t o command of the impo rt an t t raining and s uppl y fac il i ties at Albany and vicini t y
After parti cipa ti o n i n a p u n itive ex pe di ti on aga inst th e India ns i n th e upper Su s que han na Valley , unde r Gene ra l Sulliva n , Ha n d's brigade wen t in to winte r quar t er s at Morristown, New Jer sey and he was detached to t h e crack Light I n fant r y Corps, late r co mma n ded by La faye tt e. He was one of the court mar t ial wh o t r ied a n d condemn ed the Br i tish s py , Andre.
When t he Contine nt al ar my was r e OI·ganized in 1781, Hand became Adj uta nt Ge n e ra l, a ma r k of a pprobation an d tru st b y Was hin gt on. As s uc h he wa s at t he s iege of Yo r ktown, a nd parti cipated in the fin al r outi n e of r e du c-
ti o n an d d emob il iza tion o f the army. H e was brevetted Majo r Genera l in Septe mber 1783. Wh ile th e reco r d does not show whe r e Ed wa r d Han d was made a Maso n , we know that h e se r ved as Wo r shi pfu l Mas te r of Military Lodge, No 19, char tered in th e Contin en tal Line by the Gra n d Lodge of Pe nnsylvania. Q u ite poss ibl y h e wa s made a Mason i n a Br itis h Reg ime nt al Lodge eve n before he ca me to Amer ica . Afte r th e war, he attemp ted to settle down t o a r esump ti on o f his medical pr ac t ice, b ut domestic m a t ters and pu blic affair s pro ba bly somewhat rest r ic ted Hand 's services to the s ick. But h e served t h e p u b li c inte r est in the Co ntin e nt al Co n gr ess d uri ng 1784- 5 a n d was often n the Pennsy lvan ia ass e mb ly. He was among th ose who form ul a ted the new s t ate co ns ti tution o f 1790. He h e d th e appo intm en t of Collector o f I n ternal Reven ue for the dis tr c t , 179 1-1801. A year la ter, h owever, he die d an early death.
On his exte nsive la n d hold ings nea r Lancaste r , P a ., Edward Ha nd h ad b u ilt a mans ion calle d R ock Ford, n ow in pr ocess of r es torati on This wi ll se r ve as a memorial to one of th e Cra f t whos e services in f oundin g the Commonwealth an d R ep u bli c shou ld n ot be f orgo t te n.
New S uperi nte nde nt a n d
Ass istan t S uper inte n de n t
E l ec te d a t th e H ome s
T h e Co mm i t tee on Maso n ic Homes ha s elec t ed a career em ploye e and a hote l executive t o the t op s taff pos itions a t the Maso n ic H ome s at El izabeth town.
Bro th er Pa ul S. Shank, an employee of t he H ome s s ince h e was 13 years old, was e lected s uperint enden t.
Bro t her Stuart C. Kines, a fo rmer executive of the Ame r ican Ho t els Corporat io n , was elected assistant s u pe ri n t endent . Br oth e r Sh ank s tarted t o wo r k in the vegetab le ga r d ens of t he Homes when a bo y I n 1927 h e was app oin ted S tewa r d , a pos tion h e h el d until h is elevation to s u perin ten den t
He is a member of Ab r aham C. T r eich ler
Lodge No. 682, Elizabe tht own; An cient Accepted Scottish Ri te Bodies, Vall ey of Harr isbur g, an d Zembo Sh r ine Te mple, Harrisburg .
He also is a me mber of the Reformed
Ch urc h o f El izabe th town Bro th e r S han k and his wife h av e a so n , wh o also li ves in Elizab e thtown
Brot her Ki n es, a former re s iden t of H a r risburg, was ma n ager of T he Coronado I n n , P ampa , T exas, wh en he was elec ted to t h e p os ition at the Homes
A gr ad uate o f P enn State Unive rsi t y,
Br o t h er Ki n es se rved as a capta in in the Ma ri ne Corps d u ring World War II . His ho tel
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experience incl ud es: Manage1 o f T h e Allenbe rr y Hote l, Boiling Spr ings, Pa.; executi ve ass is tan t ma n age r , The Harrisb u rghe r H otel, Harrisb u rg; ope n e d and ma nage d f o ur ho t el s for the Amer ican H o t els Cor p oration and se rved as ma nage r of Hotel P o n tiac, Oswego , N.Y
Brothe r Kines ' c ivic activi ti e s i n clu d e : past preside nt of P enn Sta te H ote l an d R es tauran t Associa t io n , past p r esiden t o f P ennsylva nia Ho tel Greete r s of America; past p res iden t o f Oswego Y M.C.A , pas t pres ident o f Oswego Com mu n it y Ch est an d pas t t r eas u rer an d v i ce pres iden t of th e Oswego R ota r y Club . He has been a c t ive in th e Me th odi s t Ch u rc h , a nd served on Me th odis t Ch urc h boa rd s in Oswego, N. Y. , Ha rris burg an d P ampa T exas He is a Me mbe r of Robe r t Bu rns Lodge No. 464, Har ri sburg; Anc ien t Accep ted Sco ttis h R ite Bodies , Valley o f H arrisburg; St J ohn s Commandery No.8, Kn ights Temp ar, Ca rl isl e; an d Zembo S hr ine Temp le, H arri s bu r g. Br o th er K ines and his wi fe have four ch i ld r en
New Lodge Room De d ica t ed a t M o un t l oy
A Specia l Co mm u n ica t ion of Gr an d Lodge was h eld o n Satu r day, Sep tember 9, to ded icate a n ew Mas o ni c Lodge me e tin g room f or Casip hia Lodge, No. 55 1, Mo unt J oy Brothe r Max F. Balcom, R W. Gra nd Mas ter, heade d a long list of Mas o n ic leade r s who too k part in t h e dedication A banquet was he ld in Hoste tt er Banquet Hall , Mount J oy. Casiphia Lodge pu r chased a Me th odist Ch urc h build ing and remodeled it into an ou tstand ing, small Maso ni c Hall
New Lo dge t o b e
Con st itu ted at E a s ton
A Maso nic Lodge wi ll be consti tut ed at Eas t on at 2.30 p.m., Sa tur da y, Decem ber 9, 1961. I t wil l be th e Ge neral Marqui s de Lafaye tt e Lodge, No 795, and will meet in the Eas ton Ma so n ic Hal l.
T his will be t h e th ird Mason ic L odge in Easton.
The cons t itutio n will b e h eld in th e Wilso n High Sc h ool Gymnas i um, W ilso n Borou gh , a s u burb of Easton.
Following the co n sti tuti on, the thre e Masoni c L odges in Eas to n will h old a c ombi ned banq u et i n the Eagles Horne, Route 11 5, S t ocker to n.
T his will be the sixth Mas on ic Lodge con s tituted in Penns ylvania t h is year, and the e igh t h Lodge cons tituted by Br othe r Max F. Balcom , R. W Gra n d Mas t er,
From Our Grand Secretary's Office
Septen1ber Quartedy Com 1nunication
One hundr ed and fifty-two Lodge s were represented a t the Quarterly Commun ication held on September 6. Th e following s umm ary outlines briefly the i terns of general interest.
The Grand Lodge of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has ex pressed its de ep app re ciation for the fraternal recognition which wa s recent ly extend ed by our Grand Lodge.
Proposed Amendments to the By- Laws of 10 Lodges we re received and referred to the Committee on By- Laws. Upon the recommendati on of this Committ ee, th e By- Laws of one Lodge, the proposed Amendments of seve n Lodges and the propo sed Ame n dme nt s of two Lo dges as am ended in the co p y we re approved by Gra nd Lodge.
Committee on Finance
Th e Committee on Finan ce reported receipts of $739,600 .00 duri ng the quar t er e nding Augu s t 15 , 1961 a nd expe nditur es of $948,850.00 during the same period.
T wo Re sol uti ons presented by thi s Committee were adopted. The fir st Re solution provid ed for the installation of an auxiliary weld ed -s t eel steam main at th e Masonic Hom es at Elizabethtow n with the necessary converters and associated equipment at a cos t not t o exceed $200,000 .
The othe r R esolu tion covered mi sce llaneous alteration s in the Maso ni c Temple in P h ilade lphia at a cost not t o exceed $20,000.
Four-Year Course at Patton School
The Committee on Thomas Ra nk en Patt on Masonic I nstitution fo r Boy s, in a bTief repo rt, anno un ced that the School now ha s a fouryear course availab le for th e fir s t tim e. The Fall Term opened on September 5 wi th 49 student s enrolled.
Why Not Make Use of Your Circulating Library?
The bes t in formed Mas t er Mas on is th e Master Maso n who r eads and s tudies. Consequently, if we want Free masonry to be of practical u sef ulness and c ultural attainment, we, as Freemasons, mus t n ot n eglect ou r Mas onic reading, our Masonic stud y ing and our search for more Masonic Ligh t.
Yours is a pri vilege a nd opportunity that i s mos t precious and priceless- that of being eligible fo r members hip in Our Circulating Librar y wi th its wealth of Maso ni c li terature. There is no charge for the u se of the book s other th an th e return postage to our Librar y Th e l e ndin g period is thre e weeks
In addition t o th e interes t ing books on Freemas onry listed in the prev ious iss ues of THE PE NNSYLVAN IA FREEMASON, we li s t the following- ju st a fe w mor e of n ea rl y 180 different
New Committee !VIost Active
The Committee on Mason ic Temples, Masonic Halls and Masonic Lodge Rooms has bee n a ss isting ove r 25 Lodges throughout the State in their efforts to ob tain new or improved Ma so ni c Ha ll s or Lodge Room s. Any Lodge con tem pla ting new or improved quarters s h ould consul t Brother Earl F. Herold , R. W Senior Grand Warden, wh o is Chairman of the above Committee, befo r e a n y action is taken. This Comm ittee is a lso having typ ical Lodge fl oor plans and ass ociated worki ng drawings a nd s pecifications prepared . The y s hould be available fo r us e by the Lodges in th e near f uture.
Th e Committee on T emple r epo rt ed expenditures of $45, 000 for th e Quarter; also that a n e w organ has been ins talled in Norman Hall in th e Masonic T e mple in Philadel phia as a gift by Lodge No 9
Th e R. W. Grand Master, Broth e r Max F. Balcom , an n ounce d tha t $2 , 500 has been f orwarded for the r elief of Cuban Brothers in exile and th ei r families
Th e Ded ication of the new Ma so nic Hall of Cas iphia Lodge, No 551 in Mount Jo y and the Const i tution of Glenshaw Lodge , No. 793 and Wh iteha ll Lodge, No. 794 a t S pecial Communication s of Grand Lodge are covered by other articles in this issue.
The R. W. Grand Mas t er also announced that General Marqui s de Lafayette Lodge, No. 795 wi ll be cons tituted in Eas t on on Decembe r 9.
Sincerely and fraterna lly,
AsHBY B. P AUL, R. W. Grand Secreta ry
Masonic book s th at are avail able for your readin g p le asure:
THE HoLY BIBLE Ma sonic Edition
HISTORY AND EvoLUTION OF FR E EMASONRY. Da rra h THE MASTER MASON 'S H ANDBOOK Wa rd MA NUAL OF THE CHA P TER Sheville -Gould HISTORY OF THE CRYPTIC RITE Hinman
MASONRY AND CITI ZENS HIP Lanier
UNTRODDEN PATHS OF MASO N C R ESEARC H D aynes WELL SPRINGS OF FREEMA SON RY Ha y wood AFTER THE LoDGE Is CLOSE D A Bro P. M. WHAT TO SAY. Macoy
Additional List of Books I s Availab l e
Should yo u de s ire to borrow book s from th e
Circulating Library or make furth er inquir y, rel at ive to book s available , etc., wr ite to:
LIBRARIAN AND CURATOR
Mas onic Temple, Broad and Fi bert Stree ts Philadelphia 7, Penn sylvania
The Library staff will be mos t pleased to se r ve you
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Grand Lodge Officers
Lay Cornerstone of New YMCA Building in Clearfield
Brother Max F. Bal com, R. W. Grand Master, an d a large corps of Grand Lodge Office rs, laid the corners tone of the new Young Men 's Christian Assoc iatio n building in Clearfield, P ennsylva ni a, on Satu rd ay afternoon, October 28, 1961.
This impress ive Masonic ce r emony was performed be fore a la rge audience in th e very heart of this North -ce ntral community The former YMCA build ing was de s tro ye d by fire in 195 9, and th e drive for the necessary fund s to rebuild th e str uctur e was s u ccess full y c ulminated th e f ollo wing yea r. The new YMCA home is n ow sc heduled for completion late r this win t er.
The speakers at the cornersto ne ceremony incl uded, in a ddition to Brot her Balcom : William France, Jr., Pres ident, Board of Directors of th e Clearfield Young Men 's Christian Ass ociation, and Ev erett M. Gilmore, Associate Se cretar y, S tat e YMCA, Ha rri sburg
Do You Need Books to Start or Enlarge a Masonic Library?
Could you use a few extra Masonic books?
We ask this ques tion thinkin g th a t there ma y be a Lodge or a Member des irous of enla rgi ng th ei r re spective Masonic libraries or poss ibly s tartin g a new Ma so nic library
An in ve ntory of the ex tra copies of certain editions o f Masonic books in the s tacks of our Libra r y a t th e Maso nic T empl e, Philadelphia 7, Pa., prompts us to wonde r jus t ho w interested the Lo dges o r Members wou ld be i n ne gotiating for copies of th ese extra books.
I t might be mentioned that a lthough there ma y be so me volum es that wou ld be g ive n free for the a s king, th ere would be a charge placed o n man y of th ese books of a ve r y reas onable figur e
A li s t of the b ooks available fo r distr ibution will be pr ovid ed for tho se interested. I n making your inqu r y write to:
LIBRARIA N AND CuRATOR Ma s onic Temple, Broa d a nd Filbert Streets Philadelphia 7, Penns ylvania
Newest Grand Lodge Constituted in New Delhi
The Grand Lodge of In dia will be co nsecrated and consti tut ed in New Delhi, India, on Frida y, November 24, 1961. The consecration of this newes t Grand Lod ge will be pe rformed by the M. W. Grand Master of Scotlan d while the Deputy Grand Master of Irela nd will co ns ti t ute the new Grand Lodge. The De put y Grand Master of England will in s tall M. W. Major-General Dr. Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan, Nawab of Rampur as th e Grand Master of India
Valley Forge and Freemasonry
By RoNALD E. HEATON,
Treasnrer of The Ph ilalethes Society Member of Charity Lodge, No . 190, Norristown, Pa.
Most Masonic his t orians and research wor ker s will readi ly agree that fac t an d fiction are closely intermingled in th e records they turn up in their work Th e story of Freemasons and Freemasonry at Valley Forge, during the period of the encampment of the Contin enta l Army there (December 19, 1777-June 19, 1778) bear s th is out.
R eaders of this s hort article will recall seei ng related the story that Pennsylva nia 's outstanding General of the Revoluti ona r y War, "Mad" Anthony Wayne (himself not a Mason), entertained the Army Officers who were Masons at a banquet during th e Spring of '78, amid the apple blossoms. Or, again, the story that Baron Von Steuben, a Mason in Germ any , later a memb er of Trinity Lodge, No. 10 in New York, and sti ll later on affilia ti ng with H olland Lodge, No 8 of New Yor k confer ring the 32°, S ublime Prince of the Ro yal Sec r et, on Dr. Matthew Thorn ton of New Hampsh ire, a s igner of the Declaration of Ind epende nce. General Lafayette, to o, according to these un verified tra ditions, was made a Mason at Valley Forge Washington h imself acting as Master of the Lodge on that occas ion.
No basis in fact has been found to veri fy the Wayne s tor y. The othe r t wo fall by the wayside when each claim is cons idered b y the careful st ude nt of Masoni c hi story
The Von Ste u ben-Thorn ton incident is onl y wishfu l t hinking, because the 32° had not ye t come in t o ex is tence.
R eading a good biography of General La fa yette and checking dates closely will show that the General was in France on business fo r the Colonies at the time of the s uppo se d Lodge meeting. No one knows ye t whe r e an d when La fa yette was a Mas on, but on h is r et urn tri p to the Un ited S ta tes in 1824 he was acc orded unprec eden ted Maso ni c honors, the l ike of whi ch has n o t been dup li cated for an y oth er Freemas on. The Ri ght Wo r shi pfu l Gra nd Lodge of Free and Accepted Mas ons of Pennsylva ni a satisfi ed it self of Lafa yett e's Mas onic membership, as s hown by a r eport of a Committee appoin ted by th at bod y on September 6, 182 4
The ve nerabl e i nn at King of P russ ia, P a., built aro und 1709, is al so menti oned as being the m eeti n g place of a n Army Lodge of Mas ons during the encampm ent. This may be true, and possibly is , but no do cumenta r y e vidence has been di scove red to prove the point.
In the face of th ese doubts as to the exi s tence of Freemasonry a t Valley Forge, th e re is ample evide nce that Freema so n s were th ere. And wh ere Free masons ga ther, Maso nic Lodge meetings no d o ubt follow as a matter of co urs e
In the Appendi x of a Guide Book and Hi storical Record of Valley Forge S tate Park,
publis h ed by the writer of thi s article, is a list of 130 General Offi cers, and Brigade and Regimental Comm anders of the troops stationed at Valle y F or ge during the winter of 1777-78
Fifty-two of thes e Officer s ar e known to have been Freemas ons Severa l of these 52 Mas ons at Valle y Forge attained higher rank s in the Conti nental Arm y befor e the war ended. Colonels Elias Dayto n , Otho H. Williams, Mordecai Gis t , Jethro Sumner, and James Hogui1 a ll su bsequently attained the rank of Brigadier General, and their Masonic memb ership is t r ea ted more full y in a Diges t prepared by th e writer of this article a nd published in Februar y 1960, by Th e Maso nic Serv ice Associa ti on entitled: " Mas onic Membership of the General Officers of the Continental Army."
This App e ndix lis ts onl y tho se officer s of th e rank s of Lie u tenant Colonel an d hi gh er. No d oubt officers of lower ranks, as well as some men in the rank and file of t h e Arm y we re Mas ons as well. One man in pa rti cular comes to mind now, s ince hi s Lodge recently he ld a Special Comm uni ca ti on at Valley Forge.
This Communication was unique in that i t was the on ly tim e (so far as ca n be r eadil y det erm in ed now) tha t a Masonic Lodge of New York S tat e held a Mason ic meeti ng in Pennsyl va ni a . The reaso n behind thi s unu s ual meeting may be o f s ome in te r est to t he Brethren of Pennsylva n ia
One Mo ses Sprou le (Sproul) was a Sergean t in the 3rd New Jer sey R egime nt from Nove mber, 1775, to 1781, and se r ve d a t Va ll ey F org e
He was promoted to Ensig n Ju ne 21, 178 1, and served to Nove mber, 1783
S pro ule was a m ember of Independen t Ro ya l Arc h Lodge, New York , celebrating its · 200th anniversa r y in 1960. Grand Lodge Li b rary a n d Muse um in New York City ha s a crud ely engraved silver jewe l beari ng the nam e of Moses Sprou le and a date associat ing it with his se r vice a t Va lley Forge, 5778.
Other memb e r s o f I nd epen dent Roy al Arch Lodge also serv ed at Valle y Forge, as \n di ca t ed by a P as t Mas ter of th e Lodge, Brother Edward R. Cus ick , in an artic le in Th e Royal Arch Ma son , December, 1943. One was Rowland Cotton a Sergeant in th e Connecticu t R egme n t of Ran ger s, who e nlisted in 1775, a nd serve d thr oughout th e war. Another who was probably th ere was Ja r ed Bun ce, en lis ted in 17 75 and promoted t o Sergeant in 1780.
Several othe r members of thi s Lodge are kno wn to hav e be en with the army a t Newburgh in 1783 and may also have served at Va lley Fo rge
It was as a m emorial to th ese brethren pa rti cularl y that Indep endent R oyal Arch Lodge, No.2, New York, held its Special Communica-
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tion in Pennsylva nia May 7, 1960. The Lodge had the approva l of the New York Grand Master, Most Worshipful Carl W. Peterson, and permission granted by Broth er Max F. Balcom, the Right Worshipful Grand Master in Pennsylva nia. Arrangements were made b y the writer of this a rticle in coo peration with the 200th Anniversary Chairman of the Lodge, and the Communication was held at fiv e o'clock in the Hall of the P a tri o ti c Order Sons of Am e rica, on a hill overlooking Gene ral George Washington's headquarters. It was preceded by a to ur of Valley Forge State Park under the direction of the S up erint e nd ent, Brother E. Clyde Pyle, and a vis it to the Washington Memo r ial Chapel and the Museum of The Valley Forge Historical Society, as guests of the Rec t or and President, Dr. John Robbins Ha rt. La di es were inc! uded in this part of the program, and at the dinn er which fo llowed at the Valley Forge Hotel, Norr istown, Pa. Th e Lodge was welcomed to Valley Forge, whic h is in Pennsylvania Mason ic Di s trict 40, by Brother Minor M. Dain , District Deputy Grand Master, and in Norris town, Di s trict 6, by Broth e r Gerald H. W oer·ner, District Deputy Grand Master. Th e two Lodges in Norristown, Chari t y, No 190 and Nor ri stown, No. 620, were represented, re s pective ly, by Brother Edwa rd M. Buckley, Worshipful Mas ter, and Broth er He nry F. White, Senior Warden. The brethren and ladies were officially welcomed, both at luncheon and dinn er, by Brother Merritt W. Bosler, Burgess of Norris to wn. At all gatherings th e presiding officer was Brother Dav id W. Lamme y, Worshipful Master of I nd epe ndent Royal Arch Lodge. R emarks at the Lodge Communi cation included the f oll owing: " We a re here t oday ..• to me e t as a memorial t o those of our members who ser ve d h ere in the Revolu ti onary War Th is mem orial to ou r memb er s is also t o the o th er Mas ons who se rved here, an d to all m en and Masons who have se rv ed our Country since "
T he r e was no a tt empt to establis h the fact that there was a meeting of this Lodg e at Valley Forge in 1777 01" 1778. The Mas ter as ked the Junior Warden a ques tion as a part of the memorial ceremon y : "Wh ere did Mas ons of Indep endent Ro ya l Arch meet in the yea r 1778?" The Jun ior Wa rd e n r es ponded with a degre e of caution whic h may be recommended to Mas o ni c historians: " Worshipful Mas ter, we do not know. We do know th at th ey me t in New York before 1776 and after 1783 We a lso know th at they met in the American Revo lutionary Army in 1783; they may have met in the Army at othe r tim es be twe en 1776 and 1783 Wors hipf ul Mas ter, in th e ye ar 1778 th ere were Maso n s of Independent Royal Arch Lodge a t Valley Forge, in th e Army of General Geo rge Was hington, and ther e were Masons of other Lodges, and of cou r s e th ere were men who were not Masons Whether an y of the Masons m et as Masons a t Valley Forge we do not know; we only k now tha t th ey were here, (Co t&tillu ed onpase 6)
