The Committee on Fl oo d Relief's final report shows Grand Lodge p rovided $6 14 ,850 in cash grants and l oans to victims of tropical storm Agnes which ravaged Penn sylva nia la st June.
The three-member committee. which was appoin ted by Bro. W. Orvill e Kimmel, R. W. Grand Master , presented its fin al report at the March Quarte rl y Communication. The comm it tee. it.s work completed, was dis solved as o f March 7 after recommend in g such acti on to Bro. Kimmel.
UNDER THE chairman ship of Bro. Rochester B Woodall, R. W. D ep ut:v Grand Master , the comm ittee had met regularly and administered the flood relief program s ince la st July 5.
Th e committee received and processed 592 applications for assistance up to D ec. 31, 1972. Bro Kimmel had declared the flood e mergency period over as of that date , in accordance wit h a resolution by Grand Lod ge.
The flood relief progra m was carried out in four phases .
Under the first p h ase, Grand Lodge gave $111,85 0 in cash gifts to Brethre n who needed h elp immediately in th e disaster.
The seco nd p ha se saw Grand Lodge approve $476,500 in low interes t loan s to h e lp flood victims get a new start.
CASH GIFTS totaling $ 12 ,3 00 were given under the third phase to local organizations w hi ch did outsta ndin g work durin g the e mergency.
In the program's fourth p ha se, Grand Lod ge provided $ 14,200 to help r estore Masonic Temples dam aged by flood waters.
THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Distribution Office MASONIC HOMES Elizabethtown, Pa 17022
(hnd FORM 3S79 to Above Address)
3rd Woods Brother Gets Emblem
A highlight of Sharpsville Lodge No 517's tOO th anniversary celebration came when Bro. W Orville Kimmel , R. W Grand Master, presented Bro. Ralph A. Woods, the Lodge's oldest living Past Master, wit h his Grand Lodge Fifty Year Masonic Service Emblem Proudly look· in g on are Bro. Woods' two brothers, Bro. Frederick H. Woods a nd Bro. Charles H. Woods (left to right), who a lso are 50-year members of Sharpsville Lodge. T heir late brother , Bro. George M Woods, had served as Worshipful Master of the Lodge in 1933.
Thousands to Tour Building
Dedication Crowns Fun-Filled Day
(Continued fro m Pa ge I) tish Rite Choir, under the direction of Bro. James E. Sawyer, and three top b ands from Shrine Temples across the s tate.
Zembo Temple in Harrisburg will se nd its Concert Band t o perform und e r the baton of Bro. L incol n B. Fogelsa nger; the String Band of Lu Lu T e mple, nea r Philad elphia , will be directe d by Bro. H e nry Yerkes; and the "Million Dollar" Brass Band of Syria Templ e in Pittsburgh will be led b y Bro. John G.
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W h ile they w ill hav e no part in the dedication ceremony, about 20 rednosed, baggy pants characters from Zembo Temple's Clown Unit w ill be especially bu sy most of the day.
THE CLOWNS, laden with pl e nty of balloons for t he youngsters, w ill be performing their s lap s tick routine throughout the grou nd s. From morning to du sk, the cavortin g clowns will certainly bring joy to young and old alike.
Ten shuttle buses will travel a fi xed r oute in touri ng the grounds from 9 a.m. to 5 :30 p.m. The bu ses w ill be pl a inly marked and no other transpo rtat ion w ill b e permitted to tour the H omes' area.
Parking space is availabl e to handl e more than 3,000 cars and at least 200 chartered buses wh ich will bring Lodge gro u ps to the dedication.
About SO D eMolay members wi ll assis t with the parking, while 65 members of the Rainbow Girls and Job 's D aughters w ill serve as tour guides.
FOR THE conven ie nce of vis itors. water dispensers and comfort stat ions will be placed in various picnic sites. Soft drink stands also will be conven ie ntly locate d.
First a id station s w ill be s taffed at the h ospita l and Grand Lodge Hal l. Severa l amb ul a nces will be availab le if needed. A fl ee t of cars w ill b e mark e d to take vis itors to th e first aid s tati ons.
Dedication Crowns Fun-Filled Day
Everything is set for a fun-filled day July 28 when thousand s of Brethre n and their famil ies converge on Elizabethtown for dedication of th e "Masons Care Building" at the Ma sonic H omes.
The full day of activities wi ll get underway with mornin g tours of th e new 116-be d , $3.5 milli on buildin g. Tours also will be conducted throughou t the H omes and grounds.
THERE WILL be entertainment bv award-winning bands, a ch oral grouo and clow n unit from various Masonic Bodi es.
Much of the b eau tiful 1 ,600 acre s of the Homes will be set as id e as picnic areas for Lod ge groups and vis itors from all sect ion s of the state. They will pack their own ba sket lun ches and brin g card tables and fo l ding chairs to set up outdoors .
Bro. W. Orville Kimmel , R. W.
Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers w ill d edi ca te the "Masons Care Building" at 2 p.m. ceremonies.
Principal speake r at th e dedication will be Bro. Conrad H a hn , who h as served since 1964 as executive secretary of the Masonic Service Association of the United States. He is a Past Grand Master of Maso ns in Connecticut.
AFTER THE dedicatory address the "Masons Care Buildin g," one of th e most modern of its kind in the nation. w ill be presented officially to Grand Lodge's Committee on Ma sonic Hom es.
Accepting the bu ilding on behalf of the comm ittee will be one of its m e mbe rs, Bro. William E. Yeager of Warren, a Past Grand Ma ster of Pe nn sylvan ia. Bro. Yeage r will make brief remarks in accep ting the key to the threestory, air cond iti oned building. The dedication program will be h e ld
in the parking area of the n e w building, which is adjace nt to the Philad elphia Free masons' Memorial Hospital. A STAGE WILL be erec ted for the ceremon ies and thousands of folding chairs placed to handle the audience. Taking part in the festivities will be the Valley of Harri sburg' s 35-voice Scot(Continued on P age 8)
$885,000 Bequest Creates Memorial
The second floor of th e "Ma sons Care Building" w ill be dedicated as a memorial in honor of a Philadelphia Ma so n who b eq ueat hed $88 5 ,000 to Grand Lodge. Bro. Joseph D Wilson, w h o wa s a memb er of Franklin Lodge No. 134 in Philadelphia, crea ted a r esiduary trust under terms of hi s w ill. Bro. Wilso n died Nov. 19 , 1922. Under the will, fund s from the recen tly liquid ated tru st were " f or the erection of one or m ore buildings, or parts of buildings, at the Mason ic H omes at Elizabethtown th e sai d money to b e exp ended under the order , direction and care of the Grand Lod ge of Pennsylvania ."
A plaque inscribed as "The Jo sep h D. Wilson Memorial" will be placed on the new buildin g s secon d flo or.
Quarterly Meetings Set
Grand Officers and Their Ladies
The June Quarterly Communication will be held June 6 in the Ma soni c Temple, Philadelphia. Grand Lodge's Committee on Finance w ill m eet at 10: 30 a.m. in the Grand Ma ster's Reception Room. There will be a 2:30p.m. mee ting of Di s tric t Deputy Grand Ma ste rs in th e Grand Banqu e t Hall. Grand Lodge w ill convene at 7 p.m. in Corinthi an Hall. All Master Ma son s a re invited to attend.
THE PENNSYLVA NIA FREEMASON
"Th e Blue Lodge" was t he ge ne r al discuss io n theme at the 1973 Conferen ce of Grand Masters o f Masons in North America h el d l ast Feb. 2 0-21 in Was hin gton , D.C.
Bro. W O r ville Kimmel , Grand Ma ster of Masons in Pennsylv ania , p r ese n ted t he report of the Conference Committee w hi ch h e ser ve d as c h airman.
BRO. KIMMEL was given a vote of apprec iat ion f or his effec tive leaders hi p of the committee . It was respo n sible for the arrangeme nts and programs at the conference.
A highligh t came whe n Bro. Fedo r M. Stefanovich, Most Worshipfu l Grand Master of the York Grand Lodge of Mex ico , presented the Mexican flag to the co nference. The occasion marke d th e York G r a nd Lodge of Mexico b ei ng admi t t ed to membership in the conference for th e fir st time.
Besides Mexico, 59 other Gra n d Lodges attended the 1973 confe r ence They were the 49 Grand Lodges in t he Un ited States, nin e Grand L odges in Canada and the G rand Lod ge of P ue r to Rico.
IN DISCUSSI N G the Blue Lod ge, a w ide range of opinion s and ideas we r e exchanged. Selected sub je c ts presente d b y e ight of the G rand M aster s w e re "Masonic Image," "Blu e Lodge Operati on, " "Memb ership , " "Blu e Lodge Atte ndan ce," "Maso nic Age Requ ireme nts," "Blue Lodge Relations hi p wi th Grand Lod ge," "Th e Dow n town Lodge" and "Effectiv ene ss of Blu e Lod ge Offi cers "
Old Hall in Taylor Becomes Temple
An old , d il apidated frame buildin g in Taylor h as b een created into a b eautiful Masonic T em pl e b y Aca cia L odge No 579 memb ers w h o volunta rily l abored thousand s of hou r s on the project.
All the night s and weeken ds si nce 1970 that Lodge worke rs gave o f their time and talents to con str uc t their new home came to a fi tting climax thi s month.
ON MAY 4 the memb er s gath e r ed , justifiably proud of the r enova t ed building their hands fa shi one d, to d edicate the Lodge Room of the Temple at 617 Union St. Bro. W Orville Kimmel, R. W. Grand Mas ter, offici a ted a t the 4: 3 0 p.m. dedicat ion duri n g the Specia l Communication of Grand Lodge. A corp s of Grand Lodge officers accompanied Bro. Kimmel for the ceremony
A 6 :30p.m. b a nquet wa s held in t h e dining hall of Taylor H ose Co. No. 1, ac ross the s tree t f ro m the T e mple
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Membership Drops As State Lists 237 ,404 Masons
Prelimina r y s tatistics for 1972 sho w a decrea se in both m ember ship and the number of Blue Lodges in Pennsylvani a .
Bro. Ashby B. Paul, R W Grand Secre tar y, r eported there were 23 7 ,404 Masons in 605 Symb olic Lodges as of De c 27 , 1972 , the st a rt of th e n ew Maso nic Year.
COMPARED TO that date in 197 1 it r eprese nt s a decre a se in members hip of 2,278 Brethren. It marks the 12th con secuti ve year membersh ip h a s declined in Pennsylvania.
And the re also was a loss of fi ve Blue Lod ges during 1972 a s a result o f mer ger s.
Bro. Paul stres se d th e 19 72 memb e rship figures may c h ange sin ce a s tud y of the general returns has n ot be en co mpl eted. H e presented hi s r epor t a t the March Quarte rl y Comm un ic at ion at H e r sh ey.
During 1972, Bro. Paul sa id , the re we re 4 ,729 new initiates int o the Fraternity and 1,176 Brethren ad mitted. However, thi s ga in of 5 ,905 was o ffse t w h e n death , sus pensio n s and r esignation s took 8 ,183 Brethre n off the membershi p roll
BRO . PAUL sa id d eath l as t year ca lle d 6,097 Brethren , w hil e 1,389 were s uspended and 697 r esigned.
Mea nw hile , Bro. Paul r e ported 966 Bre thren atte nd ed Grand L odge at the March Quarterly . Th ey represented 28 1 Lodges
owned its own home, in 1970 bo ugh t the former Ukra ini a n Workingmen's Hall for a few thousand d ollars The hall was describ ed as "the shell of an old building."
BUT THE LONG-neglec ted structure was t ransformed into a modern mee ting place by the force of volunteers from the 468-memb er Acacia Lodge.
Practically a ll of the mod ernization proj ect was carried out b y the skilled L od ge wo rkers. Ho we ver, a n ew 15-foot addition to the front of the building was con s truc ted under contrac t.
Beside s the Lodge Room, Acacia's beautiful T e m p le h as a spacious r ec re ation room w ith mode rn kitchen facilities Other f eatures in clude air conditioning, electric h eat and wa ll-to -wa ll ca rp eting
. The Cra ftsmen's A ssocia tion of the Lodge is r espon sib le for ope ra tion of the Temple.
THE ACACIA project is the fifth building progr am com p le ted in the 59th (Con t in ue d o n P age 6)
Bro W O r ville Kimmel , R. W. Grand Maste r, expressed great pleasu re in welcomin g the tremendo us t urnout at Hersh ey. The March Quarte rl y, held at the b e a utiful Mil ton H ershey Sch ool, f eatured an e nj oyable progra m of activities for b o th the Bre th re n and the ir Ladies
Freemasons' Hospital Needs Staff Doctor
T h e re is a n opening for a s taff doctor at th e Philade lphia Freem asons Me m orial Hospita l a t th e Masonic H omes , Elizabeth town
Bro. Rober t W. We stcott, execut ive director of the Homes, said t h e do ctor will b e provid ed a h o me on the ground s near the hos pital. Th e d octor, he added , w ill be a p e rm an e nt member of the ho spital st aff. For furth er inform a ti on pl ease w rite or con ta ct Bro Westcott a t th
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'H is Life Is Our Insp irat ion '
Temp le Fulfills Clearfield Dream
A century-old dream of having its own Masonic T emple h as become a reality for Clearfield Lodge No. 3 14.
In impres sive ceremonies l as t month , Bro. W. Orville Kimmel, R. W. Grand Master, symbolically placed the cornerstone and dedicated the Lodge Room of the n ew, $ 150 ,000 Temple .
BRO. KIMMEL was accompanied b y a corps of Grand Lodge offi cer s at the Special Communication of Grand Lodge on April 14 .
Following the afternoon ceremonies, nearly 220 Brethren attende d a 6 p.m. banquet held in the Temple's large social room.
The 600-member Lodge, constituted Feb. 22, 1858 as Clearfield County's first Maso nic Lodge, moved in to i ts new home l as t Januar y. Lodge No 314 is in the 2 1st Masonic District, with Bro. John E. Miller Jr. as Di stri c t D eputy Grand Master.
Gro und was broken in Jun e, 1970 for the on e-story bri ck, colonial-type building. The Temple is situated at Golden Rod Farms on a two-acre tract off U.S Rou te 322, about two miles ea s t of Clea rfield . THE LODGE Room, wh ich is fully ca rp eted , has 140 permanent, theat erstyle seat s.
Besi de s the social room w ith b anquet facilitie s, the T emple featur es include a lob by, lounge, office, kitch en and res t rooms.
The building is el ectrica lly heated
and air conditioned. A p aved p ark ing lot has space for 100 cars.
The Clearfield Masonic Temple Association a non-profit corp oration , was formed after a concerted effort began in th e Lodge in 1966 to build its own h ome .
CAPITAL FUNDS for cons truct ion of the Temple were r aised through a campa ign held among Ma sons in the Clearfield area. The fund drive was he aded by Bro. Roy I. Fu lto n, the ol dest living Past Master of Lodge No. 3 14, and Bro. La un celot E. Saul t Sr. , also a Past Master.
H istorically, the Lodge's first m eet-
ings 115 years ago we r e he ld in a building on S. Second Street near the William F. Powell Hardwa re Store It is (Con tinu ed on P age 5)
DeMolay Provided 20 Scholarships
Fun and fellowship awaits 20 Pe n nsylvania youths who w ill attend a DeMalay Lead er ship Camp this summ er on scholarship s p rovided b y Gra nd Lodge.
Bro. W. Orville Kimmel, R. W. Grand Ma ste r, sa id Grand Lodge w ill offer a scho lars hip in each of the 20 DeMolay Distric ts in the st a te Each schol ar ship, w hi ch cos t s $8 0, w ill be awa rded to a qu alified yo u th selec ted b y hi s DeMol ay District Deputy.
A SPO.KESMAN for the I nternatio na l Supreme Council, Ord er of D eMolay, sai d the group w ill hold 12, week-l ong Leade r ship Camps thi s summer. They w ill b e h eld in almost every secti on of the country.
Two of the camp s, w h ich ge t unde rway June 23 and run through Aug . 25, will be held at si tes in northeas tern United States.
No rtheast Camp No. 1 w ill b e h eld June 23-29 a t Camp Je well , Con n . , while Northeast Camp No 2 will b e held Aug. 19-25 at the Holiday Hill s YMCA at Paw li ng, N .Y .
The Lead e rship Camps , which sta rted in 1963, are de signed to provide allar ou nd training in D eMolay progra ms and projects . At discussion and insp irational sessions each youth can sha re hi s id eas w ith DeMolays from oth er regio ns of the United States and Canada. Spo rts activities and ente rtainment also highli ght the camps.
State Leads Contributors to MSA
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1972 was the leader in contribution s for the Hospital Visitation Progra m o f the Maso nic Service Association (MSA) of the United States . Pennsylva nia contributed $22,5 00 to the progra m l as t year, followed b y the Grand Lodge of South Dakota with $ 15,700
THE CONTRIBUTIONS of m ember Grand Lodges we re disclosed in a report presented at th e MSA's 54th annual meeting la st Feb. 19 in Wa shin gton , D.C . At the session the Grand Lodge of Alabama , which joined the MSA l ast November, was welcomed as it s n ewes t member. There are now 44 Grand Lod ges with memb er ships in the MSA. In other hospital visita tion activi ti es in 1972 , it was reported a n ew Field Agent bega n la st April to visit vetera ns in the VA H ospital at Erie.
He is Bro. Chester W Zerbe, a member of Lawr ence Lod ge No. 708 in Erie.
BRO. ZERBE is a membe r of Scott ish Rite a nd York Rite Bodies and is a pas t commander of the Legion of Honor of Ze m-Zem Shrine Templ e in Erie. Durin g World War I , h e served as a 2nd L ieutenan t in France and ha s been active in ve terans' organization s . Bro. Zerbe forme rl y was Pe nn sy lvania Sta te Commander of the Vete ran s of Foreign Wars and se rved two years on it s National Council.
Dinner Features Hershey Events
Nearly 1 600 Brethren and their Ladies atte nded d_inner held in the Camelot Room Founders Hall durin g the March Quarterly Co mmumcat10n at Hersh ey. Stewards of Harnsburg Consistory, who served the dinner , are in background.
Honored by Connecticut
Bro. Kimmel Presented Medal
Bro. W. O rv ille Kimmel , R . W. Gra nd Mas te r, has been awa rded the Pierpont Edwards Medal for Di stingu ished Maso ni c Ser vice by the Gra nd Lodge of Con necticut. The medal was p r esented to Bro. Kimmel by Bro. W illi am C Ne u , M W. Gra n d Ma ster of Connec ticut. The presen ta tion was one of the highlights of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut's 185th Annu al Communication held April 3-5 in Hartford . The m ed al is named in h onor of Bro. Pierpont Edwards, who ser ved from 1789-9 1 as the first G r an d Ma ster of Mason s in Connec ticut. ·
Temple Fulfills Clearfield Dream
(Co n tin u ed from P age 4) now Prave's. From 1871 to 1898 the Lodge met on the third floor of th e old Ma sonic building, presently Rudd' s st ore.
Then on Jan. 1, 1899 t he Lodge moved into the new Keysto ne Buildin g But the Brethre n 's m ee ting pl ace an d mo st of their record s we re d es troyed in a disastrous fire w hich swept th e building Feb 15, 1900
DURING THE next 10 months, the Lodge me t in the Odd Fellows H all w hile the Key sto ne Building was being reb uilt. The Lodge returned and con-
Modern Masonic Temple of Clearfield Lodge N o. 314 is situated at Golden Rod Farms on a two-acre tract off Route 322, about two miles east of Clearfield.
Ultramodern
Patton Grads Hear News Executive
Bro. P au l G. Gilmo re of William sport, a Masonic leader a nd long-time n ewspaper executi ve, will be t he principal speaker a t June 2 co mmencement exercises of Patton Ma soni c Schoo l for Boys at Elizabethtown.
Fourteen sen iors w ill receive their diplomas at the 10 :30 a.m . exer cises in the George H D eike Aud itori um of the Masonic Homes.
BRO GILMORE ha s served s in ce 1963 as District D eputy Grand Master of the 18th Masoni c District. I t takes in e ight Masoni c Lodges in L ycoming a nd Northum b erland Coun ties
Since 1971 Bro. Gilmore has served as commander-in-c hief of the Will iamsport Consistory. H e was coroneted an honorary 33rd D egree Scottish Rite Mason in 1957.
Bro. Gilmore was a newspape rman for 43 years w ith th e Williamsport SunGa zette Co. H e retired in 1971 after 22 years as editor of the newspaper.
H e is a member and Past Mas ter of Lodge No. 106 in William sport. Hi s late f a ther , Bro. Arthur S. Gilmore, served as Worshipful Master of th e Lodge in 1921.
BRO. GILMORE is a lso a membe r o f the York Rite Bodies .
A graduate of Lehigh University , he p resen tl y is a tru s t ee and secretary of the board of trustees of Lycoming College in Williamsport. The 14 members of the Pa tton gradu-
Friday 13th Ceremony
BRO. PAUL G. GILMORE Editor 22 Years
ating cla ss and their sponsoring Masonic Lodge s are:
Jeffrey L. Bauma nn , Pollock L odge No 502 i n Tarentum; William V. Byron Jr. , Charlero i Lodge No. 615, Charleroi; Russell W . D yke, I vanhoe Lodge No 449, Philadelphia; John R Ford , Cassia Lodge No 273, Ardmore; Ja mes E. Gilb er t, R ober t Burns Lodge No 464 , H arrisburg.
RO Y E. KINKEAD, Orient Lodge
Monroeville Dedicates New Home
The Brethren of two Lodges near Pitts burgh aren't appre h e n s ive when it comes to Friday the 13th.
Th a t's the day la st m onth t hat H a ilman Lodge No 321 and Monroeville Lodge No 786 held ceremon ies to dedicate their Lodge Room.
BRO W ORVILLE Kimme l , R W. Grand Master, officiated at the 8 p.m. de d ication in the Monroev ille Ma so nic Hall , 3817 Nor the rn Pike, Monroeville. A corps of Gran d Lodge officer s accompanied Bro . Kimmel at the Special Communication of Grand Lodge.
The dedication cer emon y was preceded b y a 6 p .m. b anquet at the Holid ay I nn on Mosside Boulevard, Mo nroev ille
The Lodge R oom occupies a new add ition put on the one-story brick building in the summer of 1971. The old section was remod eled into a soc ia l room.
The original building was erected in
No. 590, Wilkinsburg; William C. Knight, Fox Chapel Lodge No. 784, Verona; Jeffrey P. Koch, Ivanhoe Lodge No 449; David A. Krimmel, West Chester Lodge No. 322, West Ches ter; R aymond N. Miller , As hlar Lodge No. 570, Lykens.
Rober t J. Mitchell, Mount O livet Lo dge No . 704, Lebanon; Danie l A. Ru tkowski, Chandler Lodge No. 227 , West Reading; Bruce A. Weirbach , I vanhoe Lodge No. 449; and Charles E. Wilson, John E. Mair Lodge No. 729, Mars.
June Activities
Feature Itinerary
The sch edule for Grand Lodge Officers the next three months includes:
June 2 - Graduation Exe rcises, Patt on Maso nic School, Elizabethtown
June 6 - Quarterly Communication, Masonic Temple Philadelphia.
June 9 - Deputy Grand Master, 50th Anniversary, Quaker City Lodge No. 724 Phi ladel phia
June 21 - G rand Maste r , J OOth Anniv ersa r y Gothic Lodge No. 5 19, Ph iladelphi a.
June 22 - Grand Lodge Officers, meetin g Committee on Masonic H omes, Elizabethtown.
June 23 - Junior Grand Warden 75th Anniversary, Hira m Lodge No. 616, Altoona.
June 23 - Grand Master, Annua l Conclave, Order of DeMo lay, Pi ttsb urgh.
June 25 - Grand Master, Grand Ch apter of Pennsylvania, Order of the E astern Star, Phi ladelphia.
July 13 - Grand Lodge Officers, Council of Deli beration, Allentown.
July 27 - Grand Lodge Officers, meeting, Committee on Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown
Fund Campaign Hits $1.1
Penn sylva nia Masons again have displayed their spirit for giving by successfully supporting the 1972 " G u es t and Building Fund" dri ve for the Masonic H omes at Elizabe thtown.
Con t ribu tions totaled $ 1,100,188 when the campaign closed last March 15. It was the second h ighest total ever contr ibu ted to the fund, surpa ssed only by the $1,2 80, 073 in gifts during the 197 1 drive.
BRO. W. ORVILLE K immel, R. W. Grand Master, sa id the 1972 fund success w ill assure the cont inued advancement of the Masonic H omes . H e commented:
" Grand Lodge is highly appreciative of every Brot her's gift. T he w onder f ul response is a demonstra tion of the great love and concern Masons have for helping others."
Lansdowne Do-lt-Yourself Proiect
Ten years of dil igent and d edicated labor h ave been put into a do-it-yourself work project
to give the 750 members of Lan sd owne Lodge No 7 11 this magnificent Lo dge Room. Except for a stairway to be paneled , their job of remod eling an old, drab meeting place into a beautiful home is finished. The p a id up project star ted about 1963, with th e vol u nteer force laboring under the supervision of Bro. Thomas L Shaiko, Past Master and a cabinet maker.
Serves Memorial Group
Bro. Young Elected to National Post
1921 b y the Patton Towns hip Community A ssociation. Eleven years later th e buildin g was t aken over by the Pa tto n T ownshi p Sch ool Board, which sold it in 1 955 to a Masonic grou p in M onroeville known as the Monmas Club.
In September, 1967 the Monroeville Mason ic Hall Association was formed and took over the building 18 months later .
HAlLMAN L ODGE No. 321, w hi c h formerly met in th e East Liberty section of Pitt sburgh , moved into the building in February, 1969, one mont h after i t join ed the association. The Lodge has 308 m e mbers.
Monroeville Lod ge No. 786, which has 296 members, began mee ting in the ha ll in D ecember , 1969. Previou sly, t h e Lod ge had met in Export.
The Lodges are in the 54th Masonic District. Bro. Byrl J. J o hnson , of Lower Burre ll, is the Di strict Deputy Gra nd Master.
Jul y 28 - G ra nd Lodge Officers, dedication , Masons Care Bui lding, Elizabethtown.
Au:::ust 24 - Grand Lodge Officers meet ing, Committee o n Mason c H omes, Elizabethtown.
Old Hall Turned Into Taylor Temple
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Masonic District in th e past three and one-half years, according to Bro. Clifford J. Manns of Scranton. H e re cently wa s cr eated a Pa st D istrict D eputy Grand Master after se rving in th e 59th . Bro. Manns said Wyoming L odge No. 468, Moscow Lodge No. 504 and Moosic Lodge No 664 all built new Temples, while Valley Lodge No. 499 remodeled a building for its new h ome. Bro. Malcolm H. Smith of Forty Fort is now District Deputy Grand Master of the 59th Masonic District.
Bro. John K. You ng, a Past G rand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvan ia, has been u nanimously elected as second vice p resident of the George Was hi ngton Masonic National Memorial Association . The election of Bro. Young, a Phi ladelphia attorney, and oth er officers of the association came at its 63rd annual mee ting held last F eb . 19 at the Memorial in Alexandria , Va.
THE NEWLY elected president of the association is Bro. Raymond C. Ell is, a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York. H e repl aced Bro Joh n H H essey, a P ast Grand Master of Maryland who retired after serving 12 years as pres id ent.
During hi s te nure in office, American Freemasonry achi eved completion of the massive Washington Memorial. Commenting o n his retirement, Bro. Hessey said:
"I devoted all the time needed to help Freemasonry complete th is magni ficen t memorial to Bro. George Washington. "
W ith this, Bro. He ssey received a sta nding ovation.
Besides being e lected an officer, Bro.
Young also fills the vacancy on the b oard of directors created by the reti rement of Bro He sse y Bro. Young also was appointed to the association's executive committee by the new preside nt.
BRO. YOUNG was nominated for second vice president by the nominating committee headed by Bro. W. Orville Kimmel, R. W. Grand Master of Pennsylvania.
During the annual meeting, !he various Gra nd Lodges made contriobutions to the association. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania continued to meet its obli gation of the so -called "Pennsylvania Plan." Under it, Grand Lodge presented the as sociat ion a $ 4,730 check. T h is represented $1 for each in it iate in Pennsylva nia in 1972,
At present the association's Endowment Fund is valued at $3,450,000. The annual interest of about $130,000 is used to help meet operating exp enses of the Memorial. They are presently about $200,000 annually, not including cap ital expenditures.
It was reported at the meeting that 116,000 persons v isite d the M e morial in 1972.
The average contribut ion per member in the state was $ 4.63 I n May, 1972 the fund for G uests received $3 34 ,386 from the estate of Bro. H enry H. K oser, who was a member of Manheim Lodge No. 587 in Lancaster County.
The la te Bro . Koser's gift is the largest, single contributio n ever made to the fund.
BRO. KOSER, WHO lived in East H empfield Township in Lancaster Co unty, died Nov. 29 , 1970. His bequest to the f und was made under terms of hi s w ill
A memorial pla que honoring Bro Koser will be placed in the new Masons Care Building at the Masonic Homes.
Jobs Are Open At Homes, Patton
There are openings in numerous .iob classifications at the Masonic Homes a nd Patton Masonic School for Boys at Elizabethtown.
Bro. R obert W. Westcott, exec utive director of the Homes, said immedi a te jobs are available there for a night watc hman , plumbers and oi l burner and maintenance mechanics.
HOUSI NG IS available if desired, he added, pointing out the Homes has an excellent fringe benefit program. Interested persons should contact Bro. Westcott at the Masonic Homes , Elizabe thtown, Pa. 17022
P atton Masonic Sc hool has jobs in live-in' positions, including dormi to ry counselor, teaching services, janitoria l, and dining and linen services
Bro. Wanen M. Maurer, superintendent at P atton, said applicants should be 21-50 years of age, in good heal th and have no dependents.
