Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, by The Right Worshipful Grand lodge of The Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Ac· cepted Mas ons of Pennsylvan ia and Mason ic Jurisdic ti on Thereunto Belonging
Approved and Authorized To Be Printed By The Grand Master
Grand lodge Officers
Wa lter P Wells, R. W Grand Master
Joseph E Trate, R W. Deputy Grand Master
Samuel C. Williamson, R. W Senior Grand Warden
Thomas H. Burgess, R W. Junior Grand Warden
Arthur R Diamond R W. Grand Treasurer
William A Carpenter, R W. Grand Secretary
Mailing Address
MASONIC TI:MPlE
One North Broad Street, Philadelphia Pa 19107
Send Form 3579 to Distribution Office
Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022
Second Class Postage Paid at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Vol. XXV May, 1978
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP
Management and Ci rculation
(Act of Octobe r 23, 1962; Section 4369
T itl e 39 , Un ited Stat es Cod e) No. 2 t;eb ruary 2, 1978. The Pen n sylvania Freemason· pub· h shed at Distribution Office Mason ic Homes, Eli zabe th tow n Pa 17022, with loca ti on of headq u arte r s at f1asoni c Temple, O n e No rth Broad S reet Ph ola d elp hoa , Pa l 91 0 Publish er: T he Ri ght Wor shopful Grand Lodge of the Mos An cien and Hono r ab le Fr a.ternity. of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsy vanoa. Edotor: Me vi n S. Mundie, Assis· ant tp The G rand Master. Owner T he Right Worshmfu l Grand. Lodge of th e Most Ancien t and Ho n orab e Frnternoty of Free a n d Accep te d Masons of Pennsy vania. Kn own bon dho lders n on e. Stock · none. No ad ve rti sing handled. Fr ee d istri· bu llon averages 250,000 each quarter . I cert if y that th e statemen ts made by me a r e correct an d co m· Jet e: Me v on S. Mundie, Editor
Shriners Hospital Appoints Chairman
Bro. G len T. Rene ga r , Pa st Di s tri c t De puty Grand Ma ster a nd chairman o f the Grand L odge Committee on Templ e, ha s been appointed chairman of th e Boa rd of Governors o f the Shrin er s Hospital for Crippled Childre n , Philad e lphi a Unit.
The Philadelphia Unit is an 80.bed orthopedic facility serving a geographical area covering the states of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia , Washington, D.C and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
A prominent dome stic and intern aindu striali s t in th e pulp and pape r mdus try, Bro. Re nega r ha s devoted man y yea r s of se rvice to th e work of the Shriners Hospital as a me mber o f its Board o f Go ve rnors.
He served as chairman of the Pl a nt and Facilities Committee for a number o f yea rs durin g w h ich improv ed m oderni zation programs were and complet ed , and served as v ice chairm a n of the b oard in 1977.
A Past Master of Harmony Lodge No . 52, Philadelphia, Bro. Renegar was created a Past District Deputy Grand Master in 1975. He is a Past Potentate of LuLu Te!Jlple, Philadelphia, and serves as charrman of the trustees of LuLu.
Bro. Re negar retired as producti o n man age r of Pap er Mill s-Domes tic a nd O verseas in 1972 , h aving bee n e mplo ye d b y the firm for 42 years.
A past president of th e Pape t· Indu s-
try Management Association, he served as c hairman of several committees of the Technical Ass ociation of the Pulp a nd Pape r Indu stry (T APPI) a nd w as n a med a TAPPI fellow in 1975.
He ha s ser ved as a n in s tru c tor at St. Joseph College, Phil a d e lphia , and was a lec ture r in hi s fi eld at the Unive rs ity o f Main e for e igh t years.
The University of Main e created "The Gl e n T R enegar Sc ho lars hip" in 197 1.
Bro. Renegar and hi s wife , Ethe l , now make their home in Ocea n City , Ne w Jersey.
The sc he dule for Grand Lodge Officers the next th ree month s includ es:
May 27 - Si xt h Education Conference for Masonic Districts A , B, C. D, E and 8-Masoni c Temple , One North Broad Street, Phil adelphi a at 9:30 a.m.
June 7 - Quart erly Com muni cation Sco tti s h R ite Cathe dral , East Second Street, Co ud erspo r t, at 7 : 00 p m
June 17 - Grand Mas te r , 12 5t h AnMonongahela Lod ge No. 269. Ptttsburgh.
June 23 - Grand Lo dge Officers meet ing, Committee on Maso nic H o mes' E liza bethtown.
. June 24- Gra nd Master, 125th Anm versary, Cass ia Lodge No. 273 , Ardmore.
June 24 - Seve nth Education Confe re n ce for Masonic Di s tricts F G H I , T. 9 and 10- Maso ni c Temple, North Broa d Stree t , Philadelphia, at 9:30a.m.
July 13 and 14 - Gra nd Lo d ge Offi ce rs, Counc il o f D e libera tion Willi amsport.
July 16 and 17 - Grand Master
D e put y Gra nd Ma ster and Grand retary, No r theas t Co nference of Grand Ma ste rs and Grand Secretaries in Newark , Delaware
August 4 - Grand L odge Officers meet ing, Co mmittee on Ma sonic Homes' Eli za be thtown. '
Aug u st 12 - Gran d Lod ge Offi cer s, 2
Record
of Pennsylvanians Made Masons-at-Sight
The Augu s t J 977 edition of the Pennsylva nia Free ma son carried a report on 50 persons who had b ee n made Maso nsa t-Sight durin g the p e riod 1885 through 1976 . Th e li st, as publi sh ed, was comp iled fr om the record of specia l commu nication s of Grand Lodge.
Sin ce publi ca ti o n , however, several letters h ave be en rece ive d from Bre thre n who w e re pre se nt wh en Grand Ma ste rs exercised the ex clusiv e a uthority to make Masons-at-Sight while attending stated or ex tra meetings of symbolic lodges.
The new inform at ion obtained fro m exa mination s of rhe minutes of those mee tings adds 14 n a mes to the li st. It is pos sible o thers should be included and any additional informati on is welcome
The record no w includ es:
Spec ia l Communication , Corn erston e La ying and D edi cation , John E. Mair Lodge No. 729, Mars.
August 16-20 - Grand Mas ter, Gra nd Assembl y, International Orde r of th e Rainbow f or Girls at Edinbo ro State Coll ege, Edinboro, Penn sylvani a.
August 19 - Grand Ma s ter, Grand Lo dge of Ohio, Speci a l V isita ti on to c omme m? rate . Penn sylvania c h a rte ring a Lodge 111 exts tence whe n Ohi o gained s ta te hood in 1803.
25 - Grand Lo dge Office rs. meetmg, Comm ittee o n Ma soni c Homes Eli za be thtown.
August 26 - Grand Lo dge Officers
Special Communication , D e di cat ion of Lo dge Ro o m , Bl yt h Lod ge N o 593 , W est New ton.
William S . Perry E. Coppee Mitchel 1885 Jesse Lloyd K e nworth y, Jr. Robe rt R. L ewi s 1939
Chri stian Kirsch Joseph Eichb a um 1887 Raymo nd P. Sherwood William H. Brehm 1940
Charles E. Smith Micha el Arnold 1893 Martin Joseph Walsh Scott S. L eiby 1945
S amuel M Kendrick Michael Arnold 1893 Harvey F. Smith Scott S. Leiby 1945
Samuel B. Huey Matthias H. H enderson 1895 J ohn Fox Wei ss Scott S. Leib y 1945
J Lee Patton Matthias H H
Samuel W. Pennypacker Willi a m J. K e lly
Joseph Krauskopf William J. K e lly
H. D e ike 1948
Ma rlin E. Olm ste d William L. Gorgas 19 12 Robert L. Johnson George H. Deike 1949
George P Orlady Willi a m L G orga s 1912 Pressly H. McCance G eorge H . Deike 1949
Geo rge W. Pepp er Samu el M. Goody e ar 1925 Milton S . Eisenhower William E. Y eager 1951
JohnS. Fisher J. Willi son Smith 1928 Ray F. Smock W illi am E . Yeager 1951
Andrew W. Mellon T. Willison Sm ith 1928 C harl es H. Sontag William E. Y ea ge r 1951
Ri c hard B. Mell on J Willi son Smith 19 28 W. She rman Skinne r Albe rt T. Eyler 1952
Richard Coulte r J Willi so n Smith 1928 Ro bert F. Galbreath Albert T. Eyler 1952
Rob ert D. Smith J. Willison Smith 1929 Donald Gut hrie Albert T. Eyler 1953
Leo n ard H Kinn ard WilliamS. Snyder 193 1 Tames M Sym es Albert T. Eyler 1953
Eli s ha Le e Benj amin P age 1933 Geor ge M. Leader Ralph M. Le hr 1955
Be njamin D. Phillips Benjamin Page 19 33 E lmer He ss Charles H . Ni tsch 1956
Cyrus E. Wood s Benjamin P age 1933 Leon J. Obe rma ye r Charles H. Nitsch 1957
Be nj a min Page, Jr. Benjamin Pa ge 1933 Robe rt G. Dunlop Ch arles H . Nitsch 1957
Robe rt K. Cassatt Benjamin P age 19 33 Charles A. Jones Sanford M Chil cote 1959
John E. Zimmerma n Benjamin Page 1933 Edward H. Li tc hfield Sa nford M. Chilcote 1959
H e nry W. Tempel Benjamin Page 1933 W. Cord t;s Snyd er , Jr. W. LeRoy McKinle y 1962
He nry L . Mason , Jr. Be njamin P age 1933 F. Willi a m Sunderman Earl F H e rold 1964
Ralph B. Stra ssburger Be njamin Page 1933 Robert J. Lamont Earl F. H erold 1965
Will ia m H. Drunk emill e r Robe r t R. L ewis 1938 John S. Campbell , Jr. Earl F. Herold 1965
Ra lph D. Hetzel Robe r t R. Lewis 1938 F. Euge n e Di xon , Jr. Tohn L. McCain 1976
Making a Mason-a t-S ight does n o t m ea n that the Grand Master me re l y tou ch es a ca ndidate a nd says, " You are no w a Master Mason ," or by some ac t d ecrees the non-Mason a Maso n.
A can didate mus t have all the qualifications f or membership. H e is prepared as any o ther candidate a nd the three d egrees conferred on him ju st as tho ugh h e was rece iv ing th em in any Pe nn sylva ni a Lodge
However, th e Grand Ma s ter mu s t be present althou gh h e does n o t n ec essa rily h ave to do the work him self. He c an ap p o int a ll the officers n ecessa ry to d o the work. ·
A Maso n-a t-Sight is a Ma so n -a t-L a rge and mus t p e tition th e Lo dge in whic h h e w is hes to become a me mbe r , a nd receive a f avora bl e b a llot.
Bro. Glen T Renegar
BRETHREN
75 Years of Masonic Membership
Bro Ernest L. Cronemeyer, shown at right w ith wa lking equipment well in hand , h as the distinction of being the twentieth Californian to receive a special recog niti on for 75 years of Masonic se rvice.
Togetherness In Masonry
Ba rger Lodge No . 333, Allentown , e nj oyed a r eal fami ly affair at one of its meetings last yea r. On tha t even ing f our members of the Sperling family we re rai sed.
Bro. Jack T.• Bro. D onald W., and Bro. R obert E . are blood brothers . Also in the group was Bro. William C ., who is the son of J ack J. Sperling. S o, we had a father ,and a so n raised together.
We also h ad a n eph ew and three uncles raised together. The nice part about it all is that they are n ow Brothers.
The father of Bros. Tack , D onald a nd Robert, Bro. Edwin C. Spe rlin g, recently deceased , was al so a me mber of Barga r Lodge.
Bro. Russell F. Bear of the Committee on In structi on for the Lodge was assigned t o instruct our newly-raised Brethren. Bro. Bear h as the d i stinction of h av ing in stru c ted 660 ca ndid a t es thu s far
A Small, Small World
Freemasonry often results in togeth e rness. Bro. James M. Galloway of Bethle h em Lodge No 283 , Bethlehe m , was appointed to the Committee of Inq u iry in Janu a r y, 1978, for th e petition f or membership of Bro . L ou is W. Rehberg of Lodge No. 5 1 , Philadelphia.
Br o. Rehb erg, n ow retired and res idin g in Bethleh em , de cided i t would be better to affiliate with a Lodge in the area w h ere h e would be residing the rest of hj.s life.
During the investigati on it was discovere d that Bro. Galloway and Bro. Re hb erg h ad worke d together on th e sa me con s tru c tion project in Lake la nd, Florida. Now re siding w ithin three c ity block s of each other , they h ad neither see n nor h eard from each other since they were teenagers wor k in g s ide b y s id e as builders 52 years ago . = llil®tt
Shown with Bro. Cronemeyer is Bro Dona ld G. Ingalls, Deputy Grand Master of California , who m a de the pre sentation , and Bro. George W Collins, center , Worshipful Master of Re dl ands Lo dge No. 300.
Bro Cronemeyer, who w ill be 100 yea r s old on Jul y 19, received hi s degrees in our Youghiogheny Lodge No. 583. McKeesport, in 1902.
H e tran sferred to Redland s Lodge No. 300 , R e dland s , Calif. in 1920 w he re he is still an active member.
Bro. Cronemeyer takes walks every da y and is extremely alert mentally , keeping up on current event s and reading fiction and other literature several hours each day.
Another Homes' Guest Reaches 100th Milestone
Bro. William F J ones, of Meridian Sun Lodge No. 158, Philadelphia , and a lso a guest at our Masonic Homes, E liza b ethtow n , Pa. , was the cen ter of attraction r ecently when he celebrated hi s tOOth birthday. ·
A Happy, Fraternal Reunion
Bro. Henry Callas , Jr. , Worshipful Mas ter of Mount Horeb-Phoenix Lodge No. 528, Philad elphia , and Bro Arthur H. Jeschoum , Tyler of Lodge No 432, Philadelphia, experienced a m os t unus ual reun ion r ecently
Both had been playmates in a Nor th Philadelphia n eighb orhood; p layed baseball o n the same team prior to World War I , a nd were in the same confirmat io n class of a Lutheran chu rch on Palm Sunda y, 1916.
They became separated about 19 18. Bro. Jesch oum later b ecame associa t ed w ith the Link Belt Company a nd retir ed after 4 7 years as a seni or design engin eer.
Bro. Callas. now in his 82nd year, retired several years ago fr om the United State s Mint as its superintendent of machines and buildings .
Learn ing that his boyhood friend , Bro. Henry Callas, Jr., was serv ing as Wo r sh ipu l Master of his Lodge, Bro. Je sch oum decided to pay a v isit Well, after 60 yea r s of being separated, it would just be impossibl e to record th e c h atter; expressions and emo tion al f eelings th at took place when the Wor sh ipf ul Master and th e old T yler embrace d each o t he r.
It was Masonic brotherly love and affectio n at its best.
Just What Is a
Right WorshipluJ Grand Lodge?
Bro Tones, who was associated with the former Pennsylvania Railroad for 50 years prior to his retirement at age 75, had as hi s special guests for the birthday celebration seve ra l members of the H arrisburg office of the railroad retirem e nt board who arrived with gifts, a bask e t of fruit a nd a delicious birthd ay cake for on e o f our n ewest Masonic centen arians.
Bro. Tones petitioned Me ridi an Sun Lodge No. 15 8 , Philadelphia in 1920 a t age 4 2 . H e received his symbolic degrees in 19 2 0 and says h e has b een a p-roud Master Mason ever sin ce.
Grand Lodge is the power by w hich loca l sy mbolic l odges exist, n ot only in the sen se that it i ssu es their Watra nts, but also th at it bring s to each symbolic l odge the strength of the e nti re c raft.
Gra nd Lodge is a guarantee of Masonic regulari ty. Without it, each symbolic lodge cou ld ve r y well fall vic tim to it s ow n local co nditions
Grand Lod ge, express ing as it d oes the sovereign p ower of the cr aft as a w h ole, is the source of our rules and regulations , om Masonic law, ou r usages and customs.
Grand Lodge is that which const itutes us as a fra tern ity . A Brother made a · Mason in one jurisdiction w ill find fr iend s and bre thre n if he is traveling a d istan ce from h ome or if he rel ocates in a distant s tate or countr y
G rand L od ge is the center of di st ributi on through w hich the craft in ge ne ral ca n render service to each indi v idual symb olic lod ge or member - an
Another Family Affair
The Trefsg ar broth ers of Cedar Lodge No. 670, Mount Carmel, a father and two so n s , occupy three of the nine elective offi ces of the Lodge.
Bro. Oscar A. Trefsgar, Pas t Master, is the Tre as urer. Bro. Gary R. Trefsga r , o ne o f hi s son s, is the Senior Warden a nd Bro. Ronald J. Trefsgar , th e second son , is the Junior Warde n. Freemasonry can b e a famil y affa i r.
agency , so to speak, through w hich the means and abilities of all are brought to meet the needs of each.
Grand Lodge is the c u stodian and preserver of our Masonic tra ditions, our c us toms, our rituals, our landma r k s, and our rich inheri ta n ce of the past.
Grand Lodge is eve r ywh ere w ithin
th e juri sdiction - wherever a symbolic lodge m eets, o r a Brother, perhaps, i s isolated a nd trying to live the Ma son ic way of life. It is not a thing apart, but rath er is the whole membership of the craft orga nize d to preserve our tradition s, protect our interest s, and sa tisfy our needs.
Becomes Worshipful Master At Age 82
Bro Charles Walter Steel is the lr. Wo r sh ipfu l Master of University Lod ge No. 610, h eld at Philad elphia.
Bro. Steel , a retired Bell Telephone Company maintenan ce e ngineer, re-
ceived his symbolic degrees 60 yea rs ago and recalls that each degree was confe rred in a sma ll lod ge room in the northwest tower of th e Masonic Temple in Philadelphia . Few perso n s remember the lodge r oo ms in the t wo towers of the Masonic T e mpl e that are no longer used b ecau se· o f fire r eg ul at ions.
Bro. Steel ha s been active in Masonry these pa st 60 years and b elieves thi s year mi ght b e his busiest yet. Born on Tune 11 , 1896, h e will soo n be 82 ye ar s old and may well be one of our old est Worship ful Masters.
Serves Lodge Over 50 Years As Trustee
Bro. Carl L. Fr o muth , Past Master of Concordi a Lodge No. 67 , Jenkintown , may well b e the longest-serving tru stee of a symbolic l odge permanent ch a rit y fund.
Bro. Fromuth was first elected a trustee of the perma nent ch arit y fund of hi s Lodge in 1927 at the comp letion of hi s yea r as Worshipful Master He h as been reelected each year since.
H e extends c red it to the members of his Lodge w h o had the wisdQm ea rly in the centur y to establish a p e rmanent fund and a p ermanent c h arily fund ,
3 Generations of Masters
Cowanesque L odge No. 35 1 , Knoxville, Pa., can now boas t of h av ing a Wors hipful Master fr om th e same family for three gen erations
Bro. Brian W. Edgcomb was e lec ted and installed on December 1 , 1977 , to se rve as Worshipful Master fo r the curre n t Maso n ic year
His father, Bro. Rob e rt R. Edgcomb, served as Worship fu l Master in 1942 and agai n in 1963 His grandfather , Bro Roy W Edgcomb, was Wor shipfu l M aste r in 192 2 .
both of w hi c h are financially strong t o this day
Bro Fromuth remarked about the va riou s c h a nges in the forms of investment that have taken p l ace over the years . H e reported that the Lodge is pleased that it can provide annual support from the funds so wisely invested to our great charity, th e Ma sonic H o mes at E li zabethto wn.
Brother Installs Brother
Bro. Les ter R. Brough , Pa st Master of Spr ing C reek Lodge No. 802, Hers h ey, Pa ., received hi s symboli c grees in 1971 a nd was elected a nd ins ta lled Wors hipfu l Mas ter for 1977. His blood broth er, Bro. Lewis S. Brough, received his sym bolic degree s in Sp-ring Creek Lodge in 1972 Bro Lew is was elected a nd install ed to serve as Wo r sh ipfu l Master for 1978.
So, Bro. Le ster h ad the dis tin ction and the pri vilege of in st alling his blood brothe r , Bro. Lewis, as Worshipful Master for the curren t Masonic ye ar Q uit e a brotherly act to fo llow.
Bro. William A. Carpe n ter R. W . Gra nd Secre tary
Bro. Ernest L. Cronemeyer
MORTGAGE BURNIN G - Bro H. Dean Smith , left , D.D.G M., 36th Masonic District, participated in the recent burning of the mortgage of the Masonic Temple Ch ester.
Others s how n, le ft to right: Bro. William C. Smith, Trustee ; Bro. Benjamin Jo nes, now Pas t Master; and Bro John H. Yost, Senior Warden , all of Chester Lodge No. 236
Bro Charles Walter Steel
Restoration Captures Figure's Marbelized Beauty
Willi.am Ru sh's " Silence, " carved fro m pme woo d c. 1811 , firs t stood in the entran ce o f the Masoni c Hall on the no rth s ide of Chestnut Stree t betwee n Seventh and Eighth Stree ts, Philadelphia. It is a s tanding figure of a young woman with her right index finger to her lip s , he r left hand raised to head level and holding a sm all lamp from which a fl ame at one time appeared The small lamp is connected to a metal tub e through which illuminating
ga s wa s ca rried. The fir st su ccessful u se o f illuminatin g gas in Philadelph ia was in th e Mas oni c Hall , 1820, and th e presen ce o f the me tal tubing on th e s tatue obvi ou sly dates at lea st fr om this time.
The fi gure o f " Silence" is slightly u nd e r life size and from its excelle nt condition s hows no evide nce of eve r havi ng been pl ace d o ut o f d oo rs . " Silen ce " is joined in the Gran d Lodge Mu seum by four other statues
carved fro m pine woo d b y Willi a m Rush , Am e r ica s fir st n ative sc ul pto r . " Virtue " is als o a stan d in g s tatue ; " F aith ," " H ope " a nd " Cha ri ty" a re recumbe nt life-size fi gures All we re comm issio ned by the Gra nd Lod ge of Penn sylva ni a early in th e 19th Centu r y
The fi gures we re res tor ed in 1975, when they were stri p ped to bare wood an d then rep ainted to m a tch as closely as p oss ib le their o rigi nal " mar belize d " finish.
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