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In this Issue...

Staff Spotlight: Schafers . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4 Warming the Planet Stitch by Stitch . . . p. 5 Making More Than the Grade . . . . . . . p. 5 100 Years of Life, Love & Laughter. pp. 6 - 7 Relief for Our Haitian Neighbors . . . . . p. 8 Home Care Services Available in MVS. . p. 8 A Digital Pioneer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9 Home Care Services Celebrate One Year of Service in Elizabethtown . . . . . . p. 9 Village Happenings . . . . . . . . . . pp. 10 - 11 Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 Masonic Village Earns Environmental Stewardship Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 Health Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13 Your Estate Plan - Preparing Your Will: What Everyone Needs to Know. . . . . . p. 14 Memorial Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 15 - 18 Honorarium Gifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Hospice Care Memorial Gifts . . . . . . . p. 19

The Wait Is Over... p. 3 A publication of the Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Summer 2010 Vol. 20, No. 3

Village Voice

A message from

Summer 2010 The Village Voice is published four times per year.

The Masonic Villages, which include the Masonic Village at Dallas, the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, the Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill, the Masonic Village at Sewickley and the Masonic Village at Warminster, are owned and operated by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania.

Members of:

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging Kairos Health Systems Masonic Communities and Services Association

Admissions to the Masonic Villages are governed by the Committee on Masonic Homes, members of which are elected by the Grand Lodge. The Committee on Masonic Homes approves or disapproves applications for admission primarily on the basis of need. Decisions concerning admission, the provision of services and referrals of residents are not based upon the applicant’s race, color, religion, disability, ancestry, national origin, familial status, age, sex, limited English proficiency or any other protected status.

The Masonic Villages is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Village Voice Staff Debra L. Davis

Editor/Public Relations Coordinator, Elizabethtown

Editorial Board Louisa West

Administrative Assistant, Lafayette Hill

Karen Hammond

Activities Supervisor/Concierge, Sewickley

Cynthia B. Hollinger

Director, Volunteer Services, Elizabethtown

Trisha Lamb

Activities Director, Warminster

Linda Tressler

Executive Assistant, Human Resources, Elizabethtown

NEXT DEADLINE: The deadline for the Fall issue of the Village Voice is Aug. 19.

Suggestions and submissions for consideration can be sent to: Public Relations Department Masonic Village One Masonic Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022 or e-mailed to pr@masonicvillagespa.org For more information, call (717) 367-1121, ext. 33529.

On the cover: Top photo - May 25, 1910, flag raising ceremony at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown.

Bottom photo* - May 25, 2010, flag raising ceremony at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. Shown passing the flag are Joseph E. Murphy, CEO; residents Rita Warrick and Clyde Jordan, Elizabethtown Mayor Chuck Mummert, residents Betty LeRoy and Ken Glauber, community member and veteran Donnie Boyer, residents Wils Kile and Nancy Halliwell (back to camera).

Joseph E. Murphy, N.H.A., Chief Executive Officer

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t has been an especially inspiring (and busy) few months for the Masonic Villages. In Elizabethtown, the hard work of many has come together for several special events in May and June, including the release of our “Masonic Village at Elizabethtown: 100th Anniversary” history book (see next page). Not lost in all the fanfare is the message that our Mission of Love has survived 100 years because of the dedication of many individuals–an infectious dedication which will carry us through another century and beyond.

In Sewickley, the Valley Care Masonic Center renovation effort is underway, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held June 16. Architects have been working with us on a daily basis to lay the groundwork for a major transformation to benefit our residents. Once the preliminary design is finished the end of June and cost estimates for the project are completed, we expect to begin construction before the end of the year and to complete the project over the next 24 months. The residents’ new home will be laid out in smaller, 16-bed neighborhoods. It will include more private rooms, showers for every private room and shared private suite, and plenty of additional living space.

Also in Sewickley, residents who need transportation to the doctor, assistance with their activities of daily living or help with everyday chores can now receive these and many other services through Home Care Services.

Outside agencies which currently provide these services typically require a four-hour minimum to come on campus. Residents are now able to receive this care in one or two-hour increments from Masonic Village staff they have come to know and trust. We are now hiring staff members to join this important new care team. See p. 8 for more details.

As I mentioned in my last message, the Masonic Villages is researching a possible solar power plant to be constructed in Elizabethtown within the next year.

Between the time the Village Voice was sent to press and delivered to your home, we received word that Solar Electric Partners LLC will receive a $1 million solar energy program grant to install a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic system on a 5-acre plot on the Elizabethtown campus. Once operational, the array will produce approximately 1,200,000 kWh of electricity per year. We hope to see this solar plant operating by year-end, saving us between $40,000 to $60,000 per year.

At our Dallas, Lafayette Hill and Warminster locations, staff and residents continue to flourish while building meaningful relationships with one another.

Wherever your summer plans take you, if you aren’t already a resident of our Masonic Villages, I hope you are able to stop by and pay us a visit.

Sincerely,

*Photo by Rich Johnson

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Harriet Sterner, of Elizabethtown, signs a petition that was sent to federal legislators on behalf of the residents at the Masonic Village. The petition is in support of a bill which includes an extension of increased Medicaid funding. Residents were asked to sign the petition during their various Memorial Day celebrations, and more than 380 signatures were collected!

Bill Nelson, of Sewickley, takes advantage of a windy day to fly a kite.

The Wait is Over!

Own a Piece of Masonic Village History

Grand Lodge Hall, circa 1960s

100th Anniversary History Book Available June 25! $40 plus tax & shipping 10˝ x 13˝, 212 pages In celebration of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s 100th anniversary, discover how great people established the Masonic Village, overcame worldwide obstacles and now remain steadfast in serving the community - all in the caring tradition of Freemasonry.

This coffee-table style book, with hundreds of photographs, thousands of facts and stories about people whose lives were impacted by the Masonic Village’s Mission of Love, will remind you why you are proud to be part of the Masonic Village family.

Available at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Gift Shops (in the Grand Lodge Hall, Masonic Health Care Center and Retirement Living Clubhouse), the Farm Market, online at www.masonicvillagespa.org or by calling (717) 361-4520.

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Staff Spotlight: Anthony and Cheryl Schafer

No Place Like Home T

ony Schafer, Dispatcher/Truck Driver, arrived at the Masonic Children’s Home with his two brothers in 1966, at the age of 4. Almost 44 years later, he still considers the Masonic Village his home.

After receiving comfort and care (and a little discipline) as a child at Masonic Village, Tony graduated from high school and took a job in the Food Services Department, where he has worked for 31 years. Masonic Village was not done blessing him yet–in 1987, he met his future wife, Cheryl, LPN, at the village.

“Now it’s my home away from home,” Tony said, as he and his wife do not reside on campus, but regard the residents and staff as their extended family.

Growing up in the children’s home had its moments of enlightenment, mischief and fun for Tony.

Cheryl and Tony Schafer The youth walked in line to Sell Chapel and the movies in Deike Auditorium. They were given chores, had to sing in the choir and attended mandatory swim times.

In between school and work, the kids had time to play. The “daredevil” tree earned its nickname because it was known for leaving overly adventurous kids with broken limbs. The teeter-totter/merrygo-round was a dangerous combination of fun and physics. Tony and his friend Sam McNew, who also works at Masonic Village in the Central Supply Department, had their share of enjoyment including an incident with a smoking pine tree (neither would disclose full details). Jerry Migrala, then-Assistant Director of the children’s home, taught Tony how to drive.

Throughout his time at the children’s home, Tony lived in both of the Smith buildings and one of the Eisenlohr buildings. After taking a job with the Food Services Department, he lived in the Levis and Allegheny buildings. For $67 a month, he received housing and three meals a day. His first job was cleaning pots and pans, and he later became a cook. Currently, he is a truck driver responsible for transporting food to the various dining areas.

“The best part of my job is going to the different kitchens around campus and knowing all the people who work here,” Tony said. “It’s nice to feel needed and to know that when I take off, I’m missed.”

Tony (right) and his brothers with their Aunt He joined Abraham C. Treichler Lodge No. 682, Elizabethtown, in 1989, and has also been a Elaine in the Formal Gardens, 1967. member of the Valley of Lancaster and Harrisburg Consistory since 1990. In June 2006, 40 years to the month when a reception was held for him and his brothers at the Thomas R. Patton Lodge No. 659 in Philadelphia, he returned to that lodge to meet with members, including some who were responsible for his sponsorship at the children’s home. One such person was Jules Richter, who is also a resident of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. “[The lodge] is very proud of Tony and his brothers,” Jules said. “They all turned out well.”

“The appearance of the place has changed a lot,” Tony said, of the Masonic Village since he arrived 44 years ago. “Especially with the [retirement living] clubhouse and all the new living arrangements that have been built.”

Cheryl feels as connected to the village as Tony, even though her experience goes back only 32 years. “My father passed away when I was young and ever since then I wanted to be a nurse,” she said. Hailing from Johnstown, she and 16 other nurses were recruited by Masonic Village immediately out of nursing school in 1978.

She, too, lived on campus in the nurses’ home, which is now the Village Apartments. Her living arrangements and meal plan were the same as Tony’s. After working at Masonic Village for almost 10 years, Tony’s and Cheryl’s paths finally crossed. She was working in the health room in Grand Lodge Hall when he was delivering food to the building’s kitchen. After dating, the two were married in the Carpenter Chapel at the Masonic Conference Center - Patton Campus in October 1988. In honor of their 25th wedding anniversary, they plan to renew their vows in the same chapel in 2013.

“It is such a positive working environment and the flexibility in scheduling is a really big plus,” Cheryl said of the Masonic Village. “The biggest change I’ve seen is the Eden Alternative® movement. It gives residents a choice in the things they do.”

In 1997, Cheryl was nominated for the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, which recognize nurses for providing outstanding quality of patient care, superior nursing clinical skills and extraordinary compassion. “I enjoy spending time with residents,” she said. “You become their family. And for some, you’re all they have.

They look for you every day, and make you feel good as much as you make them feel good.”

One on her fondest memories (aside from meeting Tony) is taking a 97-year-old resident to New York City to see the Rockettes’ Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall. “He had never been to New York City.

We left at 5 a.m., and didn’t return home until midnight,” she said. “It was a big undertaking, but so worth it.

He had a great time. There are a lot of unsung heroes here who go out of their way to do things for residents, whether it’s getting them a McDonald’s cheeseburger or inviting them home for dinner.”

Outside of working at the Masonic Village, Tony and Cheryl enjoy going on cruises, camping in their RV, spending time with their dog, Charlie, and swimming. Cheryl is a Past Matron of the Elizabethtown Chapter No. 407, Order of the Eastern Star, and she and Tony volunteer at the bi-annual Treichler Lodge pancake breakfast.

With a combined total of 63 years of service at Masonic Village, the two unanimously agree on the secret to their commitment: “It’s like family here,” Cheryl said. “We aren’t here for the money. It’s the people that keep us coming back.”

A letter from 9-year-old Tony to his grandmother, written in 1970.

Home

home (hōm) n. 1. one’s place of residence 2. a familiar or usual setting : congenial environment 3. any place of residence or refuge

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Tony and Cheryl on their wedding day, October 1988.

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Warming the Planet Stitch by Stitch

hildren from West Virginia to Uzbekistan are a little cozier thanks to the crafty hands of people like Ethel Milroy, a resident of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. Since she began knitting sweaters for “Guideposts” magazine’s Knit for Kids program, Ethel has brought warmth to 82 children.

“I feel like I’ve been knitting for 1,000 years,” she said.

It hasn’t quite been a thousand years, but Ethel has been honing her skills for about 80 years. “When I was a child, my mother and sister were very good at knitting,” she said. “I was not. After we headed our separate ways, I decided I needed to get better.”

The sweaters are distributed worldwide through World Vision, an international relief and development organization which provides assistance across six continents. The organization focuses on emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice. The Knit for Kids program has provided sweaters for more than 500,000 children since 1996.

“There are such terrible things happening in the world,” Ethel said. “I just hope these kids receive at least a sweater.”

It takes less than a week for her to knit one sweater. She prefers to use red, white and blue yarn, and sometimes puts a label on them with her name on it. She has received several thank you notes in return.

Ethel also makes hats for premature babies and sometimes gifts for her six grandchildren. She enjoys knitting with others or while she watches television, and even takes her needles and yarn with her in the car. “My husband does the driving, and to keep my mind off the road, I knit,” she said. “Other drivers aren’t very considerate, and it’s easier for me to stay distracted.”

She and her husband, John, who met in seventh grade orchestra, moved to the Masonic Village five years ago. They both participate in the Sell Chapel choir and volunteer at the visitors center in the Freemasons Cultural Center. Ethel can also be found volunteering at the Village Boutique, a second-hand clothing boutique at Masonic Village, on Fridays.

“This is where we belong at this point,” she said. “It’s quite a remarkable place. I’m amazed at the care people receive here.

Everything is run so well.”

Ethel, a retired pediatric nurse, knows good care when she sees it. She also knows how precious a child’s life is, and that by taking a little time to click her needles and wield her hooks, she is making the world a warmer place for needy children.

Making More Than the Grade T

he 87th annual Youth Appreciation Day, held May 28, celebrated the scholastic and extracurricular achievements of the 35 residents at the Masonic Children’s Home, honored donors for their support, and showed appreciation for staff and family members who help the youth succeed every day. Certificates and awards were handed out recognizing youth for everything from perfect school attendance to service in the community to having a great sense of humor.

As he addressed the graduating seniors and the audience, Thomas K. Sturgeon, R.W. Grand Master, said, “I continue to be amazed at how so many young people can benefit from this wonderful fraternity. People in Pennsylvania have come to recognize more than ever before that there is more to Freemasonry than meetings and ritual as they have come to witness the true goodness of our charitable Above, senior Cynthia Balmer, Grand Master Thomas K. efforts. These young people are smarter, more polite, have stronger social skills, an appreciation for Sturgeon, senior Ryan Oatman, Jr., and Virginia Migrala, patriotism and are overall better prepared for life because the home and the care they have been given.

Director of Children’s Services, participate in the Youth It makes me proud to be a Pennsylvania Freemason.”

Appreciation Day tree planting ceremony. Below, all youth Participating in a tree planting ceremony with Grand Master Sturgeon were seniors Cynthia Balmer from the Masonic Children’s Home gather for the annual event. and Ryan Oatman, Jr., who graduated from Elizabethtown Area High School on June 10.

Cynthia Balmer came to the children’s home in March 1998 from Middletown and is sponsored by West Shore Lodge No. 681, Camp Hill. She was 6 years old when she arrived with her three older sisters, Dana, Danielle and Melissa, whom she always looked up to as her role models. She has been very involved with school athletics, as well as in community clubs by cheering for football and basketball games. She has received numerous medals, trophies and varsity awards for cheering competitions, and was named one of the team captains this past year. Cynthia was a great mentor for teammates.

Throughout her senior year at Elizabethtown Area High School, Cynthia assisted Carolyn Lehman, a second grade teacher at East High Elementary, for an hour every day. She worked with second graders in language arts, math, social studies and science. Mrs. Lehman was impressed with her outstanding work ethic and the way she demonstrated responsibility and organization.

Cynthia will continue her education at Shippensburg University, where she will work toward a bachelor’s degree in health sciences or elementary education. She has been selected as a member of Shippensburg University’s cheerleading squad.

Ryan Oatman, Jr., came to the children’s home in October 2009 from Willow Street, Pa., and is sponsored by Abraham C. Treichler Lodge No. 682, Elizabethtown. He has turned hardships into an enduring pursuit of knowledge. During his junior year of high school, Ryan challenged himself with an advanced placement course in English language and composition. In his senior year, he took the advanced placement course for both English literature and composition, and U.S. government and politics.

Ryan’s biology teacher at Elizabethtown Area High School, Nicole Roush, noticed that Ryan always persevered within the academic environment and pushed himself harder when he saw the value of knowledge. She described Ryan as a well-educated young man who has matured beyond his years as a senior.

He has been a positive role model at the Weller Cottage and is appreciative of every opportunity the Masonic Village and Freemasonry has been able to provide for him. He plans to continue his education at Harrisburg Area Community College to earn his associate degree in humanities, languages and arts education, and will then transfer to Elizabethtown College to study philosophy and education.

We wish Cynthia and Ryan the best of luck with their future endeavors, and congratulate all the youth at the Masonic Children’s Home for another successful year of hard work in school and the community.

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100 Years of Life, L I

Alberta “Birdie” Wagner, age 102

Leona M. Enck, age 102

Ethel Naylor, age 101

n addition to the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, also celebrating 100th (and older) birthdays in 2010 are several Masonic Village residents. These individuals have lived through a great deal of personal and American history, and most have their own secrets for reaching a century of life. Following is a brief look at their lives, as well as what was happening in the nation and with the formation of the Masonic Village in the early 20th century.

In 1906, a resolution to the “Ahiman Rezon” provided for the election and duties of a Committee on Masonic Homes in response to Right Worshipful Grand Master Edgar Tennis’ vision of creating, financing and administering a Masonic home to “not only soothe the pangs of wounded sensibility and the deeper pangs of wounded affection, but … make glad the cottage of the poor and smooth the pillows of suffering.”

Elsewhere in the nation, Upton Sinclair’s exposé of the American meat packing industry, “The Jungle,” was published, a four-day race riot in Atlanta left 12 people dead and the San Francisco school board ordered the segregation of all Japanese, Chinese and Korean children. 1906 was also the year Masonic Village’s oldest resident, who resides in Elizabethtown, was born (she and two other centenarians requested their names not be published).

Two years later, Alberta “Birdie” Wagner, was born on May 25, 1908, in Nazareth, Pa. She was employed in steel, dress and hosiery factories, and one of her duties was creating lace designs. She served as president of several clubs, including the Women’s Republican Club, YWCA, Sunshine Club and a bowling league, where she was awarded a trophy for “Best Game.” Alberta was also a den mother for the Boy Scouts.

She and her late husband of 68 years, Walter, were extensive travelers, exploring Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico and throughout the United States prior to his passing 12 years ago at age 92. She is an avid reader, finishing three books a week, and her favorite author is Nora Roberts. She has one daughter and two sons (one deceased), six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Looking back over the past 100 years, “My life is good since I’ve had more joy than sorrow,” Alberta said.

Her advice for a long life: “Keep busy and lead a full life.”

Just one day after Alberta was born, Leona M. Enck arrived in Lancaster Junction, Pa. Leona was employed as a forelady at Noggles Garment Factory in Manheim. She was very active in several women’s clubs for 36 years, having served as president of the Women’s Club in McConnellsburg. The Women’s Club in Ephrata continues the Easter tradition of making chocolate covered butter creams that Leona initiated many years ago. She taught arts and crafts and won awards for her flower arrangements as a member of the McConnellsburg Garden Club. She is a member of Cloister Chapter No. 406, the Order of the Eastern Star, and was married to John, who was a high school music teacher.

Her secret for longevity: “Live an active life and eat healthy.”

Alberta and Leona both reside at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown.

On Oct. 7, 1908, Ethel Naylor, a current resident of the Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill, was born in Roxborough, Pa. She worked at Sherwin Williams and was active in her church. She and her late husband, John, traveled across the country by train, enjoying Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and especially the Grand Canyon. Ethel has one daughter.

Throughout the rest of the country in 1908, a race riot erupted in Springfield, Ill., killing eight people.

Jack Johnson, a boxer from Galveston, Texas, knocked out Tommy Burns, from Canada, for the heavyweight championship of the world. The most popular song of the year was “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” In Pennsylvania, the Committee on Masonic Homes received authorization to purchase real estate, employ architects and a superintendent, and adopt all plans and specifications to erect the Masonic Village.

The following year, the committee chose Elizabethtown as the home for the Masonic Village. The location consisted of 40 independent parcels of land totaling 966.741 acres and cost $135,297.91. On Nov. 30 of that year, Bro. George B. Wilson became the first superintendent.

Also in 1909, Henry Ford presented the Model T, a “universal” car which originally cost $850, but by 1924 was available to the public for $290. Explorers Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Eskimos discovered the North Pole that year. Prompted by the previous year’s race riot, a biracial group of concerned citizens, including W.E.B. DuBois, organized the National Negro Conference in New York City where they decided to incorporate as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

On May 4, 1909, in Glenolden, Pa., Ellen Linvill entered the world. She worked as a bookkeeper for Charles Martin Piano Victrola Firm in Darby for five years until her first child was born. She and her late husband, Edgar, were wed on April 10, 1929, and were married for 52 years. They enjoyed traveling, especially to Maryland to watch sunsets over the Chesapeake Bay. They also visited Hawaii and the Caribbean, and drove across the United States from Pennsylvania to California.

Ellen liked to spend time quilting, crocheting, knitting and making crafts. As a member for 61 years of the Glenolden Congregational Church, she has served in many capacities such as: flower chairperson, deaconess, president of the women’s club and Sunday school teacher, and she was responsible for the kitchen and church dinners. Active in her community, she served as a Girl Scout, Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader and PTA member.

As a member of the Women’s Republican Club, in 2007, she was honored for not missing any elections since 1930.

She has also belonged to Friendship Chapter No. 551, Order of the Eastern Star, since 1968.

Ellen, who resides in Elizabethtown, has one daughter (deceased), two sons, six grandchildren, 13 greatgrandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She believes she reached age 100 because she has never smoked or drank coffee or alcohol and eats healthy foods. To quote her mother, “When your work on earth is finished, God will take you home.”

Ellen Linvill, age 101

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100TH ANNIVERSAR

Love and Laughter On May 5, 1909, Louise K. Metcalf, also a current resident of Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, was born. A native of Pittsburgh, Louise was a homemaker and is an accomplished artist. She attended classes at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and at an art school in Italy, and she commissioned an oil painting in a church in Pittsburgh. Louise also collects geodes and enjoys reading non-fiction.

She married her late husband, Charles, on Oct. 30, 1931, and they were married for 70 years. They were frequent travelers throughout Europe and drove across the United States several times. Her travels inspired her to sketch and paint the places they toured once she was home.

Louise has two daughters and one son, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Her claims to reaching 100 are that she never smoked; was always careful about her diet, which included eating many salads and drinking wine sparingly; and exercised regularly.

The year 1910 was a monumental one for Masonic Village. As its first official public act, on May 25, 1910, the Masonic Village held a flag raising ceremony in the presence of more than 1,500 people. One month later, on June 25, William M. Geesaman, a 62-year-old Mason from Shippensburg, became the first resident. Also in June of that year, Messrs. Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, of Philadelphia, were named the architects for the Masonic Village after winning a competition to create the best design for the community. Ground breaking for construction of the water system took place on Sept. 13. Throughout the year, a house on the property was remodeled to accommodate 35 people and serve as the first Guest House, while another building was remodeled into the Headquarters for administrative needs. The orchard got its start with the planting of 4,000 apple, pear, cherry and quince trees.

It was a fairly quiet year for the United States: an obscure British music-hall performer with a French kick toured the country with a pantomime troupe, and appeared in a vaudeville act entitled “Karno’s Wow Wows.” His name: Charlie Chaplin. On April 19, 1909, Halley’s Comet flashed across the horizon, making its first visit since 1759. Many people fearfully awaited the moment when the earth passed through its tail, staying home with their families.

Ethel B. Miller entered the world on June 18, just seven days before the Masonic Village’s first resident arrived on campus. Born in Millersburg, she married her high school sweetheart, G. Donald, in 1932. For a short time, she directed high school plays with the John Rogers Producing Company. Ethel was involved in “an awful lot of clubs which I just can’t remember,” including Millersburg Chapter No. 326, Order of the Eastern Star.

Over the years, she and her husband traveled to the West Coast and back, covering most of the states. She enjoyed watching “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” “The Carol Burnett Show” and “The Lawrence Welk Show” when they aired on television, prefers easy listening music and likes reading the Bible. Her favorite hobbies include playing cards, needlepoint, knitting, crocheting and cross stitch. She has two daughters, four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

She has lived at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown since 1986. “They try to make you feel at home here,” she said. “They take good care of you.”

Ethel does not believe there is any secret to her longevity: “I try to live as good a life as I can,” she said. “Ask the Lord to help you with your troubles. Try not to worry too much.”

Shortly after the Masonic Village’s “birthday” on June 25, Louise E. Patterson was born on Aug. 18, 1910, in McKeesport. She obtained her practical nursing license at Doctor’s Hospital in New York City, and as recently as age 79, she studied in the nursing program at Boyce Campus - Community College of Allegheny County and earned her nursing degree. Throughout her adult life, she worked in nursing registries in New York City, Pittsburgh and Miami.

When she wasn’t studying, Louise was crocheting or gardening. She and her late husband, whom she married in November 1929, traveled to New York and St. Croix Island with the Wamsutta family (known for their textile company). They also visited family in Kansas, Colorado and California. She is a member of the Sunshiners Seniors of First Christian Church in McKeesport, where she also sang in two different choirs and taught Bible school and vacation Bible school.

Louise has two daughters, six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Since arriving at the Masonic Village at Sewickley, she has enjoyed all the amenities and the caring attitude of the staff and residents. She is also quite fond of the Klondike ice cream bars in the gift shop.

Her advice for longevity: “Live and learn.”

On July 9, a 100th birthday party will be held in Elizabethtown for eight residents who are 100 years of age and older as of 2010. Family and friends are invited to attend the event, which will feature cupcakes, ice cream, singing and presents. Sadly, during the planning of the party and the production of this issue of the Village Voice, two of our centenarians passed away: Harold C. Heimbrook, who turned 100 on Jan. 14, and Myrtle M. Monyer, who turned 100 on March 11. Our sympathies to their family and friends.

In Sewickley, residents who are 90 or older may attend meetings of the Elite (90+) Seniors Club which include wine and cheese socials. The total membership as of May 2010 was 33, including four couples. At their last meeting, all agreed the secrets to achieving the “elite” level in life are: a positive attitude about life, good friends, keeping busy (physically and mentally), strong religious beliefs and good genes.

“One hundred is just one of those ages you come to,” Ethel Miller said. “It surprises me I’ve lived this long.

You’re so busy living life, you don’t always stop and think about your age.”

With a foundation of faith, hope and the strength of one another, our nation, our organization and our residents have built their lives and persevered through tumultuous times such as wars, natural disasters, depressions and recessions in the past 100 years. Their legacies will inspire and guide the next generation and all that it brings.

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Louise Metcalf, age 101

Ethel B. Miller, age 100

Louise E. Patterson, age 100 (as of Aug. 18)

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Relief for Our Haitian Neighbors J

ust before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook Léogâne, Haiti, a city located 16 miles west of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. An estimated 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 were injured and 1,000,000 found themselves homeless.

For 10 employees of the Masonic Villages, living 1,500 miles away in Warminster and Lafayette Hill, Pa., the quake hit very close to home. Immigrants of Haiti, the employees have struggled to communicate with family and friends while trying to help in any way they can.

One employee* described the helplessness she felt as she called and called, but could not reach her family living in Haiti. She finally contacted them and discovered most of her family was alive and safe, although her niece broke several ribs when her school collapsed on her. Many of her relatives’ houses had collapsed, and several families sought shelter at her mother’s house. She later learned of countless friends and acquaintances who did not survive the earthquake.

Another employee shared that her niece, who has seven children, has not been heard from and no one knows what happened to the children. “We just don’t know,” she said. “Sometimes it’s hard to get Earthquake damage in Jacmel, Haiti. information.”

“I have to work to see money gets to [my family],” one employee shared. “I have three family members who lost their homes. My children and I held a garage sale to raise money for them. We sold half our clothes and dishes.”

Each staff member said they had been sending money, food, clothing and shoes to their relatives in Haiti long before the quake hit, although now they do so more often. According to the United Nations “Human Development Report” (2000), the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is $300 in Haiti in comparison to the United States where it is $29,683. An estimated 80 percent of Haitians live in absolute poverty.

With tears in her eyes, one employee, despite her family’s situation, thanked God for the opportunities she has been given in the United States and for being able to help her family and others in any way. “I send them what I can,” she said. “But I do not have enough money to help the whole country. I cannot just go and see my family because other people need help. It’s difficult to turn your back on those people.”

Another described receiving daily phone calls from relatives who need money. Every little bit helps, as even $20 may feed a family for a week.

To assist these employees’ families, in appreciation for their hard work and dedication to care for the residents of the Masonic Villages at Lafayette Hill and Warminster, the Congregation of Sell Chapel at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown raised funds through its outreach ministry and donated three months of offerings. Masonic Village residents and employees, and individuals from as far away as Arizona, contributed to the relief fund. Distributed evenly amongst the 10 employees, a total of $16,050 was sent through a contact (who all the employees had previously used to send money) in the Philadelphia area to Haiti on April 30. Confirmation that the money was received came through from several of the employees’ families.

As they all cope with the aftermath of the earthquake, the Masonic Villages’ staff remain committed to their work as nursing assistants. One stated she likes to be at work because when she’s at home, she cries. Another expressed how her co-workers and the residents are like family to her, and she looks forward to coming to work. Through strong faith and devotion to work and family, these 10 employees will see that any help they receive goes a long way.

“We really appreciate the support,” one employee said. “Whatever you give, God gives back.”

“On behalf of my family in Haiti, I express my deepest and sincere gratitude toward the leadership team of Masonic Village for the heartfelt gesture that helped them in a big way,” another said. “May God Marie Alfred, Bernite Cadet and Natascha Bastien, continue to pour his blessings over Masonic Village to keep making a differences and change lives.”

Nursing Assistants at Masonic Village at Warminster, *Names withheld out of respect for several of the employees’ requests for anonymity. whose families were recipients of the funds raised at the Masonic Villages.

Home Care Services Available in Sewickley

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asonic Village Home Care services, now available at the Masonic Village at Sewickley, provide a secure, convenient option for those who want to receive personalized care or individualized services in the comfort of their home. These services include homemakers and/or home care assistants providing care based on a consultation with a registered nurse, who will tailor a plan to allow each resident to remain as independent and active as possible for as long as possible. Our staff know how our health care system operates, so we’re best qualified to meet our residents’ needs and assist them in addressing any issues which may arise. Residents may receive this care in one-to-two-hour increments, or for as long as they need.

Our trained Masonic Village staff can bring the services you need to your doorstep. For more information, please call (412) 741-1400, ext. 3096, or e-mail MVShomecare@masonicvillagespa.org today.

Home Care Services vary depending on level of individual need. They may include: Medication reminders Personal grooming/hygiene care Menu planning/meal preparation Feeding/eating assistance Washing/drying dishes Assistance with laundry/ironing Escorting to/arranging appointments Running basic errands Escorting to church Letter/card writing

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Arranging/participating in outings/trips Crafts/puzzles Bathing/showering assistance Transfers in/out of bed/chair Assistance with mechanical lifts Completing a prescribed exercise program Basic vital sign monitoring Oxygen assistance (no adjustment to levels) Day surgery assistance care Basic post surgical/procedural assistance

Basic wound care Medication administration Catheterizations Post-surgical monitoring RN assessment for care/safety needs Tube feedings Diabetic teaching Decision-making capability evaluation

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A Digital Pioneer

ohn Van Horn spent 30 years working for IBM, during an age when computers took up entire rooms and needed plumbing to keep them cool. Decades later, seeing people carry computers in their pockets does not come as a surprise to him. Computers of the 1960s had a lot of the same capacities as modern laptops and smartphones (mobile phones including advanced computing ability and connectivity such as e-mail access), only on a larger physical scale.

“Modern technology was foreseen back then, but we didn’t have the capabilities to build it,” John said. “We couldn’t make it as small and light as what you have today. We’ve gradually worked up to that.”

Born in Pittsburgh, John graduated from Carnegie Mellon University (then the Carnegie Institute of Technology) with a degree in electrical engineering. Prior to his career with International Business Machines (IBM), he had various jobs, the first of which was working for an aviation company. One of the most rewarding moments in his career occurred after he designed a control start up for a diesel engine pumping station.

Generally, he was able to test his work in private, but in this instance, he was asked to do his first testing in front of several high level executives.

“When I pressed the button, everything worked perfectly,” he said, beaming with pride.

He also worked for Hazeltine Electronics, Westinghouse Electric and the original Standard Oil Company. After seeing an ad in the newspaper for electrical engineering work in a newly built defense facility in Owego, N.Y., he applied for a job with IBM and was hired as an electrical engineer. One of the plant’s roles was designing the electronic system for a proposed Mach 3 bomber, and John was part of a group responsible for the overall system design. Other projects he had a hand in included the B-52 bomber and the two-person Gemini spacecraft.

As work for the space program in Owego gradually diminished, John took a position in a development lab in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where computers were developed and tested. John did not prefer testing, so he transferred to quality control. Not having any experience in computer programming, he later took a 13week training course.

“It was like being in a swimming class where they threw you in the water,” he said of the course. “You either sank or swam. Eventually, I swam. I spent the rest of my career in programming.”

He worked on the M250, one of the most advanced memory systems at the time, and learned programming for the 1130 computing system. Early digital computers used punched cards as the primary medium for input of programs and data. Introduced in about 1970, the 1130 was IBM’s least-expensive computer to date, and was geared toward computing-intensive markets such as education and engineering. It became very popular and gave many users their first feel of “personal computing.” It consisted of a central processing unit (CPU), memory and a printer, and was the precursor for the modern computer. In a future assignment, John was responsible for writing a 12 volume set of documents so employees could quickly understand the operations of the 1130 system.

He was also part of a group dedicated to developing computer-aided design (CAD) and simulation systems to help engineers in drawing defining pictures of a structure, be it a bridge, automobile or computer circuit. The group developed a new general purpose system which enabled an engineer to sit at his or her console and draw plans for a structure or circuit, and then test the design for flaws. For example, if plans for a bridge were drawn up, the computer program could produce a model which simulated the operations of the bridge to detect where stresses and strains may occur in the design, something that in the past could not be done until the bridge was constructed. The program also kept track of all plans and tests throughout each stage of the design process for future reference.

As an architect of some of the earliest computer programs, what does John predict for the future?

“Everything is heading toward optical displays; headgear, no bulky units, and more voice operated equipment,” he said. “There will be more use of robotics – we’re already at the point where robots can move on their own. There is no limit to where you can go with this. Eventually, instead of fighting wars with people, they’ll use robots operated from a central control center.”

Several years after retiring from IBM, John and his late wife, Joyce, were signed up and ready to move to a retirement community near Lebanon when they heard about the new independent living accommodations planned for the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. John, who was motivated by his father to become a Mason, was impressed with Masonic Village’s facilities and amenities, and thought he and his wife would be better off here.

Since his arrival, he was appropriately the first to start a computer club, which is now run by John and Lee Heile, who do “a wonderful job,” according to John. He has also belonged to the model airplane club, model railroad club, both High 12 clubs and the Men’s Chorus, and served as a volunteer in the retirement living clubhouse and Freemasons Cultural Center. When Home Care Services were offered through Masonic Village beginning in May 2009, John was the program’s first customer, assisted by the first homemaker, Louise Ley. “It’s a very nice feature,” he said of the Home Care Services. “They provide everything you would normally have done in the health care center, but you’re at home. That makes a big difference. They take care of my needs 24 hours a day.”

John has a computer and a laptop which he uses on a regular basis. One of the most noticeable items in his home is a robotic parrot he purchased off the Internet. Although he is very much aware of social networking platforms such as Facebook, which allow users to share photos and updates with friends, he does not have his own page. His daughter has followed in his footsteps and works for IBM in Austin, Texas. He also has a son and two grandchildren.

In the future, whether humans are flying their own cars or working aside robots, the work of men such as John Van Horn will remain the foundation of technological advances which simplify and save lives.

Home Care Services Celebrate One Year of Service in Elizabethtown

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ince spring arrived (and then left and then came back), Home Care Services staff have been on the move with many new opportunities. Some are helping residents with their spring cleaning, spring planting and appointments to get their cars ready for the summer. Homemakers are swapping winter wardrobes with summer clothing and even taking items to the dry cleaner. They have planned surprise parties, including candlelight dinners, and taken fruit home to make muffins and breads for clients’ breakfasts.

One of Home Care’s most recent innovations is providing 24-hour care to residents returning home from the hospital or Masonic Health Care Center if required or requested by the resident, family or physician. Staff can also be a companion for a resident while his or her spouse is shopping, golfing or visiting friends.

Masonic Village Home Care Services provide a secure, convenient option for those who want to receive personalized care or individualized services in the comfort of their home. These services include homemakers and/or home care assistants providing care based on a consultation with a registered nurse, who will tailor a plan to allow each resident to remain as independent and active as possible for as long as possible.

To learn more about Masonic Village Home Care Services in Elizabethtown, please call (717) 367-1121, ext. 33700, or e-mail homecare@masonicvillagespa.org to arrange a consultation with a registered nurse. You may also visit www.masonicvillagespa.org/elizabethtown/homecare.php.

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The artwork of Congressman Joseph R. Pitts was on display at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown throughout April. On April 19, Rep. Pitts discussed the inspirations and experiences behind his pieces with residents and staff at Masonic Village, and presented William C. Davis, Jr., Chief Operating Officer - Health Care Services, with a copy of his print, “Symbol of Freedom,” to be displayed on campus. Having no formal training in art, Rep. Pitts has been influenced by historic figures such as President Abraham Lincoln, landmarks including the U.S. Capitol and landscapes such as the Brandywine Valley, encountered during his political service.

In Lafayette Hill, Sharitta Cudjoe, Therapeutic Recreation Assistant (center); Angela Hurst, Therapeutic Recreation Director (right); and Sharitta’s sister, Shanell Brown, (left) participate in the Mother’s Day Race for the Cure in Philadelphia.

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Village The William Slater II Master Mason’s Club in Sewickley sponsored a bowling outing in March for 19 male residents of the Star Points personal care building and Valley Care Masonic Center. The group was treated to a lunch of pizza, beer and pop. Left photo: Pasquale “Packy” Scimio and Leroy John. Right photo: Samuel Hoke and Nick Tisak.

Flag Raising Ceremony

n May 25, 1910, more than 1,500 people gathered for Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s flag raising ceremony – the organization’s first public event. Exactly 100 years later, Masonic Village residents and staff, and Elizabethtown community members gathered in the Veterans Grove at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, for a flag raising ceremony to celebrate the Masonic Village’s history and commence its second century of service.

Chimes resounding from the Sell Chapel carillon marked the beginning of the celebration. The Masonic Village Men’s Chorus performed, directed by Robert Carthew and accompanied by Lois McDevitt. Elizabethtown Mayor Chuck Mummert sang the national anthem and made a proclamation. To represent the countless people who have had a hand in securing the Masonic Village’s future, a multitude of staff, residents and community members helped raise a flag which flew over the State Capitol on May 6, 2010, and was donated by Rep. David Hickernell, 98th Legislative District.

Earlier in the day, in the Masonic Health Care Center’s Roosevelt Courtyard, a flag which flew above our nation’s Capitol in Washington D.C., and was donated by Congressman Joseph R. Pitts at the request of resident Providence Eshelman, also was raised in front of residents and staff.

Above, Ann Dinsmore, Music Therapy Supervisor; resident Jacob Cohen; and Joseph E. Murphy, CEO, raise a flag in a ceremony at the Masonic Health Care Center. Far right, Jeffrey W. Coy, Chairman of the Committee on Masonic Homes and R.W. Grand Treasurer, addresses the crowd at the evening flag raising ceremony (shown to the right).

“Pennsylvania Masons built the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown to counter the oppression of poverty, sickness, age and abuse that threaten the welfare and quality of life all people - young and old - need and deserve. That steadfast commitment has endured for 100 years, and today, leads us to be a Center of Excellence, motivates us to focus on the individual and drives us to provide the highest quality care and services ... Through the charity of Freemasons and friends who share our values, may our fellowship prompt us to celebrate the great heritage and posterity that has been handed down to us by the founders and builders of this great country.”

Proclamation

Excerpt from the Dedication Address, Flag Raising Ceremony, May 25, 2010

as read by Elizabethtown Mayor Chuck Mummert

WHEREAS, the Masonic Homes’, now the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s, first public event was a flag raising ceremony held on May 25, 1910, and the first resident moved in exactly one month later; WHEREAS, it was stated at the Grand Lodge Hall dedication on June 5, 1913, “This Home must breathe the true spirit of our splendid family. Understanding must be here; love must be its atmosphere; protection must be provided and purity must be enshrined;” WHEREAS, the Masonic Village operates under its Mission of Love values: quality of life, respect for the individual, quality service and outreach;

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WHEREAS, more than 1,400 community members are employed and approximately 780 people volunteer at the Masonic Village, which has met the needs of more than 16,000 adult residents and 2,000 youth during the past century; WHEREAS, in 2009 alone, the Masonic Village provided more than $8.3 million through financial donations to the local community and charitable care; WHEREAS, the Masonic Village is celebrating a Century of Service; THEREFORE I proclaim May 25, 2010, as Masonic Village Day in Elizabethtown, Pa.

Happenings Masonic Village residents Betty LeRoy, president of the Village Green Residents Council, and Wils Kile, president of the Retirement Living Residents Association, along with Joseph E. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, recently presented a $15,000 check to the Elizabethtown Area Education Foundation. Receiving the check were Dr. Michael Worman, foundation president; Dr. Amy Slamp, superintendent of the Elizabethtown Area School District; and students in Amanda Hann’s second grade classroom at East High Street Elementary School. The foundation’s educational classroom grant program supports creative and innovative programs in the areas of academics, the arts, and extra-curricular activities by offering grants to district teachers.

Residents in Sewickley recently toured Trib Total Media, Inc.’s Newsworks facility. The trip was part of Fred’s monthly Mystery Tour in which participants receive a clue, but otherwise have no idea where they’re headed.

The clue for this destination was,“You hear it every day!”

Residents at Lafayette Hill enjoyed tea and desserts in honor of Mother’s Day. Shown top (l-r): Mildred Prodorutti, Pat Trautmann and Caroline Spencer.

Shown bottom (l-r): Emma Argue, Mary Longacre and Edna Armstrong.

Below, Masonic Village at Warminster resident Carmen Ruggero enjoys a porch party on a nice spring day in April.

A group of Dallas residents volunteer monthly at a local soup kitchen. Shown (l-r) are Annie Bisher, Mitsy Muller, Lucille Luksic, Annie Smith and Rosellen Garrett.

As part of a community open house along the Conoy Creek at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, Dan Helm, of the Conoy Creek Watershed Association, demonstrates fly tying to residents Henry and Jackie Graybill.

Volunteer Recognition Celebrations!

Many thanks to the more than 1,000 individuals and various groups who volunteered their time at one of our Masonic Villages across the state in the last year.

In Elizabethtown, where 786 youth and adults volunteered their time, two celebrations featuring entertainment and refreshments were held, one on April 21 in the Brossman Ballroom, and the other in the Masonic Health Care Center on April 22. Above left, Bill Atherton and Betty Uhler; above center, Marge Learn, Dorothy Condran, Grace Frishkorn and Irene Bardsley; and above right, Don and Sally Sowden. Bottom left: Kay Dixon and Sally Weaver. Bottom right: Edith and Joe Cook.

In Lafayette Hill, in honor of 65 volunteers, the Mummers performed in early April. Shown above are Jane and Milton Bergey, and below, Inez Twesten, June Maag and Joyce Richart.

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; That is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The Village Voice • Summer 2010

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Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes I

n 2009, the Masonic Villages, along with almost half of all nursing homes in the nation, enrolled in the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes (AEANH) Campaign, a voluntary program which provides free current and practical evidence-based resources and education to nursing homes to assist them in improving the quality of care and life for residents.

“For our residents, this program is another way to ensure they are receiving the best care possible,” Vicki Gillmore, Administrator, Health Care Services, said. “We are constantly looking for ways to make our residents more comfortable, keep their families better informed and provide our staff with the proper tools and resources to deliver quality services.”

All Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities must provide a comprehensive assessment of each skilled nursing care resident’s functional capabilities to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Masonic Villages has consistently maintained numbers better than state and national averages in measured areas such as staff turnover, use of physical restraints and prevalence of little or no activity. The AEANH Campaign is designed to complement quality improvement efforts already in place and enhance them through the use of state-of-the-art training and tracking materials.

Specific Campaign goals include: 1. Staff Turnover: Nursing homes will take steps to minimize staff turnover in order to maintain a stable workforce to care for residents.

2. Consistent Assignment: Being regularly cared for by the same caregiver is essential to quality of care and quality of life. To maximize quality, as well as resident and staff relationships, the majority of nursing homes will employ “consistent assignment” of CNAs. 3. Restraints: Nursing home residents are independent to the best of their ability and rarely experience daily physical restraints.

4. Pressure Ulcers: Nursing home residents receive appropriate care to prevent and appropriately treat pressure ulcers when they develop.

5. Pain: Nursing home residents will receive appropriate care to prevent and minimize episodes of moderate or severe pain. Objectives for long stay and short stay are slightly different.

• 5A: Long stay (longer than 90 days) nursing home residents will receive appropriate care to prevent and minimize episodes of moderate or severe pain.

• 5B: People who come from a hospital to a nursing home for a short stay will receive appropriate care to prevent and minimize episodes of moderate or severe pain.

6. Advance Care Planning: Following admission and prior to completing or updating the plan of care, all nursing home residents will have the opportunity to discuss their goals for care including their

preferences for advance care planning with an appropriate member of the health care team. Those preferences should be recorded in their medical record and used in the development of their plan of care.

7. Resident/Family Satisfaction: Nursing home staff will assess resident and family experience of care and incorporate this information into their quality improvement activities.

8. Staff Satisfaction: Nursing home administrators will assess staff satisfaction with their work environment at least annually and upon separation, and incorporate this information into their quality improvement activities.

Tangible benefits of participation include cost savings due to staff retention and stability, increased efficiency of operations and better relationships between residents and caregivers. As care improves, conditions and symptoms decrease, increasing residents’ comfort levels.

The four Masonic Village locations that offer nursing services successfully completed Phase 1 in 2009. Elizabethtown staff chose to focus on reducing restraints, resident satisfaction and staff retention. Lafayette Hill concentrated on restraint reduction, resident satisfaction and consistent assignments for CNA staff. Sewickley staff focused on reducing restraints, staff retention and consistent assignments for CNA staff. Warminster concentrated on reducing pressure sores for high-risk residents, resident satisfaction and consistent assignments for CNA staff.

The Masonic Villages will work toward completing Phase 2 in 2010.

Elizabethtown staff will focus on reducing physical restraints and high risk pressure ulcers. Lafayette Hill will concentrate on pain management, advance care planning and staff satisfaction. Sewickley staff have chosen to focus on staff turnover, staff satisfaction and reducing pressure ulcers.

Warminster will concentrate on consistent assignments for staff, advance care planning, reducing pressures ulcers and pain management.

“We can never put too much emphasis on the quality of our residents’ care,” Vicki said. “With a minimal amount of data entry, a good quality improvement process helps us uncover the root causes of certain issues and enables us to better accommodate staff, satisfy residents and ensure their families.”

Visit the AEANH Web site, http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org, for updated information and resources.

Masonic Village Earns Environmental Stewardship Award

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asonic Village at Elizabethtown was recognized with an Environmental Stewardship Award at the annual Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association banquet on March 25 for its conservation practices and its commitment to protect soil and water resources while operating a viable beef cattle and farm enterprise.

The Masonic Village was one of the earliest farms in Lancaster County to practice cropland to grassland conversion conservation, beginning six years ago. This effort included converting more than 200 acres of cropland into grazing land, which in turn saves on the loss of top soil. Top soil erosion contributes sediments, chemicals and nutrients to water sources. Farm staff also built grass buffers between the fields and local streams to prevent erosion, and fenced off portions of the streams to keep cattle from accessing them.

Several approved stream crossings have been constructed so cattle can access both sides of the stream with very minor disruption. The farm has acreage of no-till land enrolled in the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The site of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown was selected 100 years ago in-part because of the natural resources the land offered. In its 100th year of providing services, Masonic Village continues to use and preserve these resources which add to the comfort and support of its residents and the community.

On April 16, the Masonic Village hosted a one-day Nutrient Trading in Pennsylvania Senator Mike Brubaker, Chair of the Pennsylvania Delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission, Conference, sponsored by the PA Association of Conservation Districts and the Departments of speaks at the Nutrient Trading in PA Conference held Agriculture and Environmental Protection. The Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association annual Field at Masonic Village on April 16.

Day will be held at the Masonic Village farm Saturday, July 17.

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by John J. Mast, M.D., family physician with Norlanco Medical Associates, Elizabethtown

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Nature’s Pharmacy

erbal medicines are the foundation of modern prescription drugs.

Most medicines have roots in natural compounds, such as valerian root (valium), red rice yeast extract (cholesterol medicines), foxglove (digoxin), and white willow bark (aspirin).

Are natural medicines safe and effective? Maybe. Natural medicines usually have fewer side effects and drug interactions than prescription medicines, but might also be less effective. Herbal medicines are regulated as food, not as drugs, and because of loose regulations, there are problems at times with inconsistent ingredient potency, purity and quality control. Herbal pills don’t always contain what they purport to contain – sometimes prescription medicines are found to be mixed with them; however, nationally-known, reputable brands are usually a safe bet.

We may never know how effective herbal medicines are because multiple large research studies are required to prove this. These studies cost millions of dollars, and since natural medicines cannot be patented, investment in these studies will not bring financial gain to a company that funds the research. While the pharmaceutical industry will not support this research, there are some government funded research studies that shed light on the possible benefits of herbal medicine.

There are some herbal medicines that have proven benefits. Horse Chestnut Seed Extract (HCSE) has “Class A” evidence showing benefit. The Class A rating indicates that repeated randomized controlled clinical trials show benefit in different populations.

HCSE is used for leg edema, and is found to be nearly as effective as compression stockings. We think that it makes blood vessels less “leaky,” so that less fluid seeps out into the legs causing edema. It is also easier to use than tight compression stockings on hot summer days.

Hawthorn, an effective medicine used for heart failure, is also supported by a Class A level of evidence. It helps symptoms of systolic heart failure, but doesn’t extend survival and may have some drug interactions with heart medicines. It is thought to work by helping the heart pump more forcefully. Dizziness is the most common side effect.

Gingko is widely believed to support memory during aging.

Recent research has shown some conflicting results. It doesn’t prevent memory loss or improve memory in all people with dementia; however, it may help some. Ginko is a blood thinner and can increase risk of bleeding if taken with other blood thinners. Don’t take it with other blood thinners unless it is approved by your doctor.

Lavender is a herbal medicine used in aromatherapy. It can be calming when put on a heating pad over sore muscles, or when in a microwaveable heat pack. It should not be used by women who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of possible harmful side effects.

Saw Palmetto works to shrink the prostate. It is similar to, but less potent than, the prescription medicine finasteride. They both require patience as they take a few months to work.

Another “hot” herbal medicine is red pepper (also known as capsaicin) which is used to reduce joint pain and burning nerve-related pain. It works by depleting the pain chemicals from nerve endings where it is applied. When the pain chemicals are constantly depleted they don’t send pain signals effectively. You need to apply it three times a day to the affected areas, but be prepared for it to burn for a few days when first starting it. Most people use a lower strength at first, then move up to a higher strength. Be sure to use a rubber glove to apply it – you will understand why if you get this in your nose or eyes.

To mix with it, some doctors will prescribe lidocaine ointment which decreases the burn from the capsaicin.

St. John’s Wort is used for depression and has been found to be effective, although it has many interactions with prescription medicines. Be sure to tell your doctor and pharmacist if you plan to take this medicine.

Another medicine with many drug interactions is the prescription medicine Coumadin, also known as jantoven or warfarin. Many natural medicines can interact with it. If you take Coumadin, be sure to tell your doctor or pharmacist before you start any natural medicine or even if you change your diet.

It is difficult to interpret all the information about herbal medicines.

Individual testimonials that seem too good to be true, usually are.

When advertisements for supplements are printed alongside articles about the benefits of herbal medicines in free magazines, it is a sign of possible bias. Glowing testimonials and statements of benefit that don’t include any references to confirm them may also be suspect. It is better to get information from unbiased sources including your doctor or pharmacist. Other trustworthy sources of information about natural medicines are books by the author Andrew Weil, M.D. Herbal medicines have a great appeal to many people, but before you start treating yourself with them, be sure to talk to your doctor and pharmacist. You can safely integrate natural medicines with conventional medicines, diet changes and lifestyle changes to benefit your health.

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Your Estate Plan (first of a four-part series) by Alvin H. Blitz, Chief Director of Gift Planning

Preparing Your Will: What Everyone Needs to Know Many of us put it off and do not want to talk about it. We pretend it will never happen to us; however, the only thing surer than taxes is our own mortality. We inevitably must pass the torch to the next generation.

Our choice in how we prepare for that day of reckoning can have a significant impact on those we love, the causes in life we believe in, the taxes we pay and who manages our estate upon our passing. Without a Will, these choices are all made for us, for better or worse, by the laws and courts of the state where we reside.

In this column, I will briefly review the important points of preparing your Will. In future issues of the Village Voice, I will touch upon the need for an Advanced Directive or Living Will and a Power of Attorney. I will also discuss when you should consider a Living Trust.

KEY REASONS FOR A WILL 1. You Decide Who Gets Your Assets. Without a Will, all bets are off as to where your assets go. Unless you title or designate your assets to go to specific individuals or organizations outside your Will, the state law where you reside will determine how your assets will be distributed.

This may not be to your liking, so I would suggest you do not leave this to chance. Your Will is one of your best opportunities to ensure your children, friends and favorite charities receive what you want to leave for them. It is also where you can include language to protect your pet after you pass away.

2. You Decide Who Manages Your Assets. Without a Will, certain individuals have the right to petition the court to be named to administer your assets. This may be good or bad depending on who is chosen by the court; you will have no say in that decision. Much time and money can be wasted over determining who should handle an estate when no Will is present. Worst yet, someone you never imagined could be chosen to handle your assets.

3. You Can Protect Your Assets for Your Children and Grandchildren.

Generally, a minor cannot receive assets directly from you. You need to consider how to hold certain assets you want to pass on to someone under age 18, whether it is in a trust or custodial account. If you don’t do anything, any assets for minors may be held in a savings account until a child is 18 and then distributed outright to the child. Also, for some heirs, whether under 18 or not, a trust may be the best way of protecting the assets you give away from being spent frivolously if received outright. Worst yet, if a child or grandchild does not know how to handle money, he or she will get all his or her share at once and will be able to buy that Ferrari he or she always wanted.

COMPLETE AND MAIL THIS FORM TO: Office of Gift Planning, Masonic Charities, One Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022  Please send me/us additional information on including a Masonic Charity in my/our estate plan.  Please contact me/us to answer my/our questions concerning the preparation of a Will and/or choosing an Executor.  Please contact me/us to discuss locating an attorney to review my/ our estate plan and prepare my/our Will(s).  Please send me/us information on your Franklin Legacy Society that recognizes individuals who have included a Masonic Charity in his/her Will or living trust. 

I/We have already included one of the Masonic Charities in my/ our Will(s).

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4. You May Be Able to Minimize Taxes. With the help of a Will and the proper titling of your assets, you can develop a plan to possibly minimize or even eliminate death taxes depending on whom you choose as the beneficiaries of your estate. Without a Will, your assets may be distributed in such a way that you will expose your estate to unnecessary income and estate taxes.

WHO SHOULD I CHOOSE TO SERVE AS EXECUTOR? The Executor of your estate has the following primary tasks: • Opening your estate by probating your Will in the courthouse.

• Notifying creditors of your death and paying all claims.

• Collecting assets and making an accurate inventory of them, and reporting this inventory to the court for review.

• Managing the estate by paying all outstanding bills, collecting outstanding money owed and liquidating certain assets.

• Retaining an advisor to determine taxes owed and filing the necessary tax returns.

• Providing a thorough accounting to the court on assets collected, income earned and amounts distributed during the term of the estate before closing it.

• Distributing the remaining assets to the beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of the Will.

As one can see, the handling of an estate can be both time consuming and complicated. The above list is not exhaustive, and if the decedent had a business, real estate properties or any other complicated matters, handling an estate can require a somewhat sophisticated person who can interact with multiple professionals.

Most individuals choose family members or close friends to serve as Executor. But because of the complexities of administering an estate, one should consider picking the most competent person for the job rather than the closest relation. This means the person does not have to be an expert in handling estates, but should be comfortable working with other professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, to get the job done. I would suggest you take the time to talk to the person you appoint as Executor to determine whether the person wants to serve as Executor and that he or she understands the duties of this position.

If you do not feel that anyone you know could complete the job, then I would suggest you consider a professional such as a lawyer, accountant or trust officer to be Executor. In some cases, the Masonic Villages will serve as Executor or assist you in locating one. Do not take the choosing of your Executor lightly. To do so could cause your estate and your beneficiaries much heartache, and possibly result in less money to be distributed.

For more information, contact the Gift Planner nearest you: Central Pennsylvania (717) 367-1121, ext. 33437 or (800) 599-6454

Western Pennsylvania (412) 741-1400, ext. 3011 or (866) 872-0664

Eastern Pennsylvana Out-of-State (610) 825-6100, ext. 1348 (717) 367-1121, ext. 33312 or (800) 599-6454

Financial information about Masonic Charities can be obtained by contacting us at 1-800-599-6454. In addition, Masonic Charities is required to file financial information with several states. Colorado: Colorado residents may obtain copies of registration and financial documents from the office of the Secretary of State, (303) 894-2680, http:// www.sos.state.co.us/. Florida: SC No. 00774, A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-HELP-FLA. Georgia: full and fair description of the programs and activities of Masonic Charities and its financial statement are available upon request at the address indicated above. Illinois: Contracts and reports regarding Masonic Charities are on file with the Illinois Attorney General. Maryland: For the cost of postage and copying, documents and information filed under the Maryland charitable organizations laws can be obtained from the Secretary of State, Charitable Division, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, (800) 825-4510. Michigan: MICS No. 11796 Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of Masonic Charities may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office by calling 1-888-236-6167. New Jersey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY CALLING (973) 504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/ocp.htm#charity.

REGISTRATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT. New York: A copy of the latest annual report can be obtained from the organization or from the Office of the Attorney General by writing the Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. North Carolina: Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1-888-830-4989. Pennsylvania: The official registration and financial information of Masonic Charities may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Virginia: Financial statements are available from the State Office of Consumer Affairs, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23218. Washington: The notice of solicitation required by the Charitable Solicitation Act is on file with the Washington Secretary of State, and information relating to financial affairs of Masonic Charities is available from the Secretary of State, and the toll-free number for Washington residents: 1-800-332-4483. West Virginia: West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, WV 25305. REGISTRATION IN THE ABOVE STATES DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION OF MASONIC CHARITIES BY THE STATE.

Memorial Gifts February 1 - April 30, 2010 Below is a list of individuals (names are shown in red) whose loved ones have made a gift in their memory to one of the five Masonic Villages located at Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley and Warminster.

Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below. We regret any errors or omissions.

If an error has been made, please contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, (717) 367-1121, ext. 33003, or by e-mailing giving@masonicvillagespa.org. Thank you.

We apologize for this error in the Spring 2010 issue of the Village Voice. The following is the correct listing: Herbert N. Ammlung, Sr. Linda S. McAlpin J. B. Adams, Jr. Jacob B. Adams, III Mr. and Mrs. William H. Adams Richard W. Adams Sara Aderhold Harrison F. Aderhold Thomas A. Adlam James A. Adlam William A. Adlam James A. Adlam David C. Aicher David R. Duncan Ralph E. Aldinger Miriam M. Aldinger John J. Aldrich Bluestone Lodge No. 338 Roy W. Allison, Sr. Zana C. Allison Alma N. Althouse Chester E. Althouse Kathleen “Kitty” Ambrozates John P. Ambrozates Bill and Jean Frankhouser William E. Pugsley Edward B. Ammann Amber E. Cheslak Charles A. Anderson Suzanne E. Anderson Berkley V. Andrews Nicholas G. Babich Kenneth Andrews John and Marjorie Bitzer Robert A. Andrews E. Darlene Andrews Sergius D. Andreychek Timothy S. Andreychek John Elwood Appleby Faye L. Appleby George H. Armstrong Joseph M. Armstrong Samuel H. Arrell, Sr. John A. Arrell, Sr. Elizabeth Auchey Frank J. DeStefano, Jr. Albert E. Jochen David E. Williams Bruce W. Augustine Gail P. Augustine Claire Aurentz Ronald J. Schumacher Dorothy E. Avery Pamela J. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Avery, Jr. Pamela J. Martin James F. Axsom Margaret L. Axsom Russell R. Aylor Charlotte H. Aylor Harriet Z. Bachman Allen S. Zimmerman

Anna K. Bailey William A. Bailey Anne K. Baker Walter G. Berger Great Outdoors Church - Choir Members Bob and Betty Harper Betty Z. Snyder St. Christopher’s Faith Community Inc. TGO Realty The Domino Crew James G. and Anne K. Baker Sherry, Terry, Ryan and Brendan Leahy Robert J. and A. Kay Sutch Julia E. Baker Lynne Brown Hiram P. Ball Florence C. Ball Allen W. Ballard Betty M. Ballard Augusta Ruth Balliet Walter Balliet Nettie M. Balsley George J. Balsley Donald W. Banzhof James L. Benedict Donald L. Barley, Sr. Milford L. Barley Edwin A. Barnes Mildred J. Barnes Richard M. Barnett, Sr. Lois E. Barnett Frank Barrett Gerald H. Calderone Anna Mae Bartholomew Mary Anne Klemkosky Alexander R. Barto R. Thomas Croft George Barton Eureka Lodge No. 290 Herman E. Basehore Esther E. Basehore Anthony Bauer, Jr. Leota B. Bauer Bonnie L. Baxter Milton O. Helm Lewis F. Beard John F. Beard Gladys Bechtel Arthur L. Feldman Gilber and Grace Beck David E. Zazworsky Robert P. and Edna Becker Robert I. Becker Henry J. Becks Shirley M. Becks Erla M. Beddow Hugh F. Beddow Raymond F. Benfer, Jr. Barbara Benfer Smith Edward C. Benkert Arthur R. Vaughn, III Fred L. Berg Marion Lodge No. 562 Henry C. Beringer, Sr. W. H. Clay Beringer, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Berry, Jr. Donald A. Berry W. Calvin M. Best June S. Best William H. Best June S. Best John S. Beyer Carolyn D. Beyer Fred W. Biederman Constance L. Biederman Boyd A. Bingaman Isaiah J. Bingaman Clyde W. Birth Harold C. W. Birth Cord Edwin Bischoff Elton L. Bischoff Robert Edwin Bischoff Elton L. Bischoff Kenneth Pardee Bisher Robert K. Craig Edward V. Bishop, Jr. Mary L. Bishop Miriam Bishop J. Richard Bishop Edgar T. Bitting Doris K. Bitting Dorothy Bixler W. Keith Bixler Hazel M. Bixler Claude M. Bixler Edward G. Black Harriet W. Black Robert E. Blauser, Sr. Dennis H. Trzeciak Louis Y. Blilie, Jr. Elizabeth J. Blilie Perry T. Blum M. Marion Blum Ralph Bogatay John and Frances Gayler Shade R. Bolinger Isabelle H. Bolinger Helen Bonar Joe Bunk Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hrach Robert E. Jones Friends of Pat Phillips Kathryn G. Pullen Kitty Pullen Sherry Pullen Dr. and Mrs. Mark L. Raphael Patricia L. Ware Lyle and Elizabeth Woodmansee Yvonne E. Bosserman Clarence L. Bosserman, Jr. Edwin M. Bosworth Evelyn J. Bosworth Roland F. Bowers, Jr. Nancy G. Bowers William A. Bowman Virginia T. Bowman George J. Knous Matthew P. Boyd Edward M. Messner Horace H. Brachman Edith M. Brachman

Rose Bressler Martin Levin Frank Bressler Ronald A. Witters H. Lester Brewer Ralph L. Brewer, Sr. Elizabeth J. Clark Brimmer William R. Brimmer, Sr. M. C. Broadbent Bruce M. Broadbent Robert L. Brocklehurst Lake Lodge No. 434 John H. Brosi Grace M. Brosi Charles F. Brown Robert R. Perry Clarence Brown, Jr. Theresa Brown David Austin and Laura Mae Brown Austin C. Brown, Jr. Jim Brown James M. Thompson William McK. Brown Roger W. Brown, Sr. Harry T. Brownscombe Franklin H. Wingert Harry W. Buck Richard E. Buck Harold E. and Betty Burgess, Jr. Gary and Sharon Burgess Thomas H. Burgess Marcella B. Burgess Francis A. Burkett Grace E. Burkett Henry C. Callihan Mary L. Callihan Sandra Lynn Campbell David A. Campbell, Jr. Morton E. Carlisle Libero B. Casaccio Victor Carlson Willene S. Carlson Lester and Emma Carpenter John and Sandra Lescisko William A. Carpenter Dorothy R. Carpenter William J. Carr Jean E. Carr Jacob G. Carson Helen K. Carson Donald C. Caterson Bruce Legg Donald S. Cathcart Eugene R. Cathcart James D. Challenger Sarah E. Challenger Philip H. Chamberlin Alice Chamberlin Wendell G. Chambers Evelyn S. Chambers Robert C. Chilcott Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Carl A. Christmann Muriel M. Christmann Charles F. Chubb James F. Chubb Dorothy Jean Ciccotosto Hugo Ciccotosto

Raymond J. Cimarolli Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Cirullo Mary K. Cirullo Howard A. Clark, Sr. James H. Clark Howard E. Clark Ruth E. Clark Kenneth P. Coe A. Kathlene Coe David L. Cohen Herbert Brown Val and Mary Colaluca Dante G. Colaluca Gloria J. Congleton Johannah Higgins Vesta Higgins Kimberly LoConte Walter S. Conrad Charles R. Conrad Walter C. Conrad Harold S. Cook Louise H. Cook Robert J. Coon Thomas J. Coon LeRoy Coppersmith Paul D. Purnell Shirley J. Cornelius G. Edward and Rowena Morelock Hugh Cowan Clair E. Eisenhart Dewitt C. Cox Dewitt C. Cox, III Martin E. Cox Melvin K. Cox, Jr. Melvin K. Cox, Sr. Melvin K. Cox, Jr. William S. Cox Dewitt C. Cox, III William J. Coyle, Jr. Eleanor Coyle Jacob W. Cratty Orient Lodge No. 683 Paul P. Crawford Robert L. Plaikner Floyd W. Crouch Herbert C. DeMart Adam D. Croumer Dean and Brenda Miller Jesse W. Crouse Thomas E. and Carole C. Eason Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cruse Raymond A. Thorne, Jr. Edna Lorraine Cuddy Walter C. Cuddy Donald Earl Cummings Donald M. Cummings Kenneth J. Dale Marianne Dale Lester A. Danenhower Mary E. Danenhower Albert P. Danhardt Mark F. Hutchinson, Jr. Charles Edward “Bud” Daniel Helen G. Daniel Donald W. Dart Eureka Lodge No. 290

John W. Dean, III Katharine M. Dean Kermit H. Deardorff Mary B. Deardorff Clyde Dechant Robert E. Wagner, Sr. Elmer E. Deemer Clarence F. Deemer Robert C. DeHaven Kurt DeHaven Jacob DeHoff William H. Walter Grace R. Deichert G. Raymond Wood Ernest R. Dell K. Ernest Dell Joseph S. DeRaymond Raymond J. DeRaymond, Sr. Marian E. Derk Jerel E. Bruns Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cernugel Mae A. Christ Thomas W. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Derk, Jr. Robert and Jean Derk John and Grace Laboskie Adriania G. Light Pennsylvania Insurance Department Arlene Snyder and Family William E. Snyder, Sr. and Joyce Ralph Robert and Karen Spengler Sherry A. Stankiewicz Francis M. Derrick Ruth Derrick Dominick E. Desimone Eugene Desimone James DeSombre Jack L. Evans Philip A. Detweiler, Sr. James D. Detweiler Walter J. DeWitt, Jr. Stewart H. DeWitt Walter J. DeWitt, Sr. Stewart H. DeWitt Robert P. Dickson Margaret M. Dickson Robert P. Dietz John S. Deni Frances D. Di Massa Louis J. Di Massa, Sr. Catherine W. Ditzler Walter C. Ditzler Marguerite P. Ditzler Lowell T. Ditzler W. David Douglass Ricky L. Swalm James M. Doyle, Jr. James M. Doyle, III Martina K. Doyle Francis C. Doyle Frances E. Dreisbach A. Kathlene Coe Amy Rodgers Smith

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Melvin A. Dry Juniata Lodge No. 282 John A. Eberwein Donald W. Guttshall George W. Ebright Cathy E. Ebright David J. Eckert Patricia A. Eckert Edna M. Edsall James H. Edsall Leroy C. Edwards Stuart L. Brown James O. Egolf, Jr. Carl G. Shelley, Jr. James R. Elder, Sr. Oliver P. Elder, Jr. Aileen Elliot Lawrence M. Aller Walter H. Elvidge, Sr. Walter H. Elvidge, Jr. Carl A. Emilius, Jr. Bonnie L. Emilius Carl A. Emilius, Sr. Bonnie L. Emilius John Emr Roy D. Bertolet George A. Emrick Edna E. Emrick V. Deryl Engel Robert L. Engel Evelyn J. Engleman Robert E. Engleman James R. English Thomas F. Duffy James T. English, Sr. Margery B. English Donald E. Enslin Teresa Enslin Donald E. Eshelman Norma L. Eshelman Jack R. Eshenour Catherine E. Eshenour A. Kurt Espig John F. Espig Paul J. Evancoe Alberta S. Evancoe George E. C. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Richard Denzer Bob and Nancy Hoffecker Gloria Ingram Johnson Molly J. Paris Paul and Carrie Sohigian Thomas J. Evans Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Kenneth L. Everett Marilyn I. Everett Family Curtis S. Campbell Arthur R. Fausnacht, Jr. Lillian S. Fausnacht Andrew Michael Fecik Stephen Fecik Charlotte Z. Fehl Jacob H. Fehl, Jr. Joseph Fein Sylvia Fein Thomas F. Feister Rhoda B. Feister Diana Feldman Alvin I. Feldman Joseph Feldman Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Mary A. Fetterhoff Dwight G. Fetterhoff Caroline E. Fetterman Eleanor Fitzpatrick Elma E. Fickley Harry F. Fickley Robert L. Filer Helen M. Filer

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Herman Fineberg Max Rabinovitz Herman and Ida Fingerman Donald A. Fingerman Frances C. Fink Thomas A. Durisko, Sr. Albert and Irene Firth Charles E. Firth Julius P. Fischer, Sr. Julius P. Fischer, Jr. Adrian A. Fisher Frackville Lodge No. 737 Harry L. Fisher, Sr. William and Judith Fisher Heath Jon Fisher Jon L. Fisher Lee R. Fisher Richard P. Wilson Ruby Jane Fisher Joseph M. Fisher Irvin Fister Harvey A. Fischer, Jr. Sidney C. Fitzsimmons Richard N. Fitzsimmons Roland J. Flamgletti Jo Ann Flamgletti Samuel A. Flamgletti Jo Ann Flamgletti August Fleckenstein, Sr. William O. Fleckenstein Robert W. Flinchbaugh Edith Flinchbaugh Maurice “Bud” E. Flurie, Jr. Mary E. Flurie Glen W. Ford George H. Timchak Herbert Ford Mark M. Ford Terri M. Fordham John M. Erb Eleanor S. “Ellie” Forney Robert C. Forney Forrest E. Forney Robert C. Forney Wilford C. Foster Nathan A. Foster Eileen E. Fox William A. Fox Charles R. Hazelwood, Jr. Merrill J. Fox Hazel P. Fox Charles C. Frazier Caroline S. Frazier Harry C. Freeland Clara Mae Freeland Linda Frick Frank H. Frick, Jr. Charles S. Fries Evelyn M. Fries Theodore H. Fritz Helen M. Fritz Betty Fry James R. Fry George M. Fulmer Harry M. Fulmer William E. Funk, Sr. William E. Funk, Jr. Richard W. Gable, Sr. Anna R. Gable Edward A. Gaffney Palestine-Roxborough Lodge No. 135 Carl J. Garbe June B. Garbe Arthur N. Garman Timothy E. Garman, Jr. Thomas M. Garrett Rosellen M. Garrett Patricia “Pattie” Gaydosh Edward Gaydosh James H. Gerst Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Kenneth L. Getz Grace M. Brosi

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Dawn Giambattista Raymond A. Giambattista Spero L. Gianoplos Martha W. Trupe Elwood H. Gibble Pauline N. Gibble Jack L. Gillmore Vicki L. Gillmore Carolyn R. Gills Gerald and Gale Robison Geraldine Gilmore Edward D. Gilmore Robert W. Gliha Lorraine A. Jones Nicholas Godshall Jane E. Godshall Alfreda Goldblatt Fred H. Goldblatt Doris Goodwin Ed and Pat Gresch Frankie Goss Frank A. Goss Martin E. Gotsch Doris M. Gotsch Earl M. Graby, Sr. Earl M. Graby, Jr. June E. Graybill Reid M. Graybill, Jr. Harold and Naomi Green, Sr. William H. Green, Jr. John A. Greer Jonathan C. Greer Harold E. Greiner Marion M. Greiner Robert G. Griffith Marguerite H. Griffith Jessie Griffiths Mary Anne Klemkosky Alfred J. Grime Esther G. Grime Edward A. Grine, Sr. Charles H. Grine, Sr. Benjamin F. Griscom, III Harry A. Houseman Lodge No. 717 Ferree C. Grossman, Jr. Geraldine L. Fenstermaker Todd M. Graham Jeffrey S. Moyer Kenneth P. Grove Eureka Lodge No. 290 Ray E. Gutshall Mary G. Gutshall Richard E. Haas Margaret I. Haas Charles H. Haentze Victor H. Haentze Robert R. Hagerich Robert S. Hagerich Charles T. Hall Doris S. Hall Lawrence E. Hamill Margaret M. Hamill James F. Hammond, Sr. Barbara A. Hammond Harry Q. Handshaw Helen M. Handshaw William L. Handy, Sr. Dorothy M. Handy Dean H. Hanson Robert D. Hanson John Hanson Billy D. Campbell, Sr. Bruce F. Harbaugh Mary A. Harbaugh Felix I. Harper Richard J. Scott-Harper June F. Harrigle George E. Harrigle Frank T. Harrison, III Nancy Smith-Harrison Brooke A. Hart Barbara A. Hart

John E. Harvey Janet S. Harvey Barry L. Hassinger Joan L. Hassinger Paul D. Hassler, Jr. Mary Alice Hassler Ferdinand D. Hauptman Fred R. Hauptman Lester Hawk Carson M. Freeman Robert M. Heiberger Ashley J. Heiberger George H. Heile Mildred J. Heile George and Ann Hench James E. Hinkle Kenneth W. Henry Robert T. Fellows Paul W. Hepler Sterling P. Hepler Sidney S. Hersh Joel H. Hersh James P. Higgins Lynne P. Higgins Lewis E. Hilfiger Meda M. Hilfiger Nevin H. Hillegass James N. Hillegass William F. Hillegass Joan K. Hillegass Edward J. Himmer John H. Himmer Burton G. Hineline Todd L. Hineline James O. Hodge Edna Hodge Mont H. Hodge Fred C. Hodge Edward J. Holler Donald J. Holler Virginia S. Holt Richard A. Holt Earl P. Hoon Marjorie Hoon Charles A. Hoppe, Jr. Marie Alexander Laura T. Horan James F. Horan, III Albert T. Horn Mary L. Strickland Patricia I. Horner Kenneth R. Horner C. Melvin Horsman Rick C. Hyde Paul J. Hostettler Gregory P. Hostettler Richard S. Houpt James H. Andrews George W. Howells Robert R. Howells Kenneth Yeager Hower Frederick and Jean Dent Robert Hromika, Sr. Carolyn Hromika Gloria H. Hunter William L. Hunter Theodore Hurst, Jr. Margaret J. Hurst William D. Hutchinson Louise M. Hutchinson L. Paul Ilgen, Jr. Harvey W. Ilgen Beverly A. Ingham Vernon R. Ingham, Sr. Richard G. Ingram Lucy Ingram Ray Alexander Jackson Edwin R. Miller Edward H. Jacob Florence E. Jacob Ivy Jo Jacobs Carl E. Jacobs Helen M. Jaymes Carl F. Jaymes Kenneth Jesse Eleanor Jesse

James E. Johnston Lee Audrey Johnston Ivor C. Jordan Clyde and Eva Jordan Warren W. Kahler Emily E. Kahler George B. Kahmar Doris K. Kahmar Earl H. Kalp Marion Lodge No. 562 Marie V. Karchner William D. Karchner, Sr. Frank Katz Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Thomas F. Keane, III William D. Clarhaut Holly Keck Robert W. Curtis, Sr. Raymond C. Keener Dale R. Stump Harry B. Keffer, II Arlene S. Keffer Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Kehr Deborah L. Kehr Paul H. Keiser Larry P. Keiser Gerhart O. Keller Richard P. Keller Leroy W. Keller King Solomon Lodge No. 584 William R. Kelley Kathryn E. Kelley Henry S. Kenderdine, Sr. Bonnie Kenderdine Joseph T. Kennelly Girard D. Beitz Bradford E. Early Harry and Marjorie Frantz Milton and Nancy Wishard Clark W. and Doris Jean Wooding, Jr. Maurice V. Kennie Frederick J. Kennie Aaron Kerr, Jr. McKinley-Stuckrath Lodge No. 318 Kenneth R. Kerr Max C. Barnett John H. Ketner Juniata Lodge No. 282 Joseph Keys James D. Stuncard, Jr. Robert Kimmerly Marilyn M. Kimmerly Floyd H. Kinard Harvey R. Hoffman Charles Max Kinch Edna S. Andrews Bonita A. Kinch Dean and Brenda Miller Ford F. Kinsey Kris S. Kinsey Margaret Kintzly Susan Maierhofer James M. Kite Lois C. Kite Samuel and Isidore Kivitz Seymour Kivitz Vernon J. Klair Marie E. Klair Edwin J. Kleibscheidel Carson M. Freeman Ronald R. Klemkosky Mary Anne Klemkosky Earl M. Kline Eugene E. Kline Otto M. Kline Janet Townsend Robert O. C. Kline Ronald C. Kline Albert Kling, Jr. Albert B. Kling

Wilbur J. Kling David E. Karper Henry G. Klinger Elizabeth B. Klinger Joseph F. Kneller Joseph A. Kneller Casper J. Knight, Jr. C. J. and Kathleen Knight, III Paul O. Knutson Carl J. Knutson John H. Kodak Alfred R. Adkins, Sr. Helen Koeng George K. Overly Edna Mae Koenig J. Wesley Rineer David C. Kohler, Jr. Sarah M. Kohler Arlene Koppenhaver Dean E. Koppenhaver Carl A. Korn, Jr. Jean H. Korn Jonathan K. Kratz Robert N. Kratz Anna A. Krentz Russell W. Baker Robert J. Kristoff Joan Kristoff Elwood H. Kulp Elaine L. Kulp Alice E. Kuser Edward D. Kuser Elmer Lahr Judy Lahr Eugene W. Landis Shirley L. Landis Carol A. Lang Gregory P. Pappas Arnold C. Lange Dorothy J. Lange John W. LaRue Martha LaRue Evelyn Lashak Past Matrons of Monroe Chapter No. 99, OES Robert E. Latsha Ernest E. Latsha Barbara LaVan Deidre Simons Dorothy D. Simons John B. Law, Jr. Ian and Helen Ballard Michael J. Mandarino Walter E. Lee Sarah R. Lee Arthur Leidheiser Eugene S. Wheeler Russell N. Leidy Janice H. Leidy Leis Family Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Leis Kay Lengel Tom and Ruth Mason Jesse S. Lenker Rachel G. Lenker Jean Lennartson Meisner Sherwood and Britta Lennartson Drexel Leonard Russell L. Leonard Joan E. Lesko Ronald E. Lesko, Sr. Robert R. Lesoine Shirley C. Lesoine Richard T Levis, Sr. Richard T. Levis, Jr. Samuel J. Levy June C. Levy John H. and Irma B. Lewis John H. and Carolyn Lewis, Jr. Grace Lichtenwalner Ted and Meg Lichtenwalner

Robert H. Linn Beatrice Hallman Craig Hallman Carl and Barbara Hofheinz Jacqueline Painter Harriett L. Petersen John L. Livingston Elizabeth M. Livingston Dominick Lizzi David Lizzi, Sr. Betty Lloyd Howard R. Lloyd, Sr. William C. Loffelhardt M. Marion Blum Betty Jane Loffelhardt Harry and Mary Millinghausen Christian and Constance Reynolds Barbara E. Shields Robert and Grace Williamson Fred Long Lois H. Witmer Frederick W. Long Marion F. Attaviano John Rutherford Longabaugh Marian S. Longabaugh Kenneth A. Longenecker Barbara A. Longenecker Charles Clarence Loper Charles B. Loper Benjamin Loscher Robert A. Loscher William G. Love Mildred Love Jones Loved Ones Paul D. Kelly, Sr. John W. Lowe, Sr. Marie Lowe John D. Lucas Shirley J. Lucas Donald D. Luck James A. Luck Treva R. Luck Dorothy Luey Howard Luey Thomas Lunger Edward C. Kasten, Sr. Wesley A. MacDonald Grace M. MacDonald Elsie S. Macquarrie Malcolm Macquarrie Robert W. Manmiller, Sr. Blanche L. Manmiller Geoffrey E. Mann Horace L. Mann Russell F. Manton Lois L. Manton James R. Maples Virginia K. Maples Sylvan A. March Betty J. March Richard Marcus Brandon R. Wind Lawrence A. Marks Geraldine W. Marks Blanche A. Martin Jerome Martin Charles W. Martin, Sr. Althea N. Martin William Martz Jeffrey M. Baker Alfred Mash Lester R. Worthington, Jr. All Masons Michael A. Biase Betty M. Masterstefone Edward W. Masterstefone Charles W. Mathues, Jr. Timothy C. Hinchcliff Guy T. Matthews Raymond J. Hankinson

Harry A. Houseman Lodge No. 717 Edward O. Weisser Florence E. Maugans Michael P. Maugans Mary Maurer Dorothy J. Ihm Mary Maurer John and Frances Ihm Harry and Virginia F. McCafferty Scott McCafferty James C. McCaffrey Harry A. Houseman Lodge No. 717 John and Marion McCallion Alan D. Warnick Richard H. McCarly Robert D. Eicher Gertrude D. McClafferty James W. McClafferty Harold G. McClain Theresa A. McClain Ralph L. McClellan, Sr. Dolores B. McClellan Evelyne Rae McClellan Leroy O. McClellan John R. McClester Jean D. McClester Byron O. McCollum Craig B. McCollum, Sr. Carl E. McConnell Lona J. McConnell James McConnell, Jr. Laura M. McConnell Kenneth G. McCoy Peggy L. McCoy Jack E. McCrae Edward P. Pfendner John T. McDermott Doris McDermott Carl McElhaney, Jr. Lois S. McElhaney Thomas B. McIntire, Jr. Doric Lodge No. 630 D. C. McLaren H. James McLaren, Sr. Harold J. McNeill Jeanette McNeill Robert L. McNew Genevieve M. McNew Donald R. McQuown Mr. and Mrs. Robert Milliken Herbert C. and Margaret McWilliams Herbert H. McWilliams John J. Means, Sr. William J. Govier Frank and Kathryn Meloney Louise M. Hutchinson Thomas H. Mercer, Jr. Helen D. Mercer Edward J. Messner Edward M. Messner Charles G. Methlie, Sr. Florence Y. Methlie John W. Metka Marion W. Grochowski George A. Metz Alice J. Metz Harold A. Meyer Earl L. Goehring, Sr. C. Richard Michael Betty J. Michael Jerry Migrala David H. Rosensteel Arveda L. Miller Emory P. Miller Justin W. Miller Willard H. Miller L. Robert Miller Linda L. Miller Lois T. Miller H. William Brady

Neil R. Miller Sonya E. Miller Richard Miller Boyd H. Butz Robert R. Miller Shirley A. Miller John W. Milroy, Sr. John W. Milroy, Jr. Stephen D. Minichuk Debra G. Minichuk Janet Mintzer Gilroy and Lillian Roberts Charitable Foundation Richard F. Mitchell Doris M. Mitchell William H. Molin Alfred Molin Vincent D. Moller, Sr. Alice R. Moller Elizabeth L. Moody Paul and Janice Curlett McFalls Family: Wayne, Carolyn, Lauren and Heather Doris Moody Kermit Moore Mary Moore David Joshua Moorhead David W. Moorhead Raymond F. Mordan Shirley M. Mordan Robert J. Morford, Jr. Eureka Lodge No. 290 Edmund and Lydia Morgan Robert L. Morgan Homer and Gladys Morgan Allen D. Morgan Carolyn M. Moser Lester L. Moser, Sr. Marian Moulinier Bill and Jean Frankhouser Louis Movic, Sr. Alexander F. Kadar Arden L. Moyer Charles J. Moyer Essenial L. Moyer Lewis L. Hoy Milton B. Moyer Kevin H. Hollenbush Andrew Mrakovich Edna Mae Mrakovich Archie H. Muir David G. Roberts, Jr. Mildred K. D. Muir William R. Muir, Sr. Frederick E. Muller, Sr. Frederick E. Muller, Jr. Walter W. Muller Robert E. Holsinger R. M. Mullis James B. Thompson, Jr. Joseph and Ruth Mumma Richard and JoAnn Keller Robert W. Mummert Gail K. Mummert William W. Muntzer Gwendolyn S. Muntzer George W. Murray, Jr. Marian G. Murray Janet S. Muthard Thomas and Shirley Spangler Donald L. Myers Gloria Myers Joseph E. Myers, Sr. Mary H. Myers Norman R. Myers Romayne L. Myers Thomas B. Myers, Jr. Alice W. Myers C. Earl Nace Sarah B. Nace Bernice and James Naples James P. Naples Kenneth P. Narehood Kathryn L. Narehood

Joseph D. Naughton Sally Jo Naughton Walter H. Neff Ruth W. Neff Harry W. Nelson, Jr. Rose A. Nelson Donald James Nevius Dale M. Sandusky Shirley Newbould Past Matrons of Carrick Chapter No. 231 Anna K. Newcomer Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hammel, Jr. Judith Ann Newcomer Paul K. Swemley Elmore J. Newton Naomi N. Sheers Flora Nixon William J. Nixon Dan Njegic Zaga Njegic Frank D. Noack Marion S. Noack Inez M. Noel William J. Noel John A. Novinger James and Doris Novinger Janice Novobilsky John A. Novobilsky Lynne Nowak-Bacine Jules Bacine Paul F. Nye Dorothy L. Nye John and Eveleen Oberholtzer William R. Oberholtzer Catherine O’Brien Jack W. Marsh Raymond F. Oliver, Sr. Raymond F. Oliver, Jr. John J. Ondich Marlene Ondich Homer Osborne Mary Osborne Hope A. Ott Derry Road Gang Debora L. Musolin Dennis and Linda Ott Grandchildren - Denny and Paige Great Grandchildren D.J. and Taylor Hope Winifred C. Walsh Woodlawn Memorial Gardens - PA Marion S. Overly Frank and Diane Barry Ida Benner Sheila Danner Employees of Penn Mfg. Industries

Emery C. Oyler Harry L. Oyler, Sr. Daniel Padezanin Richard J. McEwen Robert M. Painter William D. Painter Ralph E. Palmer Ralph E. Palmer, Jr. Parents Richard J. Lower Parents Robert S. Pinnock Erwin F. Parlee Kenneth A. Parlee Ralph Parsons David Sims Deceased Past Masters Daniel F. Frasciello Verna H. Peace Thomas M. Peace Marie T. Pennell Robert H. Pennell

Harold D. Pennick William L. Hill Clarence N. Peters Anna M. Peters John Pfendner Edward P. Pfendner Charles E. Phillips Peggy V. Phillips Howard E. Phillips, Jr. Howard E. Phillips, III Alfred Pickel Alfred Molin Donald G. Pierce Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Emerson B. Pletcher Nellie M. Pletcher John H. Poe Kathryn E. Poe Ronit Polsky Norman Benson Daniel F. Pomeroy, III Steven T. Lees Homer O. Potter Audrey M. Potter Walter R. Powers, Sr. Walter R. Powers, Jr. Doris J. Prince Sherwood and Britta Lennartson John Prosba Terry L. Prosba Kenneth E. Randall Patricia A. Randall C. Ernest Ranshaw, Sr. Richard W. Ranshaw, Sr. Richard D. Rathman Rosemary P. Rathman Samuel S. Raup Edith M. Raup Richard B. Ream Marian J. Ream Allen E. Reed Dorothy B. Reed Bennevell W. Reed, Sr. Lucy H. Reed Benjamin H. Reese Richard T. Reese Kenneth L. Reich Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 George L. Reichard Shirley A. Reichard Howard B. Reifsnyder Abraham L. Albertson Stuart L. Brown Ralph C. Davis Mildred M. Fenstermacher Howard and Edith Kane, Jr. Norma G. Kehrli Erma Lo Kell Walter and Karen McCullough Jim and Carole Sieber Jack A. Reigle Ruth L. Reigle Lee and Lulu Reiner Charles H. Reiner Kathryn E. Reiss Ray M. Reiss, Jr. Rena R. Renshaw Ronald R. Renshaw Parke A. Ressel Alice L. Ressel Emil B. Reutlinger, Sr. Jane Reutlinger Bertram R. Rex, Jr. Harvey M. Willet Doris H. Reynolds Gayle C. Burroughs Ross, Susan, Victoria and Pamela Frantz Betty Ann Mignona Harry and Mary Millinghausen

David and Linda Reynolds Herbert and Lois Reynolds Douglas and Linda Roth James and Helen Reynolds Robert J. Reynolds Lowell R. Rhoades Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Wilburt D. Rhoads Louise S. Rhoads Robert E. Rhodes Leah M. Rhodes Alvin F. Richards Robert R. Rightmyer Helen Rituper Stephen Rituper Jr. Earl W. Ritter Warren B. and Joyce M. McCarty Kim D. Roberts Helena R. Swisher Russell E. Robertson, Sr. Isabel C. Robertson Robert L. Robinson Juniata Lodge No. 282 Barney Rodenbaugh Ronald R. Rodenbaugh, Sr. Ross R. Roese Raymond L. Roese Howard and Clara Rogers Howard S. Rogers, Jr. Donald C. Rohrbach Joyce L Rohrbach Luke W. Rohrbaugh Earl H. Rohrbaugh Samuel H. Rolston Gloria A. Rolston James Rosoff Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Paul H. Ross Lillian Cunningham Erdean B. Ross Linda L. Roth R. Ronald Roth Donald P. Rowe Betty A. Rowe Viola Ruggero Geraldine Ruggero Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruhlandt Doris Luznar Robert Ruth Frank L. Beppler, Jr. Lovinabelle Salter Theodore A. Salter, Jr. John M. Savickas John S. Savickas Clarence R. Schaal Kim W. Jeffreys William Schaar Aden H. Francis Fern L. Schade Robert J. Schade Grace M. Schaeffer Blue Mountain Chapter No. 443, O.E.S. Family of Grace M. Schaeffer J. Robert Schaffer Virginia R. Schaffer George Scheuermann Esther L. Scheuermann Walter W. Schmidt Charlotte E. Schmidt William E. Schmidt E. Doris Schmidt Eleanor B. Scholl Jack R. Scholl Fred Schreffler William C. and Nancy A. Schreffler

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Stewart E. Schriver Michael S. Schriver Elizabeth Ann Schultise Elwood R. Schultise Hugh R. Scott John F. Scott Kenneth A. Seamans Kay M. Seamans Walter Dale Seese Dorothy A. Seese Robert Stephen Sekera Victoria P. Sekera Ida Sell Harry T. Sell Marlin E. Shade Earl M. Graby, Jr. George W. Shaffer Rita Shaffer John G. Shaffer John R. Shaffer Donald A. Shalosky Alice A. Shalosky Hugh J. Shambaugh James H. Shambaugh Myer S. Shandelman Howard B. Greenspan William E. Shapcott, Sr. James A. Adlam Howard C. Shaud Sam and Ginny Cameron Chuck and Eileen Shaud Walter W. Shearer Doris S. Shearer Lillian Shera William L. Hill Donald R. and Betty L. Shetron Douglas R. Shetron Albert E. Shipley, Jr. Barbara V. Shipley Leo and Tillie Shlachtman Mark H. Swartz Edward and Ella Shoff Robert G. Shoff Stephen V. Showers Debra S. Showers Clarence A. Shuler Adrian E. Bamberger Robert D. Shuman Betty Shuman Lewis M. Shutt Kevin D. Miller Helen D. Shutt Wilma Shuttleworth Verne C. Shuttleworth, Jr. Charles J. Simmons Robert J. Simmons Millie Sinopoli Henry D. Sinopoli Viola E. Skinner Edward and Nancy Hartman Clifford K. Mark Milton Slater John G. Englert Irvin C. Slaymaker, Sr. Thomas W. Pfahler, Jr. Wallace F. Smiley, Sr. Henry N. Floyd Donald L. Smith Helen L. Smith Gene Lewis Smith B. Jane Smith George Smith Richard W. Gregory Harry E. Smith, Sr. James V. Froelich, Sr. Jack W. Smith Barbara A. Smith L. Clyde Smith, Sr. David C. Smith Ralph Smith Maria Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Smith William H. Kauffman, Jr.

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Robert B. Smith Joseph W. Kovarick Sophia Smith Thomas L. Smith Thomas Smith Rosetta G. Smith John P. Snoke Mary R. Snoke Alton B. Snyder, Jr. Sue C. Snyder C. Abram Snyder Richard Pontz Edith Snyder Donald B. Snyder Jane L. Snyder Dale R. Snyder Kenneth F. Snyder Roger W. Brown, Sr. Violet R. Snyder Adam L. Snyder, Jr. Paul Sokoloff Brad E. Sokoloff Matthew Brandon Sooy Arthur H. Tuber Charles H. Spalding, Sr. George W. Spalding Earl J. Speicher George J. Martin, Jr. Elaine Spellacy Past Matrons of Monroe Chapter No. 99, OES Joseph F. Spindler Gail Greene Irene V. Hacker Paul T. Lamont, Jr. Lehigh Valley Pharmacists Assoc.

Russell M. Staley Claudine W. Staley William G. Stansell, Jr. Albert L. Burnside Marian E. Staub Russell B. Staub Faye O. Steadman Vance E. Steadman Clayton K. Stehman Marion C. Stehman Vera Mae Stein Kenneth J. Eshelman Bernard Steinberg Gerald Z. Steinberg Ruth Stellfox Betty Mossor Karen Vasey Matthew Vasey Family Ray and Janet Vasey Robert and Evelyn Wheeler Susan Hartley Stevenson Margaret Schaffer Earl Duane Stewart June C. Stewart Marjorie L. Stewart Genevieve Smith Walter N. Stewart Helen V. Stewart Erma Stichter Cornelia R. Sampson Raymond Stoccardo Lyman L. Krimmel Henry J. Stock Mary L. Stock Harold M. Stopfel Robert M. Sheaffer Kenneth L. and Jean Strohm, Sr. Richard F. Stott Janet H. Stott W. Kenneth Stout, Jr. Elizabeth M. Stout Benjamin Harry Strickland Mary L. Strickland Paul F. Strong Joseph A. Kolligian Harry Homer Stuart, Jr. Scott A. Stuart

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Mildred Stumm Francis B. Klein Lois M. Stumm-Klein John R. Suckling Juniata Lodge No. 282 Francis P. Sullivan Elmer O. Johnson Richard W. Swank Nancy G. Swank Benjamin and Ethel Swartz Mark H. Swartz Adam W. Swigler, Jr. E. Louise Swigler Sara G. Sykes Walter L. Sykes Samuel Taggart Samuel M. Taggart Grant U. Tanner Charles L. Porter, Sr. James H. Taylor Catherine M. Taylor John B. Taylor Douglas J. Taylor Thomas G. Taylor Carol F. Taylor Edith M. Teears Arthur T. Teears, Jr. Dorothy Teehan Helen Mattson William R. Tell Mount Hermon Lodge No. 472 Ruth Anne Teter Lawrence R. Graaf Robert E. Thomas Ruth E. Thomas Frederick A. Thompson Eureka Lodge No. 290 Aulay P. and Ruth Tompkins, Sr. Aulay P. Tompkins Thomas Tooma John P. Ippolito Marie M. Towner Marion M. Towner Lloyd Forrest Townsend Janet Townsend Charles F. Tuerk, Jr. Samuel and Debra Augustine David and Cheryl Baker Tom and Diane Baldwin Florence Beck Kevin and Jennifer Brandt Howard and Charlene Gribben Jon A. Lines John J. McNey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. O’Connor Thomas and Marylou Ryan Clara M. Sangston Tri-State Tubular Rivet Co. Uwchlan Ambulance Corp., Inc. Herman R. “Ben” Turpin Ruth E. Turpin Charles W. Twesten, III M. Marion Blum Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hartje, Sr. John Wesley Cross Post 507 June Maag Harry and Mary Millinghausen Jack and Patti Rothschild Barbara E. Shields Christopher D. Unangst Theodore G. Unangst Luther and Lorraine Updegraff S. Richard Hillegas Rose Marie Utsch Ernest Utsch, Jr. James A. Vargo, Sr. Margaret G. Vargo Joan Wagner Robert D. Barbush William R. Wallis, Jr. Joyce M. Wallis

George D. Walter William H. Walter Harry E. Walter Jack Walter Russell Walters, Jr. Phyllis Walters Elvin G. Warfel Janice M. Warfel Fred Washkevich Louise Washkevich Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Wassman Walter H. and Carolyn Wright, Jr. Robert E. Watkins, Sr. Robert E. Watkins, Jr. Katherine R. Weaver Charles R. Weaver Marion Weigand Ferdinand J. Weigand E. Nelson Weir N. Bruce Weir Kimber Weise Maida L. Weise Norman N. Weisenfluh N. Donald Weisenfluh Louis Weisman Helen Gwen Weisman Terry L. Welch Barry L. Welch William R. Welder Warren B. Welder Walter P. Wells John W. Wells, II Shirley Werb St. John’s Lodge No. 115 Eugene E. Werner Vera J. Werner Karl Werner Thomas M. Werner Albert Wexler Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Torano Mitchell J. Whitehouse Wilbur J. Whitehouse Francis E. Wible LeRoy C. Wible William O. Wilkins, Jr. Carolyn C. Wilkins William D. Wilkinson, Sr. Geraldine L. Wilkinson Harold C. and Jennie Mae Williams Norman T. Williams John Calhoun Williams Richard E. Douglas Joel L. Williamson Marie Panepinto Arthur H. Wilson Marjorie S. Wilson Douglas H. Wilson Penelope C. Boehringer Sherwood and Britta Lennartson Austin E. and Mary McGrath, Jr. Judy Wilson David R. Schwab William and Diane Spires David E. Winter Loretta M. Winter Fred W. Wise, Sr. Fred W. Wise, Jr. Joseph H. Wiseman Joseph H. Wiseman, Jr. Wishman Family Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Leis J. Thomas Witman Edwin and Betty Selby D. Paul Witmer Aimee Rex George A. Wolfe Thomas A. Wolfe

Jeffrey L. Wolfe Arthur S. Wolfe Peter Carl Wolfe David A. Wagus Ella R. Wood Jess B. Shelley Burton L. Worrell Harry A. Houseman Lodge No. 717 Elizabeth “Betty” S. Worrell John C. Worrell Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Wright, Sr. Walter H. and Carolyn Wright, Jr. Frank W. Young Dorothy L. Young Frank and Anna Zazworsky David E. Zazworsky Glenn Zeigenfuse Jane E. Zeigenfuse Fred Zeigler Peggy E. Zeigler Harold J. Zell Charles M. Zell Leroy S. Zell D. Richard Zell Thelma Zicker Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Johnson

We apologize for the following error in the Spring 2010 issue of the Village Voice, under the For the Love of Angels honorarium gifts. Gifts were made by the donors listed below in honor of Staff on Benjamin Franklin 3 - MVE: Sham R. Bajina Clark S. Hoffman, Jr. Anna Mennig

Honorarium Gifts February 1 - April 30, 2010 Below is a list of individuals (names are shown in red) whose loved ones have made a gift in their honor to one of the five Masonic Villages located at Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley and Warminster. Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below.

We regret any errors or omissions. If an error has been made, please contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, (717) 367-1121, ext. 33003, or by e-mailing giving@masonicvillagespa.org. Thank you.

We apologize for this error in the Spring 2010 issue of the Village Voice. The following is the correct listing: Kenneth L. and Jean Strohm, Sr. Kenneth L. and Linda Strohm, Jr. Thomas G. and Katherine Strohm Admissions Staff - MVW Francis and Barbara Dufner Jenna Allard Vaux Lodge No. 406 Junior L. Aughenbaugh James F. Kinder Gerald C. Bange Mount Moriah Lodge No. 300 Charles E. Bickham N. Donald Weisenfluh Alvin H. Blitz Leland A. Hale, Jr. David M. Brett Fred R. Hauptman Club House Beauty Salon Staff at Retirement Living Clarence and Edith Hunsicker Jacob L. Cohen Charles A. Laubach, Jr. Charity Lodge No. 190 Robert J. LaBelle Charles Conrad Ross D. Conrad Coalville Lodge No. 474 George A. Lutz John and Gerre-Lee Craig Louis J. Di Massa, Sr. Lillian Cunningham Donald B. Snyder Dallas-Lafayette Lodge No. 396 Lyman R. Moss Ernie Dalton Petros M. Beys

Earl A. Deibert Earl A. Deibert Elizabethtown College David C. Beidleman John and Marjorie Enterline John H. Enterline George E. Evans Family Ilene A. Mason Ruth L. Fassett Warren P. Reeves J. Herbert Fehl Jacob H. Fehl, Jr. Elisha J. Field 100th Birthday Adelphic Lodge No. 424 Grace Frishkorn Robert D. Barbush Violet Fritz Jonathon R. Fritz Mark A. Fritz Grandsons Yvonne J. Hanson Dale R. Hartman Mount Moriah Lodge No. 300 William D. Hazlet, III Glenn R. Karnes Staff of the Masonic Health Center John R. Rapp Mark Hinkle Andrew S. Zelez Anna M. Hocker Elwood C. Hocker, Jr. Samuel E. Hoke Mark and Robin Ferrari Michael and Shirley Rusinko Gregory P. Triplett Samuel and Jane Hoke Joseph F. Gaso, Jr. Shirley Horan James F. Horan, III Jo Anne Hower Frederick C. Kublic Paula Hynum Sham R. Bajina

C. Michael Jacobs Wallace M. Long Henry A. Kail Darla Kail Paul R. Kantner, Sr. Paul R. Kantner, Jr. Betty Jean Kaupe Paul Kaupe Jack Keller Charles M. Dean, Sr. Robert J. Kestler, Jr. Alice I. Kestler Mary C. Knight C. J. and Kathleen Knight, III Robert S. Kohl Granville S. Strachan, Jr. Marjorie Learn Paul B. MacDonald Dominick Lizzi David A. McCormick Bill and Polly Long, Jr. Paul F. Long Treva R. Luck James A. Luck Dorothy Macaulay Hugh F. McAnany Herbert Marder 70th Birthday Saul and Beverly Victor Masonic Homes Doyle L. Dick Masonic Village Hospice Team Patricia L. Bixler Daniel J. Mays D. Jesse Mays Mr. and Mrs. Gregg D. McBride, Jr. Lisa M. McBride Clarence W. McCoy Timothy W. McCoy Josh McElhaney Robert L. Hollein Rob McElhaney Robert L. Hollein Judy E. Merkel Robert L. Raetz

John H. Meyer Earl L. Goehring, Sr. Ethel Minnich Joseph and Marilyn Skasko Mount Pisgah Lodge No. 443 Ronald L. Nicarry Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Myers Jeffrey C. Myers Nursing Staff of MVW Francis and Barbara Dufner Mary Jeanne O’Connell 90th Birthday Nancy Di Nenno Chip O’Connell Chuck and Dorothy O’Connell R.J. and Keri Toner Our Troops Naomi N. Sheers John H. Ressler, Jr. William C. Dunleavy Herb and Lois Reynolds Herbert W. Reynolds Earle M. Rudolph Helen Rudolph Carmen C. Ruggero Geraldine Ruggero David H. Sample William R. Turner Lynne Seachrist Dean and Brenda Miller Carrie Shelley Carl G. Shelley, Jr. Alice E. Simoneau Dennis F. Shaffer Anna Skasko Joseph and Marilyn Skasko Skerret Past Masters Brian C. Sheller Eleanor Smith Mark C. Zeamer Staff of Roosevelt 2 George E. Zimmerman, Jr. Staff on Roosevelt 4 Patricia L. Bixler Orvis and Helen Kustanbauter

Terry and Sherry Leahy Robert J. and A. Kay Sutch David E. Staplin William R. Staplin, Jr. Thomas K. Sturgeon Allentown Chapter Order of Demolay Dianna M. Taggart Samuel M. Taggart Edward R. Tanski James W. Jumper, Sr. Raymond P. Taylor William H. Wood, Jr. Robert John Taylor Sham R. Bajina Robert and Lillian Thomas Robert I. Thomas, Jr. Shelby Thomas Robert J. Thomas Robert E. Valocik James A. Sil Joyce Wadsworth Francis and Barbara Dufner Barry D. Walp Robert V. Hubbard Victor Wester Clarence F. Deemer Will and Lynn White Helen M. Patterson John Whitlatch, Sr. John C. Whitlatch Beatrice Whitmer Marc and Ann Falcinelli Nancy Witters Ronald A. Witters Jack Wolf Herbert Brown Anna Mary Young Leonard Newman J.C. Young Dorothy L. Young Catherine V. Zimmerman Barry L. Zimmerman

Hospice Care Memorial Gifts February 1 - April 30, 2010 Below is a list of individuals (names are shown in red) whose loved ones have made a gift in their memory to Masonic Village Hospice Care which is offered at our Elizabethtown location. Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below. We regret any errors or omissions. If an error has been made, please contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, (717) 367-1121, ext. 33003, or by e-mailing giving@masonicvillagespa.org. Thank you.

Kathleen “Kitty” Ambrozates Carl and Neda Mae Wert Glenn H. Bradley Glenn and Chris Bradley, Jr. Vicki L. Gillmore Harry and Doris Longenecker John and Barbara Rider Nathan B. Butz Sarah Krell Dr. and Mrs. William H. Lord Dr. Norman C. and Elona A. MacMath

Pennsylvania Petroleum Marketers &Convenience Store Assoc.

Frances E. Dreisbach Irene K. Anderson Carl V. Dreisbach, Jr. Joe and Sue Flesher Jill Flink Robert J. Gregore Ken and Louise Kelch Susan E. Ketterman

Mr. and Mrs. R. Wiley McElwain Elizabeth A. Post Mark Rodgers and Hope Gumprecht Ron, Ann, Ben and Emily Rodgers Margaret D. Ross Rick and Evelyn Smith Speccomm International, Inc.

Robert Germann Patricia L. Bixler Frances R. Kauffman Beth Arnold Bert Kauffman Grace L. Loeb PuroSystems, Inc. Margaret V. Terry Gary L. Watts Carl and Neda Mae Wert

Clyde T. Perkins David and Doll Fox Tony and Beth Lobato Stephen and Kit Medwick Howard B. Reifsnyder Susan R. Ostermueller Dorothy E. Reifsnyder

If you have questions or would like more information about Masonic Village Hospice Care, please call (717) 367-1121, ext. 18449.

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