162 Years of Scottish Rite Masonry in Pittsburgh GOLF for DYSLEXIA
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162 Years of Scottish Rite Masonry in Pittsburgh G H H H VOL. XXIII NO. 4 June 2014 IA X LE S 9 1 Y & D 2 1 R es O ag F p F ee L S O G VVaalllleeyy ooff PPTieiactthitntgs schiblbdrenuu witrrh dggyslehhxia he men and organizations pictured to Tthe right are those who have made a $10,000 or more commitment to support the Valley of Pitts burgh Children’s Dyslexia Center Endowment Fund. As Freemasons, we have always been Robert & Janice Emery & Carol David & Carol Robert & Jacqueline Jeff & Susan benevolent and charitable. For Scottish Rite Amend Anden Bagaley Beatty Biddle Masons, our Charity is to teach children with dyslexia how to read. It is important in giving them social confidence. The teaching method is the Orton-Gilling - ham program. It is a one tutor – one student ratio. This method is very expensive but extremely effective. It costs approximately $5,000 a year for each child. Our goal is to Raymond & Lynn Fred & Kathy Robert Eckbreth James Ecker & James & Ellen raise $2,500,000 to endow the Children’s Dietz Donatelli Donna Murtha Flanigan Dyslexia Center for the future. To make it easier to make this commitment, you can spread out your $10,000 donation over a ten year period. Call Bro. Ray Dietz, 33°, at 412-369-9500 for information. The future of our children is our most important mission. I encourage each of you to have your picture on this page and be a BUILDER of this Masonic benevolence. Jeff & Lauren Eugene F. Hlavac, Jr. Raymond & Dorothy James & Lisa Robert & P.J. Your donation is tax-deductible. Heiger James Jenkins Jones Thomas K. Sturgeon, 33° Active Member of Supreme Council Builders Council Enrollment Form I pledge the sum of: $10,000 $15,000 Frank R. Mangery Jack Marsh John & Judy Roy & Sara Jane Jay & Joanne $20,000 $25,000 McCombs McCullough McElravy With payments in equal installments over a period of: 3 years 5 years 10 years. This pledge will be payable: Annually Semi-annually Quarterly *Monthly *Monthly payments may be made only by credit card. First payment of $ is enclosed. Deduct my pledge from my credit card when due: Ronald & Karen Bruce A. Robinson Richard & Bette Don & Ginny Joseph A Schrock, Jr. MasterCard Visa American Express Plesh Rodibaugh Sauer Discover Other . Number Exp. date Name you would prefer in recognition: This gift is anonymous. Signature Gregory Triko George & Norma S. Timothy Warco Bob & Charlene James & Annetta Name Vance Wells West Address Homestead Amity City State Zip Lodge Washington Infinity Lodge Valley McCandles Ph. ( ) Date No. 45 Lodge No. 164 No. 546 of Lodge No. 582 Mail to: Builders Council, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-2700. F. & A.M. F. & A.M . F. & A.M. F. & A.M. Pittsburgh Teaching children with dyslexia tBoB reauud – ioinlel cddhilde eat arr timsse! CCoouunncciill Help the Endowment Fund for Dyslexia Mark & Patty George H. Cox Rick & Reneé James & Eda Mario & Linda Bill & Heather GROW! Bliler Cross Dean DeBlasio Dickey Make a Pledge or a Donation! GOAL: $2,500,000 100% 2,500,000 2,375,000 Howard & Sharon Donald & Debora Wallace & Leah Harvey & Carol John & Ruth Leland A. Hale, Jr. Flynn Green Grossett Gumto Habel 90% 2,300,000 2,125.000 80% 2,000,000 1,875,000 Paul & Penny Paul & Jackie David & Sandy David & Judy John Kovac William & Babara 70% 1,750,000 Kappel Kauffman Kearns Kielman Magnotti, Jr. 1,625,000 60% 1,500,000 1,375,000 50% 1,250,000 Glenn & Mary Dr. Glenn & Roberta Jack & Carol Donald & Barbara John & Valerie Raymond & Joy Miller Miller Miller Murphy Nicklas Nicklas 1,125,000 40% 1,000,000 875,000 30% 750,000 Ronald & Karen Bruce A. Robinson Richard & Bette Don & Ginny Joseph A Schrock, Jr. James W. Seel William Shaw William Slater II Samuel & Judy Thomas & Joan Kurt & Nancy 625,000 Plesh Rodibaugh Sauer Spanos Sturgeon Tesche 20% 500,000 Oakdale 30th Chartiers Lodge No. 669 375,000 In Memory of Masonic Lodge No. 297 W. Robert & 0% 250,000 District F. & A.M. Marion Jones James & Jill Jeff & Sharon Your picture or West Wonderling Lodge could be here. GOAL $2,500,000 *RECEIVED *from donations, bequests, Pittsburgh Valley Supreme Unified pledges & fund raisers. Valley of Commandery Council Group “We make a living by what of Pittsburgh No. 1 Lodge No. 2 we get, but we make a life Valley of Legion of Knights IOOF by what we give.” Uniontown Pittsburgh Honor Templar – Bro. Winston Churchill H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H JULY 4, 2014 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA - 238 YEARS OF FREEDOM GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) 14 Masonic Presidents Kept The Promise of America 1st. President (1789-1797) George Washington Masonic Record JAMES MONROE (1758-1831) ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845) Initiated: November 4, 1752, 5th President (1817-1825) 7th President (1829-1837) Fredericksburgh (Fredericksburg) James Monroe Masonic Record Andrew Jackson Masonic Record Lodge No. 4, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Though once thought lost, the 18th (Lodge records lost) Initiated: Brother Washington became Worship - century records of Williamsburg Lodge The record for Brother Jackson has ful Master on December 20, 1788, and No. 6, A.F.& A. M., Williamsburg, Virginia not been located. He seems to have was inaugurated President of the United have been recovered. An entry in the been a Member of St. Tammany Lodge States on April 30, 1789, thus becoming Secretary's Minutes of November 9, No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee, as early as the first, and so far the only, Brother to 1775 indicates that James Monroe was 1800. It was the first Lodge in Ten - be simultaneously President and Master v balloted upon and made an Entered nessee, organized in 1789, under a of his Lodge. Apprentice in Williamsburg Lodge. Also, Dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the surviving Treasurer's Accounts for JAMES KNOX POLK (1795-1849) North Carolina. The name was later the corresponding date indicate that changed to Harmony Lodge No. 1 on 11th President (1845-1849) the Reverend Doctor William Yates, a November 1, 1800. James Polk Masonic Record professor at the College of William and Brother Jackson is officially listed as Mary, and member of Williamsburg a Member in the Lodge Return to the Initiated: June 5, 1820, Columbia Lodge Lodge, paid to the Lodge a total of £4; No. 31, Columbia, Tennessee. Grand Lodge of North Carolina and the fee for "initiating James Monroe, a Tennessee for 1805. On December 27, Brother Polk assisted in the Corner - student at the College." Although not yet 1813, the Grand Lodge of Tennessee stone Laying of the Smithsonian Institu - 18, the age of admission was at the was granted its own Constitution. tion, Washington, D.C., May 1, 1847. v discretion of each Lodge at that time. Brother Jackson was the sixth Grand Governor of Tennessee 1839-1841. Although unproven, it is generally Master of Masons of Tennessee, serving accepted that Monroe may have taken from October 7, 1822 until October 4, JAMES A GARFIELD (1831-1881) other degrees in St. John's Regimental v v 1824. 20th President (July 2 - Sept. 19, 1881) Lodge in the Continental Army. ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875) James Garfield Masonic Record JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868) 17th President (1865-1869) Initiated: November 19, 1861, 15th President (1857-1861) Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, Columbus, OH Andrew Johnson Masonic Record James Buchanan Masonic Record Owing to Civil War duties, Brother Initiated: May 5, 1851, Greenville Garfield did not receive the Third Degree Initiated: December 11, 1816, Lodge No. 119, Greenville, Tennessee. until November 22, 1864 in Columbus Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Military Governor of Tennessee, 1862- Lodge No. 30, Columbus, Ohio. Brother Buchanan became Worshipful 1865. (Lodgve records lost during the On October 10, 1866, he affiliated Master of Lodge No. 43 1822-1823; and Civil War) with Garrettsville Lodge No. 246, Gar - in 1824 was appointed District Deputy rettsville, Ohio, serving as its Chaplain in Grand Master for the Counties of v WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857- 1868-1869. Brother Garfield then Lancaster, Lebanon and York. 1930) 27th President (1909-1913) became a Charter Member of Pentalpha William Taft Masonic Record Lodge No. 23 of Washington, D.C. on THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) Initiated: February 18, 1909. May 4, 1869; in fact, he was one ovf the Petitioners for the Lodge Charter. 26th President (1901-1909) Brother Taft was made a "Mason at Theodore Roosevet Masonic Record Sight" within the Body of Kilwinning WILLIAM McKINLEY (1843-1901) Lodge No. 356, Cincinnati, Ohio, by 25th President (1897-1901) Initiated: January 2, 1901, Matinecock Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson. Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York. William McKinley Masonic Record His father and two brothers were also Brother and President Roosevelt vis - Members of this Lodge. Brother and Initiated: May 1, 1865, ited the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (in President Taft addressed the Brethren, Hiram Lodge No. 21, Winchester, VA its present home, the Masonic Temple at saying, "I am glad to be here, and to be Bro. McKinley Affiliated with Canton One North Broad Street) on November a Mason. It does me good to feel the Lodge No. 60, Canton, Ohio on August 5, 1902, for the Celebration of the thrill that comes from recognizing on all 21, 1867; and demitted from same to Sesqui-Centennial of Brother George hands the Fatherhood of God and the become a Charter Member of Eagle Washington's Initiation into Freemasonry. Brotherhood of Man." He visited the Lodge No.