Your Correct Address Is Most Important If you are desirous of receiving each issue of The Pennsylvania Freemason it is imperative that you notify you; Lodge Secretary immediately when you change your address. New postal regulations, now being

strictly enforced, will cause your copy OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA of The Pennsylvania Freemason to be returned to our Distribution Office at DLUME IX JULY • 1962 NUMBER 2 The Homes and at a penalty cost of 10 cents for each copy returned for lack of correct address. Blue Lodges Invited Architect's sketch of one of four designs for Masonic Halls being prepared for Our only recourse is to destroy your Grand Lodge. Lodges interested in building a new Masonic Hall should contact To Hold Meetings in the Committee on Masonic Temples, Halls and Lodge Rooms through the Grand address plate thus eliminating you from Master's Office. receiving any future issues of The 'Home' of Grand Lodge Pennsylvania Freemason-unless, of Grand Lodge Has Plans for Four Basic course, we do receive your new address Masonic Lodges in this Jurisdiction from your Lodge Secretary. can hold Special or Extra Meetings in Hall Buildings Each Lodge Secretary has been sup­ the beautiful Lodge Rooms of Masonic Grand Lodge has commissioned an be available by September. Lodges plied with a quantity of special forms Temple, Philadelphia, on Saturdays­ architect to design four basic Masonic interested in obtaining the plans should for reporting quarterly to the Commit­ free of charge. Lodge buildings as a service to Sub­ contact the Grand Master's Office. tee on Masonic Culture information In making the announcement, Bro. ordinate Lodges. The services of a local architect or needed to maintain an accurate and W . LeRoy McKinley, Grand Master, The plans and speCifications will be engineer will be needed to adapt the current mailing list of the more than J - said: minimum requirements for Lodge plans to a lot and to obtain building 258,000 Pennsylvania Masons. "The Grand Lodge of P ennsylvania buildings in this Jurisdiction. permits. You can help, aid and assist in t his is very fortunate to have such a beau­ The size of the structures will vary Bro. Earl F. Herold, Deputy Grand great undertaking by notifying your tiful M asonic T emple for its 'home.' Z? "Therefore, I believe every Mason to meet the needs of Lodge member­ Master and chairman of the Committee Lodge Secret ary immediately when ~/· ship. They will be designed as eco­ on Masonic Temples, Halls and Lodge you change your address. : , "I ' in this Jurisdiction should have an nomical buildings. Rooms, said the plans are only sugges­ ;:::::::::::::~" opportunity to attend a meeting of his Three basic exterior treatments will tions and are not mandatory upon own Lodge in this T emple.'' In addition, Bro. McKinley an­ be presented-Colonial, modern and Lodges wishing to build new M asonic approximate cost of the various struc­ nounced that ladies could be included suburban. H alls. tures in their locality before commit­ in the Temple visitation and take part Three of the designs will be one-floor When the plans are completed, ting the Lodge or H all Association to in a lunch or dinner that has been structures, without basement. The Lodges will be able to determine the unnecessary expenditures. fourth design will have the social room pre-arranged by the Lodge. in the basement. While the Brethren are attending Plan one will have 72 permanent THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Application to Mail at Second Class Postage Rate is their Lodge meeting, the ladies could Distribution Office Pending at Eli:rabethtown, Pennsylvania seats, plan two, 107 seats, plan three, MASONIC HOMES arrange a sightseeing trip, shopping 155 seats, and plan four, 107 seats. Eli:rabe thtown, Pennsylvania trip or theater party. Each plan can be erected with the ex­ ( Form 3579 to Above Address) Lodges interested in taking advan­ terior treatment selected. tage of this opportunity must r eserve In all plans, ample space has been a date by writing to Bro. William J. provided for Lodge work, normal social , Philadelphia, is th e "Home" of Grand Lodge. (Continued on P age 6) functions, kitchen facilities, washrooms, storage, heater and air-conditioning, ost Beautiful Masonic Temple and tool storage. • 'Bd ~UM.oq.J3u"'(:UM.oa 2 "a "d · H Architecture 'Speaks' in the Language of Plans Arto§ Guide pu-er.:r-e ow o M SG'!l.I'E f .. .IW The plans are to serve as a guide. T he M asonic T emple in Philadel­ facing the P arkway, adjacent to City interiors brought together in one build­ They can be a ltered, modified or ia- the "home" of Grand Lodge- Hall Plaza. ing. The designs in Lodge Rooms are changed to meet a specific need. How­ one of the outstanding M a sonic From the pavement to the turret, suggested from Egyptian, G e rma n , ever, all changes must have the ap­ emples in the world. and all through its halls, the Temple French, Italian, Scottish and English proval of the Committee on Masonic It is one of the most prominent "speaks" in the language of Masonic masters. Temples, Halls and Lodge Rooms. ructures in Philadelphia and is lo­ architecture. The site for the M asonic Temple It is hoped that all four plans will lted at Broad and Filbert Streets, One rarely sees so many interesting (Continued on Page 3 ) 8 THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON The Masonic Temple The Washington Apron Issued Quarterly January, April, July and October by In Philadelphi~ Is Historic Masonic Relic in Museum The Washington Apron is one of seum of the Masonic Temple, Phila­ The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of The Most 'Most Beautiful' Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Ac­ the thousands of Masonic rarities and delphia, Pa. cepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic Juris­ (Continued from Page 1) historical items on display in the Mu- This unique Masonic Apron, hand diction Thereunto Belonging, through its was purchased by the Grand Lodge of embroidered by Madam Lafayette, was COMMITTEE ON MASONIC CULTURE-Charles H. Nitsch, P. G. M., Chairman, William E. Montgomery, Free and Accepted Masons of Penn­ presented to Bro. George Washington Vice-Chairman, Charles S. Reyner, Minor M. Dain, sylvania on July 1, 1867. The plot, by Bro. Lafayette in August 1784. Russell Davis, W. Frederick Warren, George Woll­ 147 by 245 feet, includes a complete Bearing the national colors around rath, J. Warren McKinley. block. the border, this Apron is adorned with Bro. James H. Windrim, a member many Masonic emblems and is a work Approved and Authori:red To Be Printed by of Philadelphia Lodge No. 72, was the of art with exceptional hand stitching W. LeROY McKINLEY architect. in every minute detail. Right Worshipful Grand Master Bro. Washington wore the Apron on Cornerstone Ceremony September 18, 1793, when he laid the Mailing Address: The cornerstone was laid on Saint cornerstone of the Capitol, Washing­ MASONIC TEMPLE John the Baptist's Day, June 24, 1868, ton, D. C. by Bro. Richard Vaux, R. W. Grand Broad and Filbert Streets, Philadelphia 7, Penna. After the death of Bro. Washington, Master. this famous Masonic Apron was pre­ The gavel used for the cornerstone CHARLES H. NITSCH, P. G. M., Editor sented by the legatees to the Washing­ ceremony was the one Bro. George ton Benevolent Society. On July 3, Washington used to lay, with Masonic Application to Mail at Second Class Postage Rate is 1829, the Apron was presented to the ceremony, the cornerstone of the Na­ Pending at Eli:rabethtown, Pennsylvania. Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Ma­ tion's Capitol at Washington, D. C., The \Vashington Apron sons of Pennsylvania by the Washing­ The dining room in Grand Lodge Hall is where Masonic Lodges will in 1793. Vol. IX July, 1962 No. 2 Picturesque Hallways ton Benevolent Society. In making be served. The room is as impressive as facilities in most luxury hotels. The Temple was dedicated on Sep­ Along the inner steps of the Temple the presentation, the Society stated: tember 26, 1873, by Bro. Samuel C. are two large bronze sphinxes, "com­ "The Legatees of Gen Washington, Visit Your Guests Perkins, R. W. Grand Master. manding" the Grand Staircase which impressed with the most profound Dinner Can Be Served to Masonic Lodges at Homes Building Exterior leads to Corinthian Hall, the meeting sentiments of respect for the Institu­ The exterior of the building on Broad place of Grand Lodge. tion which they have the honor to Masonic Lodges can now arrange the grounds, visit with the Guests or In addition to entertaining wives, the and Filbert Streets is of Cape Ann Sye­ A beautiful stained glass window, address, beg leave to present to them for a special dinner in the spacious attend a special movie in the Deike Lodge can be host to the Guests at the nite, which takes its name from Syne in depicting "Holy Ground," overlooks the the enclosed relic of the revered and dining room of the Masonic Homes Auditorium, which Lodges can arrange. Masonic Homes in the modern, air ­ Upper Egypt where it was quarried for Grand Staircase. lamented Father of his Country. They at Elizabethtown. Before Masonic Lodges can arrange conditioned theater. monuments by the ancient Egyptians. A 20-foot wide foyer sweeps from are persuaded that the Apron, which In the past, Lodges visiting the for a dinner at the Homes, a guarantee Complete arrangements for Lodges The Juniper and Cuthberts Street the front entrance on Broad Street to was once possessed by the man, whom Homes either had to obtain their own of at least 40 must ·be made. to visit the Homes must be made well exteriors are of Fox Island granite from the huge bronze doors of the Grand the Philadelphians always delighted to caterer to serve in the dining room be­ In addition, there are two menus to in advance with Bro. Paul Shank, the coast of Maine. The Norman por­ Lodge Museum. Doric architectur.e is honor, will be considered most precious neath the Masonic Temple or arrange select from. They are: Superintendent of the Masonic Homes, tico on Broad Street is built of Quincy exemplified throughout the foyer. The to the Society distinguished by his for food service off the Homes' ground. Fried chicken, with all the trimmings, Elizabethtown, Pa. granite. floors are black and white marble with name, and by the benevolent and grate­ Bro. W. L eRoy McKinley, Grand ornate borders. ful feelings to which it owes its foun­ $3.25 a person. If the Lodge plans to hold a Special In accordance with Masonic tradi­ Master, said he hopes the new arrange­ The first floor foyer is decorated with dations. That this perishable memento Prime ribs of beef, with all the trim­ or Extra meeting, the Grand Master's tion, the stones were cut, squared, ment will encourage more Masonic oil paintings of Past Grand Masters. of a Hero whose Fame is 'more durable mings, $3.75 a person. Office must be notified after the date marked and numbered at the quarries Lodges in this Jurisdiction to visit the than Brass' may confer as much pleas­ Although the price of the meals is has been secured from Bro. Shank. and brought to the Temple site, ready Building Facilities , Homes. below the price of similar dinners away ure upon those to whom it is presented, It is necessary to notify the Grand for use. The first floor contains Grand Lodge In addition, the Committee on Ma­ from the Homes, it is adequate to in­ as is experienced by the Donors, is the Master's Office, giving the date, hour Two Grand Towers are extremely Library and Museum, offices bf the sonic Homes has eliminated the contri­ clude all the food and service costs." sincere wish of the Legatees-October and purpose of the meeting, to obtain prominent and are known as the North­ Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand bution payment requested when hold­ Bro. McKinley said there is no in­ 26, 1816." a Dispensation to hold the meeting at west and Southwest Towers. The Treasurer, Grand ing a Special or Extra M eeting in the tention to make a profit, but added: Elizabethtown. height of the Southwest Tower, at Chapter and Grand Commandery of Masonic Lodge Room at the Homes. "I can assure you that none of the Broad and Filbert Streets, is 250 feet. Bro. McKinley said every effort pos­ Knights Templar, 600-capacity Grand New District Deputy This also was arranged in an effort Homes' money will be used to provide Elevations on Broad and Filbert sible is being made to encourage more Banquet Hall, and Oriental Hall. to en courage more Lodges to plan dinners for the Brethren from Masonic Streets are perfect specimens of Nor­ Bro. David R. Hoover, Past Master Masonic Lodges to arrange pilgrimages On the second floor of the Temple regular visits to the Masonic Homes. Lodges." man architecture-bold and elaborate. of Mount Zion Lodge No. 774, was to the Homes. He pointed out: are Corinthian, Renaissance, Ionic, The elevations on Juniper and Cuth­ Egyptian and Norman Halls. presented as District Deputy Grand Ladies Invited, Too Can Arrange Movies "If every Mason in this Jurisdiction bert Streets are beautiful and impres­ Gothic Hall and a banquet room are Master for the 34th Masonic District Bro. McKinley also invited ladies to Masonic Lodges can also arrange for visited the Homes, I feel sure the pride sive, but plain, due to the narrow streets. on the third floor. · at a Special Communication of Grand accompany their husbands when visit­ a movie in the Deike Auditorium for of participation in such a charitable The main entrance to the Temple is Four banquet rooms, a large kitchen, Lodge in McConnellsburg on May 12, ing the Homes. He pointed out: $75.00. This fee covers the cost of a operation would be reflected in a great­ through wide portals from Broad Street six committee rooms, Employment vice Bro. Richard E. Shaffer, retired. "While the Brethren are at their first run movie, operator, and a few er collection for the Christmas, Recrea­ into a portico. This area is built into Bureau, and mechanical equipment are Bro. Hoover is pastor of the Mc­ Lodge meeting, the ladies could tour dollars for extra custodial care. tion and Entertainment Fund." a projection of the front ·wall. in the basement. Connellsburg Lutheran Parish. 2 3 Bro. Patton's 'Love for His Son' Inspired the Founding of School A tragedy in the life of Bro. Thomas Ranken Patton was the incentive for the establishment of the Thomas Ranken Patton Masonic Institution for Boys at Elizabethtown, Pa. The tragedy was the death of his son, Thomas Graham Patton, at the age of 8 in 1877. The school was established as a memorial to the youngster. Given Two Directives In the will of Bro. Patton, who died in 1907, Grand Lodge was given two directives. First, it was directed that ground must be obtained, buildings erected, and the school started by 1925. Second, it was ordered that the Electronics class Bro. Patton sacred truths contained in the Holy Bible must be taught to all boys enrolled in the school. One of the few Masonic Schools in the United States, Patton Hall, the main building, contains the office, dining room, library and dormitory. Patton Masonic School is located on the south side of Bainbridge Road, opposite from the Eligibility Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown. Curriculum offered is a combined vocational and academic course on a Patton School Founded for Orphans high school level. Applications, or further information, The Thomas Ranken Patton Ma­ Born in Ireland sonic Institution for Boys at Elizabeth­ can be obtained from the Superintend­ town, Pa., is operated as a complete ent of Patton Masonic School, Eliza­ Bro. Patton was born in Crindle, high school for orphans-boys who bethtown, Pa. County of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1824. Emigrating to the United States have lost one or both parents. Education, room and board are pro­ at an early age, he settled in Philadel­ Sons of Master· Masons have the vided free of charge. first opportunity for admission. phia where he became an importer and Brother William J. Wallace, chair­ However, the will of Brother Patton, dealer in fine family groceries. man of the Trustees, urged: the founder of the school, stipulates Later, he was one of three persons that the Trustees can accept male "We have a few vacancies for the who founded The Union Trust Com­ September Class. This is your oppor­ pany in 1882, of which he was a direc­ orphans without Masonic connection Academic class to fill the school quota. tunity to help an orphan boy become tor and an officer. Admission to the school is governed the good citizen of tomorrow." Football is one of the organized sports at Patton School. For 33 years Bro. Patton was the by the following: R. W. Grand Treasurer of the Grand • The boy must be an orphan-lost Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons one or both parents. of Pennsylvania. He also held many • He must be of good character, and other Masonic offices. m entally and physically cap a b 1e of The Patton Masonic School, founded taking part in the academic and trade from a "portion" of his estate, was but courses. . one of his many charities. • He must be between 14 and 18 Today, Patton Masonic School lives and completed at least the eighth grade. in the pattern Bro. Patton envisioned. • H e must have Masonic sponsor­ Varied Athletic Pr ogram ship. The educational program at Patton The program at the school is further Masonic School is parallel to that of rounded in that sportsmanship and fair the ninth through twelfth grades. It play are taught through a varied pro­ is fully accredited by the Pennsylvania gram of athletics. Department of Public Instruction. Masons in Pennsylvania have been Curriculum includes basic subjects ass isting these youth through the required for admission to college in Christmas, Recreation and Entertain­ addition to trade courses. Aerial view shows Patton Hall, left, Ranken Hall, center, and Memorial Hall to the right. ment contributions. Vocational class 4 5 Many Masonic Books Masonic Homes Now The following informative booklet, pamphlets, brochure and albums are The Distribution Center Available 1n Your available for purchase and may be ordered in single copies or in quantity: A most popular Question and Answers Booklet of pocket For Mailing Publications Circulating Library size and containing 124 questions and answers on Free­ The Pennsylvania Freemason Dis­ By a Resolution adopted at the masont·y at 10 cents per copy. tribution Office is now located at the Quarterly Communication of Grand A Set of Eight Pamphlets on Our Grand Lodge Masonic Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. Lodge in September 1951, the now Culture Program at $1.00 per set. This facility has been granted by the famous Circulating Library of your Beautiful Color Brochure of Masonic Homes and Patton Committee on Masonic Homes. Grand Lodge was established, thus School for Boys at Elizabethtown, Pa., at 50 cents per copy The actual area is a spacious section creating a special service to all Penn­ plus 10 cents for mailing charges. in the basement of The McKee Me­ sylvania Masons. You can now bor­ Colorful 40-page Souvenir Album describing history and morial Cottage adjacent to the parking row two Masonic books at a time, features of the Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pa., the head­ area of the Masonic Temple at the either by mail or in person, and keep quarters of Grand Lodge, at $1.00 for soft-bound copy and Homes. Access to this room can be them for a period of three weeks free $1.50 for hard-bound copy, plus 10 cents each for mailing gained both from an outside entrance of charge, except for return postage, charges. and through one of the many under­ if needed. Any of the items listed above may be ordered, enclosing , by writ­ ground tunnels. We are pleased to report that the ing to William A. Carpenter, Librarian, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia 7, Pa. In converting the room, the Commit­ Circulating Library has, since that date, tee on Masonic Culture has installed enjoyed activity and growth providing automatic addressing machinery, a ma­ reading pleasure and Masonic inspira­ Employment Bureau chine for tying bulk mail, several filing Cross section view of the new Distribution Office for The Pennsylvania tion to several thousand Pennsylvania cabinets for storing the more than Freemason located in the basement level of the McKee Memorial Cottage Masons. 258,000 address stencils, a special elec­ Supplying Service to Masonic Families at the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. This unique Circulating Library is tric typewriter for cutting new address Employers-and those in need of opportunities to place eligible regis­ equipped with several copies each of stencils, mailbag racks and sorting bins employment-are urged to take full trants." stencils that have ·been proofread, tivity for the past several weeks ha_s 230 Masonic titles, all by outstanding plus basiC office equipment. advantage of the Masonic Employ­ There is no fee charged to employers sorted and filed in readiness for this been the faithful attendance and dedl­ authors. They include Masonic books The Distribution Office has been a ment Bureaus in Pittsburgh and Phila­ seeking employes. first mailing of the new format of The cated efforts each day of many of the on History, Biographies, Landmarks, beehive of activity for the past several Guests at The Homes. These Guests delphia. The Committee pointed out that the Pennsylvania Freemason. Philosophy, Mysteries, Symbolism, months with the various installations M asons -their mothers, wives, service of the bureaus is not restricted have been assisting in proofreading the Bodies, and the mountains of cases of address One of the highlights of all the ac- daughters, sisters and sons-are eligi­ to employers and applicants in the address stencils and then sorting them Bodies, Military Lodges and many ble for registration. There is no fee. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas. geographically for filing purposes. other categories. Next time you visit The Homes take The Pittsburgh Bureau is located in Many of the applicants are willing The original supply of brochures, time to visit the new installation. the Empire Building, Liberty Avenue to move their residence to meet the elaborating on the Circulating Library, and Stanwix Street. The Philadelphia needs of the employer. is now exhausted. A new brochure, Invitations to Meet Bureau is in Masonic Temple, Broad Both the Pittsburgh and Philadel­ listing the general rules and regulations (Continued from Page 1) and Filbert Sts. phia Bureaus said they could handle and the many different Masonic titles more registrants. The committee said: Wall ace, Chairman of the Com~ittee Grand Lodge Committee on .Em­ on Temple, Masonic Temple, Phlladel­ available, is now being prepared for "It will greatly enhance the work of general distribution. Meanwhile, if you ployment Bureau reported: the bureau offices if the list of qualified phia 7, Pa. "Reports from employers show that After a date has been obtained, the have not been aware of the Circulating registrants is expanded so that we can applicants which we placed with them Grand Master's Office must be notified Library and are anxious to borrow serve a larger percentage of the em­ are employes of a superior type. in order that a Dispensation can be books, write for a Form of Application ployers who come to us for help." and a partial list of books available. "This reputation is gradually increas­ issued. In the annual report of the Commit­ The above does not apply to Lodges Send your requests to the Librarian, ing the list of employers who patronize tee on Employment Bureau, it was regularly meeting in Masonic Temple. Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. the bureau offices and regularly give us stated: They will continue to follow normal "We believe we can say in all pro­ procedures. Partial List of Books Available in Circulating Library priety that the Employment Bureau offices are contributing to the prestige Bro. McKinley also reported that The following is but a few of the many M asonic Law and Practice ...... Lockwood guides will be available for conducted books available and recommended for Free­ Short Talks on Masonry ...... Newton and standing of the fraternity so far as tours through the Temple. masons to read. Perhaps you would be inter­ Revelations of a Square ...... Oliver employers are concerned." ested in one or two as you get started with The Craft and Royal Arch ...... Tapley In 1961, the t wo offices of the Bureau In addition, Bro. Charles H . Nitsch, your M asonic reading. What to Say ...... , Macoy Past Grand Master and chairman of What Masonry Means ...... Hanunond found employment for 4 71 applicants. The Appointed Floor Officers of Grand Lodge are: Seated, left to right: Bro. Wil;rd The Holy Bible . . Holman Masonic Edition The Modern Templar ...... , Pancoast So far. this year, the positions located G. Cutler, P.M., Forbes Trail Lodge No. 783, Export, ~enior ~rand Dacon; ro: the Committee on Masonic Culture, Introduction to Freemasonry ...... Claudy The Royal Arch ...... Steinmetz R 1 h W T Ie p M Pennsylvania Lodge No. 380, P htladelphia, Grand Marshal, announced that the Library and Mu­ The Builders ...... Newton Mozart and Masonry ...... Nett! and filled are in excess of those for the a:lBro. 'w.eFr~d;ri~k Warren, P.M., Thomson Lo~ge No. 340, Green Tree, Delaware seum can be kept open for Lodges Great Teachings of Freemasonry .. Haywood Textbook of Cryptic R ite ...... Macoy same period last year. County Junior Grand D eacon. Standing, left to right: Bro. Raymd onBd A. :~f.rs, SH, These Were Brethren ...... Claudy Masonic Speech Making ...... Hobbs Employers can obtain further infor­ P.M., Lowther Manor Lodge No. 781, Camp Hill, Grand Stew:n ; ro. I tam • visiting the Temple. Facts for Freemasons ...... Voorhis Scottish Rite of Freemasonry . . . . Baynard · p M K 'ngsbury Lod"'e No 466 Olyphant, Grand Pursuivant; Bro. Robert W. The Master's Book ...... Claudy mation by contacting the Pittsburgh D avis, ' ., I "' ' ' . d I h' G d S d B , and Detailed information on caterers and . Religion of F reemasonry ...... Whymper D' t · h p M Frankford Lodge No. 292, Phila e p ta, ran wor carer, Our Ancient Brethren ...... de P. Castells Symbolism of Three Degrees ...... Street Office, Atlantic 1-6960, or Philadelphia, B~~.riCI~ude 'A.. Campbell, P.M., Emporium Lodge No•. 38~, Emporiu~, , Grand entertainment for the ladies can be Symbolism of Freemasonry ...... Mackey Masonic G leanings ...... Cole Steward. Missing from the picture are Bro. Charles lhggins, P.M., .Wilham L. obtained from Bro. Wallace. Masonic Jurisprudence ...... Lawrence Territorial Masonry ...... Denslow Locust 7-4370. The offices are open Elkins Lodge No. 646, Philadelphia, Grand , and 14 Grand Chaplains. The Men's House ...... Newton E n gland 's Masonic Pioneers ...... Wright from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 6 7