& add 4000 to our present year 1980 and Our Real Secrets Questions Answers we have A. L. 5980. The real secrets of Freemasonry Question: Who was the first Provincial Question: What is a recognized Grand can be realized only in a Member's Grand Master in America? The PENNSYLVANIA Lodge? own heart, and perfect realization of Answer: Daniel Coxe w ho was ap Answer: One Grand Lodge is said to rec Freemasonry is governed by his own pointed in 1730 for New York, New ognize another Grand Lodge when it conduct and habits of mind. Jersey and Pennsylvania by the Grand has been decided that such other Master of the Grand Lodge of England. Grand Lodge is regular. Regularity may The Freemason who keeps the sa FREE1VIASON briefly be said to consist in having a le cred fires of education burning on Question: Is the Masonic Fraternity a se gitimate descent from some estab the altar of his heart will be inevita AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Of THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF cret society? lished regular Grand Lodge, and a bly drawn nearer to his God and will FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA Answer: It is not. A secret society is one consistent adherence to the Ancient definitely learn and appreciate the which does not openly acknowledge Landmarks of the Craft. An estab real meanings of this life. its existence, keeps its membership se lished, or regular, Grand Lodge does VOLUME XXVII NOVEMBER • 1980 NUMBER 4 I cret and meets in secret. Masonry has not reach out and ask another Grand Merely receiving the Degrees in some secrets but as an organization is Lodge to become recognized by it. The Freemasonry does not make a man a well known to the general public. practice is always for the unrecognized Freemason. The various Degrees do, Another Great Undertaking Grand Master's Activity Grand Lodge to petition and ask for however, point and direct the way Question: What does " So mote · it be" recognition. This is in line with the en and provide that way and means by Supports His Goal for mean? trance of a profane into the Craft. He which we can secure the most noble Lodges and Members Urged to petitions for admission - the Lodge Stronger "Blue Lodges" Answer: "Amen" or "So may it be." and valuable secrets of Craft. In re does not invite him to become a mem ality, the Symbolic Degrees are the Bro. Joseph E. Trate, Right Worshipful Grand Master, in These are the last words in the Regius ber. Contribute Toward Statue of Poem, the oldest of the so-called Old keys to the door and the Member keeping with his theme to ". . . strengthen the founda Constitutions dating from approxi Editor's Note: If you have a question on Free must determine for himself whether tions of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, namely the Blue mately 1395. masonry, share it with us. We will make ev or not he will pursue the ways that Bro. Ben Franklin-Craftsman ery effort to answer it. If permissible, we will Lodges," has been spending much of his first year in office include both the question and the answer in open up those vast stores of wisdom The Right Worshipful Grand Master is urging Pennsylva in fellowship with Officers and Members of the Craft. Question: Where in the Bible do we read this Question and Answer column for others preserved for those desirous, dili nia Masons and Lodges to contribute to the erection of a 14- The Quarterly Communications held in Philadelphia, of the story of the building of Solo to read. gent and determined. foot bronze statue of Bro. Benjamin Franklin-Craftsman. Williamsport and Reading mon's Temple? Bro. Franklin was Grand Master of Pennsylvania in were supported by record at Answer: In I Kings, beginning w ith 1734 and again in 1749. The Grand Master believes that tendances. Chapter 5 and also in II Chronicles, be Guest & Building Fund Annual Grand Communication recognition of Bro. Franklin and his contributions to the The two-day Training Sem ginni ng with Chapter 2. Needs Your Support Scheduled for Philadelphia Craft are long overdue. inar for District Deputy Grand Saturday, December 27, 1980 What more appropriate way and time to pay homage to Masters was attended by ,. Question: Name- the seven Liberal Arts If you have misplaced the self this great man than by erecting a statue to his memory 90% of our District Deputies and Sciences. addressed postage-paid enve The Annual Grand Communica during the 250th Anniversary of Freemasonry in Pennsyl - during a week-end snow Answer: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, lope mailed to you for your tion of Grand Lodge will be held in vania in 1981. storm in March. Arithmetic, Geometry, Music and As annual contribution to the Corinthian Hall, Masonic Temple, Bro. Franklin was a man of greatness and strong charac There have been three tronomy. "Guest and Building Fund" for One North Broad Street, Philadel ter, a man of simplicity and keen understanding. He was a Special Communications of the Masonic Homes, Elizabeth phia, Saturday, December 27, 1980, patriot and eloquent statesman, a writer, scientist, printer the Grand Lodge for Dedica Question: What are the Five Orders of town, make your check or money beginning promptly at 10:00 o'clock, apd Freemason-a craftsman in the fullest sense of the tions and a Cornerstone Architecture? order payable to: "Masonic A.M. word. Ceremony and a Special Answer: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tus Homes" and mail to Masonic Following a few year-end reports, Knowing the dedication of Masons in Pennsylvania, the Bro. Joseph E. Trate Communication to officially can and Composite. Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. the installations of the Elected Grand Grand Master has authorized the erection of the statue R. W. Grand Master present eighteen new Dis- 17022. This annual appeal needs Lodge Officers will be conducted. (with the approval and co-operation of the City of Phila trict Deputy Grand Masters. Question: What were Military Lodges? the support of all Pennsylvania A luncheon will be served to all delphia) on the Municipal Services Plaza, directly across Several Informal Visitations have been made to Lodges Answer: Duly constituted Lodges which Masons. the Brethren assembled following Broad Street, facing the main entrance to the Masonic celebrating anniversaries. had no permanent place of meeting but the closing of Grand Lodge. Temple. By the end of 1980 the Grand Master will have attended traveled with regiments or other mi li The statue will depict Franklin at his press, printing fifteen District Meetings. These District Meetings are be tary organizations to which they were attached. "The Pennsylvania Gazette," Number 108, December 3 to ing arranged for each of the seventy Masonic Districts. A THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Second Class December 8, 1730. Young Franklin will be wearing his Lodge in e.ach District serves as the host Lodge to receive Distribution Office POSTAGE printer's garb, with apron, knee britches and ro lled up the Grand Master and his Grand Lodge Officers and the MASONIC HOMES PAID AT Question: Have there been attempts to sleeves. The statue, the first of its kind, will be supported Officers and Members of the remaining Lodges in the Dis form a General Grand Lodge of the Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022 Elizabethtown (Send FORM 3579 to Above Address) 1 United States? Pennsylvania by a 3 12-foot high granite pedestal. The famous sculptor, trict are extended an invitation to attend. The District Joseph Brown , of Princeton, N.J., best known for his Meetings held thus far have been most productive. They Answer: In 1779-1 780 under the leader ship of American Union Lodge, a num larger-than-life sports fi gures surrounding Veterans Sta have provided a time and place for open dialogue between 'l:"••~-t ··7:tJ:·-- ~..... ~~"<,.~~~- s. dium in Phil adelphia, has been commissioned to create the Grand Master and the Brethren. ber of Military Lodges advocated the JOSEPH E MURPHY 682 formation of a General Grand Lodge. LMR , this statue of Bro. Benjamin Franklin- Craftsman. The Grand Master has added another "first" in his de Later proposals of a similar nature MASONIC HOMES The dedication date has been set for Saturday, June 27, sire to meet and communicate with the Craft by attending were also not approved. ELIZABETHiOWN PA 17022 1981. Complete details covering the celebration of the several of the Sectional Meetings of the School of Instruc 250th Anniversary of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania will tion held throughout the Jurisdiction each year. Hence, he Question: What do the letters A.L. refer > • be released at a later date. has been enjoying personal contact with the several hun to when used Masonically? Lodge Secretaries and Members should send all contri dred Symbolic Lodge Officers and Members involved in Answer: A.L., Anno Lucis, meaning year butions to the Office of the Grand Master, Masonic Tem the Ritualistic and Lodge Work of our Blue Lodges. of light, and refers to the date when ple, One North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa., 19107. All In addition to the many meetings listed above, the used in Ancient Craft Masonry. Add checks should be made payable to the R. W. Grand Secre Grand Master has been invited and attended several ses 4000 to the A.D. date. For example: tary. sions scheduled by the various Appendant Bodies A plaque near the statue will indicate that the statue whereby he has been afforded additional opportunity to POSTMASTER: Plea se Include Complete Imprint of Address on Your Postal Return Clipping. was presented by the Masons of Pennsylvania. relate his objectives to the Craft. THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Four-month Itinerary of Lodge No. 9 Marks its 200th When Is A Man A Mason? Issued Quarterly Anniversary with Costly Publication No. 426·140 Grand Lodge Officers When he can look out over the riv February, May, August and November at Gift for Masonic Homes ers, the hills, and the far horizon Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, by The Schedule for Grand Lodge Of with a profound sense of his own The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of The Most An· ficers for the next four months in During the Stated Meeting of dent and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Ac· littleness in the vast scheme of cepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic cludes: Lodge No. 9, held at Tacony, Phila things, and yet have faith, hope and Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging. delphia, on Friday evening, Novem November 24- 38th Masonic Dis courage - which is the root of every ber 7, 1980, and on the occasion of Approved and Authorized To Be Printed By trict Meeting, Special Meeting of virtue. an Informal Visit by the R. W. Grand The Right Worshipful Grand Master Homewood-Fort Pitt Lodge, No. 635, When he knows that down in his Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Master and several of his Grand heart every man is as noble, as vile, Grand Lodge Officers Lodge Officers to help the Lodge Joseph E. Trate, R. W. Grand Master County. as divine, as diabolic, and as lonely Samuel C. Williamson, R. W. Deputy Grand Master celebrate its 200th Anniversary, the as himself, and seeks to know, to for Thomas H. Burgess, R. W. Senior Grand Warden November 28- 2oth Masonic Dis trict Meeting, Special Meeting of Hi Officers and Members of Lodge No. 9 give, and to love his fellow man. William A. Carpenter, R. W. Junior Grand Warden presented two checks to the R. W. Arthur R. Diamond, R. W. Grand Treasurer ram Lodge, No. 616, Altoona. When he knows how to sympa Grand Master. Thomas W. Jackson. R. W. Grand Secretary December 2 - Grand Lodge Com thize with men in their sorrows, yea, One of the checks, timed to com mittee on Finance, Masonic Temple, even in their sins - knowing that Mailing Address memorate the 200th year of Lodge MASONIC TEMPLE Philadelphia. each man fights a hard fight against No. 9, caught the Grand Master al One North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 December 3 - Quarterly Commu many odds. most speechless. The check was in Send Form 3579 to Distribution Office nication, Election Of Grand Lodge When he has learned how to make Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022 the amount of $125,000.00 and was Officers, Masonic Temple, Philadel friends and to keep them, and above accompanied with a letter of intent Second Class Postage Paid at phia. all how to keep friends with himself. Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania A PROUD MASON NEARING NINETY-Officers of George M. Dallas ge, No. 531, for the purchase and installation of a December 4 - Visit to December When he loves flowers, can hunt Dallas, are shown following the presentation of a Grand Lodge Fifty Year Masonic Hyperbaric Chamber, used to admin Vol. XXVII NOV., 1980 No.4 Communication of The Grand Holy the birds without a gun, and feels the Service Emblem to one of their senior Members, Bro. Wilford Hall Parsons, who is ister 100% oxygen atmosphere, in Royal Arch Chapter, Masonic Tem thrill of an old forgotten joy when he nearing his 90th birthday. Reading from left to right are Brothers Sheldon E. the Masonic Health Care Center of Masonic Reading ple, Philadelphia. hears the laugh of a little child. MacAvoy, Worshipful Master; Wilford Hall Parsons; Scott B. Shuster, Senior War our Masonic Homes. The develop den; Joseph E. Allen, Jr., Past Master and Secretary, and R. Brian Porter, Junior War December 5 - Grand Lodge Com When he can be happy and high and Research ment of Hyperbaric Therapy is rela den. Bro. Parsons, proudly holding his new coveted gold emblem and wallet card, mittee on Masonic Homes Meetin g, minded amid the meaner drudgeries tively new but is finding its use in One peculiarity about Freema said that Freemasonry has been a "Great Light" in his long life. Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown. of life. the area of geriatrics. sonry is that it will lend itself to in December 17 - 125th Anniver When star-crowned trees, and the This new equipment, due to be de vestigation. The deeper the research, Reprints of Bro. Borneman's Classic Book sary, Mitchell Lodge, No. 296, glint of sunlight on flowing waters, the more extensive the knowledge of Jenkintown. livered and installed within a few subdue him like the thought of one months, is being presented to the its hidden art and secret mysteries, "Early Freemasonry in Pennsylvania" January 23 - Grand Lodge Com much loved and long dead. the more highly it is appreciated and .. Available Prior to. Our 250th Anniversary mittee on Masonic Homes Meeting, Masonic Homes in honor of Bro. Jo- When no voice of distress reaches accepted. Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown. - seph E. -Trate, R. W. Grand Master. A his ears in vain, and no hand seeks The man who merely takes the de A reprinting of "Early Freemasonry in Pennsylvania," by Bro. Henry January 24 - Lu Lu Shrine Tem feature article in "The Pennsylvania his aid without response. grees in a listless, careless sort of S. Borneman, has been authorized to commemorate the 250th Anniversary ple Master's Night, Masonic Temple, Freemason" including photographs, When he finds good in every faith manner, and who remains a mere of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania scheduled to be celebrated June 24, 25, 26 Philadelphia. will be published when the chamber that helps any man to lay hold of di spectator at Lodge meetings, and and 27, 1981. January 31 -Junior and Senior is completely installed and the dedi vine things and sees majestic mean then considers the customary re Copies of this reprint, both in soft cover and hard cover, wm be avail Warden's Night, Valley of Pitts cation conducted. ings in life, whatever the name of freshments after Lodge is closed as able for purchase beginning with the Quarterly Communication of Grand burgh, Masonic Temple, Pittsburgh. A second check in the amount of that faith may be. the best part of the proceedings, may Lodge, December 3, 1980. February 2 - 28th Masonic Dis $4,500.00 was also presented t9 the When he can look into a wayside well think that Freemasonry differs Bro. Borneman, now deceased, served as District Deputy Grand Mas trict Meeting, Pittsburgh Lodge, No. Grand Master for use at the Masonic puddle and see something beyond very little from other fraternities. ter for Masonic District "A" from 1920 through 1948 and was General 484, Masonic Temple, Pittsburgh. Homes as has been the policy of mud, and into the face of the most On the other hand, the Member Counsel for Grand Lodge for more than twenty years. February 12 - 4th Masonic Dis Lodge No. 9 for many years. forlorn fellow mortal and see some who delves deeply into Masonic lit Bro. Borneman's book, written in 1931, is considered a classic on the trict Meeting, Good Samaritan The 20oth Anniversary Banquet thing beyond sin. erature, takes an interest in the Rit subject and is an address he delivered before the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 336, Gettysburg. fo llowed the Stated Meeting. When he knows how to pray, how ualistic and Lodge Work, attempts to of Pennsylvania on October 13, 1931, to celebrate the Bicentennial of Free It was a great evening of celebra to love, how to hope. February 15 to 19 - Annual tion and fellowship for all in attend learn the origin and meaning and masonry in our Jurisdiction. Grand Master's and Grand Secre When he has kept faith with him moral bearing of the symbols, cannot The history covers the early development of Freemasonry in Pennsyl ance and a most profitable one for self, with his fellow man, with his taries Conferences, Orlando, Florida. Grand Lodge. possibly fa ll into such an error. To vania and includes a facsimile of the Thomas Carmick Manuscript ("The February 27- Grand Lodge Com God; in his hand a sword for evil, in him, Freemasonry has a refining and Constitutions of St.John's Lodge") dated 1727, together with a transcription mittee on Masonic Homes Meeting, Lodge, No. 292, Philadelphia. his heart a bit of song - glad to live, elevating influence not to be found of this fascinating document. The original manuscript is in the collections Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown. March 11 - 1st Masonic District but not afraid to die! in the ordinary run of organizations of our Grand Lodge. March 4- Grand Lodge Commit Meeting, Lodge No. 43, Lancaster. Such a man has found the only or societies. This rare book should be in the library of every Freemason, especially tee on Finance; meeting with District March 20- loth Masonic District real secret of Freemasonry. To bring this type of influence to every Pennsylvania Freemason. The book comprises 152 pages and meas Deputy Grand Masters; Quarterly Meeting, Barger Lodge, No. 333, Al -Bro. and Dr. Joseph Fort Newton bear on every Member of the Craft, ures 71/z" by 10". The cost for a soft cover edition wilJ be $4.00 and the cost Communication of Grand Lodge, lentown. and to direct them to the systematic for a hard cover edition wj]J be $8.00. Both prices include tax and handling Masonic Tem ple, Philadelphia. March 27 - Grand Lodge Com Thanks for Letters study of Freemasonry, should be the charges. March 5 - District Meeting for mittee on Masonic Homes Meeting, We are most grateful, indeed for great aim of every true Master Mason The book may be purchased in the Library, Masonic Temple, Philadel "H" Masonic District, Oriental Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown. who has the welfare of the Fraternity the many thoughtful and gracious phia, or through the mail. When ordering by mail, send your order, with Lodge, No. 385, Philadelphia. March 30- 23rd Masonic District letters and comments relative to and his Brethren at heart. check payable to the R. W. Grand Secretary, to the Grand Lodge Commit March 6 - 58th Masonic District Meeting, Myrtle Lodge, No. 316, "The Pennsylvania Freemason. " tee on Masonic Culture, Masonic Temple, One North Broad Street, Phila Meeting, Shamokin Lodge, No. 255, Franklin. We are convinced The Pennsylva delphia, Pa. 19107. Because Freemasonry has such a wonder· Shamokin. March 31 - 32nd Masonic Dis nia Freemason has many readers. "Early Freemasonry in Pennsylvania" is an ideal gift for any Freema ful and rich heritage, there is the added re· March 10 - District Meeting for trict Meeting, Avalon Lodge, No. Thank you again. We welcome sponsibility of each and every Member of son to receive or give. "D" Masonic District, Frankford 657, Bellevue, Allegheny County. your comments. the Cmft to hand it down in its purity. 3 2 Recent Appointments of Lodge Remembers One of its Guests at Homes Merely to Know R. W. Grand Master Is Not Enough! Grand Lodge appointments made "Though I understand all myster by Bro. Joseph E. Trate, R. W. Grand ies, and have not charity, I am noth Master, since the August 1980 issue ing." of "The Pennsylvania Freemason," These words, from one of the most include the following: fa miliar portions of the Scriptures, Bro. John T. Taylor, as a member the thirteenth chapter of Paul's First of the Grand Lodge Committee on Epistle to the Corinthians, express a Masonic Homes, vice Bro. Milton truth which all Freemasons should Fritsche, resigned. Bro. Taylor is a constantly bear in mind. How nicely Member of Lake Erie Lodge, No. 347, they fit into the pattern of our philos and operates a large farm in the Erie ophy immediately becomes apparent County area. A graduate of The when the meaning of the term "Mys Pennsylvania State University, he teries" is understood. has taught agriculture and is active The deeper fee lings of the ancient in the Erie County Soil Conservation Greeks soon fo und expression in the District. Active in many civic activi practice of certain religious and ties of his area, he is also a director of semi-religious rites which were kept the First Federal Savings and Loan secret from all except the initiated. Association of Erie. S--SJ~~r;'~surrounded by several of her dear These were known as Mysteries, and Bro. Harry C. Heider, Pittsburgh friends of William C. Hamilton Lodge, No. 500, held at Philadelphia, is Mrs. Etta corresponded to the secret societies Lodge, No. 484, District Chairman Rosenheimer, a Guest at our Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown. of our day. A MASONIC GIANT HONORED- Highlighting the Annual Past Master's" N ight, Oc- for the Grand Lodge Committee on Initiation included an oath of se Masonic Culture for the 28th Ma tober 2, 1980, in Chester Lodge, No. 236, was the presentation of a beautiful walnut Banquet Night To show that they still care and do crecy. It further consisted of various plaque, suitably engraved and adorned, to Bro. Harry W. Cullis, the senior living Past sonic District, vice Bro. James T. not forget, several Officers and Past stages or degrees, made up of lec Master of the Lodge, in recognition of his fifty years as an active and dedicated Past Lederer, deceased. By BRO. RUDY ARD KI PLING Masters of William C. Hamilton tures, elements of sacred drama, and Master. He was entered in June 1920 at age 23. Flanked by Bro. H. Dean Smith, Dis Bro. Harry E. Killen, III, Sunset "Once in so often ," King Solomon said, Lodge, No. 500, Philadelphia, took other ceremonies. To confer the four trict Deputy Grand Master for the 36th Masonic District, on the left, and Bro. Allen W. Lodge, No. 623, District Chairman Watching his quarrymen dril l the stone. the time to visit with Mrs. Etta degrees of the Eleusinian Mysteries Haigh, Worshipful Master of Chester Lodge, No. 236, on the right, Bro. Cullis has his for the Grand Lodge Committee on "We will club our garlic and wine and bread Rosenheimer, a Guest at the Masonic took a period of nine full days. award well in hand. It would take pages to cover the life and career of Bro. Cullis Masonic Culture for the 29th Ma And banquet together beneath my Throne. Homes, to help "Etta" celebrate her The similarities between the Mys which includes the United States Navy, a newspaper executive, a civic leader and a And all the Brethren shall come to that mess true and dedicated Master Mason. (NOTE: Your Editor is most pleased to process this particular sonic District, vice Bro. James R. As Fellow-Craftsmen- no more and no less. 10oth birthday. teries and modern Freemasonry have Morris, resigned. The Brethren, shown in the photo given rise, from time to time, to at article. Bro. Cullis has proven he is also a man of great faith. He not only signed your Editor's petition thirty· Bro. Donald F. Minner, Lodge of "Send a swift shallop to Hiram of" Tyre, three year's ago but he headed the Committee of Past Masters that sponsored your Editor for R.W.).G.W.) Felling and floatin g our beautiful trees, graph above, include: Bro. David tempts by overzealous Masonic the Craft, No. 433, District Chairman Milligen, Worshipful Master; Bro. scholars, desiring to establish the an Say that the Brethren and I desire merely know, it is not enough ! We for the Grand Lodge Committee on Talk with the Brethren who use the seas. Samuel Takiff, Senior Warden; Bro. tiquity of the Craft, to trace an unbro Masonic Culture for the 26th Ma And we shall be hnppy to meet them nl mess Alvin C. Schmidt, Past Master and ken connection between the cannot measure our stature by the sonic District. As Fellow-Craftsmen- no more nnd no less. Secretary, and Brothers Gustave Mysteries and Freemasonry. Such ef rule of the mind. We must use the yardstick of the heart! Bro. John C. Cavander, Mount "Cnrry this message to Hiram Abif- Staude, Paul T. Goebig, Penrose forts, however, have always proved Hermon Lodge, No. 472, District Excellent Master of f"orge a nd mine Hagerty, Samuel B. Black, William wholly unsuccessful. Do we live what we know? Do we love both God and man? Do we serve Chairman for the Grand Lodge Com ! nnd the Brethren would like it if Baumgen and Philip Pfhlugfelder, The Mysteries gained great popu mittee on Masonic Culture for the He and the Brethren will come to dine as best we can? Our answers to these (Gnrments fro m Bozrah or morning-dress) all Past Masters. The attending larity; first among the Greeks, and, at 15th Masonic District. nurse, kneeling next to "Etta," said questions give us the true measure of As Fellow-Craftsmen- no more and no less. a later period, among the Romans as what we are as Masons. Bro. John J. Lotz, Frankford Lodge, she was so honored and thrilled to well. Undoubtedly Paul knew of No. 292, as a member of the Grand "God gave the Hyssop and Cedar their plnce- "Though I understand all myster Also the Bramble, the Fig and the Thorn be with such "wonderful good them. Indeed, he may have been an Lodge Committee on Temple, vice fol ks." ies, and have not charity, I am noth But that is no reason lo black a man's fa ce initiate, although there is little evi ing. '' Bro. William F. Lotz, Jr., deceased. Becnuse he is not what he hasn't been born. It is great to care for others. It is dence to support such an assump And. as touching the Temple, I hold and profess 11 Sectional Meetings also greater to remember and pay a tion. However , it seems logical to Your Correct Address We are Fellow-Craftsmen- no more and no less." visit now and then with those we conclude that when he speaks of Is Always Needed! Scheduled for 1981 The quarries nre hotter lhnn Hiram's forge , care abou t. "understanding all mysteries," he is Bro. W. Harry Shaw, Jr., Instructor No man is safe from the dog-whip's reach referring to these secret societies When you change your mailing ll's mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge. of Ritualistic Work, announces the which fl ourished in his day. address, please take the time to following Section Meetings of the And it's always blowing off Joppa beach; Your Annual Dues! But once in so often the messenger brings If this be so, then there can be no promptly notify your Lodge Sec School of Instruction for 1981: Solomon's mandates "Forget these things!" Your Lodge Secretary will al doubt about his meaning: "Though I retary so he can report the March 14-Pittsburgh Brother to Beggars nnd Fellow Ia Kings, ways appreciate an early pay have been initiated into the Myster change to us on the proper form. March 21-Washington Compnnio n of Princes- forge! these things! ment of your Dues to avoid that BRO. GEORGE P. HARTMAN-A faith Fellow-Craftsmen, forge t these things! ies, and know their ritual, their sym The United States Postal Service ful Member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 75, March 28-Harrisburg end-of-the-year rush period. bolism, and the high and ennobling Department is now charging us April 4-New Castle held at Phoenixville, Bro. Hartman was So it was ordered and so it was done, principles of religion and morality 25-cents for each copy of "The honored with a surprise party celebrat And the hewers of wood and the Mnsons of Mark, Perhaps you have overlooked April11-Scranton they teach, but have not charity, I am Pennsylvania Freemason" re ing his 90th birthday. Still in fairly good April 25-Johnstown With foc'sle hands of the Sidon run paying your 1980 Dues. If so, And Navy Lords from the "Royal Ark," won't you please pay now. nothing!" turned due to an incorrect or in health and vigor, Bro. George tells of his May 2-Kane Came and sat down and were merry nt mess What Paul said about the Myster complete address imprint. Your early days as an electrician, before asso May 9-Williamsport As Fellow-Craftsmen- no more and no less. Keeping your Dues paid, is im ies may be said with equal truth cooperation in helping us elimi ciation with the Phoenix Iron Company, May 16-Meadville portant. It is both an obligation about Freemasonry. As Masons, it is nate this unnecessary expense when he installed most of the original The primary purpose of every Masonic May 30-Mt. Union and a Masonic privilege. of vital importance that we know all is appreciated. wmng for illuminating the long Lodge is to make Masons, not just Members. Boardwalk of Wildwood, New Jersey. Oct. 3- Philadelphia we can about Freemasonry. But if we 4 5 / I
Thanksgiving . . . 1980 Strangers? Peace on Earth ... Landscape Supervisor Needed at Homes Autumn, with its colors so beauti In Freemasonry? There is an opening at the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa., for the position of The word peace has been printed ful, its harvest and its homecoming Landscape Supervisor. atmosphere, now surrounds us. With A Member of the Craft may be at billions of times, uttered in billions A Degree in Horticulture, with technical as well as design experience, is neces- it comes the season of Thanksgiving fault if he is a stranger in his own of prayers, spoken millions of times sary. when we should extend our thanks Lodge. But, the Craft is at fault if that over the radio and voiced thousands The position offers a competitive starting salary, a beautiful maintenance-free to an all-wise and all-powerful Heav same Brother is allowed to be a of times by every member of the hu home, paid vacation, paid medical insurance including a dental plan, and other enly Father for all His loving mercy stranger in another Lodge. man race in all the languages of benefits. and kindness. '!,'he probable reason for a Member earth. And still we have wars. A resume is required and should be mailed to: Mrs. Carolyn J. Blair, Personnel Yet, as we read our newspapers, being somewhat of a stranger in his It is high time to consider that Director, Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022. The Masonic Homes is an equal opportunity employer. listen to our radios, watch our televi own Lodge is due to the fact that he peace is more than a word. It is more sion sets, and look around us, we see has long been conspicuous by his ab than a spot of ink on a piece of paper, so much of vice and crime, juvenile THREE GENERATIONS IN ONE sence at the Lodge Meetings. The Of or a sound on our lips. Pennsylvania Work is Well and Duly Prepared and adult delinquency, graft, greed LODGE-Shown above, left to right, are fi cers have changed and new Peace is everything that makes life "Sublime from its Simplicity" Being "Well and Duly Prepared" and corruption, that it may some Brothers Harvey J. Cohen, I. Alan Co Members having been initiated, he worth living. is a Masonic expression. Masons un times cause wonderment as to what hen, Past Master and Secretary, Jerry L. finds that he actually knows but a Peace is God on both sides of the Albert G. Mackey, in his Encyclo derstand its significance in the we actually have to be proud of and Cohan, Worshipful Master, Joseph J. Co few. table in a conference. pedia of Freemasonry, has seen it fit hen, Past Master, and Herbert J. Cohan, Lodge Rooms, however, they may to be thankful for. Lodge attendance is voluntary, Peace is goodwill in action. ting and proper to use the very also interpret it outside the Lodge. Past Master, all Members of Mount Mo and if a Member fails to attend Peace is world-wide neighborli words of a Past Grand Master of While, as Freemasons, we should riah Lodge, No. 155, Philadelphia. Miss No Mason enters even the ground not, for one moment, relax our ef Lodge, he must accept the obvious ness. Pennsylvania, Brother Richard floor of the Lodge unless he is "Well ing, when the photograph was taken, is Vaux, as pertaining to the Ritualistic forts in behalf of moral and upright also Bro. Joel S. Cohen making it six in penalty. Peace is co-operation and team and Duly Prepared," but so simple is living, honesty and integrity in pri this particular Masonic family. This strangeness can, however, be work; it is pulling with people in and Lodge Work of Lodges in Penn his dress that it provokes no envy. vate and public affairs, let us not fail remedied. By attending Lodge, new stead of pushing them around. sylvania. He is dressed properly for the occa to pause and offer thanks to Him for Occasionally the old question friendships will be established and Peace is sanity and common sense Brother Vaux, who served as sion, and everyone so dressed feels the blessing we enjoy. Let us thank of increasing the number of old friendships will be renewed. in human relations. Grand Master in 1868 and 1869, perfectly at ease among his Brethren. Him for the privilege of living in a Brethren in our Craft arises and When a Brother visits a Lodge, Peace is open-mindedness. It is a speaks of the Masonic Works of his No place here for the rich to boast of land where we can meet as Freema the alternatives we are faced other than his own, the Officers and willingness to listen as well as to Jurisdiction with pardonable, if not fine raiment and resplendent jewels, sons, secure from spying and perse with are, "more Brethren in the Members of the Lodge should talk. It is looking at both sides of a impartial, commendatiqns: nor for the poor to envy his more for cution of a secret police dominated Freemasonry" or "more Freema make him feel welcomed - a duty situation objectively. "The Pennsylvania Ritualistic and tunate Brother or covet his wealth. by a pagan dictator. Let us be thank sonry in the Brethren." which is ofttimes neglected. Peace is patience. It means keep Lodge Work is sublime from its sim Their clothing in each case symbol ful for the harvest from the fertile Analysis of the pros and cons It has been wisely stated that ing our tempers, rising above petty plicity. That it is the Ancient Work is izes labor and innocence. soil of America, which insures us leads us to believe that unswerv "Lodge Visitors represent the strong irritation, taking the long-look. It best shown conclusively, however, With hand and brain, each is ready against want aJld hunger. ing devotion to the second possi est link in Freemasonry's claim of means keeping our shirts on and giv from this single fact, it is so simp le, to serve his fellow men; with May we be ever mindful of the bility will achieve the aims of fraternal goodwill and amity that cir ing time a chance to work its magic. so free from those displays of mod forebearance and toleration, each is opportunities which are ours in a the first. cles the globe. Their presence sup Peace is having the courage and ern inventions to attract the atten willing to forgive the crude and igno tion, without enlightening, im free country, with liberty for private In addition to the prohibition plies the Lodge a rule with which to humility to admit mistakes and take rant everywhere. enterprise which provides for all laid upon us to avoid proselyt gauge its own hospitality, and fur the blame when we are wrong. proving, or cultivating the mind. In To carry the symbolism of Ma this Work every word has its signifi who are able and willing to work at ing, it appears to us that an ex nishes it an insight into the character Peace is tact, and tact has been sonic investiture still further, every employment whereby they may earn ample of Freemasonry's moral and integrity of the Fraternity in that defined as the ability to pull the cance. Its types and symbols are but Mason should be clothed in the ha their daily bread. Thankful that we virtues translated into the Jurisdiction." stinger of a bee without getting the language in which truth is con biliments of truth. li ve in a country where we can exer practicalities of everyday life A Lodge that has many Visitors stung. veyed. These are to be studied to be His wardrobe should contain the cise our abilities and become the will attract those elements of the can't help but be a better informed Peace is vision. It is being big understood. In the spoken language robe of justice, with which to protect masters of our own destinies. community we are anxious to Lodge. It can't help but be a popular enough to give up small individual no synonyms are permitted. In the those who for any reason have been ceremonial no innovations are toler Let us be thankful also for the right number among our Brethren. Lodge, a friendly Lodge. advantages for the universal advan deprived of their just rights; the ated. In the Ritual no modern ver to worship our God in a Church of It has been cited that nowhere is a tage of a warless world. mantle of charity, with which to our choice and according to the dic to Him. And, through that sonship, Visitor so welcomed, nowhere is he Peace is using the Golden Rule as a biage is allowed. " comfort those made destitute, many tates of our own conscience, free we are permitted to realize the bless so entranced, nowhere is his visit so measuring stick in solving world Four Young Brothers times by no cause of their own; the from domination by a state-con ings of a Brotherhood that is big productive of joy and satisfaction to problems. Equals More Than 200 • tunic of toleration, with which to trolled Church. May we always keep enough to include all men. Let us all concerned, as in a Lodge that un Peace is the open hand instead of Years of Masonic Servioe hide the weakness of the wayward in mind the blessings of close fellow also be thankful for a promise of eter derstands the principles and pur the clenched fi st. It is tolerance and and help them to the road of recov ship with our Brethren, and the op nal life after death and a glorious poses of the examination of a Visitor, understanding toward men of every Avalon Lodge, No. 657, held at ery; the cloak of mercy, with which portunity presented within our hereafter in that "Temple not made and the courtesies due a Brother who class, creed and color. Bellevue, Allegheny County, can to cover the wounded and suffering Fraternity for the understanding and with hands eternal in the Heavens." has proven himself worthy and well Peace is a mighty faith. It is a radi boast of having four Members, all in mind or body with unstinted sym good will among our Members. So, my Brethren, at this Thanks qualified. There is an Officer on ant belief in the potential goodness blood brothers, who are proudly pathy and kindness. These garments With charity in our hearts, let us giving - 1980, while we continue hand to greet him. There is a seat in and greatness of men. wearing the Grand Lodge Fifty Year are all of genuine quality, measured be ever mindful of a Brother's wel our ceaseless battle with eternal vigi the Lodge within a circle of cheerful Peace is a thing of the heart as well Masonic Service Emblem. They are: and cut by a Master Tailor. fa re, that none may be in need of that lance against the evils of an imper faces, wreathed in true smiles of as the head. It is warmth, a magne Bro. Frank D. Young, Entered in They are serviceable and in good which is in our power to supply. fect world, let us not forget to Brotherly love and affection. And, tism, that reaches out and draws November 1924; Bro. Robert D. taste on every occasion. They, too, Let us be thankful and grateful for express our thanks to an all-wise and there are friendly hands waiting and people together in a common pur Young, Entered in January 1927; Bro. may be had without money and a Fraternity, a way of living, wherein all-powerful Heavenly Father, The willing to grasp his own. pose. James L. Young, Entered in Novem without price, and, the man who liberty, freedom and opportunity are Great Architect of The Universe, for Being a stranger in your own Peace is top-level thinking, feel ber 1927, and Bro. Milton C. Young, wears them is truly properly clothed, granted to all. Let us be grateful fo r a His loving mercy and kindness, and Lodge or allowing a visiting Brother ing, acting. It is rising above tanks, Entered in November 1930. Yes, it is and "Well and Duly Prepared" as a Fraternity where we have access to extend to Him all honor, praise and Master Mason to remain a stranger in planes and atom bombs as a way of unusual for a Lodge to have fo ur Master Mason. philosophy which includes God in glory from sincere and thankful your Lodge, is not in keeping with settling disputes. Young Brothers who represent more Don 't knock your Lodge. II may have im our lives and recognizes our sonship hearts. So Mote It Be. the traditions of Freemasonry. Peace is a way of living. than 200 years of Masonic service. proved since the last time you were there.
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