Big Job Done: Guests Joined in Cooperative 'Freemason' Mail Task Nearly 330 mail sacks were required to distribute the first mailing of The Pennsylvania Freemason from our new Distribution Office located at the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. A full week of addressing, typing, labeling and sacking more than 260,000 pieces of mail preceded the actual mailing date, June 25, 1962, for the first general mailing to every state in the Union and numerous foreign countries. Assistance was given by representatives of the company supplying the addressing equipment, others trained in bulk mailing and the staff of the new Distribution Office. A special "thank you" goes to the Guests of the Masonic Homes who so willingly worked to make this project possible. Their combined efforts in arranging the 1,400 trays of stencils, alphabetically and within geographical sequence, made it possible to process this first mailing with a minimum amount of hand sorting. Many incorrect address stencils and stencils of deceased Members appeared in our mailing list. Consequently, copies of The Pennsylvania Freemason addressed from these stencils have been returned to us, at a postage due fee of ten cents each. This alarming number of returns emphasizes the urgent need for each of us to keep our Lodge Secretary promptly informed of any change of address so that he can report it prior to each mailing of The Pennsylvania Freemason. THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Distribution Office MASONIC HOMES Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania (Send FORM 3579 to Above Address)
FREE::M:A.SO~ AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA
OCTOBER •
1962
NUMBER 3
It takes 330 mail sacks to send The Pennsylvania Freemason to approximately 260,000 Pennsylvania Masons scattered throughout the world. They are shown being loade d on a mail truck above, for the first general distribution of the publication to the Members of our 602 Lodges.
YOUR CORRECT MAILING ADDRESS IS MOST IMPORTANT Once again, you are reminded of the importa nce of having your ('.orrect mailing address filed at the Distribution Office for The P e nnsylvania Freemason. Your Lodge Secretary has special forms for reporting changes of address prior to each mailing. Please notify him immediately when your address changes. Your cooperation in h e lping us maintain an accurate mailing list is greatly appreciated.
Second Class POSTAGE ' PAID AT Elizabethtown Pennsylvania
POSTMASTER : Please include Nome, Address and Key on Return clipping.
Informative Pamphlets Available to Masons Sets of Eight Pamphlets, published by the Grand Lodge Committee on Masonic Culture for the use of the Lodge Committees on Masonic Culture in orienting the Initiate, are now available for purchase by the general Membership. These interesting and informative pamphlets include many important phases of Pennsylvania Freemasonry, not covered by the Ritual, and should prove most instructive to the veteran Member as well as the Initiate. Another popular publication of the Committee on Masonic Culture is the. new 36-page Questions and Answers Booklet. This booklet has 124 answers to questions frequently asked about Freemasonry. The Eight Pamphlets are $1.00 per set and the Questions and Answers Booklet is ten cents. They may be ordered, enclosing check, by writing to: William A. Carpenter, Librarian Masonic Temple, Broad and Filbert Sts. Philadelphia 7, Pa.
Guests at the J)'lasonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Pa., board their n e w bus- purchased tht·ough contributions to the Christmas, Entertainment and Recreational F und. Assisting the Guests
arc Bro. S(•oll S. Lc ibv, R. \V. Pa st Grand Ma ste r and chairman of the Executive Co.mmittee of the Committee on Masonic Homes, right, and Bro. Paul S. Shank, superintendent.
Masons Buy First Bus for Guests at Homes
$23,000 from Christmas, Entertainment and Recreational Fund Guests at the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Pa., have a new, 41passenger bus- a gift from Pennsyivania Masons. It cost the Brethren $23,000. The Committee on Masonic Homes authorized the expenditure from the Christmas, Entertainment and Recreational Fund. The bus will be used for many purposes, such as: • To show Guests the scenic beauty of the 1,500 acres owned by the Masonic Homes. • To transport ambulatory Guests to the Philadelphia Freemason s
Memorial Hospital to vis~t and assist nearly 2 7 5 Guests perman ently confined to hospitaf beds or wheel chairs. • To take Guests on recreational trips in the adjacent areas. • To transport children of the Masonic Homes on recreational and educational trips. • To carry the various athletic teams from Patton Masonic School. Bro. W. LeRoy McKinley, R. W. Grand Master, said there will be many additional uses for the bus, adding: "Now, for the first time, our Guests will have opportunities to visit away
from the Homes." The Grand Master also said that many Guests confined to wheel chairs will now b e able to leave the area.
Special Issue This issue of The Pennsylvania Freemason is largely devoted to the Christmas, Entertainment and R ecreational Fund of the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Pa. It gives the Brethren-for the first time- an opportunity to "see" how this important money is used by the Committee on Masonic Homes.