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SHARES BIRTHDAYS New Circulating Library Brochure MASON A Philadelphia M ason has a very unique way of celebrating his Masonic Now Available Free Upon Request birthdays. Each year Brother Abraham PearlA new 32-page Circulating Library brochure, containing the rules, regulations and listings of over 200 Masonic books now available for Masons of Pennsylvania Lodges to borrow, is now ready for distribution. The M asonic books available are classified in sixteen groups and a brief description of each book is given to assist the borrower in locating the particular books of his choice. Members of Pennsylvania Lodges may borrow books from the Circulating Library of Grand Lodge either in person or by mail. Two books are permitted at a time and may be held for a three-week period free of charge, except for the return postage, if needed. This new Circulating Library broch ure will be mailed upon request. Questions and Answers The popular 36-page pocket size Questions and Answers booklet is still available for purchase. This booklet, containing 124 answers to q uestions frequently asked about Freemasonry, m ay be purchased in single copies or in quantity at ten cents.
Souvenir Album A souvenir a lbum describing the history and features of the M asonic Temple, Philadelphia, headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, is available for purchase. This 40-page book has 12 full page color prints of the M asonic Temple, the various Lodge Rooms and other areas. THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Distribution Office MASON IC HOMES Elizabe thtown. Pen nsylvania (Send FORM 3S79 ta Above Address )
The book with a paper-back cover sells for $1.00 and a hard-bound cover sells for $1.50. Please add ten cents for mailing and handling cost. All of the above books and pamphlets may be acquired by writing to the Librarian and Curator, Masonic Temple, Broad and Filbert Sts., Philadelphia 7, Pa. R eturn the proper amounts where indicated.
stine, a member of Athelstan Lodge No. 482, sends a check to Grand Lodge amounting to one dollar for each year of Masonic service. The check this year was for $57. Brother P earlstine, of R. D. 1, Collegeville, was made a Mason on October 3, 1905. His checks are placed in the Hospital Reserve Fund of the Mas:onic Homes.
AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUME X
JANUARY •
1963
Grand Master Names New District Deputies
Please Notify Your Secretary of Address Change When your mailing address changes, please notify your Lodge Secretary promptly. E ach Lodge Secretary is supplied with special forms for reporting changes of addresses to the Committee on Masonic Culture prior to each mailing of The Pennsylvania Freemason. Keeping your correct address filed with your Lodge Secretary is the only way you can be assured of receiving your copy of our quarterly publication.
E ight new District Deputy Grand M asters have been appointed by the Grand Master. They include : Bro. J oseph E. T rate, of Lodge No. 3, Masonic District "C," vice Bro. William Gauer.
Masonic Law Explained
Bro. Theodore K. W arner, Jr., of Lodge No. 609, Masonic D istrict "J ," vice Bro. J ohn H arper.
Restoration to Good Masonic Standing A member of a Masonic Lodge in Pennsylvania, who has been suspended for non-payment of dues, can be restored to good Masonic standing and membership. If a member desires to reaffiliate with the Lodge in which he stands suspended, he may, if he pays the delinquent dues within eleven months of the date of suspension, be restored to membership by a two-thirds vote of the m embers present at the stated meeting Second Class POSTAGE ·PAID AT Elizabethtown Pennsylvania
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at which action is had on the m otion to restore him. Such restoration to membership must be consummated by a vote of the Lodge within one Masonic year of the date of suspension. Since the motion to r estore must be laid over for one month before action can be taken on it, the delinquent dues must be paid and the motion m ade within eleven months of the date of suspension. A suspended member who h as not been restored to membership within the year, but subsequently desires to reaffiliate, must first pay the delinquent dues owed at the time of his suspension. After the delinquent dues have been paid, he may be restored to good M asonic standing by a majority vote of the Lodge. He may then present a petition for membership to the Lodge from which he was suspended, or to any other Lodge of his choice in this or any r ecognized Jurisdiction. A unanimous ballot is necessary for his election to membership, at least so far as P ennsylvania Lodges ar e concerned.
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Bro. D avid C. Adams, of Lodge No. 795, 9th Masonic District, vice B ro. Albert R. Eisenhauer. Bro. Clyde M. Canouse, of Lodge No. 344, 14th Masonic District, vice Bro. Robert H. R ayner. Bro. Walter L. Sykes, of Lodge No. 297, 29th Masonic District, vice B ro. John E. B aily. Officers of Grand Lodge, installed to ser ve a second year, include: Left to righ t, front: Bro. Earl F . Herold, R.W. D e puty Grand Master; Bro. W. LeRoy McKinley, R.W. Grand Master; and Bro. Robert E. Deyoe, R.W. Senior Grand Ward e n . Left to right, rear: Bro. Ashby B. Paul, R.W. Grand Secr e tary; Bro. John K. Youn g, R.W. Junior Gr a nd Warde n ; and Bro. Louis Bach a rach, R.W. Grand Treasurer.
Bro. Herbert D. Casner, of L odge No. 503, 42nd Masonic District, vice Bro. T. D ale T aylor. Bro. M. Wayne P odvia, of Lodge No. 593, 43rd Masonic District, vice Bro. George W. Youngman.
Annual E lection R esults
Bro. Lowell Seldon Carpenter, of Grand Master St·arts Second T·e:rm Lodge No. 556, 44th Masonic District,
Bro. W. LeRoy McKinley, a Philadelphia attorney, was installed as R. W. Grand M aster of M asons in P ennsylvania, to serve a second year, at the Annual Grand Communic ation of Gra nd Lodge on December 27. Other Grand Lodge officers elected to serve for another year include: Bro. Earl F. H erold, of Butler, R . W. Deputy Grand M aster. Bro. Robert E. D eyoe, of Oil City, R. W. Senior Grand Warden.
Bro. John K. Young, of P hiladelphia, vice Bro. E dward T. Fuller. R. W. Junior Grand Warden. Bro. Louis Bacharach, of Philadelphia, R. W. Grand T reasurer. In This Issue Bro. Ashby B . P aul, of H arrisburg, This issue of The Pennsylvania R. W. Grand Secretary. Freemason is largely devoted to It is the custom of the Grand Lodge the farms at the Masonic Homes of P ennsylvania for the line officers to at Elizabethtown. serve two years in each office. H owVisitors to the Masonic H omes ever, there is an election and an official have an opportunity to purchase installation each year. surplus farm products. Brother McKinley announced that ( Continued on Page 2)