3Jn ~emortam BRO. HENRY 0. WALKER
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Grand Lodge and the Craft were saddened by the sudden death on Saturday, June 29, of Bro. Henry 0. Walker, District Deputy Grand Master of the 56th Masonic District. Bro. "Hank" Walker, a Past Master of Joseph Warren Lodge, No. 726, served as District Deputy Grand Master in 1942 and 1943. He was Grand Sword Bearer in 1950, was appointed to serve as Grand Marshal in 1951, 1952 and 1953. He was appointed Acting Grand Marshal in May 1965 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bro. Ralph W. Temple. He was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for the 56th Masonic District on December 27, 1965, vice Bro. Arthur Van Nort, deceased.
New Masonic Blood Bank Seeks Additional Members The new Masonic Blood Donor Club of Southeastern Pennsylvania has enjoyed a growth of more than 1000 members since it was organized in the Spring of 1967. This new Blood Donors' Club is open to Masons of Lodges and other Masonic Bodies meeting within 100 miles of Philadelphia. Participation includes protection for the member and his dependents. Eligible Masons are urged to affiliate with this new fraternal project. Details will be provided by writing to Masonic Blood Donor Club, 2511 Rittenhouse Claridge, 18th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103, or by calling 215-627-6676. Just dial MASON 76 Because Freemasonry has such a wonderful and rich heritage, there is the added responsibility of each and every Member of the Craft to hand it down in its purity.
THI PEHHSYLVAHIA FREEMASON Dletrlbutlon OHice MASONIC HOMES lllsabethtown, Pa. 1702Z tS.nd fORM J579 to Above Addreul
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VOLUME XV
AUGUST
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1968
NUMBER 3
Goal of $300~000 Set for 1969 'Guest Fund' activities, radio and television repairs, library books and other forms of entertainment activities. Grand Master Urges All • $5,000 for Religious Services, to compensate visiting Pennsylvania Masons to
A group of Children at the Homes who distinguished themselve~ as prize winne~s in their respective grades in the Elizabethtown Schools. They are (left to r•ght, first row) K•m Str.aub, Barbara Merget Gloria Pikart, Lewis Ebert and James Kuhnert. Second row, (left to r•ght) Lester Straub Robert Boeshore, Janice Haines and the two seniors, Robert Heitsenrether and Nicholas' Zandes. Your contributions to the Guest Fund also provide extras for Children such as these.
'Universal League of Freemasons' Edicted by R. W. Grand Master The Universal League of the Most Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, commonly known as the Universal League of Freemasons, has been Edicted by the Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania. In the Edict, Bro. John K. Young, R. W. Grand Master, emphasized: "A member of a Lodge under the Jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge may not become a member of, or hold membership in, the Universal League of the Most Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons,
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commonly known as the Universal League of Freemasons." Bro. Young pointed out that Masons in this Jurisdiction who are members of the Universal League of Freemasons must renounce their membership or face Masonic charges for refusing to obey an Edict of the Grand Master. In issuing the Edict, Bro. Young pointed out: "The Commission of Information for Recognition of the Conference of Grand Masters states that the League appear s to be indiscriminate in its source of members, accepting members from Grand Lodges not recognized by any of the Grand Lodges of the Conference of Grand Masters, and some of which are regarded by us as irregular. This is particularly the case in Europe." In 1965, the Grand Lodge of England adopted a resolution with regard to the League to the effect that "membership of it or attendance at any of its functions is incompatible with regular Freemasonry." The Commission of Information advised: "Masons everywhere should be informed that we cannot be too strict in maintaining our standards of regularity. This cannot be done by indiscriminate mingling on a Masonic basis with those otherwise regarded as irregular."
Remember 'Guest Fund' The 250,000 Pennsylvania Masons have been urged to contribute more than $300,000 to the 1969 Guest Fund of the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown. . In urging Masons to continue their generous participation, Bro. John K. Young, R. W. Grand Master, said: "I. am deeply appreciative of the $282,000 that approximately 23 per cent of our members contributed to the Gue~t Fund last year. The increase was $4,000 over the prevtous year. "The Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, owned and operated by your Grand Lodge, are now caring for 767 Guests. "Our Homes are faced with the problem of maintaining ?d~quat~ standards i~ an inflationary economy. Each year tt ts costmg substantially more money to provide identical services." The Grand Master urged all Masons to make a special effort to send a contribution to the Guest Fund. He added: "I also urge those who contributed last year to find a way to repeat their generosity." In an effort to inform Pennsylvania Masons how the money is used to benefit Guests at the Masonic Homes, Bro. Young listed the following expenditures from the Guest Fund last year:
• $30,685 for the Occupational Therapy Program. This program provides two qualified instructors and materials for Guests to occupy their time with creative projects, such as leather and metal crafts, painting, jewelry and pottery crafts, and many oth·ers. • $13,977 to maintain a barber and beauty shop. • $70,000 for Guests' spending money. Each Guest is given $10 a month to use as he or she desires. This money is used by our Guests for pleasures not neces· sarily provided by the Homes. • $20,654 for Guests' personal needs, such as new eye glasses, eye glasses repairs, hearing aids and hearing aid supplies, new razors and razor repairs, writing paper and tobacco. • $34,844 for Holiday Gifts and Activities, such as Christ· mas presents and Christmas programs, Easter treats, other holiday activities, and holiday dances. • $32,978 for Recreation and Entertainment, such as movies, picnics, bus rides, children's music lessons, school
ministers who conduct year-round religious services, such as Sunday services in the Sell Chapel, weekly prayer meetings, visits with those confined to the hospital, and burial services. • $1 0,000 to Patton Masonic School at Elizabethtown to conduct its athletic program. • $8,729 for a special television tower with adequate connections to all Masonic Homes television sets. This was n·e cessary to provide adequate television reception in Elizabethtown. • $6,038 for a greenhouse to offer an opportunity to Guests to assist the landscaping department and to pro· vide flowers for dining room tables and hospital rooms. • $1 ,790 for sidewalk canopies to provide shaded areas for Guests to remain outdoors during the summer months. • $22,195 to operate the Masonic Homes' special bus to assist Guests, to operate the Deike Auditorium, the Masonic Temple and Recreation Room beneath the Deike Auditorium, and for special clothing fo r Guests, including special dress requirem·e nts for those attending school at Elizabethtown. • $15,931 for 115 special hospital television sets, with special remote pillow speakers and controls for Guests permanently confined to hospital beds. • $15,000 for special projects, such as an adequate system for Guests to summon nursing assistance, creation of a Gift Shop to assist Guests to sell their arts created in the occupational program, processing and printing Guest Fund materials. The cost' last year adds up to $287,821, or nearly $6,000 mote than was collected. Although some of the expenditures will not have to be repeated in 1969, the Committee on Masonic Homes is faced with expanding the occupational therapy program, ( Continued on Page 2)
FOR YOUR OWN CONVENIENCE September Lodge Notices will include special, selladdressed, postage-paid envelopes for convenience in participating in the Guest Fund of the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown. Make your check payable to the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, and mail as soon as possible in the envelope provided, or address your envelope to Guest Fund, Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022.