FREE:M:.ASON AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
VOLUME XVII
In these photographs taken at Patton Masonic School, Elizabethtown, are shown students in the Carpentry Shop (left) working on a large scale model of a house where they learn the basics of construction. In. :hot~ (upper left), students are learning the procedures in house wmng Ill the well-equipped Electronics Shop. To the right (above) are students learning precision work in the Machine Shop. College preparatory courses are also available for students not attracted to the vocational courses.
Closed Circuit TV Being Used at Homes To Entertain Guests . What be_gan a few years ago as a sin:p_le audiO syst em, insta lled so that reh gwus services held in Sell Chapel could be heard b y Guests in other buildings on the grounds has since expanded into a complete' closed circuit television installation The channel r eserved fo~ closed cirCUit programs enables all Guests throughout the various buildings to view as well as hear entertain ment an~ other activities emanating from D~1ke Auditorium and from the M ain Dmmg Room and the Assembly Room
m Grand Lodge H all. A m aster antenna located on a hill north of the grounds brings in outside progra ms over seven ad dit ional channels. Ind iv idua l t e levision receivers equipped with remote cont rols and pi!~ low speakers, have been installed in all hospita l rooms in Areas 1, 2 and 3, North, so that those patients u nable to leave their beds, m ay now enjoy this entertainment. Included in the installation is a complete u nder gr ound cable net work. For closed circuit programs, one portable and three permanen tly m ounted cameras are available. A control center with monitor has been inst alled in one of t he basement rooms in G rand L odge H all.
THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON
Se cond Clas s
Distribution Office MASONIC HOMES Elizabe thtown, Pa. 170 2 2
POSTAGE
(Se nd FORM 3579 to Above Address)
PAID AT Elizabe thtown Pennsyl vania
POSTMASTER·· Please Include C om p Ie te 1mpront • of Address o n Your Posta l Return Clipping .
Three-month Itinerary of GRAND LODGE OFFICERS F ollowing is the schedule of Grand Lodge Officers fo r t he n ext three months: June 3 -
G rand L odge O fficers, June Quar-
te~l~ Commun ication of G rand L od ge
' W 1lha m sport. June 6 :-- Graduat ion E xercises, P atton M asom c S chool, M asonic H om es at Elizabethtown. J u n e 6 - Grand M aster , 100th Anniversary Saucon L odge, No. 469, Coopersburg. ' June 13 CJ:ra nd Lodge Officers, Corners~one LaYJn g Cerem ony, S hriners H ospital for C rip pled Ch ildren, Erie. Grand L odge O fficers, M a sonic J une 13 D ay, spons.ore d by Zem Zem S hrine Temple , E ne. J une 2 0 - G rand M aster, 100th Anniversary K eystone L od ge, N o. 455, Erie ' June ~ O - D eput y Gra n d M aster, .50th An m versary, Mount O livet Lod ge, N o. 704 L ebanon. ' June 2 6 ---:- G ran d L od ge Officers, m eeting, Committee on M asonic Homes, E lizabethown. June 2 7 - G rand M aster, lOOt h A nniversa ry L amb erton L odge, N o. 4 76, Lancaster. ' July 18 ~ G ra nd L odge O fficers, Grand M asters D ay, Masonic H om es at E lizab ethtown. July 24 -: G rand L odge O fficers, m eeting, Committee on M asonic H omes, Elizabethtown. J u ly 25 G ra nd L odge Officers G rand M aste r 's D ay, Masonic Homes ~t Elizabe thtown. A ugust 1 G ra n d L odge Officer s G rand Mast er's D ay, M asonic H omes ~t E lizab ethtown. August 28 :-- Gran d Lodge Officers, meeting. Committee on M asonic Homes, E lizab ethtown. August 29 ; - Gran d L odge Officers, Grand Masters Day, M asonic Homes at E lizab et htown.
OF THE RIGHT W ORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED M ASONS OF PENNSYLV ANIA
MAY
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NUMBER 2
1970
Grand Master's Days Scheduled at Homes Seven Officers from Each of 610 Symbolic Lodges Have Been Invited to Participate More than 4,000 Masonic leaders from 610 Symbolic Lodges in the Jurisdiction w ill visit the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown at one of four " Grand Master's D ays" this summer. The dates are : Saturday, July 18; Saturd ay, Tuly 25; Saturday, August 1; and Satu rday, August 29. Bro. Hiram P . Ball, R.W. G rand Master , has extended the invitati on to the follow ing Lodge Officers: Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer, Secretary, Rep resentati ve in the Grand Lodge and Chair ma n of the Lodge Committee on Masonic Culture . The Distri ct Deputy Grand Masters and D istrict Chairmen for the G rand Lodge Committee on Masonic Culture are also expected to attend. In an effort to assure that adequate plans are made to hand le the large gathering, the G rand Master has made the following assignments fo r the four days : SATURDAY, JULY 18th Lodges in Districts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1Oth, 11th, 36th and 40th Masonic Districts. SATURDAY, J ULY 25th Lodges in the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 37th, 38th, 39th, 43rd , 47th, 48th, 49th, 51 st, 54th, 55th and 57th Masonic Districts. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st Lodges in the 17th, 18th, 19th, 2 0th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 41st, 44th, 46th, 52nd, 53rd and 56th Masonic Districts. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th Lodges in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 4 2nd, 45th, 50th, 58th, 59th and 60th Masonic Districts.
The program will include: 10:00 a.m.
Meeting with the Grand Master and Grand Lodge Officers.
12:00 Noon
Lunch for all those attending.
1:00 p.m.
Guided tours of t he Masonic Homes and Patton Masonic School.
4:00 p.m.
Conclusion of activities.
Bro. William A. Carpen ter, Secretary to the G rand Lodge Commi ttee on Masonic Culture. has been appointed Coordinating Chairman by the G rand Master. Lodges have been urged to work wi th other Distri ct Lodges to charter buses for the trip to Elizabethtow n. D is trict D eputy Grand Masters have been directed by the Grand Mas ter to ass ist Lodges to formulate transpo rtatio n plans. Bro. Ball has au thorized the use o f Subordinate Lodge funds to defra y the expenses of the Lod ge Officers : He added: " This is the most im portant fu nction that we have sched uled in F~eemasonry in Pennsylvania this year. " This w ill give our Lodge Officers an o ppo rtuni ty to visit the Mason ic H omes - for most, the firs t time in their Masonic careers." Because of the deta ils necessary to plan for the fou r events, Bro. Ball has urged Masonic Distri cts no t to reques t changes of da tes.
If the assigned da te prese n ts a se ri ous confli ct with o ther act ivities in the Distri ct, Bro. Ball has reques ted the Distr ict Deputy to ask for a change of dates . The G rand Mas ter explained: "We do not want to create a hard ship. O ur goal is to ha ve every Lodge Office r in Pennsylvania visit the Masoni c Ho mes.
" J am sure this w ill be worth every effo rt put into th e visitations."