Bro. Hoover Retires As District Deputy, Named Chaplain Bro. David R. Hoover of McConnellsburg, who recently was created a Past District Deputy Grand Master, has been appointed a Grand Chaplain by Bro. W. Orville Kimmel, R. W. Grand Master. Bro. Hoover was named to replace Bro. Alfred N. Sayres, 78, of Neffsville, who died last June 4 after serving as a Grand Chaplain for more than 22 years. Bro. Sayres was a member of Lamberton Lodge No. 476, Lancaster. FOR THE PAST 28 years, Bro. Hoover has served as pastor of the McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish, which takes in three churches. H e also has served 10 years as chaplain of the State House in Harrisburg. Bro. Hoover is a member and Past Master of Mount Zion Lodge No. 774, McConnellsburg. He recently retired from the office after serving 10 years as District Deputy Grand Master of the 34th Masonic District. The district takes in seven Blue Lodges and embraces Fulton, Huntingdon and Bedford Counties.
School Schedules 10 Sectional Meetings The schedule of dates and places where the School of Instruction will hold 1973 sectional meetings is: March 3 - Harrisburg March 10 - Washington March 17 - Pittsburgh March 24 - New Castle April 7 - Allentown April 28 - Kane April 28 - Ligonier May 12 - Williamsport September 15 - Conneautville October 3 - Scranton
Architect's render· ing of the new Masonic Temple of Somerset Lodge No. 358. Work will start in the spring on the $250,000 project.
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Somerset Temple Will Rise in Spring Construction of the new Masonic Temple in Somerset will begin this spring and the $250,000 project is expected to be ready for dedication next fall. The new home of Somerset Lodge No. 358 will be the first it has owned in its 107-year history. GROUNDBREAKING ceremonies were held last Nov. 11 for the Temple, which will rise on a four-acre tract along Route 219. The site, which will provide ample parking area, overlooks the Somerset Mall about two miles north of the city. The T emple will be of brick construction in contemporary, New England design. Besides being the home of the 600member Somerset Lodge, the building will feature facilities for other Masonic groups. Plans also include a secretary's office and a Fellowship Hall. The $250,000 campaign for funds for
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construction and endowment of the Temple has been very successful, according to Bro. Guy E. Walker of Somerset, District Deputy Grand Master of the 41 st Masonic District. He is a member and Past Master of Lodge No. 358. BRO. WALKER said numerous memorial gifts have been made to boost the fund drive.
Bro. W. Orville Kimmel, prominent Harrisburg businessman and a leader in community and church affairs, has been "nstalled as R. W. Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania. In his second year as Grand Master, ,Bro. Kimmel will head nearly 240,000 Masons in 605 Blue Lodges across the state. THE ANCIENT ceremony which marked Bro. Kimmel's installation took place Dec . 27, 1972 at the Annual Grand Communication of Grand Lodge.
Bro. Kimmel an Active Member for Pennsylvania in 1966. Only four other men in the state presently hold this distinction. BRO. KIMMEL was honored for his years of Masonic work when he was coroneted an honorary 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason in 1950. He was elected to R. W. Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge on Dec . 27, 196§. For the past seven years, Bro. Kimmel (Continued on Page 7)
Officers, Committee Members Installed at Annual Communication
Since it was constituted Sept . 20, 1865 the Somerset Lodge has had three meeting places. It first met in the home of Bro. William B. Coffroth on N. Center Avenue, where a men's shop is now located. It was here the records and property of the Lodge were lost in the great fire of May 9, 1872.
. Besides the Grand Master, other elected Grand Lodge Officers installed Dec. 27, 1972 at the Annual Grand Communication were: Bro. Rochester B. Woodall, a retired Philadelphia businessman, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. Bro. John L. McCain, personal investments, Pittsburgh, R . W. Senior Grand Warden. Bro. Walter P. Wells, of Coudersport, president judge of the 55th Judij::ial District in Pennsylvania, R. W. Junior Grand Warden. Bro. Arthur R. Diamond, a Philadelphia engineer, R. W . Grand Treasurer. Bro. A shby B. Paul, of Harrisburg, R. W. Grand Secretary. All the elected Grand Lodge Officers serve as members of the Committee on Masonic Homes, which operates the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown.
For nearly 100 years - from June, 1873 to March, 1972 -the Lodge met on the third floor of the W illiam J. Baer building. It was razed last year for construction of a new bank. The Lodge has been meeting since last April 11 in the Odd Fellows Hall on N. Center Avenue.
Officers, Committee Installed for '7 3 (Continued from Page I)
Bro. Theodore K. Warner, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master, of Devon. Bro. Samuel C. Williamson, Past District Deputy Grand Master, of Pittsburgh. * (Last Jan. 7, just 11 days after his reelection to the Committee on Masonic Homes, Bro. Scott C. Rea was called by death in his Sunbury home. H e had served on the Committee since 1941. Bro. Rea was a member and oldest living Past Master of Sunbury Lodge No. 713.)
It was held in the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia. Bro. Kimmel is a member and Past Master of Robert Burns Lodge No. 464, F.&A.M., Harrisburg. As grand lieutenant commander of the Scottish Rite's Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, he holds the second highest office in the 500,000-member organization. It takes in 15 northern states. The Supreme Council, the governing body of the Scottish Rite, had crowned
BRO. W . ORVILLE KIMMEL Right Worshipful Grand Master
OTHERS ELECTED to the Committee on Masonic Homes and installed at the Annual Grand Communication were: Bro. William E. Yeager, R. W. Past Grand Master, of Warren. Bro. Robert E. Woodside, Jr., of Har-
risburg. *Bro. Scott C. Rea of Sunbury. Bro. Ellis E. Stern of Coatesville. Bro. Milton Fritsche of Douglassville . (Con tinued on Pnge 8)
Deputies May Retire After 5-Year Term An amendment to the "Ahiman Rezon" has been adopted that permits a District Deputy Grand Master to retire after five or more years in office and be created a Past District Deputy Gra nd Master. Previously, a District Deputy had to serve at least 10 years in office before he could retire and be considered for the honor. BRO. ASHBY B. PAUL, R. W. Grand Secretary, said favorable action on the amendment was taken at the December Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . He said 826 Brethren, who represented 424 Lodges, attended the Communication last Dec. 6 in the Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. The proposal to amend Article XII, Section 13 of the "Ahiman Rezon" was first presented at the March Quarterly Communication last year.